What's your latest tech purchase?

sam_86314 · Dec 6, 2024

Alright, time for everyone to judge me...

I got an LTT Screwdriver during their Black Friday sale, where you got a significant discount, but you didn't get to choose the colorway.

Luckily, I ended up getting the colorway I wanted anyway.

Dr. Dro · Dec 6, 2024

sam_86314 said:
Alright, time for everyone to judge me...

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I got an LTT Screwdriver during their Black Friday sale, where you got a significant discount, but you didn't get to choose the colorway.

Luckily, I ended up getting the colorway I wanted anyway.

What's to judge? It's a high-quality tool at a discount! That's awesome. Hope you build a lot of machines with it! :lovetpu:

sam_86314 · Dec 6, 2024

Dr. Dro said:
What's to judge? It's a high-quality tool at a discount! That's awesome. Hope you build a lot of machines with it!

I just know there's a lot of LTT hate around here.

I understand a lot of it, but I still watch LTT.

Dr. Dro · Dec 6, 2024

sam_86314 said:
I just know there's a lot of LTT hate around here.

I understand a lot of it, but I still watch LTT.

I do too, if for the entertainment value. A lot of things get needless hate. I mean, even I get some hate, and my opinions aren't even of the strongest kind

Linus' audience is not people like us, if you consider that he manages to open a door to the tech world for people who barely know how to turn their computers on, he does us all an invaluable service

jak_2456 · Dec 6, 2024

sam_86314 said:
Alright, time for everyone to judge me...

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I got an LTT Screwdriver during their Black Friday sale, where you got a significant discount, but you didn't get to choose the colorway.

Luckily, I ended up getting the colorway I wanted anyway.

Just curious, how much was it? I'm a complete cheapskate so I could never justify a $70 screwdriver (I'm fine with a $2 one), but I hope you enjoy it!

sam_86314 · Dec 7, 2024

jak_2456 said:
Just curious, how much was it? I'm a complete cheapskate so I could never justify a $70 screwdriver (I'm fine with a $2 one), but I hope you enjoy it!

It was $40 (and $10 shipping from WA to AZ).

I should've grabbed some extra stubby bit sets while I was at it, oh well.

jak_2456 · Dec 7, 2024

sam_86314 said:
It was $40 (and $10 shipping from WA to AZ).

Not too bad!

wNotyarD · Dec 7, 2024

sam_86314 said:
It was $40 (and $10 shipping from WA to AZ).

I should've grabbed some extra stubby bit sets while I was at it, oh well.

A good tool set is worth its weight in gold

lexluthermiester · Dec 7, 2024

sam_86314 said:
Alright, time for everyone to judge me...

Wait, what? Why would anyone judge you?

sam_86314 said:
I just know there's a lot of LTT hate around here.

I understand a lot of it, but I still watch LTT.

Ah ok.. No judgement here.

Fokker · Dec 7, 2024

sam_86314 said:
Alright, time for everyone to judge me...

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I got an LTT Screwdriver during their Black Friday sale, where you got a significant discount, but you didn't get to choose the colorway.

Luckily, I ended up getting the colorway I wanted anyway.

"Judge" is too gentle a word for what you deserve.

Edit: Waves in Arizonan.

Finished the install of my latest purchase. It's leaps and bounds better than the Pioneer and no more sound issues.

F**kery I was dealing with correcting:

Finished product:

FoulOnWhite · Dec 7, 2024

Linus is a tit, I can’t watch his videos as he annoys the brown stuff out of me. The way he shot himself in the foot just proved to me I was right about him all along.

Anyway, got rid of the 9yr old tyres off my CBR yesterday. The new Pirelli ct are miles better.

Rock N Roll Rebel · Dec 7, 2024

I got a new

SAMSUNG 49-Inch Odyssey G9 Series DQHD 1000R Curved Gaming Monitor, the tea is the most important port of the system lol

I got to get around to updating my specs. There are lots of changes

onemanhitsquad · Dec 7, 2024

The second Sony OLED in the house... Sony Bravia XR A95L 65" paired with a Sony UBP-X800M2 4K player the set proves to be over the top stunning...plenty of specs and pictures on the www...still tweaking but it has been amazing out of the box . I moved the main room tv , a Sony Bravia XR HX 929 55" , to another room and the 65" seems to be a better size for the main room.

de.das.dude · Dec 7, 2024

sam_86314 said:
Alright, time for everyone to judge me...

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I got an LTT Screwdriver during their Black Friday sale, where you got a significant discount, but you didn't get to choose the colorway.

Luckily, I ended up getting the colorway I wanted anyway.

project farm did say it was pretty nice in their rankings. no judgement.

Braegnok · Dec 7, 2024

Ordered Ryzen 9 9950X & DDR5-8800 2X24GB kit yesterday, with free express shipping.

Hankieroseman · Dec 7, 2024

I FIX IT!! I was looking for something like this removal tool and gave it a try. It's nice although I expected plastic it's thin flexible metal that probably works better.

de.das.dude · Dec 8, 2024

Hankieroseman said:
I FIX IT!! I was looking for something like this removal tool and gave it a try. It's nice although I expected plastic it's thin flexible metal that probably works better.
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ahh the Spudger as Big Clive calls it.

FoulOnWhite · Dec 8, 2024

Hankieroseman said:
I FIX IT!! I was looking for something like this removal tool and gave it a try. It's nice although I expected plastic it's thin flexible metal that probably works better.
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got same kit, very useful. I got the phone screen removal tool too.

Hankieroseman · Dec 8, 2024

de.das.dude said:
ahh the Spudger as Big Clive calls it.

I'll try to remember that! SPUDGER

onemanhitsquad said:
The second Sony OLED in the house... Sony Bravia XR A95L 65" paired with a Sony UBP-X800M2 4K player the set proves to be over the top stunning...plenty of specs and pictures on the www...still tweaking but it has been amazing out of the box . I moved the main room tv , a Sony Bravia XR HX 929 55" , to another room and the 65" seems to be a better size for the main room.

Bought my wife a 65 inch Sony XR-65A80L and the HT-A7000 Soundbar with the big subwoofer for Christmas last year and replaced her old 49 inch Bravia. My 55 inch model and soundbar/subwoofer are 4 years old now. I wouldn't buy anything but Sony.

sam_86314 said:
Alright, time for everyone to judge me...

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I got an LTT Screwdriver during their Black Friday sale, where you got a significant discount, but you didn't get to choose the colorway.

Luckily, I ended up getting the colorway I wanted anyway.

sirbaili · Dec 8, 2024

Picked some Deals from Black Friday and Cyber Monday:

including tax that I must pay in my country:

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Macro Device · Dec 8, 2024

I can't post any proof on that because my old smartphone's camera decided to kick the bucket but I purchased a used Huawei Nova 10 for as little as $93. Apart from exceptionally minor scratches and slightly abused battery, the condition is perfect. After Honor 8X, it feels like a capital ship and a half. So snappy. So on point.

A photo of my toy pets Phoenix (snake) and Gerry (gecko) shot on my new cellie:

nomdeplume · Dec 9, 2024

nomdeplume said:
Scheduled to arrive early next week. TPU did a review of the Cras C925 with max capacity of 2TB if that is at all helpful.

@RootinTootinPootin

So far it is as expected. Temps are about 10C higher than boot drive or 42C idle / 64C max sustained high speed write .
Saw just below 700MB/s max when writing from SATA SSD and the fastest speeds I saw were around 4300MB/s letting Steam manage file transfer from 980 Pro.
Seems to work fine half buried under a GPU. Opening some demanding games after GPU driver update it touched 55C and runs them much lower.

RootinTootinPootin · Dec 9, 2024

nomdeplume said:
@RootinTootinPootin

So far it is as expected. Temps are about 10C higher than boot drive or 42C idle / 64C max sustained high speed write .
Saw just below 700MB/s max when writing from SATA SSD and the fastest speeds I saw were around 4300MB/s letting Steam manage file transfer from 980 Pro.
Seems to work fine half buried under a GPU. Opening some demanding games after GPU driver update it touched 55C and runs them much lower.

Thanks for your valid response!! I was eyeing on this once vs the Patriot VP4300 Lite.

FreedomEclipse · Dec 9, 2024

Upgrading from an old beaten up and battery swapped 2015/16 Edge 520. They had hiked the price up to £250 not long ago but I thought id better make a move after price dropped again.

Macro Device · Dec 9, 2024

FreedomEclipse said:
Upgrading from an old beaten up and battery swapped 2015/16 Edge 520. They had hiked the price up to £250 not long ago but I thought id better make a move after price dropped again.

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System Name	Space Heater MKIV
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Taichi
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S, 3x Noctua NF-A14s
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Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK 2 96%
Software	Windows 10 LTSC 2021, Linux Mint

Processor	13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900KS
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Apex Encore
Cooling	Pichau Lunara ARGB 360 + Honeywell PTM7950
Memory	32 GB G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB @ 7600 MT/s
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Case	Cooler Master MasterFrame 700 benchtable
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Power Supply	EVGA 1300 G2 1.3kW 80+ Gold
Mouse	Microsoft Classic IntelliMouse
Keyboard	IBM Model M type 1391405
Software	Windows 10 Enterprise 22H2
Benchmark Scores	I pulled a Qiqi~

System Name	Space Heater MKIV
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Taichi
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S, 3x Noctua NF-A14s
Memory	2x32GB Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan Z DDR4-3600 C18 1.35V
Video Card(s)	PowerColor RX 6800 XT Red Devil (2150MHz, 240W PL)
Storage	2TB WD SN850X, 4x1TB Crucial MX500 (striped array), LG WH16NS40 BD-RE
Display(s)	Dell S3422DWG (34" 3440x1440 144Hz)
Case	Fractal Define R5
Audio Device(s)	Edifier R1700BT, Samson SR850
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x, CyberPower CST135XLU
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK 2 96%
Software	Windows 10 LTSC 2021, Linux Mint

Processor	13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900KS
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Apex Encore
Cooling	Pichau Lunara ARGB 360 + Honeywell PTM7950
Memory	32 GB G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB @ 7600 MT/s
Video Card(s)	Palit GameRock OC GeForce RTX 5090 32 GB
Storage	500 GB WD Black SN750 + 4x 300 GB WD VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS HDDs
Display(s)	55-inch LG G3 OLED
Case	Cooler Master MasterFrame 700 benchtable
Audio Device(s)	EVGA NU Audio + Sony MDR-V7 headphones
Power Supply	EVGA 1300 G2 1.3kW 80+ Gold
Mouse	Microsoft Classic IntelliMouse
Keyboard	IBM Model M type 1391405
Software	Windows 10 Enterprise 22H2
Benchmark Scores	I pulled a Qiqi~

System Name	Sim Racing PC/Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Gen 2
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800x/Intel Core i5-1135G7
Motherboard	ASUS TUF B450-Plus II/Lenovo MB
Cooling	Arctic Freezer A35 CO/laptop cooling
Memory	2*8 GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3200/16 GB
Video Card(s)	XFX SWFT309 RX 6700 XT/Intel Iris Xe graphics
Storage	1 TB Crucial 3400 PCIe Gen 4 SSD/Toshiba 512 GB NVMe
Display(s)	77" LG OLED TV (4K@120Hz)/13" Lenovo integrated panel (1200p@60Hz) and 30" Dell U3011 (1600p@60 Hz)
Case	Cougar MX330-G Air / ThinkPad X13 Gen 2 chassis
Audio Device(s)	Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro via Yamaha HT receiver/Integrated speakers or Creative Pebble Plus
Power Supply	EVGA 600 BA / Dell 180 W brick (through dock)
Mouse	Logitech K400+ / Cherry MW 4500
Keyboard	Logitech K400+ / Alienware AW510K or integrated keyboard
VR HMD	Meta Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 Home/Kubuntu 25.04

What's your latest tech purchase?

sam_86314

Dr. Dro

sam_86314

Dr. Dro

jak_2456

sam_86314

jak_2456

wNotyarD

lexluthermiester

Fokker

FoulOnWhite

Rock N Roll Rebel

SAMSUNG 49-Inch Odyssey G9 Series DQHD 1000R Curved Gaming Monitor, the tea is the most important port of the system lol

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System Name	G-Station 2.0 "YGUAZU"
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 WiFi
Cooling	Freezemod: Pump, Reservoir, 360mm Radiator, Fittings / Bykski: Blocks / Barrow: Meters
Memory	Asgard Bragi DDR4-3600CL14 2x16GB
Video Card(s)	Sapphire PULSE RX 7900 XTX
Storage	240GB Samsung 840 Evo, 1TB Asgard AN2, 2TB Hiksemi FUTURE-LITE, 320GB+1TB 7200RPM HDD
Display(s)	Samsung 34" Odyssey OLED G8
Case	Lian Li Lancool 216
Audio Device(s)	Astro A40 TR + MixAmp
Power Supply	Cougar GEX X2 1000W
Mouse	Razer Viper Ultimate
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman Elite (Red)
Software	Windows 11 Pro, Garuda Linux

System Name	Computer
Processor	Intel 12700K
Motherboard	Asus Prime Z690-A
Cooling	Twin radiator open loop
Memory	Corsair Dominator 32GB DDR5
Video Card(s)	eVGA 3080 FTW3 Ultra
Storage	Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus 2 TB
Display(s)	Asus PG348Q and two Asus VN279Q monitors
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Sennheiser GSX 1000 with Sennheiser HD599 SE
Power Supply	Asus Thor 1200P
Mouse	Corsair Scimitar Elite RGB Wireless
Keyboard	Keychron Q3 Max
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 10 Pro

System Name	BigRed
Processor	ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	Asus Rog Strix B650E-E Gaming WIFI
Cooling	Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 2x16GB DDR5 6000c30
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 3080 Gaming Trio X 10GB
Storage	M.2 drives WD SN850X 1TB 4x4 BOOT/WD SN850X 4TB 4x4 STEAM/USB3 4TB OTHER
Display(s)	Dell s3422dwg 34" 3440x1440p 144hz ultrawide
Case	Antec CX800
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z5450/KEF uniQ speakers/Bowers and Wilkins P7 Headphones
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x 80% gold
Mouse	Logitech G604 lightspeed wireless
Keyboard	Steelseries Apex Pro
Software	Windows 10 Pro X64
Benchmark Scores	Who cares

System Name	ROG MACHINE
Processor	Ryzen 9 5950x
Motherboard	Crosshair viii Hero
Cooling	NZXT Kraken Z 73 my corsair H115i kicked the bucket corsair sucks lol
Memory	g-skill rgb 64gb 4x16gb ddr4 3200mgz
Video Card(s)	MSI Ventus 3x oc 3080
Storage	Samsung 990 pro 4TB M.2 Samsung 980 pro 2TB M.2 two 16TB Seagate Iranwolf HD 10TB and a 12TB ironwol
Display(s)	Samsung Odyssey G9 49-inch Monitor/ Samsung C34J79x 34 inch curved monitor
Case	thermal take view 71 rgb
Audio Device(s)	creative ae-5 sound card
Power Supply	Seasonic Vertex 12 watt power supply
Mouse	ROG CHAKRAM
Keyboard	Rog Strix Flare II Animate Keyboard
Software	windows 11 pro 64bit

System Name	Monke \| Work Thinkpad \| Old Monke
Processor	Ryzen 5600X \| Ryzen 5500U \| FX8320
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Extreme4 \| ? \| Asrock 990FX Extreme 4
Cooling	240mm Rad \| Not needed \| hyper 212 EVO
Memory	2x16GB DDR4 3600 Corsair RGB \| 16 GB DDR4 3600 \| 16GB DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX6700XT 12GB \| Vega 8 \| Sapphire Pulse RX580 8GB
Storage	Samsung 980 nvme (Primary) \| some samsung SSD
Display(s)	Dell 2723DS \| Some 14" 1080p 98%sRGB IPS \| Dell 2240L
Case	Ant Esports Tempered case \| Thinkpad \| NZXT Guardian 921RB
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z333 \| Jabra corpo stuff \| Some USB speakers
Power Supply	Corsair RM750e \| not needed \| Corsair GS 600
Mouse	Logitech G400 \| nipple \| Dell
Keyboard	Logitech G213 \| stock kb is awesome \| Logitech K230
VR HMD	;_;
Software	Windows 10 Professional x3
Benchmark Scores	There are no marks on my bench

Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Gene
Cooling	Full Custom Water
Memory	G.SKILL F5-8000J3848F24GX2-TZ5K
Video Card(s)	XFX Mercury 9070 XT OC
Storage	Crucial T700 2TB Gen5 SSD
Display(s)	ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27UCDM
Case	BC1-V2 Titanium Edition
Audio Device(s)	SteelSeries Arctis GameBuds
Power Supply	SeaSonic Prime SSR-1300TR2
Mouse	Viper V3 Pro
Keyboard	Keychron Q1 Max, Drop + Matt3o MT3 Susuwatari, Gateron Milky Yellow Pro.
Software	Windows 11 Pro 24H2
Benchmark Scores	http://www.3dmark.com/pcm10b/2184577

System Name	XFIRE
Processor	Amd 5900x 4.6Ghz all core 1.190
Motherboard	Msi B550 Unify
Cooling	Custom WC RIG - XSPC RAYSTORM Pro WB for CPU;
Memory	G.Skill 4x16GB 3600Mhz 16-17-17-17-36
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Rx 7900 XT WaterCooled
Storage	Netac 4TB NVME
Display(s)	LG 34 inch. ,3440X1440
Case	CORSAIR 1000D
Audio Device(s)	Creative SB ZXR
Power Supply	be quiet! Straight Power 12-1500w Platinum
Mouse	SteelSeries 650
Keyboard	Logitech 915 TKL
Software	Windows 10 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	3DMARK 11-X4945 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/9260778

System Name	D.L.S.S. (Die Lekker Spoed Situasie)
Processor	i5-12400F
Motherboard	Gigabyte B760M DS3H
Cooling	Laminar RM1
Memory	32 GB DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	RX 6700 XT (vandalised)
Storage	Yes.
Display(s)	MSi G2712
Case	Matrexx 55 (slightly vandalised)
Audio Device(s)	Yes.
Power Supply	Thermaltake 1000 W
Mouse	Don't disturb, cheese eating in progress...
Keyboard	Makes some noise. Probably onto something.
VR HMD	I live in real reality and don't need a virtual one.
Software	Windows 11 / 10 / 8
Benchmark Scores	My PC can run Crysis. Do I really need more than that?

Processor	Intel i5 8400
Motherboard	Asus Prime H370M-Plus/CSM
Cooling	Scythe Big Shuriken & Noctua NF-A15 HS-PWM chromax.black.swap
Memory	8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4-2400
Video Card(s)	ROG-STRIX-GTX1060-O6G-GAMING
Storage	1TB 980 Pro
Display(s)	Samsung UN55KU6300F
Case	Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 3
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III 750w
Software	W11 Pro

System Name	Crapostrophic
Processor	AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Motherboard	ASUS Custom PCB
Cooling	Stock Asus Fan and Cooler Design
Memory	16GB of LPDDR5 running 6400mhz with tweaked timings
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon 780M APU
Storage	2TB Aorus 7300 Gen 4
Display(s)	7 Inch IPS Display @120hz
Case	Plastic Shell Case designed by Asus
Audio Device(s)	Asus ROG Delta
Power Supply	40WHrs, 4S1P, 4-cell Li-ion with a 65W PD Charger
Mouse	Asus ROG Keris Wireless
Keyboard	AKKO 3098B hotswapped to speed silver pro switches
Software	Windows 11 Home (Debloated and tweaked)

System Name	WorkInProgress
Processor	AMD 7800X3D
Motherboard	MSI X670E GAMING PLUS
Cooling	Thermalright AM5 Contact Frame + Phantom Spirit 120SE
Memory	2x32GB G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO DDR5 6000 CL32
Video Card(s)	Gainward RTX 4070Ti Phantom Reunion (The54thvoid Edition)
Storage	WD SN770 1TB (Boot)\|1x WD SN850X 8TB (Gaming)\| 2x2TB WD SN770\| 2x2TB+2x4TB Crucial BX500
Display(s)	LG GP850-B
Case	Corsair 760T (White) {1xCorsair ML120 Pro\|5xML140 Pro}
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha RX-V573\|Speakers: JBL Control One\|Auna 300-CN\|Wharfedale Diamond SW150
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus GX-850 80+ GOLD
Mouse	Logitech G502 X
Keyboard	Cherry G80-3000N (TKL)
Software	Windows 11 Home
Benchmark Scores	ლ(ಠ益ಠ)ლ

What's your latest tech purchase?

SAMSUNG 49-Inch Odyssey G9 Series DQHD 1000R Curved Gaming Monitor, the tea is the most important port of the system lol​

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