What's your latest tech purchase?

[FreedomEclipse]

Gear cable on the bike snapped. So im overhaulin' (and yes... very much FML...)

This will be the fanciest, smoothest shifting 6800 ultegra the world has yet to ever seen.

meanwhile I'll go cry myself to sleep.

 

[Mussels]

Had a 3080, but had no impulse control after receiving some Christmas cash, so I went to the Dallas Microcenter and got a 4080 Strix OC 16 GB.

Of course, I didn't do measurements before hand to see if the GPU would fit, so I had to relocate my reservoir/pump to fit the GPU.

The 4080 also came with an adjustable GPU stand, which you can kind of see holding the GPU up on the right side.

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Can you do without the res entirely? Sneakily located fill ports can bypass the need entirely

 

[dcf-joe]

This is great
Terrible but great


Can you do without the res entirely? Sneakily located fill ports can bypass the need entirely

I suppose I could, but the other entirely reasonable approach is to just upgrade the rest of the system and get a larger case!

 

[lemonadesoda]

C5W 12v 36mm

 

[InVasMani]

Picked up a Roland MMP-2 Mic Modeling Preamp.

 

[Norton]

A g502 hero bc y not plus I needed a cheap wired mouse for gaming

I bought the same... hate it.

Felt fine righty but when I switched to lefty, which I do constantly and seamlessly with my other mouse, I couldn't use it.

Switched back to a Logitech G300s for now since it's nearly perfect for both handed users like me, just a little small for my hands.

Going to try it a few more times to see if I can get used to it

 

[JrRacinFan]

both handed users like me

much respect to you. I know i couldnt do it.

 

[tabascosauz]

Me and my idiot brain cannot stop beta testing for AMD

Had a choice of an XFX 310 or Powercolor MBA for the same price, but alas I cannot fit a goddamn 344mm long GPU

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

Mea culpa? I just got my Fractal Celsius+ S36 Dynamic AIO cooler and I'm not getting better core temps at all in Cinebench R23! The suspects: The tubes curve a lot and I don't have more room, even in the Corsair 275R case! Also the room being warm.

Does their pre-applied TIM suck?

 

[JrRacinFan]

Me and my idiot brain cannot stop beta testing for AMD

Had a choice of an XFX 310 or Powercolor MBA for the same price, but alas I cannot fit a goddamn 344mm long GPU

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You can send it my way. I'm sure it will fit in my 5000d quite easily xD

 

[lexluthermiester]

I bought the same... hate it.

Felt fine righty but when I switched to lefty, which I do constantly and seamlessly with my other mouse, I couldn't use it.

Switched back to a Logitech G300s for now since it's nearly perfect for both handed users like me, just a little small for my hands.

Going to try it a few more times to see if I can get used to it

Redragon make great mice, wired and wireless. Not expensive either.

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

Mea culpa? I just got my Fractal Celsius+ S36 Dynamic AIO cooler and I'm not getting better core temps at all in Cinebench R23! The suspects: The tubes curve a lot and I don't have more room, even in the Corsair 275R case! Also the room being warm.

Does their pre-applied TIM suck?

OK, I was able to make it so that the tubes are in a normal orientation now. I changed the TIM and now I'm back to virtually identical to the Cooler Master MA 612. But I suspect it's my room being warm. Because the core temp is better than before! Yesss! Only mea culpa just minutes ago: I had it on PWM mode and somehow it wasn't on PWM mode. That was what I rechecked after changing the TIM and getting 90C and throttling! That throttling was just it not being on PWM mode. Got lucky with the pump speed woops, where I was lucky that it didn't just click off on me, like my FX 8350 (and Sabertooth 990 FX R 2.0) did at a paltry 4.4 GHz, when running x264!

Gee wiz, looks like it took until 9 o'clock PM just to get where I am now! And the heatsink installation for AM4 isn't as hard as what a Newegg review said, LOL.

 

[Mussels]

Mea culpa? I just got my Fractal Celsius+ S36 Dynamic AIO cooler and I'm not getting better core temps at all in Cinebench R23! The suspects: The tubes curve a lot and I don't have more room, even in the Corsair 275R case! Also the room being warm.

Does their pre-applied TIM suck?

You got a midrange AIO, but it's not specifically great for AM4 - and the 5800x gives no shits for how big a cooler is, purely about it's baseplate and contact over the CCX

The AIO pump should be on plain 12V, not PWM or controlled in any way. Run the pump at 100%.

bottom link in my sig will give you all the details you want

 

[tabascosauz]

In preparation for the XT, de-waterblocking and putting back together the 2060S FE as my backup and interim card, while selling the 3070Ti TUF. It's sad, I know. Not many people go back from a waterblock.

I thought removing the FE cooler was a pain in the ass. GN Steve's frustration taking apart the 2060/2060S/2070 FE was known to all.
Reinstalling the FE cooler is even worse. At least I got it back together, and core/hotspot delta is slightly less now.

The aesthetic of the 20 FEs will never get old though. They suck as coolers, but damn do they look sleek and professional. Okay, that wasn't fair, they perform commensurate with their size and mass.

 

[de.das.dude]

finally went nvme ssd. was on a discounted price ~100USD

 

[JrRacinFan]

ANy suggestions on a 2TB NVME greater or around 5.5Gb/s ? WD SN770? Upgrading from a Sabrent Rocket 1TB

 

[Kapone33]

ANy suggestions on a 2TB NVME greater or around 5.5Gb/s ? WD SN770? Upgrading from a Sabrent Rocket 1TB

Seagate 530. Corsair Mp600 will both give you that speed.

Seagate 530. Corsair Mp600 will both give you that speed.

The SN850 is also good.

 

[Shrek]

Gear cable on the bike snapped. So im overhaulin' (and yes... very much FML...)

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This will be the fanciest, smoothest shifting 6800 ultegra the world has yet to ever seen.

I prefer stainless steel cables for long life, after my last one also snapped.

 

[GamerGuy]

A couple of accessories for my upcoming build/upgrade, mostly to do with aesthetics more than anything else...a 24pin ATX right-angle adapter, and 3x U-bend PCIe connectors for my RX 7900 XTX.

 

[Kapone33]

Me and my idiot brain cannot stop beta testing for AMD

Had a choice of an XFX 310 or Powercolor MBA for the same price, but alas I cannot fit a goddamn 344mm long GPU

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Your idiot brain is going to wonder what all the fuss is about.

 

[lexluthermiester]

WD SN770? Upgrading from a Sabrent Rocket 1TB

TeamGroup has some compelling 2TB drives. Not sure about the speed, but if it's not close to 5500mbps, it's not far off.
EDIT;
Here's the one I was thinking of;

https://www.amazon.com/TEAMGROUP-Internal-Compatible-Desktop-TM8FP6002T0C101/dp/B095PMX6JS

3500mbps
$120 right now though.

 

[masterdeejay]

I replaced my M40 tesla (Titan X/M) to somehing new. So i bought an Intel Arc A770 LE 16Gb.
I only gaming at windowed 720p or 1080p 60fps so it is a little overkill.

 

[maxfly]

I replaced my M40 tesla (Titan X/M) to somehing new. So i bought an Intel Arc A770 LE 16Gb.
I only gaming at windowed 720p or 1080p 60fps so it is a little overkill.
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Wow, I'm shocked you actually found one! Nice!

 

[Yraggul666]

These Demons have arrived.

 

[Space Lynx]

I just got in the mail a WD SN770 Black 500GB, was on Discount for $43 brand new and free ship... been wanting a dedicated Linux Mint drive... now I finally got one.