What's your latest tech purchase?

[Hattu]

Last 5 months (for what I can remember):


- Wahoo ELEMNT BOLT 2 cyclocomputer (and Orbea Terra gravel bike for it, not the other way around ). Great combo, anyways.

- LaCie Rugged Mini 2Tb USB 3 as additional backup for my photos

- Asustor AS5202T NAS + 2x Ironwolf 4Tb (for my better half as Xmas present).

- New Color calibrator, my old Spyder 4 is acting up...

- Noctua NH-L9a-AM4 for my home server experiments. Now I only need quieter PSU and proper case. For now, it's just laying wildly on my desk, without a case.

- OnePLUS Nord 2T 12/256Gb (writing this with it)

- New PCIe3 Riser cable, 40cm, it's still waiting for installing. Old one broke, or that was my quick diagnose. I hope i was right, since I don't anymore have enough money to buy anything bigger, like MB, CPU or GPU... Time will tell. Maybe next week..

I was planning buying new monitor and other stuff last week, but then I remembered my rent (and Xmas) is waiting.... I think it's better to take off my buying trousers, for now. They became quite worn out.

Oh, and if I would've known that that Asustor NAS would be on sale on black friday, I could have saved 'baut 100€... Life is....

 

[Hachi_Roku256563]

This thing is INcredible

 

[mechtech]

It would seem storage is the star of this year's Black Friday sales. Unfortunately the P41 is way overpriced in Canada.

Indeed and the solidigm rebrand. I got a 1TB and a 2TB Kingston KC3000……..well in the mail anyway.

 

[tabascosauz]

Finally able to get a 3 pack of T30s. Noctua wants $50 for a single A12x25 Chromax, no thanks.

These should make for some interesting comparisons with the 2 x A14s they might replace

 

[QuietBob]

Got it in a Black Week sale for the irony
It cost me the equivalent of $94 w/o tax. I'm planning to build a secondary AM4 rig at some time to dust off that 3300X. It will get one of the SX8200 Pros from my main, and the Black will become the new OS drive:

 

[SN2716057]

Not a black Friday deal but I needed more slots. It will replace the M-ATX Mortar.

I also bought the 5600x which was a black Friday deal. The 3600 will be given to a friend.

 

[xrobwx71]

I just pulled the trigger on this:
I should receive it mid-December.

CASE: CyberPowerPC HYTE Y60 Dual Chamber Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ Panoramic View Tempered Glass + 2x120mm Fans (White)

CPU: Intel® Core™ Processor i9-13900KF 8P/16 + 16E 3.00GHz [Turbo 5.7GHz] 36MB Cache LGA1700 [w/o Integrated Graphic]

CS_FAN: 6X 120mm APEVIA 120mm Addressable RGB 1200RPM Fans w/ Hub + Remote Controller

FAN: CyberpowerPC MasterLiquid Lite 240mm ARGB CPU Liquid Cooler with Dual Chamber Pump & Copper Cold Plate (Intel)

HDD: 2TB WD BLACK SN850X (PCIe Gen4) NVMe M.2 SSD - Seq R/W: Up to 7300/6600 MB/s, Rnd R/W up to 1200/1100k

MEMORY: 32GB (16GBx2) DDR5/6000MHz Dual Channel Memory (KINGSTON FURY BEAST RGB)

MOTHERBOARD: ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI D5 DDR5 ATX w/ Wi-Fi, 2.5GbT LAN, (4)PCIe x16,(1)PCIe x1, (3)M.2, (4)SATA

NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network

OS: Windows 11 Pro

POWERSUPPLY: 1300Watts - High Power 1300W 80+ GOLD Full Modular w/ PCIE 12+4Pins Connector for PCIe 5.0 graphics cards

SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

VIDEO: GeForce RTX™ 4080 16GB GDDR6X Video Card (Ada Lovelace)

 

[lexluthermiester]

I just pulled the trigger on this:
I should receive it mid-December.


View attachment 271895
CASE: CyberPowerPC HYTE Y60 Dual Chamber Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ Panoramic View Tempered Glass + 2x120mm Fans (White)

CPU: Intel® Core™ Processor i9-13900KF 8P/16 + 16E 3.00GHz [Turbo 5.7GHz] 36MB Cache LGA1700 [w/o Integrated Graphic]

CS_FAN: 6X 120mm APEVIA 120mm Addressable RGB 1200RPM Fans w/ Hub + Remote Controller

FAN: CyberpowerPC MasterLiquid Lite 240mm ARGB CPU Liquid Cooler with Dual Chamber Pump & Copper Cold Plate (Intel)

HDD: 2TB WD BLACK SN850X (PCIe Gen4) NVMe M.2 SSD - Seq R/W: Up to 7300/6600 MB/s, Rnd R/W up to 1200/1100k

MEMORY: 32GB (16GBx2) DDR5/6000MHz Dual Channel Memory (KINGSTON FURY BEAST RGB)

MOTHERBOARD: ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI D5 DDR5 ATX w/ Wi-Fi, 2.5GbT LAN, (4)PCIe x16,(1)PCIe x1, (3)M.2, (4)SATA

NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network

OS: Windows 11 Pro

POWERSUPPLY: 1300Watts - High Power 1300W 80+ GOLD Full Modular w/ PCIE 12+4Pins Connector for PCIe 5.0 graphics cards

SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

VIDEO: GeForce RTX™ 4080 16GB GDDR6X Video Card (Ada Lovelace)

Very solid! That case is perfect for being a show piece in a corner.

 

[P4-630]

I just pulled the trigger on this:
I should receive it mid-December.


View attachment 271895
CASE: CyberPowerPC HYTE Y60 Dual Chamber Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ Panoramic View Tempered Glass + 2x120mm Fans (White)

CPU: Intel® Core™ Processor i9-13900KF 8P/16 + 16E 3.00GHz [Turbo 5.7GHz] 36MB Cache LGA1700 [w/o Integrated Graphic]

CS_FAN: 6X 120mm APEVIA 120mm Addressable RGB 1200RPM Fans w/ Hub + Remote Controller

FAN: CyberpowerPC MasterLiquid Lite 240mm ARGB CPU Liquid Cooler with Dual Chamber Pump & Copper Cold Plate (Intel)

HDD: 2TB WD BLACK SN850X (PCIe Gen4) NVMe M.2 SSD - Seq R/W: Up to 7300/6600 MB/s, Rnd R/W up to 1200/1100k

MEMORY: 32GB (16GBx2) DDR5/6000MHz Dual Channel Memory (KINGSTON FURY BEAST RGB)

MOTHERBOARD: ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI D5 DDR5 ATX w/ Wi-Fi, 2.5GbT LAN, (4)PCIe x16,(1)PCIe x1, (3)M.2, (4)SATA

NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network

OS: Windows 11 Pro

POWERSUPPLY: 1300Watts - High Power 1300W 80+ GOLD Full Modular w/ PCIE 12+4Pins Connector for PCIe 5.0 graphics cards

SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

VIDEO: GeForce RTX™ 4080 16GB GDDR6X Video Card (Ada Lovelace)

Very solid! That case is perfect for being a show piece in a corner.

I would fill it with water and fishes!

 

[mechtech]

Finally able to get a 3 pack of T30s. Noctua wants $50 for a single A12x25 Chromax, no thanks.

These should make for some interesting comparisons with the 2 x A14s they might replace

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Wow. $114 wo tax!! 1200rpm is as high as I go.

 

[tabascosauz]

Wow. $114 wo tax!! 1200rpm is as high as I go.

I know, MSRP is not exactly a screaming deal but they are T30s after all

Same, I also don't expect to use the 2000/3000rpm modes. I'm just trying to get away from the Chromax A14s - they work great on gasketed rads but in this specific application (bottom of the Cerberus) they cause some resonance starting at just 900rpm.

Besides my next case is all but guaranteed to need all 3 T30s, no space for 140s in the front or bottom.

 

[P4-630]

At a canadian etailer:

https://www.pc-canada.com/p/go/go.asp?SearchString=bx8071513&OBY=2

 

[mechtech]

I know, MSRP is not exactly a screaming deal but they are T30s after all

Same, I also don't expect to use the 2000/3000rpm modes. I'm just trying to get away from the Chromax A14s - they work great on gasketed rads but in this specific application (bottom of the Cerberus) they cause some resonance starting at just 900rpm.

Besides my next case is all but guaranteed to need all 3 T30s, no space for 140s in the front or bottom.

Ever check Newark for pc fans?

 

[tabascosauz]

Ever check Newark for pc fans?

I don't think so, no. Are they another parts supplier like Digikey? I've bought some stuff off Digikey and Mouser in the past. I'm not too interested in industrial fans though, specifically the T30s for the performance - I wanna see if the thickness can let them get close to the A14......without rupturing my eardrums lol

 

[Veseleil]

If I ever build a house, there will be a separate room for my PC cases. I just love the thought of setting all fans to 100%, and not hearing them.

 

[P4-630]

If I ever build a house, there will be a separate room for my PC cases. I just love the thought of setting all fans to 100%, and not hearing them.

So you can build a full noctua one, since you don't see it anyway...

(I use 3 of them beige though, personally I don't mind, I like quality )

 

[jallenlabs]

Lotsa Noctua fans... to replace Noctua fans... which are going into my other rig.

 

[Veseleil]

So you can build a full noctua one, since you don't see it anyway...

(I use 3 of them beige though, personally I don't mind, I like quality )

Actually, i have plans for a full Noctua build. Two tone native Noctua colours. I like to live on the edge.

Jokes aside, I really like brown and beige. They look and feel natural, easy on the eyes, calm. Unlike the Galactic Empire style that is dominant for the last 10 years.

 

[Ahhzz]

Got it in a Black Week sale for the irony
It cost me the equivalent of $94 w/o tax. I'm planning to build a secondary AM4 rig at some time to dust off that 3300X. It will get one of the SX8200 Pros from my main, and the Black will become the new OS drive:

View attachment 271863

I'm migrating my 1Tb samsung980 pro to data, the 2tb to main drive, and the WD 500 to Windows 2 Go, see what kind of mess I can make

 

[framebuffer]

my 5800X3D ran core cycler with P95 AVX2 small FFT and y-cruncher over night at -25 (to test it for stability). i played tons of games for hundreds of hours with zero problems.
in september i had to drop it to -10 otherwise i got idle crashes and reboots while gaming.
in late october stock was barely stable. (Cinebench spat out errors after a minute)
last week it didn't even post anymore and i had the CPU LED blinking. (tested three motherboards)

Wow, never heard something like that in 25 years
Did you got it replaced under warranty?

 

[mechtech]

I don't think so, no. Are they another parts supplier like Digikey? I've bought some stuff off Digikey and Mouser in the past. I'm not too interested in industrial fans though, specifically the T30s for the performance - I wanna see if the thickness can let them get close to the A14......without rupturing my eardrums lol

Ya. They have sunon Sanyo Denki panaflo etc etc. well at least they used to.

 

[GerKNG]

Wow, never heard something like that in 25 years
Did you got it replaced under warranty?

just sent it back to the store and got a new one.
and dying Ryzen CPUs are not "that" uncommon. it's not my first one.

 

[Veseleil]

Wow, never heard something like that in 25 years

I'm afraid the times have changed, and it's yet to be seen how much durable the new (2017+) processors really are in the years to come. We might be spoiled by the rock solid processors of old. All those Core i5, i7 and even FX, running static overclocks with high voltages for over a decade, and with no signs of degradation. I'm sure budget cuts, and consumers tendency to upgrade systems every few years (and the upgrade isn't the right word, buying the completely new systems isn't upgrade TBH), which manufacturers really like and take advantage of, did their thing in the durability department as well. I just hope I'll be proven wrong.

 

[tabascosauz]

Jokes aside, I really like brown and beige. They look and feel natural, easy on the eyes, calm. Unlike the Galactic Empire style that is dominant for the last 10 years.

Somewhere along the line Noctua's palette has changed slightly, I think. Maybe it was a change made with the A12x25.

Regardless, I think Noctua colours are one of those "seeing is believing" things - the beige is usually pleasant under normal lighting conditions, but it just looks like pale green ass in the average joe's photos.

I'm migrating my 1Tb samsung980 pro to data, the 2tb to main drive, and the WD 500 to Windows 2 Go, see what kind of mess I can make

I regularly confuse myself when trying to remember which of my 3 drives I put the darn program on

Wow, never heard something like that in 25 years
Did you got it replaced under warranty?

just sent it back to the store and got a new one.
and dying Ryzen CPUs are not "that" uncommon. it's not my first one.

In the last few weeks of the 5800X3D thread on ocn, there are already multiple accounts of 5800X3Ds suddenly up and dying for no reason. I wouldn't draw broader conclusions at this point (not the first time on AM4 CPUs), but it comes with the [AMD] territory I guess though the 5800X3D really is a headscratcher, given AMD pulled out all the voltage/Fmax/power stops to prevent people from OCing this one

 

[kapone32]

In the last few weeks of the 5800X3D thread on ocn, there are already multiple accounts of 5800X3Ds suddenly up and dying for no reason. I wouldn't draw broader conclusions at this point (not the first time on AM4 CPUs), but it comes with the [AMD] territory I guess though the 5800X3D really is a headscratcher, given AMD pulled out all the voltage/Fmax/power stops to prevent people from OCing this one

I think it depends on the board and BIOS version. My board sets my CPU at 1.28 Volts max. I know other 5000 chips like to run at 1.4 or 1.5 so boards may be guilty of pushing more voltage than reported. There is also the fact that the pandemic has made QC a thing of the past as well though.