What's your latest tech purchase?

[Count von Schwalbe]

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?

I heard that Mr. Dyson was asked if he was the one that owned the company that made all of the Hoovers...

He was.

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Lost my sub again, darn forum software.

 

[Braegnok]

Ordered the new Dark Base Pro 901 today from Grooves. https://www.grooves.land/quiet-quie...2CUjjOMO4pUSr74Tit_km2Gds1TngMdASYWDrmeSx2Gq4

 

[P4-630]

 

[AlienIsGOD]

bought this 2nd hand to replace my sons aging hand me down 3570K rig. Need to upgrade ram, add an Nvme SSD and figure out better gfx in the future it has a 500w psu but i doubt it could handle my RX 480 which recommends at least a 500w. So will be looking at lower power upgrades to the gtx 1650 4gb down the road along with a new psu

 

[Sithaer]

bought this 2nd hand to replace my sons aging hand me down 3570K rig. Need to upgrade ram, add an Nvme SSD and figure out better gfx in the future it has a 500w psu but i doubt it could handle my RX 480 which recommends at least a 500w. So will be looking at lower power upgrades to the gtx 1650 4gb down the road along with a new psu

Depends on the PSU but it could, I've used a RX 570+R5 1600x setup with a low tier 450W Thermaltake PSU for like 1+ year with no crashes or anything tho the PSU fan could be heard under heavier gaming load. 'that was my main reason for replacing it at the time'

 

[wheresmycar]

Ordered the new Dark Base Pro 901 today from Grooves. https://www.grooves.land/quiet-quie...2CUjjOMO4pUSr74Tit_km2Gds1TngMdASYWDrmeSx2Gq4

i like!!

Love the minimalist lighting effect. @$382, does it come with a GPU bundled in? hehe

I'd fancy one of these in a light-weight mid-tower sharing the same design elements... don't mind compromising on that "built-like-a-tank" and "inaudability" USP if its achievable for around $100-$150. Kinda lost taste for the protruded frontage type of cases but in practice its worse having to get up to access front I/O ports when they're facing the ceiling hence i'd settle with the front I/O dip too. Take notes "be quiet" - some more affordable and compact variants would be nice!

 

[Mussels]

Gonna have to talk with my company about upgrading the laptop. Stupid HDMI only goes up to 50 (yes) Hz on 3440x1440.

Welcome to reason 9001 why i dislike ultrawides (the often well hidden DP/HDMI requirements to work at native res/refresh), and reason #2 i don't like HDMI (Cause DP has more bandwidth)

If it's a laptop you're likely HDMI'ing to the IGP, which will have low bandwidth probably on par with single link DVI - you can probably use CRU to create a lower bandwidth custom resolution, trading Vblanking time for 60Hz at least

bought this 2nd hand to replace my sons aging hand me down 3570K rig. Need to upgrade ram, add an Nvme SSD and figure out better gfx in the future it has a 500w psu but i doubt it could handle my RX 480 which recommends at least a 500w. So will be looking at lower power upgrades to the gtx 1650 4gb down the road along with a new psu

The biggest key is you can slap a ryzen 5600 in there, and 100% know it'll be a shite ton faster with no concerns about cooling or VRMs
Remember the RX480 PSU requirements are for a total system and not the GPU alone - and those estimates are based on a shitty PSU with a higher wattage intel system from its era

bios updates here are from this year, so they'll be updated AGESA and support the newer CPUs - but definitely need lower wattages/PBO limits for the higher end ones, board has no VRM cooling
Used SMU checker, limited CPU support makes me angreh

This confuses me, because the board supports 3000 series - Matisse, but they're not in the BIOS?

OMEN by HP Obelisk Desktop PC - 875-0018 Product Specifications | HP® Customer Support
Entry level B450 chipset
Supposedly shipped with a GT 1650 FH - full height?
Dual channel will help, but two dual rank sticks is another 10% free performance on top, if you can go 2x16 DR in the future
80+ Bronze 500W PSU, so honestly you'd be fine with any GPU under 300W peak on the PSU front - that's an extremely low wattage CPU/mobo by todays standards



There are methods to manually update the SMU's within the BIOS. Hail the PCMR.
[Tool Guide] AMD SMU Check & Update - ZEN2 - BIOS/UEFI Modding / BIOS Modding Guides and Problems - Win-Raid Forum (level1techs.com)

 

[masterdeejay]

Upgrading the old Dell workstations to the max. 2699v3 (18 core)
(with hacked bios all core turbo at 3.6ghz)
was 60 Usd each (included vat, post)

 

[lemonadesoda]

Nice. Link to bios mods please

Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3 (45M Cache, 2.30 GHz) - Product Specifications | Intel

Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3 (45M Cache, 2.30 GHz) quick reference with specifications, features, and technologies.

www.intel.co.uk

18 core/36 thread. Enjoy!

 

[Kapone33]

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

So the card came yesterday. When I installed it I was shocked at how quiet the card is. I did an auto OC and that resulted in a 2798 MHZ clock. The GPU never goes past 60 C and the fans are so quiet I have to check to make sure the fans are running,

 

[masterdeejay]

Nice. Link to bios mods please

Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3 (45M Cache, 2.30 GHz) - Product Specifications | Intel

Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3 (45M Cache, 2.30 GHz) quick reference with specifications, features, and technologies.

www.intel.co.uk

18 core/36 thread. Enjoy!

I posted a hacked bios for the T5810 in the Dell workstation topic
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/dell-workstation-owners-club.243124/page-115#post-5047456
v3 all core hack -50mv vcore and imc, rebar support inculded.

 

[GreiverBlade]

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ah, welcome welcome... to the ... SAMSUNG HATER CLUB! which i am the president ... wait... i use a S23 and i quite like it ... gosh darn it! i feel utterly conflicted now ...

enjoy your S23 ... (and get a nice case ... like a UAG Monarch Carbon ... it deserve it)

 

[P4-630]

ah, welcome welcome... to the ... SAMSUNG HATER CLUB! which i am the president ... wait... i use a S23 and i quite like it ... gosh darn it! i feel utterly conflicted now ...

enjoy your S23 ... (and get a nice case ... like a UAG Monarch Carbon ... it deserve it)

lol

 

[INSTG8R]

I moved this month and my old LG 43”s networking went south not quite sure how it was packed in the original box and all. Anyway so I needed something new because I just use streaming services. im also limited in space because of my entertainment unit. So I went with another LG the 2022 50” Nano-cell. I didn’t really look hard or check reviews i jus know the WebOS already. Well it JUST fits as expected and frankly I like how the hole is now just “all TV”

 

[Ruru]

-Thermal glue as I don't trust the thermal tape on those VRM/VRAM heatsinks.
-Another 1TB NV2, the one I have is a fine cheap drive
-Velcro tape for cable management
-GPU support

 

[mechtech]

It was the least expensive for the most performance I could find.

 

[P4-630]

It was the least expensive for the most performance I could find.
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In your system specs I see you already have a AMD RX 6800 - Asus Tuf...

 

[mechtech]

In your system specs I see you already have a AMD RX 6800 - Asus Tuf...

Amalgamation of spare parts for a PC for sister. Have a 2700 Ryzen collecting dust but no igp, and I didn’t feel $135 for a 2GB GT1030 was a good deal lol

 

[TheLostSwede]

I moved this month and my old LG 43”s networking went south not quite sure how it was packed in the original box and all. Anyway so I needed something new because I just use streaming services. im also limited in space because of my entertainment unit. So I went with another LG the 2022 50” Nano-cell. I didn’t really look hard or check reviews i jus know the WebOS already. Well it JUST fits as expected and frankly I like how the hole is now just “all TV”
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Is that the Nano86? As that's what I got at the end of last year for a bargain during Black Friday.

 

[SN2716057]

For games.

forgot about that one ...

i had the one from Xiaomi in mind but none in stock and 60chf+

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it works, carry pouch, light and Sclaverand/Presta adapter in the box
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about the same price of a Cycplus A2 on Aliexpress (same OEM it seems) Intertronics is a local brand nonetheless, some disadvantage over the Cycplus A2, Micro-USB instead of C, single 500mAh cell instead of 4 (although not sure about that, without disassembling it ... and i will not but 12.8V on a single 500mAh cell if it is a 18650 like most of these pumps is not possible, so, probably 4x500mAh. ) and no powerbank function (not that i complain, i have enough powerbanks as it is )
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saw numerous 5* customer reviews, where the 4* usually mentioned "1* less because of Micro-USB"


best point, you can set the pressure in PSI, Bar, Kpa or Kgf/Cm2 and it stops automaticaly once reaching it (and less noisy than the one from Baseus or Xiaomi )

I had that one for 2 months then it stopped working
You can also just check the (tire) pressure with it, which is nice.
When it worked it was loud and got hot after the 1st tire, and it only did 3 tires before a recharge was needed.

 

[Ruru]

Ordered also a GPU -> 2x PWM fan adapter. Probably takes like an eternity and a half to ship from China

 

[Macro Device]

I didn’t feel $135 for a 2GB GT1030 was a good deal lol

Neither feel I. Why not using some aftermarket device? It's prolly not difficult to find an RX 6600 not far beyond this range. And they are borderline not used in mining at all so you don't really need to worry about that...

As per my tech purchases, here they are. I'm a certified serial suicide bomber.

 

[Kapone33]

Amalgamation of spare parts for a PC for sister. Have a 2700 Ryzen collecting dust but no igp, and I didn’t feel $135 for a 2GB GT1030 was a good deal lol

I could send you a card if you want. My 6500Xt is collecting dust since I bought that emulation drive from Amazon as the 5600G is plenty fast enough to play PS1 and 2 Games hehe.

 

[INSTG8R]

Is that the Nano86? As that's what I got at the end of last year for a bargain during Black Friday.

I believe it’s the 76 but the price was right about what I paid for my 43” LG IPS 4K about 5 years ago. I dunno what happened with its networking but it’s fine hooked to my Chromecast in my bedroom now and I took my previous 32” 1080i to the dump this morning.
I will say I absolutely hate the “Magic Remote“ where the “OK” button is also a cursor and a scroll wheel. I mostly hate the cursor. Reminds me of the horrid Quest 2 “hand controls“ I don’t understand why anyone would navigate they’re TV that way…

 

[mechtech]

I could send you a card if you want. My 6500Xt is collecting dust since I bought that emulation drive from Amazon as the 5600G is plenty fast enough to play PS1 and 2 Games hehe.

Doh
And thanks though. Already on the table though so I’ll slap it in. Buuuuuutttt I may have another spare parts build that also needs a gpu…..