What's your latest tech purchase?

Ruru · May 9, 2023

Got a SMS that my order has arrived; an active DP->DVI adapter so I can get 144Hz out of my 2nd screen, a 2m dual link DVI cable and a wrist rest. I'll post some unboxing pics when I've grabbed those in few hours.

VSG · May 9, 2023

Veseleil said:
But it has a headphone amp & preamp, right?

Yes

masterdeejay · May 9, 2023

Upgrade for my spare workstation (HP Z440)

Intel Xeon E5-2696v3
It was 65 usd from ebay. 18 core 3.8ghz max turbo.

R-T-B · May 9, 2023

masterdeejay said:
Upgrade for my spare workstation (HP Z440)
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Intel Xeon E5-2696v3
It was 65 usd from ebay. 18 core 3.8ghz max turbo.

I remember when those things cost an absurd amount. Seeing one at 65 dollar really is surreal.

Ruru · May 9, 2023

Kissamies said:
Got a SMS that my order has arrived; an active DP->DVI adapter so I can get 144Hz out of my 2nd screen, a 2m dual link DVI cable and a wrist rest. I'll post some unboxing pics when I've grabbed those in few hours.

Aaaand I got that.

r9 · May 9, 2023

Really excited to buy HHKB Hybrid S. should arrive tomorrow (if I wasn't scammed on marketplace that is).
Will post some pics when it arrives.

lexluthermiester said:
I've made a few recent purchases.
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Got a new tablet, with physical keyboard and a digital multimeter. Concerning the tablet, I thought that given the Mediatek SOC and an unlockable bootloader that setting up root would be easy.... not so much. Kinda pissing me off actually. It's a decent tablet, but without root, it's usefulness for me is limited.

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Also needed a few new microSD cards and BestBuy was having a sale. $14 for the 128GB and $26 for the 256GB. Hell yeah!

So you didn't buy the "affordable" Kubuntu laptop ?

Blitzkuchen · May 9, 2023

I have no need to upgrade my main Sys CPU anyway (10400F) i play on half refreshrate 72 FPS 0.1% min.

So i bought another 32GB DDR4 Kit for the i7 10700F (@ home Server) to host a few more VM.

Now it host 5 VM:
One for Discord
One for old OS and drivers for compatibilty
One for external Network streaming
One for in Home streaming
One for CAD

wNotyarD · May 9, 2023

Blitzkuchen said:
I have no need to upgrade my main Sys CPU anyway (10400F) i play on half refreshrate 72 FPS 0.1% min.

No need to upgrade the internals? Get new peripherals then :rolleyes:

lexluthermiester · May 9, 2023

Kissamies said:
A DAC? I'm not so familiar with audio things..

I'm an internal sound-card guy, but I have heard a quality DAC and I can see why people like them. The nice thing about an external DAC is that any device with a USB port can drive them.

r9 said:
So you didn't buy the "affordable" Kubuntu laptop ?

What does that have to do with the price of beer? Or are you just taking a jab at me? To answer your question, no I didn't buy the Kubuntu laptop. Not my jam. Just because I don't want one doesn't mean I can't understand why such a laptop is great thing. YOUR failure to understand that is YOUR problem. So how about you hush up and quit picking a fight before the mods help you out with that.

Ruru · May 9, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
I'm an internal sound-card guy, but I have heard a quality DAC and I can see why people like them. The nice thing about an external DAC is that any device with a USB port can drive them.

I would be too but I got my DAC for free from my friend

Psychoholic · May 9, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
EDIT: To be fair though, I am looking at the Galaxy Tab5E.

I have one i'd make a killer deal on, PM me if interested.. Was really only used as a drone controller for a while until i started using an old galaxy phone.

lexluthermiester · May 9, 2023

Psychoholic said:
I have one i'd make a killer deal on, PM me if interested.. Was really only used as a drone controller for a while until i started using an old galaxy phone.

See PM.

Kissamies said:
I would be too but I got my DAC for free from my friend

Free is a good thing, especially from a friend!

Ruru · May 9, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
Free is a good thing, especially from a friend!

Known that dude since 1997, and well, he's my 2nd best friend today

NSX05 · May 10, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
Free is a good thing, especially from a friend!

Definitely. It wasn't free, but I paid my friend £60 for an FM2+ system back in 2016. Nothing special, even back then, (A8-6600K, 16 GiB DDR3-1600 and 1 TiB Seagate HDD) but I was coming from a Core2 Duo laptop from 2008 that had a 3 GiB memory limit. :laugh:

Space Lynx · May 10, 2023

my steam dock arrived today for my steam deck.

i am too lazy to take a picture, but yeah I tested it out it all works great. only cost me $7. $14 sale price sold out within an hr, was lucky to get one. then on top of that, my Dad went half in half on it with me. he just does that sometimes randomly, no idea why so eh, $7 for a steam dock, I'll take it!

link to the sale I got, the 40% coupon went to 20% after one hour, so I was just lucky on my timing is all, lol

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/comments/13ba1a1

lemoncarbonate · May 10, 2023

Just bought a 5700X and upgraded my 6 years old 1700X.
After a couple months of research and thinking whether I needed the upgrade, I made a decision to maximize the AM4 socket.
Thanks to the release of 7000 series, I grabbed the 5700X for US$200.
Updated the BIOS, gave it some time, and it booted smoothly.
Previously my RAM only maxed at 2800Mhz otherwise it would not boot, now it's 3200Mhz with just enabling XMP.

I was skeptic at first that this upgrade will make any difference since I'm playing games with GTX 1080 Ti at 3440x1440 res which many told me that it's GPU bound.
HOLY! It does make a big difference. I got stuttering and fps drop in some non AAA games in condensed part of the map, sometimes below 50 or 30 fps.
Now those stuttering are gone, and I get higher fps!! I can't believe it.

This is why I love AMD. Just some BIOS update, new CPU, and voila. I'm sooo glad I did not go with Intel.

Space Lynx · May 10, 2023

lemoncarbonate said:
Just bought a 5700X and upgraded my 6 years old 1700X.
After a couple months of research and thinking whether I needed the upgrade, I made a decision to maximize the AM4 socket.
Thanks to the release of 7000 series, I grabbed the 5700X for US$200.
Updated the BIOS, gave it some time, and it booted smoothly.
Previously my RAM only maxed at 2800Mhz otherwise it would not boot, now it's 3200Mhz with just enabling XMP.

I was skeptic at first that this upgrade will make any difference since I'm playing games with GTX 1080 Ti at 3440x1440 res which many told me that it's GPU bound.
HOLY! It does make a big difference. I got stuttering and fps drop in some non AAA games in condensed part of the map, sometimes below 50 or 30 fps.
Now those stuttering are gone, and I get higher fps!! I can't believe it.

This is why I love AMD. Just some BIOS update, new CPU, and voila. I'm sooo glad I did not go with Intel.

any reason why you did not spend an extra 100 on the 5800x3d? 1700x to 5800x3d would have been insane. still a good upgrade though :toast:

lemoncarbonate · May 10, 2023

Space Lynx said:
any reason why you did not spend an extra 100 on the 5800x3d? 1700x to 5800x3d would have been insane. still a good upgrade though

Thanks! I only have old GTX 1080 Ti, so 5800X3D is overkill for me. 5700X is a perfect balance between my needs and budget.
The moment I want to upgrade my GPU in the future, I'll probably upgrade the whole system anyway. :laugh:

Also it's extra $155 for 5800X3D here..lol

Klemc · May 10, 2023

Klemc said:
My birthday is the day Asus PG27AQDM OLED 27" shipped !.. today.

Holly grail, i can't understand how to mount it... edit: ohhh it was VESA bloack...

... well OKay, i found missing plastic part stuck in the polystirène... it's a magnetic plug, no need screws, i removed/replaced ROG logo piece with transparent one

Space Lynx · May 10, 2023

Klemc said:
Holly grail, i can't understand how to mount it... edit: ohhh it was VESA bloack...

... well OKay, i found missing plastic part stuck in the polystirène... it's a magnetic plug, no need screws, i removed/replaced ROG logo piece with transparent one

you lucky bastard

using Distance as a test game I see, same as me :toast:

Ruru · May 10, 2023

Klemc said:
Holly grail, i can't understand how to mount it... edit: ohhh it was VESA bloack...

... well OKay, i found missing plastic part stuck in the polystirène... it's a magnetic plug, no need screws, i removed/replaced ROG logo piece with transparent one

Having VESA mount kicks ass, I can't even imagine using stock feet on monitors instead of this dual monitor arm..

wNotyarD · May 10, 2023

Klemc said:
Holly grail, i can't understand how to mount it... edit: ohhh it was VESA bloack...

... well OKay, i found missing plastic part stuck in the polystirène... it's a magnetic plug, no need screws, i removed/replaced ROG logo piece with transparent one

Damn, I am envious of you who can get new tech without an astronomical markup. Twice envious for this being an OLED monitor (I've got an OLED TV, but my monitor is "just" a good VA).

Shou Miko · May 10, 2023

Klemc said:
Holly grail, i can't understand how to mount it... edit: ohhh it was VESA bloack...

... well OKay, i found missing plastic part stuck in the polystirène... it's a magnetic plug, no need screws, i removed/replaced ROG logo piece with transparent one

My old Asus ROG 4K monitor had this feature with even more lights on the back never used it, disabled it all.

I sold it and went back to 1440p better for my eyes and enjoy my LG monitor everyday :rockout:

Space Lynx · May 10, 2023

Shou Miko said:
My old Asus ROG 4K monitor had this feature with even more lights on the back never used it, disabled it all.

I sold it and went back to 1440p better for my eyes and enjoy my LG monitor everyday

27" 1440p is the sweet spot I agree

Shou Miko · May 10, 2023

Space Lynx said:
27" 1440p is the sweet spot I agree

My main reason was I am using glasses and had for years plus my eyesight sadly ain't getting better so 27 even 32inch 4K was too small for me in the long run but I have tried it and also concluded with myself the hardware to run 4K I do not want to pay it's too expensive and 1440p is a good balance.

Plus I only used like half of the real estate that 4K really gave me :roll:

4K is awesome for movies and series that supports it why I got my oled tv but I do which a 1440p 27inch panel with good colour and 600 nits if not more wasn't so ridiculous expensive.

System Name	4K-gaming / media-PC
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X / Intel Core i7-6700K
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero / Asus Z170-A
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 50 / Thermaltake Contac 21
Memory	32GB DDR4-3466 / 16GB DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	RTX 3080 10GB / RX 6700 XT
Storage	3.3TB of SSDs / several small SSDs
Display(s)	Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS
Case	Corsair 4000D AF White / DeepCool CC560 WH
Audio Device(s)	Creative Omni BT speaker
Power Supply	EVGA G2 750W / Fractal ION Gold 550W
Mouse	Logitech MX518 / Logitech G400s
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO / NOS C450 Mini Pro
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro / Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	They run Crysis

System Name	Detox sleeper
Processor	Intel i9-7980XE@4,5Ghz
Motherboard	Asrock x299 Taichi XE (custom bios with ecc reg support, old microcode)
Cooling	Custom water: Alphacool XT45 1080 + 9xArctic P12, EK-D5 pump combo, EK Velocity D-RGB block
Memory	8x16Gb Hynix DJR ECC REG 3200@4000
Video Card(s)	Intel Iris XE Max (waiting for a Sapphire 7900XT Nitro)
Storage	Samsung PM9A1 1Tb + 2x PM981 512Gb + Kingston HyperX 480Gb + Samsung Evo 860 500Gb
Display(s)	HP ZR30W (30" 2560x1600 10 bit)
Case	Chieftec 1E0-500A-CT04 + AMD Sempron sticker
Audio Device(s)	Genius Cavimanus
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex 750w Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G400
Keyboard	IBM Model M122 (boltmod, micro pro usbc)
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64

System Name	Pioneer
Processor	Ryzen R9 9950X
Motherboard	GIGABYTE Aorus Elite X670 AX
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 + A whole lotta Sunon and Corsair Maglev blower fans...
Memory	64GB (4x 16GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	XFX RX 7900 XTX Speedster Merc 310
Storage	Intel 905p Optane 960GB boot, +2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs
Display(s)	55" LG 55" B9 OLED 4K Display
Case	Thermaltake Core X31
Audio Device(s)	TOSLINK->Schiit Modi MB->Asgard 2 DAC Amp->AKG Pro K712 Headphones or HDMI->B9 OLED
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti Pro 850W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless
Keyboard	WASD Code v3 with Cherry Green keyswitches + PBT DS keycaps
Software	Gentoo Linux x64 / Windows 11 Enterprise IoT 2024

System Name	4K-gaming / media-PC
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X / Intel Core i7-6700K
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero / Asus Z170-A
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 50 / Thermaltake Contac 21
Memory	32GB DDR4-3466 / 16GB DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	RTX 3080 10GB / RX 6700 XT
Storage	3.3TB of SSDs / several small SSDs
Display(s)	Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS
Case	Corsair 4000D AF White / DeepCool CC560 WH
Audio Device(s)	Creative Omni BT speaker
Power Supply	EVGA G2 750W / Fractal ION Gold 550W
Mouse	Logitech MX518 / Logitech G400s
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO / NOS C450 Mini Pro
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro / Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	They run Crysis

System Name	Primary\|Secondary\|Poweredge r410\|Dell XPS\|SteamDeck
Processor	i7 11700k\|i7 9700k\|2 x E5620 \|i5 5500U\|Zen 2 4c/8t
Memory	32GB DDR4\|16GB DDR4\|16GB DDR4\|32GB ECC DDR3\|8GB DDR4\|16GB LPDDR5
Video Card(s)	RX 7800xt\|RX 6700xt \|On-Board\|On-Board\|8 RDNA 2 CUs
Storage	2TB m.2\|512GB SSD+1TB SSD\|2x256GBSSD 2x2TBGB\|256GB sata\|512GB nvme
Display(s)	50" 4k TV \| Dell 27" \|22" \|3.3"\|7"
VR HMD	Samsung Odyssey+ \| Oculus Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 Pro\|Windows 10 Pro\|Windows 10 Home\| Server 2012 r2\|Windows 10 Pro

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Processor	Celeron G5905, I3 10100, I5 10400F, I7 10700F
Motherboard	Asrock H410, B460, B560, Gigabyte B560
Cooling	Zalman CNPS80G
Memory	each System 16 or 32GB: Kingston 2666 CL12, 2933 CL14
Video Card(s)	Arc A380/A770, IGP
Storage	SSD and some HDD
Display(s)	Philips 24inch 1080p 165Hz IPS and 32 inch 1440p 165Hz VA
Case	Antec, Corsair, Nanoxia
Audio Device(s)	Different AVR, Speakers: Klipsch, Polk .....
Power Supply	FSP, Deepcool
Mouse	Logitech G
Keyboard	Logitech G
Software	Win 10, Bodhi Linux, Deepin

System Name	G-Station 1.17 FINAL
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 WiFi
Cooling	DeepCool AK620 Digital
Memory	Asgard Bragi DDR4-3600CL14 2x16GB
Video Card(s)	Sapphire PULSE RX 7900 XTX
Storage	240GB Samsung 840 Evo, 1TB Asgard AN2, 2TB Hiksemi FUTURE-LITE, 320GB+1TB 7200RPM HDD
Display(s)	Samsung 34" Odyssey OLED G8
Case	Thermaltake Level 20 MT
Audio Device(s)	Astro A40 TR + MixAmp
Power Supply	Cougar GEX X2 1000W
Mouse	Razer Viper Ultimate
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman Elite (Red)
Software	Windows 11 Pro

Processor	9950x
Motherboard	Asus Strix X870E-E
Cooling	Kraken Elite 280
Memory	32GB G.skill 6000mhz
Video Card(s)	Sapphire 7900XTX Pulse
Storage	1X 4TB MP700 Pro - 1 X 4TB SN850X
Display(s)	Samsung Odyssey 49" OLED
Case	Lian Li o11 Air Mini
Power Supply	Corsair RM1000x
Software	WIndows 11 Pro

System Name	Electra III
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 @ 4.40 GHz (1.3 V)
Motherboard	ASUS PRIME X570-PRO with BIOS 5003
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO V1 + 4× ARCTIC P12 PWM
Memory	32 GiB Kingston FURY Renegade RGB (DDR4-3600 16-20-20-39)
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Fighter RX 6700 XT with Adrenalin 24.7.1
Storage	1 TiB Samsung 970 EVO Plus + 4 TB WD Red Pro
Display(s)	Dell G3223Q + Samsung U28R550Q + HP 22w
Case	Fractal Design Focus G (Black)
Audio Device(s)	Realtek HD Audio S1220A
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA G3 750 W
Mouse	Logitech G502 X Lightspeed + Logitech MX Master 2S
Keyboard	MSI VIGOR GK71 SONIC Blue
Software	Windows 10 22H2 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores	CPU-Z = 542/4,479 — R15 = 212/1,741 — R20 = 510/3,980 — PM 10 = 2,784/19,911 — GB 5 = 1,316/7,564

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)

Processor	Ryzen 5700X
Motherboard	Gigabyte AX-370 Gaming 5, BIOS F51h
Cooling	MSI Core Frozr L
Memory	32GB 3200MHz CL16
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX 1080 Ti Trio
Storage	Crucial MX300 525GB + Samsung 970 Evo 1TB + 3TB 7.2k + 4TB 5.4k
Display(s)	LG 34UC99 3440x1440 75Hz + LG 24MP88HM
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX TG Galaxy Silver
Audio Device(s)	Edifier XM6PF 2.1
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 750 G3
Mouse	Steelseries Rival 3
Keyboard	Razer Blackwidow Lite Stormtrooper Edition

System Name	KLM
Processor	7800X3D
Motherboard	B-650E-E Strix
Cooling	Arctic Cooling III 280
Memory	16x2 Fury Renegade 6000-32
Video Card(s)	4070-ti PNY
Storage	500+512+8+8+2+1+1+2+256+8+512+2
Display(s)	VA 32" 4K@60 - OLED 27" 2K@240
Case	4000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Edifier 1280Ts
Power Supply	Shift 1000
Mouse	502 Hero
Keyboard	K68
Software	EMDB
Benchmark Scores	0>1000

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