What's your latest tech purchase?

tpa-pr · Jun 10, 2023

dgianstefani said:
Nice! Isn't G51C 1440p not 4K?

Shoot, I might be getting my terms mixed up. It is 2560x1440, definitely not 4K. For some reasons I thought I read "UHD" was the term for that.

Count von Schwalbe · Jun 10, 2023

tpa-pr said:
Shoot, I might be getting my terms mixed up. It is 2560x1440, definitely not 4K. For some reasons I thought I read "UHD" was the term for that.

QHD for 1440p, UHD for 4k, FHD for 1080p

Marcus L · Jun 10, 2023

tpa-pr said:
Shoot, I might be getting my terms mixed up. It is 2560x1440, definitely not 4K. For some reasons I thought I read "UHD" was the term for that.

1440p is QHD

tpa-pr · Jun 10, 2023

Marcus L said:
1440p is QHD

That's the one I meant, thank you!

Space Lynx · Jun 10, 2023

tpa-pr said:
It was my fifth year at my job yesterday and work gave me a plaque and $300 worth of gift cards. And it just so happened that my local electronics store had a Samsung Odyssey G51C 27" monitor on sale, so now it's mine

Woo boy, apart from the UHD resolution making everything look extra crispy, playing games that support it at 165fps is lifechanging. It's so SMOOTH. Fun fact: Azur Lane can be unlocked to run at 165fps and looks really nice.

And another little achievement: my rig can still hold 60fps native with Cyberpunk 2077 running at UHD. That's when I knew it was money well spent.

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welcome to the high refresh rate club! glad you are enjoying it! high refresh is very nice indeed

what's with the blue lines on the left your new monitor? is that just part of that game?

AlwaysHope · Jun 10, 2023

wheresmycar said:
bought this a few weeks back but wanted to run it for a bit before posting up. Excellent performance! Shifts a ton of air for a 6 inch fan. Had it running for over 10 hours last night, the longest so far and still runs a treat. The only negative, the item description suggests "ultra-quiet"... thats a load of bull!! I expected whisper quiet on the lowest setting but it tolerably audible. Anyway i'm happy with it so no RMA

What surprised me the most was the amount of air it pushes from a distance. I went for a USB unit so i could plug it into a portable charger and bring it closer to bed. Not needed, from 4 metres away this 6 incher extends its reach far and wide... (naughty little bugger)

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There always cool those things (no pun intended) but saw a USB powered fridge the other day - claimed it had 5-8w cooling power! :laugh:

tpa-pr · Jun 10, 2023

Space Lynx said:
welcome to the high refresh rate club! glad you are enjoying it! high refresh is very nice indeed

what's with the blue lines on the left your new monitor? is that just part of that game?

Thank you! It's a pity my favourites of all time don't support anything over 60fps, but I can sure enjoy the QHD crispness in them.

That's part of the game, it's an area of movement indicator

Space Lynx · Jun 10, 2023

tpa-pr said:
Thank you! It's a pity my favourites of all time don't support anything over 60fps, but I can sure enjoy the QHD crispness in them.

That's part of the game, it's an area of movement indicator

this is why I love my recent Steam Deck purchase, I can enjoy all the games that are capped at 30 or 60 fps very smoothly, for some reason Arch Linux SteamOS has a really nice feature where games "feel" smoother at 60 fps then say 60 fps on a Windows PC. its very strange, its subtle, not like a major change, but I like it.

also some games give me trouble on Windows, like Dishonored had really bad screen tearing, but on Steam Deck it was flawless. So, I am pretty happy with this purchase, its very 'complimentary' to a decent Windows PC setup.

Now my next game I play on Steam Deck will probably be FFX HD Remaster, capped at 30 fps... but my hope is Steam Deck makes it really enjoyable, we will see.

GerKNG · Jun 10, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
I'm noticing something... That TPLink Bluetooth adapter says ASUS on it... Just throwing it out there.

That's my old BT 4.0 one that i've put in the box to find it in my pile of peripherals and other stuff.

Shou Miko · Jun 10, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
I'm noticing something... That TPLink Bluetooth adapter says ASUS on it... Just throwing it out there.

Amazon mysteri again? :roll:

nomdeplume · Jun 10, 2023

Space Lynx said:
this is why I love my recent Steam Deck purchase, I can enjoy all the games that are capped at 30 or 60 fps very smoothly, for some reason Arch Linux SteamOS has a really nice feature where games "feel" smoother at 60 fps then say 60 fps on a Windows PC. its very strange, its subtle, not like a major change, but I like it.

I had a similar feeling with recent controller switch on PC. Games felt sluggish beyond what 60fps should. The difference was instantly noticeable and subtle.

Space Lynx · Jun 10, 2023

nomdeplume said:
I had a similar feeling with recent controller switch on PC. Games felt sluggish beyond what 60fps should. The difference was instantly noticeable and subtle.

may I ask what controller you switched to that gave you these benefits? my guess is it was some kind of latency problem with your previous controller, but this is interesting

nomdeplume · Jun 10, 2023

Space Lynx said:
may I ask what controller you switched to that gave you these benefits?

A number of years back I bought a Logitech F310 to play Asphalt8 on igpu. Obviously I chalked up the differences between playing with it and say on a console to unrefined PC hardware across the board. It was just a fluke I came across an xbox360 controller with 10' cord in good shape few days ago.

Space Lynx said:
my guess is it was some kind of latency problem with your previous controller, but this is interesting

Latency or some other improvement in the driver was my guess. FH4 being an inhouse MS development seemed to show the connection was lagging enough the game purposely inserted a delay.

The other half is related to build quality. Less force and quicker response to input equates to smoother gameplay with less fatigue. Right trigger on F310 took multiple pounds of pressure to fully depress with relatively large gaps in steps the sensor was physically capable of registering. Joysticks were equally unsatisfying.

If you played anything like Trials Rising that lack of fine gradation amidst constant fractions of ON/OFF multiple times a second was mentally and physically taxing. I believe the term I settled upon was acquainting it with the illicit meaning of a speedball.

JrRacinFan · Jun 11, 2023

Anyone know when Corsair Link is gonna drop? I'm ready.

lexluthermiester · Jun 11, 2023

GerKNG said:
That's my old BT 4.0 one that i've put in the box to find it in my pile of peripherals and other stuff.

Fair enough. It looked REALLY out of place. :laugh:

JrRacinFan said:
Anyone know when Corsair Link is gonna drop? I'm ready.

Pay attention to JayzTwoCents on Youtube. Corsair is one of his regular sponsors so he will have an announcement about it. He been plugging it for a while now, so they're getting close.

Gumby · Jun 12, 2023

Upgraded my modem and router. Arris S33 and D-Link AX80. Both have a 2.5Gbps port. I get 1257 Mbps down at the router. I have Comcast internet.

P4-630 · Jun 12, 2023

Gumby said:
Upgraded my modem and router. Arris S33 and D-Link AX80. Both have a 2.5Gbps port. I get 1257 Mbps down at the router. I have Comcast internet.
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Ah, Comcast with data limits?...

Gumby · Jun 12, 2023

P4-630 said:
Ah, Comcast with data limits?...

I pay for the no data cap.... They should just get rid of that.... If I got there new modem there is no data cap. Would be 15 more a month lol. I use about 2 TB a month.

P4-630 · Jun 12, 2023

Gumby said:
They should just get rid of that.

Yeah it's stupid, here in my country in EU, no internet provider has data limits, however all mobile providers here do...

Now in my case I don't use much mobile internet.

Fleurious · Jun 12, 2023

Ok maybe a tad overkill but since i’ll be swimming in blown in fibreglass in the attic routing some network cable i figured i’d do it safely.

nomdeplume · Jun 12, 2023

Fleurious said:
Ok maybe a tad overkill but since i’ll be swimming in blown in fibreglass in the attic routing some network cable i figured i’d do it safely.

Actually that looks just about sufficient* depending on how likely asbestos or other goodies are. XX years exhausting poo odors into an enclosed space, that sort of stuff.

*Hard to tell if you have enclosed googles in the bottom left white bag. You will not regret full eye protection!!!!

..0 · Jun 12, 2023

not many days ago i got a new monitor: Corsair Xeneon 27QHD240 27-inch 1440p OLED 240Hz.
to replace my 4k 144hz ips 28"
i was wondering if i should make a post about down grading to 1440p because its is a big deal, and the annoying pixel rbg layout or lack there of.
as far as i know it so new a monitor that it does not have a hdr spec yet.
this is the first oled display i have ever seen and think the price was painfully high but i am happy enough to keep it as my main monitor.
the 3 year warranty seem great and the stand and build quality is the best i had. not rgb light on the thing either and and no cooling fan, and no electrical noise or coil whine.

tabascosauz · Jun 13, 2023

Finally pulling the trigger on a new laptop to replace my XPS 9370. Crazy to think I paid $1600 for that 8550U+8GB+256GB problem child inferno back in 2018...

X13 Gen 3 came down to $1300cad and I decided it was time. Brighter option screen so there's that. Great serviceability as expected from Thinkpad. Also the temp/power testing for the X13G3 6850U is out of this world - 69C max CPU load??? I have a feeling the 680M is going to kick the everliving shit out of my 2300MHz Vega 8 for about 1/3 the power. Maybe I'll have to sell my 5700G for being useless :laugh:

Might even get a T14s Gen 2 for my dad too while I'm at it. $960cad for a 14" Thinkpad with 5850U and 16GB of LPDDR4X and 512GB NVMe, plus 3 years of warranty........great deal if I ever saw one.

Mussels · Jun 13, 2023

Mac the Geek said:
I'm not gonna play anybody's copyright cop... but holy balls, does that look sketchy. Gives off the same malware vibes as a USB stick laying in the parking lot. I'd need an airgapped burner rig just to boot that.

But hey, maybe I'm just paranoid. (Did I mention that I just finished Cory Doctorow's Attack Surface?) Anyway, best of luck!

Emulation laws allow it to be bought or used in a lot of the western world, assuming you own legit copies - and china doesn't care at all, so they sell this stuff

I bought PS2 stuff to get a friends one working with a dodgy DVD drive, so they could (legally, here) rip games on one unit, and play on the other - and it came preloaded with hundreds of ROM's despite not even mentioning an SD card in the ad

Turmeric said:
not many days ago i got a new monitor: Corsair Xeneon 27QHD240 27-inch 1440p OLED 240Hz.
to replace my 4k 144hz ips 28"
i was wondering if i should make a post about down grading to 1440p because its is a big deal, and the annoying pixel rbg layout or lack there of.
as far as i know it so new a monitor that it does not have a hdr spec yet.
this is the first oled display i have ever seen and think the price was painfully high but i am happy enough to keep it as my main monitor.
the 3 year warranty seem great and the stand and build quality is the best i had. not rgb light on the thing either and and no cooling fan, and no electrical noise or coil whine.

I struggle going from 32" 4K to 32" 1440p now, and BRG has been my biggest deterrent from OLED - i spend a lot of time looking at text

..0 · Jun 13, 2023

Mussels said:
I struggle going from 32" 4K to 32" 1440p now, and BRG has been my biggest deterrent from OLED - i spend a lot of time looking at text

i am guessing that some people wont notice the text issue all that much, but at least for my first week its noticeable. i do not help that my second monitor is the old 4k ips.
the BRG issue also shows on edges and small ui elements in games, and on top of that there is the dirty screen effect of many oled panels. all these little things adding up. the low resolution or large pixel size does the most harm. so anyone not used to 4k beforehand should be fine.
i knew my purchase was not going to last long because 4k was so impressive when i moved to that.

System Name	IZALITH (or just "Lith")
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (4.2Ghz base, 5.0Ghz boost, -30 PBO offset)
Motherboard	Gigabyte X670E Aorus Master Rev 1.0
Cooling	Deepcool Gammaxx AG400 Single Tower
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 64GB (2x32GB) 6000MHz CL40 DDR5 XMP (XMP enabled)
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX Red Devil OC 24GB (2.39Ghz base, 2.56Ghz boost)
Storage	2x1TB SSD, 2x2TB SSD, 2x 8TB HDD
Display(s)	Samsung Odyssey G51C 27" QHD (1440p 165Hz) + Samsung Odyssey G3 24" FHD (1080p 165Hz)
Case	Corsair 7000D Airflow Full Tower
Audio Device(s)	Corsair HS55 Surround Wired Headset/LG Z407 Speaker Set
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000 Platinum Modular (1000W)
Mouse	Logitech G502 X LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Mouse
Keyboard	Keychron K4 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard
Software	Arch Linux

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

Processor	Ryzen 5700x
Motherboard	Gigabyte Auros Elite AX V2
Cooling	Thermalright Peerless Assassin SE White
Memory	TeamGroup T-Force Delta RGB 32GB 3600Mhz
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Red Dragon Rx 6800
Storage	Fanxiang S660 1TB, Fanxiang S500 Pro 1TB, BraveEagle 240GB SSD, 2TB Seagate HDD
Case	Corsair 4000D White
Power Supply	Corsair RM750x SHIFT

System Name	IZALITH (or just "Lith")
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (4.2Ghz base, 5.0Ghz boost, -30 PBO offset)
Motherboard	Gigabyte X670E Aorus Master Rev 1.0
Cooling	Deepcool Gammaxx AG400 Single Tower
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 64GB (2x32GB) 6000MHz CL40 DDR5 XMP (XMP enabled)
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX Red Devil OC 24GB (2.39Ghz base, 2.56Ghz boost)
Storage	2x1TB SSD, 2x2TB SSD, 2x 8TB HDD
Display(s)	Samsung Odyssey G51C 27" QHD (1440p 165Hz) + Samsung Odyssey G3 24" FHD (1080p 165Hz)
Case	Corsair 7000D Airflow Full Tower
Audio Device(s)	Corsair HS55 Surround Wired Headset/LG Z407 Speaker Set
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000 Platinum Modular (1000W)
Mouse	Logitech G502 X LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Mouse
Keyboard	Keychron K4 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard
Software	Arch Linux

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)

What's your latest tech purchase?

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Astronaut

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Served 5k and counting ...

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Gumby

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Gumby

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..0

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..0

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	Lynni PS \ Lenowo TwinkPad L14 G2
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
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 Chromax.Black (Only middle fan) \ Lenowo C-267C-2
Memory	G.Skill Flare X5 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHZ CL36-36-36-96 AMD EXPO \ Willk Elektronik 2x16GB 2666MHZ CL17
Video Card(s)	Asus GeForce RTX™ 4070 Dual OC (Waiting on RX 8800 XT) \| Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Storage	Gigabyte M30 1TB\|Sabrent Rocket 2TB\| HDD: 10TB\|1TB \ WD RED SN700 1TB
Display(s)	KTC M27T20S 1440p@165Hz \| LG 48CX OLED 4K HDR \| Innolux 14" 1080p
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

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	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

Processor	Ryzen 9 5950X
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS
Cooling	15 Enermax Squa Rgb fans Enermax Auquafusion 360 AIO
Memory	128GB G Skill Trident Z RGB F4-3600C18-32GTZR
Video Card(s)	XFX Speedster MERC310 Radeon RX 7900XT
Storage	SAMSUNG 990PRO W/heatsink (PCI-E 4.0 x4) 1TB and 2TB, 8 Seagate ST6000NM0034 6TB in Raid 6
Display(s)	SAMSUNG C27F390 X2, Samsung 55" 4k
Case	Phanteks ENTHOO PRIMO
Audio Device(s)	Integra DTR 50.4 7.1 Surround
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000x
Mouse	Microsoft wirless mouse 5000
Keyboard	Microsoft wirless keyboard 5050
VR HMD	4 LG WH16NS60 Blu-Ray burners flashed for 4k ripping. Hauppauge dual tuner tv card
Software	Windows 11 pro

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
Audio Device(s)	Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533
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

System Name	Current
Processor	i7 12700k
Motherboard	Asus Prime Z690-A
Cooling	Noctua NHD15s
Memory	32GB G.Skill
Video Card(s)	GTX 1070Ti
Storage	WD SN-850 2TB
Display(s)	LG Ultragear 27GL850-B
Case	Fractal Meshify 2 Compact
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Seasonic 1000W Titanium

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	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.

What's your latest tech purchase?

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