What's your latest tech purchase?

FreedomEclipse · Nov 11, 2024

wheresmycar said:
thank you, collection on Tuesday 12th Nov noted! (come on TPU gang theres a lappie up for GRABS!!)

You can have it if you come and 1v1 me irl

wheresmycar · Nov 11, 2024

FreedomEclipse said:
You can have it if you come and 1v1 me irl

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ITS ON!!!

FreedomEclipse · Nov 11, 2024

wheresmycar said:
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ITS ON!!!

Bring it boi

Aken Bosch · Nov 11, 2024

2 pijamas! Come fight me...errrr, nvm.

nomdeplume · Nov 12, 2024

Revo Uninstaller Pro

Not a fan of the new logo or forced spreadsheet perspective.

SSGBryan · Nov 12, 2024

lexluthermiester said:
It's older, but it's still a solid PSU.

Absolutely - thousands of people use it everyday.

Everything has finally arrived and I'll be putting it together this week. The build consists of:

PADO BF-Mini Case - $29
Machinist H61 Motherboard - $20
32gb DDR3 desktop ram $28
No Name LGA1151 cooler - $12
i7 3770 - $29
512gb NVMe (Silicon Power) - $29 (they were on sale this week).
Thermaltake 600 watt PSU - $34

Including tax, it runs $200.
I am probably going to throw my RX 560xt in it, which will make the entire build less than $300.

wNotyarD · Nov 12, 2024

Bought some repair parts for my Joy-Cons, and also officially kicking off Project YGUAZU (my first custom loop).

GreiverBlade · Nov 12, 2024

received my GBA cable ... no light

"nooooooooooooooooooo..."

oh, wait the battery is 23yrs old ...

no problems ... a 603048 3.7V 900mAh pack, a pcb from RetroVerse (RetroVerse is the distributor for Switzeland the PCB is from RetroModding) and a 3d printed bracket to the rescue (i'd say it's an upgrade to the original 600mAh ) bought it locally since i am still not getting the hang of 3D printing small pieces

(well ... it was cheap, for once.)

well even tho the original is dead ... it's not even bulging, good job AGS-003

the good thing : even if they discontinue the battery pack and 3rd party stop making fake capacity "compatible" (i remember ordering locally one rated 850mAh for a NDS and testing it at 350mAh :laugh:

) 603048 pack would be still available (lucky i bought some soldering kit

)

oh, and it's a "Makho"

perfect!

the flash card is neat and it can also handle NES roms (i kept several cartridges from my NES and SNES

and Airwolf was one of my favorites :laugh:

)

just in case someone want to make one from the ground up
the battery housing print file : https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4624968
the RetroModding PCB : https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/5mzN5MkI
and the original Makho PCB : https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/gaB93JkC

the boring AI girl and Lucy shells are also here, impressive point the 4th one has a tempered glass back and the 2nd one has a higher camera bump which protect them a bit more, eh... well, phone shells are like clothing ... get bored of one: change it, right?

and you might have noticed something game related on the extreme right?
i guess i have to find Jauffre now ...

not a bad replica, tho the little gems are off color compared to the ingame one

Degreco · Nov 12, 2024

Upgrade from Stream Deck Classic to Stream Deck XL with more buttons:

FreedomEclipse · Nov 12, 2024

GreiverBlade said:
received my GBA cable ... no light "nooooooooooooooooooo..."

oh, wait the battery is 23yrs old ...

no problems ... a 3048 3.7V 900mAh pack, a pcb from RetroVerse and a 3d printed bracket to the rescue (i'd say it's an upgrade of the the 600mAh ) bought it locally since i am still not getting the hang of 3D printing small pieces (well ... it was cheap, for once.)
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well even tho the original is dead ... it's not even bulging, good job AGS-003

the good thing : even if they discontinue the battery pack and 3rd party stop making fake capacity "compatible" (i remember ordering locally one rated 850mAh for a NDS and testing it at 350mAh ) 3048 pack would be still available (lucky i bought some soldering kit )
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perfect!
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the flash card is neat and it can also handle NES roms (i kept several cartridges from my NES and SNES and Airwolf was one of my favorites )
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the boring AI girl and Lucy shells are also here, impressive point the 4th one has a tempered glass back and the 2nd one has a higher camera bump which protect them a bit more, eh... well, phone shells are like clothing ... get bored of one: change it, right?
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and you might have noticed something game related on the extreme right?
i guess i have to find Jauffre now ...
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not a bad replica, tho the little gems are off color compared to the ingame one

Check out EEMB for batteries - German company but they also sell on amazon. I use their batteries for things like bike lights, cycling computers and BT speakers.

DirtyDingusMcgee · Nov 12, 2024

nomdeplume said:
Revo Uninstaller Pro

Not a fan of the new logo or forced spreadsheet perspective.

New logo is a bit jankie.

burnitdwn · Nov 12, 2024

I bought a pair of ddr3 sodimms for an old laptop I set up for my wife to play around with Linux. Cost me $15 on ebay.

I bought a cheap gigabit switch for my basement, since I only had a single cat5a cable running there from my home office and I wanted to move my NAS down there and connect my HT Reciever to it. But it was like $20

Last real Tech Purchase, used GTX 1080 TI for my wife's PC for like $150 a few months ago.

In January I plan to get myself a new GPU, and to buy my wife a new TV as she likes to game from a recliner. Her TV is a cheap edge lit TV which is starting to fail.

Frick · Nov 12, 2024

burnitdwn said:
I bought a cheap gigabit switch for my basement, since I only had a single cat5a cable running there from my home office and I wanted to move my NAS down there and connect my HT Reciever to it. But it was like $20

I thought those just appeared in closets. I swear I have several I don't know where they came from.

burnitdwn · Nov 12, 2024

Frick said:
I thought those just appeared in closets. I swear I have several I don't know where they came from.

I searched the closet, but only found a 10mbit hub, and a couple of 100mbit switches as well as some coax cable with 75ohm terminators. My closets only hold ancient technology it seems.

GreiverBlade · Nov 12, 2024

burnitdwn said:
I searched the closet, but only found a 10mbit hub, and a couple of 100mbit switches as well as some coax cable with 75ohm terminators. My closets only hold ancient technology it seems.

i think it's high time for some closet raiding!

not mine ... yours ... mine only hold vintage clothing ... my ancient/vintage tech are always on full display

well ... another "why not" moment, fake carbon tho not bad looking and, well, it could be interesting for times i don't want to wear my T-Rex 2 (yep it's a smartring)
and a uSD to USB-C card reader in black (i had one in silver but a USB-C 1 male to 2 female hub literally fried it ... *pop crackle fizzz*,smoke and all that... someone forgot to wire that hub correctly ... well, at least it only killed the reader, the 1tb SDXC card that was in, is still fine )

TommyT · Nov 12, 2024

after all i got my self sapphire rx 7600 pulse

i upload pictures soon...

the new boxs are really small now

Capitan Harlock · Nov 12, 2024

After finding out my Xeon 5 1680v2 couldn't handle Mh Wild even with a AVX2 mod i got a Ryzen 7 3800x , Asus X370 Prime Pro and 16 gb 3200mhz DDR4 Crucial.
Not so recent because i had to fix it i got on a used market for only 30€ a Silverstone Raven rv01 but it had some rusty spots that i had to clean up and repaint and add a hdd cage with caddies because only 1 of the original 6 was with the case

.

Pictures of the Build :

lexluthermiester · Nov 12, 2024

DirtyDingusMcgee said:
New logo is a bit jankie.

Why is that? I think it looks good.

DirtyDingusMcgee · Nov 12, 2024

lexluthermiester said:
Why is that? I think it looks good.

Looks generic. Like a stock image. The "R" is not a pleasing font to my eye. The shadow on the trash can seems unnecessary.

It is just an aesthetic choice, but I'd choose a different font, add "evo" in small letters next to the "R", and lose the shadow.

It is good software none-the-less.

lexluthermiester · Nov 12, 2024

DirtyDingusMcgee said:
Looks generic. Like a stock image. The "R" is not a pleasing font to my eye. The shadow on the trash can seems unnecessary.

It is just an aesthetic choice, but I'd choose a different font, add "evo" in small letters next to the "R", and lose the shadow.

It is good software none-the-less.

To each their own. I like it.

AVATARAT · Nov 12, 2024

My last tech purchase, the RTX 4080 SUPER Noctua OC Edition, of course I was sloppy and killed the card via the stupid stock 12VHPWR adapter, after the repair I "fix it" so it couldn't move anymore.
Nvidia are too arrogant to sell this crap adapter when they can fix it really easily...

lexluthermiester · Nov 12, 2024

AVATARAT said:
My last tech purchase, the RTX 4080 SUPER Noctua OC Edition, of course I was sloppy and killed the card via the stupid stock 12VHPWR adapter, after the repair I "fix it" it so it couldn't move anymore.
Nvidia are too arrogant to sell this crap adapter when they can fix it really easily...

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I've done this! Zip-ties are great!

GreiverBlade · Nov 12, 2024

AVATARAT said:
My last tech purchase, the RTX 4080 SUPER Noctua OC Edition, of course I was sloppy and killed the card via the stupid stock 12VHPWR adapter, after the repair I "fix it" so it couldn't move anymore.
Nvidia are too arrogant to sell this crap adapter when they can fix it really easily...

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lexluthermiester said:
I've done this! Zip-ties are great!

yep it warrant a new badge for the case

lexluthermiester · Nov 13, 2024

GreiverBlade said:
yep it warrant a new badge for the case
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If that was a real sticker I would buy a bunch of them!

Lost_Troll · Nov 13, 2024

lexluthermiester said:
If that was a real sticker I would buy a bunch of them!

Its real, which is even funnier....Amazon Link.

System Name	WorkInProgress
Processor	AMD 7800X3D
Motherboard	MSI X670E GAMING PLUS
Cooling	Thermalright AM5 Contact Frame + Phantom Spirit 120SE
Memory	2x32GB G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO DDR5 6000 CL32
Video Card(s)	Asus Dual Radeon™ RX 6700 XT OC Edition
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Case	Corsair 760T (White) {1xCorsair ML120 Pro\|5xML140 Pro}
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Power Supply	Seasonic Focus GX-850 80+ GOLD
Mouse	Logitech G502 X
Keyboard	Duckyshine Dead LED(s) III
Software	Windows 11 Home
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Motherboard	❶ X570-F ❷ Z390-E ❸ Z270-E
Cooling	❶ ALFIII 360 ❷ X62 + X72 (GPU mod) ❸ X62
Memory	❶ 32-3600/16 ❷ 32-3200/16 ❸ 16-3200/16
Video Card(s)	❶ 3080 X Trio ❷ 2080TI (AIOmod) ❸ 1080TI
Storage	❶ NVME/SSD/HDD ❷ <SAME ❸ SSD/HDD
Display(s)	❶ 1440/165/IPS ❷ 1440/144/IPS ❸ 1080/144/IPS
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Power Supply	❶ HX1200 Plat ❷ RM750X ❸ EVGA 650W G2
Mouse	❶ Logi G Pro ❷ Razer Bas V3 ❸ Logi G502
Keyboard	❶ Logi G915 TKL ❷ Anne P2 ❸ Logi G610
Software	❶ Win 11 ❷ 10 ❸ 10
Benchmark Scores	I have wrestled bandwidths, Tussled with voltages, Handcuffed Overclocks, Thrown Gigahertz in Jail

System Name	WorkInProgress
Processor	AMD 7800X3D
Motherboard	MSI X670E GAMING PLUS
Cooling	Thermalright AM5 Contact Frame + Phantom Spirit 120SE
Memory	2x32GB G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO DDR5 6000 CL32
Video Card(s)	Asus Dual Radeon™ RX 6700 XT OC Edition
Storage	WD SN770 1TB (Boot)\|1x WD SN850X 8TB (Gaming)\| 2x2TB WD SN770\| 2x2TB+2x4TB Crucial BX500
Display(s)	LG GP850-B
Case	Corsair 760T (White) {1xCorsair ML120 Pro\|5xML140 Pro}
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha RX-V573\|Speakers: JBL Control One\|Auna 300-CN\|Wharfedale Diamond SW150
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus GX-850 80+ GOLD
Mouse	Logitech G502 X
Keyboard	Duckyshine Dead LED(s) III
Software	Windows 11 Home
Benchmark Scores	ლ(ಠ益ಠ)ლ

System Name	Home workhorse-gaming
Processor	Intel 13600KF @ 5400/4300
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix Z790A Gaming WiFi
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 2 rev.7 360mm
Memory	2x16 Kingston Fury Renegade Silver RGB DDR6400@XMP settings - 32-39-39-80
Video Card(s)	Palit GamePro 3080Ti with Alphacool Eiswolf 2 360 mm
Storage	NVME, WD 550 Blue 1 TB (gen.3), Samsung 980 1 TB (gen.3), Kingston KC3000 2 TB (gen.4)
Display(s)	Samsung Odyssey G5 LS27AG500NUXEN (IPS, flat), @120Hz, 10 bit color (165Hz@8 bit)
Case	Corsair 5000D Airflow, 4xArctic Bionix P120
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound BlasterX AE5 Plus, Creative P580 speakers, Sennheiser HD569
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus GX 850W Gold
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V3 Chroma
Keyboard	Asus TUF Gaming K3
VR HMD	none
Software	W11 pro
Benchmark Scores	https://hwbot.org/xtu2/analyze/5404795?recalculate=true

Processor	Intel i5 8400
Motherboard	Asus Prime H370M-Plus/CSM
Cooling	Scythe Big Shuriken & Noctua NF-A15 HS-PWM chromax.black.swap
Memory	8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4-2400
Video Card(s)	ROG-STRIX-GTX1060-O6G-GAMING
Storage	1TB 980 Pro
Display(s)	Samsung UN55KU6300F
Case	Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 3
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III 750w
Software	W11 Pro

What's your latest tech purchase?

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

wheresmycar

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

Aken Bosch

nomdeplume

SSGBryan

wNotyarD

GreiverBlade

Degreco

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

DirtyDingusMcgee

burnitdwn

New Member

Frick

Fishfaced Nincompoop

burnitdwn

New Member

GreiverBlade

TommyT

Capitan Harlock

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System Name	G-Station 2.0 "YGUAZU"
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 WiFi
Cooling	Freezemod: Pump, Reservoir, 360mm Radiator, Fittings / Bykski: Blocks / Barrow: Meters
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	Lian Li Lancool 216
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, Garuda Linux

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 DDR4 3600/8gb DDR3 1600/2gbLPDDR3/8gbLPDDR5x/16gb(10 sys)LPDDR5 6400
Video Card(s)	Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/Radeon 780M 6gb LPDDR5
Storage	250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/4tb SN850X
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/7" FHD 120hz
Case	Cougar Panzer Max/Elite 8300 SFF/None/Gorilla Glass Victus 2/front-stock back-JSAUX RGB transparent
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/USAMS GAN PD 33w/USAMS GAN 100w
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75%/Lofree Edge/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 14/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

System Name	Obliterator
Processor	Ryzen 7 7700x PBO
Motherboard	ASRock x670e Steel Legend
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 G2 LBC
Memory	G.skill Trident Z5 Neo 6000@CL30
Video Card(s)	ASRock rx7900 GRE Steel Legend
Storage	2 x 2TB Samsung 990 pro nmve ssd 2 X 4TB Samsung 870 evo sata ssd 1 X 18TB WD Gold sata hdd
Display(s)	LG 27GN750-B
Case	Fractal Torrent
Audio Device(s)	Klipsch promedia heritage 2.1
Power Supply	FSP Hydro TI 1000w
Mouse	SteelSeries Prime+
Keyboard	Lenovo SK-8825 (L)
Software	Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 21H2 / Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 24H2 with multiple flavors of VM

System Name	Black MC in Tokyo
Processor	Ryzen 5 7600
Motherboard	MSI X670E Gaming Plus Wifi
Cooling	Be Quiet! Pure Rock 2
Memory	2 x 16GB Corsair Vengeance @ 6000Mhz
Video Card(s)	XFX 6950XT Speedster MERC 319
Storage	Kingston KC3000 1TB \| 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	Dell SK3205
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Rimworld 4K ready!

System Name	2024 Build
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Motherboard	ASUS Prime B650-Plus
Cooling	Artic Freezer 36 A-RGD
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHz CL36
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Radeon RX 7600 Pulse OC
Storage	Samsung 990 Pro 2TB + Samsung 980 500GB + Transcend 230S SSD 512GB
Display(s)	MSI G255F FHD 180Hz - FreeSync
Case	Antec Three Hundred TWO - Optirec DVDRW AD-7280S
Power Supply	Corsair RM650 650W 80 PLUS Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502 X
Keyboard	Logitech Prodigy G213 RGB
Software	Win 11 Pro

System Name	Xeon build X58 / Main Rig Ryzen X370/X79 on pause
Processor	Intel Xeon x5650 @ 4.2Ghz with HT / Xeon E5 1680 v2 @4.5Ghz/Ryzen 7 3800x with PBO
Motherboard	Asus Rampage II Extreme socket 1366 / Asus P9X79 Pro socket 2011/Asus X370 Prime Pro Am4
Cooling	Thermalright Archon +Ty 140mm\|Fans : 2 front-1top-1rear-1bottom/ Gelid Phantom Twin Tower
Memory	16gb DDR3 1600mhz Kingstone Hyper x Qc / 16gb DDR3 1600MHZ Patriot Viper 3/Crucial B 3200 16gb DDR4
Video Card(s)	Sapphire hd 7950 3gb Boost edition dual fan X / ZOTAC 1080 Ti Blower Edition
Storage	INTENSO ssd sata 3 240gb+Seagate B 2Tb+WD g 1tb+WD g 3tb+WD r 3tb+Seagate B 4tb+Lexar 2Tb NVMe
Display(s)	AOC E2460S 24" 1080p 60hz 1ms / LG 32UK550B 32" UHD 4K HDR 10 with Freesync
Case	Enermax Phoenix / Silverstone Raven rv01/Fractal on hold
Audio Device(s)	SoundMaxHD+5.1 BHT1100 BLUESKY,Fiio E10 Olympus+SuperluxHD668b+KZ HBB pr2,Superlux E205.
Power Supply	Sharkoon WPM Gold Zero 650W semi modular / Corsair RM 850 Fully Modular
Mouse	Generic Mice / Corsair M90
Keyboard	Generic Keyboard / Microsoft WK600
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 /Windows 10 Pro 64

Processor	Ryzen 7 9700x
Motherboard	Asrock B650E PG Riptide WiFi
Cooling	Underfloor CPU cooling
Memory	2x32GB 6200MT/s
Video Card(s)	RX 7900 XTX Phantom Gaming
Storage	Kingston Fury Renegade 1TB, Seagate Exos 12TB
Display(s)	MSI Optix MAG301RF 2560x1080@200Hz
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro
Power Supply	NZXT C850 850W Gold
Mouse	Bloody W95 Max Naraka

System Name	Spam
Processor	i9-12900K PL1=125 TA=56 PL2=288
Motherboard	MSI MAG B660M Mortar WiFi DDR4
Cooling	Scythe Kaze Flex 120mm ARGB Fans x1 / Alphacool Eisbaer 360
Memory	Mushkin Red Line DDR4 4000 16Gb x2 18-22-22-42 1T
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX 7900 XT
Storage	Team Group MP33 512Mb / 1Tb
Display(s)	SAMSUNG Odyssey G50A (LS27AG500PNXZA) (2560x1440)
Case	Lan-Li A3
Audio Device(s)	Real Tek on Board Audio
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA 850 GM
Mouse	M910-K
Keyboard	K636CLO
Software	WIN 11 Pro