• Welcome to TechPowerUp Forums, Guest! Please check out our forum guidelines for info related to our community.

What's your latest tech purchase?

Joined
Oct 4, 2018
Messages
561 (0.28/day)
Location
Canada
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

Solaris17

Super Dainty Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Aug 16, 2005
Messages
25,774 (3.79/day)
Location
Alabama
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.
Got myself a QNAP TS-431XeU! The plan is tot finally get my servers out of tower cases and into the rack mount ones iv had piling dust. During the xfer im going to move everything over to the new NAS.

It will be connected via 10GB Fiber. I bought the 2GB version and then just bought an 8GB (the max it will take) stick instead of paying the price premium for the 8GB model. I also took this time (having used another of the same model) to replace the fans in it with the same kind of noctuas I used when I replaced the fans in my USG4 PRo.

IMG_2910.JPG



The fan holes are not standard tap screws, and the noctua expects them so it was a bit of a mod to get them to mount correctly.

IMG_2911.JPG



All done!

IMG_2912.JPG


They are much more quiet but almost better as far as cooling goes which honestly is a bit surprising. I kind of messed up because I got the same FLX ones I got my USG I prob should have got the PWM model of the 40mm fans (4 pin vs 3) but the NAS didnt complain about it so w/e.

I use a silicon power 120gb SSD as cache for 3x 8TB seagate EXOS drives.

IMG_2914.JPG


You are not supposed to mount these to networking racks and you are supposed to use rails, but I like playing with fire.

IMG_2913.JPG


This LUN is just a test so I can beat the drives up before putting data on them.

TB.png



The NAS will be exposed via 10GB fiber to my server as an iSCSI target. From their I will Attach LUNs to by Virtual Machines. I Don't use the services of the NAS itself. Its just a Data device.

Over all I will get much faster storage and much more storage with the added benefit of power saving by removing all of the spinning rust from my production server and migrating it over.
 
Last edited:
Joined
Mar 23, 2016
Messages
4,839 (1.65/day)
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
Got myself a QNAP TS-431XeU! The plan is tot finally get my servers out of tower cases and into the rack mount ones iv had piling dust. During the xfer im going to move everything over to the new NAS.

It will be connected via 10GB Fiber. I bought the 2GB version and then just bought an 8GB (the max it will take) stick instead of paying the price premium for the 8GB model. I also took this time (having used another of the same model) to replace the fans in it with the same kind of noctuas I used when I replaced the fans in my USG4 PRo.

View attachment 116525


The fan holes are not standard tap screws, and the noctua expects them so it was a bit of a mod to get them to mount correctly.

View attachment 116526


All done!

View attachment 116527

They are much more quiet but almost better as far as cooling goes which honestly is a bit surprising. I kind of messed up because I got the same FLX ones I got my USG I prob should have got the PWM model of the 40mm fans (4 pin vs 3) but the NAS didnt complain about it so w/e.

I use a silicon power 120gb SSD as cache for 3x 8TB seagate EXOS drives.

View attachment 116529

You are not supposed to mount these to networking racks and you are supposed to use rails, but I like playing with fire.

View attachment 116530

This LUN is just a test so I can beat the drives up before putting data on them.

View attachment 116531


The NAS will be exposed via 10GB fiber to my server as an iSCSI target. From their I will Attach LUNs to by Virtual Machines. I Don't use the services of the NAS itself. Its just a Data device.

Over all I will get much faster storage and much more storage with the added benefit of power saving by removing all of the spinning rust from my production server and migrating it over.
This post deserves a +3. Thank you for the post. @Solaris17
 
Joined
May 9, 2012
Messages
8,380 (1.93/day)
Location
Ovronnaz, Wallis, Switzerland
System Name main/SFFHTPCARGH!(tm)/Xiaomi Mi TV Stick/Samsung Galaxy S23/Ally
Processor Ryzen 7 5800X3D/i7-3770/S905X/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Motherboard MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?/Asus
Cooling Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no:sizable vapor chamber/a nice one
Memory 64gb Corsair Vengeance Pro 3600mhz DDR4/8gb DDR3 1600/2gb LPDDR3/8gb LPDDR5x 4200/16gb LPDDR5
Video Card(s) Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/RDNA3 768 core
Storage 250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/2tb SN770M
Display(s) X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/FHD 120hz
Case Cougar Panzer Max/Elite 8300 SFF/None/back/back-front Gorilla Glass Victus 2+ UAG Monarch Carbon
Audio Device(s) Logi Z333/SB Audigy RX/HDMI/HDMI/Dolby Atmos/KZ x HBB PR2/Edifier STAX Spirit S3 & SamsungxAKG beans
Power Supply Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/4Smart Voltplug PD 30W/Asus USB-C 65W
Mouse Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard Endorfy Thock 75% <3/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD Medion Erazer
Software Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 13/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o
back at it (and in thumbnails ... )

for the PSC : it was listed as working ... doesn't work .... on Port 2 ...

BUT work on port 1! (the corsair micro USB to USB is practical when running a bit low on front USB )
IMG_20190216_093344_1.jpgIMG_20190216_093509.jpgIMG_20190216_093536.jpg
my etailer restocked the Doogee G1 gamepad ...

IMG_20190216_093245.jpgIMG_20190216_093254.jpg
notice the QR code? that app is fishy by the customers reviews, but that's for other phones than Doogee's own phone since it has a dedicated game launcher with gamepad configuration, in chinese but straightforward since you just drag'n drop the buttons layout.

surprisingly, way more comfortable than my Moga pocket (albeit less pocketable) and no need for AAA batteries or accu
251362.01-1.jpg251362.01-9.jpg251362.01-3.jpg
buttons placement is a tad odd but you still have 4 direct access buttons: 3 trigger plus 1 under the thumbstick and the 4 of the directional pads can also be separately assigned freely

and nother cheap fast Qi charge pad ... (i prefer my Corsair Dark core to be stand up rather than flat on the charger )
IMG_20190216_093231.jpg
 
Joined
Feb 6, 2010
Messages
1,720 (0.33/day)
Location
Steel City, UK
What could possible problem?

So can't stop buying stuff. Like this. i won at auctions site yesterday for under £300. Seller says problem with all sata ports device not being recognised, Hopefully easy to fix when i get them...

Here what the seller says.

Note: this is being relisted due to non payment by previous auction winner.

I am selling my PC with case, motherboard, CPU, power, fans and DVD RW. There is an issue with the motherboard/CPU where the SATA drives are not detected, so it defaults to the BIOS dashboard. This may be a major or minor issue - but I expect someone with a bit of know-how can resolve.

Please note: this lot does not include any hard drives (and therefore OS), RAM or graphics card.

But it does include:

CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ AIR 540 GAMING CASE -- in great condition (but big!)

Intel® Core™i7 Eight Core Processor Extreme i7-5960X (3.0GHz) 20MB Cache - working as far as I can tell

ASUS® RAMPAGE V EXTREME: ATX, HSW-E CPU, USB 3.0, SATA 6 GB/s - drives not being recognised, but otherwise working ok.

24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

CORSAIR 650W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET

Corsair H60 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler

All items purchased new from pcspecialist.com in Feb 2015 at a total cost of c.£1,800 (with the original RAM and hard drive - not included)

Would make an excellent base for building a powerful gaming machine, or as parts.

Paypal only please.

will update once it's arrived


i7 5960x Cpuasus rampage v Extreme
Asus rampage v extreme
corsair 540 case etc etc
s-l1600 (5).jpg
s-l1600 (1).jpg
s-l1600 (2).jpg
 
Last edited:
Joined
Jul 21, 2018
Messages
773 (0.37/day)
Location
Germany
System Name FATTYDOVE-R-SPEC
Processor Intel i9 10980XE
Motherboard EVGA X299 Dark
Cooling Water (1x 240mm, 1x 280mm, 1x 420mm + 2x Mo-Ra 360 external radiator)
Memory 64GB DDR4
Video Card(s) RTX 2080 Super / RTX 3090
Storage Crucial MX500
Display(s) 24", 1440p, freesync, 144hz
Case Open Benchtable (OBT)
Audio Device(s) beyerdynamic MMX 300
Power Supply EVGA Supernova T2 1600W
Mouse OG steelseries Sensei
Keyboard steelseries 6Gv2
Software Windows 10
Last year I was searching for them for months and now they just keep showing up! Found 2 more waterblocks for the GTX295, one single pcb (EK) and one for the dual pcb version (heatkiller).
I already had two, but after I had so much trouble to find them I decided to grab them where I can. Might collect them all while I´m at it.
 

Solaris17

Super Dainty Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Aug 16, 2005
Messages
25,774 (3.79/day)
Location
Alabama
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.
Today I swapped my tower cases for my old rack mount ones. This way I could make it look much nicer and shed the extra disks.
Everything is going on the QNAP I posted about earlier. However, first things first since this are decom cases I had to replace the bad intake fans 6 in total. I grabbed some noctua NF-R8 80mm fans for the job.

Already did the primary server things are VERY quiet great stuff for $10 a piece!

81A866FD-E22D-40B4-87D0-16C6E1535108.jpeg8AD4145E-0462-4C78-9891-AE35A7B98CDD.jpegD012E411-39A4-4DF5-A99C-C699A846330A.jpeg
 

phill

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jun 8, 2011
Messages
15,861 (3.39/day)
Location
Somerset, UK
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!! :(
What could possible problem?

So can't stop buying stuff. Like this. i won at auctions site yesterday for under £300. Seller says problem with all sata ports device not being recognised, Hopefully easy to fix when i get them...

Here what the seller says.

Note: this is being relisted due to non payment by previous auction winner.

I am selling my PC with case, motherboard, CPU, power, fans and DVD RW. There is an issue with the motherboard/CPU where the SATA drives are not detected, so it defaults to the BIOS dashboard. This may be a major or minor issue - but I expect someone with a bit of know-how can resolve.

Please note: this lot does not include any hard drives (and therefore OS), RAM or graphics card.

But it does include:

CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ AIR 540 GAMING CASE -- in great condition (but big!)

Intel® Core™i7 Eight Core Processor Extreme i7-5960X (3.0GHz) 20MB Cache - working as far as I can tell

ASUS® RAMPAGE V EXTREME: ATX, HSW-E CPU, USB 3.0, SATA 6 GB/s - drives not being recognised, but otherwise working ok.

24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

CORSAIR 650W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET

Corsair H60 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler

All items purchased new from pcspecialist.com in Feb 2015 at a total cost of c.£1,800 (with the original RAM and hard drive - not included)

Would make an excellent base for building a powerful gaming machine, or as parts.

Paypal only please.

will update once it's arrived


i7 5960x Cpuasus rampage v Extreme
Asus rampage v extreme
corsair 540 case etc etcView attachment 116561View attachment 116562View attachment 116563

What an absolute bargain :) I won't mention what I paid for my 5960X, it brings tears to my eyes, even had the Rampage 5, was an interesting experience for sure.... Please let us know how you get on with the setup :)
 
Joined
Feb 6, 2010
Messages
1,720 (0.33/day)
Location
Steel City, UK
What an absolute bargain :) I won't mention what I paid for my 5960X, it brings tears to my eyes, even had the Rampage 5, was an interesting experience for sure.... Please let us know how you get on with the setup :)

Hi yeah what a bargain. It' coming today between 12-1pm. My table is clean right now only on top are screwdriver,usb flash disk with new bios, ddr4 ram GPU and SSD. Will be updated very soon with photos. Cooking whilst waiting for them. Can't wait

Ta
 
Last edited:

phill

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jun 8, 2011
Messages
15,861 (3.39/day)
Location
Somerset, UK
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!! :(

phill

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jun 8, 2011
Messages
15,861 (3.39/day)
Location
Somerset, UK
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!! :(
Not that I was stalking or anything lol :)

Is that plugged into the motherboard slots??
 

phill

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jun 8, 2011
Messages
15,861 (3.39/day)
Location
Somerset, UK
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!! :(
Well someone has a bloody decent setup for sod all money!! :) Nice one!! Any ideas on the CPU at all, good clocker etc? :) Or was it clocked when you turned it on?
 
Joined
Feb 6, 2010
Messages
1,720 (0.33/day)
Location
Steel City, UK
No not was stock speed. So I think not been abused.

I'm taking them now. As I don't like this case, photon 270 reservoir will not find on it.

Will be updated again very soon.

Got my hands dirty. Loads of dust.
 

phill

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jun 8, 2011
Messages
15,861 (3.39/day)
Location
Somerset, UK
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!! :(
If you find out what the VID (I think that's right, for the base voltage for the CPU) that'll give you an idea of how good the CPU is :)

The Corsair cases I have found aren't the greatest.. The 5960X is a massive steal at that price, ironically a 1700X or such, is about £150 or so.. I sadly didn't get along with the Rampage very well.. After it was caught spiking my 5960X with 1.6vcore, I was not using it... Apparently it happened with a few people and a few Asus boards as well.. Very frustrating. Using an MSI X99A Xpower thingy, it's ok but I can't lock the PCIe speeds with it and therefore my M.2 drive is useless..

Can't wait for the update :)
 
Joined
Feb 6, 2010
Messages
1,720 (0.33/day)
Location
Steel City, UK
Before that, last night I bought x99-a Motherboard for £20. I prefer to use this Motherboard over the r5e. I might sell this r5e soon.

Here
15504987648516784190716032335398.jpg
 

phill

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jun 8, 2011
Messages
15,861 (3.39/day)
Location
Somerset, UK
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!! :(
Looks promising I think :) If I recall correctly, my 5960X at stock will run at 0.920vcore full load, but it will boot at 5Ghz also :) Sadly not very stable but then I don't run it at that either :)

I'm not sure if you'd be able to push it very far on that heatsink mind but :) :laugh:

You are Mr Bargain hunter, very impressive :D Maybe I should ask for your help trying to track me down a few things, might get change out of £100!! :laugh:
 
Joined
Feb 6, 2010
Messages
1,720 (0.33/day)
Location
Steel City, UK
I have friends who working at IT company he is IT technician there so everytime his company need upgrading instead of all hardware being disposed to recycling site he take them all and make money.
 

phill

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jun 8, 2011
Messages
15,861 (3.39/day)
Location
Somerset, UK
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!! :(
I have friends who working at IT company he is IT technician there so everytime his company need upgrading instead of all hardware being disposed to recycling site he take them all and make money.

What I try and do at work also :) Can't bin good stuff!! :)
 

btarunr

Editor & Senior Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Oct 9, 2007
Messages
46,277 (7.69/day)
Location
Hyderabad, India
System Name RBMK-1000
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard ASUS ROG Strix B450-E Gaming
Cooling DeepCool Gammax L240 V2
Memory 2x 8GB G.Skill Sniper X
Video Card(s) Palit GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GameRock
Storage Western Digital Black NVMe 512GB
Display(s) BenQ 1440p 60 Hz 27-inch
Case Corsair Carbide 100R
Audio Device(s) ASUS SupremeFX S1220A
Power Supply Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W
Mouse ASUS ROG Strix Impact
Keyboard Gamdias Hermes E2
Software Windows 11 Pro
Picked up this i5-9400F. Now to find a 300-series board that can boot with the damn thing out of the box. Hadn't thought that part through. Unlike AM4 platform, very very few Intel 300-series motherboards offer BIOS Flashback feature.



Intel appears to have idiot-proofed the box well against RMAs due to no output from the onboard graphics.



 
Joined
Mar 23, 2016
Messages
4,839 (1.65/day)
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
Picked up this i5-9400F. Now to find a 300-series board that can boot with the damn thing out of the box. Hadn't thought that part through. Unlike AM4 platform, very very few Intel 300-series motherboards offer BIOS Flashback feature.



Intel appears to have idiot-proofed the box well against RMAs due to no output from the onboard graphics.



Once your up and running are you going to try overclocking?
 

btarunr

Editor & Senior Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Oct 9, 2007
Messages
46,277 (7.69/day)
Location
Hyderabad, India
System Name RBMK-1000
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard ASUS ROG Strix B450-E Gaming
Cooling DeepCool Gammax L240 V2
Memory 2x 8GB G.Skill Sniper X
Video Card(s) Palit GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GameRock
Storage Western Digital Black NVMe 512GB
Display(s) BenQ 1440p 60 Hz 27-inch
Case Corsair Carbide 100R
Audio Device(s) ASUS SupremeFX S1220A
Power Supply Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W
Mouse ASUS ROG Strix Impact
Keyboard Gamdias Hermes E2
Software Windows 11 Pro
Once your up and running are you going to try overclocking?

No unlocked multi. At best I'll try to max out 102.5 MHz bclk and squeeze as much as I can from the memory. But it would depend on the board I buy. I don't want to buy anything pricier than a B360/H370.
 
Joined
Mar 23, 2016
Messages
4,839 (1.65/day)
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
Top