What's your latest tech purchase?

wheresmycar · Mar 14, 2024

nomdeplume said:
OpenRGB, someone here pointed this out to me a few months back.

nice! hope its compatible with corsair/nzxt RGB components. I've got 2 systems, both using the motherboards base RGB software alongside iCUE (and the other build with CAM). I've had my fair share of troubles in the past but lately everything's running smoothly.

OpenRGB could be a nice backup if further forced updates present any glitches (updates being a common offender in the past!)

Fokker · Mar 14, 2024

wheresmycar said:
nice! hope its compatible with corsair/nzxt RGB components. I've got 2 systems, both using the motherboards base RGB software alongside iCUE (and the other build with CAM). I've had my fair share of troubles in the past but lately everything's running smoothly.

OpenRGB could be a nice backup if further forced updates present any glitches (updates being a common offender in the past!)

It looks like they've added support for most Corsair devices. https://openrgb.org/devices_0.9.html?search=

P4-630 · Mar 14, 2024

P4-630 said:
It seems my dba meter wasn't factory calibrated properly, in a quiet room it says around 56 dba which seems off?...
What is yours measuring in a quiet room?

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Ok , so I have contacted the Lidl about the faulty decibelmeter.
They will send me a new one, no need to send mine back.

Sithaer · Mar 14, 2024

Bought myself a new smart watch since my old one is kind of broken 'as in physically' and I hate to always take out my phone just to check the time and whatnot when I'm not at home. 'I generally don't like to use my phone in public'
Its a Haylou Solar plus RT 3. Haylou is part of the Xiaomi family/branch so its more budget oriented but its still decent quality for the price/supposedly it was one of the better budget watches in 2023 and its still ok in the price range.
Bought it for ~55 $ and that was about my max budget, the Oled display is pretty good when viewed in person/has a metal body with more than enough features than I will ever use. 'I don't care much for sport modes and whatnot since I work out the old school way, its still mainly a watch for me and to see if I have notifications,etc'
O ye those buttons on the side does have a function not just for show.

I still have to properly set it up with my phone/pick some watch faces from its app. 'theres like 100+ I think'

The SD card is for my father's Poco M4 pro that I've posted earlier. He wants to have everything on this card from his old phone and whatever else new.
64 is plenty enough for his use case + he still has 128 gb built in his phone anyway.
I don't usually buy brand new Samsung stuff in my country cause its heavily taxed and expensive vs similar good other brands but this I found at a decent price so I was like whatever then. :laugh:

GerKNG · Mar 14, 2024

wNotyarD · Mar 14, 2024

GerKNG said:
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Reject modernity. Return to DOS.

A Computer Guy · Mar 14, 2024

GerKNG said:
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Will it run Crysis?

gurusmi · Mar 14, 2024

A Computer Guy said:
Will it run Crysis?

Sure. It will drive you into a lot of diffetrent cryses. :rofl:

Ahhzz · Mar 14, 2024

Just got the Mrs an Elecom Deft Pro Trackball. she just had Carpal tunnel surgery, and is working to take care of it

Super Firm Tofu · Mar 14, 2024

Going to replace the stock intake fans in my old Antec P101s this weekend.

Fokker · Mar 15, 2024

Oh, hi Mark...

Bagerklestyne · Mar 15, 2024

Picked up a Pixel 7a as my pixel 5 got pregnant in the heat the other day.

Mac the Geek · Mar 15, 2024

A Computer Guy said:
Will it run Crysis?

That depends. How many frames per week do you deem acceptable?

Space Lynx · Mar 15, 2024

I just bought a new work laptop, couldn't get any good used offers so I said fuck it. my employee discount netted me a 7540u zen 4 apu laptop for 470 bucks. 1200p IPS screen, 16gb ddr5 ram. wifi6e. its not much and its only 60hz, but it will do me good for work. plus being all AMD should be easy to get dual boot with Linux going on it. will do win 11 for work, and ChimeraOS for some light gaming I think. has a decent webcam on it too, better than standard anyway

being new and zen4, I expect this will last me a solid 10+ years for work. wish you could find a 7840u with no dedicated GPU in the same 14" form factor, but for some reason those are non-existent or insanely overpriced, so meh it is what it is

Fokker said:
Oh, Hi Mark... View attachment 339065

What switches are in the tube?

Fokker · Mar 15, 2024

Space Lynx said:
What switches are in the tube?

They are Gateron Pro 3.0 Silver. I swapped my key caps over and did a quick reprogram to match the key caps. I liked my Corsair K60 Pro TKL, but I already RMA'd it once for randomly disconnecting and now the replacement is doing the same.

DeathtoGnomes · Mar 15, 2024

finally.

pavle · Mar 15, 2024

GerKNG said:
...pic of i8086...

wNotyarD said:
Reject modernity. Return to DOS.

Ford EEC 5 engine computer uses this CPU (without FPU unit) as main processor, so it's quite ubiquitous...

Veseleil · Mar 15, 2024

Late Amazon delivery, already refunded. The 3rd party seller service person was so annoying and disrespectful, so I just waited for the A-Z guarantee to knock in.

Another order, another 3rd party seller, and out of 2 mouse mats they manage to send one wrong. At least they didn't screw up the size.
They'll both get the "highly positive" review as soon as I get in the mood.

jallenlabs · Mar 15, 2024

Picked up another acer 250hz.

P4-630 · Mar 16, 2024

P4-630 said:
It seems my dba meter wasn't factory calibrated properly, in a quiet room it says around 56 dba which seems off?...
What is yours measuring in a quiet room?

View attachment 338915

Spot the faulty db meter (livingroom with TV on at low volume)

Noci · Mar 16, 2024

P4-630 said:
Spot the faulty db meter (livingroom with TV on at low volume)
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RMA'ed mine too.

was giving readings of 75 to 90 dBA in a quite bedroom, while an app on my phone registered between 25 and 30 dBA.

Seems we had the units from the same batch (Version: 12/2021) assembled on a monday morning after a festivity weekend :roll:

. I didn't expect much for € 9.99 but the reviews on their site were not bad.

Will see if I get a refund or repacement unit.

P4-630 · Mar 16, 2024

Noci said:
RMA'ed mine too.

was giving readings of 75 to 90 dBA in a quite bedroom, while an app on my phone registered between 25 and 30 dBA.

Seems we had the units from the same batch (Version: 12/2021) assembled on a monday morning after a festivity weekend . I didn't expect much for € 9.99 but the reviews on their site were not bad.

Will see if I get a refund or repacement unit.

My new one seems ok, around 30 in a quiet room.

Contact Lidl and tell them it's off/faulty and they'll say we send you and new one and you can keep the faulty one as me since I guess for 10 EUR it's not worth it to ship it back and the admin work.

Both of mine are 12/2021 version.

DeathtoGnomes · Mar 16, 2024

P4-630 said:
Spot the faulty db meter (livingroom with TV on at low volume)
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is it the one on the right?

Shrek · Mar 16, 2024

Got a couple of cheap toner cartridges for the Dell B2360dn laser printer, but only one of the cartridges was recognized...
turns out they had installed the toner chip upside down in the bad unit... madness, pure madness

DeathtoGnomes · Mar 16, 2024

Shrek said:
Got a couple of cheap toner cartridges for the Dell B2360dn laser printer, but only one of the cartridges was recognized...
turns out they had installed the toner chip upside down in the bad unit... madness, pure madness

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banana for scale. :laugh:

System Name	❶ Oooh (2024) ❷ Aaaah (2021) ❸ Ahemm (2017)
Processor	❶ 5800X3D ❷ i7-9700K ❸ i7-7700K
Motherboard	❶ X570-F ❷ Z390-E ❸ Z270-E
Cooling	❶ ALFIII 360 ❷ X62 + X72 (GPU mod) ❸ X62
Memory	❶ 32-3600/16 ❷ 32-3200/16 ❸ 16-3200/16
Video Card(s)	❶ 3080 X Trio ❷ 2080TI (AIOmod) ❸ 1080TI
Storage	❶ NVME/SSD/HDD ❷ <SAME ❸ SSD/HDD
Display(s)	❶ 1440/165/IPS ❷ 1440/144/IPS ❸ 1080/144/IPS
Case	❶ BQ Silent 601 ❷ Cors 465X ❸ Frac Mesh C
Audio Device(s)	❶ HyperX C2 ❷ HyperX C2 ❸ Logi G432
Power Supply	❶ HX1200 Plat ❷ RM750X ❸ EVGA 650W G2
Mouse	❶ Logi G Pro ❷ Razer Bas V3 ❸ Logi G502
Keyboard	❶ Logi G915 TKL ❷ Anne P2 ❸ Logi G610
Software	❶ Win 11 ❷ 10 ❸ 10
Benchmark Scores	I have wrestled bandwidths, Tussled with voltages, Handcuffed Overclocks, Thrown Gigahertz in Jail

System Name	Computer
Processor	Intel 12700K
Motherboard	Asus Prime Z690-A
Cooling	Twin radiator open loop
Memory	Corsair Dominator 32GB DDR5
Video Card(s)	eVGA 3080 FTW3 Ultra
Storage	Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus 2 TB
Display(s)	Asus PG348Q and two Asus VN279Q monitors
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Sennheiser GSX 1000 with Sennheiser HD599 SE
Power Supply	Asus Thor 1200P
Mouse	Corsair Scimitar Elite RGB Wireless
Keyboard	Keychron Q3 Max
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 10 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	I don't name my systems.
Processor	i5-12600KF 'stock power limits/-115mV undervolt+contact frame'
Motherboard	Asus Prime B660-PLUS D4
Cooling	ID-Cooling SE 224 XT ARGB V3 'CPU', 4x Be Quiet! Light Wings + 2x Arctic P12 black case fans.
Memory	4x8GB G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200MHz
Video Card(s)	Asus TuF V2 RTX 3060 Ti @1920 MHz Core/@950mV Undervolt
Storage	4 TB WD Red, 1 TB Silicon Power A55 Sata, 1 TB Kingston A2000 NVMe, 256 GB Adata Spectrix s40g NVMe
Display(s)	29" 2560x1080 75Hz / LG 29WK600-W
Case	Be Quiet! Pure Base 500 FX Black
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + Hama uRage SoundZ 900+USB DAC
Power Supply	Seasonic CORE GM 500W 80+ Gold
Mouse	Canyon Puncher GM-20
Keyboard	SPC Gear GK630K Tournament 'Kailh Brown'
Software	Windows 10 Pro

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

What's your latest tech purchase?

wheresmycar

Fokker

P4-630

Sithaer

GerKNG

wNotyarD

A Computer Guy

gurusmi

Ahhzz

Super Moderator

Super Firm Tofu

Fokker

Bagerklestyne

Mac the Geek

Space Lynx

Astronaut

Fokker

DeathtoGnomes

pavle

Veseleil

jallenlabs

P4-630

Noci

P4-630

DeathtoGnomes

Shrek

DeathtoGnomes

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	Still not a thread ripper but pretty good.
Processor	Ryzen 9 7950x, Thermal Grizzly AM5 Offset Mounting Kit, Thermal Grizzly Extreme Paste
Motherboard	ASRock B650 LiveMixer (BIOS/UEFI version P3.08, AGESA 1.2.0.2)
Cooling	EK-Quantum Velocity, EK-Quantum Reflection PC-O11, D5 PWM, EK-CoolStream PE 360, XSPC TX360
Memory	Micron DDR5-5600 ECC Unbuffered Memory (2 sticks, 64GB, MTC20C2085S1EC56BD1) + JONSBO NF-1
Video Card(s)	XFX Radeon RX 5700 & EK-Quantum Vector Radeon RX 5700 +XT & Backplate
Storage	Samsung 4TB 980 PRO, 2 x Optane 905p 1.5TB (striped), AMD Radeon RAMDisk
Display(s)	2 x 4K LG 27UL600-W (and HUANUO Dual Monitor Mount)
Case	Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic Black (original model)
Audio Device(s)	Corsair Commander Pro for Fans, RGB, & Temp Sensors (x4)
Power Supply	Corsair RM750x
Mouse	Logitech M575
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe RGB MK.2
Software	Windows 10 Professional (64bit)
Benchmark Scores	RIP Ryzen 9 5950x, ASRock X570 Taichi (v1.06), 128GB Micron DDR4-3200 ECC UDIMM (18ASF4G72AZ-3G2F1)

System Name	Naboo (2019)
Processor	AMD 3800x
Motherboard	Gigabyte Aorus Master V1 (X470)
Cooling	individual EKWB/Heatkiller loop
Memory	4*8 GB 3600 Corsair Vengeance
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse 5700XT
Storage	SSD 1TB PCIe 4.0x4, 2 TB PCIe 3.0
Display(s)	2*WQHD
Case	Lian Li O11 Rog
Audio Device(s)	Hifiman, Topping DAC/KHV
Power Supply	Seasonic 850W Gold
Mouse	Logitech MX2, Logitech MX Ergo Trackball
Keyboard	Cherry Stream Wireless, Logitech MX Keys
Software	Linux Mint "Vera" Cinnamon

System Name	OrangeHaze / Silence
Processor	i7-13700KF / i5-10400 /
Motherboard	ROG STRIX Z690-E / MSI Z490 A-Pro Motherboard
Cooling	Corsair H75 / TT ToughAir 510
Memory	64Gb GSkill Trident Z5 / 32GB Team Dark Za 3600
Video Card(s)	Palit GeForce RTX 2070 / Sapphire R9 290 Vapor-X 4Gb
Storage	Hynix Plat P41 2Tb\Samsung MZVL21 1Tb / Samsung 980 Pro 1Tb
Display(s)	22" Dell Wide/24" Asus
Case	Lian Li PC-101 ATX custom mod / Antec Lanboy Air Black & Blue
Audio Device(s)	SB Audigy 7.1
Power Supply	Corsair Enthusiast TX750
Mouse	Logitech G502 Lightspeed Wireless / Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum
Keyboard	K68 RGB — CHERRY® MX Red
Software	Win10 Pro \ RIP:Win 7 Ult 64 bit

System Name	Blytzen
Processor	Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASRock B650E Taichi Lite
Cooling	Deepcool LS520 (240mm)
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	Powercolor 6800XT Red Dragon (16 gig)
Storage	2TB Crucial P5 Plus SSD, 80TB spinning rust in a NAS
Display(s)	MSI MPG321URX QD-OLED (32", 4k, 240hz), Samsung 32" 4k
Case	Coolermaster HAF 500
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G733 and a Z5500 running in a 2.1 config (I yeeted the mid and 2 satellites)
Power Supply	Corsair HX850
Mouse	Logitech G502X lightspeed
Keyboard	Logitech G915 TKL tactile
Benchmark Scores	Squats and calf raises

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)

System Name	Dumbass
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS TUF gaming B650
Cooling	Artic Liquid Freezer 2 - 420mm
Memory	G.Skill Sniper 32gb DDR5 6000
Video Card(s)	GreenTeam 4070 ti super 16gb
Storage	Samsung EVO 500gb & 1Tb, 2tb HDD, 500gb WD Black
Display(s)	1x Nixeus NX_EDG27, 2x Dell S2440L (16:9)
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Primo w/8 140mm SP Fans
Audio Device(s)	onboard (realtek?) - SPKRS:Logitech Z623 200w 2.1
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000i
Mouse	Steeseries Esports Wireless
Keyboard	Corsair K100
Software	windows 10 H
Benchmark Scores	https://i.imgur.com/aoz3vWY.jpg?2

System Name	Purple Haze \| Vacuum Box
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (-30 CO) \| Intel® Xeon® E3-1241 v3
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk Max \| Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD5H
Cooling	Dark Rock 4 Pro, P14, P12, T30 case fans \| 212 Evo & P12 PWM PST x2, Arctic P14 & P12 case fans
Memory	32GB Ballistix (Micron E 19nm) CL16 @3733MHz \| 32GB HyperX Beast 2400MHz (XMP)
Video Card(s)	AMD 6900XTXH ASRock OC Formula & Phanteks T30x3 \| AMD 5700XT Sapphire Nitro+ & Arctic P12x2
Storage	ADATA SX8200 Pro 1TB, Toshiba P300 3TB x2 \| Kingston A400 120GB, Fanxiang S500 Pro 256GB
Display(s)	TCL C805 50" 2160p 144Hz VA miniLED, Mi 27" 1440p 165Hz IPS, AOC 24G2U 1080p 144Hz IPS
Case	Modded MS Industrial Titan II Pro RGB \| Heavily Modded Cooler Master Q500L
Audio Device(s)	Audient iD14 MKII, Adam Audio T8Vs, Bloody M550, HiFiMan HE400se, Tascam TM-80, DS4 v2
Power Supply	Rosewill Capstone 1000M \| Enermax Revolution X't 730W (both with P14 fans)
Mouse	Logitech G305, Bloody A91, Amazon basics, Logitech M187
Keyboard	Redragon K530, Bloody B930, Epomaker TH80 SE, BTC 9110
Software	W10 LTSC 21H2

System Name	Core
Processor	Intel 12900k @ 5.3/4.0
Motherboard	MSI z690 Tomahawk
Cooling	Custom H20
Memory	GSkill 64GB 3600 cas 15 b die
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX 4070 Super OC'
Storage	Optane 900p x2, SK Hynix p41 Pro
Display(s)	ACER 250hz 1080p 25" VA display x2
Case	Phanteks p500a with all Arctic/Thermaltake fans
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite interface, Presonus Studio Monitors and Subwoofer
Power Supply	Seasonic 850w plat with cable mod cables
Mouse	Glorious Model O
Keyboard	Havic mech
Software	Win 11 Pro

System Name	The Dark side of the room
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Motherboard	MSI MEG X570 Unify
Cooling	Custom loop watercooling (Bykski CPU-XPR-POM-M-V2, Alphacool Eisblock GPX, Freezemod PU-PWM5B18W)
Memory	GSkill Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 CL16 (4 x 16GB)
Video Card(s)	XFX Speedster QICK 319 Radeon RX 6700 XT
Storage	1 x Kingston KC3000 1024GB (boot drive) + 2 x Kingston NV2 2TB (games & storage)
Display(s)	LG 34WP65C Ultrawide 3440x1440 @ 160Hz freesync premium
Case	Thermaltake Core P90 TG (slightly modded)
Audio Device(s)	onboard Realtek® ALC1220 with Logitech Z906
Power Supply	MSI MAG A850GF 80 Plus Gold
Mouse	Generic
Keyboard	Sharkoon Skiller SGK60 (with brown Kalih switches)
Software	Windows 11 pro
Benchmark Scores	It's a form of exhibitionism...;-), but fun in a way But showing off is triggering.............

System Name	CyberPowerPC ET8070
Processor	Intel Core i5-10400F
Motherboard	Gigabyte B460M DS3H AC-Y1
Memory	2 x Crucial Ballistix 8GB DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	MSI Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super
Storage	Boot: Intel OPTANE SSD P1600X Series 118GB M.2 PCIE
Display(s)	Dell P2416D (2560 x 1440)
Power Supply	EVGA 500W1 (modified to have two bridge rectifiers)
Software	Windows 11 Home