What's your latest tech purchase?

[plastiscɧ]

Love that Patina.. I kind of miss the old world.

u miss the old world??
come to europe, good old germany awaits you.

 

[NotHereMan]

if you put it on water, make sure you oc it!

I'll see what I can do. I believe there is an artificial OC limit(Or power, forgot which one). Hopefully there's a bypass for it.

 

[freeagent]

u miss the old world??
come to europe, good old germany awaits you.

Not that old

 

[Space Lynx]

I'll see what I can do. I believe there is an artificial OC limit(Or power, forgot which one). Hopefully there's a bypass for it.

i don't know if i would bother bypassing it for a few extra fps in games. but max out the normal oc under water, and enjoy the cold temps and fast games, and no risk of stability issues that way

 

[NotHereMan]

i don't know if i would bother bypassing it for a few extra fps in games. but max out the normal oc under water, and enjoy the cold temps and fast games, and no risk of stability issues that way

I just looked it over again, just the memory has an artificial OC limit. According to TPU, it can be overclocked well, just requires increasing the power. HEDT is now complete!

 

[Zyll Goliat]

I recently bought ZX Spectrum+(old 8bit computer from back in the '80s)it's some rare edition that don't have the Sinclair logo....It didn't work so I end buying 1 more Spectrum(regular) that was kinda working and after some fixing and soldering and replacing certain parts from one to another I finally get myself fully operational ZX Spectrum 48kb+.......

That's my latest tech purchase and I am really happy about it.........

 

[tabascosauz]

The heck Gigabyte??

The RMA returned to me today. No communication whatsoever, never knew the tracking number, even though I gave them my FedEx account#.

The board was in its ESD bag.....just thrown haphazardly into a box for one of their PSUs they're not even close to the same size......no padding, only some peanuts in the outer box.

I sent them the entire original box with all the accessories cause I thought they could potentially decide to replace it! And if they decided not to, it still provides the best protection for the board. Where is my Wifi antenna and SATA cables??????

My expectations were already nonexistent since I knew it was Gigabyte, but......what is this? I don't even know if they actually fixed the board yet, need to test it today. The label says a 5V rail short was the issue.

 

[stinger608]

I'd be pissed @tabascosauz

I'd send an email to Gigabyte and ask them where the hell your retail box and accessories are. That is total BS!!!!!

Damn, that pisses me off and it isn't mine.

They have gone waaaaaaaay downhill in recent years.

 

[Space Lynx]

The heck Gigabyte??

The RMA returned to me today. No communication whatsoever, never knew the tracking number, even though I gave them my FedEx account#.

The board was in its ESD bag.....just thrown haphazardly into a box for one of their PSUs they're not even close to the same size......no padding, only some peanuts in the outer box.

I sent them the entire original box with all the accessories cause I thought they could potentially decide to replace it! And if they decided not to, it still provides the best protection for the board. Where is my Wifi antenna and SATA cables??????

My expectations were already nonexistent since I knew it was Gigabyte, but......what is this? I don't even know if they actually fixed the board yet, need to test it today. The label says a 5V rail short was the issue.

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you just saved me some money, I was looking a Gigabyte board for my new build just now. cheers. going to go back to MSI or Asus, I am still leaning towards that Asus Prime b550 for $135, i know its not the greatest, but i have no intention of oc'ing anything. so it should be fine

 

[tabascosauz]

you just saved me some money, I was looking a Gigabyte board for my new build just now. cheers. going to go back to MSI or Asus, I am still leaning towards that Asus Prime b550 for $135, i know its not the greatest, but i have no intention of oc'ing anything. so it should be fine

Hard product is fine, it's survived a lot of hard mem OC. It's just that their RMA dept is............Asus is no better (if anything Asus was the one that originally had the RMA reputation), MSI idk yet. ASRock I don't hear all that much about, but ASRock doesn't make any competitive hard products so we're all in the same hole.

It gets even worse! The M.2 heatsink is missing (the actual finned heatsink with the retention screw and thermal pad, not the giant useless hunk of metal over it), can't put on the M.2 because they don't include screws even if I had the box (the screw is part of the heatsink). I got off the phone with them earlier and they said they'd "put in a request" for the Wifi 6 antenna, but since it's Gigabyte I'm expecting I'll just have to go pick up an aftermarket one. Looks like I need to go to the store to get some M.2 screws anyway.

If you mean the ATX Prime Plus, it's a fine board. A little spartan on various features, but it gets the job done. Built one with it a while ago, but that one was upgraded to a B550I Gaming Edge MAX because of the features lacking

 

[Deleted member 202104]

you just saved me some money, I was looking a Gigabyte board for my new build just now. cheers. going to go back to MSI or Asus, I am still leaning towards that Asus Prime b550 for $135, i know its not the greatest, but i have no intention of oc'ing anything. so it should be fine

For a budget B550, this one's hard to beat. W1zz even used it as his GPU test bench board before EVGA sent him one. Mine was running a 3900x 24/7 as a WCG cruncher before I gave it up (crunching, not the board lol).

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B089CZSQB4/ref=ewc_pr_img_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

 

[80-watt Hamster]

you just saved me some money, I was looking a Gigabyte board for my new build just now. cheers. going to go back to MSI or Asus, I am still leaning towards that Asus Prime b550 for $135, i know its not the greatest, but i have no intention of oc'ing anything. so it should be fine

MSI B550M-PRO VDH Wi-Fi, should you take the advice of HUB.

 

[Space Lynx]

MSI B550M-PRO VDH Wi-Fi, should you take the advice of HUB.

i just watched that video again, forgot about it. thanks

I grabbed the MSI Bazooka, scored best vrm thermals, and I don't need the extra features of vdh wifi.

got it for $114.99 shipped brand new. and march 15th the bios just got the update to support the 5800x 3d vcache cpu which is the cpu i decided to go with on april 20th

 

[R-T-B]

Hard product is fine, it's survived a lot of hard mem OC. It's just that their RMA dept is..........

This. They still make pretty decent stuff but god help you if you have to use the warranty...

 

[80-watt Hamster]

i just watched that video again, forgot about it. thanks

I grabbed the MSI Bazooka, scored best vrm thermals, and I don't need the extra features of vdh wifi.

got it for $114.99 shipped brand new. and march 15th the bios just got the update to support the 5800x 3d vcache cpu which is the cpu i decided to go with on april 20th

Awesome; I was going to suggest the Bazooka, but couldn't find it for less than a Benjamin-and-a-half. Good find!

 

[Athlonite]

@tabascosauz holy shit that's fucking disgusting I'm bloody angry for you bud I'd be well pissed if that happened to me

 

[Space Lynx]

Awesome; I was going to suggest the Bazooka, but couldn't find it for less than a Benjamin-and-a-half. Good find!

Problem is, now I am doubting myself, cause A) I might not even be able to get my hands on a 5800 3d cache, they may sell out fast like everything else in the tech world that is new these days. B) I only have a 6700 xt, so maybe I should stay budget...

Well, I found a 12400f at a local store for MSRP $179 6 p-core no e-core (fk that ecore shit)... in stock. and according to W1zz review, it kicks major ass... and I can get this mobo for $109 off newegg https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813162053?Item=N82E16813162053

so $320 total for both mobo and cpu that is good enough and can sit with the big expensive boys... hmm won't lie I think I am going to go this route, assuming W1zz can answer the question I just asked him on the 12400f review page.

 

[tabascosauz]

The Gigabyte RMA saga continues................this is the first time I've ever seen melted stock cooler brackets - is that even a thing? Very cool Gigabyte, very cool............not sure exactly what happened here

Bought some Ballistix Max 4000/18 for the 5700G. Think I heard that the Ballistix brand is going away? Anyway these were cheaper than any B-die or Ballistix SKU, and might be nice to have the temp sensors and some Rev.B to play with (do they put Rev.E in Ballistix Max?).

Testing the "repaired" B550I Aorus AX and it's not looking good.........all the typical mem-related BSODs at every profile that I've previously tested stable. Been throwing all the tricks I know at it and coming up short. Gonna try RMA the B-die and see if the Micron changes anything.

God I wish Intel made a new socketed iGPU with actual value. I can't go 3 months without a new headache from AM4

 

[Yraggul666]

OK...ok...i MIGHT...just might be biased towards Edifier...i just might be......

 

[TheLostSwede]

As posted elsewhere, the Ryzen 7 5800X dropped to the MSRP of the upcoming 5700X here, so I decided to treat myself.

 

[Chomiq]

The Gigabyte RMA saga continues................this is the first time I've ever seen melted stock cooler brackets - is that even a thing? Very cool Gigabyte, very cool............not sure exactly what happened here

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GN their asses.

 

[lexluthermiester]

The heck Gigabyte??

The RMA returned to me today. No communication whatsoever, never knew the tracking number, even though I gave them my FedEx account#.

The board was in its ESD bag.....just thrown haphazardly into a box for one of their PSUs they're not even close to the same size......no padding, only some peanuts in the outer box.

I sent them the entire original box with all the accessories cause I thought they could potentially decide to replace it! And if they decided not to, it still provides the best protection for the board. Where is my Wifi antenna and SATA cables??????

My expectations were already nonexistent since I knew it was Gigabyte, but......what is this? I don't even know if they actually fixed the board yet, need to test it today. The label says a 5V rail short was the issue.

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Pack it back up and return to sender. Tell them they sent you an incomplete unit and that you expect a complete unit. Report them to your local consumer protection agency, government legal representative and follow up with each. Squeaky wheel gets oiled...

 

[Deleted member 24505]

compressions on loop today.

 

[Space Lynx]

The Gigabyte RMA saga continues................this is the first time I've ever seen melted stock cooler brackets - is that even a thing? Very cool Gigabyte, very cool............not sure exactly what happened here

View attachment 240387

Bought some Ballistix Max 4000/18 for the 5700G. Think I heard that the Ballistix brand is going away? Anyway these were cheaper than any B-die or Ballistix SKU, and might be nice to have the temp sensors and some Rev.B to play with (do they put Rev.E in Ballistix Max?).

Testing the "repaired" B550I Aorus AX and it's not looking good.........all the typical mem-related BSODs at every profile that I've previously tested stable. Been throwing all the tricks I know at it and coming up short. Gonna try RMA the B-die and see if the Micron changes anything.

God I wish Intel made a new socketed iGPU with actual value. I can't go 3 months without a new headache from AM4


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lesson of the day, Don't buy anything GIgabyte. thank you once again latest tech purchase thread.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Yeah gigabyte is never on my consider list for anything.

Opps on topic I got a good deal on some 223 ammo