What's your latest tech purchase?

freeagent · Mar 11, 2023

Gotta say, my Noctuna fans are the loudest fans I have ever owned

harm9963 · Mar 11, 2023

Did it again, keeper for sure.

droid-I · Mar 11, 2023

^^ I admit having no experience of Noctua air fans for a PC build cases, but'd believe there are better choices in the nearby price range.
Thing is, some sit at their desk with headphones or smth, can't hear the fan blow racket in the room or house.

wheresmycar · Mar 11, 2023

I've got a bunch of P12s in use (not PST/MAX).... dirt cheap, never failed on me and still running like a charm. So i'm interested in the MAX variants too... although i understand these are better deployed as rad/air cooler hi-pressure fans?

I didn't even know the MAX variants existed until hardware canucks review popped up a few days back. Looks good!

ViperXTR · Mar 11, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
I'm thinking strongly about trying a set of those. Tell us what you think after they're in!

They are very good for the price ( i can buy 3 fans for the price of one of those high end noctua a12s). Performance, they are pretty much the same as the original P12s except now they can go beyond 1800rpm of the original. They also fixed the whine on certain rpm range of the p12s. At 3000rpm, they are loud but that's to be expected on most fans, i run them at more modest rpms beyond 1800 to still have very good noise performance as ive always though the original p12s has too low of an rpm.
I wanted it to compare on my old test but i realized i was using kryonaut on my old test and my MX-5 seems to have issue drying out lately, might need to get MX-6 soon

Veseleil · Mar 11, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
I'm thinking strongly about trying a set of those. Tell us what you think after they're in!

Me too, for a GPU deshroud mod. The only thing that's bothering me is the potential dual ball bearings noise.

Count von Schwalbe · Mar 11, 2023

Running F12s on a couple of rigs. Probably should have gone for the P12s as the intakes are filtered, but it seems to work. No high power components anyways.

I run them at ~800 RPM (iirc) and they are silent beyond 2 inches.

Veseleil · Mar 11, 2023

Count von Schwalbe said:
Running F12s on a couple of rigs. Probably should have gone for the P12s as the intakes are filtered, but it seems to work. No high power components anyways.

I run them at ~800 RPM (iirc) and they are silent beyond 2 inches.

P series are much better than F ones, in every aspect imho. Better build quality, higher speed, even higher airflow, quieter (static pressure is obvious). I have many bent F14 (unbalanced axis - blade edges, makes terrible vibrations through the chassis, especially when there's 2 or more), but all of my P14 and P12 variants are perfectly centered.

jallenlabs · Mar 11, 2023

And the board arrived! Its impressive looking. I just wish it wasn't chartreuse colored. Time for some OCing!

Veseleil · Mar 11, 2023

Nice one. I love the olive green tbh.

oxrufiioxo · Mar 11, 2023

harm9963 said:
Did it again, keeper for sure.

Britney Spears Dancing GIF by mortifiied

Nice!

gffermari · Mar 11, 2023

...the new gpu said it needs some more space.

Shou Miko · Mar 12, 2023

gffermari said:
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...the new gpu said it needs some more space.

I have actually been looking at this case but my bulk storage will have a hard time to fit into this case sadly.

But I am excited to see how you get the building going

gffermari · Mar 12, 2023

...well, the case is very different to P200A I had previously. Gradually I'll make it work.
I kept one of the three 240 rads I had but I plan to purchase one (or two) 360 and a new pump/tank.
You can see there's not much space for the D5. Under the PSU would be great but the pipework would be a nightmare...

And as usual I can't close the side panel because of the darn 16 pin nVidias cable...Any suggestion for this?

oxrufiioxo · Mar 12, 2023

gffermari said:
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...well, the case is very different to P200A I had previously. Gradually I'll make it work.
I kept one of the three 240 rads I had but I plan to purchase one (or two) 360 and a new pump/tank.
You can see there's not much space for the D5. Under the PSU would be great but the pipework would be a nightmare...

And as usual I can't close the side panel because of the darn 16 pin nVidias cable...Any suggestion for this?

Cablemod has a 90 degree adapter that should be available soon.

P4-630 · Mar 12, 2023

gffermari said:
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...well, the case is very different to P200A I had previously. Gradually I'll make it work.
I kept one of the three 240 rads I had but I plan to purchase one (or two) 360 and a new pump/tank.
You can see there's not much space for the D5. Under the PSU would be great but the pipework would be a nightmare...

And as usual I can't close the side panel because of the darn 16 pin nVidias cable...Any suggestion for this?

It seems you got your GPU way too high on the right side, since it isn't inline with the "Republic of gamers" heatsink.....

emothxughts · Mar 12, 2023

If buying a game on Steam counts as a tech purchase, Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Struggling to play the game right now, and I'm not talking about it being a medieval peasant simulator (I'm running it on my only good GPU, the RX550.)

harm9963 · Mar 12, 2023

oxrufiioxo said:
Nice!

New cable mod added !

oxrufiioxo · Mar 12, 2023

harm9963 said:
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New cable mod added !View attachment 287539

Never been a huge fan of Zotac but gotta say that's a nice looking card.

Veseleil · Mar 12, 2023

oxrufiioxo said:
Never been a huge fan of Zotac but gotta say that's a nice looking card.

I hope other PC components will follow the curved lines philosophy. Right angles are boring, and they're everywhere.
Not a fan of the zotac neither, but I respect what they did there design wise.

Outback Bronze · Mar 13, 2023

Stock came in today : )

oxrufiioxo · Mar 13, 2023

Outback Bronze said:
Stock came in today : )

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I feel like we're starting a 40 series party up in here :laugh:

Me: new gpu prices suck.

Also me: This 4090 is sweet....

Veseleil · Mar 13, 2023

oxrufiioxo said:
I feel like we're starting a 40 series party up in here

Me: new gpu prices sucks.

Also me: This 4090 is sweet....

The same thing when 5800x3d came out: "nah, it's not worth it". Few months later everyone had it. :laugh:

Shou Miko · Mar 13, 2023

Veseleil said:
The same thing when 5800x3d came out: "nah, it's not worth it". Few months later everyone had it.

The X3D is cheaper than the RTX 4090 not saying anything else....

Veseleil · Mar 13, 2023

Shou Miko said:
The X3D is cheaper than the RTX 4090 not saying anything else....

Sorry, but the point just flew over your head. NVM.

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What's your latest tech purchase?

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oxrufiioxo

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P4-630

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Veseleil

Outback Bronze

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System Name	Purple Haze \| Vacuum Box
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (-30 CO) \| Intel® Xeon® E3-1241 v3
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk Max \| Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD5H
Cooling	Dark Rock 4 Pro, P14, P12, T30 case fans \| 212 Evo & P12 PWM PST x2, Arctic P14 & P12 case fans
Memory	32GB Ballistix (Micron E 19nm) CL16 @3733MHz \| 32GB HyperX Beast 2400MHz (XMP)
Video Card(s)	AMD 6900XTXH ASRock OC Formula & Phanteks T30x3 \| AMD 5700XT Sapphire Nitro+ & Arctic P12x2
Storage	ADATA SX8200 Pro 1TB, Toshiba P300 3TB x2 \| Kingston A400 120GB, Fanxiang S500 Pro 256GB
Display(s)	TCL C805 50" 2160p 144Hz VA miniLED, Mi 27" 1440p 165Hz IPS, AOC 24G2U 1080p 144Hz IPS
Case	Modded MS Industrial Titan II Pro RGB \| Heavily Modded Cooler Master Q500L
Audio Device(s)	Audient iD14 MKII, Adam Audio T8Vs, Bloody M550, HiFiMan HE400se, Tascam TM-80, DS4 v2
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Mouse	Logitech G305, Bloody A91, Amazon basics, Logitech M187
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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
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Power Supply	Dell TFX Non-standard \| EVGA BQ 650W
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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	Logitech G502 Hero
Keyboard	Corsair mech k65
Software	Win 11 Pro

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Processor	R7 5800X/ R7 7950X3D Stock
Motherboard	X670E Aorus Pro X/ROG Crosshair VIII Hero
Cooling	Corsair h150 elite/ Corsair h115i Platinum
Memory	Trident Z5 Neo 6000/ 32 GB 3200 CL14 @3800 CL16 Team T Force Nighthawk
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Motherboard	ASUS B550M-Plus WiFi II
Cooling	Noctua U12A chromax.black
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Mouse	Razer Viper
Keyboard	Asus ROG Falchion
Software	Windows 11 64bit

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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
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Storage	Gigabyte M30 1TB\|Sabrent Rocket 2TB\| HDD: 10TB\|1TB \ WD RED SN700 1TB
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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	AlderLake
Processor	Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans
Memory	32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MT/s CL36
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2
Display(s)	23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p
Case	Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window
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Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless
Keyboard	RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock

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	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.