What's your latest tech purchase?

[Ruru]

HD 5770 + EK waterblock

 

[Splinterdog]

Bought a new helmet today as well as a Netphone V8 Bluetooth headset, so now I don't miss any calls. Only yesterday I went somewhere only to find out that job had been cancelled when I arrived. They'd phoned me but I was riding, obviously. (I do courier work by the way)
Also, I bought the brightest lid I could find for visibility and my safety because there are a lot of bad drivers out there.
Well chuffed actually and this unit also has an FM radio!

 

[Bones]

All I need now is for dark to get here along with a mixed drink and I'll be set to do a little viewing.

 

[Fouquin]

Already been pushing these to their limit, but here's a clean shot from when they first arrived and of the first boot.

 

[Splinterdog]

Already been pushing these to their limit, but here's a clean shot from when they first arrived and of the first boot.

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Bloody hell! I'm envious.

 

[Skywalker12345]

Already been pushing these to their limit, but here's a clean shot from when they first arrived and of the first boot.

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Any benchmarks? Seems like quite the setup!

 

[Fouquin]

Any benchmarks? Seems like quite the setup!

Indeed!

https://valid.x86.fr/ese66a

https://hwbot.org/submission/4437317

And just finished the Blender BMW demo with a time of 7:56.44. No screenshot as I'm not quite done squeezing performance out of these yet, was just curious where they scored at this point.

I need to invest in better cooling to get any further.

 

[Skywalker12345]

Indeed!

https://valid.x86.fr/ese66a

https://hwbot.org/submission/4437317

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And just finished the Blender BMW demo with a time of 7:56.44. No screenshot as I'm not quite done squeezing performance out of these yet, was just curious where they scored at this point.

I need to invest in better cooling to get any further.

That's awesome! How did you get your hands on the engineering samples?

 

[Fouquin]

That's awesome! How did you get your hands on the engineering samples?

Like most good things: kept a steady eye on eBay listings. I've been watching for chips since last year, and missed a few good ones, so after getting the board a couple months ago I got more serious about checking new listings.

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

Got myself 64GB ram sodimm pair but my laptop would only be arriving estimated in early june because of Covid. Self upgrade is cheaper. Should be compatible hopefully!

 

[EarthDog]

Should be compatible hopefully!

There is something said for checking before you buy, lol. GOod luck!

 

[Regeneration]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10154029326971633

 

[theonek]

Got myself 64GB ram sodimm pair but my laptop would only be arriving estimated in early june because of Covid. Self upgrade is cheaper. Should be compatible hopefully!

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laptop with 64gnb of ram? that's new as they are with only 8gb mass and even desktop gamer pc's don't have so much ram...

 

[Valantar]

laptop with 64gnb of ram? that's new as they are with only 8gb mass and even desktop gamer pc's don't have so much ram...

There are other things than gaming that one can use a PC for, though. Gaming is a relatively low memory use application in the grand scheme of things.

 

[theonek]

There are other things than gaming that one can use a PC for, though. Gaming is a relatively low memory use application in the grand scheme of things.

yes there are many other applications, but i doubt you will render or videoedit on a laptop professionally...

 

[Caring1]

Got myself 64GB ram sodimm pair but my laptop would only be arriving estimated in early june because of Covid. Self upgrade is cheaper. Should be compatible hopefully!

Not many Laptops take 64GB of Ram, it must be special.

 

[Valantar]

yes there are many other applications, but i doubt you will render or videoedit on a laptop professionally...

The existence of the mobile workstation market disagrees with you.

 

[Fat_Rambo_82]

Wasn’t aware this was even a section of the forums, ordered yesterday, came today. According to E-tailer they requested it be returned to sender by the courier, the updated tracking reflected that request. Courier delivered it anyway.

 

[Fouquin]

I've had the box since 2014. I finally got the appropriate card that goes in it today.

 

[Gmr_Chick]

Get hype

 

[Kovoet]

Decided to try bose PC speakers and pleasantly surprised.

 

[RealNeil]

Already have a pair of Mackie CR4-X - 4" Creative Reference Multimedia Studio Monitors Speakers sitting in the box, waiting for a subwoofer.
(I'm a firm believer in quality subwoofers now)
Last night I ordered the Mackie CR8S-XBT 8" Active Powered Studio Monitor Subwoofer with Bluetooth for them.

 

[Decryptor009]

Original high quality S-Video cable for my Playstation 2 to be displayed on my CRT television with better quality than composite.

 

[Valantar]

Love it when a well though out kickstarter comes through: my Genki Covert Dock for the Switch arrived today. Combined 25W GaN type-C charger + Switch dock with HDMI and USB, all in the size of a large phone charger. (Smaller than the stock Switch charger IIRC.) Also works as an HDMI and USB-A adapter if you connect a PC over USB-C, which could definitely come in handy at some point.

 

[Athlonite]

Yeppers @E-curbi Seasonic's are some of the best of the best I think! I have 3 or 4 systems that are all running Seasonic's and some of em have been in the systems for 5 or 6 years without a single issue!

Since buying Seasonic power supplies I have not had a single one go bad!

Which goes to show you get what you pay for in a Seasonic PSU great quality internals and a decent warranty