What's your latest tech purchase?

Arctucas · Saturday at 11:04 PM

SAMSUNG T9 Portable SSD 4TB

mechtech · Sunday at 4:51 PM

_roman_ said:
Note: There is no CAN-BUS. People are stupid.

I bought W5W LED bulbs for my car. I expect that those will fit. If they work I will have to unsolder the "CAN-BUS stupidity" resistor to reduce the power consumption.
I'm well aware of ALI-Express. They offers similar products. I bought it because of the amount of led and lumen rating. It's also easier to return the stuff later maybe to amazon.de when problematic in the next 1 year and 11 months. I also wanted bulbs which are rated up to 24 V direct current.

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interesting....where do you use these? tail lights?

_roman_ · Sunday at 5:18 PM

Canbus is a communication protocol. This has nothing to do with bulbs.

These are good bulbs. I do not know how long they will last / work in my use case. They even have 4 diodes for a bridge retifier on them and a coil. the pcb is not really accessable to read the surface mount device numbers. It seems there is even a fixed current regulartor on it.

mechtech · Sunday at 5:21 PM

I’m aware of canbus. Here in Canada we usually use incandescent or halogen bulbs in tail lights to keep the snow melted off and prevent getting rear ended.

biffzinker · Monday at 12:52 AM

New GPU tomorrow

lambda · Monday at 3:36 AM

A new GPU, 7900XT (other options were the 5070 or 5060ti, meh)

Looking for a SFX PSU to power this guy.

biffzinker · Monday at 9:25 PM

GPU is in hand and heavier than the previous card.

GerKNG · Tuesday at 4:47 PM

rebuilt my entire PC to mATX.
New Cooler, Motherboard, Case and RAM.

Corsair Nautilus 360 RS
ASRock B850M Pro-A
Lian Li DAN Case A3 Wood Edition
Kingston Fury 2x32GB 6000 CL30

mechtech · Wednesday at 1:59 PM

Finally picked it up……very heavy
Very THICC

AUTOEXEC.BAT · Wednesday at 6:37 PM

On the photos:

- Gigabyte x870e Aorus Elite Wifi 7
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- Scythe Mugen 6 Dual Fan Black
- Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut
- Lexar NQ790 1TB

And on the way:

ATX Case MSI Gungnir 110R

And i order on another moment next week:

- RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2 x 32GB 6000 CMK64GX5M2B6000Z30
- GPU: Asus Radeon RX 7800 XT Dual 16GB
- PSU: Coolermaster MWE Gold 850W V2 ATX 3.1

de.das.dude · 2025-04-24T11:30:01+0100

AUTOEXEC.BAT said:
On the photos:

- Gigabyte x870e Aorus Elite Wifi 7
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- Scythe Mugen 6 Dual Fan Black
- Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut
- Lexar NQ790 1TB

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And on the way:

ATX Case MSI Gungnir 110R

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And i order on another moment next week:

- RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2 x 32GB 6000 CMK64GX5M2B6000Z30
- GPU: Asus Radeon RX 7800 XT Dual 16GB
- PSU: Coolermaster MWE Gold 850W V2 ATX 3.1

are the front fans blocked off by glass?

SN2716057 · 2025-04-24T12:56:29+0100

AUTOEXEC.BAT said:
On the photos:

- Gigabyte x870e Aorus Elite Wifi 7
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- Scythe Mugen 6 Dual Fan Black
- Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut
- Lexar NQ790 1TB

View attachment 396529

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And on the way:

ATX Case MSI Gungnir 110R

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And i order on another moment next week:

- RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2 x 32GB 6000 CMK64GX5M2B6000Z30
- GPU: Asus Radeon RX 7800 XT Dual 16GB
- PSU: Coolermaster MWE Gold 850W V2 ATX 3.1

The Escher front is messing with my brain :laugh:

AUTOEXEC.BAT · 2025-04-24T14:02:24+0100

de.das.dude said:
are the front fans blocked off by glass?

From top, the sides and under airflow is possible.
And also air comes from the middle in the front, where you see the striped holes

SN2716057 said:
The Escher front is messing with my brain

It did with mine too when i first see it But the line in the top to bottom is in the middle
The side with the logo is going to that middle line
The glass goes too, but stops a little earlier, so the holes are made there, and has a little triangle in the top

i did send it back. I don't like it that much.

Ordered a Corsair 3500X ARGB

TSiAhmat · 2025-04-24T20:07:00+0100

Recent Purchase & RMA takebacksy since they couldn't repair my old one.

My first dip into OLED (for a monitor) & Ultrawide. Colours, reaction times & blacks are awesome. The purple from direct light in videos is greatly exaggerated (by [phone] cameras, not necessarily intentional) Still you lose some contrast with direct light.

Also my first 4k Monitor, the crispness of text is really good (I am using it as the secondary one)

4k is f*king huge (i always underestimate how much much pixel it has)

Also rip the idle wattage of my system

RMA was pretty smooth... so thanks MSI(Europe)!

(Timeline for those who are interested: Sended the RMA in -> Arrived 10 days later at the MSI facility -> heard back 7 days later they could not repair it in time & gave me an offer for an Exchange and I accepted it-> Shipped it 2 Days later -> Arrived 6 days later on my door step)

bobbybluz · 2025-04-24T20:29:31+0100

One of these (the USB-C to C and USB-C to A cables were missing when it arrived, Sabrent said they should be able to send me some): Amazon.com: SABRENT USB 3.2 Type C M.2 PCIe NVMe + 2.5/3.5 Inch SSD & HDD Converter [DS-UCMH] : Electronics

Some of this after reading the test results on Igor'sLab (2nd best after DOWSIL TC-5888 and I can't find it in small quantities anywhere): Amazon.com: Kooling Monster KOLD-01, High Performance Silicone Thermal Paste for Cooling All CPU/Heatsinks, Silicone Paste Designed for Easy Spreading, Inc. Gloves & Cleaning Wipes, No Odor (2.1ml/5.4g) : Electronics

I had my 2nd cancer surgery this morning and needed new things to play with while recovering. With the Sabrent docking station I can do direct cloning of HDD's and SATA solid state drives to NVMe drives without software or even a PC needed. I've got a few rigs in the upgrade state that'll come in extremely handy for.

Macro Device · 2025-04-25T00:47:43+0100

Got it for free + made an absolute ghetto of it + it's in a perfectly mint condition = hottest deal of this month.

lexluthermiester · 2025-04-25T01:15:56+0100

Macro Device said:
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Got it for free + made an absolute ghetto of it + it's in a perfectly mint condition = hottest deal of this month.

I might be missing something. What are we looking at here?

Space Lynx · 2025-04-25T01:36:01+0100

AUTOEXEC.BAT said:
On the photos:

- Gigabyte x870e Aorus Elite Wifi 7
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- Scythe Mugen 6 Dual Fan Black
- Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut
- Lexar NQ790 1TB

View attachment 396529

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And on the way:

ATX Case MSI Gungnir 110R

View attachment 396528

And i order on another moment next week:

- RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2 x 32GB 6000 CMK64GX5M2B6000Z30
- GPU: Asus Radeon RX 7800 XT Dual 16GB
- PSU: Coolermaster MWE Gold 850W V2 ATX 3.1

i really recommend trying to save up a little bit more money and just wait on the gpu, use integreated graphics until you can find a better deal. 7800 xt is just a bit long in the tooth already. FSR4 is he future and will give life to the new generation of cards for many years to come, cheaper FSR4 cards are on the way, prob by early summer.

mechtech · 2025-04-25T01:41:34+0100

lexluthermiester said:
I might be missing something. What are we looking at here?

An upside down key cap glued to a piece of ~~leather~~ double sided tape of course probably glued to the gpu back holding in the small m.2 ssd??

Macro Device · 2025-04-25T01:48:43+0100

lexluthermiester said:
What are we looking at here?

m.2 2230 SSD

mechtech said:
a piece of leather of course probably glued to the gpu back

It's not a piece of leather, it's a piece of two-sided adhesive.

lexluthermiester · 2025-04-25T03:58:26+0100

mechtech said:
An upside down key cap glued to a piece of ~~leather~~ double sided tape of course probably glued to the gpu back holding in the small m.2 ssd??

Ah, ok. I see that now.

Macro Device said:
m.2 2230 SSD

That's a cool ghetto mod!

kurosagi01 · 2025-04-25T09:04:04+0100

Bought a Intel AX210 M.2 WiFi card since I had to repurpose my powerline adapter for a different room.
But I was also a plonker that I didn't pay the extra for the WiFi version of the motherboard.
Took a nice 2 hours of my time since I had to install the antenna wiring as well.
Also bought a tiny anti-sag stand for the 9070XT, despite the 9070XT doesn't really sag that much.

Shou Miko · 2025-04-25T09:26:07+0100

unwind-protect said:
Intel Optane U.2 and 4x U.2 PCIe card.

Although it looks like somebody already has her paws on it.

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Kitty wanna help holding down the pcb while you mount the optane ssd, it's a good helper

AUTOEXEC.BAT · 2025-04-25T09:46:35+0100

Space Lynx said:
i really recommend trying to save up a little bit more money and just wait on the gpu, use integreated graphics until you can find a better deal. 7800 xt is just a bit long in the tooth already. FSR4 is he future and will give life to the new generation of cards for many years to come, cheaper FSR4 cards are on the way, prob by early summer.

There is always a point where you have to make the trade-off. I could just keep waiting for what is yet to come, but that will always come with higher prices.
I would be better off waiting for the prices of the GPUs yet to come to drop, so that I don't end up paying top dollar for them.

System Name	It's just a computer
Processor	i9-14900K Direct Die
Motherboard	MSI Z790 ACE MAX
Cooling	4X D5T Vario, 2X HK Res, 3X Nemesis GTR560, NF-A14-iPPC3000PWM, NF-A14-iPPC2000PWM, IceMan DD
Memory	TEAMGROUP FFXD548G8000HC38EDC01 w/Alphacool Apex RAM X4 Water Cooler and Core DDR5-RAM Module
Video Card(s)	MSI Suprim SOC w/Alphacool Core Geforce RTX 5080 Suprim + Vanguard with Backplate
Storage	Samsung 990 PRO 1TB M.2
Display(s)	MSI 321URX
Case	Custom open frame chassis
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Meridian 7.1 2G/Z-5500
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime PX-1300
Mouse	Logitech MX700
Keyboard	Logitech LX700
Software	Win11PRO

Processor	Ryzen 5700x
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570S Aero G R1.1 BiosF5g
Cooling	Noctua NH-C12P SE14 w/ NF-A15 HS-PWM Fan 1500rpm
Memory	Micron DDR4-3200 2x32GB D.S. D.R. (CT2K32G4DFD832A)
Video Card(s)	AMD RX 6800 - Asus Tuf
Storage	Kingston KC3000 1TB & 2TB & 4TB Corsair MP600 Pro LPX
Display(s)	LG 27UL550-W (27" 4k)
Case	Be Quiet Pure Base 600 (no window)
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC1220-VB
Power Supply	SuperFlower Leadex V Gold Pro 850W ATX Ver2.52
Mouse	Mionix Naos Pro
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe with browns
Software	W10 22H2 Pro x64

Processor	Ryzen 5700x
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570S Aero G R1.1 BiosF5g
Cooling	Noctua NH-C12P SE14 w/ NF-A15 HS-PWM Fan 1500rpm
Memory	Micron DDR4-3200 2x32GB D.S. D.R. (CT2K32G4DFD832A)
Video Card(s)	AMD RX 6800 - Asus Tuf
Storage	Kingston KC3000 1TB & 2TB & 4TB Corsair MP600 Pro LPX
Display(s)	LG 27UL550-W (27" 4k)
Case	Be Quiet Pure Base 600 (no window)
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC1220-VB
Power Supply	SuperFlower Leadex V Gold Pro 850W ATX Ver2.52
Mouse	Mionix Naos Pro
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe with browns
Software	W10 22H2 Pro x64

Processor	Intel Core i7-13700 PL2 150W
Motherboard	MSI Z790 Gaming Plus WiFi
Cooling	Cooler Master RGB Tower cooler
Memory	Crucial Pro DDR5-5600 32GB Kit OC 6600
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 GAMING OC 16G
Storage	970 EVO NVMe 500GB, WD850N 2TB
Display(s)	Samsung 28” 4K monitor
Case	Corsair iCUE 4000D RGB AIRFLOW
Audio Device(s)	EVGA NU Audio, Edifier Bookshelf Speakers R1280
Power Supply	TT TOUGHPOWER GF A3 Gold 1050W
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero
Keyboard	Logitech G G413 Silver
Software	Windows 11 Professional v24H2

System Name	P330 Tiny
Processor	i5 8400
Memory	32GB DDR4 3200mhz
Video Card(s)	Quadro P1000
Storage	SN 570 512GB x2
Display(s)	LG 24GN650
Power Supply	175w
Software	Ubuntu 24 LTS

What's your latest tech purchase?

Arctucas

SAMSUNG T9 Portable SSD 4TB

mechtech

_roman_

mechtech

biffzinker

lambda

biffzinker

GerKNG

mechtech

AUTOEXEC.BAT

de.das.dude

Pro Indian Modder

SN2716057

AUTOEXEC.BAT

TSiAhmat

bobbybluz

Macro Device

lexluthermiester

Space Lynx

Astronaut

mechtech

Macro Device

lexluthermiester

kurosagi01

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Shou Miko

AUTOEXEC.BAT

Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
Motherboard	ASRock B850M PRO-A
Cooling	Corsair Nautilus 360 RS
Memory	2x32GB Kingston Fury Beast 6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Hellhound RX 9070 XT
Storage	1TB Samsung 990 Pro, 2TB Samsung 990 Pro, 4TB WD SN850X
Display(s)	LG 27GS95QE-B, MSI G272QPF E2
Case	Lian Li DAN Case A3 Black Wood Edition
Audio Device(s)	Bose Companion Series 2 III, Sennheiser GSP600 and HD599 SE - Creative Soundblaster X4
Power Supply	Corsair RM1000X ATX 3.1
Mouse	Razer Deathadder V3
Keyboard	Razer Black Widow V3 TKL
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S

System Name	Monke \| Work Thinkpad \| Old Monke
Processor	Ryzen 5600X \| Ryzen 5500U \| FX8320
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Extreme4 \| ? \| Asrock 990FX Extreme 4
Cooling	240mm Rad \| Not needed \| hyper 212 EVO
Memory	2x16GB DDR4 3600 Corsair RGB \| 16 GB DDR4 3600 \| 16GB DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX6700XT 12GB \| Vega 8 \| Sapphire Pulse RX580 8GB
Storage	Samsung 980 nvme (Primary) \| some samsung SSD
Display(s)	Dell 2723DS \| Some 14" 1080p 98%sRGB IPS \| Dell 2240L
Case	Ant Esports Tempered case \| Thinkpad \| NZXT Guardian 921RB
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z333 \| Jabra corpo stuff \| Some USB speakers
Power Supply	Corsair RM750e \| not needed \| Corsair GS 600
Mouse	Logitech G400 \| nipple \| Dell
Keyboard	Logitech G213 \| stock kb is awesome \| Logitech K230
VR HMD	;_;
Software	Windows 10 Professional x3
Benchmark Scores	There are no marks on my bench

System Name	Merc v8
Processor	Ryzen 7800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X670 Gaming X AX
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15
Memory	2x 16GB-6000
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
Storage	Solidigm P44 1TB, Crucial MX500 2TB
Display(s)	Acer Predator XB271HU
Case	Caselabs Mercury S8
Audio Device(s)	Schiit Magni & Modi, Edifier S351DB, DT 770 PRO
Power Supply	Seasonic Vertex PX-850
Mouse	Logitech G600
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK Pro custom
Software	W11Pro

System Name	le fish au chocolat
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5950X
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4
Cooling	Peerless Assassin 120 SE
Memory	2x 16GB (32 GB) G.Skill RipJaws V DDR4-3600 DIMM CL16-19-19-39
Video Card(s)	RX 9070XT XFX
Storage	2 x 1 TB NVME & 2 x 4 TB SATA SSD in Raid 0
Display(s)	MSI Optix MAG274QRF-QD
Power Supply	750 Watt EVGA SuperNOVA G5

System Name	"The black one in the dining room" / "The Latest One"
Processor	Intel Xeon E5 2699 V4 22c/44t / i9 14900K @6GHz
Motherboard	Asus X99 Deluxe / ASRock Z790 Taichi
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240 w/4 Silverstone FM121 fans / Arctic LF II 280 w 4 Silverstone FHP141's
Memory	64GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 (8x8) / 96GB G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5 6800
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 1080 Ti FTW3 / Asus Tuff OC 4090 24GB
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo Plus, 1TB Samsung 860, 4 Western Digital 2TB / 2TB Solidigm P44 Pro & more.
Display(s)	43" Samsung 8000 series 4K / 65" Hisense U8N 4K
Case	Modded Corsair Carbide 500R / Modded Corsair Graphite 780 T
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar Essence STX/ Asus Xonar Essence STX II
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200i / Seasonic Prime GX-1300
Mouse	Logitech Performance MX, Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0
Keyboard	Logitech K750 Solar, Logitech K800
Software	Win 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 / Win 11 IoT Enterprise IoT LTSC 24H2
Benchmark Scores	https://www.passmark.com/baselines/V11/display.php?id=202122048229 (before upgrades)

System Name	D.L.S.S. (Die Lekker Spoed Situasie)
Processor	i5-12400F
Motherboard	Gigabyte B760M DS3H
Cooling	Laminar RM1
Memory	32 GB DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	RX 6700 XT (vandalised)
Storage	Yes.
Display(s)	MSi G2712
Case	Matrexx 55 (slightly vandalised)
Audio Device(s)	Yes.
Power Supply	Thermaltake 1000 W
Mouse	Don't disturb, cheese eating in progress...
Keyboard	Makes some noise. Probably onto something.
VR HMD	I live in real reality and don't need a virtual one.
Software	Windows 11 / 10 / 8
Benchmark Scores	My PC can run Crysis. Do I really need more than that?

Processor	7800X3D -25 all core
Motherboard	B650 Steel Legend
Cooling	Frost Commander 140
Memory	32gb ddr5 (2x16) cl 30 6000
Video Card(s)	Merc 310 7900 XT @3100 core -.75v
Display(s)	Agon 27" QD-OLED Glossy 240hz 1440p
Case	NZXT H710
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x

System Name	Reborn\|Partner
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9600x\|AMD Ryzen 7 5700x
Motherboard	Asrock B650m Pro-RS\|Asus B550m Prime Wifi
Cooling	Arctic cooling freezer 34 white + Montech 120mm \| Thermalright Silversoul 135 + Corsair 140mm white
Memory	Corsair Vengeance DDR5 32GB 6000mhz\|Corsair Vengeance DDR4 16GB 3200mhz
Video Card(s)	XFX AMD RX 9070XT Swift Black 16GB\| Zotac Nvidia RTX 4080 Super Trinity black edition 16GB
Storage	2x2TB WD Black SN1700\|WD Blue 500GB NVME,Kingston 240GB SSD,2TB Corsair NVME
Display(s)	AOC Gaming CU34G3S/BK \| Iiyama XUB2792QSU gen 2 + Iiyama XUB2792QSU gen 1
Case	Montech Air 100 White\| Corsair Carbide Air 240 White
Audio Device(s)	onboard/Speakers: Logitech G560 \| onboard/Speakers: Sanyun SW208 white 2.0
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus GX 850w Gold Modular \| Corsair RMx White 750w Gold Modular
Mouse	Microsoft Pro Intellimouse shadow \| Razer Deathadder Essential white
Keyboard	Epomaker mechanical keyboard\| Razer huntsman v2
Software	Windows 11

System Name	Lynni PS \ Lenowo TwinkPad L14 G2
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Raphael (Waiting on 9800X3D) \ i5-1135G7 Tiger Lake-U
Motherboard	ASRock B650M PG Riptide Bios v. 3.10 AMD AGESA 1.2.0.2a \ Lenowo BDPLANAR Bios 1.68
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 Chromax.Black (Only middle fan) \ Lenowo C-267C-2
Memory	G.Skill Flare X5 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHZ CL36-36-36-96 AMD EXPO \ Willk Elektronik 2x16GB 2666MHZ CL17
Video Card(s)	Sapphire PURE AMD Radeon™ RX 9070 Gaming OC 16GB \| Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Storage	Gigabyte M30 1TB\|Sabrent Rocket 2TB\| HDD: 10TB\|1TB \ WD RED SN700 1TB
Display(s)	KTC M27T20S 1440p@165Hz \| LG 48CX OLED 4K HDR \| Innolux 14" 1080p
Case	Asus Prime AP201 White Mesh \| Lenowo L14 G2 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	Ducky One 3 Daybreak Fullsize \| L14 G2 UK Lumi
Software	Win11 IoT Enterprise 24H2 UK \| Win11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 24H2 UK / Arch (Fan)
Benchmark Scores	3DMARK: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/89434432? GPU-Z: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/details/v3zbr

What's your latest tech purchase?

SAMSUNG T9 Portable SSD 4TB​

Pro Indian Modder

Astronaut

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