What's your latest tech purchase?

sam_86314 · Sep 13, 2020

Coming soon...

Hope it ends up being a good monitor.

In the meantime, I got this dock for my EliteBook for $25.

It even has a deep scratch on it that matches the one on my laptop :laugh:

biffzinker · Sep 13, 2020

sam_86314 said:
Hope it ends up being a good monitor.

Here’s to hoping it’s an awesome 4K monitor for you.

Space Lynx · Sep 13, 2020

sam_86314 said:
Coming soon...

Hope it ends up being a good monitor.

In the meantime, I got this dock for my EliteBook for $25.

It even has a deep scratch on it that matches the one on my laptop

I really want to make the move to 21:9 too. I have my eye on this one... but unsure still.

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jallenlabs · Sep 13, 2020

New cables for the listening room/theater. Much better than bare ofc wire.

Valantar · Sep 13, 2020

biffzinker said:
Here’s to hoping it’s an awesome 4K monitor for you.

Considering it's 3440x1440, I would say it's a pretty terrible 4k monitor. Could be a great ultrawide 1440p monitor though!

phill · Sep 14, 2020

jallenlabs said:
New cables for the listening room/theater. Much better than bare ofc wire.

What sort of Mission speakers??

I've had a few pairs of those and they were awesome!!

Well since I have managed to grab a few new toys, I thought I'd share them here

Sapphire X1650 Pro....

And what I hoped was a ATI 3850 AGP card.........

Turned oout to be a damn AMD 9600 Mobile GPU..... One was somewhat disappointed and frustrated by a long shot!! Found several finished bids for the 3850's for such cheap money it made me feel sick lol Could not believe my luck as I found this for about £70... Got to message the seller to find out if the PC he said in the garage was the one with the card in still.... If it works and is, great... If not... I'll be back to searching for one again... But at least I have a box for one now

This was bought for another build I'd completely recently....

And this bad boy as well....

I had a few spares laying about so I've put together something for a friend who I used to work with but sadly he's become rather ill, so I hope that he has USB 3 (which he's never had....) and water cooling, that he'll have a great time with this new system... I built it for him for his film conversions he does

I'll update it in my build log I think

Might even see if he'd like to get crunching with us on WCG

So far I think that's it apart from a few more 4k films but I missed out on some other hardware I had hoped to grab this evening, so hopefully when I can track it down again, I'll be able to grab it this time!!

xBruce88x · Sep 14, 2020

Finally got a decent desk set up.

$50 for both. Just gotta get it into my "office"... And get a computer of some sort put together for it. Minus the media pc... A; old Dell c521 athlon 64 dual-core, I don't really have a system ready yet. Got a laptop somewhere that needs ram and a ssd, there's also a dell pentium 3 933 with a couple of voodoo2s in SLI in the shed. Though I'll probably get my phenom quad core going maybe... Only have cpu and an ecs ic780m-a 2.0

Caring1 · Sep 14, 2020

phill said:
And what I hoped was a ATI 3850 AGP card.........

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Turned oout to be a damn AMD 9600 Mobile GPU..... One was somewhat disappointed and frustrated by a long shot!!

Looks like a 9600 Pro, not a mobile card.

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khemist · Sep 14, 2020

Better pic of new monitor with some backlighting.

phill · Sep 14, 2020

Caring1 said:
Looks like a 9600 Pro, not a mobile card.

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I think when I quickly Googled the back of the card, it came back with the mobile but it might have been a Pro.. Either way, it's a little off and away from a 3850 I was hoping to have! :laugh:

Needless to say, I had a refund

sam_86314 · Sep 17, 2020

I've ascended to ultrawide, and it is glorious...

My Monoprice 3440x1440 100Hz monitor arrived today.

The image quality is excellent. I watched my favorite scenes from a movie I have on 4K Blu-ray, and the experience is better than my TV.

I checked it for dead and stuck pixels, and I didn't find any. The colors are great overall, though they do go a bit weird toward the corners.

Pixel response time is noticeably worse than my previous monitor, but that was a TN one, whereas this one is VA.

It also doesn't have the grainy look that my old monitor had, which is great.

Unfortunately, the monitor arm I ordered alongside it wasn't glorious. The tilt function it had wasn't strong enough to hold a monitor that is at least two pounds under the weight limit. Even after tightening it as much as I could (breaking my 35-year-old ratcheted screwdriver in the process), it still kept sagging. I'll be returning it.

Let's hope I have a good experience with Monoprice's return process.

jallenlabs · Sep 18, 2020

New sound control panels. Surprisingly effective for the money. New speaker cables for this set up too, no pics of them yet though.

Bubster · Sep 18, 2020

No new Purchases this year or serious upgrades, except a few quiet Corsair Rgb Fans. May large nvme SSD'S if they prices go down a little more.

p1ngwe1 · Sep 18, 2020

My old motherboard died, replace with this

GreiverBlade · Sep 19, 2020

tech'ish related (hey ..... it came with a 2m micro USB cable ... )

yeah ....CableGuy from Exquisite Gaming : John S117 ... aka Masterchief ... with a purpose

20cm and a bloody 652gr weight

Holding my Xbox one Combat Tech controller

little extra for when my pocket are too small for my Boom 2 LE (and yes ... that one is full of surprise for the size ) interesting feature the USB cable charge and also double as audio input (the jack on the speaker is actually a line out ... you can use that one as a BT dongle for other speakers ) a X-Mini WE "thumb sized" speaker

BT3.0 (well ... it got out in 2014 ... ) nice 37mm driver with excellent and loud enough sound, ultra pocket-able form factor, low price tag (20chf is decent enough) sturdy build, up to 6hrs in wired and ~3hrs in BT mode ...

plus they give a portion of the price paid to "children international" it seems

phill · Sep 19, 2020

I had a few pickups of late.. One for my daughter and the other for my CPU collection...

What goes with a pink PS2.....?

Obviously a pink PS2 controller

That's the 4th one we needed, so we don't need anymore of these now

A nice i7 3930k....

I was very impressed with the packing of both of these items, outstanding Ebay sellers for a change when it came to that.. Some just tend to wrap things up in a piece of paper and off they go... Another level for these

And here's something that I was not expecting to get given...

A friend from work who was made redundant last year (we've stayed in touch) gave me this amazing collection of kit he had had, and not used. I was stunned to say the least!! He didn't want anything for it, but me being me, I had other plans for him!! (I'll carry that on in my project build...) Still haven't thanked him enough yet so, still saying that to him every day!!

And whilst I was around trying to find another PSU, I grabbed another 650w...

And this is where I mentioned paper to protect the goods you send... I mean honestly... Sent via UPS I was pleasantly surprised but the seller, unbelieveable... Still another 650w unit for me to have as another crunching PC, I think will be perfect

I paid £50 for this one, it'll do just perfectly

I've got a few others I'm looking to try and grab as well. Can't ever have enough PSUs

btarunr · Sep 19, 2020

Wife: "Here, take my card and buy me a sober home-office keyboard."

bta: "Say no more."

Has MX Blue to annoy her even more

lexluthermiester · Sep 19, 2020

phill said:
Well since I have managed to grab a few new toys, I thought I'd share them here
Sapphire X1650 Pro....

Good grief, that takes me back! I had one of those before getting an X1850. Great card for the money!

biffzinker · Sep 19, 2020

btarunr said:
Has MX Blue to annoy her even more

At least it you spared her from owning a Razer.

micropage7 · Sep 19, 2020

xBruce88x said:
Finally got a decent desk set up.

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$50 for both. Just gotta get it into my "office"... And get a computer of some sort put together for it. Minus the media pc... A; old Dell c521 athlon 64 dual-core, I don't really have a system ready yet. Got a laptop somewhere that needs ram and a ssd, there's also a dell pentium 3 933 with a couple of voodoo2s in SLI in the shed. Though I'll probably get my phenom quad core going maybe... Only have cpu and an ecs ic780m-a 2.0

the green color looks good

Athlonite · Sep 19, 2020

btarunr said:
Wife: "Here, take my card and buy me a sober home-office keyboard."

bta: "Say no more."
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Has MX Blue to annoy her even more

What are you going to do when she says where's the damn numpad

btarunr · Sep 19, 2020

Athlonite said:
What are you going to do when she says where's the damn numpad

Run, I guess. Haven't thought about that.

basco · Sep 22, 2020

just bought this few months used arctic 280 aio to replace my sockett 775 cooler mod on x99:

Disparia · Sep 22, 2020

Crucial P5 1TB and FSP 90w power supply came in today.

Last pieces, time to get to work on the case.

Athlonite · Sep 23, 2020

basco said:
just bought this few months used arctic 280 aio to replace my sockett 775 cooler mod on x99:/QUOTE]

sweet mess but I'd turn that rad upside down so you're not getting air bubbles in the pump and block

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

System Name	Core
Processor	Intel 12700k @ 5.0/4.0
Motherboard	ASRock z690 Steel Legend
Cooling	Artic Cooling Freezer 420 AiO
Memory	GSkill 64GB 3200 cas 14 b die
Video Card(s)	Asus Nvidia RTX 4070 Super OC
Storage	Optane 900p x2, SK Hynix p41 Pro
Display(s)	ACER 250hz 1080p 25" IPS display x2
Case	Phanteks p500a with all Noctua Chromax/Arctic fans
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite interface, Presonus Studio Monitors and Subwoofer
Power Supply	Seasonic 850w plat with cable mod cables
Mouse	Glorious Model O
Keyboard	Corsair mech k65
Software	Win 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	3dmark TimeSpy 20240-rtx 3090FE/12700k/Optane 3dmark TimeSpy 21862-rtx 4070Super/12700k/Optane

System Name	Hotbox
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, 110/95/110, PBO +150Mhz, CO -7,-7,-20(x6),
Motherboard	ASRock Phantom Gaming B550 ITX/ax
Cooling	LOBO + Laing DDC 1T Plus PWM + Corsair XR5 280mm + 2x Arctic P14
Memory	32GB G.Skill FlareX 3200c14 @3800c15
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Radeon 6900XT Liquid Devil Ultimate, UC@2250MHz max @~200W
Storage	2TB Adata SX8200 Pro
Display(s)	Dell U2711 main, AOC 24P2C secondary
Case	SSUPD Meshlicious
Audio Device(s)	Optoma Nuforce μDAC 3
Power Supply	Corsair SF750 Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G603
Keyboard	Keychron K3/Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro M w/DSA profile caps
Software	Windows 10 Pro

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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Athlonite

System Name	Old Gateway / Steam Deck OLED LE
Processor	i5 4440 3.1ghz / Jupiter 4c 8t
Motherboard	Gateway / Valve
Cooling	Eh it doesn't thermal throttle
Memory	2x 8GB JEDEC 1600mhz DDR3 / 16gb DDR5 6400
Video Card(s)	RX 560D 4GB / Navi II 8CU
Storage	240gb 2.5 SSD / 1TB nvme
Display(s)	Dell @ 1280*1024 75hz / 800p OLED
Case	Gateway / Valve LE
Audio Device(s)	Gateway Diamond Audio EMC2.0-USB 5375U ($15 a long ass time ago), Valve
Power Supply	380w oem / 65w valve USB-C
Mouse	Purple Walmart special, 1600dpi. Black desk mat
Keyboard	SteelSeries Apex 100 / virtual
VR HMD	Lmao
Software	Windows 10 / Steam OS
Benchmark Scores	It can run Crysis (Original), Doom 2016, and Halo MCC. SD LE 45fps

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

Processor	9700k
Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Phantom Gaming-ITX/AC
Cooling	NZXT kraken X53
Memory	16GB Klevv Bolt X 3600mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus TUF RTX 3080
Storage	SanDisk Extreme Pro 1TB NVME
Display(s)	LG OLED42C24LA
Case	Meshlicious
Audio Device(s)	Dragonfly Black DAC/Amp + AKG Q701 + Rode NT-USB
Power Supply	Corsair SF750
Mouse	Steelseries Prime wireless
Keyboard	Coolermaster Masterkeys S
Software	Win 10 64

System Name	Wei Machine
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard	MSI MPG B550 Gaming Edge Wifi
Cooling	ID Cooling SE-226-XT, Arctic P12 Max
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32GB 3600 Mhz CL16
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro
Display(s)	LG 27GN950, Asus VG27AQ3A
Case	LIAN LI PC-011 DYNAMIC XL (ROG) Silver
Audio Device(s)	Topping D10s, Yamaha WXA-50, Q Acoustics 3020, Q Acoustics 3060S, IFI Zen DAC V2, Hifiman HE 400i
Power Supply	Thermaltake Toughpower PF1 ARGB 1200W
Mouse	HyperX Pulsefire Haste
Keyboard	Akko Mod007- KTT - Akko ASA
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64 bit

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

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

System Name	Cumquat 2021
Processor	AMD RyZen R7 7800X3D
Motherboard	Asus Strix X670E - E Gaming WIFI
Cooling	Deep Cool LT720 + CM MasterGel Pro TP + Lian Li Uni Fan V2
Memory	32GB GSkill Trident Z5 Neo 6000
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ OC RX6800 16GB DDR6 2270Cclk / 2010Mclk
Storage	1x Adata SX8200PRO NVMe 1TB gen3 x4 1X Samsung 980 Pro NVMe Gen 4 x4 1TB, 12TB of HDD Storage
Display(s)	AOC 24G2 IPS 144Hz FreeSync Premium 1920x1080p
Case	Lian Li O11D XL ROG edition
Audio Device(s)	RX6800 via HDMI + Pioneer VSX-531 amp Technics 100W 5.1 Speaker set
Power Supply	EVGA 1000W G5 Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Core Wired
Keyboard	Logitech G915 Wireless
Software	Windows 11 X64 PRO (build 23H2)
Benchmark Scores	it sucks even more less now ;)

System Name	ibuytheusedstuff
Processor	5960x
Motherboard	x99 sabertooth
Cooling	old socket775 cooler
Memory	32 Viper
Video Card(s)	1080ti on morpheus 1
Storage	raptors+ssd
Display(s)	acer 120hz
Case	open bench
Audio Device(s)	onb
Power Supply	antec 1200 moar power
Mouse	mx 518
Keyboard	roccat arvo

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