What's your latest tech purchase?

GreiverBlade · Nov 14, 2023

well, it worked ... although i forgot i had a Pro license of Aomei Backupper, i could have done it with that and the 2 NVMe enclosure :laugh:

instead of creating a separate partition i just extended the main partition to fill up the remaining free space ...

got a nice surprise ... i did not know that STEAM would use local network to transfer game at 500-600 Mbps between my desktop and the Ally ... that's convenient :laugh:

(even if i got an upgrade from my ISP it's still "only 150Mbps :laugh:

)

not a recent recent but i still recently (or somewhat recently ) bought that one 6 day ago (4 minute play is : listening to the main theme and grinning like a little kid at Xmas :laugh:

)

nostalgia pang ... (well i only owned the gameboy version of it tho

)

nomdeplume · Nov 14, 2023

GreiverBlade said:
not a recent recent but i still recently (or somewhat recently ) bought that one 6 day ago (4 minute play is : listening to the main theme and grinning like a little kid at Xmas )

I almost rebought this to play through it again. Some years back I made someone buy it on their Steam account for me to play.

R-T-B · Nov 14, 2023

INSTG8R said:
No that’s correct. It’s also supposed to do while in Standby and I even caught the green light flashing tho I’ve never noticed iif it stopped it from the regular cycle. But I assure every 4 hours of use requires a Pixel Refresh. I’ll try to remember time it. I really don’t mind if it’s keeping the panel in proper condition. The real problem is alwys has the best timing. Last night it came on when I was driving at night online with my buddy in ATS. He also has one and the one who sold me on it.
I mean maintenance is just normal I’d rather do it than not. Obviously I skipped that one while I was driving but wait for it to go away wasn’t ideal because it wasn’t like I could have reached forward and press cancel. I’ll go force one amd time it for you.
Edit: @Space Lynx it took about 6 minutes

Honestly that sounds odd to me. Maybe the tech has changed, but I barely ever have to do a pixel refresh. Think I've done a total of 10 over like 3 years. But I have a B9 so...

Nereus said:
That sounds really annoying. Is it a forced refresh every 4 hours - meaning it may happen mid-game? Even a popup reminder alert could screw up a game if it removes focus. Having to occasionally remove the power to get it to restart makes it even worse. I've heard the performance is amazing, but still...

I honestly do not think that is normal. But I also doubt it is forced.

FoulOnWhite · Nov 14, 2023

Picking this Cambridge audio azur 651A up tomorrow, has a USB input too, read some reviews and its a pretty nice amp for £50

Space Lynx · Nov 14, 2023

FoulOnWhite said:
Picking this Cambridge audio azur 651A up tomorrow, has a USB input too, read some reviews and its a pretty nice amp for £50
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thats a regular msrp 450 quid amp... nice find!!!!

Deleted member 229121 · Nov 14, 2023

For some reason the 2-pack of Anker 6ft USB-A to C cables were cheaper than 3-ft, so 6-ft it was. Riveting, I know.

nomdeplume said:
I almost rebought this to play through it again. Some years back I made someone buy it on their Steam account for me to play.

That's some Rasputin level stuff right there :laugh:

INSTG8R · Nov 14, 2023

R-T-B said:
Honestly that sounds odd to me. Maybe the tech has changed, but I barely ever have to do a pixel refresh. Think I've done a total of 10 over like 3 years. But I have a B9 so...

Yeah the Pixel Refresh is 4 hours the long Panel Refresh is every 1500hrs
It’s not “forced!“ it will disappear tho the odd time there’s one that doe have a cancel But again it will disappear too. I mean it popped up earlier I ignored it but I’m gonna play Motorsport to check out the new Patch so I’m doing it now while I’m making food before I game. I mean it rakes 6min.

nomdeplume · Nov 15, 2023

Double-Click said:
That's some Rasputin level stuff right there

Believe it cost less than sale price currently. Family member considered this cheap entertainment while they trudged off to work during my visit.

Oddly enough there was bottles of Old Rasputin involved in this playthrough. Are you psychic?

Deleted member 229121 · Nov 15, 2023

Lol that's fantastic, also sadly no I lack the power of clairvoyance

GreiverBlade · Nov 15, 2023

wNotyarD said:
I have a pair of KZ's ES3 for some good years now, and I only had to get a new cable for them. Great sound for a great price then, and still going strong when I need them.

i guess ~16$ for that ... i can go for it ... 498 OCC silver plated core from KZ also ... carbon? aluminium? yeah ... and since i got the PR2 at discounted price, getting that will not cost me much more in total than the non discounted price

Deleted member 229121 · Nov 15, 2023

The Mario Piranha Plant will make it for Xmas!
60-day backorder...or sometimes 6 business days (I'll take it)

faye · Nov 15, 2023

FoulOnWhite said:
Picking this Cambridge audio azur 651A up tomorrow, has a USB input too, read some reviews and its a pretty nice amp for £50
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Jealous, I'd be happy to find that for $100 here!

R-T-B · Nov 15, 2023

INSTG8R said:
Yeah the Pixel Refresh is 4 hours the long Panel Refresh is every 1500hrs
It’s not “forced!“ it will disappear tho the odd time there’s one that doe have a cancel But again it will disappear too. I mean it popped up earlier I ignored it but I’m gonna play Motorsport to check out the new Patch so I’m doing it now while I’m making food before I game. I mean it rakes 6min.

Yeah on the B9 the Pixel Refresh doesn't run on a timer like that, only on shutoff.

Nereus · Nov 15, 2023

Most recent purchase: ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 16 laptop (19-13980HX + RTX-4080). Had it for a couple of months. Loving it.

PLAfiller · Nov 15, 2023

adilazimdegilx said:
Got triple pack Thermalright fans.....

Seems like a lot of light, are they noisy?

wNotyarD · Nov 15, 2023

Did some shopping across the border today.

For a great friend of mine:

And for me:

adilazimdegilx · Nov 15, 2023

PLAfiller said:
Seems like a lot of light, are they noisy?

They are noisy above 1200rpm, but they move good amount of air. 1000~ rpm seems like a efficient point for noise & airflow and that's where I keep them for now.
7 fans and a led strip is a little bit much especially in a dark room. But it's alright when the light is on. It's probably looks more bright in the pictures. Thankfully turning off the leds is very easy with case's controller, not using any software is a plus for me. At worst case, I might just plug off some of the fans rgbs (most likely cpu cooler's).
So far, pretty satisfied with the purchase. They are really cheap like almost all thermalright products and they work.

FoulOnWhite · Nov 15, 2023

The Amp sounds great. All looks ok inside too, nothing burnt, though i did get a service manual, so am going to make sure the bias on both channels is running at 13mv like it should be. It's not been particularly looked after, but it runs ok, and i did get the remote. It sounds good via USB from my PC too. Is great for 50 quid.

kapone32 · Nov 15, 2023

This might actually arrive tomorrow I want Avatar and it looks like $99 will be the price going forward for AAA. That means I will get this card for $269 once everything is worked out. They are selling fast at Canada Computers but they do not carry As Rock cards

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Solaris17 · Nov 15, 2023

Dev kit finally came back in stock. Excited for it to come in!

sam_86314 · Nov 15, 2023

My new monitor arrived. It's a Dell S3422DWG.

Unfortunately, I'm not sure if I'll be keeping it.

It's a 3440x1440 144Hz VA monitor that supposedly has FreeSync Premium Pro.

I checked it for dead pixels and didn't find any. The bump in refresh-rate is noticeable over my previous 100Hz monitor.

Unfortunately, FreeSync on this monitor has a glaring issue that frankly should be unacceptable.

Whenever the framerate drops below a certain point, I get a noticable flicker. It seems to be worse on the left half of the screen.

I loaded up Saints Row 2 (it's unstable framerate really shows this issue) and filmed it at 240 FPS to capture it. I wanted to upload the raw videos here, but I guess that isn't allowed.

Fortunately the issue is still visible if I upload to YouTube.

FreeSync On (Epilepsy Warning: Flickering)

FreeSync Off

So far, it's completely fine with FreeSync disabled. But better FreeSync support is one of the reasons I wanted to upgrade my monitor.

So I'm not sure if I should keep it or return it.

nomdeplume · Nov 15, 2023

sam_86314 said:
So far, it's completely fine with FreeSync disabled. But better FreeSync support is one of the reasons I wanted to upgrade my monitor.

So I'm not sure if I should keep it or return it.

Does a different/newer driver exist? Or firmware update?

Solaris17 · Nov 15, 2023

sam_86314 said:
My new monitor arrived. It's a Dell S3422DWG.

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Unfortunately, I'm not sure if I'll be keeping it.

It's a 3440x1440 144Hz VA monitor that supposedly has FreeSync Premium Pro.

I checked it for dead pixels and didn't find any. The bump in refresh-rate is noticeable over my previous 100Hz monitor.

Unfortunately, FreeSync on this monitor has a glaring issue that frankly should be unacceptable.

Whenever the framerate drops below a certain point, I get a noticable flicker. It seems to be worse on the left half of the screen.

I loaded up Saints Row 2 (it's unstable framerate really shows this issue) and filmed it at 240 FPS to capture it. I wanted to upload the raw videos here, but I guess that isn't allowed.

Fortunately the issue is still visible if I upload to YouTube.

FreeSync On (Epilepsy Warning: Flickering)

FreeSync Off

So far, it's completely fine with FreeSync disabled. But better FreeSync support is one of the reasons I wanted to upgrade my monitor.

So I'm not sure if I should keep it or return it.

yeah but wallpaper link?

sam_86314 · Nov 15, 2023

nomdeplume said:
Does a different/newer driver exist? Or firmware update?

I'll try the driver on Dell's site. I had read that driver makes the issue worse/doesn't fix it, but I might as well try it.

Solaris17 said:
yeah but wallpaper link?

I made it with an image I found on Wikipedia. It's the IO die from an AMD EPYC Rome CPU.

EDIT: Nope, the driver doesn't fix the issue.

Space Lynx · Nov 16, 2023

Nereus said:
Most recent purchase: ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 16 laptop (19-13980HX + RTX-4080). Had it for a couple of months. Loving it.

I have researched gaming laptops extensively over the years, and I can say there are only two laptops I would ever consider buying (if I were rich), HID Evolution custom laptop and he Asus SCAR line, you chose very well. Does that thing have a mini-LED screen by any chance? what the specs of the display? I am curious

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

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	Pioneer
Processor	Ryzen R9 9950X
Motherboard	GIGABYTE Aorus Elite X670 AX
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 + A whole lotta Sunon and Corsair Maglev blower fans...
Memory	64GB (4x 16GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	XFX RX 7900 XTX Speedster Merc 310
Storage	Intel 905p Optane 960GB boot, +2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs
Display(s)	55" LG 55" B9 OLED 4K Display
Case	Thermaltake Core X31
Audio Device(s)	TOSLINK->Schiit Modi MB->Asgard 2 DAC Amp->AKG Pro K712 Headphones or HDMI->B9 OLED
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti Pro 850W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless
Keyboard	WASD Code v3 with Cherry Green keyswitches + PBT DS keycaps
Software	Gentoo Linux x64 / Windows 11 Enterprise IoT 2024

System Name	BigRed
Processor	I7 12700k
Motherboard	Asus Rog Strix z690-A WiFi D4
Cooling	Noctua D15S chromax black/MX6
Memory	TEAM GROUP 32GB DDR4 4000C16 B die
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 3080 Gaming Trio X 10GB
Storage	M.2 drives WD SN850X 1TB 4x4 BOOT/WD SN850X 4TB 4x4 STEAM/USB3 4TB OTHER
Display(s)	Dell s3422dwg 34" 3440x1440p 144hz ultrawide
Case	Corsair 7000D
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z5450/KEF uniQ speakers/Bowers and Wilkins P7 Headphones
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x 80% gold
Mouse	Logitech G604 lightspeed wireless
Keyboard	Logitech G915 TKL lightspeed wireless
Software	Windows 10 Pro X64
Benchmark Scores	Who cares

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?

GreiverBlade

nomdeplume

R-T-B

FoulOnWhite

Space Lynx

Astronaut

Deleted member 229121

Guest

INSTG8R

Vanguard Beta Tester

nomdeplume

Deleted member 229121

Guest

GreiverBlade

Deleted member 229121

Guest

faye

R-T-B

Nereus

PLAfiller

wNotyarD

adilazimdegilx

FoulOnWhite

kapone32

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Solaris17

Super Dainty Moderator

sam_86314

nomdeplume

Solaris17

Super Dainty Moderator

sam_86314

Space Lynx

Astronaut

System Name	Hellbox 5.1(same case new guts)
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard	MSI X570S MAG Torpedo Max
Cooling	TT Kandalf L.C.S.(Water/Air)EK Velocity CPU Block/Noctua EK Quantum DDC Pump/Res
Memory	2x16GB Gskill Trident Neo Z 3600 CL16
Video Card(s)	Powercolor Hellhound 7900XTX
Storage	970 Evo Plus 500GB 2xSamsung 850 Evo 500GB RAID 0 1TB WD Blue Corsair MP600 Core 2TB
Display(s)	Alienware QD-OLED 34” 3440x1440 144hz 10Bit VESA HDR 400
Case	TT Kandalf L.C.S.
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster ZX/Logitech Z906 5.1
Power Supply	Seasonic TX~’850 Platinum
Mouse	G502 Hero
Keyboard	G19s
VR HMD	Oculus Quest 3
Software	Win 11 Pro x64

System Name	Desktop/HTPC
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 I Aorus Pro WiFi ITX
Cooling	ID Cooling DashFlow 240mm AIO
Memory	64GB (2x32) G.Skill Trident Z RGB DDR4-3600 CL18
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB
Storage	4TB WD SN850X NVMe, 2TB WD SN850X NVMe
Display(s)	LG OLED65B9PUA 65" 4K OLED TV
Case	Lian Li x Dan A4-H20
Audio Device(s)	USB to MiniDSP DDRC24 DAC, RCA to SUMO Andromeda amp, wired to Wharfedale SP88 speakers
Power Supply	Silverstone SX1000R SFX-L Platinum ATX 3.0
Mouse	Corsair M65 RGB Elite
Keyboard	Corsair K65 RGB Mini
VR HMD	Oculus Rift / PSVR / PSVR2 / Lenovo Explorer
Software	Windows 11 Pro

Processor	Intel i9-13900K
Motherboard	EVGA Z790 Dark K\|ngP\|n
Cooling	EK Velocity 2 (CPU), EK Vector 2 (GPU)
Memory	Corsair Dominator Platinum 2x16GB @ 7200Mhz CL34
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 3090 Ti FTW3 Ultra
Storage	1TB Samsung 990 Pro m.2 (primary drive)
Display(s)	Alienware AW2725DF 27" 360Hz QD-OLED (1440p)
Case	Corsair 7000X RGB
Audio Device(s)	on board + EPOS \| Sennheiser GAME ONE headset
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNova 1600 T2 (overkill, but it was free)
Mouse	Glorious Model O minus (wired)
Keyboard	GMMK full size

System Name	PLAHI
Processor	I5-10400
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS
Cooling	120 AIO
Memory	32GB Corsair LPX 2400 Mhz DDR4 CL14
Video Card(s)	PNY QUADRO RTX A2000
Storage	Intel 670P 512GB
Display(s)	Philips 288E2A 28" 4K + 22" LG 1080p
Case	Silverstone Raven 03 (RV03)
Audio Device(s)	Creative Soundblaster Z
Power Supply	Fractal Design IntegraM 650W
Mouse	Logitech Triathlon
Keyboard	REDRAGON MITRA
Software	Windows 11 Home x 64

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

System Name	Best AMD Computer
Processor	AMD 7900X3D
Motherboard	Asus X670E E Strix
Cooling	In Win SR36
Memory	GSKILL DDR5 32GB 5200 30
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse 7900XT (Watercooled)
Storage	Corsair MP 700, Seagate 530 2Tb, Adata SX8200 2TBx2, Kingston 2 TBx2, Micron 8 TB, WD AN 1500
Display(s)	GIGABYTE FV43U
Case	Corsair 7000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Corsair Void Pro, Logitch Z523 5.1
Power Supply	Deepcool 1000M
Mouse	Logitech g7 gaming mouse
Keyboard	Logitech G510
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64 Steam. GOG, Uplay, Origin
Benchmark Scores	Firestrike: 46183 Time Spy: 25121

System Name	RogueOne
Processor	Xeon W9-3495x
Motherboard	ASUS w790E Sage SE
Cooling	SilverStone XE360-4677
Memory	128gb Gskill Zeta R5 DDR5 RDIMMs
Video Card(s)	MSI SUPRIM Liquid X 4090
Storage	1x 2TB WD SN850X \| 2x 8TB GAMMIX S70
Display(s)	49" Philips Evnia OLED (49M2C8900)
Case	Thermaltake Core P3 Pro Snow
Audio Device(s)	Moondrop S8's on schitt Gunnr
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime TX-1600
Mouse	Lamzu Maya Grey
Keyboard	Monsgeek M3 Lavender, Moondrop Luna lights
VR HMD	Quest 3
Software	Windows 11 Pro Workstation
Benchmark Scores	I dont have time for that.

System Name	Space Heater MKIV
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Taichi
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S, 3x Noctua NF-A14s
Memory	2x32GB Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan Z DDR4-3600 C18 1.35V
Video Card(s)	PowerColor RX 6800 XT Red Devil (2150MHz, 240W PL)
Storage	2TB WD SN850X, 4x1TB Crucial MX500 (striped array), LG WH16NS40 BD-RE
Display(s)	Dell S3422DWG (34" 3440x1440 144Hz)
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro M
Audio Device(s)	Edifier R1700BT, Samson SR850
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x, CyberPower CST135XLU
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK 2 96%
Software	Windows 10 LTSC 2021, Linux Mint