What's your latest tech purchase?

Splinterdog · Feb 16, 2022

Not purchases as such, but taken in part exchange in lieu of labour charges for work I did for a customer. A very good deal actually and I haven't seen a new Asrock mobo for quite some time.
I plan to upgrade my wife's PC - she's always the last to get an upgrade, shame on me - from an old AMD FX 4300 in a solid HP Compaq case I cobbled together years ago.
Asrock A320M-HDV and a Sentey 550W PSU.

Both are only about three months old, so all I need now is an NVMe, a CPU (either Athlon 3000G or Ryzen 3200G, depending on cost) and a case. Memory already sorted.
It's only for general use, but I'm sure she'll appreciate the difference

JrRacinFan · Feb 16, 2022

Splinterdog said:
(either Athlon 3000G or Ryzen 3200G, depending on cost)

If need be might I suggest R5 3600 if you can get a decent priced gpu (sub $100 GL I know) as an alternative. should come out at about the same price as a 3200G.

Splinterdog · Feb 16, 2022

JrRacinFan said:
If need be might I suggest R5 3600 if you can get a decent priced gpu (sub $100 GL I know) as an alternative. should come out at about the same price as a 3200G.

I'm going for an IGPU hence Athlon 3000G or a Ryzen G series because anything GPU related puts me way over budget. Besides, she doesn't need a GPU for her work.
We live in expensive times.

lexluthermiester · Feb 16, 2022

Ahhzz said:
So, you bought this one? I know Seasonic used to be the serious builders choice, but I thought they had fallen out of favor in recent years.

For some people yes. Seasonic made some design changes and choices that irritated some people. I don't remember the details but it was a minor thing. Seasonic is still a top notch brand IMPO.

onemanhitsquad · Feb 17, 2022

Made my own AIO for the Ryzen box from a Barrow DARIDP-30 240 rad/res/pump and an EK Quantum Momentum mono block.

oobymach · Feb 17, 2022

Got me a shiny new 5600x for just under $400

kiriakost · Feb 17, 2022

lexluthermiester said:
For some people yes. Seasonic made some design changes and choices that irritated some people. I don't remember the details but it was a minor thing. Seasonic is still a top notch brand IMPO.

As fresher student about Seasonic recent past, I did fall over the details.
Their past revision Prime Ultra it shown sensitive to current spikes, when was powering twelve core INTEL CPU along RTX3090, and it was shutdown.
My old CX750 does the same as we speak, but due a rare issue, over-voltage over current protection circuit, due aged parts lost it factory calibration.
Few resistors are now off tolerance, and the controller receives false alerts = shutdown at just 320W max load.

Seasonic did not respond if the issue, this is now fixed at Prime TX Titanium, and this made a few people to backfire.

Deleted member 74752 · Feb 17, 2022

A Brita water pitcher...

oxrufiioxo · Feb 17, 2022

oobymach said:
Got me a shiny new 5600x for just under $400

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Maybe it's your location but $400 seems kinda ridiculous for a 5600X

tabascosauz · Feb 17, 2022

oxrufiioxo said:
Maybe it's your location but $400 seems kinda ridiculous for a 5600X

@oobymach if you can return it, both canada comps and newegg.ca have it for $350 in stock

oxrufiioxo · Feb 17, 2022

tabascosauz said:
@oobymach if you can return it, both canada comps and newegg.ca have it for $350 in stock

Maybe he's included tax and shipping in that case in cad it isn't too bad.

Fangio1951 · Feb 17, 2022

hi m8

onemanhitsquad said:
Made my own AIO for the Ryzen box from a Barrow DARIDP-30 240 rad/res/pump and an EK Quantum Momentum mono block.

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hi m8 - is that adin card below te GTX a Thunderbolt card ?

regards

Palladium · Feb 17, 2022

5600X for $270 after selling my old 3600 for $150.

Then I finally got around migrating from legacy to UEFI boot which reduced cold boot times from 30 to 18 secs.

oobymach · Feb 17, 2022

oxrufiioxo said:
Maybe he's included tax and shipping in that case in cad it isn't too bad.

Yeah here in the great white north they tax us for everything, it was a bit more than buying from newegg but I don't have to wait for shipping.

Mussels · Feb 17, 2022

Lost sub to thread, missed some pages

JrRacinFan said:
It's an nVidia control panel setting. Manage 3D Settings -> Global Settings -> DSR Factors. Could then set it for some games as a resolution in their respective display/graphics settings.

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Oh and that monitor is very similarly specc'd to my Giga monitor

This setting adds AA, in a way: it cant make up for giant pixels. I've been playing with it a lot recently - and the new, better setting seems to be 20 series and up only.

You lot remember when I had that EK mystic fog go bad?

I thought, yeah its contamination. The loops been clean for weeks on distilled.
Lets try the last bottle.

Pretty sure i'm a skywalker now

So.... what's some alternatives i can get for cleaning and replacing the EK garbage, for sale in Au?

While not my first choice, these guys seem to have a large enough stock of various brands, unlike the closer ones to me:
PLE Computers

de.das.dude · Feb 17, 2022

oobymach said:
Got me a shiny new 5600x for just under $400

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samesies!

i got for 346 USD

toilet pepper · Feb 17, 2022

After 1 month my order from aquatuning arrived. The twats there charged for DHL shipping but it went thru the post office. Aquacomputer is also from Germany and I got my orders in less than a week for the same shipping cost.

For the haul:

I got a an RGBpx to ARGB 5v adapter to connect to my Quadro. Heard great reviews how great the aquacomputer software is.

PCIE slot passthrough with G1/4 inlets. Will try to connect an external 280 rad for better cooling.

PVC twist QDCs. These are light compared to other QDC's I have. I ordered quite a few so I can disconnect the external rad and GPU in case I need to.

I finally have all the parts I need. I just don't have the time to do the rebuild now.

RJARRRPCGP · Feb 17, 2022

kiriakost said:
My old CX750 does the same as we speak, but due a rare issue, over-voltage over current protection circuit, due aged parts lost it factory calibration.
Few resistors are now off tolerance, and the controller receives false alerts = shutdown at just 320W max load.

The first thing I would suspect, are bad caps, especially in CX-series, if you're getting symptoms. They're apparently not good like the TX-series are. Even when no leaking or bulging caps found!

Sybaris_Caesar · Feb 17, 2022

Power supply extension cables. Finally finished sprucing up my build. Wish the 20 cm extension was available though. Only one seller in AliExpress had it and it was out of stock. PCIe cable bends weirdly because too long (30 cm) and not a lot of space anymore.

kiriakost · Feb 17, 2022

RJARRRPCGP said:
The first thing I would suspect, are bad caps, especially in CX-series, if you're getting symptoms. They're apparently not good like the TX-series are. Even when no leaking or bulging caps found!

When you own a true LCR meter, you do not have to suspect anything. This PSU was repaired /restored and inspected a year ago. Then stayed as backup in a carton box for few months, it were activated two months ago. https://www.ittsb.eu/forum/index.php?topic=1604.0

xu^ · Feb 17, 2022

just picked up today, upgraded from a GTX 1070 to a Gigabyte 3060Ti Vision OC V2- just going to give it a week or so before i let the 1070 go, so far no problems and a big performance boost.

oxrufiioxo · Feb 17, 2022

xu^ said:
just picked up today, upgraded from a GTX 1070 to a Gigabyte 3060Ti Vision OC V2- just going to give it a week or so before i let the 1070 go, so far no problems and a big performance boost.

Pics or it didn't happen. :toast:

xu^ · Feb 17, 2022

oxrufiioxo said:
Pics or it didn't happen.

Splinterdog · Feb 17, 2022

Khonjel said:
Power supply extension cables. Finally finished sprucing up my build. Wish the 20 cm extension was available though. Only one seller in AliExpress had it and it was out of stock. PCIe cable bends weirdly because too long (30 cm) and not a lot of space anymore.

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I like those extensions and will probably get some once I've upgraded my wife's PC, otherwise...
Today I'm expecting tool racks for holding my tech tools

They're all over the place at the mo.

oxrufiioxo · Feb 17, 2022

Very clean looking system you got there.

System Name	Ryzen Monster
Processor	Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair Hero VII WiFi
Cooling	Corsair H100i RGB Platinum
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB (4x8GB) 3200Mhz CMW16GX4M2C3200C16
Video Card(s)	Asus ROG Strix RX5700XT OC 8Gb
Storage	WD Black 500GB NVMe 250Gb Samsung SSD, OCZ 500Gb SSD WD M.2 500Gb, plus three spinners up to 1.5Tb
Display(s)	LG 32GK650F-B 32" UltraGear™ QHD
Case	Cooler Master Storm Trooper
Audio Device(s)	Supreme FX on board
Power Supply	Corsair RM850X full modular
Mouse	Corsair Ironclaw wireless
Keyboard	Logitech G213
VR HMD	Headphones Logitech G533 wireless
Software	Windows 11 Start 11
Benchmark Scores	3DMark Time Spy 4532 (9258 March 2021, 9399 July 2021)

System Name	Snow White
Processor	Ryzen 7900x3d
Motherboard	AsRock B650E Steel Legend
Cooling	Custom Water 1x420
Memory	32GB T-Force Deltas
Video Card(s)	PowerColor 7900 XTX Liquid Devil
Storage	20+ TB
Display(s)	Sammy 49" 5k Ultrawide
Case	Tt CTE 600 Snow Edition
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1200W P2
Mouse	Corsair M65 RGB Elite White
Keyboard	Corsair K65 Mini
Software	Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	Avermedia Live HD2

System Name	Ryzen Monster
Processor	Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair Hero VII WiFi
Cooling	Corsair H100i RGB Platinum
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB (4x8GB) 3200Mhz CMW16GX4M2C3200C16
Video Card(s)	Asus ROG Strix RX5700XT OC 8Gb
Storage	WD Black 500GB NVMe 250Gb Samsung SSD, OCZ 500Gb SSD WD M.2 500Gb, plus three spinners up to 1.5Tb
Display(s)	LG 32GK650F-B 32" UltraGear™ QHD
Case	Cooler Master Storm Trooper
Audio Device(s)	Supreme FX on board
Power Supply	Corsair RM850X full modular
Mouse	Corsair Ironclaw wireless
Keyboard	Logitech G213
VR HMD	Headphones Logitech G533 wireless
Software	Windows 11 Start 11
Benchmark Scores	3DMark Time Spy 4532 (9258 March 2021, 9399 July 2021)

System Name	New compy
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5800x3D
Motherboard	MSI MPG x570S EDGE MAX WiFi
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15S w. FHP141 + Xigmatek AOS XAF-F1451
Memory	32gb G.Skill Ripjaws V Samsung B-Die Dual Rank F4-4000C16D-32GVKA
Video Card(s)	ASUS TUF GAMING RTX 4070ti
Storage	17tb (8+4tb WD Black HDD's, 2+2+0.5+0.5tb M.2 SSD Drives) + 16tb WD Red Pro backup drive
Display(s)	Alienware AW2518H 24" 240hz, Sony X85K 43" 4k 120hz HDR TV
Case	Thermaltake Core v71
Audio Device(s)	iFi Nano Idsd Le, Creative T20 + T50, Sennheiser HD6Mix
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 1000w
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero custom w. G900 scroll wheel mod, Rival 3 + Rival 3 wireless, JLab Epic Mouse
Keyboard	Corsair K68 RGB + K70 RGB + K57 RGB Wireless + Logitech G613
Software	Win 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	https://valid.x86.fr/s2y7ny

System Name	ATLAS
Processor	Intel Core i7-4770 (4C/8T) Haswell
Motherboard	GA-Z87X-UD5H , Dual Intel LAN, 10x SATA, 16x Power phace.
Cooling	ProlimaTech Armageddon - Dual GELID 140 Silent PWM
Memory	Mushkin Blackline DDR3 2400 997123F 16GB
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX1060 OC 6GB (single fan) Micron
Storage	WD Raptors 73Gb - Raid1 10.000rpm
Display(s)	DELL U2311H
Case	HEC Compucase CI-6919 Full tower (2003) moded .. hec-group.com.tw
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Music + mods, Audigy front Panel - YAMAHA quad speakers with Sub.
Power Supply	HPU-4M780-PE refurbished 23-3-2022
Mouse	MS Pro IntelliMouse 16.000 Dpi Pixart Paw 3389
Keyboard	Microsoft Wired 600
Software	Win 7 Pro x64 ( Retail Box ) for EU

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System Name	His & Hers
Processor	R7 5800X/ R7 7950X3D Stock
Motherboard	X670E Aorus Pro X/ROG Crosshair VIII Hero
Cooling	Corsair h150 elite/ Corsair h115i Platinum
Memory	Trident Z5 Neo 6000/ 32 GB 3200 CL14 @3800 CL16 Team T Force Nighthawk
Video Card(s)	Evga FTW 3 Ultra 3080ti/ Gigabyte Gaming OC 4090
Storage	lots of SSD.
Display(s)	A whole bunch OLED, VA, IPS.....
Case	011 Dynamic XL/ Phanteks Evolv X
Audio Device(s)	Arctis Pro + gaming Dac/ Corsair sp 2500/ Logitech G560/Samsung Q990B
Power Supply	Seasonic Ultra Prime Titanium 1000w/850w
Mouse	Logitech G502 Lightspeed/ Logitech G Pro Hero.
Keyboard	Logitech - G915 LIGHTSPEED / Logitech G Pro

System Name	ab┃ob
Processor	7800X3D┃5800X3D
Motherboard	B650E PG-ITX┃X570 Impact
Cooling	NH-U12A + T30┃AXP120-x67
Memory	64GB 6400CL32┃32GB 3600CL14
Video Card(s)	RTX 4070 Ti Eagle┃RTX A2000
Storage	8TB of SSDs┃1TB SN550
Case	Caselabs S3┃Lazer3D HT5

System Name	K9
Processor	i9 9900K @ 5.1Ghz and 32deg C - delid + Grizzly Conductonaught LM
Motherboard	Gigabyte Aorus Z390 Gaming X
Cooling	Custom water cooling loop - GPU + mobo (+VRM's) + CPU
Memory	G Skill - Trident Z RGB DDR4 - 3866Mhz x 32Gb @ 3800Mhz
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Aorus 11Gb GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce Extreme @ 2250Mhz
Storage	Samsung 500Gb M2 970 EVO + Samsung 850 Pro SSD + ADATA 512Gb SSD + Samsung 1Tb & 3T + WD 1Tb + 3Tb
Display(s)	ASUS 27" ROG Swift 1440p @ 165Hz & BenQ 27" LED
Case	Thermaltake Core P7 - Open frame
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z906 - 5.1ch
Power Supply	EVGA 1200W
Mouse	Roccat LeadR + Razer Nagar V2 Pro
Keyboard	Corsair K70 LUX with Cherry Red switches
Software	Win 10 Pro 64bit
Benchmark Scores	v/fast

System Name	Garbage / Trash
Processor	Ryzen 5600X / 5600
Motherboard	MSI B450M Mortar Ti / GB B550M Aorus Pro-P
Cooling	Deepcool GTE / ID Cooling SE224XT
Memory	Micron 32GB DDR4-3200 E-die @ 3600C16 / Ballistix Elite 16GB 3600C16
Video Card(s)	MSI 2060 Super Armor OC / Zotac 3070 Twin Edge
Storage	HP EX920 1TB Micron 1100 2TB, Crucial M550 1TB, Hynix P31 1TB
Display(s)	Acer XB271HU @ 150Hz x2
Audio Device(s)	JBL LSR305 + Topping D50S / iLoud MM + SMSL DO100
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus 850W / G-series 650W
Mouse	Logitech G304 x2

System Name	Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load)
Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

System Name	Monke \| Work Thinkpad\| J1nnx took Old Monke
Processor	Ryzen 5600X \| Ryzen 5500U \| FX8320
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Extreme4 \| ? \| Asrock 990FX Extreme 4
Cooling	240mm Rad \| Not needed \| hyper 212 EVO
Memory	2x16GB DDR4 3600 Corsair RGB \| 16 GB DDR4 3600 \| 16GB DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX6700XT 12GB \| Vega 8 \| Sapphire Pulse RX580 8GB
Storage	Samsung 980 nvme (Primary) \| some samsung SSD
Display(s)	Dell 2723DS \| Some 14" 1080p 98%sRGB IPS \| Dell 2240L
Case	Ant Esports Tempered case \| Thinkpad \| Antec
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z333 \| Jabra corpo stuff
Power Supply	Corsair RM750e \| not needed \| Corsair GS 600
Mouse	Logitech G400 \| nipple
Keyboard	Logitech G213 \| stock kb is awesome \| Logitech K230
VR HMD	;_;
Software	Windows 10 Professional x3
Benchmark Scores	There are no marks on my bench

Processor	AMD Ryzen R7 5800x
Motherboard	B550i Aorus Pro AX
Cooling	Custom Cooling
Memory	32Gb Patriot Viper 3600 RGB
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 3080 Ventus Trio OC
Storage	Samsung 960 EVO
Display(s)	Specterpro 34uw100
Case	SSUPD Meshlicious
Power Supply	Cooler Master V750 Gold SFX
Mouse	Glorious Model D Wireless
Keyboard	Ducky One 2
VR HMD	Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 64bit

System Name	KHR-1
Processor	Ryzen 9 5900X
Motherboard	ASRock B550 PG Velocita (UEFI-BIOS P3.40)
Memory	32 GB G.Skill RipJawsV F4-3200C16D-32GVR
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6750 XT
Storage	Western Digital Black SN850 1 TB NVMe SSD
Display(s)	Alienware AW3423DWF OLED-ASRock PG27Q15R2A (backup)
Case	Corsair 275R
Audio Device(s)	Technics SA-EX140 receiver with Polk VT60 speakers
Power Supply	eVGA Supernova G3 750W
Mouse	Logitech G Pro (Hero)
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64 23H2

System Name	SYBARIS
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard	MSI Arsenal Gaming B450 Tomahawk
Cooling	Cryorig H7 Quad Lumi
Memory	Team T-Force Delta RGB 2x8GB 3200CL16
Video Card(s)	Colorful GeForce RTX 2060 6GV2
Storage	Crucial MX500 500GB \| WD Black WD1003FZEX 1TB \| Seagate ST1000LM024 1TB \| WD My Passport Slim 1TB
Display(s)	AOC 24G2 24" 144hz IPS
Case	Montech Air ARGB
Audio Device(s)	Massdrop + Sennheiser PC37X \| QKZ x HBB
Power Supply	Corsair CX650-F
Mouse	Razer Viper Mini \| Cooler Master MM711 \| Logitech G102 \| Logitech G402
Keyboard	Drop + The Lord of the Rings Dwarvish
Software	Windows 10 Education 22H2 x64

System Name	Mr_average ( hoping 1 day to upgrade to Mr_above_average )
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700x @3.4ghz/4.6ghz
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk Max
Cooling	Deepcool AS-500 Plus - White \| 6 Lian Li ST120mm case fans - White
Memory	32gb Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO SL 4x 8GB 3600MHz DDR4 - White
Video Card(s)	Asus Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB OC
Storage	512gb Sabrent Nvme \| 4tb Samsung SSD \| 2tb WD Blue SSD\| 1tb Crucial P3 Nvme\| 1tb WD Blue HDD = 8.5tb
Display(s)	D1: LG Ultragear GL850-B 27" 1440p 144hz \| D2: Asus Tuf - VG249 24" 1080p 144hz
Case	Lian Li Lancool 2 Mesh RGB - White
Audio Device(s)	Phoinikas USB Soundcard :- Creative Gigaworks T20 Series II \| Steelseries Arctis 3 Headset - White
Power Supply	Corsair TX650M Semi Modular 80+ Gold
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V3
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman V2
Software	Windows 10 Pro