What's your latest tech purchase?

GreiverBlade · May 29, 2023

1freedude said:
WH14NS40 about to become 16ns60
2023 and still buying optical disc drives.View attachment 297911

kidding ... i did not buy them (well i did buy the BD drive in my HP Compaq Elite 8300, the DVD RW on top of the pile is the old ODD of it ) and i have 5 more hidden somewhere (2 of them are in a PowerMac G4 Quicksilver 2001) ... most of them are result of dump run and bundled with some bargain acquisition

i forgot about the Warhammer sale hehehe, i played both on a friend account but he revoked the access :cry:

(hilariously it's not my fault ... he got banned) i am fine with it ... paid ~9chf for both

lexluthermiester · May 29, 2023

My latest tech purchase is a replacement battery($17) for my GPD Q9+ Android gaming tablet. Nearly 7 years old and the battery just conked out last month. Not too shabby if we're being fair, though the last year of that has been a pain. Should have replaced the battery last year. New battery is better than the old one(5000mah instead of 4200mah) and it does seem to be living up to it's advertised specs.

Ready for new life!

New battery mounted and soldered in place.

First boot after recharge. The blue haze is an artifact of my phone camera. It doesn't look like that to the eye.

On the home screen.

Playing an episode from one of my favorite shows. (Bonus points to anyone who can name the show that is playing!)

1freedude · May 29, 2023

As time goes by
Nope.
I know it, but...
Waiting for god

GreiverBlade · May 29, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
My latest tech purchase is a replacement battery($17) for my GPT Q9+ Android gaming tablet. Nearly 7 years old and the battery just conked out last month. Not too shabby if we're being fair, though the last year of that has been a pain. Should have replaced the battery last year. New battery is better than the old one(5000mah instead of 4200mah) and it does seem to be living up to it's advertised specs.
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Ready for new life!

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New battery mounted and soldered in place.

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First boot after recharge. The blue haze is an artifact of my phone camera. It doesn't look like that to the eye.

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On the home screen.

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Playing an episode from one of my favorite shows. (Bonus points to anyone who can name the show that is playing!)

your AI did replace GPD with GPT .... i find that highly disturbing ....

the show is ... nah, nope ... dry as a drywall, sorry :oops:

lexluthermiester · May 29, 2023

1freedude said:
As time goes by

Not even close. She's not Judy Dench. But you're in the right country, it's a British sitcom.

1freedude said:
Nope.
I know it, but...

It was on the air around the same time, IIRC.

GreiverBlade said:
your AI did replace GPD with GPT .... i find that highly disturbing ....

Oops...

1freedude · May 29, 2023

Waiting for god

My fav is Last of the Summer Wine

lexluthermiester · May 29, 2023

1freedude said:
Waiting for god

Right in two! It's a story about the misadventures of Diana foul-mouthed Trent and Tom the-bombastic-spaz Ballard making the life of the Bayview retirement village manager, Harvey the-idiot Bains, a complete misery. This is not to mention the living flannel Jane Edwards, Basil the-bonker, the halfwitted nonsense of Tom's son Jeffery and the perpetual pill popping of Tom's daughter-in-law Marian...

P4-630 · May 30, 2023

My new desk chair arrived today...Many things to adjust on this chair, sofar I'm happy with it...

(that's good since it wasn't cheap)

Veseleil · May 30, 2023

P4-630 said:
My new desk chair arrived today...Many things to adjust on this chair, sofar I'm happy with it... (that's good since it wasn't cheap)

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I've been eyeing Herman Miller Aeron for some time now. Expensive, but should be once in a lifetime purchase.

Space Lynx · May 30, 2023

Veseleil said:
I've been eyeing Herman Miller Aeron for some time now. Expensive, but should be once in a lifetime purchase.

after what the herman miller ceo did to her employees earlier this year, I won't be buying that brand. you can google it if you want details.

i am in the market for a new chair though, probably going to go to Costco, my Dad and I have a membership. they usually have several desk chairs sitting out for people to try before they buy, so I can see what I like best first.

P4-630 · May 30, 2023

Space Lynx said:
after what the herman miller ceo did to her employees earlier this year, I won't be buying that brand. you can google it if you want details.

i am in the market for a new chair though, probably going to go to Costco, my Dad and I have a membership. they usually have several desk chairs sitting out for people to try before they buy, so I can see what I like best first.

My chair came from a local office supplier , just 5km from my home, I chose to buy online since only this way I got the 30 days right to return for whatever or no reason.

Double-Click · May 30, 2023

If you're willing to spend in the $500 range on something used or a floor model you can make a VERY big jump in quality.
Find an office supply store (for businesses) to see what you like and then work with them or find the same model from an online seller.

Braegnok · May 31, 2023

Bought some memory for Z790 Apex build today, Team Group 2x24GB 8200 MT/s kit.

Installed the CPU, ILM replacement and primary drive this morning,.. ready to load Windows, start testing.

I plan on leaving system on test bench till mid-June, waiting for launch of Haurjie's new open-air chassis,.. and do full custom water build in the open-air chassis.

Space Lynx · May 31, 2023

Braegnok said:
Bought some memory for Z790 Apex build today, Team Group 2x24GB 8200 MT/s kit.

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Installed the CPU, ILM replacement and primary drive this morning,.. ready to load Windows, start testing.

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I plan on leaving system on test bench till mid-June, waiting for launch of Haurjie's new open-air chassis,.. and do full custom water build in the open-air chassis.

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are you actually going to enjoy gaming on this, or you just scratching your tinkering itch? lol no judgement from me. those are some insane specs though.

you abandoning AMD same as I am? or just going to have two rigs? I have nothing but headaches trying to go next gen. I am just giving up honestly until 8800x3d comes out.

JrRacinFan · May 31, 2023

Braegnok said:
Team Group 2x24GB 8200 MT/s kit.

Mmm sexy.

I recently picked up a 7900 xtx liquid devil. I'll post pics when I'm done with the rigid tubing

Space Lynx · May 31, 2023

JrRacinFan said:
Mmm sexy.

I recently picked up a 7900 xtx liquid devil. I'll post pics when I'm done with the rigid tubing

can you do me a solid? download starcraft 2 if you have it and see if you get good performance or if you get stutters/black screens from vram auto-downclocking?

JrRacinFan · May 31, 2023

Space Lynx said:
can you do me a solid? download starcraft 2 if you have it and see if you get good performance or if you get stutters/black screens from vram auto-downclocking?

PM me a link to it. I'll see what happens. This is also a fresh installation. 1 Nvidia driver install then a ddu to move to the 7900.

Braegnok · May 31, 2023

Space Lynx said:
are you actually going to enjoy gaming on this, or you just scratching your tinkering itch? lol no judgement from me. those are some insane specs though.

you abandoning AMD same as I am? or just going to have two rigs? I have nothing but headaches trying to go next gen. I am just giving up honestly until 8800x3d comes out.

The new Z790 build will be my daily driver, gaming rig.

Too much drama with X670E, I got bored. I guess I'm putting the Gene back in the bottle.

Space Lynx · May 31, 2023

Braegnok said:
The new Z790 build will be my daily driver, gaming rig.

Too much drama with X670E, I got bored. I guess I'm putting the Gene back in the bottle.

I spent 12 hours today troubleshooting my PC, only to find out that my windows 11 install flash drive had become corrupted and was the culprit all along.

My linux mint flash drive works great, so I couldn't figure it out, so I reinstalled win 10 on the corrupted flash drive (at the time I didnt know it was corrupted yet), and it formatted just fine, no errors or anything. When that install failed, I tried win 11 again, I almost gave up, cause the flash drive literally gave me no warning of any kind.

Finally I decided to try a different flash drive just for the heck of it, worked first try.

I'm so fucking frustrated right now.

edit: i most likely am giving up on desktop PC gaming just temporarily, today was not fun. i still have my steam deck and it is fun. eh we will see. most likely giving away this 1070 I got, and going to try for like a 1080 ti used or something to pair with a ryzen 5500. that should see me through a year or two more of older gaming backlog. next gen has given me one too many headaches this round.

thesmokingman · May 31, 2023

It took months to build but I finally got modern engine management for an 80's Porsche I'm resto/modding. I'm so glad to throw out the bios chips, so archaic. VEMS is pretty great for the price and it allows me to gut all the crap vacuum and idle systems Porsche used. I just finished rehabbing the wiring harness, installing a p/p head, big arse turbo, injectors, fuel rail etc etc. Got a big rad I need to stick in it and then I can start plugging VEMS up. It also has an auto tune function to get the car to a baseline. Modern tech is so good.

Before:

Right now:

JrRacinFan · May 31, 2023

JrRacinFan said:
PM me a link to it. I'll see what happens. This is also a fresh installation. 1 Nvidia driver install then a ddu to move to the 7900.

For those who wish to know, other than my 32:9 display (odd aspect ratio for older games), it went rather well without a hitch.

Veseleil · May 31, 2023

thesmokingman said:
It took months to build but I finally got modern engine management for an 80's Porsche I'm resto/modding. I'm so glad to throw out the bios chips, so archaic. VEMS is pretty great for the price and it allows me to gut all the crap vacuum and idle systems Porsche used. I just finished rehabbing the wiring harness, installing a p/p head, big arse turbo, injectors, fuel rail etc etc. Got a big rad I need to stick in it and then I can start plugging VEMS up. It also has an auto tune function to get the car to a baseline. Modern tech is so good.

Before:
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Right now:
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Braegnok · May 31, 2023

Space Lynx said:
I spent 12 hours today troubleshooting my PC, only to find out that my windows 11 install flash drive had become corrupted and was the culprit all along.

My linux mint flash drive works great, so I couldn't figure it out, so I reinstalled win 10 on the corrupted flash drive (at the time I didnt know it was corrupted yet), and it formatted just fine, no errors or anything. When that install failed, I tried win 11 again, I almost gave up, cause the flash drive literally gave me no warning of any kind.

Finally I decided to try a different flash drive just for the heck of it, worked first try.

I'm so fucking frustrated right now.

edit: i most likely am giving up on desktop PC gaming just temporarily, today was not fun. i still have my steam deck and it is fun. eh we will see. most likely giving away this 1070 I got, and going to try for like a 1080 ti used or something to pair with a ryzen 5500. that should see me through a year or two more of older gaming backlog. next gen has given me one too many headaches this round.

I feel your pain bro, AM5 has been 6-months of frustration for me.

Loading dozens of new beta BIOS, and new Windows installs, dozens of BIOS options needed to adjust/disable with each update to perhaps run stable on next cold boot is a bit much.

The AM5 platform is fine if you want to run EXPO, default settings.

Hopefully down the road AMD, Asus can work together, share information to sort out AGESA, and other issues. Till then I'll be running Intel platform for daily/gaming rig.

AusWolf · May 31, 2023

Braegnok said:
I feel your pain bro, AM5 has been 6-months of frustration for me.

Loading dozens of new beta BIOS, and new Windows installs, dozens of BIOS options needed to adjust/disable with each update to perhaps run stable on next cold boot is a bit much.

The AM5 platform is fine if you want to run EXPO, default settings.

Hopefully down the road AMD, Asus can work together, share information to sort out AGESA, and other issues. Till then I'll be running Intel platform for daily/gaming rig.

That sounds more like an Asus thing than an AM5 thing to me. My AM5 experience has been trouble-free if you don't count the factory BIOS for my board, which was unstable as hell with any memory setting. Ever since version 1.50, which came out months before the over-voltage problems with the 7800X3D surfaced, my system has been rock solid.

Braegnok · May 31, 2023

AusWolf said:
That sounds more like an Asus thing than an AM5 thing to me. My AM5 experience has been trouble-free if you don't count the factory BIOS for my board, which was unstable as hell with any memory setting. Ever since version 1.50, which came out months before the over-voltage problems with the 7800X3D surfaced, my system has been rock solid.

+1,.. I was on Asus X670E Gene, rock solid with EXPO, default settings.

Personally with my system the Tweaking/Overclocking, PBO, MLB, Curve Optimizer results were just unsuitable for such an expensive platform.

System Name	main/SFFHTPCARGH!(tm)/Xiaomi Mi TV Stick/Samsung Galaxy S23/Ally
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D/i7-3770/S905X/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?/Asus
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no:sizable vapor chamber/a nice one
Memory	64gb Corsair Vengeance Pro 3600mhz DDR4/8gb DDR3 1600/2gb LPDDR3/8gb LPDDR5x 4200/16gb LPDDR5
Video Card(s)	Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/RDNA3 768 core
Storage	250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/2tb SN770M
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/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/KZ x HBB PR2/Edifier STAX Spirit S3 & SamsungxAKG beans
Power Supply	Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/4Smart Voltplug PD 30W/Asus USB-C 65W
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75% <3/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 13/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

Processor	Xeon x5650
Motherboard	SABERTOOTH X58
Cooling	Fans
Memory	24 GB Kingston HyperX 1600
Video Card(s)	GTX 1060 3GB
Storage	small ssd
Display(s)	Dell 2001F, BenQ short throw
Case	Lian Li
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	X750
Software	Mint 19.3, Win 10
Benchmark Scores	not so fast...

System Name	main/SFFHTPCARGH!(tm)/Xiaomi Mi TV Stick/Samsung Galaxy S23/Ally
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D/i7-3770/S905X/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?/Asus
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no:sizable vapor chamber/a nice one
Memory	64gb Corsair Vengeance Pro 3600mhz DDR4/8gb DDR3 1600/2gb LPDDR3/8gb LPDDR5x 4200/16gb LPDDR5
Video Card(s)	Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/RDNA3 768 core
Storage	250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/2tb SN770M
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/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/KZ x HBB PR2/Edifier STAX Spirit S3 & SamsungxAKG beans
Power Supply	Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/4Smart Voltplug PD 30W/Asus USB-C 65W
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75% <3/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 13/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

Processor	Xeon x5650
Motherboard	SABERTOOTH X58
Cooling	Fans
Memory	24 GB Kingston HyperX 1600
Video Card(s)	GTX 1060 3GB
Storage	small ssd
Display(s)	Dell 2001F, BenQ short throw
Case	Lian Li
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	X750
Software	Mint 19.3, Win 10
Benchmark Scores	not so fast...

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

What's your latest tech purchase?

GreiverBlade

lexluthermiester

1freedude

GreiverBlade

lexluthermiester

1freedude

lexluthermiester

P4-630

Veseleil

Space Lynx

Astronaut

P4-630

Double-Click

Braegnok

Space Lynx

Astronaut

JrRacinFan

Served 5k and counting ...

Space Lynx

Astronaut

JrRacinFan

Served 5k and counting ...

Braegnok

Space Lynx

Astronaut

thesmokingman

JrRacinFan

Served 5k and counting ...

Veseleil

Braegnok

AusWolf

Braegnok

System Name	Purple Haze \| Vacuum Box
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (-30 CO) \| Intel® Xeon® E3-1241 v3
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk Max \| Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD5H
Cooling	Dark Rock 4 Pro, Arctic P14 & P12 case fans \| 212 Evo & P12 PWM PST x2, Arctic P14 & P12 case fans
Memory	32GB Ballistix (Micron E 19nm) CL16 @3733MHz \| 32GB HyperX Beast 2400MHz (XMP)
Video Card(s)	AMD 6900XTXH ASRock OC Formula & Phanteks T30x3 \| AMD 5700XT Sapphire Nitro+ & Arctic P12x2
Storage	ADATA SX8200 Pro 1TB, Toshiba P300 3TB x2 \| Kingston A400 120GB, Fanxiang S500 Pro 256GB
Display(s)	Mi 2K Gaming Monitor 27", AOC 24G2U
Case	Modded MS Industrial Titan II Pro RGB \| Heavily Modded Cooler Master Q500L
Audio Device(s)	Audient iD14 MKII, Adam Audio T8Vs, Bloody M550, HiFiMan HE400se, Tascam TM-80
Power Supply	Rosewill Capstone 1000M \| Enermax Revolution X't 730W (both with P14 fans)
Mouse	Logitech G305, Bloody A91, Amazon basics, Logitech M187
Keyboard	Redragon K530, Bloody B930, Epomaker TH80 SE, BTC 9110
Software	W10 LTSC 21H2

System Name	Stugots V
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk
Cooling	Thermalright PA-120 Black
Memory	2 x 16GB G.Skill 3600Mhz CL16
Video Card(s)	ASUS Dual RTX 4070
Storage	500GB WD SN750 \| 2TB WD SN750 \| 6TB WD Red +
Display(s)	Dell S2716DG (1440p / 144Hz)
Case	Fractal Meshify 2 Compact
Audio Device(s)	JDS Labs Element \| Audioengine HD3 + A8 \| Beyerdynamic DT-990 Pro (250)
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus 850W
Mouse	Logitech G502 Lightspeed
Keyboard	Leopold FC750R
Software	Win 10 Pro x64

Processor	Intel Core i9-14900KF
Motherboard	Asus Maximus Z790 Apex
Cooling	Full Custom Water
Memory	48GB DDR5
Video Card(s)	Nvidia RTX 3090 FE
Storage	Crucial T700 2TB Gen5 SSD
Display(s)	Asus PG27AQDM
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 23H2
Benchmark Scores	http://www.3dmark.com/spy/46650491 http://www.3dmark.com/fs/31566677

System Name	Dual Build Streamer
Processor	Ryzen 7900x3d : Ryzen 4600G
Motherboard	AsRock B650E Steel Legend : Giga B450i Aorus
Cooling	Custom Water 1x420 : Stock
Memory	32GB T-Force Deltas : 16GB Dominator Platinums
Video Card(s)	PowerColor 7900 XTX Liquid Devil: iGPU
Storage	20+ TB
Display(s)	Sammy 49" 5k Ultrawide
Case	Custom White Painted Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2
Audio Device(s)	Onboard : Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1200W P2
Mouse	Corsair M65 RGB Elite White
Keyboard	Hyperx Origins 65
Software	Windows 10

Processor	AMD 5900x
Motherboard	Asus x570 Strix-E
Cooling	Hardware Labs
Memory	G.Skill 4000c17 2x16gb
Video Card(s)	RTX 3090
Storage	Sabrent
Display(s)	Samsung G9
Case	Phanteks 719
Audio Device(s)	Fiio K5 Pro
Power Supply	EVGA 1000 P2
Mouse	Logitech G600
Keyboard	Corsair K95

System Name	Nebulon-B Mk. 4
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	MSi PRO B650M-A WiFi
Cooling	be quiet! Dark Rock 4
Memory	2x 24 GB Corsair Vengeance EXPO DDR5-6000
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7800 XT
Storage	2 TB Corsair MP600 GS, 2 TB Corsair MP600 R2, 4 + 8 TB Seagate Barracuda 3.5"
Display(s)	Dell S3422DWG, 7" Waveshare touchscreen
Case	Kolink Citadel Mesh black
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime GX-750
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 2S
Keyboard	Logitech G413 SE
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 single-core: 1,800, multi-core: 18,000. Superposition 1080p Extreme: 9,900.