What's your latest tech purchase?

[thesmokingman]

Almost forgot about these little goodies...
Couldn't pass up a $54 1tb 980pro...it's way overkill for any of my upcoming client builds but whaddyado? And yup, got sick and tired of lugging my 1000lb case out to the back porch to blow it out with my compressor (back spasms will do that to ya, bleh). Actually almost got away with drilling a hole in the office floor to run the compressor hose up from the basement but the old lady caught me before I could get started and well, you know how that goes So here's my cheap, lazy ass old man solution. Lug it over to the window and blow it out with the XPOWAH! In the latest summer themed, light green haha. Much
easier on the back. Little suckers actually powerful for a pet dryer/auto detailer/air pump... wtf ever that's supposed to mean :/ auto detailer?
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I do that once every couple of months, but my rig is on rollers so not much lugging.

 

[kapone32]

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 Aorus Elite AX
RAM: Kingston Fury Beast DDR5-5600 16GBx2
Storage: TEAMGROUP T-Force Cardea Zero Z440 2TB, Silicon Power A60 2TB, Silicon Power A55 2TB, Seagate Barracuda 4TBx2
PSU: Be Quiet! Pure Power 11 FM 750W 80+ Gold
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE
Case: Montech Air X
Additional Case Fan: Thermalright TL-C12C-S

Only thing missing is a video card and my new system would be complete LOL

A 6700Xt would be perfect.

 

[Mussels]

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 Aorus Elite AX
RAM: Kingston Fury Beast DDR5-5600 16GBx2
Storage: TEAMGROUP T-Force Cardea Zero Z440 2TB, Silicon Power A60 2TB, Silicon Power A55 2TB, Seagate Barracuda 4TBx2
PSU: Be Quiet! Pure Power 11 FM 750W 80+ Gold
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE
Case: Montech Air X
Additional Case Fan: Thermalright TL-C12C-S

Only thing missing is a video card and my new system would be complete LOL

I don't know those drives well, but that looks like an extremely well planned build avoiding all the known issues with modern hardware

As long as you dont get a 400W+ peak GPU, you'll be peachy
(undervolting is a glorious thing, anyway)

blow it out with my compressor (back spasms will do that to ya, bleh).

I got a ryobi compressor for this, that and my LG vac do an amazing job without me LARPing an escaped 10mm socket


Low pressure, meant for tires/air beds but can be used for light dusting

The 'big' boy which does great, as long as you're okay waiting for it to refill - only get 1-2 minutes of air before it has to refill
Runs off a drill battery so its extremely compact and easy to move around

This thing with its 9001 attachments doesnt have a blow mode, but a car kit with the flexible hose for any cordless vac is amazing for PC use - a paint brush to loosen the dust and a vac to collect it gets the job done, and this LG wins my vote because unlike dysons it doesnt blow out your eardrums and doesnt require the trigger held in, its a click on/off setup

 

[TheLostSwede]

I don't know those drives well, but that looks like an extremely well planned build avoiding all the known issues with modern hardware

As long as you dont get a 400W+ peak GPU, you'll be peachy
(undervolting is a glorious thing, anyway)


I got a ryobi compressor for this, that and my LG vac do an amazing job without me LARPing an escaped 10mm socket


Low pressure, meant for tires/air beds but can be used for light dusting
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The 'big' boy which does great, as long as you're okay waiting for it to refill - only get 1-2 minutes of air before it has to refill
Runs off a drill battery so its extremely compact and easy to move around
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This thing with its 9001 attachments doesnt have a blow mode, but a car kit with the flexible hose for any cordless vac is amazing for PC use - a paint brush to loosen the dust and a vac to collect it gets the job done, and this LG wins my vote because unlike dysons it doesnt blow out your eardrums and doesnt require the trigger held in, its a click on/off setup
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LG's hoovers are amazing. We have a step down from that model without the self emptying feature and I have never used anything quite like it.
Sure, they're not cheap, but you really do get some amazing hardware there.
Have you used the WiFi feature though? I don't get that part.

 

[KrazyT]

Have you used the WiFi feature though? I don't get that part.

WiFi ? ... hoover !? ... this world is going too fast for me

*edit : i'll have to check, from LG website :
ThinQ™ helps to monitor and maintain your CordZero™ A9 Kompressor by
alerting you to check the status of the filter and when your battery is charged,
as well as run diagnosis and cleaning history, all through a single app.*

 

[AusWolf]

WiFi ? ... hoover !? ... this world is going too fast for me

Everything has WiFi these days. You might wanna swap that hammer in the picture with a Smart(TM) Hammer(TM) for added wireless connectivity and telemetry.

 

[TheLostSwede]

WiFi ? ... hoover !? ... this world is going too fast for me

*edit : i'll have to check, from LG website :
ThinQ™ helps to monitor and maintain your CordZero™ A9 Kompressor by
alerting you to check the status of the filter and when your battery is charged,
as well as run diagnosis and cleaning history, all through a single app.*

I haven't even bothered trying it. Not sure what kind of diagnostics you can get from a hoover...
As it come with two batteries, why do I ever need to know when the battery is charged, as they're a pice of cake to swap between and one can be charged while you're using the hoover...

 

[Mussels]

LG's hoovers are amazing. We have a step down from that model without the self emptying feature and I have never used anything quite like it.
Sure, they're not cheap, but you really do get some amazing hardware there.
Have you used the WiFi feature though? I don't get that part.

The wifi is absolutely a leftover from the robovac hardware they have in common - it lets them get some usage stats, but doesnt benefit the user at all

Everything has WiFi these days. You might wanna swap that hammer in the picture with a Smart(TM) Hammer(TM) for added wireless connectivity and telemetry.

"these days" They had bluetooth in the year 986! And everyone knows pirates had iPatches and wireless phones (although they did have that unusual parrot shape with some very large delays in passing messages back and forth)


I love that you guys can call the LG vac a hoover.
C'mon. Is that a Tesla Ford? A Samsung iPhone? A Razer IBM?

 

[entropy13]

A 6700Xt would be perfect.

Funnily enough, a 6750 XT (Gigabyte's Gaming OC version) is cheaper than all 6700 XT available here lol.

I don't know those drives well, but that looks like an extremely well planned build avoiding all the known issues with modern hardware

The Cardea Zero Z440 is essentially a slightly faster Corsair MP600. The Silicon Power SSDs are entry-level but are slightly faster than its peers, also they were on sale at the time. lol

 

[TheLostSwede]

I love that you guys can call the LG vac a hoover.
C'mon. Is that a Tesla Ford? A Samsung iPhone? A Razer IBM?

British Vs. American English.
We simply call them dust suckers where I come from...

 

[wheresmycar]

WiFi ? ... hoover !? ... this world is going too fast for me

this reminds me of those Sentinelese islanders/tribe/cavemen whatever they're called. Maybe over 10 years ago i imagined these types of isolated people being absolutely nuts for being outside of the modern and advanced world. Then I bought a house, got a mortgage, bills, got married, had kids, commitments, responsibilities, etc etc etc..... i no longer see them as being nuts, but blessed!

 

[GerKNG]

Got this PC for 200€
4790K, 5700XT , 4x4GB DDR3 1600, 1x 1TB MX500, 1x toshiba 4TB HDD and a 3 year old EVGA Gold 750W PSU.

Edit: (PC was very dusty! )
Cleaned, repasted and tested.
Works flawless, stress tests all passed and everything incl. the bluray drive works without any problems. SSD and HDD SMART values show zero errors.
*Crucial MX500 was 1TB and not 2TB

 

[AusWolf]

Got this PC for 200€
4790K, 5700XT , 4x4GB DDR3 1600, 1x 2TB MX500, 1x toshiba 4TB HDD and a 3 year old EVGA Gold 750W PSU.

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That's an awesome deal! Congrats!

 

[bobbybluz]

I got another EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 w/ iCX Cooler for $170 off Ebay this afternoon to replace my recently departed XFX Fury X. It'll be a massive performance increase and since this one is going into an Asus X99 Deluxe with a Xeon E5 2683 V4 w/ 64GB of DDR4 2400 (the fastest RAM a V4 Xeon can use) it didn't make much sense to spend more on a GPU for it. No liquid cooling on the 1080 so that's one less thing that could go wrong with it.

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[GerKNG]

British Vs. American English.
We simply call them dust suckers where I come from...

same for me

 

[tabascosauz]

1 week and 4 laptops later, finally a worthy product......last year's Zephyrus G14. 6900HS 6700S with the FHD 144Hz screen

Searched far and wide for an ultrabook, turns out a gaming laptop is better at being an ultrabook than an ultrabook. God bless Asus for giving it 100W PD.

 

[AusWolf]

1 week and 4 laptops later, finally a worthy product......last year's Zephyrus G14. 6900HS 6700S with the FHD 144Hz screen

Searched far and wide for an ultrabook, turns out a gaming laptop is better at being an ultrabook than an ultrabook. God bless Asus for giving it 100W PD.

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Why does it say "electronic music" on the box? I haven't seen a laptop with such a distinct preference before.

 

[nomdeplume]

Why does it say "electronic music" on the box? I haven't seen a laptop with such a distinct preference before.

OMNI is only into the coolest japanime inspired electronic music?

 

[Mussels]

Funnily enough, a 6750 XT (Gigabyte's Gaming OC version) is cheaper than all 6700 XT available here lol.

check it doesnt have weaker specs as one of those annoying variants that's cut back, but overall that happens when price cuts go on - the old stock cost the stores more, so they keep high prices while they paid less for new stuff, so it's cheaper

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

Went to the local big box DIY store yesterday for some "garage" shelving.
Came out with a portable air conditioner too!

 

[kapone32]

One of my Nephews needed a new GPU so I gave him one meant for a build coming up in July. I have been waiting for the 6700/6750XTs to come down in price. I was surfing Newegg and got this for $424 on an Open box that is like $322 US.

ASRock Phantom Gaming Radeon RX 6950 XT Video Card RX6950XT PG 16GO - Newegg.com

Buy ASRock Phantom Gaming Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 Video Card RX6950XT PG 16GO with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!

www.newegg.ca

 

[Chomiq]

34GN850P-B, a refurb with 50 hours of use. Around €200 cheaper than retail.

LG needs to be punished for them power bricks.

 

[Deleted member 229121]

Does a new HVAC setup count?
Cause I just had to drop 11.5k on one + return the 7900 XT (never even got to open it).

 

[Shrek]

A 2TB SSD, second hand; hopefully I will not regret this purchase.

 

[R-T-B]

I love that you guys can call the LG vac a hoover.

I'm sitting on my davenport laughing. It does not have wifi. The tarnation!