What's your latest tech purchase?

KrazyT · Dec 17, 2022

GamerGuy said:
So, that translate to :
3x fans, 1x 10cm fan? Basically means each fan is now 10cm in diameter, right?
Or, '310' = 3x 10cm fans and that's all to it, Bubba....
Or, '310' = 3x fans, since all fans are of the same size, the '10' denotes 1x 0 odd sized fan....

I guess only XFX can tell us....

I think for the RX 6800 XT, the middle fan looks to be 9CM, while the two fans on each side of it look bigger (assume they're 10cm)

I've checked and it don't work well ...
from overclockers.com :
The 319 and 309 do have meaning; 319 is three fans, including 100 and 92 mm, while the 309 is three fans, all of which are 92 mm.
Our XFX RX 6700 XT uses the 319 heatsink – equipped with one 100 mm and two 92 mm fans, the bigger 6800-6900 XT cards have two 100 mm and one 92 mm fan but bear the same 319 labels.

Thimblewad · Dec 18, 2022

PerfectWave said:
Damn ppl still using AMD cooler thats nice

It's a actually a great cooler. I have the 5600X overclocked to push around 4850 MHz on boost clocks and it's good for a sustained 4.6 GHz when under 100% load. Wanted to buy a new one but it actually looks great and I don't wanna swap it

Doesn't go over 70°C, I do have an open case tho.

KrazyT · Dec 18, 2022

KrazyT said:
It as something to do with the fans, their numbers and their size ... but i don't recall the details :/

It was written in plain sight in the test of the XFX 6800XT, on the card's description, on this very own site :laugh:

:
Note that the center fan is 90 mm across, while the two outer fans are 100 mm in diameter—this is what the 1(00) 9(0) of the "319" in the name refers to.

Melvis · Dec 18, 2022

Just bought a 5800X3D for $399 AUS which is $266 US dollars........brand new on Amazon, hope its legit! lol

Space Lynx · Dec 19, 2022

Melvis said:
Just bought a 5800X3D for $399 AUS which is $266 US dollars........brand new on Amazon, hope its legit! lol

damn i would do that in a hearbeat, great find!

lexluthermiester · Dec 19, 2022

Space Lynx said:
damn i would do that in a hearbeat, great find!

So would I!

mechtech · Dec 19, 2022

I see the 5700X on boxing day sale for $250 CAD ($184 usd)......................must resist...................

jallenlabs · Dec 19, 2022

Just picked up 32GB memory kit for my gaming rig. Testing now. Went from 16GB 4000mhz Cas 20 to 32GB 3600mhz Cas 18.

Melvis · Dec 19, 2022

Space Lynx said:
damn i would do that in a hearbeat, great find!

Yeah I couldnt say no to that price, i sorta just accidently pressed buy! but I wasnt to worried haha and it had dropped another $130 from just a few days before....so!

kapone32 · Dec 19, 2022

Melvis said:
Yeah I couldnt say no to that price, i sorta just accidently pressed buy! but I wasnt to worried haha and it had dropped another $130 from just a few days before....so!

Prepare to have that smile that compelling hardware gives you.

Big_OOMPA · Dec 19, 2022

My latest tech buy was a XFX Speedster MERC310 RX 7900 XT Black which will be replacing my ASUS STRIX GTX 970 DirectCU II OC

Liviu Cojocaru · Dec 19, 2022

Once in a while I am going through a phase of impulsive buying...especially around Christmas. That being said I have bought the below products:

Alienware 34 QD-OLED Gaming Monitor - AW3423DWF £867 from Dell after discounts
Palit Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 GameRock Omniblack 16GB Midnight Kaleidoscope £1169 from Amazon ... this might get returned, I have until January to decide.
Corsair RM1000i £90 SH
Aorus Z790 Elite AX DDR5 £190 New
Intel i7 12700K £220 New
32GB Kingston Renegade DDR5 6400Mhz C32 £190 New
Crucial P3 Plus 1TB - Free as an extra from the CPU+MB+RAM bundle

tabascosauz · Dec 20, 2022

Some hiccups but it worked out. Unbelievably hyped for this case! Unfortunately there's some crazy winter weather going on right now, but it's supposed to warm up dramatically saturday.

Hopefully I can go down and get it before Christmas. My long awaited christmas present to myself..................8 years in the making lol

kapone32 · Dec 20, 2022

One of my Nephews is dating a Girl from the Middle East. She has found out that I build PCs. I have my first request and was sourcing parts for an all white build. One of the cool things about Amazon is if they have popular PC parts (they they sell) out of stock they will give you a reduced price as an incentive to buy. I was browsing for a white case that supported 360mm rad at the top and front that was not a full tower. The search brought up this. I have put the Amazon listing because it is $60 cheaper than anywhere else.

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B09VNJZ8Z1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

tabascosauz said:
Some hiccups but it worked out. Unbelievably hyped for this case! Unfortunately there's some crazy winter weather going on right now, but it's supposed to warm up dramatically saturday.

Hopefully I can go down and get it before Christmas. My long awaited christmas present to myself..................8 years in the making lol

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Beautiful, in the way PC cases can be.

GerKNG · Dec 20, 2022

Space Lynx · Dec 20, 2022

Liviu Cojocaru said:
Once in a while I am going through a phase of impulsive buying...especially around Christmas. That being said I have bought the below products:

Alienware 34 QD-OLED Gaming Monitor - AW3423DWF £867 from Dell after discounts
Palit Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 GameRock Omniblack 16GB Midnight Kaleidoscope £1169 from Amazon ... this might get returned, I have until January to decide.
Corsair RM1000i £90 SH
Aorus Z790 Elite AX DDR5 £190 New
Intel i7 12700K £220 New
32GB Kingston Renegade DDR5 6400Mhz C32 £190 New
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that's an insane upgrade, congrats on the great deals! fantastic price for that monitor! if I saw it for $867 USD i would buy it right now myself. im not paying 1100 though!

Liviu Cojocaru · Dec 21, 2022

Space Lynx said:
that's an insane upgrade, congrats on the great deals! fantastic price for that monitor! if I saw it for $867 USD i would buy it right now myself. im not paying 1100 though!

prices will slowly go down for these as more and more will be released...it is quite amazing to see the difference between an OLED and an IPS live

Space Lynx · Dec 21, 2022

Liviu Cojocaru said:
prices will slowly go down for these as more and more will be released...it is quite amazing to see the difference between an OLED and an IPS live

I have seen OLED at Costco and Best Buy, they are beautiful. Game changing. I am hoping to upgrade next year to OLED.

kapone32 · Dec 21, 2022

Space Lynx said:
I have seen OLED at Costco and Best Buy, they are beautiful. Game changing. I am hoping to upgrade next year to OLED.

I want OLED but I love using monitoring software to see my PC's usage and performance. The burn in issue and the auto dimming are a no no for me. Once those challenges have been overcome I will make the jump but I love my Gigabyte FV43U. I could have gotten the 48 that is OLED but the preceding issues influenced my buying decision. Now I just have to wait for my 7900XTX and 4K 144HZ all day here we come. Not that the 6800XT is a slouch though.

wNotyarD · Dec 21, 2022

Space Lynx said:
I have seen OLED at Costco and Best Buy, they are beautiful. Game changing. I am hoping to upgrade next year to OLED.

I don't have first hand experience with OLED monitors, but boy imagine what changing from a no-name 32" IPS TV to a 48" LG C1 OLED made to my living room. Even my Nintendo Switch games look absolutely dazzling on it.
If there comes a good and fast 27" 1440p OLED monitor at reasonable prices, my Aorus CV27Q (1440p165, VA) is gone irrespective of how good it is.

nomdeplume · Dec 21, 2022

wNotyarD said:
I don't have first hand experience with OLED monitors, but boy imagine what changing from a no-name 32" IPS TV to a 48" LG C1 OLED made to my living room. Even my Nintendo Switch games look absolutely dazzling on it.

I was amazed at the difference it made for consoles as well. Much like a prebuilt PC the expectation was a bunch of crapware tied to system functions. What I didn't even consider was the processor required to allow online content being used to intelligently accept native resolution legacy inputs and upsample them in a way that makes them appear without a drastically lower quality. Used to be you plugged in a 480i device and your tv looked 20 years older.

maxfly · Dec 21, 2022

After months and months of my hemmin and hawin. The old lady decided for me! I'm pretty sure she was just sick of talking about CPUs and MBs with me. She ordered this for my b-day

i7 13700k and Asrock Z690 Extreme WiFi 6e
Yeah, shes a keeper

Time to bust out the test bench! Yeehaa

Space Lynx · Dec 21, 2022

maxfly said:
After months and months of my hemmin and hawin. The old lady decided for me! I'm pretty sure she was just sick of talking about CPUs and MBs with me. She ordered this for my b-day
i7 13700k and Asrock Z690 Extreme WiFi 6e
Yeah, shes a keeper

Time to bust out the test bench! Yeehaa
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Brandon Sanderson the famous author I think wears his wife down in this same way over Magic the Gathering cards.

lmao, good times

on topic: I am considering a 7900 XTX if I can find one in stock at msrp.

GerKNG · Dec 22, 2022

How it looks.

GerKNG said:
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Rorre · Dec 22, 2022

My current build, trying to use up some stuff laying around. Going to try and see if this ASUS X99 A-II motherboard with a Xeon E5-2680 v4 (14c 28t) and 96GB of DDR4 ECC rdimms works. According to the ASUS support page this board will support these Xeon processors and ECC DDR4 memory. I will start with a Xeon E5-2650 v3, (10c 20t) along with this NVIDIA Quadro M4000 knocking about. The Quadro RTX 4000 is in my daily X99 i7-6950x system. .

Oh and here is the latest tech purchase....a TPM module, so as I can install Win11.

Processor	Intel i7 77OOK
Motherboard	Gigabyte Aorus something
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12S dual fan
Memory	Ballistix 32 Go
Video Card(s)	MSI 3060 Gaming X
Storage	Mixed bag of M2 SSD and SATA SSD
Display(s)	MSI 34" 3440x1440 Artimys 343CQR
Case	Old Corsair Obsidian something
Audio Device(s)	Integrated
Power Supply	Old Antec HCG 620 still running good
Mouse	Steelseries something
Keyboard	Steelseries someting too
Benchmark Scores	bench ? no time to lose with bench ! :)

System Name	Thermaltake
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 5800X3D @ 4.60 GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite V2
Cooling	Thermalright Peerless Assassin
Memory	32 GB Crucial Ballistix @ 3600 MHz CL16
Video Card(s)	XFX 319 Merc 6800 XT
Storage	Kingston 256GB SSD \| Kingston 240GB NVMe \| Samsung 1TB NVMe \| Samsung F3 1TB HDD \| Barracuda 2TB HDD
Display(s)	34" ultrawide LG 34GL750B 144hz 1ms \| 55" LG UR91 4k@60Hz
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P400
Audio Device(s)	ALC 1220 120dB SNR HD Audio
Power Supply	Thermaltake GF1 850 W - 80 Plus Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502 HERO Lightspeed
Keyboard	Asus TUF Gaming K3
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64

Processor	Intel i7 77OOK
Motherboard	Gigabyte Aorus something
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12S dual fan
Memory	Ballistix 32 Go
Video Card(s)	MSI 3060 Gaming X
Storage	Mixed bag of M2 SSD and SATA SSD
Display(s)	MSI 34" 3440x1440 Artimys 343CQR
Case	Old Corsair Obsidian something
Audio Device(s)	Integrated
Power Supply	Old Antec HCG 620 still running good
Mouse	Steelseries something
Keyboard	Steelseries someting too
Benchmark Scores	bench ? no time to lose with bench ! :)

System Name	Night Rider \| Mini LAN PC \| Workhorse
Processor	AMD R7 5800X3D \| Ryzen 1600X \| i7 970
Motherboard	MSi AM4 Pro Carbon \| GA- \| Gigabyte EX58-UD5
Cooling	Noctua U9S Twin Fan\| Stock Cooler, Copper Core)\| Big shairkan B
Memory	2x8GB DDR4 G.Skill Ripjaws 3600MHz\| 2x8GB Corsair 3000 \| 6x2GB DDR3 1300 Corsair
Video Card(s)	MSI AMD 6750XT \| 6500XT \| MSI RX 580 8GB
Storage	1TB WD Black NVME / 250GB SSD /2TB WD Black \| 500GB SSD WD, 2x1TB, 1x750 \| WD 500 SSD/Seagate 320
Display(s)	LG 27" 1440P\| Samsung 20" S20C300L/DELL 15" \| 22" DELL/19"DELL
Case	LIAN LI PC-18 \| Mini ATX Case (custom) \| Atrix C4 9001
Audio Device(s)	Onboard \| Onbaord \| Onboard
Power Supply	Silverstone 850 \| Silverstone Mini 450W \| Corsair CX-750
Mouse	Coolermaster Pro \| Rapoo V900 \| Gigabyte 6850X
Keyboard	MAX Keyboard Nighthawk X8 \| Creative Fatal1ty eluminx \| Some POS Logitech
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 \| Windows 10 Pro 64 \| Windows 7 Pro 64/Windows 10 Home

Processor	7800X3D -25 all core
Motherboard	B650 Steel Legend
Cooling	Frost Commander 140
Video Card(s)	Merc 310 7900 XT @3100 core -.75v
Display(s)	Agon 27" QD-OLED Glossy 240hz 1440p
Case	NZXT H710 (Red/Black)
Audio Device(s)	Asgard 2, Modi 3, HD58X
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x Gold

What's your latest tech purchase?

KrazyT

Thimblewad

KrazyT

Melvis

Space Lynx

Astronaut

lexluthermiester

mechtech

jallenlabs

Melvis

kapone32

Big_OOMPA

Liviu Cojocaru

tabascosauz

Moderator

kapone32

GerKNG

Space Lynx

Astronaut

Liviu Cojocaru

Space Lynx

Astronaut

kapone32

wNotyarD

nomdeplume

maxfly

Space Lynx

Astronaut

GerKNG

Rorre

Processor	Ryzen 5700x
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570S Aero G R1.1 BiosF5g
Cooling	Noctua NH-C12P SE14 w/ NF-A15 HS-PWM Fan 1500rpm
Memory	Micron DDR4-3200 2x32GB D.S. D.R. (CT2K32G4DFD832A)
Video Card(s)	AMD RX 6800 - Asus Tuf
Storage	Kingston KC3000 1TB & 2TB & 4TB Corsair MP600 Pro LPX
Display(s)	LG 27UL550-W (27" 4k)
Case	Be Quiet Pure Base 600 (no window)
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC1220-VB
Power Supply	SuperFlower Leadex V Gold Pro 850W ATX Ver2.52
Mouse	Mionix Naos Pro
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe with browns
Software	W10 22H2 Pro x64

System Name	Core
Processor	Intel 12900k @ 5.3/4.0
Motherboard	MSI z690 Tomahawk
Cooling	Custom H20
Memory	GSkill 64GB 3600 cas 15 b die
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX 4070 Super OC'
Storage	Optane 900p x2, SK Hynix p41 Pro
Display(s)	ACER 250hz 1080p 25" VA display x2
Case	Phanteks p500a with all Arctic/Thermaltake fans
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite interface, Presonus Studio Monitors and Subwoofer
Power Supply	Seasonic 850w plat with cable mod cables
Mouse	Glorious Model O
Keyboard	Havic mech
Software	Win 11 Pro

System Name	Best AMD Computer
Processor	AMD 7900X3D
Motherboard	Asus X670E E Strix
Cooling	In Win SR36
Memory	GSKILL DDR5 32GB 5200 30
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse 7900XT (Watercooled)
Storage	Corsair MP 700, Seagate 530 2Tb, Adata SX8200 2TBx2, Kingston 2 TBx2, Micron 8 TB, WD AN 1500
Display(s)	GIGABYTE FV43U
Case	Corsair 7000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Corsair Void Pro, Logitch Z523 5.1
Power Supply	Deepcool 1000M
Mouse	Logitech g7 gaming mouse
Keyboard	Logitech G510
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64 Steam. GOG, Uplay, Origin
Benchmark Scores	Firestrike: 46183 Time Spy: 25121

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800x
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix X570-E Gaming
Cooling	Corsair iCUE H100i Elite Capellix
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro SL 32GB 2x16 3600MHz
Video Card(s)	XFX Speedster MERC310 RX 7900 XT Black
Storage	1TB 980 Pro, 2TB EVO Plus, 4TB Seagate BarraCuda, 120GB Kingston A400
Display(s)	1440p 170hz Acer Nitro Monitor ,1080p 75Hz Sceptre Monitor
Case	Corsair iCUE 4000X RGB
Audio Device(s)	Razer Kraken Ultimate
Power Supply	Corsair RM 850x
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V3
Keyboard	Razer Blackwidow Pro V3
VR HMD	64GB Oculus Quest 2
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

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	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

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASRock B650E Steel Legend Wifi
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer III 280
Memory	2x16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB 6000 CL30 (A-Die)
Video Card(s)	RTX 4090 Gaming X Trio
Storage	1TB Samsung 990 PRO, 4TB Corsair MP600 PRO XT, 1TB WD SN850X, 4x4TB Crucial MX500
Display(s)	Alienware AW2725DF, LG 27GR93U, LG 27GN950-B
Case	Streacom BC1 V2 Black
Audio Device(s)	Bose Companion Series 2 III, Sennheiser GSP600 and HD599 SE - Creative Soundblaster X4
Power Supply	bequiet! Dark Power Pro 12 1500w Titanium
Mouse	Razer Deathadder V3
Keyboard	Razer Black Widow V3 TKL
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S
Software	~2000 Video Games

System Name	G-Station 2.0 "YGUAZU"
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 WiFi
Cooling	Freezemod: Pump, Reservoir, 360mm Radiator, Fittings / Bykski: Blocks / Barrow: Meters
Memory	Asgard Bragi DDR4-3600CL14 2x16GB
Video Card(s)	Sapphire PULSE RX 7900 XTX
Storage	240GB Samsung 840 Evo, 1TB Asgard AN2, 2TB Hiksemi FUTURE-LITE, 320GB+1TB 7200RPM HDD
Display(s)	Samsung 34" Odyssey OLED G8
Case	Lian Li Lancool 216
Audio Device(s)	Astro A40 TR + MixAmp
Power Supply	Cougar GEX X2 1000W
Mouse	Razer Viper Ultimate
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman Elite (Red)
Software	Windows 11 Pro

Processor	Intel i5 8400
Motherboard	Asus Prime H370M-Plus/CSM
Cooling	Scythe Big Shuriken & Noctua NF-A15 HS-PWM chromax.black.swap
Memory	8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4-2400
Video Card(s)	ROG-STRIX-GTX1060-O6G-GAMING
Storage	1TB 980 Pro
Display(s)	Samsung UN55KU6300F
Case	Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 3
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III 750w
Software	W11 Pro

System Name	GrandadsBadAss
Processor	I7 13700k w/ HEATKILLER IV PRO Copper Nickel
Motherboard	MSI Z790 Tomahawk Wifi
Cooling	BarrowCH Boxfish 200mm-HWLabs SR2 420/GTS 360-BP Dual D5 MOD TOP- 2x Koolance PMP 450S
Memory	2x16gb G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB 6400
Video Card(s)	Asrock 6800xt PG D w/ Byski A-AR6900XT-X
Storage	WD SN850x 1TB NVME M.2/Samsung 980 Pro 1TB NVMe M.2
Display(s)	Acer XG270HU
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 Server Edition w/3 Noctua NF-A14 2000 IP67/4 be quiet! LIGHT WINGS LX 120mm
Audio Device(s)	Logitech z623 <---THE SUCK
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti PRO 1000w
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan Aimo
Software	Win 10/11pro

System Name	HEDT X299
Processor	Intel i9-10980xe
Motherboard	Asus Prime X299 Edition 30
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15S
Memory	Corsair Vengeance Pro 64GB DDR4 (8 X 8GB)
Video Card(s)	Nvidia RTX a4000 (16GB)
Storage	6 X Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB NVMe
Display(s)	24” Lenovo FHD
Case	Lian Li
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair RM 750x
Software	Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R24. 1350 Cinebench R23 25748 Cinebench R20 10017