What's your latest tech purchase?

QuietBob · May 19, 2023

Fleurious said:
Technically the wife bought it for me with my tax return

Wow. "Many happy returns" I guess?

Braegnok · May 19, 2023

Building new Z790 Apex, i9-13900KF system, received motherboard today.

2023-03 version A04.

The board is flawless, no warp, all the pins on the back side are trimmed flush.

KrazyT · May 19, 2023

Full white I presume ?

GreiverBlade · May 19, 2023

sam_86314 said:
I mean, if I wanted to upgrade my boot SSD (maybe to a 2TB WD SN850X or Corsair MP600 Pro LPX), my GPU has to come out. Same with plugging in more SATA devices, which I have plans to do eventually.

Although, with those specific SSDs, I don't know if the board's built-in SSD cooling would be adequate. Removing that would probably help with access to the PCIe lock.

yep i got the same issues (Red Devil RX 6700 XT ) when i swapped my 2 M2 SSD last time, it's not the lock fault ... it's the monster that goes in the slot fault :laugh:

it cover the release latch so well that i thought i ripped off something on the mobo when i slipped with my iFixit screw(me)driver ... luckily nope ... just a scratch on the latch

MSDOS Retro · May 19, 2023

Not really worth taking a picture from, but my last tech purchase was a LG-GDR 8164B DVD ROM Drive from 2007.
Black front, IDE/PATA model. Bought cheap from a Recycling Store.

Since i have a lot of Retro PC's, i like to have some spare parts. I also try to make them period correct when possibe. Lets say when i have a CPU from 2001, i try to get the rest of the part also from 2000 to lets say 2003/2004. So that its in de upgrade path of that period

onemanhitsquad · May 20, 2023

The last piece of hardware.

lexluthermiester · May 20, 2023

masterdeejay said:
also need one 8 pin pcie (why? this is just a 75w card)

Because the Asrock factory clock boost setting will push above that 75W PCIe limit. It could have done fine with a 6pin. Perhaps the 8pin connector was less expensive in bulk orders?

Fleurious said:
I’ll probably return it

Why? Seriously, keep it. It will last you a long time!

Outback Bronze · May 20, 2023

Fleurious said:
Technically the wife bought it for me

My wife buying anything like that for me is a pipe dream.

Braegnok said:
The board is flawless, no warp, all the pins on the back side are trimmed flush.

Yeah, I was getting sticky undies opening the box!

oxrufiioxo · May 20, 2023

Outback Bronze said:
My wife buying anything like that for me is a pipe dream.

I remember back when the 2080ti came out my wife asked me if I was going to buy one and I said it was kinda expensive and she told me not to be a little B!+ch. Now I just buy whatever lol

onemanhitsquad · May 20, 2023

oxrufiioxo said:
I remember back when the 2080ti came out my wife asked me if I was going to buy one and I said it was kinda expensive and she told me not to be a little B!+ch. Now I just buy whatever lol

I have been with my wife for 20 years...she is more ate up with this stuff than me...been a great time with having her into the same thing... once we went into Fry's and bought 4 Titan X cards for us both to SLI...I couldn't get her there fast enough.

Shou Miko · May 20, 2023

P4-630 said:
Yes, great temps! Not sure where you live, but we get higher temps soon here in Europe..

I am in europe, and I am also planing on when getting some more cash to buy Noctua's NA-FH1 fan hub my current board doesn't have enough fan headers and the Fractal Design hub in the case ain't controlable.

Kissamies · May 20, 2023

Man it feels weird to have again a full-sized keyboard after using almost 1½ years a 60% one. Takes a day or two until I learn to type with this properly :laugh:

http://imgur.com/Yq6P6YZ

http://imgur.com/9J0xAxQ

GreiverBlade · May 20, 2023

Kissamies said:
Man it feels weird to have again a full-sized keyboard after using almost 1½ years a 60% one. Takes a day or two until I learn to type with this properly

http://imgur.com/Yq6P6YZ

http://imgur.com/9J0xAxQ

once you go 65% or less you never should go back!!!!!!

eherm ... i say that but i had to buy a BT numpad for some specific uses ... luckily it's not 100% of the time i need a numpad ... lets say ... 2% of the time ...

i like the Vulcan tho ...

maybe that one if it did not had the centered cable ... actually i don't fancy the chiclet style keycaps ... once you go front engraved legend you never should go .... yaddah yaddah et caetera

bah! i will probably keep my DK440R for quite a while

Kissamies · May 20, 2023

GreiverBlade said:
once you go 65% or less you never should go back!!!!!!

eherm ... i say that but i had to buy a BT numpad for some specific uses ... luckily it's not 100% of the time i need a numpad ... lets say ... 2% of the time ...

i like the Vulcan tho ...
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maybe that one if it did not had the centered cable ...

bah! i will probably keep my DK440R for quite a while

Well, when you got a 129EUR keyboard for 30EUR from sale, it's an offer you can't refuse... :rolleyes:

GreiverBlade · May 20, 2023

Kissamies said:
Well, when you got a 129EUR keyboard for 30EUR from sale, it's an offer you can't refuse...

ohhhhh ... sale induced buy ... i am also weak to that ... my DK440R was 120ish chf got it for 65... (which was same price as a wired "inferior" model from Deltaco, the DK440R is wired/RF/BT ) a bit pricier, i am almost ashamed

i see a sale i jump ... just like a cat with the "if i fit i sit" trend

gffermari · May 20, 2023

Shou Miko said:
Earlier today I picked up this XFX Radeon RX 7900 XT Speedster Merc310 for £571

Fuuu..... That is a great deal!!
And it's not even the amd's 7900XT. It's better!

Shou Miko · May 20, 2023

gffermari said:
Fuuu..... That is a great deal!!
And it's not even the amd's 7900XT. It's better!

I wouldn't classify the XFX Speedster Mer310 as better it's a 2.5slot card but damn it can make the other Nidec 120mm (Adata XPG branded) fans in my case run louder, so I have under volted the card to 1.010V with 40mins of GTA V gameplay no issue and fan speed at 50% with zero rpm mode on and I can tolerate it.

I think it's one of my better deals the card is not even 3months old only lacking the outer XFX branded box but the inner box is fine with form materials and every thing and the z-bracket is missing doe but over all yeah it's a good price.

gffermari · May 20, 2023

Shou Miko said:
I wouldn't classify the XFX Speedster Mer310 as better it's a 2.5slot card but damn it can make the other Nidec 120mm (Adata XPG branded) fans in my case run louder, so I have under volted the card to 1.010V with 40mins of GTA V gameplay no issue and fan speed at 50% with zero rpm mode on and I can tolerate it.

I think it's one of my better deals the card is not even 3months old only lacking the outer XFX branded box but the inner box is fine with form materials and every thing and the z-bracket is missing doe but over all yeah it's a good price.

Who cares about the boxes, mate?
What matters is to know what you're buying.
I don't like the 7900XT at 799 or even at 699£. But at 570, I would buy it, over my 4080 easily, and call it a day.

The compromises of this card are irrelevant at this price.

r9 · May 20, 2023

banana_boi79 said:
i recently bought a rx 480, as an upgrade for my previous r7 240. it is a heck of a lot better.

That's a great price and very capable 1080p card. Love the reference design of those cards as well.

Shou Miko · May 20, 2023

gffermari said:
Who cares about the boxes, mate?
What matters is to know what you're buying.
I don't like the 7900XT at 799 or even at 699£. But at 570, I would buy it, over my 4080 easily, and call it a day.

The compromises of this card are irrelevant at this price.

That's arguement really, and i don't know why but I never really had a card with bad coilwhine either no matter if it's new or second handed I guess I am just the lucky one and I cannot stand coilwhine my dad had a router back in the day with massive coilwhine so everytime I visit him I had a headache not being there for a couple of mins.

Well I would sell this variant for a profit if I tried and than go with another model but that's something for the future.

avidgamer121 · May 20, 2023

i am so happy to announce my upgrade is going to happen way sooner than i expected

my brother ordered the cheapest lga1200 mobo available online in my region (some asrock h470)

he will get me i3 10105f from amazon as it's well priced there but after few days because the site he bought mobo from takes some decent amount of time for orders to show up

P4-630 · May 20, 2023

avidgamer121 said:
he will get me i3 10105f from amazon

What GPU will you pair it with?

avidgamer121 · May 20, 2023

P4-630 said:
What GPU will you pair it with?

1050 ti (atleast for now), don't flame me, i know it will be a huge bottleneck but im considering buying a used gpu soon as well (can't afford new ones)

Space Lynx · May 20, 2023

Kissamies said:
Well, when you got a 129EUR keyboard for 30EUR from sale, it's an offer you can't refuse...

that is a very good deal!!!! congrats! its 100 bucks on all the American websites I checked just now.

where did you find such a good deal in Finland? was Jimms? or a local place in person?

Kissamies · May 20, 2023

Space Lynx said:
that is a very good deal!!!! congrats! its 100 bucks on all the American websites I checked just now.

where did you find such a good deal in Finland? was Jimms? or a local place in person?

It was on Gigantti. A store which sells computer hardware as consumer electronics as well.

Processor	5800X3D -30 CO
Motherboard	MSI B550 Tomahawk
Cooling	DeepCool Assassin III
Memory	32GB G.SKILL Ripjaws V @ 3800 CL14
Video Card(s)	ASRock MBA 7900XTX
Storage	1TB WD SN850X + 1TB ADATA SX8200 Pro
Display(s)	Dell S2721QS 4K60
Case	Cooler Master CM690 II Advanced USB 3.0
Audio Device(s)	Audiotrak Prodigy Cube Black (JRC MUSES 8820D) + CAL (recabled)
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime TX-750
Mouse	Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave
Keyboard	Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave
Software	Windows 10 Pro

Processor	Intel Core i9-13900KF
Motherboard	Asus Maximus Z790 Apex
Cooling	Full Custom Water
Memory	F5-8200J4052F24GX2-TZ5RW
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 3090 Ti FTW3 Ultra
Storage	Crucial T700 2TB Gen5 SSD
Display(s)	Asus Swift PG32UQX
Case	Primochill Praxis WetBench
Audio Device(s)	SteelSeries Arctis Pro
Power Supply	SeaSonic Prime TX-1600
Mouse	G502 Lightspeed
Keyboard	Ducky MIYA Pro
Software	Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	http://www.3dmark.com/pcm10b/1776417

Processor	Intel i7 77OOK
Motherboard	Gigabyte Aorus something
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12S dual fan
Memory	Ballistix 32 Go
Video Card(s)	MSI 3060 Gaming X
Storage	Mixed bag of M2 SSD and SATA SSD
Display(s)	MSI 34" 3440x1440 Artimys 343CQR
Case	Old Corsair Obsidian something
Audio Device(s)	Integrated
Power Supply	Old Antec HCG 620 still running good
Mouse	Steelseries something
Keyboard	Steelseries someting too
Benchmark Scores	bench ? no time to lose with bench ! :)

System Name	main/SFFHTPCARGH!(tm)/Xiaomi Mi TV Stick/Samsung Galaxy S23
Processor	Ryzen 5 3600 @4.2/i7-3770/S905X/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 For Galaxy (OC baby!)
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no: sizable vapor chamber
Memory	32gb Corsair Vengeance Pro 3600mhz DDR4/8gb DDR3 1600/2gb LPDDR3/8gb LPDDR5x 4200 quad channel
Video Card(s)	Powercolor Red Devil RX 6700 XT 12gb/Asus GT 730 2gb/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740
Storage	250gb 870EVO/500gb 860EVO/2TB Sandisk/2x1tb HDD/NVMe 512gb+1tb/1tb SE770G/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/Dynamic AMOLED 2X panel 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/Hidizs AP80/Edifier STAX Spirit S3 & SamsungxAKG beans
Power Supply	Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/4Smart Voltplug PD 30W
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logitech MX Ergo/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch
Keyboard	Deltaco DK440R/none/touch
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 13
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

System Name	HP Z400
Processor	Intel Xeon X5687
Motherboard	Z400 6 DIMM Version
Cooling	Stock High Performance
Memory	6 x 4GB 1600MHz (Total 24GB)
Video Card(s)	Nvidia Quadro K4000 3GB
Storage	Samsung 830 256GB - Patrion Burst 128GB - Crucial MX500 1TB
Display(s)	3 x HP EliteDisplay 241i
Case	HP Z400
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Stock 475 Watt
Mouse	Logitech M500 Corded
Keyboard	HP KU-0316
Software	Zorin OS PRO 16.2 / Fedora 38

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S.T.A.R.S.

System Name	Everyday
Processor	13900k
Motherboard	Z790 Hero
Cooling	Air
Memory	32GB Hynix
Video Card(s)	Zotac 4080
Storage	M.2 980 Pro 1TB
Display(s)	Gigabyte 34" Curved
Case	Corsair 460X
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	PCIe5 850w
Mouse	Asus
Keyboard	Corsair
Software	Win 11
Benchmark Scores	Cool n Quiet.

System Name	His & Hers
Processor	R7 5800X/ R9 5950X Stock
Motherboard	X570 Aorus Master/ROG Crosshair VIII Hero
Cooling	Corsair h150 elite/ Corsair h115i Platinum
Memory	32 GB 4x8GB 4000CL15 Trident Z Royal/ 32 GB 3200 CL14 @3800 CL16 Team T Force Nighthawk
Video Card(s)	Evga FTW 3 Ultra 3080ti/ Gigabyte Gaming OC 4090
Storage	lots of SSD.
Display(s)	LG G2 65/LG C1 48/ LG 27GP850/ MSI 27 inch VA panel 1440p165hz
Case	011 Dynamic XL/ Phanteks Evolv X
Audio Device(s)	Arctis Pro + gaming Dac/ Corsair sp 2500/ Logitech G560/Samsung Q990B
Power Supply	Seasonic Ultra Prime Titanium 1000w/850w
Mouse	Logitech G502 Lightspeed/ Logitech G Pro Hero.
Keyboard	Corsair K95 RGB Platinum/ Logitech G Pro

System Name	Lynni with a Flare \ Lenowo TwinkPad T480
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Raphael \ i7-8550U Kaby Lake-R
Motherboard	Asus Prime X670-P WiFi Bios v. 1616 (Cheapest X670 around) \ Lenowo 20L60036MX Bios 1.47
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 Chromax.Black (Only middle fan) \ Lenowo WN-2
Memory	G.Skill Flare X5 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHZ CL36-36-36-96 AMD EXPO \ Willk Elektronik 2x16GB 2666MHZ CL17
Video Card(s)	XFX Radeon™ RX 7900 XT Speedster Merc 310 20GB \| Nvidia MX 150 2GB GDDR5 Micron
Storage	Gigabyte M30 1TB\|Sabrent Rocket 2TB\|850EVO 1TB\|Exos 16TB\|10TB\|1TB \ SKHynix 256GB 2242 3x2
Display(s)	LG UltraGear 27GP850-B 1440p@165Hz \| LG 48CX OLED 4K HDR \| AUO 14" 1440p IPS
Case	Fractal Design Meshify 2 Tempered Glass White/Black \| Lenowo T480 chassis
Audio Device(s)	Steelseries Arctis Pro Wireless
Power Supply	Be Quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W Goldie \| 65W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeedy Wireless \| Lenowo TouchPad & Logitech G305
Keyboard	Akko 3108 DS Horizon V2 Cream Yellow \| T480 UK Lumi
Software	Win11 Pro 22H2 UK
Benchmark Scores	3DMARK: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/89434432? GPU-Z: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/details/v3zbr

System Name	4K / HTPC
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 / Intel i5-2500K @ 5GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550M Aorus Elite / Asus P8Z68-V Pro/Gen3
Cooling	Custom loop / Custom loop
Memory	48GB DDR4 3200C16 / 24GB DDR3 1600C9
Video Card(s)	Radeon RX 6700 XT / Radeon R9 290X
Storage	~4TB SSD + 6TB HDD / ~600GB SSD
Display(s)	32" 4K60 + 24" 1080p144 / 24" 1080p60 + 40" HDTV
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow White / DeepCool CC560 WH
Audio Device(s)	Superlux HD668B / Corsair HS35
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W / Seasonic FX-750
Mouse	Logitech MX518 Legendary / Logitech G400s
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO / NOS C450 Mini Pro RGB
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Win 11 Pro / Win 10 Pro

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS B550M-Plus WiFi II
Cooling	Noctua U12A chromax.black
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 32GB 3600Mhz
Video Card(s)	Palit RTX 4080 GameRock OC
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB + 980 Pro 2TB
Display(s)	Asus XG35VQ
Case	Asus Prime AP201
Audio Device(s)	Creative Gigaworks - Razer Blackshark V2 Pro
Power Supply	Corsair SF750
Mouse	Razer Viper
Software	Windows 11 64bit

System Name	Primary\|Needs to go\|Secondary\|Poweredge r410\|Dell XPS\|SteamDeck
Processor	i7 11700k\|i7 9700k\|Ryzen 1600\|2 x E5620 \|i5 5500U\|Zen 2 4c/8t
Memory	32GB DDR4\|16GB DDR4\|16GB DDR4\|32GB ECC DDR3\|8GB DDR4\|16GB LPDDR5
Video Card(s)	RX 6700xt\|\|RX470\|GTX 1070 \|On-Board\|On-Board\|8 RDNA 2 CUs
Storage	2TB m.2\|512GB SSD+1TB SSD\|512GB SSD+1TB\|2x256GBSSD 2x2TBGB\|512GB nvme
Display(s)	50" 4k TV \| Dell 27" \|13.3"\|7"
VR HMD	Samsung Odyssey+ \| Oculus Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 Pro\|Windows 10 Pro\|Windows 10 Home\| Server 2012 r2\|Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Xpectra
Processor	i3 10105F
Motherboard	Asrock H470M-HDV
Cooling	Cooler Master H410R RGB
Memory	Kingston Hyperx Fury Black 16GB (2x8GB) CL14 2133mhz
Video Card(s)	GT 710
Storage	Crucial BX500 120GB+480GB, 1TB+2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM
Display(s)	HP 22es
Case	Chiptronex C100
Audio Device(s)	F&D A110
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE 450W 80+
Mouse	Dragonwar M609
Keyboard	TVS EGold Bharat Mech Keyboard (Blue Switches)
Software	Windows 11

System Name	AlderLake / Laptop
Processor	Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz / Intel i3 7100U
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master / HP 83A3 (U3E1)
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans / Fan
Memory	32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MHz CL36 / 8GB DDR4 HyperX CL13
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio / Intel HD620
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2 / Samsung 256GB M.2 SSD
Display(s)	23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p / 14" 1080p IPS Glossy
Case	Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window / HP Pavilion
Audio Device(s)	Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W / Powerbrick
Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless / Logitech M330 wireless
Keyboard	RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless / HP backlit
Software	Windows 11 / Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock

Processor	Ryzen 5600X3D, -25 CO
Motherboard	MSI B550 Pro VC
Cooling	FC 140 + MX-6
Memory	(4x8gb) 3200 cas16
Video Card(s)	MERC310 7900 XT, 2.9ghz
Storage	SN770 500GB, 2TB SSD
Display(s)	NZXT 27" 1440 IPS 165hz
Case	NZXT H710 (Red/Black)
Audio Device(s)	Bose QC Ultra Headphones
Power Supply	RM850W Gold