What's your latest tech purchase?

[TheLostSwede]

I have been thinking about this monitor to be my next monitor because I want to get back to a IPS monitor but 27inch I tried before and it felt too big sadly

I really hope you will enjoy this awesome monitor @Calmmo

You get used to it quite quickly. Went from 25" to 27" and after a couple of days, it felt "normal".

 

[Calmmo]

yeah same, it was slightly annoying trying to look at the top corners the first day or so, but pulling the monitor back 1-2 cm and a couple of days later im not noticing it all. Getting used to wide gamut however is actually going to take a while, im used an srgb IPS..

 

[Shou Miko]

You get used to it quite quickly. Went from 25" to 27" and after a couple of days, it felt "normal".

I had 27inch before but I downsized and I never been happier unfortunely

 

[phill]

One little tech related purchase but this one is for Christmas....



Right guys, here's some progress with the servers as well....



Cardboard boxes... Well these are for servers, I'm hoping they will be good enough as there's really nothing special about them.. It's been an absolute nightmare trying to find some boxes to put servers in. Not even places that sell servers, will sell the server boxes.. I mean wth....

Still, over to the A memorial to Kreij thread for anyone interested in this Christmas give away

 

[theonek]

I had 27inch before but I downsized and I never been happier unfortunely

why don't you try a curved one with bigger screen size? it looks smaller than the normal sizes and screen is bigger because of the curvature... Also the effect is very interesting....

 

[TheLostSwede]

why don't you try a curved one with bigger screen size? it looks smaller than the normal sizes and screen is bigger because of the curvature... Also the effect is very interesting....

Does it make you motion sick?

 

[theonek]

Does it make you motion sick?

not at all, at first it is quite different but you get used to it very fast and effect is also interesting, you won't see a flat one any more, and here we are talking for normal proportion monitors, not 21:9, they are problematic for some people though...

 

[Gumby]

Got a new laptop a while back. For free.
Upgraded memory and ssd's and added a bluray burner.
HP Notebook - 15-db1030nr
Motherboard:
CPU Type Mobile DualCore AMD Ryzen 3 3200U, 3500 MHz (35 x 100)
Motherboard Name HP Laptop 15-db1xxx
Motherboard Chipset AMD K17.1 FCH, AMD K17.1 IMC
System Memory 30666 MB
DIMM1: Patriot Memory 2666 C18 Series 16 GB DDR4-2666 DDR4 SDRAM

DIMM2: Patriot Memory 2666 C18 Series 16 GB DDR4-2666 DDR4 SDRAM
BIOS Type Unknown (06/27/2019)

Display:
Video Adapter AMD Radeon(TM) Vega 3 Graphics (2 GB)
Video Adapter AMD Radeon(TM) Vega 3 Graphics (2 GB)
Video Adapter AMD Radeon(TM) Vega 3 Graphics (2 GB)
Video Adapter AMD Radeon(TM) Vega 3 Graphics (2 GB)
3D Accelerator AMD Picasso
Monitor Generic PnP Monitor [NoDB]
Monitor LG TV (250116843009)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter AMD K17.1 - Audio Processor
Audio Adapter ATI Radeon HDMI @ AMD K17.1 - Display High Definition Audio Controller
Audio Adapter Realtek ALC236 @ AMD K17.1 - Audio Processor - High Definition Audio Controller

Storage:
IDE Controller AMD SATA Controller
Storage Controller Microsoft Storage Spaces Controller
Storage Controller Virtual CloneDrive
Disk Drive CT1000MX 500SSD4 SATA Disk Device (1000 GB, SATA-III)
Disk Drive CT500MX5 00SSD1 SATA Disk Device (500 GB, SATA-III)
Optical Drive ELBY CLONEDRIVE SCSI CdRom Device (Virtual CD-ROM)
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST BD-RE BU40N USB Device
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

 

[potato580+]

i bought this today from my friend, isnt cheap as usually, he need cash for loan payment so i help him with $120, anyway this is my 1st gtx980, i hope it perform good as my favorite amd, will test it soon

 

[P4-630]

i bought this today from my friend, isnt cheap as usually, he need cash for loan payment, i help him with $120, anyway this is my 1st gtx980, i hope it perform good
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What will you do with it? You already have a RX580 in your system.

 

[biffzinker]

What will you do with it?

Add it to his collection is my guess?

 

[r.h.p]

i bought this today from my friend, isnt cheap as usually, he need cash for loan payment so i help him with $120, anyway this is my 1st gtx980, i hope it perform good as my favorite amd, will test it soon
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man potato you must have a lot of machines ...

 

[Lorec]

What will you do with it? You already have a RX580 in your system.

if only one btw Polaris is strong within that one.

EDIT:
Got second matching 750 ti from Zotac, for my crunching duo

 

[potato580+]

What will you do with it? You already have a RX580 in your system.

use it ofcourse hehe

Add it to his collection is my guess?

not rly, im not some collector, just like to pay and test cards, beside i can sell it in notime again

i make a quick bench, not bad, almost close enough scoring with 480/580

the temp better than amd tho

 

[phill]

use it ofcourse hehe

not rly, im not some collector, just like to pay and test cards, beside i can sell it in notime again

i make a quick bench, not bad, almost close enough scoring with 480/580
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the temp better than amd tho

I was going to say... RX480 v 980 Ti ..... TechPowerUp Review...

Enjoy it mate

 

[Dinnercore]

I´m starting to believe I might have a problem.



My third 1600W PSU. This one goes to my testbench. It´s used and cost me 140€, came from a mining environment but was probably not running too long since mining profits got eaten by electricity cost very fast here in the EU. Plus it was running at efficiency peak so ~60% load only and I trust these EVGA units to take a lot of abuse.

 

[phill]

They are solid units mate and they will take a lot of abuse I have one still boxed that I've not yet used.... But there's always a chance at some point I might need it so...

At the moment @Dinnercore, what's in your test bench??

 

[Deleted member 178884]

I´m starting to believe I might have a problem.



My third 1600W PSU. This one goes to my testbench. It´s used and cost me 140€, came from a mining environment but was probably not running too long since mining profits got eaten by electricity cost very fast here in the EU. Plus it was running at efficiency peak so ~60% load only and I trust these EVGA units to take a lot of abuse.

Nice PSU! I should pick up a 1600W at some stage for my 7980XE setup, I have a cooling upgrade planned by next year, it's going to pull big watts ; )

 

[Dinnercore]

They are solid units mate and they will take a lot of abuse I have one still boxed that I've not yet used.... But there's always a chance at some point I might need it so...

At the moment @Dinnercore, what's in your test bench??

Until now I had a Corsair RM850i powering it. It was enough for now, but I want to start benching GPUs next year and I already hit 400W from just benching CPUs. So if I add two overclocked GPUs on that I´m already over the limit for the 850i.

 

[GreiverBlade]

I´m starting to believe I might have a problem.

i do absolutely not think so ... well, the other one in the left side of my brain beg to differ ... but i know he's wrong ...

ahhhh now i am making a wishlist for the new build that will finally replace the innards of my Panzer Max...

hum ... compulsory buying will resume after the holidays ...

 

[biffzinker]

ahhhh now i am making a wishlist for the new build that will finally replace the innards of my Panzer Max...

Might as want to hold off on a new build until next year.

 

[phill]

Until now I had a Corsair RM850i powering it. It was enough for now, but I want to start benching GPUs next year and I already hit 400W from just benching CPUs. So if I add two overclocked GPUs on that I´m already over the limit for the 850i.

I was also meaning what hardware where you using on the bench table as well? I'd hope for two 295 X2's if you really wanted to pull some big numbers

 

[Dinnercore]

I was also meaning what hardware where you using on the bench table as well? I'd hope for two 295 X2's if you really wanted to pull some big numbers

I pushed my X5650 to pull nearly 300W CPU power currently. For the GPUs I want to sell my current workstation and switch my benchtable to a 9980XE or similar and yes quad SLI 295s are on my list
Got water ready for the cards and will go water or DICE on the CPU.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Might as want to hold off on a new build until next year.

mhhh well .... a R9 3900X heck even a 3600X would be already a big step up

and after the holidays is next year so... i am technically holding till next year

 

[sam_86314]

My Steam Controller arrived...

Interesting device it is. I grabbed it when they went on sale for $5.

I tried playing Cities Skylines with it, and while it'll take getting used to, it was perfectly doable.

Curious how it'll work in other games.

EDIT: After messing with it for a bit, I've found that this thing is perfect for controlling an HTPC from the couch or something. The mouse controls work great, and I'm sure I'll be able to type reasonably quickly on the on-screen keyboard with some practice.

Now I wish I had grabbed more than one... Oh well, maybe some other company will pick up the concept and do something with it.