What's your latest tech purchase?

seth1911 · Nov 26, 2020

for 70 Euro

GamerGuy · Nov 27, 2020

Went to the local tech mall with a friend who'd wanted to buy a monitor mount/stand, while I was there, I happened upon this....

Caring1 · Nov 27, 2020

GamerGuy said:
Went to the local tech mall with a friend who'd wanted to buy a monitor mount/stand, while I was there, I happened upon this....

You'll have to change the GPU support now.

lexluthermiester · Nov 28, 2020

GamerGuy said:
I happened upon this....

Lucky indeed! What's it replacing and how are you liking it?

kapone32 · Nov 28, 2020

kapone32 said:
Well it has finally been confirmed and I will be picking it up on Friday. Here we go!!!!

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core/12-Thread 7nm ZEN 3 Processor Wraith Stealth

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core/12-Thread 7nm ZEN 3 Processor, Socket AM4 3.7GHz base, 4.6GHz boost, 65W Wraith Stealth Cooler 100-100000065BOX

www.canadacomputers.com

Well what do I say? Call me gobsmacked! I ran the Firestrike benchmark. I was amazed to see 89 FPS in CPU test. My 3600 did about 68 FPS. Look for me to post some data soon like 4.7 GHZ all core @ 1.31 volts and 32 C CPU Die temp.

Splinterdog · Nov 28, 2020

GamerGuy said:
Went to the local tech mall with a friend who'd wanted to buy a monitor mount/stand, while I was there, I happened upon this....

That really does look nice!
Those pics are superb quality. Which camera or phone did you use?

GamerGuy · Nov 28, 2020

Splinterdog said:
That really does look nice!
Those pics are superb quality. Which camera or phone did you use?

I had a choice between my Huawei P30 Pro, or my Z Fold 2, I took those pics with the latter.

Splinterdog · Nov 28, 2020

GamerGuy said:
I had a choice between my Huawei P30 Pro, or my Z Fold 2, I took those pics with the latter.

Which camera mode did you use? I only ask because I'd like to shoot similar with my Note 20 Ultra.

GamerGuy · Nov 28, 2020

Splinterdog said:
Which camera mode did you use? I only ask because I'd like to shoot similar with my Note 20 Ultra.

I left it on default 'Photo' mode with flash disable as flash tend to wash out or obscure part of the object/subject with some reflection. I'm not a camera guy, dunno whether I deserve to be complimented for those pics, but this works for me...I use my room's ceiling light which are warm white LED's. The camera in your Note 20 Ultra is better than the one in my Fold 2, so you should get better pics.

Paganstomp · Nov 28, 2020

Aluminum HD Drive shaft. Since I can't get a RTX 3090...

Secret Rival · Nov 28, 2020

Just picked this up, only cost $189.00, same price as the 12 TB for some reason (Best Buy).
I've used Western Digital, but never Easy Store. I wanted the Seagate Back up Plus, but couldn't pass up on the price for

14TB.

Caring1 · Nov 28, 2020

Paganstomp said:
View attachment 177311

Aluminum HD Drive shaft. Since I can't get a RTX 3090...

What did that cost you?
I had one made up out of heavy gauge steel and racing balanced years ago after transplanting an engine and gearbox, explains where my kidney went.

GamerGuy · Nov 29, 2020

Caring1 said:
You'll have to change the GPU support now.

Eh? What's that, and why? :confused:

Caring1 · Nov 29, 2020

GamerGuy said:
Eh? What's that, and why?

Aorus support for a Sapphire card. :laugh:

oxrufiioxo · Nov 29, 2020

Caring1 said:
Aorus support for a Sapphire card.

Matches his sweet ass mobo.

GamerGuy · Nov 29, 2020

Caring1 said:
Aorus support for a Sapphire card.

Oh, I was kinda slow, maybe didn't have my morning cuppa joe.

oxrufiioxo said:
Matches his sweet ass mobo.

Yeah, man, what this dude's said! :rockout:

Dangit, now I'm thinking of a Sapphire GPU brace you've put the idea of a Sapphire GPU brace in my head....btw, the GPU brace is purely decorative. :oops:

At the right mid of card, just around where the first WC tube in the foreground is, you can see a rectangular metal piece (with top lined with rubber I think, it's the built-in GPU brace/support in my case. I had it position like this because if I were to pivot it to the left under the GPU, it'd partially block the last fan on my card.

Caring1 · Nov 30, 2020

Just picked this up this morning.
I don't have a build for it yet, but I always wanted a Platinum PSU and it will be used, hopefully soon.

lexluthermiester · Nov 30, 2020

Caring1 said:
Just picked this up this morning.
I don't have a build for it yet, but I always wanted a Platinum PSU and it will be used, hopefully soon.

View attachment 177499

That's a nice PSU. Should last you a decade.

Shou Miko · Nov 30, 2020

Caring1 said:
Just picked this up this morning.
I don't have a build for it yet, but I always wanted a Platinum PSU and it will be used, hopefully soon.

View attachment 177499

Nice PSU and congrats coming to the Sea-side :roll:

lexluthermiester said:
That's a nice PSU. Should last you a decade.

Indeed I am happy with my own :cool:

Valantar · Nov 30, 2020

puma99dk| said:
Nice PSU and congrats coming to the Sea-side

She sells Sea~~shells~~sonic PSUs by the seaside?

Being in the market for a TV around Black Friday is quite nice. Definitely not an impulse buy, have been planning this for a couple of months - in the end it was either the Q80 or an LG CX (or a good deal on a BX, though that's unlikely given that it's just hit the market). Ended up choosing this partly due to better bright room performance and partly due to getitng a great deal. Got rather lucky with a 33% rebate on the exact model we were looking for, which took it out of "can we actually afford this?" territory and into a perfect price range for a long-term purchase like this.

Image quality is great, colors, contrast and brightness are all excellent, black levels are good even when the room is dark. Viewing angles could theoretically be better, but I'm not in the habit of watching TV from way off to the side, so it really doesn't matter. Have just barely tested gaming on it (that Renoir-based HTPC sitting next to it can't handle that much, though it does Rocket League at 1080p excellently), but it's definitely nice to have a 120Hz FreeSync display hooked up to the HTPC. 55" is also the perfect size for our living room - we would probably have gotten used to a 65" in time (which was also on sale), but it would have dominated the entire room, so this was pretty much perfect.

phill · Nov 30, 2020

Secret Rival said:
Just picked this up, only cost $189.00, same price as the 12 TB for some reason (Best Buy).
I've used Western Digital, but never Easy Store. I wanted the Seagate Back up Plus, but couldn't pass up on the price forView attachment 17731314TB.

Got a few of these from Amazon a few weeks ago I think now, like £70 quid off or something around that, couldn't pass that up.. Was definitely the cheapest per TB/GB however you worked it out

Normal price was like £260... :eek:

FireFox · Nov 30, 2020

PSU pretty expensive :shadedshu:

TheLostSwede · Nov 30, 2020

Secret Rival said:
Just picked this up, only cost $189.00, same price as the 12 TB for some reason (Best Buy).
I've used Western Digital, but never Easy Store. I wanted the Seagate Back up Plus, but couldn't pass up on the price forView attachment 17731314TB.

That's a $100 les than the 12TB model here

It's also exactly what I paid for 8TB model here a few weeks ago

Athlonite · Nov 30, 2020

Just bought me a new time waster except mine in Black not white actually bloody nice phone

phill · Nov 30, 2020

TheLostSwede said:
That's a $100 les than the 12TB model here
It's also exactly what I paid for 8TB model here a few weeks ago

Can't you get a refund or part refund or upgrade with them doing deals like that?

Knoxx29 said:
PSU pretty expensive

View attachment 177524

PSUs definitely seem to be holding their prices at the moment... I'm after a few more myself... only little ones compared to that one though!

System Name	nope
Processor	I3 10100F
Motherboard	ATM Gigabyte h410
Cooling	Arctic 12 passive
Memory	ATM Gskill 1x 8GB NT Series (No Heatspreader bling bling garbage, just Black DIMMS)
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD7770 and EVGA GTX 470 and Zotac GTX 960
Storage	120GB OS SSD, 240GB M2 Sata, 240GB M2 NVME, 300GB HDD, 500GB HDD
Display(s)	Nec EA 241 WM
Case	Coolermaster whatever
Audio Device(s)	Onkyo on TV and Mi Bluetooth on Screen
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadx 550W
Mouse	Steelseries Rival Fnatic
Keyboard	Logitech K270 Wireless
Software	Deepin, BSD and 10 LTSC

System Name	DaBeast!!! DaBeast2!!!
Processor	AMD AM4 Ryzen 7 5700X3D 8C/16T/AMD AM4 RYZEN 9 5900X 12C/24T
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 Aorus Xtreme/Gigabyte X570S Aorus Elite AX
Cooling	Thermaltake Water 3.0 360 AIO/Thermalright PA 120 SE
Memory	2x 16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB RT DDR4 3600C16/2x 16GB Patriot Elite II DDR4 4000MHz
Video Card(s)	XFX MERC 310 RX 7900 XTX 24GB/Sapphire Nitro+ RX 6900 XT 16GB
Storage	500GB Crucial P3 Plus NVMe PCIe 4x4 + 4TB Lexar NM790 NVMe PCIe 4x4 + TG Cardea Zero Z NVMe PCIe 4x4
Display(s)	Samsung LC49HG90DMEX 32:9 144Hz Freesync 2/Acer XR341CK 75Hz 21:9 Freesync
Case	CoolerMaster H500M/SOLDAM XR-1
Audio Device(s)	iFi Micro iDSD BL + Philips Fidelio B97/FostexHP-A4 + LG SP8YA
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000 Platinum/Enermax MAXREVO 1500
Mouse	Logitech G303 Shroud Ed/Logitech G603 WL
Keyboard	Logitech G915/Keychron K2
Software	Win11 Pro/Win11 Pro

System Name	H7 Flow 2024
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	Best AMD Computer
Processor	AMD 7900X3D
Motherboard	Asus X670E E Strix
Cooling	In Win SR36
Memory	GSKILL DDR5 32GB 5200 30
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse 7900XT (Watercooled)
Storage	Corsair MP 700, Seagate 530 2Tb, Adata SX8200 2TBx2, Kingston 2 TBx2, Micron 8 TB, WD AN 1500
Display(s)	GIGABYTE FV43U
Case	Corsair 7000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Corsair Void Pro, Logitch Z523 5.1
Power Supply	Deepcool 1000M
Mouse	Logitech g7 gaming mouse
Keyboard	Logitech G510
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64 Steam. GOG, Uplay, Origin
Benchmark Scores	Firestrike: 46183 Time Spy: 25121

System Name	Ryzen Monster
Processor	Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair Hero VII WiFi
Cooling	Corsair H100i RGB Platinum
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB (4x8GB) 3200Mhz CMW16GX4M2C3200C16
Video Card(s)	Asus ROG Strix RX5700XT OC 8Gb
Storage	WD Black 500GB NVMe 250Gb Samsung SSD, OCZ 500Gb SSD WD M.2 500Gb, plus three spinners up to 1.5Tb
Display(s)	LG 32GK650F-B 32" UltraGear™ QHD
Case	Cooler Master Storm Trooper
Audio Device(s)	Supreme FX on board
Power Supply	Corsair RM850X full modular
Mouse	Corsair Ironclaw wireless
Keyboard	Logitech G213
VR HMD	Headphones Logitech G533 wireless
Software	Windows 11 Start 11
Benchmark Scores	3DMark Time Spy 4532 (9258 March 2021, 9399 July 2021)

What's your latest tech purchase?

seth1911

GamerGuy

Caring1

lexluthermiester

kapone32

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core/12-Thread 7nm ZEN 3 Processor Wraith Stealth

Splinterdog

GamerGuy

Splinterdog

GamerGuy

Paganstomp

Secret Rival

Caring1

GamerGuy

Caring1

oxrufiioxo

GamerGuy

Caring1

lexluthermiester

Shou Miko

Valantar

phill

Moderator

FireFox

The Power Of Intel

TheLostSwede

News Editor

Athlonite

phill

Moderator

System Name	The Final Straw
Processor	Intel i7-7700
Motherboard	Asus Prime H270M Plus
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 120
Memory	G.Skill 32GB DDR4 2400 - F4-2400C15D
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 1660 Super SC Ultra 6GB GDDR6
Storage	WD Blue SN550 512GB and 1TB M.2 + Seagate 2TB 7200 SATA
Display(s)	Acer VG270U P 2k
Case	Thermaltake Versa H17
Audio Device(s)	HDMI
Power Supply	EVGA 750 white
Mouse	Logitech
Keyboard	Logitech
VR HMD	Why?
Software	Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	3DMark06 = 33,624 / Fire Strike = 12,690 / Time Spy = 5,465 as of 7/16/2024

System Name	The Mutt
Processor	intel Core i5 10th gen. - $230.00
Motherboard	Gigabyte z-490 Vision D - $264.00 at posting
Cooling	MX1 plus Water block, P32-D5 Pump/reservoir, 2x 480 CLD Rad w/ 4 Thermaltake quad fans.
Memory	G Skill Trident Z Royal 64GB (2x32GB) - $209.00 at posting
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Super - $229.00 at posting
Storage	Silicon Power 1TB M-2 - 94$ as of posting
Display(s)	Vizio 65" 3-D, Sharp Aquos 65" , Samsung 65 UHD"
Case	Thermaltake Core P7
Audio Device(s)	Onkyo 7.1 Receiver TX-NR - 609 Focusrite 2i2 - $159.00
Power Supply	Thermaltake iRGB 1000w
Mouse	Red Dragon M801 Sniper Pro - $45.99
Keyboard	lifeworks RGB
Software	Windows 10 Pro - $19.00
Benchmark Scores	alas, none....yet

System Name	His & Hers
Processor	R7 5800X/ R7 7950X3D Stock
Motherboard	X670E Aorus Pro X/ROG Crosshair VIII Hero
Cooling	Corsair h150 elite/ Corsair h115i Platinum
Memory	Trident Z5 Neo 6000/ 32 GB 3200 CL14 @3800 CL16 Team T Force Nighthawk
Video Card(s)	Evga FTW 3 Ultra 3080ti/ Gigabyte Gaming OC 4090
Storage	lots of SSD.
Display(s)	A whole bunch OLED, VA, IPS.....
Case	011 Dynamic XL/ Phanteks Evolv X
Audio Device(s)	Arctis Pro + gaming Dac/ Corsair sp 2500/ Logitech G560/Samsung Q990B
Power Supply	Seasonic Ultra Prime Titanium 1000w/850w
Mouse	Logitech G502 Lightspeed/ Logitech G Pro Hero.
Keyboard	Logitech - G915 LIGHTSPEED / Logitech G Pro

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	Hotbox
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, 110/95/110, PBO +150Mhz, CO -7,-7,-20(x6),
Motherboard	ASRock Phantom Gaming B550 ITX/ax
Cooling	LOBO + Laing DDC 1T Plus PWM + Corsair XR5 280mm + 2x Arctic P14
Memory	32GB G.Skill FlareX 3200c14 @3800c15
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Radeon 6900XT Liquid Devil Ultimate, UC@2250MHz max @~200W
Storage	2TB Adata SX8200 Pro
Display(s)	Dell U2711 main, AOC 24P2C secondary
Case	SSUPD Meshlicious
Audio Device(s)	Optoma Nuforce μDAC 3
Power Supply	Corsair SF750 Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G603
Keyboard	Keychron K3/Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro M w/DSA profile caps
Software	Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
Processor	Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard	Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling	Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory	Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage	I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s)	3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case	The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse	Corsair thingy
Keyboard	Razer something or other....
VR HMD	No headset yet
Software	Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores	I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(

Processor	Intel i7 10700K
Motherboard	Asus ROG Maximus XII Hero
Cooling	2x Black Ice Nemesis GTX 480 - 1x Black Ice Nemesis GTX 420 - D5 VPP655P - 13x Corsair LL120 - LL140
Memory	32GB G.SKILL Trident Z RGB 3600Hz
Video Card(s)	EVGA GEFORCE RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 500GB/1TB - WD Blue SN550 1TB - 2 X WD Blue 1TB - 3 X WD Black 1TB
Display(s)	Asus ROG PG278QR 2560x1440 144Hz (Overclocked 165Hz )/ Samsung
Case	Corsair Obsidian 1000D
Audio Device(s)	I prefer Gaming-Headset
Power Supply	Enermax MaxTytan 1250W 80+ Titanium
Mouse	Logitech G502 spectrum
Keyboard	Virtuis Advanced Gaming Keyboard ( Batboard )
Software	Windows 10 Enterprise/Windows 10 Pro/Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	My PC runs FiFA

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

System Name	Cumquat 2021
Processor	AMD RyZen R7 7800X3D
Motherboard	Asus Strix X670E - E Gaming WIFI
Cooling	Deep Cool LT720 + CM MasterGel Pro TP + Lian Li Uni Fan V2
Memory	32GB GSkill Trident Z5 Neo 6000
Video Card(s)	PowerColor HellHound RX7800XT 2550cclk/2450mclk
Storage	1x Adata SX8200PRO NVMe 1TB gen3 x4 1X Samsung 980 Pro NVMe Gen 4 x4 1TB, 12TB of HDD Storage
Display(s)	AOC 24G2 IPS 144Hz FreeSync Premium 1920x1080p
Case	Lian Li O11D XL ROG edition
Audio Device(s)	RX7800XT via HDMI + Pioneer VSX-531 amp Technics 100W 5.1 Speaker set
Power Supply	EVGA 1000W G5 Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Core Wired
Keyboard	Logitech G915 Wireless
Software	Windows 11 X64 PRO (build 24H2)
Benchmark Scores	it sucks even more less now ;)