What's your latest tech purchase?

Chomiq · Apr 20, 2022

Liviu Cojocaru said:
3. Sleeved cables - Generic brand £22

With that 6900XT you better watch if they won't melt on ya.

Liviu Cojocaru · Apr 20, 2022

Chomiq said:
With that 6900XT you better watch if they won't melt on ya.

My 6900XT is undervolted and uses maximum 280W so no problems there

lexluthermiester · Apr 20, 2022

Liviu Cojocaru said:
Made a few purchases lately:
1. External sound card - Sound Blaster X4 £99
2. Hyper X - Cloud Revolver 7.1 Wired Gaming Headset
3. Sleeved cables - Generic brand £22
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For an external DAC, you picked a good one! That case and it's lighting are beautiful! Very nice!

Anoniem · Apr 20, 2022

Damn happy with my Prusa i3 MK3S+, fast, easy and most important of all: Reliable. My Creality Ender 6 did print well, though it's such a pain to use and pretty slow.
Thing below is a second bird feeder for my sister since the first one is a major succes, all the birds are fighting over it :roll:

tabascosauz · Apr 21, 2022

Good news: new Vipers are back from RMA. Bad news: I think the 5V short crippled the 5700G, in addition to nuking my board and old Vipers. Which is not a fixable problem.

Mussels · Apr 21, 2022

Liviu Cojocaru said:
My 6900XT is undervolted and uses maximum 280W so no problems there

my 3090 melted cables at 300W, problems can still occur. It wont be fast, but it can happen.

oobymach · Apr 21, 2022

Bought a used shockewave cd player from kijiji, works well. Click to enlarge.

londeroarthur · Apr 21, 2022

A Dell G15

Liviu Cojocaru · Apr 21, 2022

Mussels said:
my 3090 melted cables at 300W, problems can still occur. It wont be fast, but it can happen.

Hope that won't be the case for me

, I am very surprised that a 3090 can stay at 300W

SpittinFax · Apr 21, 2022

A good discount on Be Quiet fans means it's upgrade time. Three Silent Wings 3 140mm case fans now, with two in the front and one in the rear (plus a 92mm Noctua for CPU and 120mm Silent Wings for power supply). After having issues with my Noctua A14 being too loud, it's night and day just how much quieter these things are. I mean literally, it's so quiet now that from inside my closed room the trees rustling outdoors is louder than my rig sitting a foot away from my ear at full load. And these things were half the frickin' cost of an equivalent Noctua!

AusWolf · Apr 21, 2022

SpittinFax said:
A good discount on Be Quiet fans means it's upgrade time. Three Silent Wings 3 140mm case fans now, with two in the front and one in the rear (plus a 92mm Noctua for CPU and 120mm Silent Wings for power supply). After having issues with my Noctua A14 being too loud, it's night and day just how much quieter these things are. I mean literally, it's so quiet now that from inside my closed room the trees rustling outdoors is louder than my rig sitting a foot away from my ear at full load. And these things were half the frickin' cost of an equivalent Noctua!

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I have the same fans in my case. The best ones I've ever had.

Outback Bronze · Apr 21, 2022

R-T-B said:
It'll probably end up playing Kerbal Space Program

Its all cool matey. I still play Diablo II and MAME games with my 6800XT

dont whant to set it"' · Apr 21, 2022

It's gonna have to wait for me to finish breakfast.

WonkoTheSaneUK · Apr 21, 2022

AusWolf said:
People can say what they want about using only 2 slots being more stable and all... it just never beats the aesthetics of a fully populated RAM array.

That is exactly why Corsair make dummy RAM sticks.

Athlonite · Apr 21, 2022

The 980 pro is up and running

SN2716057 · Apr 21, 2022

Upgraded the WD red 2TB to the Blue 6TB

And also upgraded the 1080Ti to the 3080.

(pc in the background is not the sig rig)

AusWolf · Apr 21, 2022

Outback Bronze said:
Its all cool matey. I still play Diablo II and MAME games with my 6800XT

It's not our fault that old games had more appeal than the majority of new ones.

I have a 2070, but most of my all-time favourites could probably run on my netbook.

ThaiTaffy · Apr 22, 2022

So just getting round to posting about this, it's been running probably a week.

Xiaomi R3P it's only a AC2600 router but it was £50 quid and it supports usb-3, as I've said before I open things as soon as I get them and I was flashing the firmware on it so I was happy I did. Look at the heatsink on this thing!

So this runs the house now and also has a usb drive mounted so I can have a low power samba backup. My TP-Link Poe ap has gone out into the garage and I'm getting a new Outdoor Ap in a few hours, hopefully I don't brick this one like I did the last.

Tarte · Apr 22, 2022

New Hdd for Storage: https://geizhals.de/seagate-exos-x-x18-18tb-st18000nm000j-a2380634.html?hloc=at&hloc=de

ThaiTaffy · Apr 22, 2022

Just picked it up from my in-laws.

Fast roaming in my paddy fields if I can flash it properly this time the one I got last week still looks like this.

Shou Miko · Apr 22, 2022

Not my best work but now temps are down to 47c and not 50c like before but it's a bit sad the fan is not adjustable.

But why the hell are these Samsung NVME even Gen3 so hard to cool down even my Sabrent which is faster then this is much cooler and it doesn't help changing position of my Samsung drive :wtf:

micropage7 · Apr 22, 2022

perfex 75mm enlarger lens, for low price and surprisingly the optic is pretty good

just for backup kioxia 32GB

got it 2nd hand, now just trying to figure out what setting that i'm gonna try

another mouse

AusWolf · Apr 22, 2022

puma99dk| said:
Not my best work but now temps are down to 47c and not 50c like before but it's a bit sad the fan is not adjustable.

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But why the hell are these Samsung NVME even Gen3 so hard to cool down even my Sabrent which is faster then this is much cooler and it doesn't help changing position of my Samsung drive

3 degrees down with a fan isn't a lot. :wtf:

Though I still wouldn't worry about 47 °C. My Crucial drives are nice and cool in idle, but they both overheat within half a minute or so when they have to copy something.

Space Lynx · Apr 22, 2022

@Tigger how is that water setup going? looks great, how much did your temps improve over air?

on topic: I am still loving my new A53 Samsung phone. Really meeting all my needs, played some Magic the Gathering Arena on the bus today, was quite fun. OLED 120hz for life!

Deleted member 24505 · Apr 22, 2022

CallandorWoT said:
@Tigger how is that water setup going? looks great, how much did your temps improve over air?

on topic: I am still loving my new A53 Samsung phone. Really meeting all my needs, played some Magic the Gathering Arena on the bus today, was quite fun. OLED 120hz for life!

Temps are loads better, cpu is about 21-24 idle/49-55 gaming and GPU about 23-26 idle and 55-60 gaming. it is near silent idle and i can hardly hear it gaming.

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	El Calpulator
Processor	AMD Ryzen R7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASRock X670E Pro RS
Cooling	ArcticCooling Freezer 3 360ARGB AIO
Memory	32GB Corsair Vengance 6000Mhz C30
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 4080 Gaming Trio X @ 2925 / 23500 mhz
Storage	5TB nvme SSD + Synology DS115j NAS with 4TB HDD
Display(s)	Samsung G8 34" QD-OLED + Samsung 28" 4K 60hz UR550
Case	Montech King 95 PRO Blue
Audio Device(s)	SB X4+Logitech Z623 2.1+Astro A50 Wireless
Power Supply	be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000W ATX 3.0 80+ Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502X Plus LightSpeed Hero Wireless plus Logitech G POWERPLAY Wireless Charging Mouse Pad
Keyboard	Logitech G915 LightSpeed Wireless
Software	Win 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Just enough

System Name	C₂H₅OH
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 5,45GHz Alphacool Core 1 Black
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E GENE
Cooling	Custom loop - MO-RA3 420 & 360 Pro - Heatkiller 200 & 150 D5 pump/res combo
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB F5-8000J4048F24GX2 8GHz 36-44-44
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 4090 Suprim X Alphacool block
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB - Intel 660 Pro 2TB
Display(s)	Asus PG27AQDM 240Hz OLED
Case	Streacom BC1 Silver
Audio Device(s)	Topping DX7Pro - Topping A90 - Hifiman Ananda - Focal Elear - Focal Radiance - Adam A5X & Adam Sub 7
Power Supply	Corsair HX1200
Mouse	Logitech G Pro Wireless
Keyboard	Ducky One 2 SF White MX Speed Silver / Logitech MX Mechanical
Software	Windows 11 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	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.

What's your latest tech purchase?

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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	Dell G15 5510
Processor	Intel® Core™ i5-10500H
Motherboard	DELL 0N28DR
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 OC (Laptop) / Intel UHD Graphics
Storage	NVMe Kioxia
Display(s)	1080p 120Hz
Power Supply	Dell 180W
Software	Microsoft Windows 11 Professional (x64)

Processor	Ryzen 5 5600X
Motherboard	Asus B550-F Gaming WiFi
Cooling	Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4
Memory	64GB G.Skill Ripjaws V 3600 CL18
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RX 6600 Eagle (de-shrouded)
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 1TB M.2
Display(s)	2 x Asus 1080p 60Hz IPS
Case	Antec P101 Silent
Audio Device(s)	Ifi Zen DAC V2
Power Supply	Be Quiet! Straight Power 11 650W Platinum
Mouse	JSCO JNL-101k
Keyboard	Akko 3108 V2 (Akko Pink linears)

System Name	Nebulon B
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	MSi PRO B650M-A WiFi
Cooling	be quiet! Dark Rock 4
Memory	2x 24 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-4800
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT 12 GB
Storage	2 TB Corsair MP600 GS, 2 TB Corsair MP600 R2
Display(s)	Dell S3422DWG, 7" Waveshare touchscreen
Case	Kolink Citadel Mesh black
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z333 2.1 speakers, AKG Y50 headphones
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime GX-750
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 2S
Keyboard	Logitech G413 SE
Software	Bazzite (Fedora Linux) KDE

System Name	Raptor Baked
Processor	14900k w.c.
Motherboard	Z790 Hero
Cooling	w.c.
Memory	48GB G.Skill 7200
Video Card(s)	Zotac 4080 w.c.
Storage	2TB Kingston kc3k
Display(s)	Samsung 34" G8
Case	Corsair 460X
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	PCIe5 850w
Mouse	Asus
Keyboard	Corsair
Software	Win 11
Benchmark Scores	Cool n Quiet.

System Name	3 "rigs"-gaming/spare pc/cruncher
Processor	R7-5800X3D/i7-7700K/R9-7950X
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VI Extreme/Asus Ranger Z170/Asus ROG Crosshair X670E-GENE
Cooling	Bitspower monoblock ,custom open loop,both passive and active/air tower cooler/air tower cooler
Memory	32GB DDR4/32GB DDR4/64GB DDR5
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RX6900XT Alphacooled/AMD RX5700XT 50th Aniv./SOC(onboard)
Storage	mix of sata ssds/m.2 ssds/mix of sata ssds+an m.2 ssd
Display(s)	Dell UltraSharp U2410 , HP 24x
Case	mb box/Silverstone Raven RV-05/CoolerMaster Q300L
Audio Device(s)	onboard/onboard/onboard
Power Supply	3 Seasonics, a DeltaElectronics, a FractalDesing
Mouse	various/various/various
Keyboard	various wired and wireless
VR HMD	-
Software	W10.someting or another,all 3

Processor	7950X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X670E Aorus Pro X
Cooling	NZXT Kraken ELite 280
Memory	64GB Kingston FURY Beast RGB 6000MT/s C30
Video Card(s)	GeForce RTX™ 4080 16GB AERO OC
Storage	Crucial T700 1TB SSD
Display(s)	Samsung Odyssey G9 Neo
Case	Lian-Li O11D Mini
Audio Device(s)	Mackie CM3 studio monitors
Power Supply	Asus Loki 1kW
Mouse	Razer Deathadder Pro 3
Keyboard	Ducky Zero 6108 (silver switches)
VR HMD	Vive XR Elite
Software	Kubuntu 24.10

System Name	Cumquat 2021
Processor	AMD RyZen R7 7800X3D
Motherboard	Asus Strix X670E - E Gaming WIFI
Cooling	Deep Cool LT720 + CM MasterGel Pro TP + Lian Li Uni Fan V2
Memory	32GB GSkill Trident Z5 Neo 6000
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ OC RX6800 16GB DDR6 2270Cclk / 2010Mclk
Storage	1x Adata SX8200PRO NVMe 1TB gen3 x4 1X Samsung 980 Pro NVMe Gen 4 x4 1TB, 12TB of HDD Storage
Display(s)	AOC 24G2 IPS 144Hz FreeSync Premium 1920x1080p
Case	Lian Li O11D XL ROG edition
Audio Device(s)	RX6800 via HDMI + Pioneer VSX-531 amp Technics 100W 5.1 Speaker set
Power Supply	EVGA 1000W G5 Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Core Wired
Keyboard	Logitech G915 Wireless
Software	Windows 11 X64 PRO (build 23H2)
Benchmark Scores	it sucks even more less now ;)

System Name	Merc v8
Processor	Ryzen 7800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X670 Gaming X AX
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15
Memory	2x 16GB-6000
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
Storage	Solidigm P44 1TB & 2TB, Crucial MX500 2TB
Display(s)	ASUS ROG Swift PG27UQR
Case	Caselabs Mercury S8
Audio Device(s)	Schiit Magni & Modi, Edifier S351DB, DT 770 PRO
Power Supply	Seasonic Vertex PX-850
Mouse	Logitech G600
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK Pro custom
Software	W11Pro

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

System Name	Lynni PS \ Lenowo TwinkPad L14 G2
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Raphael (Waiting on 9800X3D) \ i5-1135G7 Tiger Lake-U
Motherboard	ASRock B650M PG Riptide Bios v. 3.10 AMD AGESA 1.2.0.2a \ Lenowo BDPLANAR Bios 1.68
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 Chromax.Black (Only middle fan) \ Lenowo C-267C-2
Memory	G.Skill Flare X5 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHZ CL36-36-36-96 AMD EXPO \ Willk Elektronik 2x16GB 2666MHZ CL17
Video Card(s)	Asus GeForce RTX™ 4070 Dual OC (Waiting on RX 8800 XT) \| Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Storage	Gigabyte M30 1TB\|Sabrent Rocket 2TB\| HDD: 10TB\|1TB \ WD RED SN700 1TB
Display(s)	KTC M27T20S 1440p@165Hz \| LG 48CX OLED 4K HDR \| Innolux 14" 1080p
Case	Asus Prime AP201 White Mesh \| Lenowo L14 G2 chassis
Audio Device(s)	Steelseries Arctis Pro Wireless
Power Supply	Be Quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W Goldie \| 65W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeedy Wireless \| Lenowo TouchPad & Logitech G305
Keyboard	Ducky One 3 Daybreak Fullsize \| L14 G2 UK Lumi
Software	Win11 IoT Enterprise 24H2 UK \| Win11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 24H2 UK / Arch (Fan)
Benchmark Scores	3DMARK: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/89434432? GPU-Z: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/details/v3zbr

System Name	micropage7
Processor	Intel Xeon X3470
Motherboard	Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. P55A-UD3R (Socket 1156)
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T40F
Memory	Samsung 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Storage	V-GEN03AS18EU120GB, Seagate 2 x 1TB and Seagate 4TB
Display(s)	Samsung 21 inch LCD Wide Screen
Case	Icute Super 18
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte
Power Supply	Silverstone 600 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Sades Excalibur + Taihao keycaps
Software	Win 7 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	Classified

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