What's on your hardware wish list ?

[Mr Bill]

I have this setup in an Alienware Area 51 case, Asus P6T Deluxe V2 i7 920 with 24 gig ram. It's been nice to play around with, and I probably would get a little more performance out of it with the X5680, I have been watching some of the X5680's on eBay. The X58 machine still doesn't perform like my i5 4690 PC with 16 gig ddr3, and I paid $100.00 US for my i5machine. I guess the question is, do I keep spending money on the X58 PC and hope for a little better performance, or just build a new Ryzen or Intel, and get a board that upgradable for some future component's. I'm really in no hurry, but the big question is, where should I put my next available dollars? I'm sure I could get locally on OfferUp a few hundred dollars for my X58 machine, the case is in almost new condition, this would help me expedite my next build.

 

[witkazy]

Pretty much set on 3900x ,waiting on price drop , gpu remains to be seen..

 

[AusWolf]

I need a new rig. I've got the case, storage and the PSU, just need all the rest.

What I want is:
The new Ryzen 7 or 9 with a decent B550 mATX motherboard and an AIO watercooler,
32 GB RAM - at least 3200 MHz,
Either a GeForce 3070 Ti/Super with 16 GB VRAM, or AMD's new flagship - preferably AIO watercooled as well.
The GeForce 30 series benchmarks didn't impress me as much as I expected, but I still have to see what AMD's cooking before I decide.

My only dilemma is my PSU. It's a Seasonic Prime Ultra Platinum 550 W unit, which is the best PSU I've ever had, but I'm not sure if it's enough for all this stuff. Theoretically it should be: 100-120 W for the CPU, 300 W for the GPU, 20-30 W for the rest of the system, that's still only about 450 W. I guess it's another thing I'll have to see first hand.

 

[Apocalypsee]

I have this setup in an Alienware Area 51 case, Asus P6T Deluxe V2 i7 920 with 24 gig ram. It's been nice to play around with, and I probably would get a little more performance out of it with the X5680, I have been watching some of the X5680's on eBay. The X58 machine still doesn't perform like my i5 4690 PC with 16 gig ddr3, and I paid $100.00 US for my i5machine. I guess the question is, do I keep spending money on the X58 PC and hope for a little better performance, or just build a new Ryzen or Intel, and get a board that upgradable for some future component's. I'm really in no hurry, but the big question is, where should I put my next available dollars? I'm sure I could get locally on OfferUp a few hundred dollars for my X58 machine, the case is in almost new condition, this would help me expedite my next build.

If you aim for retro gaming PC then its worth to upgrade that X58 machine. If you looking for modern OS and modern games/apps you better off with modern platform too. Just my 2 cent worth opinion

 

[Deleted member 24505]

this for my case-

EK-Quantum Reflection Evolv X D5 PWM D-RGB - Plexi

The EK-Quantum Reflection Fractal ATX D5 PWM D-RGB is a water cooling reservoir, routing and pump solution made to fit several Fractal Design ATX size cases. This

www.ekwb.com

 

[The Foldinator]

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X.

and a RTX3060Ti not sure how it will pan out here in Dutchland..
New faster M.2 Ssd, brand.. i don't really care
not sure on a new mobo yet...

 

[Mr Bill]

If you aim for retro gaming PC then its worth to upgrade that X58 machine. If you looking for modern OS and modern games/apps you better off with modern platform too. Just my 2 cent worth opinion

@69, the only game I play is, the one called "Trying To Stay Alive".

 

[Apocalypsee]

@69, the only game I play is, the one called "Trying To Stay Alive".

Ah looks like we were playing the same game

 

[AlwaysHope]

Zen 3 when it hits retail channels.

 

[Toothless]

New case. Gotta have more airflow.

 

[windwhirl]

Now adding to that old wishlist an extra hard drive. Eyeing Seagate's IronWolfs at 6 or 8 TB.

Well, if all goes well, I'll be the happy owner of a 10 TB Seagate IronWolf drive by tomorrow's afternoon.
It has arrived!

What's your latest tech purchase?

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 . So I've bought a Redmagic 5s sonic silver 8gb/128gb...

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