What's your latest tech purchase?

[Chomiq]

How it looks.

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If only that octopus wasn't there...

 

[GamerGuy]

A couple of stuff came for my upgrades. this set of cable(1x 24pin ATX, 2x 8pin CPU, 3x 6+2pin PCIe) for my RX 7900 XTX back home, no more RGB Strimer type cables for me!

And a new mobo for my spare 3900X, I'm sticking with Gigabyte this time around....it's at my bud's place back home. Guess I've got a lot of stuff to pick up from him when I get back.

 

[Space Lynx]

A couple of stuff came for my upgrades. this set of cable(1x 24pin ATX, 2x 8pin CPU, 3x 6+2pin PCIe) for my RX 7900 XTX back home, no more RGB Strimer type cables for me!

And a new mobo for my spare 3900X, I'm sticking with Gigabyte this time around....it's at my bud's place back home. Guess I've got a lot of stuff to pick up from him when I get back.

I'm still trying to get a 7900 XTX at MSRP, just can't find any. Any tips for me?

 

[GamerGuy]

I'm still trying to get a 7900 XTX at MSRP, just can't find any. Any tips for me?

Wait a sec, you're asking a guy who'd paid about 1297USD for my MERC 310 RX 7900 XTX, for tips? That's almost 200USD above the MSRP of 1100USD for AIB cards!

I dunno if AMD is gonna be releasing more MBA (Made By AMD) cards as AIB's would be releasing their custom cards at 1100USD. Even at 1100USD MSRP for the AIB custom cards, I seriously doubt if you could find any at stated MSRP as the XTX are moving faster than the XT.

 

[nomdeplume]

A couple of stuff came for my upgrades...

What is the well worn SONY item in mobo photo?

 

[GamerGuy]

What is the well worn SONY item in mobo photo?

No bleeding idea dude, it's at my friend's place as I'd stated, I was curious about it myself when he'd sent me the pic.

 

[Space Lynx]

Wait a sec, you're asking a guy who'd paid about 1297USD for my MERC 310 RX 7900 XTX, for tips? That's almost 200USD above the MSRP of 1100USD for AIB cards!

I dunno if AMD is gonna be releasing more MBA (Made By AMD) cards as AIB's would be releasing their custom cards at 1100USD. Even at 1100USD MSRP for the AIB custom cards, I seriously doubt if you could find any at stated MSRP as the XTX are moving faster than the XT.

ok, I didn't realize you paid above MSRP.

7900 XT is really easy to get and its only about 15-20 fps slower in most games at 1440p, would have been nice getting an XTX, but at $899 I think I may settle for an XT.

 

[GreiverBlade]

moar i need moaaaaaarrr...

tomorrow, normally if nothing goes wrong (well 2022 has been kind to me so i hope it stay that way.)


Snapdragon 888 not a bad upgrade over the 870 of the Poco F3 5G i am currently using (and gifting to a colleague for christmas ... that poor soul has a Samsung Galaxy J3 8gb 2016 ... )
but the real MOAAAAAAAAAARRRR!!!! is 12gb RAM 256gb storage over a 6gb RAM 128gb storage (i bet 120gb more than his J3 will do just fine )

yeah, i confess ... i was jealous of my mother getting a Oppo Find X5 8/256 SD888 last september that thing is a freaking monster with a godlike Hasslebad camera ... but it cost 649chf (promo usually around 900ish ) and the Realme GT2 cost 475chf

Spoiler: famous Hasslebad shot :

and the appolo missions equivalent camera which eleven of them are still sitting on the moon chilling out there
the 500 EL/M 20th anniversary edition

 

[P4-630]

I have found a nice replacement for my Galaxy S7, I hate large smartphones, I found out the Galaxy S22 is just a tiny bit (few mm) larger in size than my S7, so this could be a nice replacement.
For now not buying yet but I keep an eye on the prices....

 

[Dristun]

I have found a nice replacement for my Galaxy S7, I hate large smartphones, I found out the Galaxy S22 is just a tiny bit (few mm) larger in size than my S7, so this could be a nice replacement.
For now not buying yet but I keep an eye on the prices....

There's also Asus Zenfone 9. Worse than S22 on almost every count (most importantly just two years of updates as opposed to samsung's four) but could be cheaper. It's a shame that there aren't any other android phones at least somewhat suitable for strictly one-handed use. And looking how even usually stubborn Apple canned the mini after just two years, doesn't look like any of the android gang will try to replicate it.

 

[GerKNG]

 

[HammerON]

Merry Christmas to me

 

[GreiverBlade]

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Merry Christmas to me

congrats, ps: don't forget to get your kidney back once you can ... i know we have two ... but NO! running on one is NOT fine! /joke(i am sorry! don't hit me! )


edit: oh, btw nice dining table and nice table set...

 

[lexluthermiester]

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Merry Christmas to me

Hell yeah! You got one of the better looking cards too! PNY's lineup for the RTX4000 series is very sharp looking!

 

[Sithaer]

How it looks.

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I've bought the same case ~1 month ago, so far I like it/those light wing fans are pretty good. 'replaced my In Win 101c dust magnet I had since 2018'

I guess my only small nitpick with the case is the thumb screws on the glass panel, always makes me feel very uncomfortable when I take off/put back the panel and have to be really careful with it.
Lukcily its not like I have to do that often now that everything is finished with the build.

 

[Ruru]

My mom got this as a present for my brothers, but as they got also an another drive for PS4, she was going to return this to the store but I said that I'll take and pay the original price instead. I'm not on my desktop but I can download Steam games already to it with my laptop. Works without problems with Windows even though this was a "PS4 drive".

 

[GreiverBlade]

My mom got this as a present for my brothers, but as they got also an another drive for PS4, she was going to return this to the store but I said that I'll take and pay the original price instead. I'm not on my desktop but I can download Steam games already to it with my laptop. Works without problems with Windows even though this was a "PS4 drive".

it does not matter if it's PS4/Xbox or windows ... all drive are the same inside and unlike Apple, there isn't any proprietary bollocks to hinder cross platform operation (no "oh no we don't want you to do that", "why, the hardware is not compatible?", "no no nothing of the sor... aherm yes it's ultra special Apple custom made with many improvement, way better than others and above all we don't want to "let" you do that..." )

received my GT2 ... boy oh boy ... came in 0% battery, but 15min charge with the SuperDart 65W bundled charger to have enough juice to sync (cons : not compatible with USB PD, but doesn't matter my USB PD 4Smarts 5 port charger is "only" 30W USB PD and 18W QC 3.0 ) then less than 8 minutes to copy the Poco F3 5G using my Belkin C to C cable, damn it even synced the lock/home screen walpaper

looks nice, the frosted back is an improvement over smooth glass (no fingerprint magnet) will take a bit of time to get used to the inscreen scanner (opposed to a side mounted one) and the bundled silicon hull feel quite a tad better than other i had till now



all good, wait ... should be RealMe UI 4.0 and Android 13... RealMe mentioned the GT2 and GT2 Pro would receive it between late august and mid september 2022
bah ... does not matter, Android 12 is fine as it is was still using it on the F3 and i prefer Realme transparence on the subject
from what i saw they label the UI indeed Realme UI 3.0 and you have a tab with Android version : 12, iirc on the Poco/Xiaomi/Redmi, they specify Miui 13 and i don't remember seeing a android version but just a build version with a "12" well drowned in other numbers composing the build number
not that it mattered much ... the F3 5G was still a beast and performed above expectation in anything i did with

on the cons side : aside the USB PD non-compatibility, no IR blaster (not a deal breaker, i rarely used it on the F3, aside for prank and when i did not find my TV remote) and no dual speaker (or rather no top grid, the sound come out just fine via the earpiece area and Dolby Atmos is also present)

well basically, no cons ... all pros ... in the end

edit: ohhhh huge improvement : adaptive refresh rate 1-120hz and 1000hz touch sampling, compare that to togglable 60-120hz and 360hz touch sampling on the F3 5G .... damn

 

[lightning70]

Graphic Card.

 

[Sithaer]

it does not matter if it's PS4/Xbox or windows ... all drive are the same inside and unlike Apple, there isn't any proprietary bollocks to hinder cross platform operation (no "oh no we don't want you to do that", "why, the hardware is not compatible?", "no no nothing of the sor... aherm yes it's ultra special Apple custom made with many improvement, way better than others and above all we don't want to "let" you do that..." )

received my GT2 ... boy oh boy ... came in 0% battery, but 15min charge with the SuperDart 65W bundled charger to have enough juice to sync (cons : not compatible with USB PD, but doesn't matter my USB PD 4Smarts 5 port charger is "only" 30W USB PD and 18W QC 3.0 ) then less than 8 minutes to copy the Poco F3 5G using my Belkin C to C cable, damn it even synced the lock/home screen walpaper

looks nice, the frosted back is an improvement over smooth glass (no fingerprint magnet) will take a bit of time to get used to the inscreen scanner (opposed to a side mounted one) and the bundled silicon hull feel quite a tad better than other i had till now
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all good, wait ... should be RealMe UI 4.0 and Android 13... RealMe mentioned the GT2 and GT2 Pro would receive it between late august and mid september 2022
bah ... does not matter, Android 12 is fine as it is was still using it on the F3 and i prefer Realme transparence on the subject
from what i saw they label the UI indeed Realme UI 3.0 and you have a tab with Android version : 12, iirc on the Poco/Xiaomi/Redmi, they specify Miui 13 and i don't remember seeing a android version but just a build version with a "12" well drowned in other numbers composing the build number
not that it mattered much ... the F3 5G was still a beast and performed above expectation in anything i did with

on the cons side : aside the USB PD non-compatibility, no IR blaster (not a deal breaker, i rarely used it on the F3, aside for prank and when i did not find my TV remote) and no dual speaker (or rather no top grid, the sound come out just fine via the earpiece area and Dolby Atmos is also present)

well basically, no cons ... all pros ... in the end

edit: ohhhh huge improvement : adaptive refresh rate 1-120hz and 1000hz touch sampling, compare that to togglable 60-120hz and 360hz touch sampling on the F3 5G .... damn

Thats pretty nice, I've been using my budget Realme 8 4g 6/128 since 2021 August and so far its been problem free and I kinda grew to like the Realme UI and its rather simple/user friendly design.
I still get updates too which is already better than my previous phone was, mine is also using 3.0 UI and Android 12 tho I'm not sure if my cheaper budget model will get that update but I'm fine with this anyway.

If I ever upgrade/buy a new phone I will definitely check out what Realme has to offer at the time. 'I really can't complain considering this was a sub 200$ phone and it does everything I need it for + solid battery life'

 

[GreiverBlade]

Thats pretty nice, I've been using my budget Realme 8 4g 6/128 since 2021 August and so far its been problem free and I kinda grew to like the Realme UI and its rather simple/user friendly design.
I still get updates too which is already better than my previous phone was, mine is also using 3.0 UI and Android 12 tho I'm not sure if my cheaper budget model will get that update but I'm fine with this anyway.

If I ever upgrade/buy a new phone I will definitely check out what Realme has to offer at the time. 'I really can't complain considering this was a sub 200$ phone and it does everything I need it for + solid battery life'

i had a tablet from them and it was bloody awesome (6/128gb for 199ish $ ) my mother, as i mentioned, got a Oppo Find X5 8/256 and Realme, just like OnePlus, is a subsidiary of Oppo... (which is in turn, like Vivo, are related to BBK Electronics Corporation) IQOO is also a subsidiary of Vivo

after seeing my mom Find X5, and getting a bit jealous of the SD888 compared to my SD870 i checked Oppo offer ... oh, hell no, it might be a beast but Switzerland pricing for it is above of 800$ (recent offer at 600ish but for a 6/128, heck even at 800chf+ it's still cheaper than any flagship that do not offer more to justify the price, yeah, Samsung, mostly looking at you.) a few month ago the Realme GT2 was a bit too expensive (just shy of 600chf) and recently it dropped by 200chf, as a friend and colleague at work needed a more modern phone (than his Galaxy J3 8gb 2016) i decided, hell, why not... even tho my F3 5G was not even a year old

Realme is quite good, on term of pricing, specs and UI design, i was quite surprised (and so far i saw no cost cutting compensation measure like putting ads, who fortunately could be disabled, everywhere like Redmi/Poco)

the Superdart charging, albeit incompatible with USB PD/QC 3.0+ but compatible with Oppo SuperVOOC, IQOO Flash charge and OnePlus Warp charge, is bloody fast
also i think i will enjoy the 5000mAh versus 4250mAh battery

 

[jallenlabs]

So I broke down and picked up a 11900k to upgrade my Sub Zero build. Hoping to get higher clocks. Newegg threw in a Gigabyte Aorus Master z590 board in for free after instant discount. This should help clocks too. Much better VRMs, plus 10GB Eth, so thats cool too. So far stable 5.3/5.1ghz at 60C full gaming load, but I haven't tried further. I should be able to get two of the cores to 5.5ghz and the rest to 5.2 with some tinkering. My 11700k and Z590/4000mhz are going into my newest addition, a file/media server. Prolly the real reason I upgraded in the first place...
BTW, Gigabytes BIOS is a turd. WTH?! Thankfully there's Intel's XTU!
Pic of my Uni's themed server.

 

[Ruru]

So I broke down and picked up a 11900k to upgrade my Sub Zero build. Hoping to get higher clocks. Newegg threw in a Gigabyte Aorus Master z590 board in for free after instant discount. This should help clocks too. Much better VRMs, plus 10GB Eth, so thats cool too. So far stable 5.3/5.1ghz at 60C full gaming load, but I haven't tried further. I should be able to get two of the cores to 5.5ghz and the rest to 5.2 with some tinkering. My 11700k and Z590/4000mhz are going into my newest addition, a file/media server. Prolly the real reason I upgraded in the first place...
BTW, Gigabytes BIOS is a turd. WTH?! Thankfully there's Intel's XTU!
Pic of my Uni's themed server.

Many skipped the 11th gen, well it was somewhat disappointing as it was still 14nm. But as I understood, it's still pretty capable?

 

[jallenlabs]

Many skipped the 11th gen, well it was somewhat disappointing as it was still 14nm. But as I understood, it's still pretty capable?

They did, including me, but the Subzero and the price and my need to constantly tinker ended me with that generation chip (I got the cooler for $99US and the chip for just over $300 and the MB ended up being $9US. Its just plain fun. It doesn't hold back by RTX 3090 at the resolution and refresh I play at so were good there. My workstation has a 12700k. So that one, is a bit more current. Ive never really been on the cutting edge too often and am usually a gen behind. Its just more affordable as I have upgade-itis...

 

[Ruru]

They did, including me, but the Subzero and the price and my need to constantly tinker ended me with that generation chip (I got the cooler for $99US and the chip for just over $300 and the MB ended up being $9US. Its just plain fun. It doesn't hold back by RTX 3090 at the resolution and refresh I play at so were good there. My workstation has a 12700k. So that one, is a bit more current. Ive never really been on the cutting edge too often and am usually a gen behind. Its just more affordable as I have upgade-itis...

Yoooo I didn't mean to complain even as I have an AMD setup (and will do), but don't still judge me as a fanboy, just meant that the 11th gen was somewhat forgotten.

 

[johnspack]

Bluetooth headphones... used as I'm on a fixed income, but I didn't want crap.... needed apx-HD support too....