What's on your hardware wish list ?

Mr Bill · Sep 26, 2020

I have this setup in an Alienware Area 51 case, Asus P6T Deluxe V2 i7 920 with 24 gig ram. It's been nice to play around with, and I probably would get a little more performance out of it with the X5680, I have been watching some of the X5680's on eBay. The X58 machine still doesn't perform like my i5 4690 PC with 16 gig ddr3, and I paid $100.00 US for my i5machine. I guess the question is, do I keep spending money on the X58 PC and hope for a little better performance, or just build a new Ryzen or Intel, and get a board that upgradable for some future component's. I'm really in no hurry, but the big question is, where should I put my next available dollars? I'm sure I could get locally on OfferUp a few hundred dollars for my X58 machine, the case is in almost new condition, this would help me expedite my next build.

witkazy · Sep 26, 2020

Pretty much set on 3900x ,waiting on price drop , gpu remains to be seen..

AusWolf · Sep 27, 2020

I need a new rig. I've got the case, storage and the PSU, just need all the rest.

What I want is:
The new Ryzen 7 or 9 with a decent B550 mATX motherboard and an AIO watercooler,
32 GB RAM - at least 3200 MHz,
Either a GeForce 3070 Ti/Super with 16 GB VRAM, or AMD's new flagship - preferably AIO watercooled as well.
The GeForce 30 series benchmarks didn't impress me as much as I expected, but I still have to see what AMD's cooking before I decide.

My only dilemma is my PSU. It's a Seasonic Prime Ultra Platinum 550 W unit, which is the best PSU I've ever had, but I'm not sure if it's enough for all this stuff. Theoretically it should be: 100-120 W for the CPU, 300 W for the GPU, 20-30 W for the rest of the system, that's still only about 450 W. I guess it's another thing I'll have to see first hand.

Apocalypsee · Sep 27, 2020

Mr Bill said:
I have this setup in an Alienware Area 51 case, Asus P6T Deluxe V2 i7 920 with 24 gig ram. It's been nice to play around with, and I probably would get a little more performance out of it with the X5680, I have been watching some of the X5680's on eBay. The X58 machine still doesn't perform like my i5 4690 PC with 16 gig ddr3, and I paid $100.00 US for my i5machine. I guess the question is, do I keep spending money on the X58 PC and hope for a little better performance, or just build a new Ryzen or Intel, and get a board that upgradable for some future component's. I'm really in no hurry, but the big question is, where should I put my next available dollars? I'm sure I could get locally on OfferUp a few hundred dollars for my X58 machine, the case is in almost new condition, this would help me expedite my next build.

If you aim for retro gaming PC then its worth to upgrade that X58 machine. If you looking for modern OS and modern games/apps you better off with modern platform too. Just my 2 cent worth opinion

Deleted member 24505 · Sep 27, 2020

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The Foldinator · Sep 27, 2020

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X.

and a RTX3060Ti not sure how it will pan out here in Dutchland..
New faster M.2 Ssd, brand.. i don't really care

not sure on a new mobo yet...

Mr Bill · Sep 27, 2020

Apocalypsee said:
If you aim for retro gaming PC then its worth to upgrade that X58 machine. If you looking for modern OS and modern games/apps you better off with modern platform too. Just my 2 cent worth opinion

@69, the only game I play is, the one called "Trying To Stay Alive".

Apocalypsee · Sep 27, 2020

Mr Bill said:
@69, the only game I play is, the one called "Trying To Stay Alive".

Ah looks like we were playing the same game :roll:

AlwaysHope · Sep 28, 2020

Zen 3 when it hits retail channels.

Toothless · Sep 28, 2020

New case. Gotta have more airflow.

windwhirl · Sep 30, 2020

windwhirl said:
Now adding to that old wishlist an extra hard drive. Eyeing Seagate's IronWolfs at 6 or 8 TB.

~~Well, if all goes well, I'll be the happy owner of a 10 TB Seagate IronWolf drive by tomorrow's afternoon.~~
It has arrived!

What's your latest tech purchase?

Got my palit rtx 3080 last week and had it installed on Friday. Only just had time to upload some pics here.. I've also had to buy a new phone as I've damaged the SIM card+microsd card slot on my Xperia xz2 when I got my sim card jammed . So I've bought a Redmagic 5s sonic silver 8gb/128gb...

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System Name	Alienware PC
Processor	Intel 4790K
Motherboard	ASROCK Z97 EXTREME4
Cooling	Stock Intel Cooler
Memory	32GB DDR3 1600 MHz
Video Card(s)	ATI Radeon HD 7770 2GB GDDR5
Storage	SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2
Display(s)	SAMSUNG UE57 Series 28-Inch 4K UHD
Case	Alienware Area 51 Black Tower Case
Audio Device(s)	Realtek On Board
Power Supply	EVGA 850 watt
Mouse	Microsoft Wireless
Keyboard	HyperX - Alloy Elite 2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard.
Software	Windows 10 Pro & LTSB & LTSC Windows 11 Pro

System Name	serenity now/Faithul Eight
Processor	Amd 2400g/Amd 3800x
Motherboard	Asrock ab350m Pro 4/Asrock x570 Taichi
Cooling	CM Masterair G100M/Wraith
Memory	G.skill 2x4gb 3200/2x16 gb 3600 G.skill
Video Card(s)	igpu vega 11/3070 oc Palit
Storage	Apacer pcie ssd 240 gb/Adata 512gb nvme
Display(s)	50" LG 4k hdr
Case	scratch build
Power Supply	inter tech 650w 80+bronze/850 phantex pro
Software	Ubuntu bionic beaver 18.04 lts/W10

Processor	Various Intel and AMD CPUs
Motherboard	Micro-ATX and mini-ITX
Cooling	Yes
Memory	Anything from 4 to 48 GB
Video Card(s)	Various Nvidia and AMD GPUs
Storage	A lot
Display(s)	Monitors and TVs
Case	The smaller the better
Audio Device(s)	Speakers and headphones
Power Supply	300 to 750 W, bronze to gold
Mouse	Wireless
Keyboard	Wired
VR HMD	Not yet
Software	Linux gaming master race

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450M S2H
Cooling	Scythe Kotetsu Mark II
Memory	2 x 16GB SK Hynix CJR OEM DDR4-3200 @ 4000 20-22-20-48
Video Card(s)	Colorful RTX 2060 SUPER 8GB GDDR6
Storage	250GB WD BLACK SN750 M.2 + 4TB WD Red Plus + 4TB WD Purple
Display(s)	AOpen 27HC5R 27" 1080p 165Hz curved VA
Case	AIGO Darkflash C285
Audio Device(s)	Creative SoundBlaster Z + Kurtzweil KS-40A bookshelf / Sennheiser HD555
Power Supply	Great Wall GW-EPS1000DA 1kW
Mouse	Razer Deathadder Essential
Keyboard	Cougar Attack2 Cherry MX Black
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64 22H2

Processor	Ryzen 3600x
Motherboard	MPG B550 GAMING PLUS
Cooling	Gamdias AIO 3x
Memory	32768 MB Corsair 8192 MB (DDR4-3200)
Video Card(s)	RX 6750 XT (RTX 2060)
Storage	Samsung SSD 990 PRO 1TB/Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB
Display(s)	2x AOC 27G2G8 (AOC2702) 27.2 inches (69.1 cm) / 1920 x 1080 pixels @ 48-240 (curved)
Mouse	No idea brand
Keyboard	Same as above
Software	Win11 Pro

What's on your hardware wish list ?

Mr Bill

witkazy

AusWolf

Apocalypsee

Deleted member 24505

Guest

EK-Quantum Reflection Evolv X D5 PWM D-RGB - Plexi

The Foldinator

Mr Bill

Apocalypsee

AlwaysHope

Toothless

Tech, Games, and TPU!

windwhirl

What's your latest tech purchase?

System Name	Veral
Processor	7800x3D
Motherboard	x670e Asus Crosshair Hero
Cooling	Corsair H150i RGB Elite
Memory	2x24 Klevv Cras V RGB
Video Card(s)	Powercolor 7900XTX Red Devil
Storage	Crucial P5 Plus 1TB, Samsung 980 1TB, Teamgroup MP34 4TB
Display(s)	Acer Nitro XZ342CK Pbmiiphx, 2x AOC 2425W, AOC I1601FWUX
Case	Fractal Design Meshify Lite 2
Audio Device(s)	Blue Yeti + SteelSeries Arctis 5 / Samsung HW-T550
Power Supply	Corsair HX850
Mouse	Corsair Nightsword
Keyboard	Corsair K55
VR HMD	HP Reverb G2
Software	Windows 11 Professional
Benchmark Scores	PEBCAK

System Name	System V
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard	Asus Prime X570-P
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 // a bunch of 120 mm Xigmatek 1500 RPM fans (2 ins, 3 outs)
Memory	2x8GB Ballistix Sport LT 3200 MHz (BLS8G4D32AESCK.M8FE) (CL16-18-18-36)
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte AORUS Radeon RX 580 8 GB
Storage	SHFS37A240G / DT01ACA200 / ST10000VN0008 / ST8000VN004 / SA400S37960G / SNV21000G / NM620 2TB
Display(s)	LG 22MP55 IPS Display
Case	NZXT Source 210
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G430 Headset
Power Supply	Corsair CX650M
Software	Whatever build of Windows 11 is being served in Canary channel at the time.
Benchmark Scores	Corona 1.3: 3120620 r/s Cinebench R20: 3355 FireStrike: 12490 TimeSpy: 4624