What's your latest tech purchase?

GerKNG · Jan 9, 2024

Shou Miko said:
I like everything expect the Corsair memory I would have gone with G.Skill instead just personal reference since I had way too many issues with Corsair's memory in the past.

I already have two G.Skill kits. from my experience i never had any issues with Corsair RAM in my entire life. and i already run stress tests and have the FCLK at 2133 without issues.
but it's surprisingly difficult to find DDR5 for some reason.
this one was the only one available that's not CL36 or costs 180€+ (was 139€ 2€ cheaper than the non RGB version)

lexluthermiester · Jan 10, 2024

Chomiq said:
Now to spend $1000 on a CRT monitor.

If you have to spend $1000 to get a good CRT, you're going something wrong.

Chomiq · Jan 10, 2024

lexluthermiester said:
If you have to spend $1000 to get a good CRT, you're going something wrong.

You'd probably see FW900s reach that price on ebay but seriously the prices people ask for CRTs are ridiculous nowadays.

Shou Miko · Jan 10, 2024

P4-630 said:
Is that still going on with AM5 and DDR5?

Not sure had it cross platform on Intel and AMD in the past even with custom builds that was verified for 24-48hours before they where shipped out.

GerKNG said:
I already have two G.Skill kits. from my experience i never had any issues with Corsair RAM in my entire life. and i already run stress tests and have the FCLK at 2133 without issues.
but it's surprisingly difficult to find DDR5 for some reason.
this one was the only one available that's not CL36 or costs 180€+ (was 139€ 2€ cheaper than the non RGB version)

Well I don't do RGB myself so I took a plain kit of Flare X they work like a clam from day one with my 7700 non-x.

lexluthermiester · Jan 10, 2024

Chomiq said:
You'd probably see FW900s reach that price on ebay but seriously the prices people ask for CRTs are ridiculous nowadays.

True, prices are getting silly.

Waldorf · Jan 10, 2024

10in Tablet
little thicker than most known brands, but works better and longer than the octa core Lenovo i had before,
does seem to be faster than the Galaxy Tab A8 i primarily use.

@tabascosauz
oh man, you a$$, DSC in VR

loved when i did the PS4-VR demos and no customers around,
quite some hours wasted on AceCombat, even if it only had limited missions.

@wNotyarD
pretty decent, usually relabeled, stuff.
got their pcie 4.0 drive (1TB) for less than anyone else wanted for phision/samsung combo..

@jallenlabs
depends on use, i always went for the "cheapest" flexible ones,
usually longer life, and less sognal loss, but never went for those "100$/ft" stuff.
anyone with costly equipment would probably run a different typ of cable anyway.

@SN2716057
arctic says the P series fans work best as pull (not push) setup.
if possible, i would put them behind the rad.

@Shou Miko
since i started using ryzen for builds (not just mine), not a single Gskill kit worked past jedec,
no matter if 150$ MSI or +250$ Gb (all x570), while all corsair (incl veng) worked as expected.

as long as you know what to look for, corsair kits are fine, but i found the Viper kits to be better value, incl 3600/14 or +4000 kits.

SN2716057 · Jan 10, 2024

@Waldorf The negligible temp difference between push and pull is not enough for me to switch.

Waldorf · Jan 10, 2024

@SN2716057
i never cared for any (possible) temp diff, just that Arctic said, their P-series fan work better that way.

AUTOEXEC.BAT · Jan 10, 2024

Chomiq said:
Now to spend $1000 on a CRT monitor.

My ass.
I will never pay more then €50 for a CRT

lexluthermiester · Jan 10, 2024

Waldorf said:
10in Tablet
little thicker than most known brands, but works better and longer than the octa core Lenovo i had before,
does seem to be faster than the Galaxy Tab A8 i primarily use.

Nice tablet!

Waldorf · Jan 10, 2024

@MSDOS Retro
there are ppl, willing to spend more, on something they want.

i would have never spend full (msrp) on a used item, until i found a certain item thats not being made anymore,
being "perfect" (e.g. speakers, passive rad/res combo), and the only way to get a replacement (part), is (overpriced) used..

@lexluthermiester
yeah, and short of the (usually at the) bottom (android) control being on the side, i havent seen anything the samsung does better, besides costing more.

Macro Device · Jan 10, 2024

Decided to treat myself with 16 gigabytes of basic DDR4-3200 16-20-20-40 just for the sake of more RAM and an i5-10600KF for my 2nd computer.

This CPU just booted @ 5 GHz. No idea if that's stable, will test tomorrow.

FreedomEclipse · Jan 10, 2024

Not a fan of Lenovo in general but just picked up an Tab M10 Plus (3rd gen)

Will mainly be for home streaming use. It will replace a really beaten down Nvidia Shield K1 tablet and my Huawei Mate 9 that I have been using as a mini tablet for a few years now.

No order confirmation yet, i'm not sure whats going on but PayPal tells me that payment is still waiting authorisation.

Not looking for doing much with this tablet apart from watching youtube in bed and obviously the browsing of TPU while taking a dump

cvaldes · Jan 10, 2024

I just bought a replacement microwave oven. The magnetron in the old one gave up the ghost yesterday with a loud pop. It's fifteen years old, it doesn't owe me anything more. The rest of the appliance still works so I'll keep it for now for the range fan and light.

The new one is smaller and weaker but at $80, I'm not complaining.

Waldorf · Jan 10, 2024

@FreedomEclipse
glad i sold mine.
the one i listed above (is cheaper than what i paid for the Leno), has double the ram, and even runs better when gaming.

@cvaldes
my GP had an old Panasonic that had enough space for a turkey, got it when they moved into retirement home, as it was working fine.
until the place i rented went up in flames.
Would take that used one over anything below 500$ rn...

Macro Device · Jan 11, 2024

Beginner Micro Device said:
This CPU just booted @ 5 GHz. No idea if that's stable, will test tomorrow.

Totally stable (heavy AVX benchmarking) at 4.8 GHz.
Totally stable (heavy gaming) at 5.2 GHz.

Totally unstable at 5.3 GHz. Prolly won't investigate why.

Feeling lucky!

RJARRRPCGP · Jan 11, 2024

Chomiq said:
You'd probably see FW900s reach that price on ebay but seriously the prices people ask for CRTs are ridiculous nowadays.

Reminds me of fudgin' '21! And I certainly don't want one for that much if parts-replacement is required. I still remember the "video card-gate" scandal of '21, A.K.A., "video cardmageddon".

Even in '23, we had another scare related to video card supply, but even the AI craze looks like nothing, compared to the Eth-proof-of-work-bullrun era.
Also, we have Intel Arc to the rescue, and it also looks like we also have 16 GB RXs for only 3-hundy coming. Nothing like '21 and early-'22.

It's about time to see more 16 GB cards! 8 GB is kind of like 4 GB now!

Macro Device · Jan 11, 2024

RJARRRPCGP said:
It's about time to see more 16 GB cards! 8 GB is kind of like 4 GB now!

Yet you still can play almost any game without a hinch on a 3070 Ti. Of course several titles need more than 8 GB VRAM even at 1080p but 8 GB is not bad, it's just not optimal.

My current GPU has 12 GB. That's very pleasant. But it being a 6700 XT makes for a rather sluggish core so I can't make proper use of this VRAM chunk. Wish it was 40% faster at least.

For professional workloads, I don't know, RTX 3090 is probably the best bet $ per FLOPS wise.

lexluthermiester · Jan 11, 2024

Beginner Micro Device said:
even at 1080p but 8 GB is not bad, it's just not optimal.

Well of course. At 1080P you don't really need more than 8GB for all but 2 or 3 games. It's when you factor in 1440p and 2160p that VRAM usage pushes past that 8GB limit.

masterdeejay · Jan 11, 2024

60 USD minig card. I just use for CUDA, AI. (stable diffusion) but it is usable for gaming.
P104-100 4Gb GDDR5X
Just modded the bios for the 8Gb vram (tested ok!). Yes there is 8x1GB ram on the card, it was just disabled.
Drivers is modded and signed for DX, Vulcan, RT...
Still needs to unlock the full PCIe 16x lanes. (16x hw, 4x sw) And i think it is possible to unlock the shaders because it is a GTX1080 Turbo with dual cooler and limited bios. I have an external bios writer so i think i will try the p104-101 or the GTX1080 bios. (possible need to mod the strap smd-s on the back of the pcb)
Also there is two hidden outputs, not tested yet. Very quiet but 80C at load, so it is need a new fan profile when all the cores all unlocked.

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Waldorf · Jan 11, 2024

@lexluthermiester
still depends on the game.
e.g. i doubt UT3 is using as much, just because it runs at 2160,
ignoring how many cards actually have the hp to run AAA at a decent frame rate with that res, and make use of more vram (MS flight sim)..

Calenhad · Jan 11, 2024

I just bought a new power supply and a Terrible Fire 536 accelerator card, for my childhood Amiga 500 that I found in a closet a couple weeks ago.

FoulOnWhite · Jan 11, 2024

Fancied some retro gaming. fits in my pocket better than my 3DS does too

Dristun · Jan 11, 2024

Got bitten by the curiosity bug again. A year ago on A770 it was kind of rough with annoying bugs (OS-wide sound crackling all the time anyone?), let's see how good or bad the experience is now.

Macro Device · Jan 11, 2024

Dristun said:
Got bitten by the curiosity bug again. A year ago on A770 it was kind of rough with annoying bugs (OS-wide sound crackling all the time anyone?), let's see how good or bad the experience is now.

On the scale from "pizdets" to "okhuyenno," I guess, it sits at about the "khoole net" point. xD

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

Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 Aorus Elite
Cooling	Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE
Memory	2x16 GB Crucial Ballistix 3600 CL16 Rev E @ 3800 CL16
Video Card(s)	RTX3080 Ti FE
Storage	SX8200 Pro 1 TB, Plextor M6Pro 256 GB, WD Blue 2TB
Display(s)	LG 34GN850P-B
Case	SilverStone Primera PM01 RGB
Audio Device(s)	SoundBlaster G6 \| Fidelio X2 \| Sennheiser 6XX
Power Supply	SeaSonic Focus Plus Gold 750W
Mouse	Endgame Gear XM1R
Keyboard	Wooting Two HE

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

System Name	Main
Processor	R7 5950x
Motherboard	MSI x570S Unify-X Max
Cooling	converted Eisbär 280, two F14 + three F12S intake, two P14S + two P14 + two F14 as exhaust
Memory	16 GB Corsair LPX bdie @3600/16 1.35v
Video Card(s)	GB 2080S WaterForce WB
Storage	six M.2 pcie gen 4
Display(s)	Sony 50X90J
Case	Tt Level 20 HT
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar AE, modded Sennheiser HD 558, Klipsch 2.1 THX
Power Supply	Corsair RMx 750w
Mouse	Logitech G903
Keyboard	GSKILL Ripjaws
VR HMD	NA
Software	win 10 pro x64
Benchmark Scores	TimeSpy score Fire Strike Ultra SuperPosition CB20

System Name	Merc v8
Processor	Ryzen 7800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X670 Gaming X AX
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15
Memory	2x 16GB-6000
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
Storage	Solidigm P44 1TB & 2TB, Crucial MX500 2TB
Display(s)	ASUS ROG Swift PG27UQR
Case	Caselabs Mercury S8
Audio Device(s)	Schiit Magni & Modi, Edifier S351DB, DT 770 PRO
Power Supply	Seasonic Vertex PX-850
Mouse	Logitech G600
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK Pro custom
Software	W11Pro

What's your latest tech purchase?

GerKNG

lexluthermiester

Chomiq

Shou Miko

lexluthermiester

Waldorf

SN2716057

Waldorf

AUTOEXEC.BAT

lexluthermiester

Waldorf

Macro Device

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

cvaldes

Waldorf

Macro Device

RJARRRPCGP

Macro Device

lexluthermiester

masterdeejay

Waldorf

Calenhad

FoulOnWhite

Dristun

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System Name	DLSS / YOLO-PC / FULLRETARD
Processor	i5-12400F / 10600KF / C2D E6750
Motherboard	Gigabyte B760M DS3H / Z490 Vision D / P5GC-MX/1333
Cooling	Laminar RM1 / Gammaxx 400 / 775 Box cooler
Memory	32 GB DDR4-3200 / 16 GB DDR4-3333 / 3 GB DDR2-700
Video Card(s)	RX 6700 XT / R9 380 2 GB / 9600 GT
Storage	A couple SSDs, m.2 NVMe included / 240 GB CX1 / 500 GB HDD
Display(s)	Compit HA2704 / MSi G2712 / non-existent
Case	Matrexx 55 / Junkyard special / non-existent
Audio Device(s)	Want loud, use headphones. Want quiet, use satellites.
Power Supply	Thermaltake 1000 W / Corsair CX650M / non-existent
Mouse	Don't disturb, cheese eating in progress...
Keyboard	Makes some noise. Probably onto something.
VR HMD	I live in real reality and don't need a virtual one.
Software	Windows 11 / 10 / 8

System Name	DarnGosh Edition
Processor	AMD 7800X3D
Motherboard	MSI X670E GAMING PLUS
Cooling	Thermalright AM5 Contact Frame + Phantom Spirit 120SE
Memory	2x32GB G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO DDR5 6000 CL32-38-38-96
Video Card(s)	Asus Dual Radeon™ RX 6700 XT OC Edition
Storage	WD SN770 1TB (Boot)\| 2x 2TB WD SN770 (Gaming)\| 2x 2TB Crucial BX500\| 2x 3TB Toshiba DT01ACA300
Display(s)	LG GP850-B
Case	Corsair 760T (White) {1xCorsair ML120 Pro\|5xML140 Pro}
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha RX-V573\|Speakers: JBL Control One\|Auna 300-CN\|Wharfedale Diamond SW150
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus GX-850 80+ GOLD
Mouse	Logitech G502 X
Keyboard	Duckyshine Dead LED(s) III
Software	Windows 11 Home
Benchmark Scores	ლ(ಠ益ಠ)ლ

System Name	daily driver Mac mini M2 Pro
Processor	Apple proprietary M2 Pro (6 p-cores, 4 e-cores)
Motherboard	Apple proprietary
Cooling	Apple proprietary
Memory	Apple proprietary 16GB LPDDR5 unified memory
Video Card(s)	Apple proprietary M2 Pro (16-core GPU)
Storage	Apple proprietary onboard 512GB SSD + various external HDDs
Display(s)	LG UltraFine 27UL850W (4K@60Hz IPS)
Case	Apple proprietary
Audio Device(s)	Apple proprietary
Power Supply	Apple proprietary
Mouse	Apple Magic Trackpad 2
Keyboard	Keychron K1 tenkeyless (Gateron Reds)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S (hosted on a different PC)
Software	macOS Sonoma 14.7
Benchmark Scores	(My Windows daily driver is a Beelink Mini S12 Pro. I'm not interested in benchmarking.)

System Name	KHR-1
Processor	Ryzen 9 5900X
Motherboard	ASRock B550 PG Velocita (UEFI-BIOS P3.40)
Memory	32 GB G.Skill RipJawsV F4-3200C16D-32GVR
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6750 XT
Storage	Western Digital Black SN850 1 TB NVMe SSD
Display(s)	Alienware AW3423DWF OLED-ASRock PG27Q15R2A (backup)
Case	Corsair 275R
Audio Device(s)	Technics SA-EX140 receiver with Polk VT60 speakers
Power Supply	eVGA Supernova G3 750W
Mouse	Logitech G Pro (Hero)
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64 23H2

System Name	Detox sleeper
Processor	Intel i9-7980XE@4,5Ghz
Motherboard	Asrock x299 Taichi XE (custom bios with ecc reg support, old microcode)
Cooling	Custom water: Alphacool XT45 1080 + 9xArctic P12, EK-D5 pump combo, EK Velocity D-RGB block
Memory	8x16Gb Hynix DJR ECC REG 3200@4000
Video Card(s)	Intel Iris XE Max (waiting for a Sapphire 7900XT Nitro)
Storage	Samsung PM9A1 1Tb + 2x PM981 512Gb + Kingston HyperX 480Gb + Samsung Evo 860 500Gb
Display(s)	HP ZR30W (30" 2560x1600 10 bit)
Case	Chieftec 1E0-500A-CT04 + AMD Sempron sticker
Audio Device(s)	Genius Cavimanus
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex 750w Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G400
Keyboard	IBM Model M122 (boltmod, micro pro usbc)
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard	Asus Crosshair VIII Dark Hero
Cooling	Custom Watercooling
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z Royal 2x16GB
Video Card(s)	MSi RTX 3080ti Suprim X
Storage	2TB Corsair MP600 PRO Hydro X
Display(s)	Samsung G7 27" x2
Audio Device(s)	Sound Blaster ZxR
Power Supply	Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 12 1500W
Mouse	Logitech G903
Keyboard	Steelseries Apex Pro

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	Intel 12600K
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 Gaming X
Cooling	CPU: Noctua NH-D15S; Case: 2xNoctua NF-A14, 1xNF-S12A.
Memory	Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 @3600CL16 2*16GB
Video Card(s)	Palit RTX 4080
Storage	Samsung 970 Pro 512GB + Crucial MX500 500gb + WD Red 6TB
Display(s)	Dell S2721qs
Case	Phanteks P300A Mesh
Audio Device(s)	Behringer UMC204HD
Power Supply	Fractal Design Ion+ 560W
Mouse	Glorious Model D-