What's your latest tech purchase?

phill · May 16, 2019

Not too bad a CPU then

Is that one of the many systems you're looking to keep hold of??

6950X, am I right in thinking they are the 10 core version??... Intel and their numbers I forget what is what half the time

TheLostSwede · May 16, 2019

HUSKIE said:
She's up running now.

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Looks like your baby needs to get burped...

HUSKIE · May 16, 2019

TheLostSwede said:
Looks like your baby needs to get burped...

We are rich people. Lol

TheLostSwede · May 16, 2019

HUSKIE said:
We are rich people. Lol

So get your nanny to do it then...

HUSKIE · May 16, 2019

TheLostSwede said:
So get your nanny to do it then...

Jealous? Just IGNORE him. Continue watching end game.

Deleted member 24505 · May 16, 2019

EarthDog · May 16, 2019

There is Vaseline on your potato lens.

Deleted member 24505 · May 16, 2019

EarthDog said:
There is Vaseline on your potato lens.

no it's my old m8, which keeps complaining about the top cam been fecked or something.

But my PC is quiet now

I think we need to club together to pay for a shrink for Huskie, to sort his cleptomania out

You can say no Huskie

phill · May 16, 2019

tigger said:
I think we need to club together to pay for a shrink for Huskie, to sort his cleptomania out You can say no Huskie

I'm sure if he wanted to, he could pay for it himself :laugh:

I just sit and enjoy the hardware he posts

HUSKIE · May 16, 2019

I just sit and enjoy the hardware he posts

That's the last hardware bought that I posted in this section. LOL

phanbuey · May 16, 2019

tigger said:

Gives me the idea of putting RGB in my pants.

Roddey · May 18, 2019

theonek · May 18, 2019

Roddey said:
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But will it work?

Roddey · May 18, 2019

theonek said:
But will it work?

Who knows?

theonek said:
But will it work?

Well some of the new motherboards show support for 4000 mhz and Ryzen 2.

Solaris17 · May 21, 2019

Got a new seasonic and a new 4K BD drive and a new server chassis to replace the old one that didn’t have a 5.25 bay. Now I can finish the digitization of my movie library.

oxrufiioxo · May 21, 2019

Home for my Ryzen 3000 build. Evolv X

Jetster · May 23, 2019

New Sound Bar Samsung HW-MS650
sound bars have come so far

phanbuey · May 23, 2019

Roddey said:
Who knows?

Well some of the new motherboards show support for 4000 mhz and Ryzen 2.

according to rumors you can change the mesh strap so that should work.

Arctucas · May 23, 2019

New parts:

Reusing 960EVO nvme drives, PSU, chassis, water cooling, optical drive, external nvme drive, keyboard/mouse, monitor (although I am planning on buying new monitor).

oxrufiioxo · May 23, 2019

Arctucas said:
New parts:

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Reusing 960EVO nvme drives, PSU, chassis, water cooling, optical drive, external nvme drive, keyboard/mouse, monitor (although I am planning on buying new monitor).

That is gonna be a hell of a gaming rig. I love the Z390 Dark.

phanbuey · May 25, 2019

Finally got an ultrawide...

the gaming is awesome but the fact that i can dork around on TPU while waiting for queries to finish on a friday night is the icing on the cake.

oxrufiioxo said:
Home for my Ryzen 3000 build. Evolv X

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That is a sweeet case.

It's like what the an angry, industrial Mac Pro would look like if Apple still made real computers.

E-Bear · May 25, 2019

A blast from the past. Original bill of Best Buy from 2009. Never used still original box with unopened driver cd and original tie to the wire. 5 $ canadian

sam_86314 · May 26, 2019

Yet another thrift store find...

...an Acer Aspire XC-630.
The thrift store had it priced for $10 and said it was for parts only. Judging by the like-new condition it was in, my guess was that they turned it on and it didn't boot into an OS. Since it didn't have thumb screws, they probably didn't look inside and just assumed it was broken.

Sure enough, the hard drive was missing. I threw an SSD in it, installed Windows (it had a Windows 8.1 Home license built into it), and it works perfectly.
It has a Celeron J1900 and 4GB of DDR3-1600. CPU performance seems to be a bit worse than a Core 2 Quad Q6600. Temps peak in the low 50s during Cinebench with that tiny cooler.

Not sure what I'll end up using it for, but I plan on setting up a Plex server soon. Maybe this low power system would be decent for that.

biffzinker · May 26, 2019

sam_86314 said:
Yet another thrift store find...

...an Acer Aspire XC-630.
The thrift store had it priced for $10 and said it was for parts only. Judging by the like-new condition it was in, my guess was that they turned it on and it didn't boot into an OS. Since it didn't have thumb screws, they probably didn't look inside and just assumed it was broken.

Sure enough, the hard drive was missing. I threw an SSD in it, installed Windows (it had a Windows 8.1 Home license built into it), and it works perfectly.
It has a Celeron J1900 and 4GB of DDR3-1600. CPU performance seems to be a bit worse than a Core 2 Quad Q6600. Temps peak in the low 50s during Cinebench with that tiny cooler.

Not sure what I'll end up using it for, but I plan on setting up a Plex server soon. Maybe this low power system would be decent for that.

Nice find even for $10, to bad the mobo is missing the PCIe x1 slot it could of had.

sam_86314 · May 28, 2019

Next ill-advised tech purchase of mine...

...an 8TB WD EasyStore external hard drive. Got it from Best Buy for $130.
I got it for use with my Plex server that I finished setting up today. As my Blu-ray collection increases in size, my storage needs also increase. This drive should (hopefully) last a very long time.

I've read that the drive inside this enclosure is near identical to an 8TB WD Red, but for nearly $100 less. Maybe I'll get a better enclosure for the drive in the future.

I used one of my HP ProDesk 600G2 systems as the server. It's nice and compact, and has enough horsepower for real-time video transcoding.

System Name	Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
Processor	Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard	Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling	Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory	Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage	I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s)	3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case	The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse	Corsair thingy
Keyboard	Razer something or other....
VR HMD	No headset yet
Software	Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores	I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(

System Name	Overlord Mk MLI
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X670E Aorus Master
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 SE with offsets
Memory	32GB Team T-Create Expert DDR5 6000 MHz @ CL30-34-34-68
Video Card(s)	Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Phantom GS
Storage	1TB Solidigm P44 Pro, 2 TB Corsair MP600 Pro, 2TB Kingston KC3000
Display(s)	Acer XV272K LVbmiipruzx 4K@160Hz
Case	Fractal Design Torrent Compact
Audio Device(s)	Corsair Virtuoso SE
Power Supply	be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 850 W
Mouse	Logitech G502 Lightspeed
Keyboard	Corsair K70 Max
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	https://valid.x86.fr/5za05v

System Name	Overlord Mk MLI
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X670E Aorus Master
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 SE with offsets
Memory	32GB Team T-Create Expert DDR5 6000 MHz @ CL30-34-34-68
Video Card(s)	Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Phantom GS
Storage	1TB Solidigm P44 Pro, 2 TB Corsair MP600 Pro, 2TB Kingston KC3000
Display(s)	Acer XV272K LVbmiipruzx 4K@160Hz
Case	Fractal Design Torrent Compact
Audio Device(s)	Corsair Virtuoso SE
Power Supply	be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 850 W
Mouse	Logitech G502 Lightspeed
Keyboard	Corsair K70 Max
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	https://valid.x86.fr/5za05v

System Name	Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
Processor	Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard	Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling	Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory	Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage	I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s)	3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case	The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse	Corsair thingy
Keyboard	Razer something or other....
VR HMD	No headset yet
Software	Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores	I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(

Processor	13700KF Undervolted @ 5.6/ 5.5, 4.8Ghz Ring 200W PL1
Motherboard	MSI 690-I PRO
Cooling	Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 w/ Arctic P12 Fans
Memory	48 GB DDR5 7600 MHZ CL36
Video Card(s)	RTX 4090 FE
Storage	2x 2TB WDC SN850, 1TB Samsung 960 prr
Display(s)	Alienware 32" 4k 240hz OLED
Case	SLIGER S620
Audio Device(s)	Yes
Power Supply	Corsair SF750
Mouse	Xlite V2
Keyboard	RoyalAxe
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	They're pretty good, nothing crazy.

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System Name	Gaming PC/ EDU PC/ HFS PC
Processor	Intel i9-9900KF/ Dual Ryzen 7 2700X
Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Taichi Ultimate/ Dual Asrock X370 Proffesional Gaming
Cooling	Noctua NH-C14S/ Arctic Xtreme Freezer/ Ryzen Wraith Prysm RGB
Memory	64GB Corsair Vengeance PRO RGB 3200/ 32GB Corsair Dominator 3000/ 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 3200
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra / MSI RTX 2080Ti Ventus / EVGA GTX 1060 SC Gaming
Storage	Dual 970 EVO Plus 1TB + 6Tb 860 EVO/ 960 EVO 500GB + 18Tb R0/ 840EVO 250Gb + 16Tb R0
Display(s)	Samsung 32" U32R590 Curved 3480x2160 / Samsung 32" LC32H711 Curved 2560x1440 Freesync
Case	Cooler Master Stacker 830 NV Edition/ Dual Cooler Master 690 Advance II
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Surround 5.1 SBX/ Creative X-Fi Titanium Pci-E/ On-board Realtek
Power Supply	Triple Corsair Platinum HX850i
Mouse	Logitech G7 WL / Logitech G903 Lightspeed / MS BT 8000
Keyboard	Dual Logitech G19s
Software	Win10 Pro

System Name	Rocinante
Processor	I9 14900KS
Motherboard	EVGA z690 Dark KINGPIN (modded BIOS)
Cooling	EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB
Memory	64GB Gskill Trident Z5 DDR5 6000 @6400
Video Card(s)	MSI SUPRIM Liquid X 4090
Storage	1x 500GB 980 Pro \| 1x 1TB 980 Pro \| 1x 8TB Corsair MP400
Display(s)	Odyssey OLED G9 G95SC
Case	Lian Li o11 Evo Dynamic White
Audio Device(s)	Moondrop S8's on Schiit Hel 2e
Power Supply	Bequiet! Power Pro 12 1500w
Mouse	Lamzu Atlantis mini (White)
Keyboard	Monsgeek M3 Lavender, Akko Crystal Blues
VR HMD	Quest 3
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	I dont have time for that.

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	Juliette // HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// GTX 1650
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	Cooler Master MM710 53G
Keyboard	Logitech 920-009300 G512 SE
Software	Windows 10 Pro // Windows 10 Pro

System Name	It's just a computer
Processor	i9-14900K Direct Die
Motherboard	MSI Z790 ACE MAX
Cooling	Dual D5T Vario, XSPC BayRes, Nemesis GTR560, NF-A14-iPPC3000PWM, NF-A14-iPPC2000, IceMan DD block
Memory	G.SKILL F5-7200J3646F24GX2-TZ5RK
Video Card(s)	eVGA RTX2080 FTW3 Ultra
Storage	Samsung 990 PRO 1TB M.2
Display(s)	LG 32GK650F
Case	Thermaltake Xaser VI
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Meridian 7.1 2G/Z-5500
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime PX-1300
Mouse	Logitech
Keyboard	Logitech
Software	Win11PRO

System Name	HP Pavilion a6552f
Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
Motherboard	Asus IPIBL-LB / HP Benicia-GL8E
Cooling	DeepCool Gammaxx 200
Memory	8gigs Kingston 4x2gigs DDR2-800
Video Card(s)	Zotac GT630 "Fermi" 2gb DDR3 128bits Synergy Edition
Storage	Western Digital Green 7200rpm 1tb
Display(s)	LG Flatron EW234 Super LED
Case	HP Pavilion
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Thermaltake TR2 430w
Mouse	Razer Abyssus Mirror Special Edition Blue LED
Keyboard	Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS Commander Red LED Backlighting Mechanical Keycaps Membrane Gaming Keyboard
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bits

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	Phanteks Enthoo Pro M
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	Ryzen 9 5900X
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk ATX
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition
Memory	VENGEANCE LPX 2 x 16GB DDR4-3600 C18 OCed 3800
Video Card(s)	XFX Speedster SWFT309 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT CORE Gaming
Storage	970 EVO NVMe M.2 500 GB, 870 QVO 1 TB
Display(s)	Samsung 28” 4K monitor
Case	Phantek Eclipse P400S (PH-EC416PS)
Audio Device(s)	EVGA NU Audio
Power Supply	EVGA 850 BQ
Mouse	SteelSeries Rival 310
Keyboard	Logitech G G413 Silver
Software	Windows 10 Professional 64-bit v22H2