What's your latest tech purchase?

phill · Mar 3, 2022

Mussels said:
Wow, literally one post after me and you steal all my thunder WITH THE EXACT SAME MODEL AND COLOUR
I'ma go load up my banhammer and ban-nerf grenade launcher

Oh, if yours is the exynos variant theres a huge kerfuffle about the camera being much worse than the snapdragon variant (one update has been out to fix some video issues, but not the photo ones)
Ultra comes with a 'free bundle' here including a charger, but reviews show it maxes around 25W - the 45W goes to waste, it seems

Apologies but maybe when you get yours you can gloat and call mine a cheap knock off?? It seems we always get stiffed here in the UK with worse models, does my flippin' head in that they release different specs of the damn phone, stick with one damn it you have one job!!!! :banghead:

I'm going to go along with and say I'm guessing so, as stupidly enough the bloody phone won't actually give you any information, you need an app for that... FFS!!!!! :banghead:

But under the CPU it just says cores 8 and then revision r0p2, r2p0, GPU render is Samsung Xclipse 920 on Vulkan ... Ironically is says its a 12GB model, yet you only have under the memory section 10519.MB and 4363.0MB available... Call me crazy, but that BS right there.... (From a quick Google of what the CPU is, shows up as an ARM11 - linky)

Disappointed further now.. Might have to spread it everywhere on social media to say how unhappy and disappointed I am.... (Like Samsung or my mobile provider would care..... :cry:

)

kapone32 · Mar 3, 2022

JATownes said:
Well, my Crosshair VIII Hero Wifi has been giving me some trouble. The chipset fan is failing, which I think is causing some issues with USB and Nvme drives randomly dropping out, so I have opted to just replace it. I snagged it right after they released, so it has had a pretty good life.

View attachment 238600Last pic of this configuration before I pull it apart to replace the board with this one. Hopefully it lives up to my expectations.

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Going to break down and remove the whole loop for a good flush and cleaning, as well as a full clean down of the case, so I think I will get it wrapped up on Saturday. I'll post some pics when I get it done.

JAT

Congrats, that is one serious MB!!!

Mr Bill · Mar 3, 2022

Tigger said:
Just installed win7 on the p6t dlx. it's only showing 8gb of ram though, will have to have a dibble about with it.

I believe mine "it's been a while now" would only do 12 Gig of ram until I updated the bios, and installed the x5670.

lexluthermiester · Mar 3, 2022

ThaiTaffy said:
Oh I forgot something...
I picked up a fancy usb testerView attachment 238598
Last one wasn't very accurate and this one can test battery capacity also, aswell as supporting QC it also measures low voltage DC upto 30v with a ghetto usb modded cable

I need to get one of those...

Durhamranger · Mar 3, 2022

Tigger said:
I have installed win 7 pro x64

Tigger said:
Just installed win7 on the p6t dlx. it's only showing 8gb of ram though, will have to have a dibble about with it.

I`m hoping its just a glitch, as when I used it last in my media server I had no problems with it, if I remember correct it has 2209 which is the last bios for it....

Deleted member 24505 · Mar 3, 2022

Durhamranger said:
I`m hoping its just a glitch, as when I used it last in my media server I had no problems with it, if I remember correct it has 2209 which is the last bios for it....

It'll be ok, i'll just try and reseat the ram

Mussels · Mar 3, 2022

phill said:
Whilst I'm awake and still about.... I'd been a little naughty, kinda....

My P30 Pro was sadly having issues and well it wasn't working very well if at all with the camera, so....

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I thought with not much else out there and sadly nothing else that is actually not Apple and such, I'd try the new Samsung....

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I'm in two minds with it at the moment...
Most of the phone, decent, seems to work well even with most of the crap that comes with it, deleted off forever (I've just about a page and half of apps on the phone - which includes a few older games I used to play) but I'm not sure on the camera and a few basic things the P30 Pro had but this doesn't seem to ....

I'm not sure the camera seems as crisp/sharp a picture. Not sure about the macro pictures I could take with the P30, this doesn't seem to work very well at all.. The screen, pretty decent, not got a bad word to say on that.
However, charging... Ummm...

Doesn't come with a plug because of the 'environment' or is it the fact the 20w version, they'll charge you £25 for??.... (undecided...) but again the P30 Pro had a 40w charger, very quick to charge up, but with the usual cable and plug, it's not even close to charging quickly.
Found that with the P30 charger it would pull about 10 to 11w to recharge the Samsung and it would state 'charging' but using a Samsung charger (we have A50 series at work) that stated fast charging and cut about 30 minutes off the charge.. The P30 charger was a 4A plug, the Samsung 2A but the Samsung is faster... Must not like the plug because cables never made any difference either... Definitely not paying £40 to £50 for a plug because it's 'faster' to charge... Unreal.....

I got my revenge: updated my pre order to 512GB

JATownes said:
Well, my Crosshair VIII Hero Wifi has been giving me some trouble. The chipset fan is failing, which I think is causing some issues with USB and Nvme drives randomly dropping out, so I have opted to just replace it. I snagged it right after they released, so it has had a pretty good life.

View attachment 238600Last pic of this configuration before I pull it apart to replace the board with this one. Hopefully it lives up to my expectations.

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Going to break down and remove the whole loop for a good flush and cleaning, as well as a full clean down of the case, so I think I will get it wrapped up on Saturday. I'll post some pics when I get it done.

JAT

Ah man - all the X570's i've had over 2 years old have needed new thermal pads on the chipset. try replacing that, and see if hte board behaves normally again?
(And OFC, i only learned this about a month ago... but it explained a few oddities)

Mr Bill · Mar 3, 2022

Durhamranger said:
I`m hoping its just a glitch, as when I used it last in my media server I had no problems with it, if I remember correct it has 2209 which is the last bios for it....

For the Asus P6T Deluxe V2 the latest bios version is Ver 1202. I think my board come with the i7-970, never seen a processor so big, it's as big as a silver dollar. :eek:

The X5670 sure made a difference, I still would like to get the X5690, but they're still pretty proud of them.

Deleted member 24505 · Mar 3, 2022

Mr Bill said:
For the Asus P6T Deluxe V2 the latest bios version is Ver 1202. I think my board come with the i7-970, never seen a processor so big, it's as big as a silver dollar. The X5670 sure made a difference, I still would like to get the X5690, but they're still pretty proud of them.

Think this V1 oc palm i got has got a X5675 6/12 in it

phill · Mar 3, 2022

Mussels said:
I got my revenge: updated my pre order to 512GB

Ah man - all the X570's i've had over 2 years old have needed new thermal pads on the chipset. try replacing that, and see if hte board behaves normally again?
(And OFC, i only learned this about a month ago... but it explained a few oddities)

Well that's just mean.... lol

But then I don't need the 512GB version, didn't really need the 256GB, I mean, 200TB of RAW storage here in the server for the moment, I think I can cover 256GB or actually about 200GB :laugh:

Not had any issues with either of my X570 boards with the chipset/thermal pads... When was it last cleaned?? I've got two Hero 8 boards, WiFi and non WiFi versions of the board...

Deleted member 24505 · Mar 3, 2022

a 512gb £1460 phone is overkill

Mussels · Mar 3, 2022

phill said:
Well that's just mean.... lol But then I don't need the 512GB version, didn't really need the 256GB, I mean, 200TB of RAW storage here in the server for the moment, I think I can cover 256GB or actually about 200GB

Not had any issues with either of my X570 boards with the chipset/thermal pads... When was it last cleaned?? I've got two Hero 8 boards, WiFi and non WiFi versions of the board...

Someone noticed it in another thread, where my chipset fan was at 3000RPM to maintain the 60C idle

Replaced with Gelid ultimate, and suddenly 50C idle fan off

Tigger said:
a 512gb £1460 phone is overkill

I also have an RTX 3090

Deleted member 24505 · Mar 3, 2022

Mussels said:
Someone noticed it in another thread, where my chipset fan was at 3000RPM to maintain the 60C idle

Replaced with Gelid ultimate, and suddenly 50C idle fan off

I also have an RTX 3090

3090 acceptable, but a 512gb £1460 phone is still overkill, 512gb of music, films, games? no one needs that much phone storage.

phill · Mar 3, 2022

Mussels said:
Someone noticed it in another thread, where my chipset fan was at 3000RPM to maintain the 60C idle

Replaced with Gelid ultimate, and suddenly 50C idle fan off

I also have an RTX 3090

You've tickled me interested so I'm going to have a look at my motherboard temp now....

EDIT -

Well it's hitting 57, but if I'm reading it correctly, the fan only spinning at 400 ish RPM.... Might need a peak in the bios...

Only one RTX 3090?? Terrible

Tigger said:
3090 acceptable, but a 512gb £1460 phone is still overkill, 512gb of music, films, games? no one needs that much phone storage.

What about a few hundred TB's of server storage to store that 256GB/512GB phone on to? Do I need to upgrade my storage?!?

Deleted member 24505 · Mar 3, 2022

no. 512gb phone will fit into hundreds of TB of server storage lots of times. I have 64gb and don't ever fill that.

Mr Bill · Mar 3, 2022

Tigger said:
Think this V1 oc palm i got has got a X5675 6/12 in it

I think the x5670 is 2.93 stock, I have mine OC to 4.3 GHz, and the temps on the Xeon are low. I know the X5690 is 3.46 stock, I wonder if it would make any difference going to the X5690. I haven't look for the X5690 in a while, but I just looked, they have come down a lot.

phill · Mar 3, 2022

Tigger said:
no. 512gb phone will fit into hundreds of TB of server storage lots of times. I have 64gb and don't ever fill that.

I'm the same, just try to not leave masses on the phone, even with a remote connection back to my server. Works very well when you are away from home and you just need to make sure you have a backup of what you have taken or have on the phone

freeagent · Mar 3, 2022

Wow look at those hot assed X570 boards

But has many more features over B550..

Edit:

Had to make it a thumbnail as it dominated my screen :oops:

Edit again I should have just snipped the mobo but I got over exuberant..

phill · Mar 3, 2022

No mate @freeagent, you win, yours has got many more numbers on that page!!

Just wait tho, @Mussels will be along and beat by putting up twice as many!!

Gotta love that banter!!

freeagent · Mar 3, 2022

Sorry! man that pic is so massive what the heck..

plastiscɧ · Mar 3, 2022

freeagent said:
Sorry! man that pic is so massive what the heck..

20" to be precise

freeagent · Mar 3, 2022

My resolution is 3840x2160 maybe that has something to do with it? I am used to 1080p

plastiscɧ said:
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20" to be precise

I truly am sorry!

New guys :rolleyes:

phill · Mar 4, 2022

freeagent said:
Sorry! man that pic is so massive what the heck..

That's what....

Sorry, I must resist... I need to post some more pics up with some hardware in them.... Oh whilst I remember!!

tabascosauz said:
@phill best of luck with the 4133CL19 kits. They seem to be the wildcard next to the 4000CL19 and 4400CL19 Vipers. They *should* all be A2 PCBs like my 4400CL19 kit, but my 4133 kit is on a A0 PCB and is good neither for timings nor freq. I hope that yours are all decent A2s.

Apologies my good sir!!
I've honestly no idea which they are sir, I just bought them due to the speeds and price really if I'm honest... (I think about the £70 mark a little while ago) so hopefully they'll just work at their rated speeds.. I can't really justify spending double or more on RAM when they just go in the crunching PCs and such, as much as I love G Skill RAM, its just too pricey and I try to buy RAM without the flashing lights (I know I can turn them off....) but I figure easier to just avoid it in the first place!

Although some non RGB G Skill is very nice.. That said, the Royal stuff might light up the case a little more

JATownes · Mar 4, 2022

I'll definitely give that a shot @Mussels and I'm looking to find a replacement fan for it also. Might try and swap out one of my kids B450 boards for it if I can get it back to running cool.

On a side note, I've been running Asus boards exclusively for well over a decade, so I'm rather excited to see the difference MSI offers. Plus I've been tweaking this 5950x under different PBO and CO settings for the last 6 months, with the same RAM setup, so the +/- should be limited to just the MB/BIOS differences.

On top of that, it's new tech to play with that the wife didn't gripe about. Ha!

JAT

Space Lynx · Mar 4, 2022

Mussels said:
Probably snagging an S22 ultra tomorrow.

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

I regret not getting it while it was 500 off plus 200 credit for pre-orders on google fi.

i waited one day to long, moment i decided to do it, the pre order sale had ended. s22 ultra fits all my needs into one, its big enough to give me the entertainment of experience of a tablet good enough, etc. one device to rule them all, and in the fires, bind them!

System Name	Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
Processor	Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard	Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling	Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory	Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage	I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s)	3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case	The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse	Corsair thingy
Keyboard	Razer something or other....
VR HMD	No headset yet
Software	Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores	I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(

System Name	Best AMD Computer
Processor	AMD 7900X3D
Motherboard	Asus X670E E Strix
Cooling	In Win SR36
Memory	GSKILL DDR5 32GB 5200 30
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse 7900XT (Watercooled)
Storage	Corsair MP 700, Seagate 530 2Tb, Adata SX8200 2TBx2, Kingston 2 TBx2, Micron 8 TB, WD AN 1500
Display(s)	GIGABYTE FV43U
Case	Corsair 7000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Corsair Void Pro, Logitch Z523 5.1
Power Supply	Deepcool 1000M
Mouse	Logitech g7 gaming mouse
Keyboard	Logitech G510
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64 Steam. GOG, Uplay, Origin
Benchmark Scores	Firestrike: 46183 Time Spy: 25121

System Name	Alienware PC
Processor	Intel 4790K
Motherboard	ASROCK Z97 EXTREME4
Cooling	Stock Intel Cooler
Memory	32GB DDR3 1600 MHz
Video Card(s)	ATI Radeon HD 7770 2GB GDDR5
Storage	SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2
Display(s)	SAMSUNG UE57 Series 28-Inch 4K UHD
Case	Alienware Area 51 Black Tower Case
Audio Device(s)	Realtek On Board
Power Supply	EVGA 850 watt
Mouse	Microsoft Wireless
Keyboard	HyperX - Alloy Elite 2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard.
Software	Windows 10 Pro & LTSB & LTSC Windows 11 Pro

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	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.

Processor	AMD R7 5800X3D
Motherboard	Asus Crosshair VIII Dark Hero
Cooling	Thermalright Frozen Edge 360, 3x TL-B12 V2, 2x TL-B12 V1
Memory	2x8 G.Skill Trident Z Royal 3200C14, 2x8GB G.Skill Trident Z Black and White 3200 C14
Video Card(s)	Zotac 4070 Ti Trinity OC
Storage	WD SN850 1TB, SN850X 2TB, SN770 1TB
Display(s)	LG 50UP7100
Case	Fractal Torrent Compact
Audio Device(s)	JBL Bar 700
Power Supply	Seasonic Vertex GX-1000, Monster HDP1800
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero
Keyboard	Logitech G213
VR HMD	Oculus 3
Software	Yes
Benchmark Scores	Yes

System Name	°( ఠ ͟ʖ ఠ)°
Processor	Intel \| i7 _ 11700K \| @ ~ 5GHz all \| cooling ~ Thermal Grizzly CARBONAUT
Motherboard	Asus \| ROG Strix -- Z 590-E
Cooling	Asus \| ROG Ryujin 240 2* _Noctua F PPC °3000 \| 4+1* _beQuiet_ Silent/Light Wings 3 °2200
Memory	G Skill \| Trident Z *RGB @ 4000_ \| _15-15-15-36_ \|
Video Card(s)	Asus \| ROG Strix -- RTX 3070Ti_ #OC Edition
Storage	INTENSO 250GB 1, 500GB1 \| Samsung EVO 860 / 970 EVO plus\| WDC WD40 \|
Display(s)	Alienware \| AW3821DW _ 38" {3840*1600} wide - curved
Case	be Quiet \| DARK BASE PRO 900 --- _rev. 2 --- #Silver
Audio Device(s)	Asus \| ROG Throne - Qi_7.1 \| LOGITECH_G560 Speaker (RGB)
Power Supply	be Quiet \| DARK Power PRO 12 __ 1200W *titanium
Mouse	Razer \| NAGA Trinity (19 buttons)
Keyboard	Razer \| Huntsman V2 analog \| Razer Goliathus (RGB) black
VR HMD	Razer \| Kraken Ultimate HEADSET __7.1 THX ____\| DX RACER - Gaming Leather Chair_____ VR?? is odd!
Software	Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	See signature URL

System Name	Mr. Reliable
Processor	Ryzen R7 7800X3D
Motherboard	MSI X670E Carbon Wifi
Cooling	D5 Pump, Singularity Top/Res, 2x360mm EK P rads, EK Magnitude/Bitspower Blocks
Memory	32Gb (2x16Gb) GSkill Trident Z5 DDR5 6000 Cl30
Video Card(s)	Asus Tuf 4080 Super
Storage	4 x Crucial P5 1TB; 2 x Samsung 870 2TB
Display(s)	Acer 32" Z321QU 2560x1440; LG 34GP83A-B 34" 3440x1440
Case	Lian Li PC-011 Dynamic XL; Synology DS218j w/ 2 x 2TB WD Red
Audio Device(s)	SteelSeries Arctis Pro+
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNova 850G3
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V2
Keyboard	Das Keyboard 6; Razer Orbweaver Chroma
Software	Windows 11 Pro

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

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