What's your latest tech purchase?

dgianstefani · Saturday at 3:50 PM

lexluthermiester said:
Is it just me, or do those wires look a little on the thin side? They look good, just wondering about that GPU 12pin connector..

16 AWG so they're fine.

You're just used to a ton of braiding and excess material on top.

lexluthermiester · Saturday at 4:02 PM

dgianstefani said:
16 AWG so they're fine.

Ah ok.

dgianstefani said:
You're just used to a ton of braiding and excess material on top.

Yeah, that does explain it. Is it a polymer over sheath like material?

Frizz · Saturday at 11:59 PM

lexluthermiester said:
This strikes me a "iffy". You do realize that seller can not legally sell your returned items as new, right? You're effectively imposing a forced loss on them for no other reason than "I changed my mind".

Ah its fine he sells as open box and I get charged a restocking fee the only one that incurrs a loss is me financially BUT to avoid anymore toxic threads online, bloody worth it mate

dgianstefani · Sunday at 4:04 AM

lexluthermiester said:
Ah ok.

Yeah, that does explain it. Is it a polymer over sheath like material?

Seems like it

freeagent · Sunday at 1:31 PM

Patience is not my virtue

sirbaili · Sunday at 3:12 PM

Purchased Asus am5 B650e-i Mini itx for my next build - will pair with am7 7700 amd sapphire 7900 XT

freeagent · Sunday at 10:34 PM

sirbaili said:
Purchased Asus am5 B650e-i Mini itx for my next build - will pair with am7 7700 amd sapphire 7900 XT

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I was looking at this board. It would be sweet in my Torrent Compact, but in my PA602 it would look redonkulous. This case makes full sized ATX look like m/ATX lol..

umeng2002 · Sunday at 10:58 PM

harm9963 said:
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You could also just get some thermocouples to attach to your 12VHPWR wires and monitor each strand with your mobo or even a Raspberry Pi setup.

GerKNG · Monday at 10:00 AM

Giving WOLED a chance after being very disappointed with 3rd gen QD OLED.

kapone32 · Monday at 1:03 PM

Gifting my WD AN1500 to my Nephew. Looking to take advantage of having 8 5.0 lanes on the 2nd PCie slot on my MB. Even today Asus sells the cheapest AIC for M2.

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0CKH9FWRQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I was looking at the T705. Might as well go for the fastest. Then I went on Amazon and the T700 was like $100 less for 1TB. Of course I am getting 2 to run in RAID 0 for some serious sequential. There is also a program that Crucial has in their software that apparently vastly improves 4K QD to up to 1 Gb/s.

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0C3K1QBSG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

I will let everyone know how it performs.

Space Lynx · Monday at 2:49 PM

freeagent said:
Patience is not my virtue

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Dude, you only had a little longer to wait for the x3d ones, just about 1 month exactly...

GerKNG said:
Giving WOLED a chance after being very disappointed with 3rd gen QD OLED.
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What did you find disappointing about 3rd gen qd-oled? that's what mine is. I play in a very dim environment though (blackout curtains, etc) so never had any issues with that purple glow

freeagent · Monday at 3:29 PM

Space Lynx said:
Dude, you only had a little longer to wait for the x3d ones, just about 1 month exactly...

That's ok.. if they are awesome I will buy one

mechtech · Monday at 3:35 PM

well for $250 canuck bucks why not give it a try

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GerKNG · Monday at 3:38 PM

Space Lynx said:
What did you find disappointing about 3rd gen qd-oled? that's what mine is. I play in a very dim environment though (blackout curtains, etc) so never had any issues with that purple glow

- very low brightness and oversaturated colors. (AW2725DF with and without the ICC profile provided)
- vignette and excessive dimming of every kind of static icon
- massive VRR flicker
- very bad grey uniformity
- the weird shiny purple panel that has a barely cleanable and very sticky coating.
and first signs of burn in after 12 weeks... first i was paranoid with a fully black wallpaper, hidden taskbar and all icons moved to a second display and after a while i started using it like my LCDs and after ~1250 Hours i had a very slight but visible and permanent burned in taskbar which did not go away with a panel refresh that normally starts after a couple thousand hours.

in this price range i expect a no compromise and excellent product but it felt more like a proof of concept that needs another 5-6 years before it's ready for the market.

Space Lynx · Monday at 4:26 PM

GerKNG said:
- very low brightness and oversaturated colors. (AW2725DF with and without the ICC profile provided)
- vignette and excessive dimming of every kind of static icon
- massive VRR flicker
- very bad grey uniformity
- the weird shiny purple panel that has a barely cleanable and very sticky coating.
and first signs of burn in after 12 weeks (first i was paranoid with a fully black wallpaper, hidden taskbar and all icons moved to a second display and after a while i started using it like my LCDs and after ~1250 Hours i had a very slight but visible and permanent burned in taskbar which did not go away with a panel refresh that normally starts after a couple thousand hours.

in this price range i expect a no compromise and excellent product but it felt more like a proof of concept that needs another 5-6 years before it's ready for the market.

mine hasn't needed any cleaning yet, but when the time comes i am going to do this here to clean it:

fyi this only applies to qd-oled screens.

sorry you had burn in so quickly, i auto hide my taskbar and have no icons on desktop including recycle bin being removed. and a black background. i honestly have not had any issues. i let it do its pixel refresh every 4 hrs when it pops up on me though, i just take it as a good reason to go out and stretch my legs or do some jumping jacks or get a snack what have you, i actually kind of like that OLED pixel refreshes every 4 hrs, its a good little reminder for me to get my ass up for a bit.

mine has no ABL limiter as long as HDR is not on, so i have no dimming of anything

I wonder if the 240hz models are less prone to burn in maybe, I don't know, but I haven't had any issues. i have static stuff on my HP OLED laptop all the time and no burn in issues either, to be fair i leave it at min brightness most of the time as im in a dark room. (medium brightness when I game, for the extra color pop), its very rare i have it on max brightness though

GerKNG · Monday at 4:30 PM

Space Lynx said:
sorry you had burn in so quickly, i auto hide my taskbar and have no icons on desktop including recycle bin being removed. and a black background. i honestly have not had any issues. i let it do its pixel refresh every 4 hrs when it pops up on me though,

i did the pixel refresh every 4 hours as well but in the end it still just took three months or in my case 1250 Hours of screen on time :/

Space Lynx · Monday at 4:31 PM

GerKNG said:
i did the pixel refresh every 4 hours as well but in the end it still just took three months or in my case 1250 Hours of screen on time :/

well alienware has a 3 year burn in rapid replacement policy. i had a friend who used that policy recently on a 175hz ultrawide qd oled first gen panel. and they overnighted him a new display. so why not just do that?

GerKNG · Monday at 6:02 PM

Space Lynx said:
well alienware has a 3 year burn in rapid replacement policy. i had a friend who used that policy recently on a 175hz ultrawide qd oled first gen panel. and they overnighted him a new display. so why not just do that?

I did that but demanded a refund instead.
That‘s why i have the LG now.

iolaus · Monday at 7:19 PM

Prepping for mobility issues after upcoming surgery. Everything in the entertainment center has a remote except the HTPC. Hopefully this SilverStone wireless power switch will fix that.

Also waiting for a used Gigabyte Z790M Aorus Elite ax MATX motherboard from ebay for my next build.

Space Lynx · Monday at 8:25 PM

GerKNG said:
I did that but demanded a refund instead.
That‘s why i have the LG now.

very nice, i don't think any stores in america would give a refund after 4 months of use. impressive.

oxrufiioxo · Monday at 8:33 PM

Space Lynx said:
very nice, i don't think any stores in america would give a refund after 4 months of use. impressive.

Bestbuy if you purchase their warranty is the only one I'm aware of assuming they can't fix it they give you a bestbuy gift card worth the purchase price. LG does stand by their 5 year panel warranty as long as they can't prove you damaged it on the G series.

During my move in 2023 the movers damaged my LG G2 but there was no physical damage and LG still replaced the panel ofc I didn't mention that. The movers warranty was based on weight of the television so I only got 200 usd the panel cost 1700 lol.

Space Lynx · Monday at 8:58 PM

oxrufiioxo said:
Bestbuy if you purchase their warranty is the only one I'm aware of assuming they can't fix it they give you a bestbuy gift card worth the purchase price. LG does stand by their 5 year panel warranty as long as they can't prove you damaged it on the G series.

During my move in 2023 the movers damaged my LG G2 but there was no physical damage and LG still replaced the panel ofc I didn't mention that. The movers warranty was based on weight of the television so I only got 200 usd the panel cost 1700 lol.

yeah you are right, best buy is the only one that honors a in-store warranty on burn in, even microcenter does not from what i can see. best buy is impressive, honestly if i ever buy another OLED, it probably will be at best buy and buy the in-store warranty for peace of mind

freeagent · Monday at 9:24 PM

oxrufiioxo · Monday at 9:32 PM

freeagent said:
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While I'm excited for you and this model probably will be fun to tinker with I was hoping you'd finally get off that 6+6 train lol.

freeagent · Monday at 9:38 PM

oxrufiioxo said:
While I'm excited for you and this model probably will be fun to tinker with I was hoping you'd finally get off that 6+6 train lol.

I am a midrange kinda guy though

System Name	Silent/X1 Yoga/S25U-1TB
Processor	Ryzen 9800X3D @ 5.575ghz all core 1.24 V, Thermal Grizzly AM5 High Performance Heatspreader/1185 G7
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix X670E-I, chipset fans replaced with Noctua A14x25 G2
Cooling	Optimus Block, HWLabs Copper 240/40 + 240/30, D5/Res, 4x Noctua A12x25, 1x A14G2, Mayhems Ultra Pure
Memory	64 GB Dominator Titanium White 6000 MT, 130 ns tRFC, active cooled
Video Card(s)	RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition, Conductonaut Extreme, 18 W/mK MinusPad Extreme, Corsair XG7 Waterblock
Storage	Intel Optane DC P1600X 118 GB, Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB
Display(s)	32" 240 Hz 1440p Samsung G7, 31.5" 165 Hz 1440p LG NanoIPS Ultragear, MX900 dual gas VESA mount
Case	Sliger SM570 CNC Aluminium 13-Litre, 3D printed feet, custom front, LINKUP Ultra PCIe 4.0 x16 White
Audio Device(s)	Audeze Maxwell Ultraviolet w/upgrade pads & LCD headband, Galaxy Buds 3 Pro, Razer Nommo Pro
Power Supply	SF1000 Plat, full transparent custom cables, Sentinel Pro 1500 Online Double Conversion UPS w/Noctua
Mouse	Razer Viper V3 Pro 8 KHz Mercury White & Pulsar Supergrip tape, Razer Atlas, Razer Strider Chroma
Keyboard	Wooting 60HE+ module, TOFU-R CNC Alu/Brass, SS Prismcaps W+Jellykey, LekkerV2 mod, TLabs Leath/Suede
Software	Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 24H2
Benchmark Scores	Legendary

System Name	White Custom Loop Fractal North XL
Processor	Intel 285K Overclocked
Motherboard	ASUS STRIX Z890-A GAMING WIFI
Cooling	AlphaCool Core 1 White CPU Block - 2x Heatkiller 360-L - Alphacool Core 120mm Resevoir
Memory	48GB 8400MHz Corsair Vengeance DDR5 CUDIMM CL40 -
Video Card(s)	RTX 5090 32GB Palit Gamerock
Storage	4TB WD Black NVME Gen 4
Display(s)	Alienware 38" 3840x1600 (144Hz)
Case	Fractal North XL Chalk White Mesh
Audio Device(s)	2i2 Scarlett Solo + Schiit Magni 3 AMP
Power Supply	Corsair RM1200x Shift White
Keyboard	NEO75CU White + PBTFans Neon R2 Glitter + BSUN Macaron Switches

System Name	Silent/X1 Yoga/S25U-1TB
Processor	Ryzen 9800X3D @ 5.575ghz all core 1.24 V, Thermal Grizzly AM5 High Performance Heatspreader/1185 G7
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix X670E-I, chipset fans replaced with Noctua A14x25 G2
Cooling	Optimus Block, HWLabs Copper 240/40 + 240/30, D5/Res, 4x Noctua A12x25, 1x A14G2, Mayhems Ultra Pure
Memory	64 GB Dominator Titanium White 6000 MT, 130 ns tRFC, active cooled
Video Card(s)	RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition, Conductonaut Extreme, 18 W/mK MinusPad Extreme, Corsair XG7 Waterblock
Storage	Intel Optane DC P1600X 118 GB, Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB
Display(s)	32" 240 Hz 1440p Samsung G7, 31.5" 165 Hz 1440p LG NanoIPS Ultragear, MX900 dual gas VESA mount
Case	Sliger SM570 CNC Aluminium 13-Litre, 3D printed feet, custom front, LINKUP Ultra PCIe 4.0 x16 White
Audio Device(s)	Audeze Maxwell Ultraviolet w/upgrade pads & LCD headband, Galaxy Buds 3 Pro, Razer Nommo Pro
Power Supply	SF1000 Plat, full transparent custom cables, Sentinel Pro 1500 Online Double Conversion UPS w/Noctua
Mouse	Razer Viper V3 Pro 8 KHz Mercury White & Pulsar Supergrip tape, Razer Atlas, Razer Strider Chroma
Keyboard	Wooting 60HE+ module, TOFU-R CNC Alu/Brass, SS Prismcaps W+Jellykey, LekkerV2 mod, TLabs Leath/Suede
Software	Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 24H2
Benchmark Scores	Legendary

Processor	AMD R7 5800X3D
Motherboard	Asus Crosshair VIII Dark Hero
Cooling	Thermalright Frozen Edge 360, 3x TL-B12 V2, 2x TL-B12 V1
Memory	2x8 G.Skill Trident Z Royal 3200C14, 2x8GB G.Skill Trident Z Black and White 3200 C14
Video Card(s)	Zotac 4070 Ti Trinity OC
Storage	WD SN850 1TB, SN850X 2TB, SN770 1TB
Display(s)	LG 50UP7100
Case	Fractal Torrent Compact
Audio Device(s)	JBL Bar 700
Power Supply	Seasonic Vertex GX-1000, Monster HDP1800
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero
Keyboard	Logitech G213
VR HMD	Oculus 3
Software	Yes
Benchmark Scores	Yes

System Name	XFIRE
Processor	Amd 5900x 4.6Ghz all core 1.190
Motherboard	Msi B550 Unify
Cooling	Custom WC RIG - XSPC RAYSTORM Pro WB for CPU;
Memory	G.Skill 4x16GB 3600Mhz 16-17-17-17-36
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Rx 7900 XT WaterCooled
Storage	Netac 4TB NVME
Display(s)	LG 34 inch. ,3440X1440
Case	CORSAIR 1000D
Audio Device(s)	Creative SB ZXR
Power Supply	be quiet! Straight Power 12-1500w Platinum
Mouse	SteelSeries 650
Keyboard	Logitech 915 TKL
Software	Windows 10 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	3DMARK 11-X4945 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/9260778

What's your latest tech purchase?

dgianstefani

TPU Proofreader

lexluthermiester

Frizz

dgianstefani

TPU Proofreader

freeagent

Moderator

sirbaili

freeagent

Moderator

umeng2002

GerKNG

kapone32

Space Lynx

Astronaut

freeagent

Moderator

mechtech

Fast Charging Smartphones | moto g power 5G

GerKNG

Space Lynx

Astronaut

GerKNG

Space Lynx

Astronaut

GerKNG

iolaus

Attachments

Space Lynx

Astronaut

oxrufiioxo

Space Lynx

Astronaut

freeagent

Moderator

oxrufiioxo

freeagent

Moderator

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASRock B650E Steel Legend Wifi
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer III 280
Memory	2x16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB 6000 CL30 (A-Die)
Video Card(s)	RTX 4090 Gaming X Trio
Storage	1TB Samsung 990 PRO, 4TB Corsair MP600 PRO XT, 1TB WD SN850X, 4x4TB Crucial MX500
Display(s)	Alienware AW2725DF, LG 27GR93U, LG 27GN950-B
Case	Streacom BC1 V2 Black
Audio Device(s)	Bose Companion Series 2 III, Sennheiser GSP600 and HD599 SE - Creative Soundblaster X4
Power Supply	bequiet! Dark Power Pro 12 1500w Titanium
Mouse	Razer Deathadder V3
Keyboard	Razer Black Widow V3 TKL
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S
Software	~2000 Video Games

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

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

Processor	Ryzen 5700x
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570S Aero G R1.1 BiosF5g
Cooling	Noctua NH-C12P SE14 w/ NF-A15 HS-PWM Fan 1500rpm
Memory	Micron DDR4-3200 2x32GB D.S. D.R. (CT2K32G4DFD832A)
Video Card(s)	AMD RX 6800 - Asus Tuf
Storage	Kingston KC3000 1TB & 2TB & 4TB Corsair MP600 Pro LPX
Display(s)	LG 27UL550-W (27" 4k)
Case	Be Quiet Pure Base 600 (no window)
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC1220-VB
Power Supply	SuperFlower Leadex V Gold Pro 850W ATX Ver2.52
Mouse	Mionix Naos Pro
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe with browns
Software	W10 22H2 Pro x64

System Name	Windows 11
Processor	9700K
Motherboard	ROG Strix Z390-H & E
Cooling	Thermalright PA 129 Mini and Jiushark JF13K Diamond
Memory	32GB
Video Card(s)	4080S & 2070S
Case	SilverStone GD09 & Corsair Air 540
VR HMD	Quest 2

System Name	His & Hers
Processor	R7 5800X/ R7 7950X3D Stock
Motherboard	X670E Aorus Pro X/ROG Crosshair VIII Hero
Cooling	Corsair h150 elite/ Corsair h115i Platinum
Memory	Trident Z5 Neo 6000/ 32 GB 3200 CL14 @3800 CL16 Team T Force Nighthawk
Video Card(s)	Evga FTW 3 Ultra 3080ti/ Gigabyte Gaming OC 4090
Storage	lots of SSD.
Display(s)	A whole bunch OLED, VA, IPS.....
Case	011 Dynamic XL/ Phanteks Evolv X
Audio Device(s)	Arctis Pro + gaming Dac/ Corsair sp 2500/ Logitech G560/Samsung Q990B
Power Supply	Seasonic Ultra Prime Titanium 1000w/850w
Mouse	Logitech G502 Lightspeed/ Logitech G Pro Hero.
Keyboard	Logitech - G915 LIGHTSPEED / Logitech G Pro