What's your latest tech purchase?

JrRacinFan · Feb 14, 2023

IM surprised youre not wc'd in that S3 there @tabascosauz

tabascosauz · Feb 14, 2023

JrRacinFan said:
IM surprised youre not wc'd in that S3 there @tabascosauz

That makes two of us lol

Don't have anything that deserves waterblocking in there. 4070 Ti is realistically a 225W part at most and 5800X3D gains zero.

I have the S3 because it has always been my favourite case of all time. Built and took apart a number of loops last year enough to be sick and tired of water for the next 10 years

SN2716057 · Feb 14, 2023

JrRacinFan said:
IM surprised youre not wc'd in that S3 there @tabascosauz

tabascosauz said:
That makes two of us lol

Don't have anything that deserves waterblocking in there. 4070 Ti is realistically a 225W part at most and 5800X3D gains zero.

I have the S3 because it has always been my favourite case of all time. Built and took apart a number of loops last year enough to be sick and tired of water for the next 10 years

Do you have the top rad insert? I forgot to order that back in 2014

tabascosauz · Feb 14, 2023

SN2716057 said:
Do you have the top rad insert? I forgot to order that back in 2014

Probably because of that too, mine is 240mm only. I don't do 240mm rads. It has a 280mm flexbay in the front, but I'm not keen on cooking my Bdie like last time with rad exhaust

You can get some parts after the soft launch. Survey for parts goes out soon so make sure you're on the email list. I already know I need to pick up a 280mm drop-in top, a windowed top and a full windowed panel.

GerKNG · Feb 14, 2023

open box from ebay. couldn't resist for 180€

Space Lynx · Feb 14, 2023

GerKNG said:
open box from ebay. couldn't resist for 180€
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plus it is always good to have a spare for testing purposes or if your 4090 needs a warranty repair, etc.

I really think you should upgrade your audio experience though, that is the weakest part of your setup. @VSG could recommend you something based on whatever budget range you are willing to spend in that category. I'd say the HifiMAN Edition XS at $499 and this for your headphone amp - not sure on the amp though.

amazon.de/-/en/TOPPING-L30II-Linear-Headphone-Amplifier-Black-ii/dp/B0B7JHR1RC/

I think you would impressed by the increased immersion you would get

Arco · Feb 14, 2023

Space Lynx said:
plus it is always good to have a spare for testing purposes or if your 4090 needs a warranty repair, etc.

I really think you should upgrade your audio experience though, that is the weakest part of your setup. @VSG could recommend you something based on whatever budget range you are willing to spend in that category. I'd say the HifiMAN Edition XS at $499 and this for your headphone amp

amazon.de/-/en/TOPPING-L30II-Linear-Headphone-Amplifier-Black-ii/dp/B0B7JHR1RC/

I think you would impressed by the increased immersion you would get

Damn, that costs as much as my old prebuilt!

Audio is definitely important though...

Space Lynx · Feb 14, 2023

Arco said:
Damn, that costs as much as my old prebuilt!

Audio is definitely important though...

he has a 4090, he is in a different budget than you. lol

Arco · Feb 14, 2023

Space Lynx said:
he has a 4090, he is in a different budget than you. lol

I do too.

Space Lynx · Feb 14, 2023

Arco said:
I do too.

What is your audio setup?

Arco · Feb 14, 2023

Space Lynx said:
What is your audio setup?

Actual garbage, $35 buck worth of Oneodio wireless headphones (A70) and an ALC1220 from an X670E Steel Legend.

Good enough for now but I'm going to upgrade them after I get my new Internet, chair, and mouse.

(Mouse has double-clicking and the chair is falling apart.)

Chomiq · Feb 14, 2023

Arco said:
Actual garbage, $35 buck worth of Oneodio wireless headphones (A70) and an ALC1220 from an X670E Steel Legend.

Good enough for now but I'm going to upgrade them after I get my new Internet, chair, and mouse.

(Mouse has double-clicking and the chair is falling apart.)

For double-clicking hold the mouse upside down and just mash the affected button repeatedly. It might help.

Arco · Feb 14, 2023

Chomiq said:
For double-clicking hold the mouse upside down and just mash the affected button repeatedly. It might help.

I'll for sure try that out. I smash it sometimes. It's a G903 Lightspeed from around 4 years ago so it was worth it. I could open it but I'm not messing around with a Lit-Ion battery. Especially when my dexterity is -1.

wNotyarD · Feb 14, 2023

Dont

Arco said:
I'll for sure try that out. I smash it sometimes. It's a G903 Lightspeed from around 4 years ago so it was worth it. I could open it but I'm not messing around with a Lit-Ion battery. Especially when my dexterity is -1.

Don't even get me started on Logitechs double clicking. I already swapped the left button on my G502 Hero, and shall swap the right one soon.

VSG · Feb 14, 2023

Space Lynx said:
plus it is always good to have a spare for testing purposes or if your 4090 needs a warranty repair, etc.

I really think you should upgrade your audio experience though, that is the weakest part of your setup. @VSG could recommend you something based on whatever budget range you are willing to spend in that category. I'd say the HifiMAN Edition XS at $499 and this for your headphone amp - not sure on the amp though.

amazon.de/-/en/TOPPING-L30II-Linear-Headphone-Amplifier-Black-ii/dp/B0B7JHR1RC/

I think you would impressed by the increased immersion you would get

Yeah I'm happy to recommend something depending on their budget and preferences.

Arco · Feb 14, 2023

wNotyarD said:
Don't even get me started on Logitechs double clicking. I already swapped the left button on my G502 Hero, and shall swap the right one soon.

Didn't happen for a while thankfully. Getting a new mouse soon™.

VSG said:
Yeah I'm happy to recommend something depending on their budget and preferences.

Personally I'm looking for something around $300 in total. Not very educated in the audio field.

Space Lynx · Feb 14, 2023

my latest tech purchase is an oxygen machine, because I can't stop fucking laughing from this two minute video. I'm on my 4th watch now. LMAO

VSG · Feb 14, 2023

Arco said:
Personally I'm looking for something around $300 in total. Not very educated in the audio field.

Might be best to try out a few things in person if you can and see. At that budget you get the most value with IEMs and not headphones or speakers but those aren't for everyone (comfort).

Space Lynx · Feb 14, 2023

Arco said:
Personally I'm looking for something around $300 in total. Not very educated in the audio field.

I'd get a Sennheiser HD58X and a JDS Labs Atom AMP for that price point. HD58X hovers around $150-170

https://jdslabs.com/product/atom-amp/ $99 amp. and if you can spend like $50-60 more, get the matching JDS LABS DAC also $99

wNotyarD · Feb 14, 2023

Arco said:
Didn't happen for a while thankfully. Getting a new mouse soon™.

I mean, I have my G502 for some 4 years already, but double-clicks (or clicks failing to register at all) do frustrate me a lot.
Just like I did to my keyboard (went from a Logi G810 Orion to a Razer Huntsman Elite due to heavy key chattering), I'll see if I swap the mouse to one with optical keys in the foreseeable future.

emothxughts · Feb 14, 2023

emothxughts said:
A Cyberpower CL1000EVR automatic voltage regulator, because there is an ironing board on the other side of the wall from my PC, and having that on causes artifacts and intermittent black screens (which goes back on after a while).

Let's just say, the next one on my list is a new motherboard, because my blackscreen crash & restart issues (peep my profile) seems to be motherboard related now, especially on the sole GPU slot, I pretty much ruled out CPU, GPU and even PSU. (That's a lot of U's)

First true test of the AVR's capabilities, someone ironed clothes on the other side of the wall, nothing obvious happened to my computer, no artifacts or blackscreens. I'm cautiously optimistic in saying, the AVR is doing its job right.

Mussels · Feb 15, 2023

Magic Cube said:
Also in some laptops having 2 ranks on memory sticks give more performance. But not as much as dual channel gives.

very true for gaming on them, but agreed on less impact overall

wNotyarD said:
I mean, I have my G502 for some 4 years already, but double-clicks (or clicks failing to register at all) do frustrate me a lot.
Just like I did to my keyboard (went from a Logi G810 Orion to a Razer Huntsman Elite due to heavy key chattering), I'll see if I swap the mouse to one with optical keys in the foreseeable future.

All my mice have had this sooner or later, at one point i even soldered in a replacement switch on my G903 before realising i hated the shape after using a G Pro

Shrek · Feb 15, 2023

The Kailh GM 8.0 is supposed to be good for 80 million clicks

GreiverBlade · Feb 15, 2023

yep, worthy upgrade (side by side before shipping the "old" one for the cashback), added app "shop", barometer, new BioTracker 3.0 PPG sensor SpO2 measurement (in line with my finger SpO2 measurement ) gorgeous screen (reactive feel like a high refresh rate AMOLED , 454x454 versus 360x360 res and slightly bigger screen, 0.09" more tho :laugh:

) armband even better (less stretchy but more comfy and 2 band "retainer" ) pairing was a breeze via ZEPP App and firmware update out of the box

interesting the BioTracker 3.0 has 1 green led in the center and 6 photodiodes in the ring around it, opposed to 1 photodiode in the center and 2 green led around it for the 2.0 ... i guess that's why the new revision give more accurate hBPM and can give SpO2 reading (also the upgraded analysis algorithme) i compared at work with first aid tool we use (standard finger SpO2 reader from Beurer and an Omron Tensiometre )

little extra for 5chf ... never heard of it ... but 5 a limited edition (even if it's in German for the packaging and content) i don't really care ... although seems 70's hippy psy-horror themed ... can't be bad :laugh:

well OST and DLC codes include, Paul Ruskay? composer for the OST? eh... not bad... i will check some video about the game, or not ... and dive in blind, might be fun

Sithaer · Feb 15, 2023

Bought a 4 TB WD Red to replace my aging and annoyingly loud 3TB Toshiba P300 and and even older 1 TB WD Blue.
From now on this will be the only HDD in my PC and hopefully it wont be as loud. 'It was driving me crazy ever since I've rebuilt my system in a silent Be Quiet! case'

Also grabbed a 1 TB sata Silicon Power A55 SSD as a secondary game drive cause my 1 TB NVMe is running low lately and there are games that I never delete/uninstall from my PC.
This was the cheapest 1 TB somewhat decent SSD I could find but for an exclusive gaming drive its fine anyway.

Now I'm off for the 'fun' part of sorting out what I need and to copy it to my new HDD. 'copy stuff between HDDs ugh.. gonna take most of my free time today'

System Name	Snow White
Processor	Ryzen 7900x3d
Motherboard	AsRock B650E Steel Legend
Cooling	Custom Water 1x420
Memory	32GB T-Force Deltas
Video Card(s)	PowerColor 7900 XTX Liquid Devil
Storage	20+ TB
Display(s)	Sammy 49" 5k Ultrawide
Case	Tt CTE 600 Snow Edition
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1200W P2
Mouse	Corsair M65 RGB Elite White
Keyboard	Corsair K65 Mini
Software	Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	Avermedia Live HD2

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	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	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

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Processor	7800X3D -25 all core ($196)
Motherboard	B650 Steel Legend ($179)
Cooling	Frost Commander 140 ($42)
Memory	32gb ddr5 (2x16) cl 30 6000 ($80)
Video Card(s)	Merc 310 7900 XT @3100 core $(705)
Display(s)	Agon 27" QD-OLED Glossy 240hz 1440p ($399)
Case	NZXT H710 (Red/Black) ($60)

System Name	Firestarter
Processor	7950X
Motherboard	X670E Steel Legend
Cooling	LF 2 420
Memory	4x16 G.Skill X5 6000@CL36
Video Card(s)	RTX Gigabutt 4090 Gaming OC
Storage	SSDS: OS: 2TB P41 Plat, 4TB SN850X, 1TB SN770. Raid 5 HDDS: 4x4TB WD Red Nas 2.0 HDDs, 1TB ext HDD.
Display(s)	42C3PUA, some dinky TN 10.1 inch display.
Case	Fractal Torrent
Audio Device(s)	PC38X
Power Supply	GF3 TT Premium 850W
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V3 Pro
Keyboard	Steel Series Apex Pro
VR HMD	Pimax Crystal with Index controllers

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	G-Station 1.17 FINAL
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 WiFi
Cooling	DeepCool AK620 Digital
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	Thermaltake Level 20 MT
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	AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend @ BIOS Version P4.60
Cooling	Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 V2 64.5 CFM CPU Cooler
Memory	PNY Electronics 8192 MB (DDR4-3200 with XMP/DOCP) P/N: 8GBF1X08QFHH38-135-K (x2)
Video Card(s)	Colorful Tomahawk/BattleAx RTX 2060 Super
Storage	HP SSD EX900 500GB, PNY CS900 960GB
Display(s)	Acer QG240Y S3
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE Bronze V2 650W, 230V non fullrange
Software	Windows 10 Pro

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	CyberPowerPC ET8070
Processor	Intel Core i5-10400F
Motherboard	Gigabyte B460M DS3H AC-Y1
Memory	2 x Crucial Ballistix 8GB DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	MSI Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super
Storage	Boot: Intel OPTANE SSD P1600X Series 118GB M.2 PCIE
Display(s)	Dell P2416D (2560 x 1440)
Power Supply	EVGA 500W1 (modified to have two bridge rectifiers)
Software	Windows 11 Home

System Name	main/SFFHTPCARGH!(tm)/Xiaomi Mi TV Stick/Samsung Galaxy S23/Ally
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D/i7-3770/S905X/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?/Asus
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no:sizable vapor chamber/a nice one
Memory	64gb DDR4 3600/8gb DDR3 1600/2gbLPDDR3/8gbLPDDR5x/16gb(10 sys)LPDDR5 6400
Video Card(s)	Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/Radeon 780M 6gb LPDDR5
Storage	250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/4tb SN850X
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/7" FHD 120hz
Case	Cougar Panzer Max/Elite 8300 SFF/None/back/back-front Gorilla Glass Victus 2+ UAG Monarch Carbon
Audio Device(s)	Logi Z333/SB Audigy RX/HDMI/HDMI/Dolby Atmos/KZ x HBB PR2/Moondrop Chu II + TRN BT20S
Power Supply	Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/4Smart Voltplug PD 30W/Asus USB-C 65W
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75% <3/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 13/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

System Name	I don't name my systems.
Processor	i5-12600KF 'stock power limits/-115mV undervolt+contact frame'
Motherboard	Asus Prime B660-PLUS D4
Cooling	ID-Cooling SE 224 XT ARGB V3 'CPU', 4x Be Quiet! Light Wings + 2x Arctic P12 black case fans.
Memory	4x8GB G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200MHz
Video Card(s)	Asus TuF V2 RTX 3060 Ti @1920 MHz Core/@950mV Undervolt
Storage	4 TB WD Red, 1 TB Silicon Power A55 Sata, 1 TB Kingston A2000 NVMe, 256 GB Adata Spectrix s40g NVMe
Display(s)	29" 2560x1080 75Hz / LG 29WK600-W
Case	Be Quiet! Pure Base 500 FX Black
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + Hama uRage SoundZ 900+USB DAC
Power Supply	Seasonic CORE GM 500W 80+ Gold
Mouse	Canyon Puncher GM-20
Keyboard	SPC Gear GK630K Tournament 'Kailh Brown'
Software	Windows 10 Pro