What's your latest tech purchase?

Solaris17 · Mar 8, 2018

lynx29 said:
been running my PC for awhile now, prime 95 at 5ghz and temps are not breaking 74 celsius after several hours
so im quite happy

hey thats all that matters man! :toast:

ASOT · Mar 8, 2018

OK then

ShurikN · Mar 8, 2018

Never seen anyone putting LM on the outside of the IHS

jboydgolfer · Mar 8, 2018

ShurikN said:
Never seen anyone putting LM on the outside of the IHS

I wouldnt do it. too risky if it leaks, or gets on board, socket, etc, and no benefit over standard TIM

Space Lynx · Mar 8, 2018

jboydgolfer said:
I wouldnt do it. too risky if it leaks, or gets on board, socket, etc, and no benefit over standard TIM

I have done it several times, had 0 issues. and 0 benefit for water coolers maybe, not big chunks of metal like my Noctua. also if it was going to leak it would have leaked by now.

Recon-UK · Mar 8, 2018

40 quid off Ebay bought only for high refresh gaming like CS or Unreal ETC.

https://www.viewsonic.com/in/products/archive/VX2268wm.php
It was sold as untested and not working at native res or refresh.

Got it working at native res & at 130hz, was a tough cookie to crack but i did it.

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Sasqui · Mar 8, 2018

Recon-UK said:
40 quid off Ebay bought only for high refresh gaming like CS or Unreal ETC.
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https://www.viewsonic.com/in/products/archive/VX2268wm.php
It was sold as untested and not working at native res or refresh.

Got it working at native res & at 130hz, was a tough cookie to crack but i did it.

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I'm just psyched that now I know how to find UFOTEST

Recon-UK · Mar 8, 2018

This is the combination of things i purchased over the last 6 months.

Radeon R9 Fury Nitro OC+ (Sapphire)

NZXT S340

Coolermaster Seidon 240V

Creative SoundBlaster FX

HyperX Cloud Stinger

Disparia · Mar 8, 2018

Intel G4600T (Kaby Lake, 2C4T, 3Ghz, HD630, 35w).

jboydgolfer · Mar 17, 2018

Fractal design Meshify-C clear glass
Seasonic foucus+750W
Crucial sport LT 2x4Gb
Asrock Extreme4 Z370
Intel 8600K

I can't get into the building right now but when I do take the components out I'll make sure to grab some better pics

Psychoholic · Mar 17, 2018

AW3418DW, 3440X1440, 120HZ, GSYNC

Disparia · Mar 17, 2018

No cost issues when you can just multiply your existing RAM.

Almost as nice as free RAM was this leather APC technicians bag. Has spots for laptop, tools, cables, etc.

From Goodwill, along with a working Dell 65w laptop power adapter.

Recon-UK · Mar 17, 2018

Most epic buy of the year??? maybe for myself..

Paid 10 pounds each.

Bought 2 non functioning PS3's from Cash converters. I landed a 60GB fat model with full PS2 backwards compatibility which are rare models now. It said it don't read any discs.
The other was an 80GB non PS2 fat model and they said it powers off when turning on.

I have stripped both inside out, cleaned and repasted them with AS5.

Upon turning on the 60GB PS3, it instantly reads any disc i throw at it.. epic fail by the store, epic win by me, not only scored a very hard to find PS3, but it is also modifiable which i have done and flashed it, then installed CFW Rebug 4.82 with Cobra support and ordered myself a Seagate Barracuda 2000GB HDD for it. This will be a multimedia/ gaming/ music machine for a whopping 10 pounds.

The 80GB one is less fortunate and i cannot fix it, i have ordered a PSU for it off Ebay and will see how it goes.

Images.

60GB rare PS3.

Custom XMB etc (mods)

Receipt as proof on top of both consoles sat under it.

ensabrenoir · Mar 18, 2018

Jizzler said:
No cost issues when you can just multiply your existing RAM.

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Almost as nice as free RAM was this leather APC technicians bag. Has spots for laptop, tools, cables, etc.

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From Goodwill, along with a working Dell 65w laptop power adapter.

.....ok the magna ram had me like wwwwhhhaaaaaa?

jboydgolfer · Mar 18, 2018

How long will a stock intel HSF cool a 8600k ?

Atleast its the beefier of the intel HSF's with copper instead of only aluminum.

Its only for a post test & maybe os install. Although im confident it can manage stock temps okay

Liviu Cojocaru · Mar 19, 2018

I got an S9 on pre-order and I've been using it since 9th of March and I have to say that I really enjoy it.

Sasqui · Mar 19, 2018

jboydgolfer said:
How long will a stock intel HSF cool a 8600k ?

Atleast its the beefier of the intel HSF's with copper instead of only aluminum.

Its only for a post test & maybe os install. Although im confident it can manage stock temps okay

That looks so out of place right there. Though I'm guessing that board would make just about any air cooler look butt-ugly. :cool:

Liviu Cojocaru said:
I got an S9 on pre-order and I've been using it since 9th of March and I have to say that I really enjoy it.View attachment 98584

Are you more proud of the box or the phone that was in it?

Disparia · Mar 20, 2018

ensabrenoir said:
.....ok the magna ram had me like wwwwhhhaaaaaa?

Supposedly it helped by compressing data that Windows 3.1/95 sent to the swap file. So instead of 100KB written, perhaps only 60KB is written. The read from swap back to RAM is also 60KB.

Not a miracle if you were trying to squeeze a big game into a small amount of memory. Was more effective if you were running several modest programs at once. Some may remember alt-tab lag, this reduced it.

jboydgolfer · Mar 20, 2018

Sasqui said:
That looks so out of place right there. Though I'm guessing that board would make just about any air cooler look butt-ugly.

Are you more proud of the box or the phone that was in it?

I have one that will look just right on it, but I've been too sick to put the damn thing together , so it's just sitting in a box mocking me ,judging me ,waiting for me to finish it

Sasqui · Mar 20, 2018

jboydgolfer said:
I have one that will look just right on it, but I've been too sick to put the damn thing together , so it's just sitting in a box mocking me ,judging me ,waiting for me to finish it

Hope you feel better. Show that cooler who's boss... then post some pics

jboydgolfer · Mar 20, 2018

Sasqui said:
Hope you feel better. Show that cooler who's boss... then post some pics

I plan to finish it today, & be done w/ it. My wife was blown away that it was still sitting there unbuilt because she knows how eager I was to get the components

Dr said strep throat, i feel better'isg but fever.

Sasqui · Mar 20, 2018

jboydgolfer said:
I plan to finish it today, & be done w/ it. My wife was blown away that it was still sitting there unbuilt because she knows how eager I was to get the components

Dr said strep throat, i feel better'isg but fever.

Wow... like a kid staring at gifts on Christmas morning and going "Meh"

A few years ago I got strep for the first time ever. It's true when they say if feels like constantly swallowing shards of glass... that and feeling like shit.

CrAsHnBuRnXp · Mar 20, 2018

lynx29 said:
Just put liquid metal on my 8700k, and my new glass thermaltake view 22 case (i love this case more than any other case in the world... can;t believe it was only $60. its awesome!!!!

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Be careful with that liquid metal. Its typically best used if you delid your CPU. It also usually requires a thin coat and not used like typical thermal paste. Liquid metal is conductive and if it seeps off the CPU and onto your motherboard, you WILL have a bad time.

ASOT · Mar 20, 2018

New TV and laptop HP with touchscreen

jboydgolfer · Mar 20, 2018

Slowly coming along

I had to orient the pump head upside down & my OCD is driving me crazy over that.

This case is rated as a mid ATX tower, so was my Phanteks enthoo proM, but a word of advice to anyone considering this case it is very small I would say micro ATX or as small as you could get without being ITX

System Name	RogueOne
Processor	Xeon W9-3495x
Motherboard	ASUS w790E Sage SE
Cooling	SilverStone XE360-4677
Memory	128gb Gskill Zeta R5 DDR5 RDIMMs
Video Card(s)	MSI SUPRIM Liquid X 4090
Storage	1x 2TB WD SN850X \| 2x 8TB GAMMIX S70
Display(s)	49" Philips Evnia OLED (49M2C8900)
Case	Thermaltake Core P3 Pro Snow
Audio Device(s)	Moondrop S8's on schitt Gunnr
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime TX-1600
Mouse	Razer Viper mini signature edition (mercury white)
Keyboard	Monsgeek M3 Lavender, Moondrop Luna lights
VR HMD	Quest 3
Software	Windows 11 Pro Workstation
Benchmark Scores	I dont have time for that.

System Name	AMD
Processor	AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600
Motherboard	B550M AORUS ELITE V1.3
Cooling	Deepcool AK500S
Memory	CORSAIR LPX 32GB DDR4 3200 CL16 B-die
Video Card(s)	PULSE AMD Radeon™ RX 6600
Storage	Samsung 980 PRO 1TB PCI Express 4.0 x4 M.2 & Seagate 2TB ST2000DM008-2UB102
Display(s)	OMEN 25i 165Hz DisplayHDR 400
Case	MATREXX 40 3FS
Audio Device(s)	Realtek® ALC1200 Codec \| Logitech Z533
Power Supply	SEASONIC FOCUS GX 650 W
Mouse	Aqirys Orion
Keyboard	Logitech G910
VR HMD	N/A Skip
Software	W11 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores	XXX

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	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

Processor	7800X3D -25 all core
Motherboard	B650 Steel Legend
Cooling	Frost Commander 140
Memory	32gb ddr5 (2x16) cl 30 6000
Video Card(s)	Merc 310 7900 XT @3100 core
Display(s)	27" QD-OLED Glossy 240hz 1440p
Case	NZXT H710 (Red/Black)
Audio Device(s)	Asgard 2, Modi 3, HD58X
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x

What's your latest tech purchase?

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System Name	AM4 / 775
Processor	2600x / C2D E7600
Motherboard	B450 Aorus / ASUS P5G41C-M LX
Cooling	TT Esports Duo / Chinesium cooler
Memory	16GB DDR4 3ghz / 4GB DDR2 800mhz
Video Card(s)	2060 Super / 5700-XT / GTX 650Ti
Storage	120GB + 1TB SSD / 160GB SSD
Display(s)	Samsung CRG5 144hz QD
Case	CiT shit chassis modded / Coolermaster Elite 430
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster FX / Audigy 2 ZX
Power Supply	Superflower Leadex III GOLD / BeQuiet 450w bronze.
Mouse	Razer Basilisk
Keyboard	Read Dragon Kumara
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores	1 Billion

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

Processor	Intel i5-6600
Motherboard	ASRock H170M-ITX
Cooling	Cooler Master Geminii S524
Memory	G.Skill DDR4-2133 16GB (8GB x 2)
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte R9-380X 4GB
Storage	Samsung 950 EVO 250GB (mSATA)
Display(s)	LG 29UM69G-B 2560x1080 IPS
Case	Lian Li PC-Q25
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC892
Power Supply	Seasonic SS-460FL2
Mouse	Logitech G700s
Keyboard	Logitech G110
Software	Windows 10 Pro

Processor	9950x
Motherboard	Asus Strix X870E-E
Cooling	Kraken Elite 280
Memory	64GB G.skill 6000mhz CL30
Video Card(s)	Sapphire 7900XTX Pulse
Storage	1X 4TB MP700 Pro - 1 X 4TB SN850X
Display(s)	LG 32" 4K OLED + LG 38" IPS
Case	Lian Li o11 Air Mini
Power Supply	Corsair RM1000x
Software	WIndows 11 Pro

System Name	iJayo
Processor	i7 14700k
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX z790-E wifi
Cooling	Pearless Assasi
Memory	32 gigs Corsair Vengence
Video Card(s)	Nvidia RTX 2070 Super
Storage	1tb 840 evo, Itb samsung M.2 ssd 1 & 3 tb seagate hdd, 120 gig Hyper X ssd
Display(s)	42" Nec retail display monitor/ 34" Dell curved 165hz monitor
Case	O11 mini
Audio Device(s)	M-Audio monitors
Power Supply	LIan li 750 mini
Mouse	corsair Dark Saber
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121
Software	Window 11 pro
Benchmark Scores	meh... feel me on the battle field!

System Name	El Calpulator
Processor	AMD Ryzen R7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASRock X670E Pro RS
Cooling	ArcticCooling Freezer 3 360ARGB AIO
Memory	32GB Corsair Vengance 6000Mhz C30
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 4080 Gaming Trio X @ 2925 / 23500 mhz
Storage	5TB nvme SSD + Synology DS115j NAS with 4TB HDD
Display(s)	Samsung G8 34" QD-OLED + Samsung 28" 4K 60hz UR550
Case	Montech King 95 PRO Blue
Audio Device(s)	SB X4+Logitech Z623 2.1+Astro A50 Wireless
Power Supply	be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000W ATX 3.0 80+ Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502X Plus LightSpeed Hero Wireless plus Logitech G POWERPLAY Wireless Charging Mouse Pad
Keyboard	Logitech G915 LightSpeed Wireless
Software	Win 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Just enough

Processor	Intel i9 9900K @5GHz w/ Corsair H150i Pro CPU AiO w/Corsair HD120 RBG fan
Motherboard	Asus Z390 Maximus XI Code
Cooling	6x120mm Corsair HD120 RBG fans
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RBG 2x8GB 3600MHz
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 3080Ti STRIX OC
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB , 970 EVO 1TB, Samsung 850 EVO 1TB SSD, 10TB Synology DS1621+ RAID5
Display(s)	Corsair Xeneon 32" 32UHD144 4K
Case	Corsair 570x RBG Tempered Glass
Audio Device(s)	Onboard / Corsair Virtuoso XT Wireless RGB
Power Supply	Corsair HX850w Platinum Series
Mouse	Logitech G604s
Keyboard	Corsair K70 Rapidfire
Software	Windows 11 x64 Professional
Benchmark Scores	Firestrike - 23520 Heaven - 3670