What's your latest tech purchase?

[R00kie]

Got my palit rtx 3080 last week and had it installed on Friday.
Only just had time to upload some pics here..
I've also had to buy a new phone as I've damaged the SIM card+microsd card slot on my Xperia xz2 when I got my sim card jammed .
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So I've bought a Redmagic 5s sonic silver 8gb/128gb model. Photos will be uploaded of the new phone when I'm back home.

lucky bastard , i'm still waiting on mine since launch, where did you get it from?

 

[Splinterdog]

Cat for scale~

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What a beast!
The GPU is pretty tasty too

 

[silentbogo]

Gettin' old and gettin' lazy.
Got me a PS3 Bluray Remote, so that I don't have to get off the couch to rewind YT vids or movies anymore. The only problem is that most software sucks, even though it's only job is to translate keycodes.
Currently using PS3BluMote, but I might need to do some digging and write my own, something similar to the good ole GlivePie, so that I can do some scripting and automation (used to be fun back in a day w/ Wiimote).

 

[sepheronx]

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Gettin' old and gettin' lazy.
Got me a PS3 Bluray Remote, so that I don't have to get off the couch to rewind YT vids or movies anymore. The only problem is that most software sucks, even though it's only job is to translate keycodes.
Currently using PS3BluMote, but I might need to do some digging and write my own, something similar to the good ole GlivePie, so that I can do some scripting and automation (used to be fun back in a day w/ Wiimote).

how much you paid for that?

I have one in a box in the basement with my PS3 (collecting dust).

 

[silentbogo]

how much you paid for that?

$10 or so, mint condition, not a spec of dust. I think a pair of rechargeable AA batteries that the seller put in is worth more than that (the only problem is that these are 1.2V NiMH, but I can use those in my other projects).

 

[lexluthermiester]

I think my lame humor jumped over you but I'm glad to see you getting these beasts.

Ah, ok. Sometime humor that is on the subtle side of things can get lost in the translation to text... It's all good!

Hey, will you be able to test this in 4k on the t3500 for me?

LOL! Um, why? Trust me, a 3090 will be severely bottlenecked by a T3500 even with a W3690 OC'd to 4.1ghz. My 2080 is bottlenecked in some games, so a 3090 would be left twiddling it thumbs.

 

[sepheronx]

Ah, ok. Sometime humor that is on the subtle side of things can get lost in the translation to text... It's all good!


LOL! Um, why? Trust me, a 3090 will be severely bottlenecked by a T3500 even with a W3690 OC'd to 4.1ghz. My 2080 is bottlenecked in some games, so a 3090 would be left twiddling it thumbs.

For giggles. Would love to see it honestly.

 

[lexluthermiester]

For giggles. Would love to see it honestly.

Was going to try whatever 3080 I happen to get for myself. We'll see what happens. It would be funny for sure.

 

[kurosagi01]

lucky bastard , i'm still waiting on mine since launch, where did you get it from?

I was one of the first 5 customer or something that ordered that specific model from Scan on their website lol.
I was mashing that refresh button like crazy on the product page.

 

[R00kie]

I was one of the first 5 customer or something that ordered that specific model from Scan on their website lol.
I was mashing that refresh button like crazy on the product page.

I was mashing it as well, until both OCUK and scan stopped completely responding 3 minutes later

 

[Chomiq]

Back-ordered them a month ago, finally arrived:

Will mount them during the weekend. They'll replace stock intake fans on my PM-01.

 

[Solaris17]

First stages of my new network cabinet. Wife finally got angry with a 48u rack in the family room. Consolidating it down to 18 and getting new cabling since I won't need such long runs.

Today was my new exterior WAN cable

my 50 1ft switch cables.

30 5ft server connections.

Passthrough connectors incase I need to re-tip

6 1m SMF fiber interlink cables for the servers.

Still waiting on the cabinet and the fiber patch cables and a few more bundles I think?

 

[xrobwx71]

I got one of these coming.

 

[trickson]

This should be here any minute now.

It's going into the main rig.

 

[windwhirl]

Last week I finally found a physically accessible store where I could buy the high capacity drive I wanted... and today I went, acquired it and installed it.



Now, I'll just have to play the waiting game: formatting the drive and then transferring everything onto it

 

[phill]

Here's a few random bits I've been spending my cash on...


I really don't understand the difficulty when sending stuff to wrap layer or two of bubble around things... But hey it's just me....



It seems its a catching phase... That's the second PSU now I've had through and they've just wrapped it in a plastic bag.. Drives me nuts... Still moving on!!
Still got to try out the G2 PSU I bought a few days ago. The wattage meters seem to work fine, so can't complain there... Sent one of them to @Edwired over in Ireland I believe so hoping that he's received it, all things being good and on my side

Decided to change out the PSUs from my cruncher machines to have a decent 650w unit, so that now free's up 3 850w units I've got for other builds I'm hoping to be able to get hold of some of the newer AMD CPUs, I hope they are going to be monsters like a few of my friends hope for

 

[xBruce88x]

That looks very close, possibly mine Is that but it was branded "ultra". One of tiger directs brands. I lost the fan a while ago... It was pretty cheap and bad wobble.. Would hit the fins. Also, the stick on heatsinks fell of almost immediately.

hey Bruce is this the Xigmatek Bifrost cooler ?
like this:
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Xigmatek Bifrost VD1065 | Preisvergleich Geizhals Österreich

✔ Preisvergleich für Xigmatek Bifrost VD1065 ✔ Bewertungen ✔ Produktinfo ⇒ Typ: GPU-Kühler, VRAM/VRM-Kühlkörper (15 Stück) • Kühlung: Aktive Kühlung • Lüfter: 2x 100x100x15mm, 2000… ✔ VGA-Kühler ✔ Testberichte ✔ Günstig kaufen

geizhals.at

LOL apparently I only paid $16 for the cooler back in 2012! Also,... Looks like someone pointed out the likeness to the other xigmatech cooler

8800GT cooler upgrade mini-log

stopped by TigerDirect asking about a job today and picked up a gpu cooler while i was there, it was only $16 :) the before temps... in an air conditioned room 68-70ish def F. and the new cooler The gpu before the new cooler installed in my PC. I'll post more pics when i'm done! :)

www.techpowerup.com

 

[oxrufiioxo]

New SSD are always fun.

 

[silentbogo]

New SSD are always fun.

That's a good one. I have a 1TB model in my rig right now, managed to snatch it when SSD prices were at their lowest.

 

[Deleted member 50521]

New SSD are always fun.


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2TB of NVMe, damn

Post some benchmark man of that shinny sx8200p!

 

[phill]

I've been trying to get hold of one of these boards and CPUs for ages... So.....



You can all call me crazy later, I'm ok with that Oh and I thought since everything had more cores these days, my poor EVGA X58 Classifieds where still on their original 920 D0's from 2010, I thought they needed a little pick me up.... So I grabbed these and more so as they where boxed retail versions as well....



Well I suppose technically my mate in Ohio did, I just transferred the cash and he bought them It's a shame that now Ebay over in the US is adding the tax when you pay as apparently you had to do it before on your own, so I guess the now not so cheap route might have just lost all it's bonus for me ordering over there... Crying shame....
One thing is though, I really hope that they don't suck and can get to about 4.20GHz at a bare minimum, but I'd like to think 4.50GHz would be lovely and something I'd love to get to.... I'm not sure if I'm going to be as lucky as @Mr.Scott but I live in hope!!

 

[Animalpak]

I got one of these coming.

Is X299 chipset PCI 4.0 compatible ?

 

[Splinterdog]

Just unboxed!

 

[oxrufiioxo]

Just unboxed!

I'm loving mine so far.

Is X299 chipset PCI 4.0 compatible ?

That a serious question? Only B550/X570/TRX40 are compatible.... I mean it'll work but at 3.0 speeds.

 

[Fouquin]

This very sturdy classic. Fans aren't even gunked, very well taken care of.