What's your latest tech purchase?

avidgamer121 · Jun 20, 2024

got myself a new psu as my previous no name one was giving restart issue in games, this one runs quiet and cool. I love the design, it's very compact.

FoulOnWhite · Jun 20, 2024

Lovely new Hope tech 3 rear brake lever.

jallenlabs · Jun 20, 2024

Schiit makes great stuff. I used to have their Dacs in both my setups, now I run full studio monitor kit. I still have the Dacs, with one at work in that setup and one in my listening room rack.

Sound_Card · Jun 20, 2024

Can I ask what is so special about Schitt stuff? Why do people buy average audiophile tech, and overpriced. I don't mean to be rude, but I really am puzzled.

FoulOnWhite · Jun 20, 2024

Sound_Card said:
Can I ask what is so special about Schitt stuff? Why do people buy average audiophile tech, and overpriced. I don't mean to be rude, but I really am puzzled.

People like boutique high priced audio stuff. They might sound pretty good, but some are just not worth the overly high price.

I'm using an ancient pre-power setup, japan made and all discrete components. Imo it sounds as good as any of that boutique stuff does.

Caring1 · Jun 21, 2024

FoulOnWhite said:
Lovely new Hope tech 3 rear brake lever.
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Did you buy that bike yourself, or did someone give you the bird? :roll:

R-T-B · Jun 21, 2024

A 905p Optane 960GB disk to use as a boot drive. Got it at newegg for about $300 (yes still pricey but always wanted one lol, plus it'll be warantied), came in full retail packaging with a manufacturing date stamped on it of October 2023... guess they were going through the surplus "discontinued in 2021" chips for some time. Quite nice experience thus far.

PS: It supports encryption on the drive level, plus auth via pyrite. Might be able to use this for work...

PSS: Scared me for a moment. This isn't standard flash thats for sure! UEFI cant even see it, but its bootable/installable all the same. Oh, and trim is not needed according to intel. So weird.

jallenlabs · Jun 21, 2024

Sound_Card said:
Can I ask what is so special about Schitt stuff? Why do people buy average audiophile tech, and overpriced. I don't mean to be rude, but I really am puzzled.

Its mostly what fits your budget. I like Schiit because its American designed and manufactured. Their kit sounds great and is a really good value as well. Could one spend less, yes, or more, yes again. I listen to music pretty much all day long and like to have decent equipment to enjoy it with. I also edit audio and videos, so have good quality sound matters to me then as well.

R-T-B said:
A 905p Optane 960GB disk to use as a boot drive. Got it at newegg for about $300 (yes still pricey but always wanted one lol, plus it'll be warantied), came in full retail packaging with a manufacturing date stamped on it of October 2023... guess they were going through the surplus "discontinued in 2021" chips for some time. Quite nice experience thus far.

PS: It supports encryption on the drive level, plus auth via pyrite. Might be able to use this for work...

PSS: Scared me for a moment. This isn't standard flash thats for sure! UEFI cant even see it, but its bootable/installable all the same. Oh, and trim is neither supported, nor needed. So weird.

Love me some Optane. All my rigs use it for either OS/Apps or Cache/Scratch. Good buy, you wont regret it.

avidgamer121 · Jun 21, 2024

R-T-B said:
A 905p Optane 960GB disk to use as a boot drive. Got it at newegg for about $300 (yes still pricey but always wanted one lol, plus it'll be warantied), came in full retail packaging with a manufacturing date stamped on it of October 2023... guess they were going through the surplus "discontinued in 2021" chips for some time. Quite nice experience thus far.

PS: It supports encryption on the drive level, plus auth via pyrite. Might be able to use this for work...

PSS: Scared me for a moment. This isn't standard flash thats for sure! UEFI cant even see it, but its bootable/installable all the same. Oh, and trim is neither supported, nor needed. So weird.

i thought optane days are over because i thought due to poor sales intel stopped producing. BTW, i feel a bit cheated getting cx550 although it was reasonably priced a little under 4000 INR (47$) considering normal corsair prices. But the thing is i didn't research well enough after i ordered it something told me about Deepcool PL550D which has ATX 3.0 standard and 2 years more warranty.

harm9963 · Jun 21, 2024

Well worth it ,plus temps about the same.

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Shrek · Jun 21, 2024

avidgamer121 said:
i thought optane days are over because i thought due to poor sales intel stopped producing.

I just ordered an Intel Optane SSD P1600X
Amazon.com: Intel OPTANE SSD P1600X Series 118GB M.2 PCIE 80MM 3.0 3DX SINGLEPACK : Electronics

Support seems current
Intel® Optane™ SSD P1600X Series

tabascosauz · Jun 21, 2024

Shrek said:
If I recall, you customed the color? what sort of paint can take the beating?

Count is right, cerakote in Aztec Teal.

Here is the Rhino finally mounted up with its plate and ready to go, on its hefty new desk-to-floor mount:

R-T-B · Jun 21, 2024

avidgamer121 said:
i thought optane days are over because i thought due to poor sales intel stopped producing.

I thought so too, but aparently they are still assembling/selling even consumer-line drives with whatever surplus chips they have.

Shrek said:
Support seems current

They are still warrantied but 3d xpoint chips are no longer manufactured so only so long before they are gone for good.

Mac the Geek · Jun 21, 2024

tabascosauz said:
Count is right, cerakote in Aztec Teal.

Here is the Rhino finally mounted up with its plate and ready to go, on its hefty new desk-to-floor mount:

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I was today old when I learned that Grizzly makes desks.

tabascosauz · Jun 21, 2024

Mac the Geek said:
I was today old when I learned that Grizzly makes desks.

The frame is still a cheap IKEA desk. The top is one of their own replacement beech 48x25x1.75" workbench tops - I got it because it was on clearance sale - had to lop off a bit of the desk frame to fit it since the original TROTTEN top is slightly bigger.

My normal desk just out of the picture is another Grizzly top (60x30x1.75" rubberwood butcher block) on an IKEA IDASEN.

INSTG8R · Jun 21, 2024

Early Bday present for myself and my Quest 2 is getting “creaky“

lexluthermiester · Jun 21, 2024

Shrek said:
Just got a second hand Samsung 860 PRO 512GB SSD, but what makes it worth $262 new?

Amazon.com: Samsung 860 PRO 512GB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-76P512BW) : Electronics

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Nothing, except...

P4-630 said:
MLC probably, the better stuff.
I've still got a 850 Pro 512GB, 3d v-nand (MLC).

...this. MLC based drive are starting to get rarer and harder to find.

Chomiq · Jun 21, 2024

Got the DP 1.4 and HDMI 2.1 3 m cables from Ugreen. They are thiiick (around 7 mm in diameter), opted not to go for the bundled cable management element in X1-3D and instead just used zip ties to secure them in the same slot that normally would hide the cable management bit. And yeah, 3 meters is way too long. I would be fine with 2 meters (as both HDMI 2.1 cable bundled with PS5 and DP cable bundled with LG monitor were 1.5 meter long) but at least I don't have to worry about them being too short when rotating the arm 90 degrees (now the LG power brick cable is the shortest one in the stack).

jallenlabs · Jun 21, 2024

Racing pod for my Ferrari mod. All wired up and functional.

R-T-B · Jun 21, 2024

lexluthermiester said:
Nothing, except...

...this. MLC based drive are starting to get rarer and harder to find.

Yeah but at that price I'd just buy surplus Optane...

Oh wait I did lol.

jallenlabs · Jun 21, 2024

R-T-B said:
Yeah but at that price I'd just buy surplus Optane...

Oh wait I did lol.

Just picked up a 480gb pcie optane 900p for $115 US. Its going to replace the 280gb model in my main workstation. Vroom!

harm9963 · Jun 21, 2024

harm9963 said:
Well worth it ,plus temps about the same.

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P4-630 · Jun 21, 2024

jallenlabs said:
Just picked up a 480gb pcie optane 900p for $115 US.

I'd like one too....But it's 1268 EURO here..... :mad:

jallenlabs · Jun 21, 2024

P4-630 said:
I'd like one too....But it's 1268 EURO here.....

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Yikes.

dgianstefani · Jun 21, 2024

P4-630 said:
I'd like one too....But it's 1268 EURO here.....

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Just go to a different store my dude.

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Mouse	Zebronics Zeb-Comfort
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System Name	BigRed
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Cooling	Noctua D15S chromax black/MX6
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What's your latest tech purchase?

avidgamer121

FoulOnWhite

jallenlabs

Sound_Card

FoulOnWhite

Caring1

R-T-B

jallenlabs

avidgamer121

harm9963

Shrek

tabascosauz

Moderator

R-T-B

Mac the Geek

tabascosauz

Moderator

INSTG8R

Vanguard Beta Tester

lexluthermiester

Chomiq

jallenlabs

R-T-B

jallenlabs

harm9963

P4-630

jallenlabs

dgianstefani

TPU Proofreader

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Processor	AMD 5800X3D
Motherboard	Asus X570 Tough Gaming
Cooling	Custom liquid
Memory	32 GB DDR4
Video Card(s)	Intel ARC A750
Storage	Crucial P5 Plus 2TB.
Display(s)	AOC 24" Freesync 1m.s. 75Hz
Mouse	Lenovo
Keyboard	Eweadn Mechanical
Software	W11 Pro 64 bit

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 (2x 32GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	XFX RX 7900 XTX Speedster Merc 310
Storage	Intel 5800X Optane 800GB boot, +2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs
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Case	Thermaltake Core X31
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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

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Processor	5950X /2700x / AMD 8370e 4500
Motherboard	ASUS DARK HERO / ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4
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Storage	SAMSUNG 980 PRO SSD 1TB/ WD DARK 770 2TB , Sabrent NVMe 512GB / 1 SSD 250GB / 1 HHD 3 TB
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Case	Meshify 2 XL- TT 37 VIEW 200MM'S-ARTIC P14MAX
Audio Device(s)	Sharp Aquos
Power Supply	NZXT C1500 Platinum ATX 3.1 \| Fully FSP Hydro PTM PRO 1200W ATX 3.0 PCI-E GEN-5 80 Plus Platinum -
Mouse	G502
Keyboard	G413

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
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Power Supply	EVGA 500W1 (modified to have two bridge rectifiers)
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Storage	8TB of SSDs┃1TB SN550
Case	Caselabs S3┃Lazer3D HT5

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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
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Power Supply	Seasonic TX~’850 Platinum
Mouse	G502 Hero
Keyboard	G19s
VR HMD	Oculus Quest 3
Software	Win 11 Pro x64

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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
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Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless
Keyboard	RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless
Software	Windows 11
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Processor	Ryzen 7800X3D @ 5.15ghz BCLK OC, TG AM5 High Performance Heatspreader/1185 G7
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Keyboard	Wooting 60HE+ module, TOFU-R CNC Alu/Brass, SS Prismcaps W+Jellykey, LekkerV2 mod, TLabs Leath/Suede
Software	Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 24H2
Benchmark Scores	Legendary