What's your latest tech purchase?

seth1911 · Feb 28, 2022

seth1911 said:
I dont want hyperthreading but i need to took it if i want or not.

Yeah then lets go:
I5 10400F 126€ (ill disable HT )
H410 Board 46€
8GB DDR4 29€
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201€

Yeah i would take first the 12100F but no its way to expensive atm,
12100F 106€ tray
H610 94€
8GB same for 29€
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229€ for 4 cores + 15€ ill need a new cooler too

I canceled the 10400F after i hear Intel and AMD will stop the shipping to russia,
they are did never care about politics (USA, Saudi Arabia, Turkey etc.) but now cause its russia.

I dont even want to support a duopol to buy theyr new/er products which thinks it can do what they want.

I order an old second hand FX 8300

Sybaris_Caesar · Feb 28, 2022

seth1911 said:
I canceled the 10400F after i hear Intel and AMD will stop the shipping to russia,
they are did never care about politics (USA, Saudi Arabia, Turkey etc.) but now cause its russia.

I dont even want to support a duopol to buy theyr new/er products which thinks it can do what they want.

I order an old second hand FX 8300

Intel and AMD suspended shipment to enterprise clients. Server farms, laboratories etc. And as per sanction. Not independently. TSMC did the same. And will many more.

I'll not engage in this topic anymore but I'll freely admit I'm a little russophile. And I'm kinda sad Russia as a nation will take a very long time to recover due to Putin's idiocracy or maybe even break up along ethnic lines like Yugoslovia. Unless it boils down to WW3 where nothing will matter anymore.

Kovoet · Feb 28, 2022

CallandorWoT said:
I have never heard of stick on grips for a mouse... hmm where do you buy these?

I have got them for most of my logitech mice. Two reasons they are anti slip and adds a couple of mm to the width

Space Lynx · Feb 28, 2022

Kovoet said:
I have got them for most of my logitech mice. Two reasons they are anti slip and adds a couple of mm to the width

Any tips on how to clean something like that? I feel like paper towel would rip, leaving lots of little fibers everywhere on it.

R-T-B · Feb 28, 2022

CallandorWoT said:
I thought hyper threading was only a security issue if someone had physical access to your computer?

If someone can login and run any unpriviledged code on your computer it can be an issue. But it takes a lot of work. I don't even worry about it myself.

80-watt Hamster · Feb 28, 2022

CallandorWoT said:
Any tips on how to clean something like that? I feel like paper towel would rip, leaving lots of little fibers everywhere on it.

A soft bristle brush, like a toothbrush, works well if you're looking to get into the nooks and crannies. For a quick surface clean, there are any number of low-lint or lint-free cloths available, disposable and otherwise. Though the more important thing is to choose a cleaning agent that won't react poorly with the material. Rubbery plastics are finicky in that way.

Space Lynx · Feb 28, 2022

80-watt Hamster said:
A soft bristle brush, like a toothbrush, works well if you're looking to get into the nooks and crannies. For a quick surface clean, there are any number of low-lint or lint-free cloths available, disposable and otherwise. Though the more important thing is to choose a cleaning agent that won't react poorly with the material. Rubbery plastics are finicky in that way.

Dawn PowerSpray, just a quick spray on the toothbursh itself, and clean toothbrush, and scrub it gently, then very carefully rinse with very gentle water so it doesn't get in any cacks on the mouse... this is only thing I can think of... the water part will be trickiest, so not a single drop gets in the mouse itself.

lexluthermiester · Mar 2, 2022

I made a few purchases last week and they're starting to roll in. Today was the RAM to upgrade a few systems I'm working on for folks in my neighborhood.

Both sets 16GB, one DDR4-2667 and the other DDR3-1600.

RJARRRPCGP · Mar 2, 2022

I really want to go to a Micro Center, months down the road! Just checked out their web site and it looks much like a Home Depot that has electronic goodies instead!

Now, I'm like, "Screw it, I'm preparing to go down to eastern Massachusetts by the summer!".

Mussels · Mar 2, 2022

Probably snagging an S22 ultra tomorrow.

Pixel 4 XL is giving battery errors, and theres pre order deals.

GreiverBlade · Mar 2, 2022

annndddd.... "oh well while i wait for my cyberpunk neon demon girl themed phone case" : got it ....

lightning make use of a USB-C and a sensor (works pretty well, just a little red blink on small noise and notifications and then full spectrum RGB cycle on louder noises, works well also with music :laugh:

)
battery usage (with 3hrs of music) well, typical day : 50% left on the morning, with the case: 46% left this morning... i guess i will still last 2 days with my normal usage + lightshow added :laugh:

for less than 8$ quite well made ... aside the fruity logo aside the Taptic Engine branding (well it seems they took a certain phone innards picture to serve as a base ...) oh well at least it's not something from Samsung ...

Mussels said:
Probably snagging an S22 ultra tomorrow.

Pixel 4 XL is giving battery errors, and theres pre order deals.

still too expensive even with that ... but well, even tho i despise Sammy phone as much as i hate Apples (although i love a good apple pie ... ) i still reckon they have good screens and camera but, sadly, like Apple, even more in certain case, an extremely bad behavior (Apple most of the time is just "overpriced" and gimping older models with software updates)

if the pre order put it around 700$/chf then yeah ... it's a okay deal (to me )

P4-630 · Mar 2, 2022

Got a new gas spring for my seat, higher than the original and good up to 180 KG.

Deleted member 24505 · Mar 2, 2022

Remember the P6t deluxe board i bought that was dead. Well a million thanks to @Durhamranger for sending me another one for just the cost of postage. Really thank you. I wish all people where as good as this guy is.
I have the stock cooler off the dead board, so i will see if i can test it this afternoon.

lexluthermiester · Mar 2, 2022

Mussels said:
Pixel 4 XL is giving battery errors

This is why I will not buy phones without user replaceable battery's. With my phone, solving that problem would not involve replacing the phone, but simply swapping out the battery for a new one. BAM! Ready to go! Off and running.

Tigger said:
Well a million thanks to @Durhamranger for sending me another one for just the cost of postage.

@Durhamranger
You are an awesome person! Very cool indeed!

Tigger said:
I have the stock cooler off the dead board, so i will see if i can test it this afternoon.

Looks like it came with RAM too. How much did they send you?

Deleted member 24505 · Mar 2, 2022

lexluthermiester said:
This is why I will not buy phones without user replaceable battery's. With my phone, solving that problem would not involve replacing the phone, but simply swapping out the battery for a new one. BAM! Ready to go! Off and running.

@Durhamranger
You are an awesome person! Very cool indeed!

Looks like it came with RAM too. How much did they send you?

6x2gb stick, max this board will take.

Yes awesome guy.

lexluthermiester · Mar 2, 2022

Tigger said:
6x2gb stick, max this board will take.

Yes awesome guy.

Still, 12GB is solid. Most systems will run fine on 8GB so 12GB very good.

Durhamranger · Mar 2, 2022

Hey tigger glad you got it,your very welcome to it, there should be a little black box with the i7 940 in the bottom of the motherboard box,hope you can put it all to good use,as it was only gonna get damaged laying about in my garage...

Ruru · Mar 2, 2022

It will take more, I'm sure that at least 24GB goes without problems. At least I had 6x4GB in P6T SE (with P6T bios) & i7-920. The i7 CPUs have maximum of 24GB but some Xeons (like that L5640) supports up to 288GB.

I've read that some had successfully used 48GB with this P6X58D-E when using a CPU which supports more than 24GB.

Deleted member 24505 · Mar 2, 2022

Durhamranger said:
Hey tigger glad you got it,your very welcome to it, there should be a little black box with the i7 940 in the bottom of the motherboard box,hope you can put it all to good use,as it was only gonna get damaged laying about in my garage...

Thank you loads. :respect:

MaenadFIN said:
It will take more, I'm sure that at least 24GB goes without problems. At least I had 6x4GB in P6T SE (with P6T bios) & i7-920. The i7 CPUs have maximum of 24GB but some Xeons (like that L5640) supports up to 288GB.

I've read that some had successfully used 48GB with this P6X58D-E when using a CPU which supports more than 24GB.

I thought only the v2 supports more than 12gb

Ruru · Mar 2, 2022

Tigger said:
I thought only the v2 supports more than 12gb

My best guess is that 4GB modules weren't that common when the board was new so they just put 12GB as maximum

Deleted member 24505 · Mar 2, 2022

MaenadFIN said:
My best guess is that 4GB modules weren't that common when the board was new so they just put 12GB as maximum

If i find a pair of cheap 8gb ddr3 sticks i will try them.

What version of windows? i was thinking good old win7 to make sure i have working drivers for it.

Ruru · Mar 2, 2022

Tigger said:
If i find a pair of cheap 8gb ddr3 sticks i will try them.

Shouldn't be a problem as that Xeon supports up to 288GB

with i7 series (or some Xeons) those could be problematic as they support up to 24GB and I guess that they support max 4GB sticks.

ThaiTaffy · Mar 2, 2022

Tigger said:
Right unfortunately the p6t deluxe was a piece of shit, shame i never examined it better. Lesson learned not to buy second hand boards of some twat on facebook. The board will only power up without the EATX 8 pin connected, it had some bent pins which i sorted, the socket has a broken screw on the metal backplate, it has some "stains" on the back. obviously he has blocked me.
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Sorry but if I'd bought a board even if it was clean I would have scrubbed it down with IPA be it global pandemic or not.

John Naylor · Mar 2, 2022

Caught a clearing stock sale and grabbed (2) 2 TB SSHDs to add on to the (2) we have and use in a Dock for offsite storage. Current ones are still in great health but are 7 years old. It's a 3rd set of backups ..

1. Mirrored to 2nd HD on Data Server twice daily
2. Mirrored to network drive Nightly
3. Mirrored to HD Dock each morning, alternated off site on Fridays

Ruru · Mar 2, 2022

John Naylor said:
Caught a clearing stock sale and grabbed (2) 2 TB SSHDs to add on to the (2) we have and use in a Dock for offsite storage. Current ones are still in great health but are 7 years old. It's a 3rd set of backups ..

1. Mirrored to 2nd HD on Data Server twice daily
2. Mirrored to network drive Nightly
3. Mirrored to HD Dock each morning, alternated off site on Fridays

Wonder where those disappeared, probably due because SSD prices got to reasonable levels?

System Name	nope
Processor	I3 10100F
Motherboard	ATM Gigabyte h410
Cooling	Arctic 12 passive
Memory	ATM Gskill 1x 8GB NT Series (No Heatspreader bling bling garbage, just Black DIMMS)
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD7770 and EVGA GTX 470 and Zotac GTX 960
Storage	120GB OS SSD, 240GB M2 Sata, 240GB M2 NVME, 300GB HDD, 500GB HDD
Display(s)	Nec EA 241 WM
Case	Coolermaster whatever
Audio Device(s)	Onkyo on TV and Mi Bluetooth on Screen
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadx 550W
Mouse	Steelseries Rival Fnatic
Keyboard	Logitech K270 Wireless
Software	Deepin, BSD and 10 LTSC

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	KOV
Processor	AMD 5900x
Motherboard	Asus Crosshair Hero VIII
Cooling	H100i Cappellix White
Memory	Corsair 3600kHz 32GB
Video Card(s)	RX 7900XT
Storage	Samsung 970 evo 500gb, Corsair 500gb ssd, 500GB 840 pro & 1TB samsung 980pro. M2.SSD 960 evo 250GB
Display(s)	ASUS TUF Gaming VG32VQ1B 165mhz, Dell S2721DGFA 27 Inch QHD 165mhz
Case	Corsair 680x
Audio Device(s)	ON Board and Hyper X cloud flight wireless headset and Bose speakers
Power Supply	AX1200i Corsair
Mouse	Logitech G502x plus lightspeed
Keyboard	Logitech G915 TKL lightspeed and G13 gamepad
Software	windows 11

Processor	7800X3D -25 all core ($196)
Motherboard	B650 Steel Legend ($179)
Cooling	Frost Commander 140 ($42)
Memory	32gb ddr5 (2x16) cl 30 6000 ($80)
Video Card(s)	Merc 310 7900 XT @3100 core $(705)
Display(s)	Agon 27" QD-OLED Glossy 240hz 1440p ($399)
Case	NZXT H710 (Red/Black) ($60)

System Name	Pioneer
Processor	Ryzen R9 9950X
Motherboard	GIGABYTE Aorus Elite X670 AX
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 + A whole lotta Sunon and Corsair Maglev blower fans...
Memory	64GB (4x 16GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	XFX RX 7900 XTX Speedster Merc 310
Storage	Intel 905p Optane 960GB boot, +2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs
Display(s)	55" LG 55" B9 OLED 4K Display
Case	Thermaltake Core X31
Audio Device(s)	TOSLINK->Schiit Modi MB->Asgard 2 DAC Amp->AKG Pro K712 Headphones or HDMI->B9 OLED
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti Pro 850W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless
Keyboard	WASD Code v3 with Cherry Green keyswitches + PBT DS keycaps
Software	Gentoo Linux x64 / Windows 11 Enterprise IoT 2024

What's your latest tech purchase?

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System Name	Office
Processor	Ryzen 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS B450M-A II
Cooling	be quiet! Shadow Rock LP
Memory	16GB Patriot Viper Steel DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RX 5600 XT
Storage	PNY CS1030 250GB, Crucial MX500 2TB
Display(s)	Dell S2719DGF
Case	Fractal Define 7 Compact
Power Supply	EVGA 550 G3
Mouse	Logitech M705 Marthon
Keyboard	Logitech G410
Software	Windows 10 Pro 22H2

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	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	main/SFFHTPCARGH!(tm)/Xiaomi Mi TV Stick/Samsung Galaxy S23/Ally
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D/i7-3770/S905X/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?/Asus
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no:sizable vapor chamber/a nice one
Memory	64gb DDR4 3600/8gb DDR3 1600/2gbLPDDR3/8gbLPDDR5x/16gb(10 sys)LPDDR5 6400
Video Card(s)	Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/Radeon 780M 6gb LPDDR5
Storage	250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/4tb SN850X
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/7" FHD 120hz
Case	Cougar Panzer Max/Elite 8300 SFF/None/back/back-front Gorilla Glass Victus 2+ UAG Monarch Carbon
Audio Device(s)	Logi Z333/SB Audigy RX/HDMI/HDMI/Dolby Atmos/KZ x HBB PR2/Moondrop Chu II + TRN BT20S
Power Supply	Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/4Smart Voltplug PD 30W/Asus USB-C 65W
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75% <3/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 13/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

System Name	AlderLake
Processor	Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans
Memory	32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MT/s CL36
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2
Display(s)	23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p
Case	Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window
Audio Device(s)	Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless
Keyboard	RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock

System Name	Blah
Processor	Ryzen 7950x
Motherboard	Asrock X670E Taichi
Cooling	BLACK ICE SR2 480,EKWB Quantum Magnitude AM4,D5 Pump,17 CORSAIR SP120 RGB ELITE
Memory	32Gig Gskill 6000 DDR5
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 4090 LIQUID X 24G
Storage	Optane 900P 480GB,2x SX8200 2TB ,SAM 980 PRO 2TB,2xSAM 860 EVO 1TB,SAM 870 EVO 4TB,SAM 860 EVO 2TB
Display(s)	Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 57
Case	CORSAIR 7000X
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC4082
Power Supply	CORSAIR HX1500I
Mouse	Corsair Harpoon
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe MkII
VR HMD	Oculus

System Name	4K-gaming / media-PC
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X / Intel Core i7-6700K
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero / Asus Z170-A
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 50 / Thermaltake Contac 21
Memory	32GB DDR4-3466 / 16GB DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	RTX 3080 10GB / RX 6700 XT
Storage	3.3TB of SSDs / several small SSDs
Display(s)	Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS
Case	Corsair 4000D AF White / DeepCool CC560 WH
Audio Device(s)	Creative Omni BT speaker
Power Supply	EVGA G2 750W / Fractal ION Gold 550W
Mouse	Logitech MX518 / Logitech G400s
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO / NOS C450 Mini Pro
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro / Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	They run Crysis

System Name	Shoebox
Processor	3600x
Motherboard	Msi b550m Mortar +WiFi
Cooling	Cryorig m9
Memory	Crucial Ballistix c16 B-die 2x8gb
Video Card(s)	Powercolor rx570 4gb
Storage	WD black sn750 256gb (OS), crucial mx500 1tb(storage),Hitatchi ?? 7200rpm 500gb(Temp files)
Display(s)	Samsung 65" TU7100
Case	Zzaw b3
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha rx-v363
Power Supply	Corsair sf750
Mouse	Logitech g300s
Keyboard	Custom Skyloong sk64s
Software	Windows 11Pro

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