What's your latest tech purchase?

Mussels · May 27, 2022

What's the heatsink? Reminds me of a Gammaxx i fell in love with as a budget offering (except they arent all black)

Frick · May 27, 2022

It has Wifi and an app so it probably counts as tech. Portable AC, Nedis someting somthing 12000btu (I have no idea what a BTU is or how optimistic the number is). I have a pretty small apartment so it might be enough to cool the entirety of it so I can have it in the kitchen. As expected it's pretty loud when the compressor is running, but not as loud as I feared. As for why, I have given up pretending to be fine sleeping in +30C. I have big windows to the south and live on the top floor so it gets really hot on sunny days, and dawn is about 2 in the morning so the sunny days are really long.

Sithaer · May 27, 2022

Mussels said:
What's the heatsink? Reminds me of a Gammaxx i fell in love with as a budget offering (except they arent all black)

That looks like the ID cooler I have on my i3 under my specs, if so then thats a nice budget cooler.

I'm actually curious how well it performs on that 5600.

P4-630 · May 27, 2022

Should arrive tomorrow:

The red spirit · May 27, 2022

Mussels said:
I got myself a second hand, as-new bargain buy

$200 Au, new with warranty (no box tho)
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Now, you cant see squat from a compressed cropped photo like this - but side by side 2D content appears damn well identical, despite one being 4K 60Hz and one being 1440p 165Hz (Yay for windows scaling!)
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The 4K overclocks to 73Hz fine via CRU (72Hz via Nvidia software) and i'm playing around with it, to decide if i want it as the primary or secondary screen

I'm using Nvidias Fast Vsync with a 160FPS cap, so i'll have equal low input latency on both screens and get some comparison time (72Hz + 144Hz should let me compare nicely)

Kogan is actually a bit colder than Giga. Their white balance doesn't match.

TheLostSwede · May 27, 2022

A pair of new chargers and a quality USB-C cable.
Not sure what they were thinking when they came up with that brand name though...

Sasqui · May 27, 2022

Frick said:
It has Wifi and an app so it probably counts as tech. Portable AC, Nedis someting somthing 12000btu (I have no idea what a BTU is or how optimistic the number is). I have a pretty small apartment so it might be enough to cool the entirety of it so I can have it in the kitchen. As expected it's pretty loud when the compressor is running, but not as loud as I feared. As for why, I have given up pretending to be fine sleeping in +30C. I have big windows to the south and live on the top floor so it gets really hot on sunny days, and dawn is about 2 in the morning so the sunny days are really long.

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I bought a similar one (10k BTU) for 3 rooms in my house. The only problem with mine, it tosses all of the hot air out the window exhaust, drawing in air from the house (and a lot of it). Kind of like a fireplace pulls cold air into the house, mine draws hot air from outside into the house. So it doesn't seem to be very efficient. Older units that I've seen have an intake hose from outdoors to cool the condenser. So I only use it occasionally... it can't keep up with 500 sf to save its life.

kapone32 · May 27, 2022

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Can't wait to test this out with TWWH2.

Mussels · May 28, 2022

The red spirit said:
Kogan is actually a bit colder than Giga. Their white balance doesn't match.

That's less visible in person, and i haven't done anything at all the tune them up - heck the giga even has the low blue light mode enabled.

The red spirit · May 28, 2022

Mussels said:
That's less visible in person, and i haven't done anything at all the tune them up - heck the giga even has the low blue light mode enabled.

Low blue light mode is nothing more than setting white point to lower temperature.

Chomiq · May 28, 2022

Couldn't let this pass me by:

€288, should arrive early next week. Together with MX-5 which I ordered yesterday in advance.

phill · May 28, 2022

Well what can I say.... I'm addicited

Since when I tried my Asus 10Gb card it never worked so I did a little research and tried to find an alternate for the Synology system, so I could find something else cheap and I came across this Supermicro card, so I messaged the seller and he said that if there was any issues I could return it, so was happy enough and bought it

So here we have a Supermicro 10Gb card

(Actual model is SuperMicro AOC-STG-I2T R1.01A Dual Port 10GbE RJ45 LP PCIe-x8 Intel X540 - Ebay link)

28-05-22 Synology Upgrade engaged!! 10Gb Networking 1-1.png

Not really so worried about the speeds right now as its maxing out the single Raid 1 setup I have there but even then, its hitting up to 270MB/sec which is amazing

Time to have a think and see what is the best way go to forward with setting up a faster drive setup...
Maybe not so tech related -

But will help with some measuring should I need anything

P4-630 · May 28, 2022

I never had such a heavy motherboard before....

The build has to wait a bit since my parents will be visiting me coming week, but I have everthing needed now.

bobbybluz · May 28, 2022

This morning's Craigslist scores: Two Samsung 860 Pro 512GB's for $40 total. One was NIB, the other has 56 hours of use on it. One Samsung 860 Evo 4TB for $100. 27 hours of use on it. All from the same seller. Samsung Magician and Piriform Defraggler were used along with a USB docking station to confirm their condition. I'll put them in my bench PC to check for firmware updates on Monday.

The seller told me they came out of a gaming PC he built a few years ago for his 7 year old and the kid never used it. He bought the second 860 Pro to do a RAID 0 setup with the first one but never got around to it. So far this is my steal of the year.

Space Lynx · May 28, 2022

P4-630 said:
I never had such a heavy motherboard before....

The build has to wait a bit since my parents will be visiting me coming week, but I have everthing needed now.

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will you be considering this? https://www.techpowerup.com/295334/...e-promises-to-reduce-temperatures-by-up-to-10

P4-630 · May 28, 2022

CallandorWoT said:
will you be considering this? https://www.techpowerup.com/295334/...e-promises-to-reduce-temperatures-by-up-to-10

I'll have to see what the CPU temps will be , if it's too hot to my likings , maybe....
As you may know not everyone having Alder Lake is complaining, so I hope I'll be fine without.

Space Lynx · May 28, 2022

P4-630 said:
I'll have to see what the CPU temps will be , if it's too hot to my likings , maybe....
As you may know not everyone having Alder Lake is complaining, so I hope I'll be fine without.

Well even in that article I linked, it just said the temps went from 70 celsius to 61 or something like that, I mean to be fair, I consider 70 plenty good for a max temp. So it just depends if you want colder or not. Also, I am not entirely sold this actually works or not. I'd like to see more reviews of it personally. I do trust Der8aurer, or however you spell his name, but it may just be he did have a big enough volume size of Alder Lak chips to determine this really is beneficial for all of them? I honestly don't know.

P4-630 · May 28, 2022

CallandorWoT said:
Well even in that article I linked, it just said the temps went from 70 celsius to 61 or something like that, I mean to be fair, I consider 70 plenty good for a max temp. So it just depends if you want colder or not. Also, I am not entirely sold this actually works or not. I'd like to see more reviews of it personally. I do trust Der8aurer, or however you spell his name, but it may just be he did have a big enough volume size of Alder Lak chips to determine this really is beneficial for all of them? I honestly don't know.

I know for one thing, my motherboard is very sturdy and also has a backplate, ok it depends on the socket maybe, @ir_cow did a review on this board, ok he used a waterblock for CPU cooling but there weren't any anomalies in CPU temps he said. If the load temps I see max out around 70s, I'm fine with that I think.

sam_86314 · May 28, 2022

I got a higher-capacity microSD card for my Steam Deck...

...in the most ridiculously wasteful packaging I've seen since I got my 256GB USB drive years ago...

Probably gonna try using BTRFS in SteamOS.

Space Lynx · May 28, 2022

sam_86314 said:
I got a higher-capacity microSD card for my Steam Deck...

...in the most ridiculously wasteful packaging I've seen since I got my 256GB USB drive years ago...

Probably gonna try using BTRFS in SteamOS.

thats the exact same one, size and all i got for my new phone recently!!!

phill · May 28, 2022

sam_86314 said:
I got a higher-capacity microSD card for my Steam Deck...

...in the most ridiculously wasteful packaging I've seen since I got my 256GB USB drive years ago...

Probably gonna try using BTRFS in SteamOS.

They must be trying to copy Amazon for the packaging.... Sad but at least there's more card there than plastic or so I'd hope

Judging by the numbers from CrystalMark, what do you think of the card performance wise?

sam_86314 · May 28, 2022

phill said:
They must be trying to copy Amazon for the packaging.... Sad but at least there's more card there than plastic or so I'd hope

Judging by the numbers from CrystalMark, what do you think of the card performance wise?

Dunno yet. I'm currently using Gparted to directly clone my old card to the new one, and it said it would take several hours.

The old card was U3 A1, and this one is U3 A2, so I'd expect perhaps a small performance improvement. Probably not anything noticable, as game performance off of a microSD has already been much better than expected.

phill · May 28, 2022

sam_86314 said:
Dunno yet. I'm currently using Gparted to directly clone my old card to the new one, and it said it would take several hours.

The old card was U3 A1, and this one is U3 A2, so I'd expect perhaps a small performance improvement. Probably not anything noticable, as game performance off of a microSD has already been much better than expected.

Compared to running it from the Steam Deck, do you notice much between the two?

sam_86314 · May 29, 2022

phill said:
Compared to running it from the Steam Deck, do you notice much between the two?

I've just been running all of my games off of SD. It's been perfectly fine. Haven't done any comparisons between the SSD and SD.

agent_x007 · May 29, 2022

This seems a bit low on that Crystal Mark score...
USB 3.0 adapter, or ran through other device ?
Here's my card (same spec, just a bit higher on capacity side) :

System Name	Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load)
Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

System Name	White DJ in Detroit
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600
Motherboard	Asrock B450M-HDV
Cooling	Be Quiet! Pure Rock 2
Memory	2 x 16GB Kingston Fury 3400mhz
Video Card(s)	XFX 6950XT Speedster MERC 319
Storage	Kingston A400 240GB \| WD Black SN750 2TB \|WD Blue 1TB x 2 \| Toshiba P300 2TB \| Seagate Expansion 8TB
Display(s)	Samsung U32J590U 4K + BenQ GL2450HT 1080p
Case	Fractal Design Define R4
Audio Device(s)	Plantronics 5220, Nektar SE61 keyboard
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x v3
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Cherry MX Board 1.0 TKL Brown
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Rimworld 4K ready!

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

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	Shizuka
Processor	Intel Core i5 10400F
Motherboard	Gigabyte B460M Aorus Pro
Cooling	Scythe Choten
Memory	2x8GB G.Skill Aegis 2666 MHz
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Red Dragon V2 RX 580 8GB ~100 watts in Wattman
Storage	512GB WD Blue + 256GB WD Green + 4TH Toshiba X300
Display(s)	BenQ BL2420PT
Case	Cooler Master Silencio S400
Audio Device(s)	Topping D10 + AIWA NSX-V70
Power Supply	Chieftec A90 550W (GDP-550C)
Mouse	Steel Series Rival 100
Keyboard	Hama SL 570
Software	Windows 10 Enterprise

What's your latest tech purchase?

Mussels

Freshwater Moderator

Frick

Fishfaced Nincompoop

Sithaer

P4-630

The red spirit

TheLostSwede

News Editor

Sasqui

kapone32

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D - Ryzen 7 5000 Series 8-Core 3.4 GHz Socket AM4 105W None Integrated Graphics Desktop Processor - 100-100000651WOF - Newegg.com

Mussels

Freshwater Moderator

The red spirit

Chomiq

phill

Moderator

P4-630

bobbybluz

Space Lynx

Astronaut

P4-630

Space Lynx

Astronaut

P4-630

sam_86314

Space Lynx

Astronaut

phill

Moderator

sam_86314

phill

Moderator

sam_86314

agent_x007

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	Senile
Processor	I7-4790K@4.8 GHz 24/7
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 Gaming
Cooling	Be Quiet Pure Rock Air
Memory	16GB 4x4 G.Skill CAS9 2133 Sniper
Video Card(s)	GIGABYTE Vega 64
Storage	Samsung EVO 500GB / 8 Different WDs / QNAP TS-253 8GB NAS with 2x10Tb WD Blue
Display(s)	34" LG 34CB88-P 21:9 Curved UltraWide QHD (34401440) FREE_SYNC*
Case	Rosewill
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + HD HDMI
Power Supply	Corsair HX750
Mouse	Logitech G5
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe RGB & G610 Orion Red
Software	Win 10

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

Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 Aorus Elite
Cooling	Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE
Memory	2x16 GB Crucial Ballistix 3600 CL16 Rev E @ 3800 CL16
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

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	"The black one in the dining room" / "The Latest One"
Processor	Intel Xeon E5 2699 V4 22c/44t / i7 14700K @5.8GHz
Motherboard	Asus X99 Deluxe / ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WiFi
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240 w/4 Silverstone FM121 fans / Arctic LF II 280 w Silverstone FHP141's
Memory	64GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 (8x8) / 96GB G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5 6400
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 1080 Ti FTW3 / Asus Tuff OC 4090 24GB
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo Plus, 1TB Samsung 860, 4 Western Digital 2TB / 2TB Solidigm P44 Pro & more.
Display(s)	43" Samsung 8000 series 4K / 50" Vizio M-series 4K
Case	Modded Corsair Carbide 500R / Modded Corsair Graphite 780 T
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar Essence STX/ Asus Xonar Essence STX II
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200i / Seasonic Prime GX-1300
Mouse	Logitech Performance MX, Microsoft Intellimouse Optical 3.0
Keyboard	Logitech K750 Solar, Logitech K800
Software	Win 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 IoT / Win 11 Enterprise IoT LTSC 24H2
Benchmark Scores	https://www.passmark.com/baselines/V11/display.php?id=202122048229

Processor	7800X3D -25 all core ($196)
Motherboard	B650 Steel Legend ($179)
Cooling	Frost Commander 140 ($42)
Memory	32gb ddr5 (2x16) cl 30 6000 ($80)
Video Card(s)	Merc 310 7900 XT @3100 core $(705)
Display(s)	Agon 27" QD-OLED Glossy 240hz 1440p ($399)
Case	NZXT H710 (Red/Black) ($60)

System Name	Space Heater MKIV
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Taichi
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S, 3x Noctua NF-A14s
Memory	2x32GB Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan Z DDR4-3600 C18 1.35V
Video Card(s)	PowerColor RX 6800 XT Red Devil (2150MHz, 240W PL)
Storage	2TB WD SN850X, 4x1TB Crucial MX500 (striped array), LG WH16NS40 BD-RE
Display(s)	Dell S3422DWG (34" 3440x1440 144Hz)
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro M
Audio Device(s)	Edifier R1700BT, Samson SR850
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x, CyberPower CST135XLU
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK 2 96%
Software	Windows 10 LTSC 2021, Linux Mint

System Name	BOX
Processor	Core i7 6950X @ 4,26GHz (1,28V)
Motherboard	X99 SOC Champion (BIOS F23c + bifurcation mod)
Cooling	Thermalright Venomous-X + 2x Delta 38mm PWM (Push-Pull)
Memory	Patriot Viper Steel 4000MHz CL16 4x8GB (@3240MHz CL12.12.12.24 CR2T @ 1,48V)
Video Card(s)	Titan V (~1650MHz @ 0.77V, HBM2 1GHz, Forced P2 state [OFF])
Storage	WD SN850X 2TB + Samsung EVO 2TB (SATA) + Seagate Exos X20 20TB (4Kn mode)
Display(s)	LG 27GP950-B
Case	Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL
Audio Device(s)	Motu M4 (audio interface) + ATH-A900Z + Behringer C-1
Power Supply	Seasonic X-760 (760W)
Mouse	Logitech RX-250
Keyboard	HP KB-9970
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64