What's your latest tech purchase?

sam_86314 · Mar 24, 2019

AsRock said:
Our thrift store got closed down sadly, left with crappy Goodwill and they totally crap in this area and way to expensive..

There are two Goodwill's in my area. Every other Saturday they have a sale where everything in the store is half off.

I found the ThinkCentre at a more independent store in my area. Most of the things I've posted about were found at Goodwill stores.

P4-630 · Mar 25, 2019

biffzinker · Mar 26, 2019

New card going in place of the RX 480.

E-Bear · Mar 30, 2019

Sony MDR-7506

NoJuan999 · Mar 30, 2019

MSI GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G OC! (Replacing an EVGA GTX 1060 3 GB)

P4-630 · Apr 1, 2019

New front-intake fan (preparing for summer....):

emissary42 · Apr 1, 2019

My latest additions (sans DDR4):

biffzinker · Apr 1, 2019

Maybe I'm crazy, but new smartphone. Samsung Galaxy Note9

Edit: Protective case for the back interfered with the photo. Bugger to get on or off so I left it on.

Disparia · Apr 2, 2019

Arctic F12 with PWM Sharing Technology! (the daisy-chain plug)

Just replaced the aging fans in my home server with three of them. Pretty good for the price. The value pack with 5 fans was under $30.

P4-630 · Apr 2, 2019

Well that was quick.... Just replaced the Pure Wings 2 1600rpm (too noisy imo) for this

:

I'm impressed.... I have it connected to my 3 step fan controller of my case with the controller at medium speed, nearly inaudible at this speed with my other fans. :clap:

HUSKIE · Apr 2, 2019

Bought MSI Seahawk GTX 1080 GPU as usual cheap.

E-Bear · Apr 3, 2019

Just two regular fans that were on sale 4.99$ canadian. Smoky clear black with blue led.

HUSKIE · Apr 3, 2019

Getting an x79 deluxe motherboard and xeon e5-2640 v2 cpu later this evening....

Caring1 · Apr 4, 2019

HUSKIE said:
Getting an x79 deluxe motherboard and xeon e5-2640 v2 cpu later this evening....

Should be fun, I have the e5-2680 v2 in an X79

phill · Apr 4, 2019

HUSKIE said:
Getting an x79 deluxe motherboard and xeon e5-2640 v2 cpu later this evening....

We need pictures!!

HUSKIE · Apr 4, 2019

phill said:
We need pictures!!

I've got them, the board is disgusting he painted the heatsink (vrm,pch) into black and the Cpu backplate missing. But here:

phill · Apr 4, 2019

Used to have one of those boards, was very decent

A bit of a side step from a Rampage I believe?

Roddey · Apr 4, 2019

Its taken a year and almost finished with the upgrade. Last step is waiting to make a decision on either Ryzen 3xxx or whatever Intel releases. Should know in a few months then I will build the PC and be finished for a long time(I hope). The case is a Enermax Sabaray White. My long time companion, a 2013 Intel system is being retired.
New stuff-
RME Adi-2 Dac
Massdrop/Thx 789 Headphone Amp
Adam Audio Monitors
Alienware 34" Monitor
Enermax Case
GTX-1080

Liviu Cojocaru · Apr 4, 2019

Got a new gaming laptop, nothing fancy...just to be able to have some fun when I'm away

599£ plus 50£ for another 8GB DDR4

E-Bear · Apr 5, 2019

Roddey said:
Its taken a year and almost finished with the upgrade. Last step is waiting to make a decision on either Ryzen 3xxx or whatever Intel releases. Should know in a few months then I will build the PC and be finished for a long time(I hope). The case is a Enermax Sabaray White. My long time companion, a 2013 Intel system is being retired.
New stuff-
RME Adi-2 Dac
Massdrop/Thx 789 Headphone Amp
Adam Audio Monitors
Alienware 34" Monitor
Enermax Case
GTX-1080View attachment 120224

Man I hope it's not your bedroom!

Komshija · Apr 5, 2019

I bought Meizu 16th, elegant and powerful smartphone for 335 € total. Brand new, unopened, unused, unlocked, dual-SIM and global ROM. It's a 6GB / 64 GB model, because global white versions are only available with this configuration. Phone is very well built, cameras are excellent, dimensions are OK (although I would like under 145 mm length and under 70 mm width) and weight is only 152g which makes it one of the lightest on the market. Screen is really amazing, 6.0" Samsung AMOLED FHD+ with 402 dpi and smartphone has built-in fingerprint sensor behind the screen. Speakers are really loud and sound quality is the best I've heard so far on smartphones. The phone is made out of glass and metal, so there are literally no plastic surfaces on the exterior.

Downsides - well, it has a few, but none of them are crucial. First, it has Gorilla glass 5 (like 90% high-end phones on the market), which is quite weak and offers low resistance against scratches. Yep, really. Old Gorilla glass 2 & 3 were tougher. So, a screen protector and a case are a must have. Second, it has 3010 mAh battery, but if you are a rational user who isn't spending 24/7 on a smartphone with GPS on, 100% brightness and such, it can easily last for 3+ days without charging. My previous phone had under 2600 mAh battery and on average it lasted 4 days without charging. Third, FlyMe OS, which is Meizu's "modification" of stock Android needs a few minor stability improvements in a few areas, but I've seen such or even worse bugs on Xiaomi, Oppo, Lenovo and Samsung as well.

Besides that, the phone seems really amazing and I absolutely recommend it.

phill · Apr 5, 2019

Looks like a decent phone for not much money

Very nice find

Komshija · Apr 5, 2019

phill said:
Looks like a decent phone for not much money Very nice find

They are still available on meizuworld, gearbest, aliexpress, ebay, amazon, oppomart and probably a few more. Prices can vary - greatly. You just have to be careful to buy a global version and clearly mention that to the seller. There are 8GB / 128 GB global versions, but only in black and blue-green color and some 50 € more. These aren't any faster, except that they offer more storage since there is no slot for a micro SD card. For me, 64 GB is more than enough, since I don't use smartphone as a replacement for PC or a laptop nor as a primary camera when I want to shot something interesting or important.

phill · Apr 5, 2019

I see (as an example) that the newer Samsung S10's there's two versions, one for the US (Snapdragon) and the rest of the world has another model which is slower.. Not really so fair me thinks.... still, my phone contract is coming up soon, I'm not sure what I'd like to go to next.. 64Gb with the OS, a few add on programs and such and then you can be at 40Gb free... Since everything is going nuts with mega pixels, a few 8k videos and such like it soon will be eaten.. Camera would be very important to me, carrying around a DSLR everywhere isn't an option when something that's a bit bigger than a credit card in length, that can fit in your pocket.. Much easier

Be nice to hear how you get on with the phone in like 6 months time, just to find out if it's gone well or not.....

Roddey · Apr 6, 2019

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

System Name	AlderLake / Laptop
Processor	Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz / Intel i3 7100U
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master / HP 83A3 (U3E1)
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans / Fan
Memory	32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MHz CL36 / 8GB DDR4 HyperX CL13
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio / Intel HD620
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2 / Samsung 256GB M.2 SSD
Display(s)	23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p / 14" 1080p IPS Glossy
Case	Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window / HP Pavilion
Audio Device(s)	Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W / Powerbrick
Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless / Logitech M330 wireless
Keyboard	RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless / HP backlit
Software	Windows 11 / Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock

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

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

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 3700x
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X470-F Gaming
Cooling	Scythe Ninja 5
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16GB (2 x 8GB) (F4-3600C16D-16GVKC) @ 3733 MHz 16-19-19-19-36-56
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2060 Super Armor OC 8GB
Storage	1x Samsung 970 EVO 500GB / 3x Crucial MX500 / 4 HDDs
Display(s)	Dell 23" LCD S2316M
Case	Rosewill Rise Glow
Power Supply	CORSAIR RM650
Mouse	Cooler Master MS120
Keyboard	Cooler Master MS120
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

What's your latest tech purchase?

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System Name	Neverending Story
Processor	7700X / 4790K / 4670K / G3258 / 3770K / 8750 / 6800K / 5800K / 3870K / QX6700 / 6500K / 5750M
Motherboard	X670H / Z97X-SOCF / Z77X-UP5 / Z77CROWN-U1D / F2A88X-UP4 / A75-UD4H / IX48-GT3 / BlackOps / FS1r2A75
Cooling	HR-22 / Silver Arrow IB-E / Archon SB-E / Mega Shadow / TRUE-Black
Memory	Corsair Dominator GT / GTX / Platinum, G.SKILL Flare / Perfect Storm / Pi / Trident (X/Z), OCZ Blade
Video Card(s)	mostly obscure stuff
Case	Lancool / Silverstone / Thermaltake / Cubitek
Audio Device(s)	-
Power Supply	80plus Platinum
Software	-
Benchmark Scores	-

Processor	Intel i5-6600
Motherboard	ASRock H170M-ITX
Cooling	Cooler Master Geminii S524
Memory	G.Skill DDR4-2133 16GB (8GB x 2)
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte R9-380X 4GB
Storage	Samsung 950 EVO 250GB (mSATA)
Display(s)	LG 29UM69G-B 2560x1080 IPS
Case	Lian Li PC-Q25
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC892
Power Supply	Seasonic SS-460FL2
Mouse	Logitech G700s
Keyboard	Logitech G110
Software	Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Black Box
Processor	Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
Motherboard	MSI E3 KRAIT Gaming v5
Cooling	Tt tower + 120mm Tt fan
Memory	G.Skill 16GB 3600 C18
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 970 Mini
Storage	Kingston A2000 512Gb NVME
Display(s)	AOC 24" Freesync 1m.s. 75Hz
Case	Corsair 450D High Air Flow.
Audio Device(s)	No need.
Power Supply	FSP Aurum 650W
Mouse	Yes
Keyboard	Of course
Software	W10 Pro 64 bit

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	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	1.21 gigawatts!
Processor	Intel Core i7 6700K
Motherboard	MSI Z170A Krait Gaming 3X
Cooling	Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Slim with Arctic MX-4
Memory	16GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 MHz
Video Card(s)	Palit GTX 1080 Game Rock
Storage	Mushkin Triactor 240GB + Toshiba X300 4TB + Team L3 EVO 480GB
Display(s)	Philips 237E7QDSB/00 23" FHD AH-IPS
Case	Aerocool Aero-1000 white + 4 Arctic F12 PWM Rev.2 fans
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Audio Boost 3 with Nahimic Audio Enhancer
Power Supply	FSP Hydro G 650W
Mouse	Cougar 700M eSports white
Keyboard	E-Blue Cobra II
Software	Windows 8.1 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R15: 948 (stock) / 1044 (4,7 GHz) FarCry 5 1080p Ultra: min 100, avg 116, max 133 FPS