What's your latest tech purchase?

Mussels · Mar 30, 2022

That little SFF rig is doing its work
single channel ram locked to 3.4GHz, 50W power draw
can do 1440p 60Hz output, making it actually useful as a desktop for me

Edit: found a "stock" bench online of 2780 for a full desktop, so hell yeah for SFF build!

Oh and both my switches (mine/sons) are unpatched, and i ran the homebrew stuff on mine - had no idle mode so battery went flat if it wasnt perma-charging, so i've disabled it for now but like that i can always do it later as it matures
Mine are old enough (original grey controller models) that regardless of software, they cant be secured

Deleted member 24505 · Mar 30, 2022

phill said:
After asking the question I did have a quick Google to find out, ironically I did have a look for seeing how much they are to buy (similar to a new Switch) and wondered the amount of use mine gets with my eldest, is very rare so not really worth another £250 say to get one, but I can see the attraction.

Didn't know when I bought mine, so its not the biggest loss but I suppose if you wished to play Switch games like that, you can always use an emulator I guess?... I did watch a few further videos about the whole Nintendo thing, I'm just surprised they go to the trouble and expense to try and block all that stuff from happening. Someone will always find away around it, but I'm going off base here
Any plans for your @Tigger ?

There is no way to make it work "yet" on a patched switch, so un patched ones are still sought after.

Mussels · Mar 30, 2022

phill said:
I use a few of these myself, sadly the specs aren't brilliant but they work for basic usage
Any plans for the one you have kept?

Game server, mostly
3570K, 16GB 1600Mhz dual channel ram + 240GB WD green = faster than most laptops.

ARK, 7 days to die, Valheim etc - whatever my gaming group is into at the time.
Did run them off my ITX 2700x rig, but this can achieve it with 1/3 the power usage

I did also torrent to the 2700x, but with primocache to save the SSD wear i've began torrenting to my main system (anime, or region locked stuff. WTF cant i legally get octonauts and thomas episodes here?!?)

Been seeing a 20% reduction in total writes to the C: drive by primocache even without torrents and their excessive writing, which is absolutely huge

phill · Mar 30, 2022

Tigger said:
There is no way to make it work "yet" on a patched switch, so un patched ones are still sought after.

Noticed that also, there's a lot for sell on Ebay, so not a bad thing if I ever wished to go that way. I guess it might be helpful but not sure I'd even get close to actually using it lol

Mussels said:
Game server, mostly
3570K, 16GB 1600Mhz dual channel ram + 240GB WD green = faster than most laptops.

ARK, 7 days to die, Valheim etc - whatever my gaming group is into at the time.
Did run them off my ITX 2700x rig, but this can achieve it with 1/3 the power usage

I did also torrent to the 2700x, but with primocache to save the SSD wear i've began torrenting to my main system (anime, or region locked stuff. WTF cant i legally get octonauts and thomas episodes here?!?)

Been seeing a 20% reduction in total writes to the C: drive by primocache even without torrents and their excessive writing, which is absolutely huge

They work well, been looking into with a mate about getting a newer Ryzen model, I'm sure we can find something that sips the power and does everything we need

The one I'm using now is currently drawing about 12w but I've seen as low as 6w even when in use. Highest, been about the 34w mark I think but I digress...
It's lovely to find other ways to do things that will help with the power consumption. Comparing the mini PC to my desktop (5950X + 3090 water cooled blah blah) that idles about the 160 to 180w mark... In comparison about 4 to 4.5 maybe 5 hours I use a unit of a electric. It took the mini PC 4 days straight to use the same power lol Gotta love it

With regards to the torrenting, would a decent HD be better for it rather than wearing it out on a SSD? Or was there a need for the SSD? Been ages since I've ever done any torrenting, think the last thing I downloaded via one was Linux Mint OS's.....

Mussels · Mar 30, 2022

phill said:
Noticed that also, there's a lot for sell on Ebay, so not a bad thing if I ever wished to go that way. I guess it might be helpful but not sure I'd even get close to actually using it lol

They work well, been looking into with a mate about getting a newer Ryzen model, I'm sure we can find something that sips the power and does everything we need The one I'm using now is currently drawing about 12w but I've seen as low as 6w even when in use. Highest, been about the 34w mark I think but I digress...
It's lovely to find other ways to do things that will help with the power consumption. Comparing the mini PC to my desktop (5950X + 3090 water cooled blah blah) that idles about the 160 to 180w mark... In comparison about 4 to 4.5 maybe 5 hours I use a unit of a electric. It took the mini PC 4 days straight to use the same power lol Gotta love it

With regards to the torrenting, would a decent HD be better for it rather than wearing it out on a SSD? Or was there a need for the SSD? Been ages since I've ever done any torrenting, think the last thing I downloaded via one was Linux Mint OS's.....

I'm measuring at the wall, not software readings - for obvious reasons an SFF system uses less power, because it simply has less electronics.
That 15W-50W is total for the whole system idle to R23 load, vs the ryzen being 60W+ (max load aint fair to comapre, 16 threads vs 4 and IGP vs 1070ti)

phill · Mar 30, 2022

Mussels said:
I'm measuring at the wall, not software readings - for obvious reasons an SFF system uses less power, because it simply has less electronics.
That 15W-50W is total for the whole system idle to R23 load, vs the ryzen being 60W+ (max load aint fair to comapre, 16 threads vs 4 and IGP vs 1070ti)

Also with a watt meter here, I think its the only way

Comparisons in that way are a little harder but you can appreciate the hardware for whatever it is

The mini stuff certainly has its place

Deleted member 24505 · Mar 30, 2022

GBA and snes emulators on the switch with about 500 roms each. Got CFW on it now. No switch roms though.

Mussels · Mar 30, 2022

That little PC has a mini PCI-E slot, originally for wifi but my one has a USB 2.0 expansion card (woweee) and a little bracket

I saw this. I'm having thoughts. bad thoughts.

All i need to do is splice that into the existing power for the 2.5" slots SATA cable...

toilet pepper · Mar 30, 2022

Tigger said:
GBA and snes emulators on the switch with about 500 roms each. Got CFW on it now. No switch roms though.

I was hoping to atleast run Moonlight on mine but unfortunately I have a patched Switch. Would have been great stop gap until the Steam deck becomes mainstream.

Deleted member 24505 · Mar 30, 2022

toilet pepper said:
I was hoping to atleast run Moonlight on mine but unfortunately I have a patched Switch. Would have been great stop gap until the Steam deck becomes mainstream.

Took me a while of checking switches to find this. Asking people who have them for sale to tell me the serial number. checking ones in cex, and other second hand shops. Been trying to get one for over a year.

Just tried moonlight, did not work, some crash. i'll try and figure it out.

this might help, had it on my phone to refer too

phill · Mar 30, 2022

Mussels said:
That little PC has a mini PCI-E slot, originally for wifi but my one has a USB 2.0 expansion card (woweee) and a little bracket

I saw this. I'm having thoughts. bad thoughts.

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All i need to do is splice that into the existing power for the 2.5" slots SATA cable...

I can only begin to have a funny feeling we are going to have another Mussels special thread coming up........

Tigger said:
Took me a while of checking switches to find this. Asking people who have them for sale to tell me the serial number. checking ones in cex, and other second hand shops. Been trying to get one for over a year.

Just tried moonlight, did not work, some crash. i'll try and figure it out.
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this might help, had it on my phone to refer too
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I checked with mine last night after a few videos, been patched

Bought it in December 2019 so already patched sadly

If I feel like buying another I'll try and get a modded one if I can... Makes sense

Deleted member 24505 · Mar 30, 2022

phill said:
I can only begin to have a funny feeling we are going to have another Mussels special thread coming up........

I checked with mine last night after a few videos, been patched Bought it in December 2019 so already patched sadly If I feel like buying another I'll try and get a modded one if I can... Makes sense

Try and find a unpatched one that has not been messed with, a clean one so to speak. use the piccie above to check the serial number.

phill · Mar 30, 2022

Tigger said:
Try and find a unpatched one that has not been messed with, a clean one so to speak. use the piccie above to check the serial number.

Loads on the Bay, so if and when I feel like it, I might consider it

Got a bit of a car bill to sort out soon and a few things I've bought, so next months credit card bill is going to need to major attention! :laugh:

Deleted member 24505 · Mar 30, 2022

phill said:
Loads on the Bay, so if and when I feel like it, I might consider it Got a bit of a car bill to sort out soon and a few things I've bought, so next months credit card bill is going to need to major attention!

It's a nice bit of tech to piss about with. Just gotta make sure you back up the nand, then cannot be bricked.

Got a real nice toshiba tablet, for a fiver, but it has a supervisor password on it. would switching out the bios chip remove it?

https://ie.dynabook.com/discontinued-products/portege-z10t-a-10h/

Just got another 1TB WD black SN850.

Could i Raid them as they are both the same? does it still work with m2's?

80-watt Hamster · Mar 31, 2022

Tigger said:
It's a nice bit of tech to piss about with. Just gotta make sure you back up the nand, then cannot be bricked.

Got a real nice toshiba tablet, for a fiver, but it has a supervisor password on it. would switching out the bios chip remove it?

https://ie.dynabook.com/discontinued-products/portege-z10t-a-10h/

Just got another 1TB WD black SN850.

Could i Raid them as they are both the same? does it still work with m2's?
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As long as the RAID controller recognizes them. But general practice is to not bother with RAID on an SSD. I know that when I tried SATA RAID-0, it performed only marginally better than a single drive, perhaps due to bus limitation. Never dug too far into it.

R-T-B · Mar 31, 2022

80-watt Hamster said:
As long as the RAID controller recognizes them. But general practice is to not bother with RAID on an SSD. I know that when I tried SATA RAID-0, it performed only marginally better than a single drive, perhaps due to bus limitation. Never dug too far into it.

It's mainly that at SSD speeds the cpu overhead for striping becomes more large than the marginal speed benefit is worth.

Deleted member 24505 · Mar 31, 2022

80-watt Hamster said:
As long as the RAID controller recognizes them. But general practice is to not bother with RAID on an SSD. I know that when I tried SATA RAID-0, it performed only marginally better than a single drive, perhaps due to bus limitation. Never dug too far into it.

here is someone elses 2x sn850 raid 0, serious speed.

Space Lynx · Mar 31, 2022

Tigger said:
here is someone elses 2x sn850 raid 0, serious speed.
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Do you think gen5 nvme will finally improve the RND4K Q1T1 speed? thats the most important one isnt it? 75 is still low really, i mean its not that much more than say the 970 evo

Chomiq · Mar 31, 2022

A handy set for €5 at a local supermarket:

Ruru · Mar 31, 2022

Chomiq said:
A handy set for €5 at a local supermarket:
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Not bad, a great set for cable management

are those black things shrinkwraps?

Chomiq · Mar 31, 2022

MaenadFIN said:
Not bad, a great set for cable management are those black things shrinkwraps?

Yup.

Deleted member 24505 · Mar 31, 2022

Just got a Galaxy S20+ 5G 128gb today, goodbye iphone 8+

theFOoL · Mar 31, 2022

LG V20 Battery Charger (yes I bent the track length to not track back "It was annoying")

I plan on getting a actual battery charger like I had for the G4 soon

And Apparently the Powerout last night broke the charger as it no Longer charges. O well

lexluthermiester · Mar 31, 2022

Chomiq said:
A handy set for €5 at a local supermarket:
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Now that's some utility for a great price! Nice!

MaenadFIN said:
are those black things shrinkwraps?

Yup, those are heat-shrink tubes.

phill · Apr 1, 2022

Tigger said:
here is someone elses 2x sn850 raid 0, serious speed.
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The question on my mind is, did Windows or Office load any faster??

(I'm avoiding the main one.......)

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	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	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	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	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!! :(

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	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	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

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)
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x Gold

Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 Aorus Elite
Cooling	Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE
Memory	2x16 GB Crucial Ballistix 3600 CL16 Rev E @ 3800 CL16
Video Card(s)	RTX3080 Ti FE
Storage	SX8200 Pro 1 TB, Plextor M6Pro 256 GB, WD Blue 2TB
Display(s)	LG 34GN850P-B
Case	SilverStone Primera PM01 RGB
Audio Device(s)	SoundBlaster G6 \| Fidelio X2 \| Sennheiser 6XX
Power Supply	SeaSonic Focus Plus Gold 750W
Mouse	Endgame Gear XM1R
Keyboard	Wooting Two HE

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	BoX-Server \| 775PC
Processor	I3 3.5GHZ (3150) \| Modded Xeon E5450 (OC @3.60)
Motherboard	ASRock B85M-ITX \| ASUS P5Q-EM
Cooling	OEZM HSK \| 120MM Heatsink (2-FANs)
Memory	8GB DDR3 (2x4GB) \| 8GB DDR2 (4x2GB)
Video Card(s)	Onboard \| NVIDIA Quadro K2200 4GB
Storage	120GB SSD 1TB WD \| 120GB SSD 1TB Seagate 500GB HDD <<
Display(s)	DELL 17" LCD 1280x1024 \| ASUS 24" LCD IPS
Case	CoolerMaster 110 \| DIYPC N1e-SPORT
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 550WATT \| Rosewill 530WATT
Mouse	Input-Director\| RoseWill FUSION C40
Keyboard	Input-Director \| RoseWill FUSION
Software	WiN1124H2/WiN11ET

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