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What's on your hardware wish list ?

A few 16TB HDD for storage and a 3080 Ti.
 
will likely get a Ryzen 3700 when Zen 3 comes along and take advantage of price cuts to 3000 series and something along the lines of a 5600/5700 XT as the 580 is starting to show it's age in some newer titles even though is it perfectly adequate in most, could do with a bit more GPU grunt again, I'll wait for RDNA2 and price cuts
 
When we are all using 3080's and 4th gen Ryzen, 100+ fps at 4k will become a reality. There are so many titles which will benefit from having all of this extra power. I cant wait. For those that cant afford the cutting edge, there will be cheaper and much more affordable Titan V's and 2080ti's. Not to mention the CPU's that will become affordable. 3900 - 3950x's for £300...
 
AM5 platform with DDR5 and potentially PCIe 5.
That is AMD's Raphael CPU, coupled with Radeon Navi 2X GPU, and very fast PCIe NVMe SSD, with Windows and gaming environment that resembles that of the PlayStation 5.
 
I need a headphone stand,is the one that can hold two pairs ?

lol,I found these,I kinda like them,custom made.

Hipster paradise.
 
Most of things on my list are kinda fillers or things which are not released yet or ever.

First on the list is Dell KB-522 keyboard, actually i'm ordering it in next few days. It has standard layout with addition of few basic hotkeys, perfect to me. I hate mechanical keyboards, too loud, too expensive and none of them comes with useful hotkeys. This dell keyboard seems to be an office keyboard? Well, it perfectly fits all my programming, gaming and multimedia needs.

Next one possibly a decent chair, most likely another office grade thing as none(?) of gaming chairs come with mesh back. Solid leather or leather-like back is something what gives you more sweat in hot summer days. Think about it, you need an airflow too! :cool:

Top priority on my list is a gpu, top-end radeon navi 2, whatever will be released on September. 5900xt? I assume they will change name to 6900xt or 6950xt and that's what i'm aiming for as long as it stays under 700 euros as that's maximum amount i'm willing to spend on any consumer/gaming grade gpu. It will be either asrock taichi (to fit aesthetically to my motherboard) or sapphire nitro or gigabyte (for lack of "warranty void if removed" stickers on screws).

New gpu demands new display as my current is 1080p@75Hz, i would love to jump to physical 2560x1440 above 100Hz but it is extremely difficult to find something what i want. After pretty much a lot of research i ended up with these two added to my wishlist: AOC 24G2U (yes, i know this is 1080p) or Aorus FI27Q-P. In reality perfect display to me would be 24", 2560x1440, IPS, Freesync, 120Hz (or higher), flat, not curved at any price up to 700 euros. If anyone knows anything like this existing or being released soon please let me know about it in here or via pm. Not many people think about it but decent display requires proper connection with gpu so after some research i concluded this cable will be best pick: Club3D CAC-2068.

Probably somewhere between gpu and monitor i will add an ssd and my choice goes to sabrent rocket 2TB (SB-ROCKET-NVMe4-HTSK-2TB). I'm totally aware i'm overpaying with this one a lot but same as with display, this is a purchase which is supposed to last me for years and as many generations as possible. For example i recently replaced my all three hdds (2TB+1TB+1TB) with two 4TB hdds. I took a look at dates on them and one was from 06.2009!!! After all these years this drive just slowed down significantly but was still operating smoothly enough for storing important data. No bad sectors, no problems with accessing, copying, moving anything, working fine, just slowed down. HDDs are amazing.

Next on the list are fillers, first of them is a cpu cooler: Noctua NH-D15 or D15S. I'm satisfied with amd's/cooler master's rgb wraith bundled with my cpu. In bios alternated a fan curve slightly by setting 50% for up to 80 degrees and it is really quiet, 5 other fans in my case together make more noise than this one set this way. If i'm going to buy noctua i will buy it only to lower temperatures. I'm not huge fan of rgb but amd's cooler's rgb looks amazing to me and it would be a bit sad to lose it with noctua. Actually that's a hard choice to make.

Next filler is a blu-ray burner. In my pc always was and always has to be an ODD as i'm using audio-CDs and DVDs, maybe not on regular basis but from time to time and it is enough to me to keep such drive inside. Replacing dvd odd with blu-ray one will make me expand my collection of optical discs with blu-rays.

One more thing i would like to give a try to is a pc case: Cougar MX331 Mesh-G. ODD bay, front mesh, plenty of space for fans, tempered glass side and doesn't cost arm+leg+kidney. Problem is cougar is not a popular brand in Europe and in my country particularly i didn't see many cougar cases.

Last filler, the lowest priority is a printer, Epson ecotank L3151. It has the lowest priority because my needs to print anything are way, way more rare than my needs to use and ODD.

If you went through that wall of text, congratulations and thank you for your time.
 
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Most of things on my list are kinda fillers or things which are not released yet or ever.

First on the list is Dell KB-522 keyboard, actually i'm ordering it in next few days. It has standard layout with addition of few basic hotkeys, perfect to me. I hate mechanical keyboards, too loud, too expensive and none of them comes with useful hotkeys. This dell keyboard seems to be an office keyboard? Well, it perfectly fits all my programming, gaming and multimedia needs.

Next one possibly a decent chair, most likely another office grade thing as none(?) of gaming chairs come with mesh back. Solid leather or leather-like back is something what gives you more sweat in hot summer days. Think about it, you need an airflow too! :cool:

Top priority on my list is a gpu, top-end radeon navi 2, whatever will be released on September. 5900xt? I assume they will change name to 6900xt or 6950xt and that's what i'm aiming for as long as it stays under 700 euros as that's maximum amount i'm willing to spend on any consumer/gaming grade gpu. It will be either asrock taichi (to fit aesthetically to my motherboard) or sapphire nitro or gigabyte (for lack of "warranty void if removed" stickers on screws).

New gpu demands new display as my current is 1080p@75Hz, i would love to jump to physical 2560x1440 above 100Hz but it is extremely difficult to find something what i want. After pretty much a lot of research i ended up with these two added to my wishlist: AOC 24G2U (yes, i know this is 1080p) or Aorus FI27Q-P. In reality perfect display to me would be 24", 2560x1440, IPS, Freesync, 120Hz (or higher), flat, not curved at any price up to 700 euros. If anyone knows anything like this existing or being released soon please let me know about it in here or via pm. Not many people think about it but decent display requires proper connection with gpu so after some research i concluded this cable will be best pick: Club3D CAC-2068.

Probably somewhere between gpu and monitor i will add an ssd and my choice goes to sabrent rocket 2TB (SB-ROCKET-NVMe4-HTSK-2TB). I'm totally aware i'm overpaying with this one a lot but same as with display, this is a purchase which is supposed to last me for years and as many generations as possible. For example i recently replaced my all three hdds (2TB+1TB+1TB) with two 4TB hdds. I took a look at dates on them and one was from 06.2009!!! After all these years this drive just slowed down significantly but was still operating smoothly enough for storing important data. No bad sectors, no problems with accessing, copying, moving anything, working fine, just slowed down. HDDs are amazing.

Next on the list are fillers, first of them is a cpu cooler: Noctua NH-D15 or D15S. I'm satisfied with amd's/cooler master's rgb wraith bundled with my cpu. In bios alternated a fan curve slightly by setting 50% for up to 80 degrees and it is really quiet, 5 other fans in my case together make more noise than this one set this way. If i'm going to buy noctua i will buy it only to lower temperatures. I'm not huge fan of rgb but amd's cooler's rgb looks amazing to me and it would be a bit sad to lose it with noctua. Actually that's a hard choice to make.

Next filler is a blu-ray burner. In my pc always was and always has to be an ODD as i'm using audio-CDs and DVDs, maybe not on regular basis but from time to time and it is enough to me to keep such drive inside. Replacing dvd odd with blu-ray one will make me expand my collection of optical discs with blu-rays.

Last filler, the lowest priority is a printer, Epson ecotank L3151. It has the lowest priority because my needs to print anything are way, way more rare than my needs to use and ODD.

If you went through that wall of text, congratulations and thank you for your time.
recently got the same printer just no wifi version.
very good for scanning and printing documents.for photos I recommend something else.
 
recently got the same printer just no wifi version.
very good for scanning and printing documents.for photos I recommend something else.
Thanks for useful info. Nah, when i'm printing something it is usually documents or something that doesn't require perfect quality. Personally i would do without printer but my gf insists on it a bit and she is right on it.
 
Thanks for useful info. Nah, when i'm printing something it is usually documents or something that doesn't require perfect quality. Personally i would do without printer but my gf insists on it a bit and she is right on it.
well it's mostly colors,this one is quantity-oriented.
colors are a bit washed.filling those tanks is fun tho.
scanner is very detalied on every document I tried.

here's a sample scan.I was helping a 5th grader with Past Simple did+infinitive
for a cheap all rounder it's very good to my mind


look at the scan quality in full zoom mode,amazing for a cheapo.sharp,detailed with no noise.

wait,lemme scan a picture

1600dpi


pretty good,though there's noise if you zoom a lot

A+ printer/scanner for documents,B- for photos.That's how I'd assess it.
 
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What's on my hardware wish list?

Right now - Absolutely Nothing. Extremely happy and content loving and respecting all the amazing gear that allows me to get work completed quickly and without issue.

Taking a long break from buying anything new - resettling a family of three across the US.

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January 2021 - maybe then, I'll pick up the tech news and see what's out there.

For now, peace and contentment.

You awesome TPU gents and gals, take good care of yourselves, and thanks for letting me hang around. :)

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rtx 3080ti, 3 more fans for my case, a ps5 and a new phone :)
 
I'd like a new phone too,but seeing what I did to my current one in 15 months I doubt that'll be a fancy one.
New card too,but I don't think I'll go for 3080Ti.If the rumors are true and the're making three skus out of ga102 I may grab the lowest one.1080Ti performance is getting too old in my mind.
The idea of ps5 crossed my mind,but seriously,I don't have time to play some of the games I bought 2 years ago.

I got a lot of stuff to sell too.
 
a laptop with rtx 2060...
 
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I hope to build a new system at the end of the year. Ryzen 9 "4900X" and GeForce "RTX 3080Ti" are the key pieces that I'm waiting for.
 
Trx40 mobo and a 3960X please God, or lottery.

Those are my only real chances ATM but I needeeds moar pciex.
 
Some matt black Ram to match the stunning Motherboard I now have running as my main system thanks to @EarthDog for parting with it and making the effort to send it around the world to me.
 
I wanna replace my 5.5 yr old sf leadex gold soon,maybe this year.don't wanna push it.better safe than sorry.

eyeing this.ss focus gold oem,looks super nice and I could actually do a dual system in my p600s with this.


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wanna replace my stock phanteks 140mm rear exhaust with eloop 140mm.costs a lot but I wanted one of those.and 17db is super nice.ppl say there's a noticeable woosh even at 900rpm.
well,no wonder.this thing moves 110m2 at 900rpm,more than silentwings 3 moves at 1000rpm.

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wanna get this just for games
will sell the xpg 480 sata
might sell the su900 128 too or put it in my laptop.
keep all 4 sata samsungs cause I don't feel like selling them,for system and some data they'll do fine and I like the crazy endurance on samsung v-nand drives.they look slick mounted on the back of the mobo tray too.

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optane 800p 118gb for my OS drive.can't get a track of it being sold anywhere.
 
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I got an itchy mouse trigger finger and ordered the parts for the new PC. I assembled it last week. Now, I really want a new Ampere or RDNA 2 graphics card and a Zen 3 CPU to replace the components that I temporarily borrowed out of another PC. :roll:
 
RTX3080 and 4k 144hz monitor is what Im eyeing right now. But I also just got a new truck so computer stuff may be deferred till next year.
 
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