What's your latest tech purchase?

BarbaricSoul · Dec 13, 2020

installing today after I drink some coffee

EDIT: Well install is going to wait for a few days. I was just gifted a 500 gb Samsung 980 Pro M2 drive to go with the new motherboard. I was going to use a 2.5" WD Blue with it until I got a M2 drive. So now I wait until Tuesday for the drive to get here

jlewis02 · Dec 13, 2020

New memory made more difference than I thought going from 2400-4000mhz I knew it would help but not that much.

neatfeatguy · Dec 13, 2020

jlewis02 said:
New memory made more difference than I thought going from 2400-4000mhz I knew it would help but not that much.View attachment 179394

We all know it was the RGB that made things better.

Secret Rival · Dec 13, 2020

jlewis02 said:
New memory made more difference than I thought going from 2400-4000mhz I knew it would help but not that much.View attachment 179394

Nice. I have the Royal Z. I need to upgrade as soon as I get a better chip to match with them. G Skill is nice. I just got the Gold to add a bit of color, almost got these though.

neatfeatguy said:
We all know it was the RGB that made things better.

Haha, it's funny the way RGB always gets killed. :toast:

<-----that's RGB beer, btw so drink at your own risk.

phill · Dec 14, 2020

Calmmo said:
It's-a-here! Upgrade Complete

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My own 27GL850 came in a box that looked *almost* as bad as this but no issues with the monitor it self thankfully.

Please let us know what it's like

I've a 3900X myself, so hoping to find a 5950X for the other two boards I have.....

ThrashZone · Dec 14, 2020

phill said:
Please let us know what it's like I've a 3900X myself, so hoping to find a 5950X for the other two boards I have.....

Hi,
Ditto only problem 10900k and z490 Apex released first at a good price so I went that way instead.

Calmmo · Dec 14, 2020

phill said:
Please let us know what it's like I've a 3900X myself, so hoping to find a 5950X for the other two boards I have.....

Slightly Lower Idle temps, almost every core can hit 4950mhz (2nd ccd has a few @ 4850).
R20 Temps are 7-8c lower than the 3900x (which hit exactly 74-75c), at least after running it 3-4 times looped, didnt really bother to test for longer.

IF1900 out of the box, bdie holding up fine at 3800 16-16-16-36, I will try to go higher once Gigabyte decides to release non beta bioses and hopefully 1.1.8.0 soon.
Something about the current bios feels undercooked. Only getting 8400 R20 with avg core clock @ 42xx (and thats with everything in the BG/network killed, AIO running at max), ST 635.

At these temps im actually now tempted to try PBO some more, but with 280/230/230 PBO settings only got 8600 but it's too early to tell if its just as useless as it was for my 3900x (low quality early 7nm silicon without any headroom, i used to get 7300stock/7400pbo)

ShurikN · Dec 14, 2020

Joining the fugly brown family

Gonna test it later today

FireFox · Dec 14, 2020

Finally the Corsair Obsidian 1000D arrived

phill · Dec 14, 2020

I've got that same pink tent!!

Well my daughters have :laugh:

Loving the case mate!! Reminds me of the Thermaltake case I had where Isabelle and Sophia can fit inside it together!! :laugh:

QuietBob · Dec 14, 2020

Knoxx29 said:
Finally the Corsair Obsidian 1000D arrived

That thing is huge! "Two person lift required"? Glad you had that little helper around

FireFox · Dec 14, 2020

QuietBob said:
That thing is huge! "Two person lift required"? Glad you had that little helper around

it's pretty big, 15kg , the guy from DPD helped me

ThrashZone · Dec 14, 2020

Hi,
Hope it came with casters lol maybe a little hammock

Secret Rival · Dec 14, 2020

I saw that in Micro Center - over $500.00!! Looked like my old Kenwood stereo rack!

neatfeatguy · Dec 14, 2020

Knoxx29 said:
it's pretty big, 15kg , the guy from DPD helped me

I remember when I got my CoolerMaster Cosmos 1000 - loved the look of the case, but later found the air flow in it sucked. The net weight is 16.9kg for the case.....after getting everything installed the case had to weigh a good 24-25kg (around 55 pounds). The case sat on the ground, next to the desk. It sucked moving the case the couple of times I needed to. Hopefully you're not planning on moving it around much, if at all.

Secret Rival · Dec 15, 2020

Was expecting twin delivery but this came 1st, reservoir is on a truck somewhere.
It's pretty much a brand new product, came out late November. We'll see if it is
worth it.

.....the late arrival. :toast:

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Disparia · Dec 15, 2020

Work is switching employee rewards vendor so we all had to cash out. Needed a headset and this was on the list... Alienware 310H.

Listened to music (flac), movies, and some games and overall I'm pleased with them. Since they were free... 8/10, would accept again! My only problem isn't the sound but rather the feel. It's taking a long time to get them to feel "right". My previous Steelseries Siberia felt great from the first minute until it's last.

I did all of the before looking of the price... which seems to be about $70-80 depending on where you look. I don't know about that. I think some would feel it lacks low-end and there are many better sets in this price range. However, the packaging is top-notch.

KainXS · Dec 15, 2020

New build for me

The Xonar gave me a ton of problems, I think it has a short in it but I loved my old Essence in my last PC so I went with the STX II and I am wishing I went with the AE5 instead since the noise floor seems to be worst than the last AE-5 I heard.

lexluthermiester · Dec 15, 2020

QuietBob said:
That thing is huge! "Two person lift required"? Glad you had that little helper around

That's what I was thinking!

FireFox · Dec 16, 2020

neatfeatguy said:
It sucked moving the case the couple of times I needed to. Hopefully you're not planning on moving it around much, if at all.

I had to move it a few times when i was installing the hardwares and it was a pain in the ass, fortunately my wife helped me because on my own i couldn't :laugh:

the exact weight i don't really know but the seller where i bought it from claim 29.5Kg approx, my plan was to install a second System into it but then it would be impossible to move it around if i have to.

phill · Dec 16, 2020

Knoxx29 said:
I had to move it a few times when i was installing the hardwares and it was a pain in the ass, fortunately my wife helped me because on my own i couldn't the exact weight i don't really know but the seller where i bought it from claim 29.5Kg approx, my plan was to install a second System into it but then it would be impossible to move it around if i have to.

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You might need some sat trucks or a mini forklift

Can't wait to see it up and running sir!!

micropage7 · Dec 16, 2020

Knoxx29 said:
Finally the Corsair Obsidian 1000D arrived

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nice but personally i like the previous version

WhiteNoise · Dec 16, 2020

Picked up this kit over the weekend. I bought a second Samsung 980Pro M.2 yesterday and installed it. Man is this M.2 blazing fast. I also had anew retail box for windows 10 pro that i used on this build instead of the home.

lexluthermiester · Dec 16, 2020

WhiteNoise said:
Picked up this kit over the weekend. I bought a second Samsung 980Pro M.2 yesterday and installed it. Man is this M.2 blazing fast. I also had anew retail box for windows 10 pro that i used on this build instead of the home.

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Nice! Why did you go with Windows 10 Home?

WhiteNoise · Dec 16, 2020

lexluthermiester said:
Nice! Why did you go with Windows 10 Home?

If you read above I actually went with Pro. I bought home but when I arrived at my house I realized I had a brand new sealed Windows 10 pro. So the Pro got used and the Home will get used this weekend in a build I am doing for my daughter.

I only built this new PC because I was not happy with my performance in Cyberpunk. A load of money later and now I am more than happy with the performance!

System Name	Barb's Domain
Processor	i9 10850k 5.1GHz all cores
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI
Cooling	Deep Cool Assassin III
Memory	2*16gig Corsair LPX DDR4 3200
Video Card(s)	RTX 4080 FE
Storage	500gb Samsung 980 Pro M2 SSD, 500GB WD Blue SATA SSD, 2TB Seagate Hybrid SSHD
Display(s)	Dell - S3222DGM 32" 2k Curved/ASUS VP28UQG 28" 4K (ran at 2k), Sanyo 75" 4k TV
Case	SilverStone Fortress FT04
Audio Device(s)	Bose Companion II speakers, Corsair - HS70 PRO headphones
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x (2021)
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Logitech Orion Spectrum G910
VR HMD	Oculus Quest 2
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
Benchmark Scores	https://www.3dmark.com/spy/34962882

Processor	i9 10850k
Motherboard	Asus strix Z-490-e
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360
Memory	G.SKILL Trident Z 4000mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus STRIX RTX 3080
Storage	1tb Samsung 970 EVO,1tb hdd,750gb hdd
Display(s)	Asus 27" 144htz 1440
Case	Lian Li lancool 2 mesh
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Seasonic GX-850
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero
Keyboard	Logitech Pro

System Name	Personal / HTPC
Processor	Ryzen 5900x / Ryzen 5600X3D
Motherboard	Asrock x570 Phantom Gaming 4 /ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming
Cooling	Corsair H100i / bequiet! Pure Rock Slim 2
Memory	32GB DDR4 3200 / 16GB DDR4 3200
Video Card(s)	EVGA XC3 Ultra RTX 3080Ti / EVGA RTX 3060 XC
Storage	500GB Pro 970, 250 GB SSD, 1TB & 500GB Western Digital / lots
Display(s)	Dell - S3220DGF & S3222DGM 32"
Case	CoolerMaster HAF XB Evo / CM HAF XB Evo
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G35 headset
Power Supply	850W SeaSonic X Series / 750W SeaSonic X Series
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Black Microsoft Natural Elite Keyboard
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 / Windows 10 Pro 64

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	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!! :(

What's your latest tech purchase?

BarbaricSoul

jlewis02

neatfeatguy

Secret Rival

phill

Moderator

ThrashZone

Calmmo

ShurikN

FireFox

The Power Of Intel

phill

Moderator

QuietBob

FireFox

The Power Of Intel

ThrashZone

Secret Rival

neatfeatguy

Secret Rival

Disparia

KainXS

lexluthermiester

FireFox

The Power Of Intel

phill

Moderator

micropage7

WhiteNoise

lexluthermiester

WhiteNoise

System Name	Ghetto Rigs z490\|x99\|Acer 17 Nitro 7840hs/ 5600c40-2x16/ 4060/ 1tb acer stock m.2/ 4tb sn850x
Processor	10900k w/Optimus Foundation \| 5930k w/Black Noctua D15
Motherboard	z490 Maximus XII Apex \| x99 Sabertooth
Cooling	oCool D5 res-combo/280 GTX/ Optimus Foundation/ gpu water block \| Blk D15
Memory	Trident-Z Royal 4000c16 2x16gb \| Trident-Z 3200c14 4x8gb
Video Card(s)	Titan Xp-water \| evga 980ti gaming-w/ air
Storage	970evo+500gb & sn850x 4tb \| 860 pro 256gb \| Acer m.2 1tb/ sn850x 4tb\| Many2.5" sata's ssd 3.5hdd's
Display(s)	1-AOC G2460PG 24"G-Sync 144Hz/ 2nd 1-ASUS VG248QE 24"/ 3rd LG 43" series
Case	D450 \| Cherry Entertainment center on Test bench
Audio Device(s)	Built in Realtek x2 with 2-Insignia 2.0 sound bars & 1-LG sound bar
Power Supply	EVGA 1000P2 with APC AX1500 \| 850P2 with CyberPower-GX1325U
Mouse	Redragon 901 Perdition x3
Keyboard	G710+x3
Software	Win-7 pro x3 and win-10 & 11pro x3
Benchmark Scores	Are in the benchmark section

System Name	Apex Raptor: Silverback
Processor	Intel i9 13900KS Allcore @ 5.8
Motherboard	z790 Apex
Cooling	LT720 360mm + Phanteks T30
Memory	32GB @8000MT/s CL36
Video Card(s)	RTX 4090
Storage	990 PRO 4TB
Display(s)	Neo G8 / C1 65"
Case	Antec Performance 1
Audio Device(s)	DT 1990 Pro / Motu M2
Power Supply	Prime Ultra Titanium 1000w
Mouse	Scimitar Pro
Keyboard	K95 Platinum

Processor	Ryzen 5600
Motherboard	X570 I Aorus Pro
Cooling	Deepcool AG400
Memory	HyperX Fury 2 x 8GB 3200 CL16
Video Card(s)	RX 6700 10GB SWFT 309
Storage	SX8200 Pro 512 / NV2 512
Display(s)	24G2U
Case	NR200P
Power Supply	Ion SFX 650
Mouse	G703 (TTC Gold 60M)
Keyboard	Keychron V1 (Akko Matcha Green) / Apex m500 (Gateron milky yellow)
Software	W10

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

Processor	5800X3D -30 CO
Motherboard	MSI B550 Tomahawk
Cooling	DeepCool Assassin III
Memory	32GB G.SKILL Ripjaws V @ 3800 CL14
Video Card(s)	ASRock MBA 7900XTX
Storage	1TB WD SN850X + 1TB ADATA SX8200 Pro
Display(s)	Dell S2721QS 4K60
Case	Cooler Master CM690 II Advanced USB 3.0
Audio Device(s)	Audiotrak Prodigy Cube Black (JRC MUSES 8820D) + CAL (recabled)
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime TX-750
Mouse	Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave
Keyboard	Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave
Software	Windows 10 Pro

Processor	Intel i5-6600
Motherboard	ASRock H170M-ITX
Cooling	Cooler Master Geminii S524
Memory	G.Skill DDR4-2133 16GB (8GB x 2)
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte R9-380X 4GB
Storage	Samsung 950 EVO 250GB (mSATA)
Display(s)	LG 29UM69G-B 2560x1080 IPS
Case	Lian Li PC-Q25
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC892
Power Supply	Seasonic SS-460FL2
Mouse	Logitech G700s
Keyboard	Logitech G110
Software	Windows 10 Pro

Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5950x, Ryzen 9 5980HX
Motherboard	MSI X570 Tomahawk
Cooling	Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4(With Noctua Fans)
Memory	32Gb Crucial 3600 Ballistix
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RTX 3080, Asus 6800M
Storage	Adata SX8200 1TB NVME/WD Black 1TB NVME
Display(s)	Dell 27 Inch 165Hz
Case	Phanteks P500A
Audio Device(s)	IFI Zen Dac/JDS Labs Atom+/SMSL Amp+Rivers Audio
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x
Mouse	Logitech G502 SE Hero
Keyboard	Corsair K70 RGB Mk.2
VR HMD	Samsung Odyssey Plus
Software	Windows 10

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	AsRock X670E Phantom Gaming Lightning
Cooling	Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4
Memory	G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo DDR5-6000 32GB (2 x 16GB)
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Storage	Samsung 980 PRO Series 1TB, Samsung 980 PRO Series 1TB, Crucial P3 NVMe M.2 2TB
Display(s)	LG OLED55G2PUA
Case	Lian Li O11 Dynamic XL ROG Certified
Audio Device(s)	Digital out to high end dac and amps.
Power Supply	EVGA GQ 1000W
Mouse	Logitech G600
Keyboard	Logitech G413 Carbon
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1, Oculus Rift S, Quest 2, Quest 3
Software	Windows 10 Pro

System Name	micropage7
Processor	Intel Xeon X3470
Motherboard	Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. P55A-UD3R (Socket 1156)
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T40F
Memory	Samsung 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Storage	V-GEN03AS18EU120GB, Seagate 2 x 1TB and Seagate 4TB
Display(s)	Samsung 21 inch LCD Wide Screen
Case	Icute Super 18
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte
Power Supply	Silverstone 600 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Sades Excalibur + Taihao keycaps
Software	Win 7 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	Classified