What's your latest tech purchase?

[lexluthermiester]

my math teacher told me reason I need to know algebra is so I can calculate gas mileage of renting a car vs other stuff... then I just googled "gas trip calculator" and showed him all the websites that auto calculated that stuff for you, and used gas prices from each county to make it accurate as possible to boot.

lol

While those are options, nothing beats doing the math yourself(and knowing how in the first place).

 

[tabascosauz]

Finally, a decent AM4 board that can run a 2350MHz iGPU without dropping 0.1V under load because someone forgot to program LLC..........I don't get why MSI don't just call it a Unify. It looks the part - it literally shares the Z490I Unify's OC feature set.

Makes me wonder if I can run some 2400MHz Firestrike and 4400/4466 benching all under 1.25V. I hit ~5200 Firestrike the other day at 2350/2166 and the app told me the top 5600G score is 5560

 

[stinger608]

I did a review a few months ago on that exact motherboard. Feature rich for a mITX board. You'll like it a lot!!!!!

 

[jlewis02]

Got me an aio finally.
Arctic Freezer II 360
Temps dropped 10c under load from my nh-d15 with only one fan at low speed didn’t have room in the case with the big fan and it’s quieter at full speed as well so win win.

 

[INSTG8R]

The final piece of my puzzle

 

[GreiverBlade]

goodbye trusty old one (YEAH! OCZ is fine! ) almost a decade and still running strong ... but space wise ...

finally cloned the Vertex III to the 870 EVO 250gb

MOAR SPACE!

the 512gb was already in .... but i got a 1tb for just 30chf more than the Vertex III 120gb did cost back in 2011 (109chf ) if they had a S70 in stock i could have taken a 1tb PCIe 4.0X4 twice faster ... but 3k is enough (plus my mobo has 1 M2 PCIe 4.0 and one 3.0 and the 512 was already in the 4.0 ) now i have 2 Gammix S11 Pro spare heatsink

left the 8XX right the Gammix S11 brothers


now all that's left is a pair of AF140 white to replace the AF140 noLED on the top of my case (my Thermaltake Riing 140 white had issues with rattling ... they did not like being upside down i guess ... )
edit: well maybe i will get a 1tb 870 EVO to replace the 1tb/8gb WD SSHD which is a 5400rpm ... the 2 7200rpm 1tgb Toshiba DT01ACA100 can wait a bit (replacing them with 1tb 870 EVO would be ... mmhhh maybe a pair of 4tb Firecuda HDDs or just one )

@tabascosauz NEAT mITX BOARD! MSI rhyme with sexy ... my own, not mITX nor same line but MSI, is definitely qualifying for that too

 

[khemist]

 

[AusWolf]

goodbye trusty old one (YEAH! OCZ is fine! ) almost a decade and still running strong ... but space wise ...
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finally cloned the Vertex III to the 870 EVO 250gb

I used to have the exact same Vertex 3 back almost 10 years ago. It was my first SSD ever. Sweet memories.

 

[GreiverBlade]

I used to have the exact same Vertex 3 back almost 10 years ago. It was my first SSD ever. Sweet memories.

yeah ... it was the same for me ... almost a decade, i meant it because i got it in december 2011 for my birthday (holy cow.... the weight of that SSD .... , 77gr vs 58gr for the 870 EVO)
also it survived multiple Intel AMD rigs and countless dirty swaps ... which is also why i would always fight those who hammer "OCZ is unreliable, it's pure SH!T" like one of my friend ...
ironically he swear and live by Razer ... which in turn for me trigger the same reaction ... it's a hilarious moment ... although i am more right than he is ... almost none of my, or his ... as a matter of fact, Razer cr@p passed their first year without a RMA

in the exceptions ...for him: a Razer Seiren (wait ... Blue...mhhhh well then it's like my Gunnar Onyx RPG) and a mhhhh .... nope that's it (even more irony that i have more Razer stuff that did not fail than him and he's the blind supporter .... )
me: a mouse bungee (not hard to not fail that ... tho Razer is known to even F'up on mousemate...the Destructor i had ..."self destructed" ), a pair of "gaming glass" oh wait ... nope those are Gunnar ... plagued by Razer branding (luckily discreet )... ah...


that... remind me i forgot to report a purchase ...
not my fault ... i want my Belkin and my Saitek back! (well ... that's a almost Belkin ... same global shape and palmrest as the n52te, which was the time Razer did put their paws on the Nostromo n52 i still remember the "powered by Razer" in the software GUI but at that time between 2008 and 2010 i was still not disgusted by Razer ... it started shortly after tho, a cushioned wrist rest and 5 key more are improvement ... )


well the Tartarus V2 is not bad ... (the Pro is sh!t tho ... ) urgh... tho, it's forcing me to use Synapse... a lot of unwanted feature on that soft ... but it does its job for the key mapping ...
edit: c'mont Tart ... prove me wrong ... you have 4 month to pass without RMA (actually 11 month ... to be honest) to do it right ... c'mon it's not that hard!

Spoiler: i should still have the Saitek Cyborg somewhere but i sold my n52 long ago.... should've kept it

also finally decided to get some wristrest ... for the mouse and keyboard ... Speedlink Braice and Asus RGWR (which stand for Rainbow puke Gaming Word Retroactive enhancer ... my GMMK, well the Tartarus too, although it's more color coding for which key is what in that case, is in "chase the hater" mode atm ... )

 

[sam_86314]

Decided to snag this since I had $10 in rewards at Best Buy...

...a 1TB version of the SanDisk NVMe SSD I got a while ago. After the rewards, it was $98.17 including tax.

Overall, synthetic tests show better performance all around compared to the 250GB one. As many pointed out in my post about the 250GB one, this drive is basically identical to the WD SN550.

I've moved a bunch of frequently accessed things off of my SSD array and onto this, and everything that was on my 4TB hard drive was moved onto my SSD array. I now have exclusively solid-state storage in my main system.

For my plans moving forward, I'd like to get a couple more Crucial MX500s to expand the array, and I'd like to replace my boot drive (500GB Samsung 970 EVO) with a 500GB WD SN850 (the one with the built-in heatsink).

 

[GreiverBlade]

Decided to snag this since I had $10 in rewards. at Best Buy...

...a 1TB version of the SanDisk NVMe SSD I got a while ago. After the rewards, it was $98.17 including tax.

Overall, synthetic tests show better performance all around compared to the 250GB one. As many pointed out in my post about the 250GB one, this drive is basically identical to the WD SN550.

I've moved a bunch of frequently accessed things off of my SSD array and onto this, and everything that was on my 4TB hard drive was moved onto my SSD array. I now have exclusively solid-state storage in my main system.

For my plans moving forward, I'd like to get a couple more Crucial MX500s to expand the array, and I'd like to replace my boot drive (500GB Samsung 970 EVO) with a 500GB WD SN850 (the one with the built-in heatsink).

oh that Sandisk is on the same level of my Crucial P1 1tb that sit in my Asus Strix Arion hum the P1 is a little slower tho -400R/-250W and only 950ish on USB 3.2 Gen1, but that's plenty fast even as a nomad game drive
may i inquire the price? edit: i reread the post ohhhh well without the 10$ coupon it was same price as the P1

 

[Mussels]

Amazon failed me, local store was $140 cheaper than delivered so...

 

[Shou Miko]

I got 2 new WD Purple 4TB home yes only 5400rpm with 64mb of cache



I know these drives ain't the fastest but I rather want some reliable drives for Plex and my current WD Purple 4 the PURX can do 4K playback in x264/x265 with the files I got with no issues so the PURZ should do the same it's just so much smaller gonna replace my dying WD Red 4TB that was manufacted the 17 SEP 2014 and I got it in like 2015 so it served me well

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I got 2 new WD Purple 4TB home yes only 5400rpm with 64mb of cache

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I know these drives ain't the fastest but I rather want some reliable drives for Plex and my current WD Purple 4 the PURX can do 4K playback in x264/x265 with the files I got with no issues so the PURZ should do the same it's just so much smaller gonna replace my dying WD Red 4TB that was manufacted the 17 SEP 2014 and I got it in like 2015 so it served me well

I got a Blue 4tb dom 03/21 for 80 quid. I usually always buy WD spinners. Where are blues in relation to purple

 

[Mussels]

I got a Blue 4tb dom 03/21 for 80 quid. I usually always buy WD spinners. Where are blues in relation to purple

Squeeze it a little harder and it goes from red to purple, blue means you did it too long

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Squeeze it a little harder and it goes from red to purple, blue means you did it too long

Very droll

 

[Chomiq]

SB X G6 is here:

B-stock from Creative, which is half of the MSRP (with free shipping).

 

[neatfeatguy]

I wanted a proper upgrade from my 980Ti this gen and was hoping for a 3070 or 6800 - but we all know how things went with inventory and prices. I thought my best option was a 3060 5-6 weeks ago when the opportunity came up so I got it, but it wasn't what I was hoping for.

I got lucky last Friday on newegg shuffle and was able to land a 3060Ti for $460. I had it shipped to my work and it showed up today.



Now I'm officially done looking to upgrade my system. I'm content.

 

[bobbybluz]

I needed a better GPU than the three XFX Fury X's I currently have in use for a new build. I managed to score this AMD Vega Frontier Edition 16GB HBM2 off Ebay for less than 1/2 it's original price plus cheaper than any Vega 64's or 56's currently listed. Not being a gamer it suits my needs well and the price was definitely right (Seller also threw in two day USPS shipping). Combined with my Xeon E5 2699 V4 22c /44t and 128GB of RAM it's a great combination.

 

[joemama]

Got my new Razer basilisk V2 yesterday

 

[HammerON]

Recently decided to upgrade my back-up cruncher in system specs to a Threadripper cruncher.
First purchase to arrive:

These match my 32 GB in my main cruncher. Going to be pairing the two sets together for 64 GB.

 

[Liviu Cojocaru]

Back to Logitech. Got a G903 Lightspeed Hero mouse and a G915 Lightspeed keyboard. Going all wireless

 

[Jetster]

Back to Logitech. Got a G903 Lightspeed Hero mouse and a G915 Lightspeed keyboard. Going all wireless

Have the same mouse and love it

 

[Liviu Cojocaru]

Yes, it's quite nice. The keyboard is great as well but quite expensive. I got it on a discount. I would not pay £200 for a keyboard

 

[Remeca]

2x2GB DDR2 for $15CAD.