What's your latest tech purchase?

Sasqui · Apr 25, 2018

Jetster said:
Two more just arrived, have two others being used in my Synology so 7 total for my NAS when i switch it over

That reminds me of a riddle... "What keeps getting bigger but never changes in size?"

phill · Apr 25, 2018

Please do let me know how things go with the different drives

I'd love to be able to replace my WD Reds, but I think I might need the lottery numbers for what it'll cost me at the moment

thebluebumblebee · Apr 25, 2018

Sasqui said:
"What keeps getting bigger but never changes in size?"

Your age? (did not ask Mr. Google)

Sasqui · Apr 25, 2018

thebluebumblebee said:
Your age? (did not ask Mr. Google)

Hard drives... but I like your guess

phill · Apr 26, 2018

I had a moment of weakness...

I had a bonus from work and the i7 and another Z170 OCF board was too good to pass up... So it didn't!!

The top right is DDR4 for my Mum's build for my niece and the G Skill DDR3 is 2133Mhz CL9 stuff for my X58 rigs, possibly my SR-2 if I can find another 2 sets like this!

Shame they didn't have the original boxes or packaging for them sadly but...

Now I've got to get saving for some cooling and hardware for my X99 system and more so, some PSUs so I can test all this stuff laying about!!

Shou Miko · Apr 27, 2018

The newest addition to my "Skylake" family here at home a Dell Latitude E7470 with a Intel Core i5-6300U (Skylake-U), 8GB DDR4-2132 (1 more stick can be added), Intel 540s 256GB M.2. SATA3 (SSDCKKF256H6), Dell F0WXV (AU Optroinics) 14inch WQHD 2560x1440@60z touchscreen, Intel I219LM Ethernet & Intel Wireless-AC 8260:

Yes it's the Mirror's Edge Catalyst Collectors Edition what can I say I love that come I had to own the Collectors Edition :laugh:

TheLostSwede · Apr 27, 2018

Finally put my 10Gbps network card to good use.

Spec: Core i7-6700K under clocked to 3GHz, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, Gigabyte Z270N-WiFi mini-ITX motherboard (new), Aquantia 10Gbps network card (new-ish), Corsair H60 liquid cooler, 4x 4TB Toshiba N300 drives (new), 1x 60GB Corsair Force GT SSD for the OS, CFI A7979 chassis (new), 300W SFX PSU (new).

I can not recommend the chassis, it was a pain to build, as there's really no space above most of the motherboard. Putting in my old H60 cooler didn't really help with the available space, but at the same time, it's hard to find a low-profile enough cooler that can still cool a decent CPU in this chassis.

So what about the network performance? Not half bad, I have to say...

kenkickr · Apr 28, 2018

Not in boxes but got to show off my B-day purchases.

Acer 38" ultrawide, Corsair's K95 Platnium, Dark Core SE mouse, and wireless charging pad. Love it all.

Liviu Cojocaru · Apr 28, 2018

I got this Synology DS115j 1 Bay Desktop NAS Enclosure and added one of my 2TB Toshiba hdd. 77£ from Amazon, I quite like it

remixedcat · Apr 30, 2018

Latitude E5420
got it for only 100

Shou Miko · Apr 30, 2018

@remixedcat is that's € or $ it's cheap I purchased my Dell for like $365 second handed and even got NBD ProSupport until the 29th of November 2020 :nutkick:

remixedcat · Apr 30, 2018

Jetster · Apr 30, 2018

I bought a couple of those from Newegg for $200 Refurbished $100 is a good deal

remixedcat · May 1, 2018

Now just looking for a cheap sff PC for under 80 to put in the dining room..

Liviu Cojocaru · May 1, 2018

I got myself an Crucial MX500 500GB froma Amazon UK - 89£ brand new

DR4G00N · May 2, 2018

New toy for the trusty Z170M OCF. :cool:

phill · May 2, 2018

Trying to find one of those boards is a nightmare!! I wouldn't mind getting one but having it's bigger brother I'm really not sure I'd need too lol Even more so now that I'm not benching anymore!

Jetster · May 2, 2018

DR4G00N · May 3, 2018

phill said:
Trying to find one of those boards is a nightmare!! I wouldn't mind getting one but having it's bigger brother I'm really not sure I'd need too lol Even more so now that I'm not benching anymore!

Yeah, if you don't bench then it really is unnecessary to get an MOCF. A cool fact to note is that the big Z170 OCF can run coffee cpu's too with the right bios and mods.

Solaris17 · May 3, 2018

Got myself a pair of SONOS One speakers for a couple of diff rooms. Took a risk but I had an Amz gift card. Not disappointed I’m in love with the sound these ones come with Alexa

phill · May 3, 2018

DR4G00N said:
Yeah, if you don't bench then it really is unnecessary to get an MOCF. A cool fact to note is that the big Z170 OCF can run coffee cpu's too with the right bios and mods.

Doesn't really stop me wanting the board tho!! lol

I'm not so interested in the new Intel CPUs.. I'm going back to AMD....

Liviu Cojocaru · May 3, 2018

Corsair Vengeance RED 8GB new from ebay 90£, got 24GB now enough for what I do

Space Lynx · May 3, 2018

its prettier in real life, my camera just sucks.

after I added other two fans with gorilla glue, here it is in the dark and correct orientation

remixedcat · May 3, 2018

WD black 1TB and a 10 dollar logitech wireless mouse.

next month will get an SSD for the latitude. and some cloning software that will work on server 2012.

Shou Miko · May 3, 2018

@lynx29 is Duke gonna nuke'm???? :roll:

System Name	Senile
Processor	I7-4790K@4.8 GHz 24/7
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 Gaming
Cooling	Be Quiet Pure Rock Air
Memory	16GB 4x4 G.Skill CAS9 2133 Sniper
Video Card(s)	GIGABYTE Vega 64
Storage	Samsung EVO 500GB / 8 Different WDs / QNAP TS-253 8GB NAS with 2x10Tb WD Blue
Display(s)	34" LG 34CB88-P 21:9 Curved UltraWide QHD (34401440) FREE_SYNC*
Case	Rosewill
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + HD HDMI
Power Supply	Corsair HX750
Mouse	Logitech G5
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe RGB & G610 Orion Red
Software	Win 10

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	Main/DC
Processor	i7-3770K/i7-2600K
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD55/GA-P67A-UD4-B3
Cooling	Phanteks PH-TC14CS/H80
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) LP /4GB Kingston DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 660 Ti/MSI HD7770
Storage	Crucial MX100 256GB/120GB Samsung 830 & Seagate 2TB(died)
Display(s)	Asus 24' LED/Samsung SyncMaster B1940
Case	P100/Antec P280 It's huge!
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	SeaSonic SS-660XP2/Seasonic SS-760XP2
Software	Win 7 Home Premiun 64 Bit

System Name	Senile
Processor	I7-4790K@4.8 GHz 24/7
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 Gaming
Cooling	Be Quiet Pure Rock Air
Memory	16GB 4x4 G.Skill CAS9 2133 Sniper
Video Card(s)	GIGABYTE Vega 64
Storage	Samsung EVO 500GB / 8 Different WDs / QNAP TS-253 8GB NAS with 2x10Tb WD Blue
Display(s)	34" LG 34CB88-P 21:9 Curved UltraWide QHD (34401440) FREE_SYNC*
Case	Rosewill
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + HD HDMI
Power Supply	Corsair HX750
Mouse	Logitech G5
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe RGB & G610 Orion Red
Software	Win 10

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!! :(

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System Name	Lynni PS \ Lenowo TwinkPad T480
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Raphael \ i7-8550U Kaby Lake-R
Motherboard	ASRock B650M PG Riptide Bios v. 2.02 AMD AGESA 1.1.0.0 \ Lenowo 20L60036MX Bios 1.47
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 Chromax.Black (Only middle fan) \ Lenowo WN-2
Memory	G.Skill Flare X5 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHZ CL36-36-36-96 AMD EXPO \ Willk Elektronik 2x16GB 2666MHZ CL17
Video Card(s)	Asus GeForce RTX™ 4070 Dual OC GPU: 2325-2355 MEM: 1462\| Nvidia GeForce MX™ 150 2GB GDDR5 Micron
Storage	Gigabyte M30 1TB\|Sabrent Rocket 2TB\| HDD: 10TB\|1TB \ SKHynix 256GB 2242 3x2
Display(s)	LG UltraGear 27GP850-B 1440p@165Hz \| LG 48CX OLED 4K HDR \| AUO 14" 1440p IPS
Case	Asus Prime AP201 White Mesh \| Lenowo T480 chassis
Audio Device(s)	Steelseries Arctis Pro Wireless
Power Supply	Be Quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W Goldie \| 65W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeedy Wireless \| Lenowo TouchPad & Logitech G305
Keyboard	Akko 3108 DS Horizon V2 Cream Yellow \| T480 UK Lumi
Software	Win11 Pro 23H2 UK
Benchmark Scores	3DMARK: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/89434432? GPU-Z: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/details/v3zbr

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	Addison Clark
Processor	Ryzen 9 7950x3D delid
Motherboard	Asus X670E Hero
Cooling	Custom Bykski loop CPU, GPU, 2x 360 rads, and 1x 280 rad with Arctic P12 and P14 ARGB fans
Memory	G.Skill DDR5-6000 64GB CL30
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 4090 Aorus Master
Storage	Kingston Fury 2TB and 4TB NVME
Display(s)	Samsung 57"
Case	Lian Li O11 mini
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Thermaltake 1000w SFX-L
Mouse	Corsair Dark Core RGB SE
Keyboard	Corsair K95 Platnium
Software	Win 11 Pro

System Name	El Calpulator
Processor	AMD Ryzen R7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASRock X670E Pro RS
Cooling	ArcticCooling Freezer 3 360ARGB AIO
Memory	32GB Corsair Vengance 6000Mhz C30
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 4080 Gaming Trio X @ 2925 / 23500 mhz
Storage	5TB nvme SSD + Synology DS115j NAS with 4TB HDD
Display(s)	Samsung G8 34" QD-OLED + Samsung 28" 4K 60hz UR550
Case	Montech King 95 PRO Blue
Audio Device(s)	SB X4+Logitech Z623 2.1+Astro A50 Wireless
Power Supply	be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000W ATX 3.0 80+ Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502X Plus LightSpeed Hero Wireless plus Logitech G POWERPLAY Wireless Charging Mouse Pad
Keyboard	Logitech G915 LightSpeed Wireless
Software	Win 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Just enough

System Name	RemixedBeast-NX
Processor	Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.9Ghz (8C/16T)
Motherboard	Dell Inc. 08HPGT (CPU 1)
Cooling	Dell Standard
Memory	24GB ECC
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Nvidia RTX2060 6GB
Storage	2TB Samsung 860 EVO SSD//2TB WD Black HDD
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster P2350 23in @ 1920x1080 + Dell E2013H 20 in @1600x900
Case	Dell Precision T3600 Chassis
Audio Device(s)	Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro 80 // Fiio E7 Amp/DAC
Power Supply	630w Dell T3600 PSU
Mouse	Logitech G700s/G502
Keyboard	Logitech K740
Software	Linux Mint 20
Benchmark Scores	Network: APs: Cisco Meraki MR32, Ubiquiti Unifi AP-AC-LR and Lite Router/Sw:Meraki MX64 MS220-8P

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	The Banshee
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600 @ 4.45GHz
Motherboard	AsRock X370 Taichi
Cooling	CM Hyper 212 Plus
Memory	16GB 2x8 G.Skill Trident Z 3600 CL16 1.35V
Video Card(s)	RTX 3060M 6GB @ 1750-2000MHz Core / 1875MHz Mem
Storage	1TB Kingston NV2 & 1TB Mass Storage HDD
Display(s)	LG 25UM57-P @ 75Hz OC
Case	Fractal Design Arc XL
Audio Device(s)	ATH-M20x
Power Supply	Evga SuperNova 1300 G2
Mouse	Evga Torq X3
Keyboard	Thermaltake Challenger
Software	Win 10 Pro 64-Bit

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.