What's your latest tech purchase?

dorsetknob · Jul 10, 2019

Just Bought
I5 4590
Asus z97 Pro Gamer
2 x 8 gb Pc314900u Ram

Delivered for what i consider a very reasonable £ (Delivery was 30miles )

HUSKIE · Jul 10, 2019

Well well well... Just picked it up..
Only 4 months old from new.

Cheap as usual

Well, the excitement has gone and unhappy. My msi z370 sli plus motherboard won't support 9th gen Cpu because of the old bios. Don't have 8th gen Cpu now.

GamerGuy · Jul 10, 2019

I bought a Samsung Tab S5e 128GB WiFi about 3 weeks back, I had thought of returning it as I had gotten it thinking it was an LTE versoon (yes, noob mistake, but I was surprised that Canada doesn't have the LTE version, only WiFi).

Anyway, I decided to keep it and ordered a 512GB Patriot Class 10 U3 mSD card and backlit keyboard/case....

The backlit keyboard is a tad bulky but has a choice of 7 colors. When I close the case, my tablet goes i to standby mode, which is pretty cool. Here a shot of it with blue backlight.

I have chosen white as my default backlight.....seems to match whatever I have on screen.....yes, I'm a tad anal that way.

oxrufiioxo · Jul 11, 2019

Got to say it is a really nice Board in person... Just waiting on my 3900X now.

Also instead of waiting for the 2080 Super I got myself a 2080 Ti... My wife is getting the XP.

Bones · Jul 11, 2019

HUSKIE said:
Well well well... Just picked it up..
Only 4 months old from new.

Cheap as usual

Well, the excitement has gone and unhappy. My msi z370 sli plus motherboard won't support 9th gen Cpu because of the old bios. Don't have 8th gen Cpu now.

That bites.
You'd think it would have the ability to update the BIOS without a CPU like others do. Also doesn't help MSI loves to use a soldered-in BIOS chip meaning you can't just remove it and do the flash with a typical programmer like I've done many times before over such issues.
I guess you'll have to get a really cheap 8th gen, borrow one or something and do the deed.

Athlonite · Jul 11, 2019

And thar she blows it's so big that when I put the side cover back on there's approximately 3mm between the top of this beast and the perspex panel

sam_86314 · Jul 11, 2019

Athlonite said:
And thar she blows it's so big that when I put the side cover back on there's approximately 3mm between the top of this beast and the perspex panel View attachment 126573

What temps are you getting? I wanna compare it to my R1 Ultimate.

Athlonite · Jul 11, 2019

sam_86314 said:
What temps are you getting? I wanna compare it to my R1 Ultimate.

Using AIDA 6.00 to stress both Int and FPU I get a max of 47 degrees C with idle temp of 25 which is good considering it's 22.6 here in my lounge

sam_86314 · Jul 11, 2019

Athlonite said:
Using AIDA 6.00 to stress both Int and FPU I get a max of 47 degrees C with idle temp of 25 which is good considering it's 22.6 here in my lounge
View attachment 126576

Try it with PBO and XFR? I always thought my temps seemed too high. Ambient temp is around 20C

I can see my R1 Ultimate is working a lot harder to keep my chip cool than your R1 Universal. Are the 65W Zen chips really that much cooler than the 95W ones?

Athlonite · Jul 11, 2019

sam_86314 said:
Are the 65W Zen chips really that much cooler than the 95W ones?

yes and no my mobo is crap it has a crap VRM so with PBO and XFR turned on to Auto the most it'll get with an all core OC is 3400MH better VRM's = Better all core OC's = more heat

my R 7 2700 = max boost speed of 4091MHz and not even on all cores
yours on the hand is getting 4.1GHz on all cores so more heat but at a much higher Voltage 1.432 vs my 1.395

if you can under volt you CPU and remain stable you'd find temps would come down quite a bit

HUSKIE · Jul 11, 2019

Bones said:
That bites.
You'd think it would have the ability to update the BIOS without a CPU like others do. Also doesn't help MSI loves to use a soldered-in BIOS chip meaning you can't just remove it and do the flash with a typical programmer like I've done many times before over such issues.
I guess you'll have to get a really cheap 8th gen, borrow one or something and do the deed.

I know I know.... :banghead:

TheLostSwede · Jul 11, 2019

oxrufiioxo said:
Got to say it is a really nice Board in person... Just waiting on my 3900X now.

View attachment 126570

Also instead of waiting for the 2080 Super I got myself a 2080 Ti... My wife is getting the XP.

View attachment 126571
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Daim! You spent a small fortune just now...

And yes, it's a really hefty board, I think it's the heaviest motherboard I've ever owned.

My CPU was shipped like this though, wtf? No box, no real padding... I mean, it was "only" $460...

mstenholm · Jul 11, 2019

3900X is still missing so I might take a 2700X rig apart to get things started.

kapone32 · Jul 11, 2019

Bought 2 of these from Newegg yesterday for $129.99 each. Arriving today with UPS (my favourite courier). This is going to be my last NVME purchase as I will now be able to have all of my files, programs and games on SSD and NVME. The only HDD remaining will be the 5TB Seagate that will be my backup. I got them for RAID 0 because I want to see when they hit there SLC limit. I could have got the 2TB for the same price as 2 1TB but the sequential read performance is what prompted RAID 0. I was going to list them on Kijji or Let go but I will have a few SSDs and NVME drives formatted and ready for sale. If anyone is interested send me a message and I will give you the details.

Amazon.ca

Athlonite said:
Using AIDA 6.00 to stress both Int and FPU I get a max of 47 degrees C with idle temp of 25 which is good considering it's 22.6 here in my lounge
View attachment 126576

You have a nice rig.... the only thing that is bad on your is the MB. I feel so bad for you I would be willing to send you one of the boards I have sitting around.

Lorec · Jul 11, 2019

As I mentioned in other thread, I had to grab an X570 that would have an argb header.
After deciding to get X570 gaming plus, I got this instead:

Lets say that shop staff was very convincing :laugh:

My R5 2600 will be pimpin in this baby
(until September when I can get a 3950X for bragging purposes)

kapone32 · Jul 11, 2019

Lorec said:
As I mentioned in other thread, I had to grab an X570 that would have an argb header.
After deciding to get X570 gaming plus, I got this instead:
View attachment 126610 View attachment 126611 View attachment 126612
Lets say that shop staff was very convincing
My R5 2600 will be pimpin in this baby
(until September when I can get a 3950X for bragging purposes)

What was the difference in price between this one and the one you originally wanted?

Lorec · Jul 11, 2019

kapone32 said:
What was the difference in price between this one and the one you originally wanted?

$289
umm yeah it happened.
my wife doesnt know that i bought different board yet,
but she is very suspicious of the big shiny box already.

kapone32 · Jul 11, 2019

Lorec said:
$289
umm yeah it happened.
my wife doesnt know that i bought different board yet,
but she is very suspicious of the big shiny boxy already.

Understood just make sure you hide the invoice lol

TheLostSwede · Jul 11, 2019

kapone32 said:
Bought 2 of these from Newegg yesterday for $129.99 each. Arriving today with UPS (my favourite courier). This is going to be my last NVME purchase as I will now be able to have all of my files, programs and games on SSD and NVME. The only HDD remaining will be the 5TB Seagate that will be my backup. I got them for RAID 0 because I want to see when they hit there SLC limit. I could have got the 2TB for the same price as 2 1TB but the sequential read performance is what prompted RAID 0. I was going to list them on Kijji or Let go but I will have a few SSDs and NVME drives formatted and ready for sale. If anyone is interested send me a message and I will give you the details.

Amazon.ca

You have a nice rig.... the only thing that is bad on your is the MB. I feel so bad for you I would be willing to send you one of the boards I have sitting around.

Why are they so expensive in the US? I can pick one up locally for just under $100 in any computer shop, some places even list them as low as $95.
The 2TB model goes for $190 here in most shops, some are a few bucks cheaper.
Edit: Sorry, just realised it was Canadian Dollars, so same price as here for the 1TB ones. The 2TB is about C$15 cheaper here though.

Let us know how you get on with them though, as I'm considering getting one to dump my games on as well. Still cagey about QLC though...
At least Intel gives a 5 year warranty, which hopefully means something.

Lorec said:
As I mentioned in other thread, I had to grab an X570 that would have an argb header.
After deciding to get X570 gaming plus, I got this instead:
View attachment 126610 View attachment 126611 View attachment 126612
Lets say that shop staff was very convincing
My R5 2600 will be pimpin in this baby
(until September when I can get a 3950X for bragging purposes)

It's lucky you have a Japanese ManualInside™

thebluebumblebee · Jul 11, 2019

TheLostSwede said:
Why are they so expensive in the US?

Did you miss the .CA part? It's $95 on the US site.

TheLostSwede · Jul 11, 2019

thebluebumblebee said:
Did you miss the .CA part? It's $95 on the US site.

As per my edit, yes I did.

Lorec · Jul 11, 2019

TheLostSwede said:
It's lucky you have a Japanese ManualInside™

Actually, its not! :roll:

When I bought my x470 gaming plus it had japanese and english.
How come a freaking high end C8H have only japanese?
Is it because of japanese capacitors? All boards have them nowadays

Oh well, will download manual from the web.

natr0n · Jul 11, 2019

I ordered a $20 phenom II x4 955 cpu for a spare motherboard I had and the seller sent me 2.

dorsetknob · Jul 11, 2019

natr0n said:
I ordered a $20 phenom II x4 955 cpu for a spare motherboard I had and the seller sent me 2.

Did you not ask for the other 2 (x4)

advanced3 · Jul 11, 2019

Lorec said:
$289
umm yeah it happened.
my wife doesnt know that i bought different board yet,
but she is very suspicious of the big shiny box already.

They ALWAYS find out, good luck :laugh:

System Name	DaBeast! DaBeast2!
Processor	AMD AM4 Ryzen 9 5900X 12C24T/AMD AM4 RYZEN 9 3900X 12C/24T
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 Aorus Xtreme/Gigabyte X570S Aorus Elite AX
Cooling	Thermaltake Water 3.0 360/Thermalright PA 120 SE
Memory	2x 16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB RT DDR4 3600C16/2x 16GB Patriot Elite II DDR4 4000MHz
Video Card(s)	XFX MERC 310 RX 7900 XTX 24GB/Sapphire Nitro+ RX 6900 XT 16GB
Storage	500GB Crucial P3 Plus NVMe PCIe 4x4 + 4TB Lexar NM790 NVMe PCIe 4x4 + TG Cardea Zero Z NVMe PCIe 4x4
Display(s)	Samsung LC49HG90DMEX 32:9 144Hz Freesync 2/Acer XR341CK 75Hz 21:9 Freesync
Case	CoolerMaster H500M/SOLDAM XR-1
Audio Device(s)	iFi Micro iDSD BL + Philips Fidelio B97/FostexHP-A4 + LG SP8YA
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000 Platinum/Enermax MAXREVO 1500
Mouse	Logitech G703/Logitech G603 WL
Keyboard	Logitech G613/Keychron K2
Software	Win11 Pro/Win11 Pro

System Name	His & Hers
Processor	R7 5800X/ R9 5950X Stock
Motherboard	X570 Aorus Master/ROG Crosshair VIII Hero
Cooling	Corsair h150 elite/ Corsair h115i Platinum
Memory	32 GB 4x8GB 4000CL15 Trident Z Royal/ 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)	LG G2 65/LG C1 48/ LG 27GP850/ MSI 27 inch VA panel 1440p165hz
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	Corsair K95 RGB Platinum/ Logitech G Pro

Processor	Ryzen 2700X
Motherboard	X470 Tachi Ultimate
Cooling	Scythe Big Shuriken 3
Memory	C.R.S.
Video Card(s)	Radeon VII
Software	Win 7
Benchmark Scores	Never high enough

System Name	Cumquat 2021
Processor	AMD RyZen R7 7800X3D
Motherboard	Asus Strix X670E - E Gaming WIFI
Cooling	Deep Cool LT720 + CM MasterGel Pro TP + Lian Li Uni Fan V2
Memory	32GB GSkill Trident Z5 Neo 6000
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ OC RX6800 16GB DDR6 2270Cclk / 2010Mclk
Storage	1x Adata SX8200PRO NVMe 1TB gen3 x4 1X Samsung 980 Pro NVMe Gen 4 x4 1TB, 12TB of HDD Storage
Display(s)	AOC 24G2 IPS 144Hz FreeSync Premium 1920x1080p
Case	Lian Li O11D XL ROG edition
Audio Device(s)	RX6800 via HDMI + Pioneer VSX-531 amp Technics 100W 5.1 Speaker set
Power Supply	EVGA 1000W G5 Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Core Wired
Keyboard	Logitech G915 Wireless
Software	Windows 11 X64 PRO (build 23H2)
Benchmark Scores	it sucks even more less now ;)

System Name	Space Heater MKIV
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Taichi
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S, 3x Noctua NF-A14s
Memory	2x32GB Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan Z DDR4-3600 C18 1.35V
Video Card(s)	PowerColor RX 6800 XT Red Devil (2150MHz, 240W PL)
Storage	2TB WD SN850X, 4x1TB Crucial MX500 (striped array), LG WH16NS40 BD-RE
Display(s)	Dell S3422DWG (34" 3440x1440 144Hz)
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro M
Audio Device(s)	Edifier R1700BT, Samson SR850
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x, CyberPower CST135XLU
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK 2 96%
Software	Windows 10 LTSC 2021, Linux Mint

What's your latest tech purchase?

dorsetknob

"YOUR RMA REQUEST IS CON-REFUSED"

HUSKIE

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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/5za05v

System Name	The work PC /2700x/5950x
Processor	3900X stock/ 2700x stock/ 5950x 4200 MHz fixed @ 1,056-1,08V
Motherboard	Gigabyte AORUS Master X570/2xMSI X470 M7 AC
Cooling	Custom WC XSPC RX480, Laing DDC, XSPC Laing DDC Top V3 and EK Velocity/NH15/NH-U12S SE
Memory	32 GB Viper 3600/14 /16 GB Trident Z F4-4000C18D-16GTZSW 3600 /32 GB G Skill Flare CL14 3400
Video Card(s)	2070 Super X MSI/GTX 970 MSI/ GTX 970 MSI
Storage	1 TB SSD+500 GB NVMe / 500 GB SSD/ 500 GB SSD
Display(s)	Dell UltraSharp U2518D/2408WFP
Case	Corsair 800D / Lian test bench/NZXT 500
Power Supply	AX 850 Titanium/AX 860i/AX 760
Software	Dual boot/Win 7 & 10 / Linux / Win 10

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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	Nilin
Processor	Ryzen 9 5800x
Motherboard	Asus Rog Crosshair VIII Hero Wifi
Cooling	Lian Li Galahad AIO 360
Memory	G. Skill TridentZ Neo 32gb 3600Mhz CL16-16-16-36
Video Card(s)	Asus TUF RTX 3080
Storage	Samsung Evo 960 250gb (System), Samsung Evo 860 500gb (Misc), Samsung 990 Pro 1Tb (Games)
Display(s)	LG 27" UHD IPS, LG Ultragear 27" WQHD Nano IPS
Case	InWin 303 (7x Fractal Prisma 120mm)
Power Supply	Tt Toughpower Grand RGB 850W
Mouse	Razer Viper Ultimate
Keyboard	SteelSeries Apex 3
Benchmark Scores	https://www.3dmark.com/fs/21022952 (old system)

System Name	Main/DC
Processor	i7-3770K/i7-2600K
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD55/GA-P67A-UD4-B3
Cooling	Phanteks PH-TC14CS/H80
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) LP /4GB Kingston DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 660 Ti/MSI HD7770
Storage	Crucial MX100 256GB/120GB Samsung 830 & Seagate 2TB(died)
Display(s)	Asus 24' LED/Samsung SyncMaster B1940
Case	P100/Antec P280 It's huge!
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	SeaSonic SS-660XP2/Seasonic SS-760XP2
Software	Win 7 Home Premiun 64 Bit

System Name	natr0n-PC
Processor	Ryzen 5950x/5600x
Motherboard	B450 AORUS M
Cooling	EK AIO 360 - 6 fan action
Memory	Patriot - Viper Steel DDR4 (B-Die)(4x8GB)
Video Card(s)	EVGA 3070ti FTW
Storage	Various
Display(s)	PIXIO IPS 240Hz 1080P
Case	Thermaltake Level 20 VT
Audio Device(s)	LOXJIE D10 + Kinter Amp + 6 Bookshelf Speakers Sony+JVC+Sony
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III ARGB 80+ Gold 650W
Software	XP/7/8.1/10
Benchmark Scores	http://valid.x86.fr/79kuh6

Processor	3700x @ 4.3
Motherboard	Crosshair 7 hero
Cooling	Kraken X62
Memory	16GB Trident-Z 3200
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX2080 XC Ultra
Storage	Samsung 960 evo 500gb NVME
Display(s)	ASUS ROG Swift PG348Q
Case	NZXT H500
Audio Device(s)	Phillips SHP 9500s.....Audio Technica AT 2035 microphone.....Scarlett 2i2 audio interface.
Power Supply	EVGA 850W Supernova G2
Mouse	Model O
Keyboard	Corsair K65
Software	Windows 10