What's your latest tech purchase?

Valantar · Nov 9, 2021

oxrufiioxo said:
I got the 5 year replacement warranty just in case so that mostly removes my worries for burn in.... This will mostly be used for media consumption games/movies/youtube. I will keep all the mitigations on regardless.

For those uses (as long as you don't play the same game for tons and tons of hours with fixed/bright UI elements) it should be brilliant. Congrats!

Splinterdog · Nov 9, 2021

A long standing customer of mine's eight year old HP All in One died and just as he was about to replace it with another AIO, I managed to persuade him to buy a new Ryzen PC from me

All he needs now is a monitor which he's ordered and he already has the HP wireless keyboard and mouse, so we're all set. It's not a gaming machine by any means and more than suits his needs.
Anyway, I just finished building him a nice PC with Ryzen 5600G, 8GB 2600 ram, Asus Prime A520M-K mobo, WD Blue 500GB NVMe and I put his old disks in too. This thing flies and he's definitely going to notice the difference from the old spinner he was using.
I like it when a plan comes together and it's so much fun building them. The case is a Thermaltake V200 with tempered glass.

MrAMD · Nov 9, 2021

Ready to start a new era. Except for DDR5 ram.... First the GPU shortage now RAM

P4-630 · Nov 9, 2021

MrAMD said:
Ready to start a new era. Except for DDR5 ram.... First the GPU shortage now RAM

MrAMD going Intel

DrCR · Nov 9, 2021

When we went from beige to black, that was good for a 10% fps increase. How much more does white give you?

Deleted member 202104 · Nov 9, 2021

Almost ready for Alder Lake

Happened to luck out with new stock:

seth1911 · Nov 9, 2021

P4-630 said:
With what GPU can you compare an A10 7870K APU?
Maybe you can get a dedicated RX 570 or something like it?

CPU is to slow for RPCS3, IGP chills on 17% :laugh:

Minimum for Games like RDR its a 8600K or nowdays a 10400 - 11400, but if i wana use the IGP it should be the new XE IGP with 32 EU also a 11500.

Caring1 · Nov 9, 2021

MrAMD said:
Ready to start a new era. Except for DDR5 ram.... First the GPU shortage now RAM

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That's an amazing amount of cash gone for that pile of goodies, I can only dream.

SN2716057 · Nov 10, 2021

I finally caved and bought Monstertech Table mounts for my X52 set. Now I can no longer blame the controls for crashing in DCS or MSFS2020.

All I have to do is wait for the endless updates :mad:

Rithsom · Nov 10, 2021

A Razer Core X eGPU enclosure. Bought it used for $200 on eBay:

Now to put a graphics card in it... I can't just use the 2060S in my main rig; a water block is mounted to that card. So, in addition to the Core X, I also ordered a graphics card from eBay: a GTX 1070 FE. I will post a picture of it when it arrives.

Hachi_Roku256563 · Nov 10, 2021

Twas my birthday so did get this

P4-630 · Nov 10, 2021

Hachi_Roku256563 said:
Twas my birthday so did get this

Congrats!
Did you try Forza Horizon 5 yet?

Splinterdog · Nov 10, 2021

Hachi_Roku256563 said:
Twas my birthday so did get this

With that set up you'll only ever see me as a speck in your rear view mirror on FH5

Hachi_Roku256563 · Nov 10, 2021

Splinterdog said:
With that set up you'll only ever see me as a speck in your rear view mirror on FH5

Considering I'm.not picking that game up for 2 years (only just picked up 4) that's probably pretty accurate

Anoniem · Nov 11, 2021

Seeing some really great stuff, y'all big spenders

Soooooo.... I finally caved. I really liked my first MO-RA3 420 project for my CPU and GPU loop so I really wanted to something like that again. I just bought a second MO-RA3, the 360 one. The 420 will be repurposed for the GPU and the new 360 will cool the CPU. I'll post a better pic when it's assembled and all. Cooling the rad will be left to the nine Arctic P12 PWM PST's and the res is the awesome Heatkiller with a D5 pump.

Mussels · Nov 12, 2021

Anoniem said:
Seeing some really great stuff, y'all big spenders

Soooooo.... I finally caved. I really liked my first MO-RA3 420 project for my CPU and GPU loop so I really wanted to something like that again. I just bought a second MO-RA3, the 360 one. The 420 will be repurposed for the GPU and the new 360 will cool the CPU. I'll post a better pic when it's assembled and all. Cooling the rad will be left to the nine Arctic P12 PWM PST's and the res is the awesome Heatkiller with a D5 pump.

Oooh, split loops?

I have two pumps so i've considered that myself, but D5's are a bit large (and two res would chew some space)

oxrufiioxo · Nov 12, 2021

I got to say this is the single most impactful purchase that I have made in ages to improve gaming on my PC

crazyeyesreaper · Nov 12, 2021

No photo at the moment but picked up a Hisense 65U8G (2021) 65 inch 4k 120hz HDR TV just for the lulls.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091XWTGXL?ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details&th=1

ThaiTaffy · Nov 12, 2021

crazyeyesreaper said:
No photo at the moment but picked up a Hisense 65U8G (2021) 65 inch 4k 120hz HDR TV just for the lulls.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091XWTGXL?ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details&th=1

Their testing protocol is supposed to be insane so in all likelihood it would be a very reliable TV though I have no idea about f specs of feature set you will have to let us know how you get on with it.

Anoniem · Nov 12, 2021

Mussels said:
Oooh, split loops?

I have two pumps so i've considered that myself, but D5's are a bit large (and two res would chew some space)

Well depending on the CPU and GPU that you have it might be worth it. My lovely 5900x doesn't produce a lot of heat and thus should be relatively cool. Thanks to the 3080 Ti it isn't with that ungodly 330w-370w of output. It might be a fun little experiment to try with your 3090 to be honest, but it is a bit of a hassle as watercooling always is.

PS. You don't need a res but it makes life easier

sepheronx · Nov 12, 2021

crazyeyesreaper said:
No photo at the moment but picked up a Hisense 65U8G (2021) 65 inch 4k 120hz HDR TV just for the lulls.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091XWTGXL?ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details&th=1

I had that TV.

Its PSU died on me after a week of use.

Just keep an eye on that.

GreiverBlade · Nov 12, 2021

birthday gift in advance ...

well a friend saw my Mi Watch Lite and thought ... "what the heck is that!" and decided to get me that one :

oh well ... i did not fail at life then!
now if only the frame was not so ... GShock ... it's a ROFL[EX]!

Huami Amazfit T-Rex ... i lose the barometer and the altimeter but i gain GPS and more screen real estate, a more comfortable wrist strap (quite elastic and more hole ... no more switching between one that is slightly too tight and one that is clearly too loose ... ) Mil-STD 810 housing and a design (my first Casio was a GShock) that suits me and the autonomy in normal use is 20 days, 66 days in basic (with sleep/HR monitoring still on) or ... 20hrs worth of GPS tracked multi activities including skiing...

Rithsom · Nov 12, 2021

Here it is, the used GTX 1070 FE I ordered:

I only paid... 400 USD for it. :fear:

...Yeah, I probably won't be keeping the card knowing that it burned a hole that big in my pocket...

I haven't decided yet, but I'll probably just flip the 1070 so that I can get my money back. In the meantime, I want to enjoy gaming on a laptop by installing this card in my newly-acquired Razer eGPU enclosure.

Deleted member 24505 · Nov 12, 2021

oxrufiioxo said:
I got the 5 year replacement warranty just in case so that mostly removes my worries for burn in.... This will mostly be used for media consumption games/movies/youtube. I will keep all the mitigations on regardless.

just don't sit less than 3 feet from it :laugh:

Rithsom said:
Here it is, the used GTX 1070 FE I ordered:

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I only paid... 400 USD for it. ...Yeah, I probably won't be keeping the card knowing that it burned a hole that big in my pocket...

I haven't decided yet, but I'll probably just flip the 1070 so that I can get my money back. In the meantime, I want to enjoy gaming on a laptop by installing this card in my newly-acquired Razer eGPU enclosure.

Needs a clean it looks like.

Rithsom · Nov 12, 2021

Tigger said:
Needs a clean it looks like.

Indeed. You'd think that the seller would've cleaned it up before shipping it off...

It's alright, though. I like to take things apart and clean them. This card probably needs a re-pasting, anyway.

System Name	Hotbox
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, 110/95/110, PBO +150Mhz, CO -7,-7,-20(x6),
Motherboard	ASRock Phantom Gaming B550 ITX/ax
Cooling	LOBO + Laing DDC 1T Plus PWM + Corsair XR5 280mm + 2x Arctic P14
Memory	32GB G.Skill FlareX 3200c14 @3800c15
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Radeon 6900XT Liquid Devil Ultimate, UC@2250MHz max @~200W
Storage	2TB Adata SX8200 Pro
Display(s)	Dell U2711 main, AOC 24P2C secondary
Case	SSUPD Meshlicious
Audio Device(s)	Optoma Nuforce μDAC 3
Power Supply	Corsair SF750 Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G603
Keyboard	Keychron K3/Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro M w/DSA profile caps
Software	Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Ryzen Monster
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600X
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair Hero VII WiFi
Cooling	Corsair H100i RGB Platinum
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB (4x8GB) 3200Mhz CMW16GX4M2C3200C16
Video Card(s)	Asus ROG Strix RX5700XT OC 8Gb
Storage	WD Black 500GB NVMe 250Gb Samsung SSD, OCZ 500Gb SSD WD M.2 500Gb, plus three spinners up to 1.5Tb
Display(s)	LG 32GK650F-B 32" UltraGear™ QHD
Case	Cooler Master Storm Trooper
Audio Device(s)	Supreme FX on board
Power Supply	Corsair RM850X full modular
Mouse	Corsair M65 Pro
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe RGB Silent
VR HMD	Headphones Logitech G533 wireless
Software	Windows 11 Start 11
Benchmark Scores	3DMark Time Spy 4532 (9258 March 2021, 9399 July 2021)

System Name	AlderLake / Laptop
Processor	Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz / Intel i3 7100U
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master / HP 83A3 (U3E1)
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans / Fan
Memory	32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MHz CL36 / 8GB DDR4 HyperX CL13
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio / Intel HD620
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2 / Samsung 256GB M.2 SSD
Display(s)	23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p / 14" 1080p IPS Glossy
Case	Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window / HP Pavilion
Audio Device(s)	Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W / Powerbrick
Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless / Logitech M330 wireless
Keyboard	RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless / HP backlit
Software	Windows 11 / Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock

System Name	nope
Processor	I3 10100F
Motherboard	ATM Gigabyte h410
Cooling	Arctic 12 passive
Memory	ATM Gskill 1x 8GB NT Series (No Heatspreader bling bling garbage, just Black DIMMS)
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD7770 and EVGA GTX 470 and Zotac GTX 960
Storage	120GB OS SSD, 240GB M2 Sata, 240GB M2 NVME, 300GB HDD, 500GB HDD
Display(s)	Nec EA 241 WM
Case	Coolermaster whatever
Audio Device(s)	Onkyo on TV and Mi Bluetooth on Screen
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadx 550W
Mouse	Steelseries Rival Fnatic
Keyboard	Logitech K270 Wireless
Software	Deepin, BSD and 10 LTSC

System Name	Black Box
Processor	Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
Motherboard	MSI E3 KRAIT Gaming v5
Cooling	Tt tower + 120mm Tt fan
Memory	G.Skill 16GB 3600 C18
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 970 Mini
Storage	Kingston A2000 512Gb NVME
Display(s)	AOC 24" Freesync 1m.s. 75Hz
Case	Corsair 450D High Air Flow.
Audio Device(s)	No need.
Power Supply	FSP Aurum 650W
Mouse	Yes
Keyboard	Of course
Software	W10 Pro 64 bit

What's your latest tech purchase?

Valantar

Splinterdog

MrAMD

P4-630

DrCR

Deleted member 202104

Guest

seth1911

Caring1

SN2716057

Rithsom

Hachi_Roku256563

Attachments

P4-630

Splinterdog

Hachi_Roku256563

Anoniem

Attachments

Mussels

Freshwater Moderator

oxrufiioxo

crazyeyesreaper

Not a Moderator

ThaiTaffy

Anoniem

sepheronx

GreiverBlade

Rithsom

Deleted member 24505

Guest

Rithsom

System Name	Merc v8
Processor	Ryzen 7800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X670 Gaming X AX
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 with Arctic fans
Memory	2x16GB G.Skill Flare X F5-6000
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 3070 VENTUS 3X PLUS
Storage	Solidigm P44 1TB, &2TB, Crucial MX500 2TB
Display(s)	LG UltraGear 34GP950G-B
Case	Caselabs Mercury S8
Audio Device(s)	Some Schiit with Edifier S351DB
Power Supply	Seasonic TX-750
Mouse	Logitech G600
Keyboard	Epomaker TH80 SE (Silent Red switches)
Software	W11Pro

System Name	Desktop PC
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Motherboard	MSI B450I Gaming Plus Max Wi-Fi
Cooling	Corsair Hydro X Series Custom Loop
Memory	32 (2x16) GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 MHz
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super FE
Storage	1 TB Samsung 970 EVO PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD
Display(s)	Vizio 1080p TV Screen (Temporary)
Case	Fractal Design Define Nano S
Audio Device(s)	Razer Kraken X Headset
Power Supply	Corsair RM650x 650W
Mouse	Razer DeathAdder V2 Gaming Mouse
Keyboard	Razer Cynosa Lite Gaming Keyboard
VR HMD	HTC Vive Cosmos
Software	Windows 10 Home 64 Bit
Benchmark Scores	3DMark Time Spy: 8706 (Stock)

System Name	Chip
Processor	Amd 5600X
Motherboard	MSI B450M Mortar Max
Cooling	Hyper 212
Memory	2x 16g ddr4 3200mz
Video Card(s)	RX 6700
Storage	5.5 tb hd 220 g ssd
Display(s)	Normal moniter
Case	something cheap
VR HMD	Vive

System Name	C₂H₅OH
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Alphacool Core 1 Black
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E GENE
Cooling	Custom loop - MO-RA3 420 & 360 Pro - Heatkiller 200 & 150 D5 pump/res combo
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB F5-8000J4048F24GX2 8GHz 36-44-44
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 4090 Suprim X Alphacool block
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB - Intel 660 Pro 2TB
Display(s)	Asus PG27AQDM 240Hz OLED
Case	Streacom BC1 Silver
Audio Device(s)	Topping DX7Pro - Topping A90 - Hifiman Ananda - Focal Elear - Focal Radiance - Adam A5X & Adam Sub 7
Power Supply	Corsair HX1200
Mouse	Logitech G Pro Wireless
Keyboard	Ducky One 2 SF White MX Speed Silver / Logitech MX Mechanical
Software	Windows 11 Pro

System Name	Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load)
Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

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

System Name	Old reliable
Processor	Intel 8700K @ 4.8 GHz
Motherboard	MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon AC
Cooling	Custom Water
Memory	32 GB Crucial Ballistix 3666 MHz
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X
Storage	3x SSDs 2x HDDs
Display(s)	Dell U2412M + Samsung TA350
Case	Thermaltake Core P3 TG
Audio Device(s)	Samson Meteor Mic / Generic 2.1 / KRK KNS 6400 headset
Power Supply	Zalman EBT-1000
Mouse	Mionix NAOS 7000
Keyboard	Mionix

System Name	Shoebox
Processor	3600x
Motherboard	Msi b550m Mortar +WiFi
Cooling	Cryorig m9
Memory	Crucial Ballistix c16 B-die 2x8gb
Video Card(s)	Powercolor rx570 4gb
Storage	WD black sn750 256gb (OS), crucial mx500 1tb(storage),Hitatchi ?? 7200rpm 500gb(Temp files)
Display(s)	Samsung 65" TU7100
Case	Zzaw b3
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha rx-v363
Power Supply	Corsair sf750
Mouse	Logitech g300s
Keyboard	Custom Skyloong sk64s
Software	Windows 11Pro

System Name	PCGR
Processor	12400f
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B660-I
Cooling	Stock Intel Cooler
Memory	2x16GB DDR5 5600 Corsair
Video Card(s)	Dell RTX 3080
Storage	1x 512GB Mmoment PCIe 3 NVME 1x 2TB Corsair S70
Display(s)	LG 32" 1440p
Case	Phanteks Evolve itx
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	750W Cooler Master sfx
Software	Windows 11

System Name	main/SFFHTPCARGH!(tm)/Xiaomi Mi TV Stick/Samsung Galaxy S23/Ally
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D/i7-3770/S905X/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?/Asus
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no:sizable vapor chamber/a nice one
Memory	64gb Corsair Vengeance Pro 3600mhz DDR4/8gb DDR3 1600/2gb LPDDR3/8gb LPDDR5x 4200/16gb LPDDR5
Video Card(s)	Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/RDNA3 768 core
Storage	250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/2tb SN770M
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/FHD 120hz
Case	Cougar Panzer Max/Elite 8300 SFF/None/back/back-front Gorilla Glass Victus 2+ UAG Monarch Carbon
Audio Device(s)	Logi Z333/SB Audigy RX/HDMI/HDMI/Dolby Atmos/KZ x HBB PR2/Edifier STAX Spirit S3 & SamsungxAKG beans
Power Supply	Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/4Smart Voltplug PD 30W/Asus USB-C 65W
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75% <3/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 13/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o