What's your latest tech purchase?

SN2716057 · Aug 9, 2022

Lenne said:
I know that everyone has their own taste, but I just can't understand how anyone can still manage with just one monitor..

I've had 2 and even 3 in the past but it was a crime in certain games and programs. Basically only great in flying or racing games.

P4-630 said:
I plan to buy this set as well, looks awesome, hopefully they sound awesome as well...

Well, they sound incredible. The cable for the left speaker is very long but the right one should've been longer (standing desk no longer optional).
The set is even better than the Z906. So yeah, very happy with it.

Ruru · Aug 9, 2022

SN2716057 said:
I've had 2 and even 3 in the past but it was a crime in certain games and programs. Basically only great in flying or racing games.

Well, they sound incredible. The cable for the left speaker is very long but the right one should've been longer (standing desk no longer optional).
The set is even better than the Z906. So yeah, very happy with it.

Two is a minimum for me, I can't stand anymore if I need to minimize the browser from time to time. I did have three (and tried surround gaming, my then-GPU, 980 didn't have enough horsepower) and the third was more or less useless. But having two helps so much.

But like I said, everyone does their thing, I'm not here to judge.

Solaris17 · Aug 9, 2022

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I got a 12900k but cant get passed the BIOS lock after the update so sticking with the 12900.

Finally got rid of my 7980xe and got into something smaller, it fits on my desk and I waited so long, the dive to consumer didnt hurt that bad. I will push my workloads to my cluster, or set up my old desktop headless and push to that. The limiting factor is cores, but tbh I will probably jump on HEDT again when they release sapphire rapids and turn this into idk a multi media machine.

Count von Schwalbe · Aug 9, 2022

Solaris17 said:
... sticking with the 12900.

... turn this into idk a multi media machine.

12900 for a multimedia machine ... As in HTPC or transcoding box?

Solaris17 · Aug 9, 2022

Count von Schwalbe said:
12900 for a multimedia machine ... As in HTPC or transcoding box?

Maybe both, the titan would go with it. I plan on jumping on the 4 series. I usually only do HEDT because as you can see my method is to simply throw $$$$$ at the entire build at once. I couldn't resist something so small though.

Count von Schwalbe · Aug 9, 2022

Solaris17 said:
Maybe both, the titan would go with it. I plan on jumping on the 4 series. I usually only do HEDT because as you can see my method is to simply throw $$$$$ at the entire build at once. I couldn't resist something so small though.

A 12900 and a Titan RTX for a HTPC.... I hate you right now....

Solaris17 · Aug 9, 2022

Count von Schwalbe said:
A 12900 and a Titan RTX for a HTPC.... I hate you right now....

Oh dont get the wrong idea, Im not talking about lighting hundreds on fire. the titan and the 7980xe were bought brand new week of release. I have bought I think a single SSD since then. I did the same with 1366, I buy into HEDT blow my savings on the cream of the crop for that generation and then sit on it for like 5 years. This isnt a /flex

Ruru · Aug 10, 2022

Solaris17 said:
Oh dont get the wrong idea, Im not talking about lighting hundreds on fire. the titan and the 7980xe were bought brand new week of release. I have bought I think a single SSD since then. I did the same with 1366, I buy into HEDT blow my savings on the cream of the crop for that generation and then sit on it for like 5 years. This isnt a /flex

And hey, wait for few years and that platform will have the similar fangroup like we X58-heads

tabascosauz · Aug 10, 2022

Been beating on my last-gen red controller for almost 2 years. Picked up one of the newer ones:

Lot less gloss which is good. More profile on Dpad as well

phill · Aug 10, 2022

Solaris17 said:
Oh dont get the wrong idea, Im not talking about lighting hundreds on fire. the titan and the 7980xe were bought brand new week of release. I have bought I think a single SSD since then. I did the same with 1366, I buy into HEDT blow my savings on the cream of the crop for that generation and then sit on it for like 5 years. This isnt a /flex

You flex those clamps!!

Ruru · Aug 10, 2022

tabascosauz said:
Been beating on my last-gen red controller for almost 2 years. Picked up one of the newer ones:

Lot less gloss which is good. More profile on Dpad as well

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Is the upper one a Series S one? I have an One S* gamepad, the first one's RB broke exactly after one year, the replacement has been kickin' for over 4 years.

*I know it's not named that officially, but I've always called the white pad with bluetooth a Xbox S gamepad.

tabascosauz · Aug 10, 2022

Lenne said:
Is the upper one a Series S one? I have an One S* gamepad, the first one's RB broke exactly after one year, the replacement has been kickin' for over 4 years.

*I know it's not named that officially, but I've always called the white pad with bluetooth a Xbox S gamepad.

Yes I think so, Series X/S. There's only been two versions of the regular controller in the past few years, red one is the 1708 white one is the 1914. They started selling the new one in stores a month after I bought the 1708.

The new one is definitely better. No gloss on LB/RB and LT/RT, and wired USB actually works in game now (the 1708 is hit and miss).

Ruru · Aug 10, 2022

tabascosauz said:
Yes I think so, Series X/S. There's only been two versions of the regular controller in the past few years, red one is the 1708 white one is the 1914. They started selling the new one in stores a month after I bought the 1708.

The new one is definitely better. No gloss on LB/RB and LT/RT, and wired USB actually works in game now (the 1708 is hit and miss).

Been slightly interested maaaaaaayyybe getting a Series S. Does it run my digital owned 360 games with their original or with beefed graphics?

tabascosauz · Aug 10, 2022

Lenne said:
Been slightly interested maaaaaaayyybe getting a Series S. Does it run my digital owned 360 games with their original or with beefed graphics?

I don't use consoles. I'm just here for the controller for indie games and JRPG.

Ruru · Aug 10, 2022

tabascosauz said:
I don't use consoles. I'm just here for the controller for indie games and JRPG.

Ah. Dunno do you know, but I am the weird one who actually loves Final Fantasy XIII, and Xbone X had a hella major graphical update for it, I just wonder does SeriesS also have that....

edit: but wait wut, you don't have a PS2? :eek:

bobbybluz · Aug 10, 2022

Two of these off Ebay 10 days ago that appear to have vanished into the black hole of incompetent shipping. After seeing the Gamer's Nexus test of them I thought $9 each was a fair deal. They were supposed to arrive via USPS tomorrow but the last tracking info shows them in Los Angeles on the way to USPS last Thursday. USPS hasn't received them yet...

Ruru · Aug 10, 2022

bobbybluz said:
Two of these off Ebay 10 days ago that appear to have vanished into the black hole of incompetent shipping. After seeing the Gamer's Nexus test of them I thought $9 each was a fair deal. They were supposed to arrive via USPS tomorrow but the last tracking info shows them in Los Angeles on the way to USPS last Thursday. USPS hasn't received them yet...

I have to admit that I don't read every news article of new hardware, but what, the sockets are to blame or what

wolf · Aug 10, 2022

Received and installed some upgraded replacement parts for my M365 Pro electric scooter. I had been running ~1000w+ though the stock motor and controller (36v system, 300w nominal power 600w max) for some time now, easily 2500+ kilometres or so. The bag at the front of the deck has an additional 10s3p 15Ah battery wired in parallel.

Ended up finally popping the controller because, well it's build to handle a lot less power, and the motor has a hard limit of rotational speed under power so I was always limited there too.

Ordered a controller with upgraded traces and certain other components, and a new motor that's rated for 48v 500w continuous.

You better believe this deceptive little bugger hauls ass now, easily powers up to ~45kph on a flat and 50+ downhill, so I've created custom firmware that puts the full derestricted mode as Sports, the mode I'll usually use is D (drive) which I've speed limited, and ECO is pretty much just there as a backup if I'm running low on battery and need to make it home.

bobbybluz · Aug 10, 2022

Lenne said:
I have to admit that I don't read every news article of new hardware, but what, the sockets are to blame or what

Actually it appears that due to the length of the CPU and the way the stock Intel LGA 1700 mounting bracket holds the CPU in the socket causes slight bending of the CPU. If Intel had used the same mounting method they did on X79 & X99 boards there wouldn't be any problems but that would have made too much sense. I will say that the hefty backplate that Arctic uses for their AIO's seems to help because the spread pattern on my 12700K with a Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280 was nearly perfect when I pulled it to install a 420 last month. That LF II 280 will be replacing a LF II 240 on my 12600K rig if those things ever magically reappear.

The Thermalright "bending corrector" does make logical sense in theory and in the Gamer's Nexus testing slightly outperformed the one Ber8auer sells for 4x the price. While the machining tolerances aren't exactly as good as Der8auer's the Thermalright mounting is better in my opinion. Even if they only drop a few degrees C on load temps $9 including shipping is justifiable.

Ruru · Aug 10, 2022

bobbybluz said:
Actually it appears that due to the length of the CPU and the way the stock Intel LGA 1700 mounting bracket holds the CPU in the socket causes slight bending of the CPU. If Intel had used the same mounting method they did on X79 & X99 boards there wouldn't be any problems but that would have made too much sense. I will say that the hefty backplate that Arctic uses for their AIO's seems to help because the spread pattern on my 12700K with a Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280 was nearly perfect when I pulled it to install a 420 last month. That LF II 280 will be replacing a LF II 240 on my 12600K rig if those things ever magically reappear.

The Thermalright "bending corrector" does make logical sense in theory and in the Gamer's Nexus testing slightly outperformed the one Ber8auer sells for 4x the price. While the machining tolerances aren't exactly as good as Der8auer's the Thermalright mounting is better in my opinion. Even if they only drop a few degrees C on load temps $9 including shipping is justifiable.

Now that's a hella good socket if you need something from a third party company..

Chomiq · Aug 10, 2022

Lenne said:
Is the upper one a Series S one? I have an One S* gamepad, the first one's RB broke exactly after one year, the replacement has been kickin' for over 4 years.

*I know it's not named that officially, but I've always called the white pad with bluetooth a Xbox S gamepad.

You can tell that it's Series controller by the [Share] button in the middle.

Ruru · Aug 10, 2022

Chomiq said:
You can tell that it's Series controller by the [Share] button in the middle.

Ah, good point there.

Mussels · Aug 11, 2022

Atheist Jr said:
New microphone. Elgato Wave 3. Never buy a blue yeti. Mine was horrible.

I have two, what was wrong with yours?

Lenne said:
With MX-4 you can't go wrong mate.

lexluthermiester said:
True.

Many edits later:
Fine.

Heh it's the sex number.

lexluthermiester · Aug 11, 2022

Mussels said:
I have two, what was wrong with yours?

Many edits later:
Fine.

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Heh it's the sex number.

45grams? Seriously? Are you buying a lifetime supply? I own a shop and it takes us a while to get through that much.

Mussels · Aug 11, 2022

lexluthermiester said:
45grams? Seriously? Are you buying a lifetime supply? I own a shop and it takes us a while to get through that much.

Well.... yeah basically.
With the 8 year shelf life, that size actually might do so.

I needed something with a longer shelf life, that works on any hardware - and so many of the better performing pastes simply dont.
The "pump out" effect aka laptops are bendy is a problem on thinner pastes.

Random new hardware comes with tubes of better paste (EK ectotherm from my GPU blocks turned out pretty good), but this will be what i use for anything that isn't LM

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	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	RogueOne
Processor	Xeon W9-3495x
Motherboard	ASUS w790E Sage SE
Cooling	SilverStone XE360-4677
Memory	128gb Gskill Zeta R5 DDR5 RDIMMs
Video Card(s)	MSI SUPRIM Liquid X 4090
Storage	1x 2TB WD SN850X \| 2x 8TB GAMMIX S70
Display(s)	49" Philips Evnia OLED (49M2C8900)
Case	Thermaltake Core P3 Pro Snow
Audio Device(s)	Moondrop S8's on schitt Gunnr
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime TX-1600
Mouse	Lamzu Maya Grey
Keyboard	Monsgeek M3 Lavender, Moondrop Luna lights
VR HMD	Quest 3
Software	Windows 11 Pro Workstation
Benchmark Scores	I dont have time for that.

System Name	Work Computer \| Unfinished Computer
Processor	Core i7-6700 \| Ryzen 5 5600X
Motherboard	Dell Q170 \| Gigabyte Aorus Elite Wi-Fi
Cooling	A fan? \| Truly Custom Loop
Memory	4x4GB Crucial 2133 C17 \| 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance RGB 3600 C26
Video Card(s)	Dell Radeon R7 450 \| RTX 2080 Ti FE
Storage	Crucial BX500 2TB \| TBD
Display(s)	3x LG QHD 32" GSM5B96 \| TBD
Case	Dell \| Heavily Modified Phanteks P400
Power Supply	Dell TFX Non-standard \| EVGA BQ 650W
Mouse	Monster No-Name $7 Gaming Mouse\| TBD

System Name	RogueOne
Processor	Xeon W9-3495x
Motherboard	ASUS w790E Sage SE
Cooling	SilverStone XE360-4677
Memory	128gb Gskill Zeta R5 DDR5 RDIMMs
Video Card(s)	MSI SUPRIM Liquid X 4090
Storage	1x 2TB WD SN850X \| 2x 8TB GAMMIX S70
Display(s)	49" Philips Evnia OLED (49M2C8900)
Case	Thermaltake Core P3 Pro Snow
Audio Device(s)	Moondrop S8's on schitt Gunnr
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime TX-1600
Mouse	Lamzu Maya Grey
Keyboard	Monsgeek M3 Lavender, Moondrop Luna lights
VR HMD	Quest 3
Software	Windows 11 Pro Workstation
Benchmark Scores	I dont have time for that.

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	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	"The black one in the dining room" / "The Latest One"
Processor	Intel Xeon E5 2699 V4 22c/44t / i7 14700K @5.8GHz
Motherboard	Asus X99 Deluxe / ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WiFi
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240 w/4 Silverstone FM121 fans / Arctic LF II 280 w Silverstone FHP141's
Memory	64GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 (8x8) / 96GB G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5 6400
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 1080 Ti FTW3 / Asus Tuff OC 4090 24GB
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo Plus, 1TB Samsung 860, 4 Western Digital 2TB / 2TB Solidigm P44 Pro & more.
Display(s)	43" Samsung 8000 series 4K / 50" Vizio M-series 4K
Case	Modded Corsair Carbide 500R / Modded Corsair Graphite 780 T
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar Essence STX/ Asus Xonar Essence STX II
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200i / Seasonic Prime GX-1300
Mouse	Logitech Performance MX, Microsoft Intellimouse Optical 3.0
Keyboard	Logitech K750 Solar, Logitech K800
Software	Win 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 IoT / Win 11 Enterprise IoT LTSC 24H2
Benchmark Scores	https://www.passmark.com/baselines/V11/display.php?id=202122048229

System Name	MightyX
Processor	Ryzen 9800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X650I AX
Cooling	Scythe Fuma 2
Memory	32GB DDR5 6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	Asus TUF RTX3080 Deshrouded
Storage	WD Black SN850X 2TB
Display(s)	LG 42C2 4K OLED
Case	Coolermaster NR200P
Audio Device(s)	LG SN5Y / Focal Clear
Power Supply	Corsair SF750 Platinum
Mouse	Corsair Dark Core RBG Pro SE
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK Compact w/pudding
VR HMD	Meta Quest 3
Software	case populated with Artic P12's
Benchmark Scores	4k120 OLED Gsync bliss

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	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.

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