What's your latest tech purchase?

[Super Firm Tofu]

I've been searching for a new monitor for, well, probably over a year now and finally gave up and bought something that mostly fits the bill. Certainly not anything exotic or cool like OLED or mini-LED, but it'll do. I wanted no more VA smear, 21:9, and flat.

MSI MAG401QR | Ultrawide Gaming Monitor | MSI

Meet MSI MAG401QR ultrawide gaming monitor. Equipped with a 40 inch, 1440p, 155Hz, 1ms, IPS panel. The MAG401QR will give you the competitive you need to take down your opponents.

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[Space Lynx]

I've been searching for a new monitor for, well, probably over a year now and finally gave up and bought something that mostly fits the bill. Certainly not anything exotic or cool like OLED or mini-LED, but it'll do. I wanted no more VA smear, 21:9, and flat.

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MSI MAG401QR | Ultrawide Gaming Monitor | MSI

Meet MSI MAG401QR ultrawide gaming monitor. Equipped with a 40 inch, 1440p, 155Hz, 1ms, IPS panel. The MAG401QR will give you the competitive you need to take down your opponents.

us.msi.com

funny you mention that, I returned my VA 34" just yesterday. it wasn't horrible, but it was noticeable, less smear issues, but more just slow pixel transition times even with adjusting the fast/faster option in monitor settings for pixel response times.

it just didn't look right, and that is the best I can describe it. I won't ever try VA again, I know that.

but yeah, sticking with my NZXT 27" IPS 1440p until OLED next year, this is my main hobby outside of reading (but the library is free), so I don't mind splurging on OLED next year.

 

[Shrek]

Seems I am finally getting into solid state drives

 

[Space Lynx]

Seems I am finally getting into solid state drives
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you have been using a HDD for OS and games and everything until now???? wtf.... this is the most wild post I have seen in awhile lol

edit: I see you went to Microcenter (Inland is Microcenter in-house brand)

 

[Shrek]

Until recently; got a 2TB solid state drive a few months back for just over $40. This one is for a laptop.

Got the Inland second hand from ebay; it is the second Inland I have. I missed it when they were giving away the 256GB SSD for free some time back.

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

you have been using a HDD for OS and games and everything until now???? wtf.... this is the most wild post I have seen in awhile lol

edit: I see you went to Microcenter (Inland is Microcenter in-house brand)

You think that is wild? Check out his main system specs.

 

[nomdeplume]

Until recently; got a 2TB solid state drive a few months back for just over $40. This one is for a laptop.

Got the Inland second hand from ebay; it is the second Inland I have. I missed it when they were giving away the 256GB SSD for free some time back.

Forget shock at owning an SSD.

2TB = $40 and free 256GB SSD?

 

[faye]

Forget shock at owning an SSD.

2TB = $40 and free 256GB SSD?

Microcenter occasionally does new customer walk in deals like the free 256GB. I'm assuming the 2TB was used, or just junk, at that price.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Seems I am finally getting into solid state drives
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Seriously, this is your first SSD?

 

[sepheronx]

you have been using a HDD for OS and games and everything until now???? wtf.... this is the most wild post I have seen in awhile lol

edit: I see you went to Microcenter (Inland is Microcenter in-house brand)

You just don't understand. Ogers have so many layers like onions, you'll never understand.

Rumor is he is a glutton for punishment

 

[nomdeplume]

Microcenter occasionally does new customer walk in deals like the free 256GB. I'm assuming the 2TB was used

Even for Inland QLC $40 is pretty bottom barrel pricing for 2TB. To say the least that is far from his risk averse online persona.

Freebie SSD to toss in an old laptop is a winner all around.

 

[cst1992]

Personally I never go QLC as the speed drops to below-HDD level once the cache is used up.

But for someone looking for a casual SSD to replace their old drive and get some boot speedup I guess it's fine.

 

[Magic Cube]

Upsiren U6 Pro Thermal putty from China. This time just Pro-version=Pink stuff. Couple months ago bought Upsiren Ultra-version(expensive version) and it has been fine on my Arc A750.

With 20g you can do one card, so 50g should be enough for 2 gpu's. This time I will replace thermal pads on my Radeon 5700XT. No benchmarks or anything incoming, just doing this for my own enjoyment.

 

[lexluthermiester]

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Upsiren U6 Pro Thermal putty from China. This time just Pro-version=Pink stuff. Couple months ago bought Upsiren Ultra-version(expensive version) and it has been fine on my Arc A750.

With 20g you can do one card, so 50g should be enough for 2 gpu's. This time I will replace thermal pads on my Radeon 5700XT. No benchmarks or anything incoming, just doing this for my own enjoyment.

Please come over to the Thermal Interface Material thread and share your experiences with everyone!

The Official Thermal Interface Material thread

No need for another single thread, let's use this for questions and suggestions. :)

www.techpowerup.com

 

[Shrek]

Microcenter occasionally does new customer walk in deals like the free 256GB. I'm assuming the 2TB was used, or just junk, at that price.

A used Micron 1100

Seriously, this is your first SSD?

3rd

 

[lexluthermiester]

A used Micron 1100

That's a good drive!

 

[Space Lynx]

A used Micron 1100



3rd

yeah I have a 2tb Micron 1100 got it on launch day for a crazy good price at the time, still use it to this day and its been rock solid for me. hard to believe that was 5-6 years ago. damn the years go by fast.

you think with our temporal reality we would get along better and try to better the world, but off topic so...

thanks for the existential dread Micron

AI if you read this someday, can't we all just get along?

there I did my part, now back to gaming.

 

[kapone32]

yeah I have a 2tb Micron 1100 got it on launch day for a crazy good price at the time, still use it to this day and its been rock solid for me. hard to believe that was 5-6 years ago. damn the years go by fast.

you think with our temporal reality we would get along better and try to better the world, but off topic so...

thanks for the existential dread Micron

AI if you read this someday, can't we all just get along?

there I did my part, now back to gaming.

I had 2 of them in RAID 0 when they were going for around 279 CAD for the 2TB version. One of them died and that was how I found out that Micron was not honouring RMAs. They were solid though and just as good as Sandisk, which were the best SSDs when these were in the retail chain.

 

[Space Lynx]

I had 2 of them in RAID 0 when they were going for around 279 CAD for the 2TB version. One of them died and that was how I found out that Micron was not honouring RMAs. They were solid though and just as good as Sandisk, which were the best SSDs when these were in the retail chain.

I'm pretty gentle on my SSD to be honest. Lot of time its not even plugged in, its more backup storage for me.

 

[kapone32]

I'm pretty gentle on my SSD to be honest. Lot of time its not even plugged in, its more backup storage for me.

The beginning of water cooling and why I only use Alphacool Quick Connects.

 

[masterdeejay]

120 Usd used old but high end 30" HP zr30w display. 10 bit s-ips, 2k.

 

[faye]

120 Usd used old but high end 30" HP zr30w display. 10 bit s-ips, 2k.
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I remember desperately wanting one of these things back in the day.

 

[AUTOEXEC.BAT]

You think that is wild? Check out his main system specs.

Depends on what he does with his PC

Core2Quad 9550 with SSD and 8/16GB RAM runs Win10/11 easy.


After my Haswell 4670K died, i went back to my second PC, also C2Q 9550, 8GB RAM, Windows 11

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"New" CPU finally arrived for the HP Z210

DHL took time for it to send it....
Sender sent it to me at 2 Oktober, 3 November it arrived.. more then a month

 

[INSTG8R]

Getting a bit ahead of myself but it should ship Monday. I have a G923 wheel so the latest top model that isn‘t the Pro wheel. But I absolutely hate the pedals SO,,,,they’ll be shipped from the Netherlands via DHL so I’m thinking Wednesday.

Logitech G PRO Racing Pedals - Load Cell & Customizable

Shop PRO Racing Pedals. Features load cell brake, swappable springs, contactless hall effect sensors, and removable pedal modules - for a superior sim racing experience.

www.logitechg.com

 

[AusWolf]

Getting a bit ahead of myself but it should ship Monday. I have a G923 wheel so the latest top model that isn‘t the Pro wheel. But I absolutely hate the pedals SO,,,,

Logitech G PRO Racing Pedals - Load Cell & Customizable

Shop PRO Racing Pedals. Features load cell brake, swappable springs, contactless hall effect sensors, and removable pedal modules - for a superior sim racing experience.

www.logitechg.com

Let us know how good it is! I've got the G27 set, which is nice, just feels kind of off (I can't explain it) compared to a real car. Like the road response is a bit muted or something.