What's your latest tech purchase?

jboydgolfer · Jan 26, 2021

i dont think this is what the designers at fractal designs had in mind when they built the Meshify-C case :laugh:

i also need to care for my case better, but this is what you get when your case is in the living room.

Splinterdog · Jan 26, 2021

Splinterdog said:
Arriving sometime today...excited
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Still waiting...

phill · Jan 27, 2021

I have a very good mate over in the US, member of TPU, who I have had sent some hardware that I've had bought over there... Now just going to work out when and how to get it to me over in the UK... Quite honestly, I didn't think I had that much..... Oops...!

I know he's on the look out for me for another two of the Xeon E5-2683 V4's for my other server, some server ECC DDR4 memory for the two R730 servers I have here and I think that's it really... I think he's going to keep one of the i9's over there and the other will be sent here for another crunching setup which will be rather interesting (I said to him that he could keep one over there but he has to crunch with it and more so, not sell it lol)...... I'm sadly running fast out of places I can put some hardware to crunch!! Gotta hate these first world problems!! :laugh:

Anywho, I just wished to share this hardware with you all and I'll try and get some more photos of when he's got the i9 setup and when the rest is over with me

Athlonite · Jan 27, 2021

well something turned up at my door this morning I wonder what it could be..... :peace:

Let us see shall we

Literally had to remove a fan from my RV02 in order for this giant GPU to fit in it was such a tight fit but now that it's in I'll look at replacing the fan back where it was

cst1992 · Jan 27, 2021

jboydgolfer said:
i dont think this is what the designers at fractal designs had in mind when they built the Meshify-C case
i also need to care for my case better, but this is what you get when your case is in the living room.

Good thing you didn't get one of those monster Strix cards...
What's that, a 3070?

phill · Jan 27, 2021

Apologies guys, I've just seen this post

cst1992 said:
Now THAT'S some showoff right there...
Since TPU doesn't have a 'jealousy' emoji, I'm gonna have to go with

I own a lot of hardware because I used to do competitive benchmarking, so I used it

All of the kit I buy has to be fully working and boxed...

biffzinker said:
@phill does have this in his signature.

He should change it too: I'm a hardware collector and proud of it!!

I think I should change that over or at least add it in too

Valantar said:
@phill They might not be Rampage boards (I loved my old X48 Rampage Formula btw, that was a great motherboard!), but I think you should add an ROG Dominus Extreme and the new Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WIFI (whew, that's a name!) to the collection. As ... honorary Rampage boards? They're both sufficiently bonkers, at least. I mean, if you're collecting the highest end enthusiast motherboards from the most expensive OEM out there, you might as well go all the way.

Ah, if you click on this...... it'll take you to the Show Your Collections thread with a few of my motherboards I've collected along the way

Valantar · Jan 27, 2021

phill said:
Ah, if you click on this...... it'll take you to the Show Your Collections thread with a few of my motherboards I've collected along the way

"a few"

That being said, I didn't see either of the two I mentioned

phill · Jan 27, 2021

There's a few there I think I have a few not boxed but they were just given to me so I don't tend to worry about those lol

I've considered the EVGA SR-3 which is probably more what I'd go for... I only got the X299's as they where half the price compared to over in the UK, so I had a bargain lol I need to get them up and running with the crunching... 72 threads? They need to be doing something lol

jboydgolfer · Jan 27, 2021

cst1992 said:
What's that, a 3070?

no it was a 3090. that was the point, meshify-C is a smallish case. its technically Matx, but so is the Phanteks Enthoo Pro-M, look at them next to each other. the meshify-C is small

Valantar · Jan 27, 2021

jboydgolfer said:
no it was a 3090. that was the point, meshify-C is a smallish case. its technically Matx, but so is the Phanteks Enthoo Pro-M, look at them next to each other. the meshify-C is small

It's funny how different standards people have. To me, the Meshify C is huge for an mATX case - it's nearly 2x the volume of something like the Cerberus, after all.

Edit: wait, hold on, both of the pictured cases have 7 expansion slots. mATX has four, so those are ATX cases.

ShurikN · Jan 27, 2021

Arrived just this morning. I was pleasantly surprised when I opened the box and saw just how tiny it is. I mean I knew the measurements, but seeing it in person and holding it in your hand is totally different.

djisas · Jan 27, 2021

Athlonite said:
well something turned up at my door this morning I wonder what it could be..... Let us see shall we

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Literally had to remove a fan from my RV02 in order for this giant GPU to fit in it was such a tight fit but now that it's in I'll look at replacing the fan back where it was

Showoff

SN2716057 · Jan 27, 2021

Because the 1st wifi card refused to play nice with attaching the antenna's (those connections are way too tiny!). I bought the Gigabyte GC-WBAX200 which already had the (internal) antenna's attached to it.
So I drilled some bigger holes in my A300 and passed the external cables through and ...voila finally stable internet! It might look shoddy but it works.

Athlonite · Jan 27, 2021

djisas said:
Showoff

Ofcourse, Isn't this what this forum thread is for after all :pimp:

Oh and before I forget the fan will fit but only just it actually touches the bottom of the GPU but not enough to put pressure on either

jboydgolfer · Jan 27, 2021

Valantar said:
It's funny how different standards people have. To me, the Meshify C is huge for an mATX case - it's nearly 2x the volume of something like the Cerberus, after all.

Edit: wait, hold on, both of the pictured cases have 7 expansion slots. mATX has four, so those are ATX cases.

i meant mid tower, Matx is a motherboard sizing, not case. i just used the wrong term.

Fleurious · Jan 27, 2021

Snagged one from the MS store for the kid. Laughed after getting a prompt to update the controllers.

cst1992 · Jan 27, 2021

SN2716057 said:
Because the 1st wifi card refused to play nice with attaching the antenna's (those connections are way too tiny!). I bought the Gigabyte GC-WBAX200 which already had the (internal) antenna's attached to it.
So I drilled some bigger holes in my A300 and passed the external cables through and ...voila finally stable internet! It might look shoddy but it works.

You kidding? That looks like an artillery cannon!

tabascosauz · Jan 27, 2021

jboydgolfer said:
i meant mid tower, Matx is a motherboard sizing, not case. i just used the wrong term.

I built for a friend a few weeks ago in the Meshify C, and it is a surprisingly skinny and compact case for ATX. There were other aspects of the design I didn't quite appreciate as much, but it's a good size next to my Cerberus. Didn't feel much bigger than my TJ08 (definitely more wieldy than the TJ08) even though that one is a mATX case.

cst1992 said:
You kidding? That looks like an artillery cannon!

It's an excellent antenna and has a magnetic base. Compared to the Asus AX one that isn't magnetic, weirdly light and keeps falling over, I prefer to use the GB one on my main. The Deskmini is just tiny by comparison.

Or, the base looks slightly different but the antenna is the same.

cst1992 · Jan 27, 2021

jboydgolfer said:
no it was a 3090. that was the point, meshify-C is a smallish case. its technically Matx, but so is the Phanteks Enthoo Pro-M, look at them next to each other. the meshify-C is small

Neither one of them looks like it's the PC I'm referring to.
To be clear, I'm referring to this PC with the reference NVIDIA card and black CPU cooler:

djisas · Jan 27, 2021

cst1992 said:
Neither one of them looks like it's the PC I'm referring to.
To be clear, I'm referring to this PC with the reference NVIDIA card and black CPU cooler:

That's pretty cool looking rig...
Cant wait to show off mine's final form...
It ain't gonna look pretty...

Sithaer · Jan 27, 2021

So this just happened.

Basically, I spent a week troubleshooting various issues with my PC in early January and narrowed it down to a weird power delivery issue with my previous Cooler Master MWE 650W PSU.
I contacted the retailer I bought it from not even 2 years ago and I sent it back to them since I had 5 years warranty on it.

Around 1 week later they sent me a mail telling me that due to the current situation the warranty process would take a really long time so they offered me to give me back my original purchase price/money and use it on a new PSU of my choice and I if it cost more then I would only have to pay the difference.

As we know the PSU prices went up quite a bit in the past 2 years so ofc I had to pay extra but not much, something like 15$ and no delivery fee cause I paid for that warranty service back then when I bought my 650W unit.

In this price range and the current lack of stock/models this was the best I could find in the shop.
Sure its only 500W but its more than enough for my system and its not like I'm ever gonna step out of the 150-200W TDP GPU range anyway. :laugh:

So far its good, silent even under load and thank god no coil whine like my previous PSU. 'that was driving me crazy'

8BitZ80 · Jan 28, 2021

First time I've ever tried to repair a TV and managed to figure it out.

My Samsung TV that I use as a display for my secondary computers started developing an issue. It would work for about 15 seconds on average before it made a "click" sound and the display shut off. Sometimes it lasted a few minutes, other times a few seconds, but it kept dying every single time.

Turns out they're not too complicated to work on. You have a power board that powers the main video-processing (and I/O) board, then that's hooked up to the display driver board. Then it also has a few random things like speakers and front button controls.

So I found a replacement power board for US$30 and that licked the problem. That's where the "click" sound was coming from. I could've drilled down further and replaced the capacitors (I suspect the main 450V capacitor was going bad) but it was more convenient to swap the whole power board with a working one.

Oh yeah and all those symbols that say "High Voltage"? They're not kidding. Really bad idea to be poking around there while it's plugged in. ZAP!!!

cst1992 · Jan 28, 2021

Yes, they usually just put in a replacement board.
It's always a bad idea to touch circuits where high-voltage capacitors are involved.
Fun fact - your mosquito zapper uses an 800V capacitor to fry the mosquitoes, so that's the same thing.

Chomiq · Jan 28, 2021

Fleurious said:
View attachment 185839Snagged one from the MS store for the kid. Laughed after getting a prompt to update the controllers.

You've got eneloops for gamepads?

QuietBob · Jan 28, 2021

This will go into my secondary rig to replace a seasoned Chieftec:

One can never have enough cable ties, right? They also included this gimmick to jump start the PSU, and actually encourage you to try it out before installation :oops:

I think I'll pass:

Wait... WUT?!? Where is my cable pouch? I've been ripped off!

That's it, Seasonic! I'm returning this unit and will never recommend this brand again!!! :mad:

System Name	Americas cure is the death of Social Justice & Political Correctness
Processor	i7-11700K
Motherboard	Asrock Z590 Extreme wifi 6E
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A
Memory	32GB Corsair RGB fancy boi 5000
Video Card(s)	RTX 3090 Reference
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 1Tb + Samsung 970 Evo 500Gb
Display(s)	Dell - 27" LED QHD G-SYNC x2
Case	Fractal Design Meshify-C
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus+ Gold 1000 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502 spectrum
Keyboard	AZIO MGK-1 RGB (Kaith Blue)
Software	Win 10 Professional 64 bit
Benchmark Scores	the MLGeesiest

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)

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!! :(

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 ;)

System Name	The Sparing-No-Expense Build
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600X
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming Wifi II
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black
Memory	32GB: 2x16GB Patriot Viper Steel 3600MHz C18
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA RTX 3060Ti Founder's Edition
Storage	500GB 970 Evo Plus NVMe, 2TB Crucial MX500
Display(s)	AOC C24G1 144Hz 24" 1080p Monitor
Case	Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO White
Power Supply	Seasonic X-650 Gold PSU (SS-650KM3)
Software	Windows 11 Home 64-bit

What's your latest tech purchase?

jboydgolfer

Splinterdog

phill

Moderator

Athlonite

cst1992

phill

Moderator

Valantar

phill

Moderator

jboydgolfer

Valantar

ShurikN

djisas

SN2716057

Athlonite

jboydgolfer

Fleurious

cst1992

tabascosauz

Moderator

cst1992

djisas

Sithaer

8BitZ80

cst1992

Chomiq

QuietBob

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

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

System Name	Unreal Machine IV
Processor	Ryzen 7 5700X
Motherboard	Asrock 570X Taichi
Cooling	Noctua U9S
Memory	Team UD4-4000 @4000 CL18 1:1
Video Card(s)	5600XT Red Devil
Storage	Kingston SSD 240GB + WD RED 4TB + WD Blue SN 550 Nvme 1TB X3
Display(s)	DELL U2417H
Case	Old school Termalthake xaser III black with lots of noctua 80mm fans
Audio Device(s)	Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion + Creative Inspire t7900 7.1 + Sony MDR-1A + AKG K-240
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime GX-750
Mouse	Logitech G502 hero SE
Keyboard	Logitech
Software	10 pro
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 Multi ~15k 4.4Ghz all core Cinebench R23 single 1.5k 4.65Ghz

System Name	Merc v8
Processor	Ryzen 7800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X670 Gaming X AX
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15
Memory	2x 16GB-6000
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
Storage	Solidigm P44 1TB, Crucial MX500 2TB
Display(s)	ASUS ROG Swift PG27UQR
Case	Caselabs Mercury S8
Audio Device(s)	Schiit Magni & Modi, Edifier S351DB, DT 770 PRO
Power Supply	Seasonic Vertex PX-850
Mouse	Logitech G600
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK Pro custom
Software	W11Pro

System Name	Current
Processor	i7 12700k
Motherboard	Asus Prime Z690-A
Cooling	Noctua NHD15s
Memory	32GB G.Skill
Video Card(s)	GTX 1070Ti
Storage	WD SN-850 2TB
Display(s)	LG Ultragear 27GL850-B
Case	Fractal Meshify 2 Compact
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Seasonic 1000W Titanium

System Name	ab┃ob
Processor	7800X3D┃5800X3D
Motherboard	B650E PG-ITX┃X570 Impact
Cooling	NH-U12A + T30┃AXP120-x67
Memory	64GB 6400CL32┃32GB 3600CL14
Video Card(s)	RTX 4070 Ti Eagle┃RTX A2000
Storage	8TB of SSDs┃1TB SN550
Case	Caselabs S3┃Lazer3D HT5

System Name	I don't name my systems.
Processor	i5-12600KF 'stock power limits/-115mV undervolt+contact frame'
Motherboard	Asus Prime B660-PLUS D4
Cooling	ID-Cooling SE 224 XT ARGB V3 'CPU', 4x Be Quiet! Light Wings + 2x Arctic P12 black case fans.
Memory	4x8GB G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200MHz
Video Card(s)	Asus TuF V2 RTX 3060 Ti @1920 MHz Core/@950mV Undervolt
Storage	4 TB WD Red, 1 TB Silicon Power A55 Sata, 1 TB Kingston A2000 NVMe, 256 GB Adata Spectrix s40g NVMe
Display(s)	29" 2560x1080 75Hz / LG 29WK600-W
Case	Be Quiet! Pure Base 500 FX Black
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + Hama uRage SoundZ 900+USB DAC
Power Supply	Seasonic CORE GM 500W 80+ Gold
Mouse	Canyon Puncher GM-20
Keyboard	SPC Gear GK630K Tournament 'Kailh Brown'
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 @ 3600 CL14
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

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