What's your latest tech purchase?

Shrek · Feb 2, 2025

Amazing that one can get a 4-pin fan breakout cable for less than $2 with shipping

Bugsy004 · Feb 2, 2025

Shrek said:
Amazing that one can get a 4-pin fan breakout cable for less than $2 with shipping
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I prefer ARCTIC 4-Pin PWM Fan Splitter Cable - PST. It is very flexible and good quality.

Calmmo · Feb 2, 2025

Tomgang said:
Exelente. I hate any support to these crappy scalpers. A lot of money.

Well my own RTX 4090 was not cheap either..

Agreed.
Also 4090 still super good, just wanted to be able to play those PT games with a bit more framerate basically, only reason I wanted to upgrade from the 4090.

mtosev · Feb 3, 2025

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TheLostSwede · Feb 3, 2025

R-T-B said:
Bought this:

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Note that webp images don't display in the forums.

mtosev said:
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That's not a Dell :confused:

R-T-B · Feb 3, 2025

TheLostSwede said:
Not that webp images don't display in the forums.

I didn't think I attatched an image? Weird. That's fine the link has all you need.

MrBanana · Feb 3, 2025

I had to RMA my 6700 XT because a fan was failing, they sent me this as replacement.

AUTOEXEC.BAT · Feb 3, 2025

2x Silicon Power A55 SSD's 128 and 256 GB
For NAS and retro PC

vigor · Feb 3, 2025

Ordered Asrock Taichi.
Was waiting for one of those x870e motherboards for a while and this one came in stock finally.

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Kapone33 · Feb 3, 2025

vigor said:
Ordered Asrock Taichi.
Was waiting for one of those x870e motherboards for a while and this one came in stock finally.
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I have the same board. It has been rock solid.

vigor · Feb 3, 2025

kapone32 said:
I have the same board. It has been rock solid.

It better be for price lol

Kapone33 · Feb 3, 2025

vigor said:
It better be for price lol

You know what the kicker is? This is the cheapest High end X870E board. Mine was a cool $649 Canadian. About $50 less than my X670 E Strix. Another great thing about this board is the Internal Storage Support. 6 SATA ports not connected to anything. True PCIe lanes on both slots and nice and wide so no M2 heat gets transferred into the GPU but then the BIOS shows you that you have lane splitting x4x4x4x4 or 8x8 or 8x4x4. That is 5.0 by the way and great for the sheer amount of M2 drives available. Then you get another 3 x4 M2 slots. My case has 4 USB A and USB C at the front. This supports all of them. The BIOS is more granular than the BIOS on the X670E E. That is definitely saying something. It is well refined and takes a litlle geting used to but once you have been in there it is fun to play around in. They still have the same Fan software from years ago so it is not a resource hog and the board boots much faster than my X670E by about 20 seconds. The one thing that no reviewer ever mentions about As Rock boards is that the HDMI and or DP ports on the boards support 4K 120Hz. If you have a APU sitting around get a cheap As Rock board and a Freesync monitor that has 44-120/144 hz refresh and see how smooth those can be. I have a 8600G with a B650 pro for my HTPC and it is fast and enjoyable.

vigor · Feb 3, 2025

kapone32 said:
You know what the kicker is? This is the cheapest High end X870E board. Mine was a cool $649 Canadian. About $50 less than my X670 E Strix. Another great thing about this board is the Internal Storage Support. 6 SATA ports not connected to anything. True PCIe lanes on both slots and nice and wide so no M2 heat gets transferred into the GPU but then the BIOS shows you that you have lane splitting x4x4x4x4 or 8x8 or 8x4x4. That is 5.0 by the way and great for the sheer amount of M2 drives available. Then you get another 3 x4 M2 slots. My case has 4 USB A and USB C at the front. This supports all of them. The BIOS is more granular than the BIOS on the X670E E. That is definitely saying something. It is well refined and takes a litlle geting used to but once you have been in there it is fun to play around in. They still have the same Fan software from years ago so it is not a resource hog and the board boots much faster than my X670E by about 20 seconds. The one thing that no reviewer ever mentions about As Rock boards is that the HDMI and or DP ports on the boards support 4K 120Hz. If you have a APU sitting around get a cheap As Rock board and a Freesync monitor that has 44-120/144 hz refresh and see how smooth those can be. I have a 8600G with a B650 pro for my HTPC and it is fast and enjoyable.

Thanks for the info this is my 1st time getting Asrock board and new build in a very long time

vincenzooo · Feb 4, 2025

Hey everyone! Just joined and excited to be here. I'm recently retired and keeping busy fine-tuning my systems—currently working on an ASUS ROG Strix Z890-E build with an Intel 285K and some high-speed Corsair memory. I’m also big into sim racing and just picked up a Moza R12 wheelbase to take my setup to the next level

Count von Schwalbe · Feb 4, 2025

vincenzooo said:
I’m also big into sim racing and just picked up a Moza R12 wheelbase to take my setup to the next level

Any pics? I love seeing sim setups.

SN2716057 · Feb 4, 2025

vincenzooo said:
Hey everyone! Just joined and excited to be here. I'm recently retired and keeping busy fine-tuning my systems—currently working on an ASUS ROG Strix Z890-E build with an Intel 285K and some high-speed Corsair memory. I’m also big into sim racing and just picked up a Moza R12 wheelbase to take my setup to the next level

Count von Schwalbe said:
Any pics? I love seeing sim setups.

I agree. We NEEED pics

PLAfiller · Feb 5, 2025

I know my MB is GEN3, but GEN4 is backwards compatible, so I should be OK.

Wanted to try photogametry with Kiri Engine App. I already have a small turntable and decided I don't want to touch the phone while taking multiple pictures, so got a remote for it.

Some supplies for my Brother PT touch (PTH105) label printer. Original consumable cost so much more that these knock offs.

Some USB-A to USB-C cables.

Aaand new speakers for the Asus ROG laptop I bought, cause I damaged them while cleaning the machine. Now I need to open it again....

ErikG · Feb 5, 2025

Amazfit T-Rex 3

de.das.dude · Feb 5, 2025

yes i am a kid :cry:

SN2716057 · Feb 5, 2025

de.das.dude said:
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yes i am a kid

Nothing wrong with that. Do your thing, bob.

Krit · Feb 5, 2025

MrBanana said:
I had to RMA my 6700 XT because a fan was failing, they sent me this as replacement.

Very good long term investment. :cool:

GerKNG · Feb 5, 2025

too lazy to get the PSU Box from my closet.

Veseleil · Feb 5, 2025

SN2716057 said:
Nothing wrong with that. Do your thing, bob.

Don't forget to tighten up that chain before you go for a ride.

AtiAmd · Feb 5, 2025

Tomorrow i will get psu and used rx 6700 xt...
:clap:

Shrek · Feb 5, 2025

3 pack of case fans as the ones I have are RGB and not controlled by the motherboard; I went for 30mm depth fans after checking they would fit.

System Name	CyberPowerPC ET8070
Processor	Intel Core i5-10400F
Motherboard	Gigabyte B460M DS3H AC-Y1
Memory	2 x Crucial Ballistix 8GB DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	MSI Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super
Storage	Boot: Intel OPTANE SSD P1600X Series 118GB M.2 PCIE
Display(s)	Dell P2416D (2560 x 1440)
Power Supply	EVGA 500W1 (modified to have two bridge rectifiers)
Software	Windows 11 Home

System Name	PC / NB
Processor	i7-13700k / Ultra 9-185H
Motherboard	Z790 Aorus Elite AX / Yoga Pro 7 14IMH9
Cooling	NH-D15 / inside
Memory	Corsair 2x32GB 6000mtps cl30 / 32GB LPDDR5x
Video Card(s)	RTX4070 Gaming OC / Intel ARC
Storage	2TB 990 pro, 2TB XPG SX8200 Pro, 2TB 870 EVO, 2TB 870 QVO, 3x8TB Exos 7E10, 6TB N300 / 1TB+2TB
Display(s)	Dell S2522HG / 14.5" 3K (3072x1920) Multi-touch IPS
Case	Fractal Define R6 TG / Thunderbolt 4 dock
Audio Device(s)	Creative AE-5 plus + 2 x Presonus Eris E8 XT / Creative G3 + 2 x Presonus Eris E5
Power Supply	Corsair RM750i / 100W charger
Mouse	Logitech G403 / Logitech M650 L BT
Keyboard	Corsair K70 TKL MX Speed / Fnatic MiniStreak TKL Speed
Software	win10 pro + win11pro + fedora / win11pro
Benchmark Scores	https://www.3dmark.com/spy/44211099 https://www.3dmark.com/spy/52803246

System Name	Apex Raptor: Silverback
Processor	Intel i9 13900KS
Motherboard	z790 Apex
Cooling	LT720 + Phanteks T30
Memory	32GB
Video Card(s)	RTX 5090 Astral
Storage	990 PRO 4TB
Display(s)	Neo G8 / C1 65"
Case	Antec Performance 1
Audio Device(s)	DT 1990 Pro / Motu M2
Power Supply	Hx1200i
Mouse	G502 X Plus
Keyboard	K95 Platinum

System Name	Core i9 rig / Lenovo laptop
Processor	Core i9 10900X / Core i5 8350U
Motherboard	Asus Prime X299 Edition 30 / Lenovo motherboard
Cooling	Corsair H115i PRO RGB / stock cooler
Memory	Gskill 4x8GB 3600mhz / 16GB 2400mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus ROG Strix RTX 2080 Super / UHD 620
Storage	Samsung SSD 970 PRO 1TB / Samsung OEM 256GB NVMe
Display(s)	Dell UltraSharp UP3017 / Full HD IPS touch
Case	Coolermaster mastercase H500M
Audio Device(s)	Onboard sound
Power Supply	Enermax Platimax 1700 watt / Lenovo 65watt power adapter
Mouse	Logitech M500s
Keyboard	Cherry
Software	Windows 11 Pro / Windows 11 Pro

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

What's your latest tech purchase?

Shrek

Bugsy004

Calmmo

mtosev

TheLostSwede

News Editor

R-T-B

MrBanana

AUTOEXEC.BAT

vigor

Kapone33

vigor

Kapone33

vigor

vincenzooo

New Member

Count von Schwalbe

Nocturnus Moderatus

SN2716057

PLAfiller

ErikG

de.das.dude

Pro Indian Modder

SN2716057

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System Name	Pioneer
Processor	Ryzen 9 9950X
Motherboard	MSI MAG X670E Tomahawk Wifi
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 + A whole lotta Sunon, Phanteks and Corsair Maglev blower fans...
Memory	128GB (2x 32GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-6200(Running 1:1 @CL30 1T no GDM)
Video Card(s)	XFX RX 7900 XTX Speedster Merc 310
Storage	Intel 5800X Optane 800GB boot, +2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs, 1x 2TB Seagate Exos 3.5"
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

System Name	Banana
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 5600
Motherboard	MSI B450M Mortar Max
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 36 / 3 NF-S12a (Case Fans)
Memory	16GB DDR4 3000MHz
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RX 7700 XT Gaming OC
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB / Samsung 860 EVO 512GB
Display(s)	LG 24GM79 (1080p/144Hz)
Case	Asus Prime AP201
Audio Device(s)	Sennheiser HD560S / Fiio E10K DAC
Power Supply	Corsair RM 750x (2021)
Mouse	Razer Viper Ultimate
Keyboard	Obins Anne Pro 2
Software	Windows 11 Pro

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

System Name	Merc v8
Processor	Ryzen 7800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X670 Gaming X AX
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15
Memory	2x 16GB-6000
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
Storage	Solidigm P44 1TB, Crucial MX500 2TB
Display(s)	Acer Predator XB271HU
Case	Caselabs Mercury S8
Audio Device(s)	Schiit Magni & Modi, Edifier S351DB, DT 770 PRO
Power Supply	Seasonic Vertex PX-850
Mouse	Logitech G600
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK Pro custom
Software	W11Pro

System Name	PLAHI
Processor	I5-10400
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS
Cooling	120 AIO IWONGOU
Memory	1x32GB Kingston BEAST DDR4 @ 3200Mhz
Video Card(s)	RTX A2000
Storage	Kingston Renegade GEN4 nVME 512GB
Display(s)	Philips 288E2A 28" 4K + 22" LG 1080p
Case	Silverstone Raven 03 (RV03)
Audio Device(s)	Creative Soundblaster Z
Power Supply	Fractal Design IntegraM 650W
Mouse	Logitech Triathlon
Keyboard	REDRAGON MITRA
Software	Windows 11 Home x 64

System Name	JustGaming
Processor	Ryzen 9 7950x3D
Motherboard	Asus ProArt X670E-CREATOR WIFI
Cooling	Thermalright Peerless Assassin 140 Black
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5-6000 CL32
Video Card(s)	Inno3D RTX 4090 24Gb
Storage	Crucial T500 2TB x 3
Display(s)	Asus ROG Swift OLED PG32UCDM
Case	Asus ProArt PA602
Audio Device(s)	SSL 2+
Power Supply	SuperFlower 1200 Platinum
Mouse	Razer Deathadder v2
Keyboard	Montech Mkey TKL

System Name	Monke \| Work Thinkpad \| Old Monke
Processor	Ryzen 5600X \| Ryzen 5500U \| FX8320
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Extreme4 \| ? \| Asrock 990FX Extreme 4
Cooling	240mm Rad \| Not needed \| hyper 212 EVO
Memory	2x16GB DDR4 3600 Corsair RGB \| 16 GB DDR4 3600 \| 16GB DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX6700XT 12GB \| Vega 8 \| Sapphire Pulse RX580 8GB
Storage	Samsung 980 nvme (Primary) \| some samsung SSD
Display(s)	Dell 2723DS \| Some 14" 1080p 98%sRGB IPS \| Dell 2240L
Case	Ant Esports Tempered case \| Thinkpad \| NZXT Guardian 921RB
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z333 \| Jabra corpo stuff \| Some USB speakers
Power Supply	Corsair RM750e \| not needed \| Corsair GS 600
Mouse	Logitech G400 \| nipple \| Dell
Keyboard	Logitech G213 \| stock kb is awesome \| Logitech K230
VR HMD	;_;
Software	Windows 10 Professional x3
Benchmark Scores	There are no marks on my bench

Processor	AMD Ryzen™ 7 7700
Motherboard	ASRock B650 PRO RS
Cooling	Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE + Arctic P12 MAX
Memory	XPG Lancer Blade 6000Mhz CL30 2x16GB
Video Card(s)	SAPPHIRE PURE AMD Radeon™ RX 7800 XT 16GB
Storage	Lexar NM790 2TB + Lexar NM790 2TB
Display(s)	HP X34 UltraWide IPS 165Hz
Case	Lian Li Lancool 207 + Arctic P12/14 MAX
Audio Device(s)	Airpulse A100 + Ruark RS1
Power Supply	Sharkoon Rebel P20 750W
Mouse	Cooler Master MM730
Keyboard	Krux Atax PRO Gateron Yellow
Software	Windows 11 Pro

System Name	Purple Haze \| Vacuum Box
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (-30 CO) \| Intel® Xeon® E3-1241 v3
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk Max \| Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD5H
Cooling	Dark Rock 4 Pro, P14, P12, T30 case fans \| 212 Evo & P12 PWM PST x2, Arctic P14 & P12 case fans
Memory	32GB Ballistix (Micron E 19nm) CL16 @3733MHz \| 32GB HyperX Beast 2400MHz (XMP)
Video Card(s)	AMD 6900XTXH ASRock OC Formula & Phanteks T30x3 \| AMD 5700XT Sapphire Nitro+ & Arctic P12x2
Storage	ADATA SX8200 Pro 1TB, Toshiba P300 3TB x2 \| Kingston A400 120GB, Fanxiang S500 Pro 256GB
Display(s)	TCL C805 50" 2160p 144Hz VA miniLED, Mi 27" 1440p 165Hz IPS, AOC 24G2U 1080p 144Hz IPS
Case	Modded MS Industrial Titan II Pro RGB \| Heavily Modded Cooler Master Q500L
Audio Device(s)	Audient iD14 MKII, Adam Audio T8Vs, Bloody M550, HiFiMan HE400se, Tascam TM-80, DS4 v2
Power Supply	Rosewill Capstone 1000M \| Enermax Revolution X't 730W (both with P14 fans)
Mouse	Logitech G305, Bloody A91, Amazon basics, Logitech M187
Keyboard	Redragon K530, Bloody B930, Epomaker TH80 SE, BTC 9110
Software	W10LTSC 21H2, PBO2, FF, MusicBee, mpv, ImageGlass, OpenRGB, FanControl, Greenshot, DS4Win, Signal

Processor	12400f
Motherboard	Msi b760 p
Cooling	Oem
Memory	Viper 2x8 3600 cl17
Video Card(s)	Msi rx 6700 xt mech
Storage	Pny 256 m2, Kioxia Sata ssd 480
Display(s)	Iiyama 2470hsu b6
Case	Fury Shobo
Audio Device(s)	On board, Microlab Fc 330
Power Supply	Msi a650bn
Mouse	Logitech g203
Keyboard	Logitech