What's your latest tech purchase?

[QuietBob]

Run the last supported version of Mac OS X (the X is a roman numerial - 10.6.)

Actually, it's 10.5.8. According to Wikipedia, OS X Leopard (10.5) was the final system to support the PowerPC architecture.

 

[80-watt Hamster]

No it is the air cooled one and man this thing must weigh 50 pounds!
I know it works perfectly.
I just do not know what I should do with it.
I have never operated one longer than 15 min. LOL. I have an Apple iPhone but this is NOT a phone LOL.
Is it sellable/tradable or should I give it away?

Everything's sellable/tradable. How serious do you want to get? If OSX doesn't float your boat, there are any number of Linux distros that'll run on it. Otherwise, case mods have been done on every Mac chassis to accept PC hardware. That's what I'd be tempted to do.

 

[AltCapwn]

WQHD is 3440x1440 - yes? That's a lot of pixels to be pushing.
Have fun with your new purchase!

Edit: it turns out I was wrong: it's 2560x1440, same as QHD.

Yeah 21:9
3440 x 1440, should run OK on most games on a RTX 2060 I hope .

 

[sam_86314]

Got a new enclosure for the drive I use for Ventoy since my old Vantec one broke.

This clear USB 3.1 Type-C enclosure was a whopping $9 on Amazon. It's toolless, which is nice.

Speed is about 100MB/s better than the previous enclosure (I think the drive itself is the bottleneck now). Also, USB Type-C is vastly superior to Micro-B in every way.

It's based on the JMicron JMS576 UASP controller and seems to work at full SATA III speed. My previous enclosure used the JMS567 controller.

The activity LED is also much less blinding, though still very bright. Nothing a little masking tape can't fix.

 

[R-T-B]

So does anyone know what I should do with a Power Mac G5?

Load gentoo. That's what I did before I turned it into scrap.

And no, don't. You'll get such a headache.

Everything's sellable/tradable. How serious do you want to get? If OSX doesn't float your boat, there are any number of Linux distros that'll run on it. Otherwise, case mods have been done on every Mac chassis to accept PC hardware. That's what I'd be tempted to do.

This, seriously. The Mac G5 Chasis are actually sought after by case modders.

 

[trickson]

You know That's probably what I will do. I will mod the piss out of it make it a PC. I mean the thing is like 15 years old and as much as it pains me to see perfectly good tech go to waste it's about the only real thing I can do with it.
Turn it into another gaming rig.

 

[cst1992]

Yeah, do that.
Beats grating cheese at least...(j/k)

 

[micropage7]

just bought 2nd stuff

this one 2nd but brand new, since the previous owner just test it and back to its box and he tagged it fair enough

 

[tabascosauz]

CNY is all about family, right? Quick, family photo before I disown err, return the L12S:

 

[micropage7]

CNY is all about family, right? Quick, family photo before I disown err, return the L12S:

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family and fans

 

[FireFox]

Don't forget to show off your tech related purchase when it arrives.

Arrived today

 

[R-T-B]

You know That's probably what I will do. I will mod the piss out of it make it a PC. I mean the thing is like 15 years old and as much as it pains me to see perfectly good tech go to waste it's about the only real thing I can do with it.
Turn it into another gaming rig.

Sadly yeah. G5s are sick looking as far as Macs go, but they didn't age terribly well tech wise.

 

[FireFox]

I am too lazy to remove the GPU so i 've Installed the SSD in the M.2_3 slot will i lose any performance?

 

[ThrashZone]

I am too lazy to remove the GPU so i 've Installed the SSD in the M.2_3 slot will i lose any performance?

Hi,
Don't think so but refer to your manual here's the formula I still have it's online manual

 

[FireFox]

The SN550 runs pretty cool

So, after installed the SSD moved COD CW from the WD 2.5 to the new SSD and played games for 7 hours straight, the max temp was 38c, i assume it's not that bad.

A question for everyone.
Because the 10700K has 16 PCI Lanes won't 2 SSDs limit the GPU and what about in case i installed a 3rd SSD?

 

[biffzinker]

A question for everyone.
Because the 10700K has 16 PCI Lanes won't 2 SSDs limit the GPU and what about in case i installed a 3rd SSD?

You can have 2x8 PCIe between the GPU, and two SSD's. The third drive would have to use x4 of the 24 x PCIe 3.0 links on the PCH/Chipset.

 

[FireFox]

Don't the Nvme m.2 slots go through the PCH?

Check post #6,189

 

[biffzinker]

Check post #6,189

Edited my post

 

[SN2716057]

The Sliger has arrived! Now I wait for a suitable gpu..

 

[Vendor]

my new amazing value case which came with 2 argb fans preinstalled, has a front mesh as well as bottom psu mount, loving it so far (turned off rgb because i don't like it much)

 

[cst1992]

Finally maxed out my motherboard's RAM!
Ordered and installed 2 8GB sticks today.

PS there's a small difference between the second last and last pictures. Can anybody spot it?
No points for saying "I see two extra RAM modules" I mean other than that.

PPS My PC has gone all red white and blue now, I guess I am more American than I thought!

 

[R00kie]

these things are absolutely inaudible, its incredible

as you probably have noticed, these are 5V version, did a little bit of a booboo when i’ve ordered them , so I had to make an adapter for these to work

Spoiler: Adapter

Luckily everything I needed was already in the box

 

[FireFox]

You can have 2x8 PCIe between the GPU, and two SSD's. The third drive would have to use x4 of the 24 x PCIe 3.0 links on the PCH/Chipset.

all i need is the GPU running at x16

 

[QuietBob]

there's a small difference between the second last and last pictures. Can anybody spot it?

You finally connected the front USB panel?

 

[biffzinker]

all i need is the GPU running at x16

Have you checked what it is with GPU-Z?

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