What's your latest tech purchase?

[Mussels]

Not even distilled water ?

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edit: so better use compressed air bomb

distilled water is usually the safest option, lightly damp microfiber - you dont wanna be spraying the thing down

I purchased a Ryzen 5-5600x for my asus rog strix am4 motherboard with the B450F Gaming 2. I replaced my 2600x with it due to some weird thread issue that was causing win10 pro to keep encountering errors. I've got 32 gigs ddr4 @2666 and a Asus tuf rtx 3070ti oc gaming card. I power it with a Thermaltake tough power 1200 watt psu. And an LG 24IN monitor at 1080p with built-in speakers. I bought the 3070 ti and 5600x because I was informed that the 2 pieces of hardware went together hand in hand. I put this system together just like 4 months ago based on my knowledge and what I was getting from online hardware reviews. I read the other day that these beasts of graphics cards need extra support underneath the gpu, otherwise my G.C. could suffer catastrophic failure in a mere 4yrs or less due to the PCB FLEXING and popping vram chips. Does anyone know if asus installed the extra bit of support to prevent this sort of thing from happening? And as far as gaming rigs go, is mine considered a solid decent build for gaming.? Thanks for the help anyone.

ryzen 2000 and 32GB of RAM, was likely just the IMC/IF having trouble at that speed. It's not rated that high, and you probably had overclocking/voltage tweaking to get it working (SoC voltage, primarily)
The same ram that does 3900 in my 5800x and 3xD CPUs wont pass 3200 on my 3700x, and 3000 was a struggle on my 2700x depending on the board used (different default voltages)

This isn't the thread to ask for build advice, more of a showing off what you bought thread - and no, your's isn't the GPU mentioned in that article about the GPU sag causing VRAM issues. Yes, that's why GPU's have backplates and support rails, and yes it's always worth supporting it one way or another - even just having the cables come from above to pull it up instead of down is usually enough.

 

[Dahak390]

I understand what you're saying about the cpu, but I sold it to someone who couldn't even get windows to install with it in and I ended up buying it back from the guy. As for buying new hardware, I forgot to mention that I also purchased an MSI 240 liquid cooler for the cpu and Temps are steady around 38 Celsius. I didn't build a system in 10 yrs. And everything I bought except for the psu, cpu and motherboard and ram, was second hand. So that being said I think I did good. I bought everything else from reputable resellers second hand. Thanks I'll keep my posts where they belong from now on. I apologize if I caused any upset. I'm just proud of my accomplishments as I didn't even learn anything about computers until 20 years ago and I am self taught.

 

[Lost_Troll]

My latest Tech buy is two Dell 3060"s micro-PC's that I don't ever think they were used for 125$ US each. Both came with an i3-8100T, WiFi, 8Gb of DDR4 2666 and 128Gb M.2 2280 SATA drives with WIN 10 Pro loaded on them.

 

[bobbybluz]

A what appears to be decent Asus Xonar Essence STX off Ebay for $68. Less than 1/2 the price of any STX II's.

 

[Dahak390]

Nice job. Got to love it when you come across a deal like that.

Nice, I see it has an in-line amplifier.

Good on you dude. Keep finding deals for new hardware.

 

[lexluthermiester]

My latest Tech buy is two Dell 3060"s micro-PC's that I don't ever think they were used for 125$ US each. Both came with an i3-8100T, WiFi, 8Gb of DDR4 2666 and 128Gb M.2 2280 SATA drives with WIN 10 Pro loaded on them.

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Those would make great AndroidX86 boxes!

 

[Lost_Troll]

Those would make great AndroidX86 boxes!

Close, they are going to Linux and Unix test boxes.

Edit: I bought them on Amazon Refurbished. There up to 133$ now : Amazon.com: Dell Optiplex 3060 Micro i3, 8100T, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, Windows 10 Pro(Renewed) : Electronics

 

[lexluthermiester]

Close, they are going to Linux and Unix test boxes.

Edit: I bought them on Amazon Refurbished. There up to 133$ now : Amazon.com: Dell Optiplex 3060 Micro i3, 8100T, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, Windows 10 Pro(Renewed) : Electronics

Fair enough!

 

[AAF Optimus]

ODI DFP-34X-2C2 - SFP xPON ONU Stick

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Soon™

 

[Ruru]

I guess that it's somewhat tech related, I ordered desk feet for my 2nd rig's desk

 

[Shrek]

Second Netgear RAX10 from Goodwill (both without power supplies); not sure why people are getting rid of them.

Is there something I don't know?

 

[Mussels]

Got some solar controllers for $10 off facebook, sorry lads - the sun is mine!

I believe these can be summarised as "cheapest in class" and "converts higher voltages into more amps, to charge more efficiently with safety features that may not work well"

Currently running with a UPS battery (7.2AH) and a 10W panel, but the idea is this allows me to expand that as i acquire random parts cheap

For ~$400 i've seen 600W solar generator kits for sale, that are a UPS with solar and AC input - using the sun to make your PC cheaper/free oddly sounds good. If it wasnt for batteries wearing out, that'd be great connected to my AC Unit in summer to reduce costs, without wiring the whole house up.

Edit: This was it
My PC would easily run off that, it'd be the struggle of getting enough solar panels to keep the juice flowing

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Price of my recent B550 ITX and 3070 8GB purchase: A goodbye post, to a legend of a CPU.

Fare thee well, 3570k. I've abused and tortured you for a long, long time.

This legends home looks like *ass* as it's held together with gaffer tape and cable ties, but it's reliable* and overclocked to the tits.
I forgot about R23 and heaven and left it running for almost 2 weeks, and it was still going when I finally noticed.


3570k @ 4.5GHz (Delid + LM, <60c)
16GB DDR3 1333 @ 2000 C11
GTX 970 Hopes 'n prayers edition*
512GB sata SSD
Thermaltake 750W Gold PSU

*Hope that the cable tie prevents the GPU sagging, by tying it to the CPU fan. It cold boot crashes when it sag

It ran my two 4K 60Hz displays at 10 bit colour zero issues and can game happily at 1080p or 1440p in easier titles.
The higher RAM speed *really* buffs up the 99% FPS range

Not like it's beating a 4790k or anything.

Lazy verification that it's at 4.5GHz

s.

Other than the CPU that i've kept around for a few years and a new SSD, the entire PC came from trash - literally, PC's other people threw out for being faulty.

It's a thermaltake case - you can't cable manage this level of trash well. Best I could do was secure it all.

Sad octopus is sad, and will miss his friend.

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

Got some solar controllers for $10 off facebook, sorry lads - the sun is mine!

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I believe these can be summarised as "cheapest in class" and "converts higher voltages into more amps, to charge more efficiently with safety features that may not work well"

Currently running with a UPS battery (7.2AH) and a 10W panel, but the idea is this allows me to expand that as i acquire random parts cheap

For ~$400 i've seen 600W solar generator kits for sale, that are a UPS with solar and AC input - using the sun to make your PC cheaper/free oddly sounds good. If it wasnt for batteries wearing out, that'd be great connected to my AC Unit in summer to reduce costs, without wiring the whole house up.

Edit: This was it
My PC would easily run off that, it'd be the struggle of getting enough solar panels to keep the juice flowing
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Price of my recent B550 ITX and 3070 8GB purchase: A goodbye post, to a legend of a CPU.
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Fare thee well, 3570k. I've abused and tortured you for a long, long time.
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This legends home looks like *ass* as it's held together with gaffer tape and cable ties, but it's reliable* and overclocked to the tits.
I forgot about R23 and heaven and left it running for almost 2 weeks, and it was still going when I finally noticed.


3570k @ 4.5GHz (Delid + LM, <60c)
16GB DDR3 1333 @ 2000 C11
GTX 970 Hopes 'n prayers edition*
512GB sata SSD
Thermaltake 750W Gold PSU

*Hope that the cable tie prevents the GPU sagging, by tying it to the CPU fan. It cold boot crashes when it sag

It ran my two 4K 60Hz displays at 10 bit colour zero issues and can game happily at 1080p or 1440p in easier titles.
The higher RAM speed *really* buffs up the 99% FPS range

Not like it's beating a 4790k or anything.

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Lazy verification that it's at 4.5GHz
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s.

Other than the CPU that i've kept around for a few years and a new SSD, the entire PC came from trash - literally, PC's other people threw out for being faulty.

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It's a thermaltake case - you can't cable manage this level of trash well. Best I could do was secure it all.
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Sad octopus is sad, and will miss his friend.

Isn't that the system that tried to kill you?

 

[nomdeplume]

This legends home looks like *ass* as it's held together with gaffer tape and cable ties, but it's reliable* and overclocked to the tits.
I forgot about R23 and heaven and left it running for almost 2 weeks, and it was still going when I finally noticed.

Please tell me more about your eco-conscious decisions.

Seriously fun build with nfg.

 

[wNotyarD]

Please tell me more about your eco-conscious decisions.

That's what the solar stuff is for

 

[Gumby]

Time for upgrade to my HT. DXR 5.4 9.2 channel and ADM 20.4 2 channel amp so I can do a 7.2.4 surround sound setup.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Time for upgrade to my HT. DXR 5.4 9.2 channel and ADM 20.4 2 channel amp so I can do a 7.2.4 surround sound setup.
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Nice! Very nice!

 

[Chomiq]

Following @VSG review I've decided to give Truthear x Crinacle ZERO a try. Will update once they get here.

They're here, it's weeb central:

Even camera app detected face there.

Couldn't get a good seal on stock comply foams so opted for regular silicon ones.

Customs didn't touch them, no VAT added on arrival. Sweet.

 

[Dragam1337]

Got my cpu - but look how they delievered it... no proper protection, no anti-static... -_-'

 

[Chomiq]

Got my cpu - but look how they delievered it... no proper protection, no anti-static... -_-'

That's rough... where did you purchase it?

 

[Klemc]

Got my cpu - but look how they delievered it... no proper protection, no anti-static... -_-'

Should have been in this boxe :

 

[3x0]

Should have been in this boxe :

If he bought a Tray version then that's pretty normal, although I'd expect a plastic enclosure at least.

 

[Dragam1337]

If he bought a Tray version then that's pretty normal, although I'd expect a plastic enclosure at least.

It was indeed a tray version, but i've never gotten one that wasn't in a protective plastic enclosure as the very least.

 

[judsonian]

Audeze Mobius FTW!