What's your latest tech purchase?

RJARRRPCGP · Wednesday at 12:10 AM

maxfly said:
Well I finally decided it was time to update the workbench monitor to something bigger than teeny weeny. Went with the cheapest 27 incher I could find which ended up being a Asrock? Say waaat, they make monitors eh? I guess Ima find out if they're cheapies are any good. Oh, and I grabbed a bequiet! PW3 cuz $9.99. A guy can never have enough fans.

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I have the curved 1440p VA variant of this, pretty much, and it's very good! Only my OLED would be better, when it comes to image quality!

FreedomEclipse · Wednesday at 3:02 AM

Installed HWmonitor. Noticing that SSDs get a little hot when moving big files around as well as when idling. Shoddy MSI heatsinks as result of purchasing the lowest tier X670E board.

Worst offenders being the ones sitting under the GPU which isnt really surprising.

There are two SSDs underneath that heatsink. I dont think one of them is making contact with the provided thermal pad properly. Ive seen it hit 95'c in Hwmonitor when moving game related installation files from one SSD to another.

The 'Tall boy' heatsink 2.2CM heatsink is for the boot drive. Ive still got a spare old EK one that i could use aswell.

::EDIT::

To add context. This is how it looks. The 2TB drives are placed together under one heatsink but you can tell which one has contact and which doesnt

I mean my 1TB boot drive I can probably ignore. Temps are more than fine (This is with HWmon running ALL DAY).

The WDC WD512G1X0C-00ENX0 is an old WD Black drive which is a Gen 3 carry over the old machine. I could probably ignore this one too (temperature wise) but I'll put the EK one on as the EK is just sitting here. This 512 is more of a dump drive for things like compressed zip files where I dont want to eat up the endurance of my main drives but dont want to wait forever for zipped files to be read or unzipped like they would on my spinney drives. Yes, I could sacrifice a cheaper QLC drive for this task but since its here I might aswell use it.

::EDIT II::

I actually need to get this PC out on a bench to finish things up anyway. I still have cable management to finish up and making a few adjustments here and there that ive noticed since enjoying the build for a while. Going to unplug the 120mm corsair fan from the aux fan port on the 7800XT and plug it into a motherboard header in the hopes that it gets more airflow over the SSDs.

Fokker · Wednesday at 6:07 AM

I'm making a ghetto enclosure/chamber heater for my 3D printer so I can work with higher temp filaments and prevent warping due to them cooling too fast. I also ordered some more PLA+ since I'm burning through that pretty fast.

Chomiq · Wednesday at 10:14 AM

Silent Wings 4 140mm High Speed - replaced Pure Wings 2 140 on the exhaust. It's so good I instantly ordered another 3 to throw in on the front. They are pretty much dead silent until 55%, which is around 1200 rpm. 80% is close to 1700 rpm, not THAT loud and still produces a small tornado. 100% shows a reading of 2000 rpm but is just too loud. For comparison Pure Wings 2 had a top speed of 930 rpm.

TheLostSwede · Wednesday at 10:30 AM

So this happened...

RJARRRPCGP · Wednesday at 11:03 AM

I did tests to my ASRock PG27Q15R2A, and the i1Display Studio passed with flying colours and I easily get roughly 450 cd!

ErikG · Wednesday at 12:12 PM

For Alphacool AIO.

jallenlabs · Wednesday at 1:36 PM

All of those boxes turned into this. The Black Pearl.

GreiverBlade · Wednesday at 4:26 PM

compulsive buying ...

still having a blast in the game ... so, i thought why not 2 phone shell

(not joking ... i even have a t-shirt with Ult Bunny on the way ... :laugh:

)

finally found some 5mm keycaps ... with front legends and transparent... since they also are of the cultured "cute sneezing girls" line ... i leave it at that ... but the Lofree Edge has now, usable backlighting (tho i will keep the Ether keycaps for when i am traveling :oops:

)

the ROG Ally X can go to 4TB 2280 NVMe? ... eh, that's cute ...

what? it still has a bigger battery, faster RAM and more of it? tsk ... *memo to self ... next upgrade to do .., RAM and Battery*
yesh it's not cheap but since i paid 250chf for my OG Ally i have some leeway to make it more akin to the Ally X, right? no?... okay...

you like silicone eartips but prefer the seal of a memory foam, but dislike the standard memory foam for long sessions
this should do it ... at least for me it does.

and a casual stroll in a second hand store : another 6N3P-EV manufactured by Oktyabr (yay for the original packaging

), good good now i have a spare if the original one fail before the rated 5k hrs
(well, i still have the the JAN5670W tho i like to have spares for my spares )

A Computer Guy · Wednesday at 5:54 PM

I got that amazing $400 amazon (sold and shipped) deal for 7950x. After much deliberation I've decided to wait 2yrs for the 9950x when it hopefully will get good discount. Now begins the arduous task of picking from an array of motherboards all lacking in some capacity in PCIe slot arrangement.

RJARRRPCGP · Wednesday at 7:36 PM

The package is now in Massachusetts! Yes! That means it should be here on the 12th!

FreedomEclipse · Thursday at 12:25 AM

I bought myself a slapchop

(You may ask me why. The answer is I make my own muesli mix at home and chopping up dried fruit and nuts into smaller peices/chunks for it is pain)

R-T-B · Thursday at 1:07 AM

Hey, I got one too! Unlockable bootloader FTW! What model? I got the Pixel 8 Pro (right before the 9 launch so with a nice discount).

TheLostSwede said:
So this happened...

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jallenlabs · Thursday at 2:04 AM

Got a new gpu cable, sleeved from Corsair to replace the janky Nvidia one on my OG Corsair 1000w. Now I can put the door back on!

Count von Schwalbe · Thursday at 2:56 AM

R-T-B said:
Hey, I got one too! Unlockable bootloader FTW! What model? I got the Pixel 8 Pro (right before the 9 launch so with a nice discount).

It's a pixel 9 series, but I can't tell exactly which.

I also run an 8 pro, it's a very nice phone. My carrier sucks though.

TheLostSwede · Thursday at 10:18 AM

R-T-B said:
Hey, I got one too! Unlockable bootloader FTW! What model? I got the Pixel 8 Pro (right before the 9 launch so with a nice discount).

Pixel 9 Pro, the XL is way too big and this is actually significantly smaller than my Pixel 6, which is also a bonus, as now it'll fit better in my pockets.
I wanted the zoom camera and the overall camera improvements, since I'm doing NAS reviews for TPU now and the Pixel 6 wasn't great for taking pics of chips.

SN2716057 · Thursday at 11:19 AM

Bought the Fosi because of good reviews and I saw it here somewhere. I use it only for my headphones. Speakers are still using the Schiit.

The main reason I bought it was for the separate bass & treble dials. But the mic in is handy too.

P4-630 · Thursday at 11:30 AM

SN2716057 said:
The main reason I bought it was for the separate bass & treble dials.

#Me too

I use it between my Chromebook and my Panasonic amp (pre oomph, I don´t have an equalizer on Chrome OS), it´s very decent quality and it does what I need it to do.

KrazyT · Thursday at 12:03 PM

I think i'll jump into the Fosi Audio wagon, with a little amp.
Want something small to put some audio, paired with a little mp3 player.

Chomiq · Thursday at 1:05 PM

OnlyFans:

SN2716057 · Thursday at 2:38 PM

Chomiq said:
OnlyFans:
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Let's see them undressed!

Count von Schwalbe · Thursday at 2:56 PM

SN2716057 said:
Let's see them undressed!

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RJARRRPCGP · Thursday at 6:15 PM

The new HDD is here, finally!

1100R · Thursday at 9:45 PM

For the new assembly, received today.

GreiverBlade · Thursday at 11:18 PM

so, you got a T-Rex 2 in khaki but regret the buy ... (joking ... i like khaki but i also like black ...)

solution :

nylon band (heck that band is way too comfortable!!!) and protector (which included the 2 screen protector as gifts

)

looooking hella good! but ... better with the sleeve

the buckle is made out of metal (impressive given that the price was less than 4chf, less than 7chf for the whole set )

yep, definitely not a compulsive buying and totally worth it!

since i already have a card holder in carbon (a cheap "ridge wallet" lookalike that is all but cheap in the build)
why not keys holder then?

it's somewhat tech/game related

and ... well ... "me" related

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	Codename: RX-7878
Processor	AMD 7800X3D
Motherboard	MSI X670E GAMING PLUS
Cooling	AM5 Contact Frame + Thermalright PS120SE
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO DDR5 6000 CL32-38-38-96
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ AMD Radeon™ RX 7800 XT Gaming OC 16GB
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	(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

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

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	Overlord Mk MLI
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X670E Aorus Master
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 SE with offsets
Memory	32GB Team T-Create Expert DDR5 6000 MHz @ CL30-34-34-68
Video Card(s)	Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Phantom GS
Storage	1TB Solidigm P44 Pro, 2 TB Corsair MP600 Pro, 2TB Kingston KC3000
Display(s)	Acer XV272K LVbmiipruzx 4K@160Hz
Case	Fractal Design Torrent Compact
Audio Device(s)	Corsair Virtuoso SE
Power Supply	be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 850 W
Mouse	Logitech G502 Lightspeed
Keyboard	Corsair K70 Max
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	https://valid.x86.fr/yfsd9w

What's your latest tech purchase?

RJARRRPCGP

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

Fokker

Chomiq

TheLostSwede

News Editor

RJARRRPCGP

ErikG

jallenlabs

GreiverBlade

A Computer Guy

RJARRRPCGP

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

R-T-B

jallenlabs

Count von Schwalbe

TheLostSwede

News Editor

SN2716057

P4-630

KrazyT

Chomiq

SN2716057

Count von Schwalbe

RJARRRPCGP

1100R

GreiverBlade

System Name	Core
Processor	Intel 12700k @ 5.3/4.0 no HT
Motherboard	ASRock z690 Steel Legend
Cooling	Artic Cooling Freezer 420 AiO
Memory	GSkill 32GB 3600 cas 14 b die
Video Card(s)	Asus Nvidia RTX 4070 Super OC
Storage	Optane 900p x2, SK Hynix p41 Pro
Display(s)	ACER 250hz 1080p 25" IPS display x2
Case	Phanteks p500a with all Arctic 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	Corsair mech k65
Software	Win 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	3dmark TimeSpy 20240-rtx 3090FE/12700k/Optane 3dmark TimeSpy 21862-rtx 4070Super/12700k/Optane

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 Corsair Vengeance Pro 3600mhz DDR4/8gb DDR3 1600/2gb LPDDR3/8gb LPDDR5x 4200/16gb LPDDR5
Video Card(s)	Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/RDNA3 768 core
Storage	250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/2tb SN770M
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/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

System Name	Not a thread ripper but pretty good.
Processor	Ryzen 9 5950x
Motherboard	ASRock X570 Taichi (revision 1.06, BIOS/UEFI version P5.50)
Cooling	EK-Quantum Velocity2, EK-Quantum Reflection PC-O11, D5 PWM, EK-CoolStream PE 360, XSPC TX360
Memory	Micron DDR4-3200 ECC Unbuffered Memory (4 sticks, 128GB, 18ASF4G72AZ-3G2F1) + JONSBO NF-1
Video Card(s)	XFX Radeon RX 5700 & EK-Quantum Vector Radeon RX 5700 +XT & Backplate
Storage	Samsung 2TB & 4TB 980 PRO, 2TB 970 EVO Plus, 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)
Power Supply	Corsair RM750x
Mouse	Logitech M575
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe RGB MK.2
Software	Windows 10 Professional (64bit)
Benchmark Scores	Typical for non-overclocked CPU.

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	Work Computer \| Unfinished Computer
Processor	Core i7-6700 \| Ryzen 5 5600X
Motherboard	Dell Q170 \| Gigabyte Aorus Elite Wi-Fi
Cooling	A fan? \| Truly Custom Loop
Memory	4x4GB Crucial 2133 C17 \| 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance RGB 3600 C26
Video Card(s)	Dell Radeon R7 450 \| RTX 2080 Ti FE
Storage	Crucial BX500 2TB \| TBD
Display(s)	3x LG QHD 32" GSM5B96 \| TBD
Case	Dell \| Heavily Modified Phanteks P400
Power Supply	Dell TFX Non-standard \| EVGA BQ 650W
Mouse	Monster No-Name $7 Gaming Mouse\| TBD

System Name	Merc v8\| Project DRS
Processor	Ryzen 7800X3D\|5800X
Motherboard	Gigabyte X670 Gaming X AX\|B550 AORUS ELITE
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15\|Arctic LFII-360
Memory	2x 16GB-6000\|2x16GB-3600
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 4070 Ti SUPER\|RTX 3070 Ventus
Storage	Solidigm P44 1TB & 2TB, Crucial MX500 2TB\|2x1TB SSD
Display(s)	Acer Predator XB271HU\|LG 34GP950G
Case	Caselabs Mercury S8\|Phanteks G500A
Audio Device(s)	Schiit Magni & Modi, Edifier S351DB\|DT 770 PRO headphones
Power Supply	Seasonic Vertex PX-850\|Prime TX-750
Mouse	Logitech G600
Keyboard	Epomaker F75\|Logitech K400
Software	W11Pro

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

Processor	Intel i7 77OOK
Motherboard	Gigabyte Aorus something
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12S dual fan
Memory	Ballistix 32 Go
Video Card(s)	MSI 3060 Gaming X
Storage	Mixed bag of M2 SSD and SATA SSD
Display(s)	MSI 34" 3440x1440 Artimys 343CQR
Case	Old Corsair Obsidian something
Audio Device(s)	Integrated
Power Supply	Old Antec HCG 620 still running good
Mouse	Steelseries something
Keyboard	Steelseries someting too
Benchmark Scores	bench ? no time to lose with bench ! :)

System Name	Poligon
Processor	Intel Alder Lake i7 12700K
Motherboard	Asus Maximus Hero Z690
Cooling	Custom Water Loop Bykski CPU+GPU; 360 + 240 radiators
Memory	2X16 GB G.Skill DDR5 Z5 6000 CL36
Video Card(s)	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 FE
Storage	Western Digital NvMe SN850 black 2Tb; 2X2Tb SanDisk Ultra ssd
Display(s)	Philips Momentum 436M6VBPAB 43" 4K HDR
Case	Silverstone FT05
Audio Device(s)	Presonus Eris e3.5
Power Supply	Cooler Master V1000 Platinum
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3; Logitech G502 HERO
Keyboard	Steelseries Apex Pro
Software	Windows 11