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What's on your hardware wish list ?

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I hope to get a new keyboard and headphones on black friday. I was hoping to get a whole new rig but at my current situation it's not worth it.
 
The next few pieces of hardware I'd be buying:
  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
  • ASUS ROG B450 Strix-F
  • G.Skill Flare X 3200 16GB
 
Since I have started w/ PCs, each new system has ranged fron $2,200 to $7,500. I still have in use a $2,000 CRT (22 years old), have $1,000 SCSI 1 GB HD on a shelf somewhere so I don't mind paying for premium componentry. Just find myself with a lot less enthusiasm these days.

1. I can't think of anything other then the new AUOptonics 144 Hz 4 K panels and that's not going to happen cuz:

a) Still to costly and given current yields, don't expect to come down soon.
b) Nothing exists to adequately drive it up into consistent ULMB territory except maybe twin 2080 Tis and, given lack of competition and 10xx series overstock, don't see prices dropping anytime soon.
c) 30% tariffs starting in January.

Would love to see folks just stop buying and when the Fortune 500 companies stocks start tanking perhaps we'll see some logical decision making take place on the trade front.

2. MoBo / CPUs - Big yawn.... hasn't been a significant generation to generation impact on user productivity since Sandy Bridge.

3. Storage - Yes SSDs make great benchmarks but again, it has had no real impact on user prodctivity outside very small market niches. I have one game on a Samsung Pro SSD and on a Seagate 2 TB SSD and there is 0 impact on gameplay. Windows boot time on same devices is 15.6 versus 16.5 seconds. Other than getting your name in "Post your storage benchmark results here" threads, doesn't have a real impact on the desktop outside rendering, animation, video editing uses. Anything most of us do on a daily basis in which storage subsystem speed is of significance, is usually scheduled to happen while sleeping.

5. Increase in RAM speed can be significant but not "upgrade worthy".

6. Quality PSUs are now ridiculously low priced.

7. Case innovation was spurred greatly by Phanteks entry into the market, but now everyine is emulating all their innovations. The latest Evolv was a pleasant surpise but don't see that there's many "other places to go" in case design for forseeable future other than a a storage backplane that eliminates cables ... would like to see rear (or 90 degree) MoBo EPS cable and 90 degree 24 pin cable connectors

Unfortunately there is one component they bottlenecks almost every system and that is the user. Best analogy is driving a Porsche in bumper to bumper traffic. Doesn't matter how fast it is on the open road when car in front of you moves 2 card lengths every 15 seconds.
 
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Eh... I stupidly ordered one of those Corsair Commanders (for extra usb headers mostly.. but it has rgb stuff as well).. but then forgot I ordered a cheap usb splitter that just came in the mail. It took like a month because it was from overseas.. and I didn't remember I ordered it.

Now I wonder if I should just make use of the Commander for another reason and go full out on RGB. I don't even know where to start. Never even bought custom fans before and just use what comes with components. Suggestions? I have a 240mm AIO with two fans and then 3 that came with the case.
 
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2. MoBo / CPUs - Big yawn.... hasn't been a significant generation to generation impact on user productivity since Sandy Bridge.

6. Quality PSUs are now ridiculously low priced.

7. Case innovation was spurred greatly by Phanteks entry into the market, but now everyine is emulating all their innovations. The latest Evolv was a pleasant surpise but don't see that there's many "other places to go" in case design for forseeable future other than a a storage backplane that eliminates cables ... would like to see rear (or 90 degree) MoBo EPS cable and 90 degree 24 pin cable connectors
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2. For Intel users.
6. :roll::roll::roll::roll: Maybe where you come from.
7. In your opinion only.
 
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Maybe where you come from.
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I must be stuck in the 90s.. I love plain/rugged industrial design. Kind of hard to find things like this now (the new HP workstations are a decent example).
 
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2. For Intel users.
6. :roll::roll::roll::roll: Maybe where you come from.
7. In your opinion only.
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2. Until AMD can match Intel's performance in **things we actually do** with our PCs, what AMD does really doesn't matter. More than 4/8 threads doesn't make anything we do go faster. None of our apps and certainly games benefit in any way, shape or form from anything AMD has available. Yes, they have greatly closed the gap.... but when I was buying Sandy Bridge, I was buying it because it was the best CPU available for the apps we use and gaming. Today, we are still buying i7's because it remains the best CPU for the apps we use and gaming. I'm certainly not putting any CPU AMD has on my wish list as any choice I'd make equals a reduction in performance in all the things we do **across the board**.

3. Well what I pay where I come from is all I am concerned about :) and the topic asks what is on **my** wish list, not yours. But I was speaking "in relation to everything else" and ....sorry, but statement still holds. According to pcparticker, You pay $385 for a 8600k, I pay $235...so the (USA / Aus) cost factor for CPUs is 1.64. Looking at MoBos... MSI SLI Plus is $218 down under / $134 here... a cost factor of 1.63... so if nothing has changed, as you claim, we shouldn't be able to find any PSUs that have lower cost factors. When we look at the exchange rate, of 1.00 US Dollars = 1.39 Austrailian Dollars, it's fair to say that anything above a 1.39 cost factor is due to distribution costs and other regional factors.

The Antec HCG 520M / 620M is a very good Seasonic OEM PSU based upon their GB Bronze series. The $520 is $77 here and $79 for the 620M ... Down under, it's $99 and $115. Those are cost factors of 1.25 and 1.46. So yes, by comparison with other components, quality PSUs are now available in your area that represent a lower % of build cost than was previously true. You have to shop carefully and know which OEM makes what as the same OEM model PSU may have widely differing costs based upon which vendor is selling it and how efficient their distribution infrastructure is in your part of the world.

7. Phanteks has taken home a Case of the Year award from Computex, almost every year since 2013 (all but 1 IIRC).
 
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All 400-1000 series GPU's, a (high-end SLI) motherboard from every era starting at LGA 775) All AMD GPU's starting from the 4000 series, a few cases, all CPU's from 775-1151v2, MSI 1070 MXM's, GTX 980DT MXM's (120W or 180W idc which one), Clevo X7200 and P570WM, I think thats it?
Storage - Yes SSDs make great benchmarks but again, it has had no real impact on user prodctivity outside very small market niches. I have one game on a Samsung Pro SSD and on a Seagate 2 TB SSD and there is 0 impact on gameplay. Windows boot time on same devices is 15.6 versus 16.5 seconds. Other than getting your name in "Post your storage benchmark results here" threads, doesn't have a real impact on the desktop outside rendering, animation, video editing uses. Anything most of us do on a daily basis in which storage subsystem speed is of significance, is usually scheduled to happen while sleeping.
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The reason for the long boot time is because of NVME SSD, which takes longer than a SATA SSD to initialize, and of course an SSD has no effect on a game! But it does have an affect on how buttery smooth my Chrome browsing is...
 
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What a mess. Got that Commander Pro today (links up fans/usb headers/etc). I was happier with just a small usb splitter.. never should have got this. How do people deal with all of this shit? Let alone make it look neat? RGB cables, temp cables, usb cables, fan cables/extensions, etc..

On another note...May as well get a cheap SSD (dedicated to Linux maybe).
 
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Just wishing to put a hand on a free LGA1155 cpu better than my G620 and a better gpu than my HD4550 512megs. Wish me luck. :)
 
Delidded die guard for naked die cooling. $23 with uncertain results.
Full cover waterblock for EVGA GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 (extremely hard to find here).
 
black friday is coming,what are you getting ?

for me:
-a 500gb ssd
-ac odyssey
-new speakers
 
I don't know if I'm getting anything, but I want a NUC, for a second machine.
 
- A GPU to replace my GTX 970
- A 60+ Hz monitor
- A 256+ GB SSD
- A canon 200d camera
- A new phone to replace my Galaxy Note 3

It's a good thing I can control the impulse to buy stuff (most of the times anyway).
 
My wishlist is rather long, but the most important things are:
A somewhat new rig (thinking Ryzen 5 2600X, at least 16 GB of RAM, and the rest will probably be cannibalized from my current system and some other spare components)
A more powerful graphics card (Vega 64 or GTX 1080 at least).
A new monitor, 2560x1440, IPS, between 24 - 27"
 
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I want a 32" 4k or 1440p 100hz or better monitor.
I want an AMD system.. Intel/Nvidia is boring.
That is all.
 
i see a lot of 4k display mentions. Unless people are dead set on Monitor Only solutions, Walmart has 4K large format displays for $300 or less. a 55" Sharp 4K smart TV is $300. a Lesser brand like Scepter, 4K Smart Tv 55"+ is around $250. my nephews each got one from their father, and although i hate them (the TV's), they are good image quality. I just dont like how big they are
 
I'm buying soon :

-I5 3570
-P8H61-M PLUS V3
-8x1 Kingstone DDR3 1600MHz
-Gigabyte GTX 950 OC 2GB
-New PSU (not decided yet)
:)
 
I'd go with 8700k/9700k but the prices are insane.I'm still deciding between a 500gb ssd (350pln) + new speakers (450pln) vs a 1tb one (650pln) + 150pln worth of games.
 
I'm actually done, just got the keyboard I wanted (IBM KB-8926), so probably an SSD, Autodesk software loads pretty slow.
 
I'd like a house big enough so I can fit some more hardware in it without pushing out everyone of the house :)

But that said, it would be an awesome Lan party... :)
 
Looking to build next year and would like

Ryzen 2 cpu
16gb DDR4
750w psu
A decent ryzen mobo
And finally I would like a Vega 56 to complete the system
 
As of now, I need a second 1080 ti + at least a 7900x. In the process of saving still
 
Xx Tek Tip xX said:
As of now, I need a second 1080 ti + at least a 7900x. In the process of saving still
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I found since having my Ti's I need new monitors and that's just going to be expensive!! :( I need to get my daughter and girl friend their motherboards for their Ryzen systems, but when I do that, I'll need to buy DDR4 and that stuff ain't cheap!! :(
 
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