What's your latest tech purchase?

silkstone · Mar 29, 2017

Old chair

New chair

Jetster · Mar 29, 2017

No RGB chair?

OneCool · Mar 29, 2017

It will take some time to break that new chair in!!

Looking at the old chair maybe hire a dog to chew on it for a couple of days :laugh:

JK...Nice chair!

silkstone · Mar 29, 2017

Jetster said:
No RGB chair?

Nah, I wanted a simple model that I knew would be high quality as it's difficult to actually find anything decent here without driving around individual shops and inspecting them. No big furniture stores like back home. Best thing about it was the price, at $150 i'm pretty happy and know it'll last a while.

OneCool said:
It will take some time to break that new chair in!!

Looking at the old chair maybe hire a dog to chew on it for a couple of days

JK...Nice chair!

Ha! Yeah, my wife has been nagging me to buy something new for at least two years now as she uses my computer a fair bit too. I have a fat ass now I'm getting older so the lack of padding never really bothered me. The feel of the chair is going to take a while to get used to as it is fabric, rather than PVC/PU. I know it'll last though as they have these chairs in the shop for their staff and all their PU ones are peeling after a couple of years. Something about humidity and PU/PVC messes them up more quickly.

MIRTAZAPINE · Mar 29, 2017

New build coming "soon" hopefully. My recycled pc is giving me irql less or not equal BSOD

. Don't know if it is my hardware like ram going faulty or software issues. I hardly have time or the appropriate components to test again.

Got an NH-D15S and a few fans. Not shown here.

@P4-630

@GreiverBlade

Btw I don't have much games to test with my Rx460. I played Dead or alive 5 Last Round. /don't judge/
I can ran it at 1080p max setting with my fps still being stable at 60 measure with fraps. The other game I played is using the psp emulator. I can run psp games emulated at 4k! It looks amazing playing soul calibur on my IPS screen. The downside it the Rx460 sounds like Banshee.

Looking at how I spend it makes me recall a buddy of mine saying something that makes me lose it. He said, "I have no money now, all I can do is eat sand now." Wise word there buddy as that is kinda happening to me. xD

Shou Miko · Mar 29, 2017

Noctua's NH-15S is a really awesome and good choice big Noctua fan here except their colour scheme but I guess u can't have it all with the sandy baby yk colour the redish colour on the blades and that r fine.

I hope u will be happy with ur new cooler @MIRTAZAPINE

P4-630 · Mar 31, 2017

I wanted to buy a Nanoxia DS 140mm Fan , since these are below 15dBa, but not available in my country... :ohwell:

Ordered a Noctua nf p14s redux 1200 pwm 140mm with SSO-Bearing, hope it will be quieter than the BeQuiet pure wings 140mm slightly humming at around 900/1000rpm, I'll find out tomorrow.

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Mar 31, 2017

Just bought one of these new for £ 16.00

Ive got a purchase pending for another ASUS P6T and i am hunting ( just had one cheeky offer declined ) for X5677 for some 5.0ghz Xeon loveliness.

AsRock · Mar 31, 2017

Jetster said:
Modular TX from Corsair. To bad it comes with the flat cables

Brand new version

This one is Gold Certified but the earlier model was Bronze

http://www.corsair.com/en-us/tx-m-series-tx850m-850-watt-80-plus-gold-certified-psu-na

Whats wrong with flat cables ?.

Shou Miko · Mar 31, 2017

@P4-630 Noctua makes really good fans also long lasting u can tame it just do it

P4-630 · Mar 31, 2017

puma99dk| said:
@P4-630 Noctua makes really good fans also long lasting u can tame it just do it

6 year warranty, not bad, hope I get it quiet under 1000rpm..

20 Euros though.. :ohwell:

The be quiet was cheaper.

Shou Miko · Mar 31, 2017

P4-630 said:
6 year warranty, not bad, hope I get it quiet under 1000rpm..
20 Euros though.. The be quiet was cheaper.

You know quality and price goes hand in hand, I hope u know that for ur woman too

MIRTAZAPINE · Mar 31, 2017

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
Just bought one of these new for £ 16.00

Ive got a purchase pending for another ASUS P6T and i am hunting ( just had one cheeky offer declined ) for X5677 for some 5.0ghz Xeon loveliness.

That is a great price for a cooler of that size!

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Mar 31, 2017

MIRTAZAPINE said:
That is a great price for a cooler of that size!

Yep. They work really well too. I installed one for a friend who has an overclocked X5650 and another on an E 5640. Both run at 40+% over the stock speeds and stay below 70 deg at full load.

GreiverBlade · Mar 31, 2017

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
Yep. They work really well too. I installed one for a friend who has an overclocked X5650 and another on an E 5640. Both run at 40+% over the stock speeds and stay below 70 deg at full load.

i had that one in my Phenom II X6-1035T build when i swapped to the NZXT Nemesis from the original crappy HP Pavillon case i had with it

(well it's Swiss thus fantastic! *joke* )

16£ mmhhh in Switzerland they are 32chf~ roughly 12chf less paid for it ... yep good deal

biffzinker · Apr 1, 2017

New Smartphone for me.

Edit: Removed empty white space. (Thanks Microsoft Paint.)

Phone Specs: http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_honor_6x-8388.php

P4-630 · Apr 1, 2017

biffzinker said:
New Smartphone for me.

View attachment 85700

Edit: Removed empty white space. (Thanks Microsoft Paint.)

Phone Specs: http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_honor_6x-8388.php

Not see the phone yet....

natr0n · Apr 1, 2017

latest purchase

P4-630 · Apr 1, 2017

natr0n said:
latest purchase

Let me know when you arrive here and let's have a party!
:toast:

DR4G00N · Apr 1, 2017

Second HD 5970 for Quad-fire! (Bottom one) :peace:

Need to get some ear plugs though, listening to a constant 60-65 dB WOOSH!!! is not too much fun haha.

jaggerwild · Apr 1, 2017

DR4G00N said:
Second HD 5970 for Quad-fire! (Bottom one)
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Need to get some ear plugs though, listening to a constant 60-65 dB WOOSH!!! is not too much fun haha.

Keep them fans clean and pinned to the max or else!

DR4G00N · Apr 1, 2017

jaggerwild said:
Keep them fans clean and pinned to the max or else!

Of course! There's no other way to do it!

Core temps were odd the first time I fired it up, core #2 was 20c hotter than #1 (which is odd since they share the same heatsink).
So I tore it down and I noticed some nob decided to put a thermal pad on one mem chip that was 4x thicker than it should be, thus the heatsink wasn't making good contact with the core. :wtf:

biffzinker · Apr 1, 2017

P4-630 said:
Not see the phone yet....

Aquinus · Apr 1, 2017

Replaced the crappy powerline adapter I was using so, I have my full 170Mbit down instead of just 50Mbit of it and I also got a new external drive to start backing up my tower so, I can wipe every single drive on it (both SSDs, the entire RAID-5, and the 500GB,) as I don't trust my gateway/nas/vm host to be the only backup. I'm zero'ing out the drive before I start using it as a pre-copy stress test and because I was going to reformat it to ext4 anyways.

Edit: In case anyone was wondering, yes, the Linksys AC1200 does work on Ubuntu but, using the HWE stack forced me to hack the driver to get it to compile which is nothing compared the kind of hoops I've had to go through with other USB wi-fi devices in Linux.

Dethroy · Apr 1, 2017

Pre-ordered...

Click me!

System Name	Gaming System / HTPC-Server
Processor	i7 8700K (@4.8 Ghz All-Core) / R7 5900X
Motherboard	Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming / MSI B450 Mortar Max
Cooling	CM ML360 / CM ML240L
Memory	16Gb Hynix @3200 MHz / 16Gb Hynix @3000Mhz
Video Card(s)	Zotac 3080 / Colorful 1060
Storage	750G MX300 + 2x500G NVMe / 40Tb Reds + 1Tb WD Blue NVMe
Display(s)	LG 27GN800-B 27'' 2K 144Hz / Sony TV
Case	Xigmatek Aquarius Plus / Corsair Air 240
Audio Device(s)	On Board Realtek
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III Gold 750W / Andyson TX-700 Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero / K400+
Keyboard	Wooting Two / K400+
Software	Windows 10 x64
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R15 = 1542 3D Mark Timespy = 9758

System Name	Juliette // HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// GTX 1650
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	Cooler Master MM710 53G
Keyboard	Logitech 920-009300 G512 SE
Software	Windows 10 Pro // Windows 10 Pro

System Name	NEW
Processor	Intel 4770 non-K
Motherboard	Gigabyte H81M-DS2V
Cooling	CM Hyper 212 plus
Memory	16gb Muskin
Video Card(s)	XFX 380X 4gb
Storage	Sandisk 120gb plus WD blue 1tb
Display(s)	AOC 23.5 LED bl
Case	XIGMATEK
Audio Device(s)	motherboard
Power Supply	Cooler Master 500

System Name	Gaming System / HTPC-Server
Processor	i7 8700K (@4.8 Ghz All-Core) / R7 5900X
Motherboard	Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming / MSI B450 Mortar Max
Cooling	CM ML360 / CM ML240L
Memory	16Gb Hynix @3200 MHz / 16Gb Hynix @3000Mhz
Video Card(s)	Zotac 3080 / Colorful 1060
Storage	750G MX300 + 2x500G NVMe / 40Tb Reds + 1Tb WD Blue NVMe
Display(s)	LG 27GN800-B 27'' 2K 144Hz / Sony TV
Case	Xigmatek Aquarius Plus / Corsair Air 240
Audio Device(s)	On Board Realtek
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III Gold 750W / Andyson TX-700 Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero / K400+
Keyboard	Wooting Two / K400+
Software	Windows 10 x64
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R15 = 1542 3D Mark Timespy = 9758

System Name	Fat NCASE
Processor	Ryzen R9 3900X
Motherboard	ASUS TUF GAMING B550M ZAKU (WIFI) Edition
Cooling	Scythe Fuma with 3 SCYTHE Wondersnail 2400RPM + Arctic MX2
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 128GB @3200Mhz Cl16 (32GB X 4)
Video Card(s)	Palit RTX 3060 StormX ITX 12GB
Storage	MX500 4TB SATA + Toshiba MG08 16TB HDD
Display(s)	LG 27UL500 4K monitor
Case	Jonsbo W2 black
Audio Device(s)	Onboard realtek 1200 & Soundblaster G3 usb
Power Supply	ASUS ROG STRIX 850W Gundam Edition
Mouse	Elecom wireless mouse :)
Keyboard	RK100 Royal Kludge
Software	Windows 10 HOME
Benchmark Scores	Don't know any benchmark. It runs good enough for me.

What's your latest tech purchase?

silkstone

Jetster

OneCool

silkstone

MIRTAZAPINE

Shou Miko

P4-630

CAPSLOCKSTUCK

Spaced Out Lunar Tick

AsRock

TPU addict

Shou Miko

P4-630

Shou Miko

MIRTAZAPINE

CAPSLOCKSTUCK

Spaced Out Lunar Tick

GreiverBlade

biffzinker

P4-630

natr0n

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P4-630

DR4G00N

jaggerwild

DR4G00N

biffzinker

Attachments

Aquinus

Resident Wat-man

Dethroy

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	AlderLake
Processor	Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans
Memory	32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MT/s CL36
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2
Display(s)	23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p
Case	Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window
Audio Device(s)	Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless
Keyboard	RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock

System Name	Party On
Processor	Xeon w 3520
Motherboard	DFI Lanparty
Cooling	Big tower thing
Memory	6 gb Ballistix Tracer
Video Card(s)	HD 7970
Case	a plank of wood
Audio Device(s)	seperate amp and 6 big speakers
Power Supply	Corsair
Mouse	cheap
Keyboard	under going restoration

System Name	main/SFFHTPCARGH!(tm)/Xiaomi Mi TV Stick/Samsung Galaxy S23/Ally
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D/i7-3770/S905X/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?/Asus
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no:sizable vapor chamber/a nice one
Memory	64gb Corsair Vengeance Pro 3600mhz DDR4/8gb DDR3 1600/2gb LPDDR3/8gb LPDDR5x 4200/16gb LPDDR5
Video Card(s)	Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/RDNA3 768 core
Storage	250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/2tb SN770M
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/FHD 120hz
Case	Cougar Panzer Max/Elite 8300 SFF/None/back/back-front Gorilla Glass Victus 2+ UAG Monarch Carbon
Audio Device(s)	Logi Z333/SB Audigy RX/HDMI/HDMI/Dolby Atmos/KZ x HBB PR2/Moondrop Chu II + TRN BT20S
Power Supply	Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/4Smart Voltplug PD 30W/Asus USB-C 65W
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75% <3/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 13/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

Processor	Core i7-13700
Motherboard	MSI Z790 Gaming Plus WiFi
Cooling	Cooler Master RGB something
Memory	Corsair DDR5-6000 small OC to 6200
Video Card(s)	XFX Speedster SWFT309 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT CORE Gaming
Storage	970 EVO NVMe M.2 500GB,,WD850N 2TB
Display(s)	Samsung 28” 4K monitor
Case	Phantek Eclipse P400S
Audio Device(s)	EVGA NU Audio
Power Supply	EVGA 850 BQ
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero
Keyboard	Logitech G G413 Silver
Software	Windows 11 Professional v23H2

System Name	natr0n-PC
Processor	Ryzen 5950x-5600x \| 9600k
Motherboard	B450 AORUS M \| Z390 UD
Cooling	EK AIO 360 - 6 fan action \| AIO
Memory	Patriot - Viper Steel DDR4 (B-Die)(4x8GB) \| Samsung DDR4 (4x8GB)
Video Card(s)	EVGA 3070ti FTW
Storage	Various
Display(s)	Pixio PX279 Prime
Case	Thermaltake Level 20 VT \| Black bench
Audio Device(s)	LOXJIE D10 + Kinter Amp + 6 Bookshelf Speakers Sony+JVC+Sony
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III ARGB 80+ Gold 650W \| EVGA 700 Gold
Software	XP/7/8.1/10
Benchmark Scores	http://valid.x86.fr/79kuh6

System Name	The Banshee
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600 @ 4.65GHz CO -30
Motherboard	AsRock X370 Taichi
Cooling	Asus ROG Strix LC 240
Memory	32GB 4x8 G.SKILL Trident Z 3200 CL14 1.35V
Video Card(s)	PCWINMAX RTX 3060 6GB Laptop GPU (80W)
Storage	1TB Kingston NV2
Display(s)	LG 25UM57-P @ 75Hz OC
Case	Fractal Design Arc XL
Audio Device(s)	ATH-M20x
Power Supply	Evga SuperNova 1300 G2
Mouse	Evga Torq X3
Keyboard	Thermaltake Challenger
Software	Win 10 Pro 64-Bit

Processor	5930K
Motherboard	MSI X99 SLI
Cooling	WATER
Memory	16GB DDR4 2132
Video Card(s)	EVGAY 2070 SUPER
Storage	SEVERAL SSD"S
Display(s)	Catleap/Yamakasi 2560X1440
Case	D Frame MINI drilled out
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	Corsair TX750
Mouse	DEATH ADDER
Keyboard	Razer Black Widow Tournament
Software	W10HB
Benchmark Scores	PhIlLyChEeSeStEaK

System Name	Apollo
Processor	Intel Core i9 9880H
Motherboard	Some proprietary Apple thing.
Memory	64GB DDR4-2667
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, 8GB HBM2
Storage	1TB Apple NVMe, 4TB External
Display(s)	Laptop @ 3072x1920 + 2x LG 5k Ultrafine TB3 displays
Case	MacBook Pro (16", 2019)
Audio Device(s)	AirPods Pro, Sennheiser HD 380s w/ FIIO Alpen 2, or Logitech 2.1 Speakers
Power Supply	96w Power Adapter
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard	Logitech G915, GL Clicky
Software	MacOS 12.1

System Name	Perf/price king /w focus on low noise and TDP
Processor	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H
Cooling	Thermalright HR-02 Macho Rev.A (BW)
Memory	16GB Corsair Vengeance LP Black
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX 670 OC
Storage	525GB Crucial MX300 & 256GB Samsung 830 Series
Display(s)	Home: LG 29UB65-P & Work: LG 34UB88-B
Case	Fractal Design Arc Mini
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar Essence STX /w Sennheiser HD 598
Power Supply	be quiet! Straight Power CM E9 80+ Gold 480W
Mouse	Roccat Kone XTD optical
Keyboard	SteelSeries Apex M500
Software	Win10