What's your latest tech purchase?

CjStaal · Oct 13, 2020

Solaris17 said:
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First stages of my new network cabinet. Wife finally got angry with a 48u rack in the family room. Consolidating it down to 18 and getting new cabling since I won't need such long runs.

Today was my new exterior WAN cable

my 50 1ft switch cables.

30 5ft server connections.

Passthrough connectors incase I need to re-tip

6 1m SMF fiber interlink cables for the servers.

Still waiting on the cabinet and the fiber patch cables and a few more bundles I think?

Its a sin to get rid of a 48u.

FinneousPJ · Oct 13, 2020

Caring1 said:
I'd always wanted the W10 or W12 like the original Veyron had, but I no longer have my VW Transporter I was going to modify.

The Veyron had a W16 while the Phaeton had a W12. This W8 engine seems like it would be a great candidate for swaps as it's very compact for 4.0 l displacement.

jallenlabs · Oct 13, 2020

Phanteks vertical GPU bracket came today for the workshop pc. Cables and more SSDs come tomorrow. Since this is my editing rig, the more storage the better.

Splinterdog · Oct 13, 2020

The Easycrap USB device went wonky and since I do a fair bit of VHS transfers for customers, I had to get something sharpish.
This Kanji TV tuner is just the job and in fact, the picture is somehow much better too. Problem solved :toast:

mouacyk · Oct 14, 2020

Splinterdog said:
New customer build on a Saturday afternoon which is always fun.
Asus Prime A320M-K with Ryzen 2600, 16GB RAM and Evga GTX1650 Super. Nice starter machine for a young lad.

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Sounds like a gateway drug.

Splinterdog · Oct 14, 2020

mouacyk said:
Sounds like a gateway drug.

Huh?

FinneousPJ · Oct 14, 2020

Splinterdog said:
Huh?

Gateway drug into PC gaming/building I suspect.

Athlonite · Oct 14, 2020

Just bought myself this little puppy to replace it's X470 variant which my flatmate is buying off me

Asus ROG STRIX X570F-Gaming

8BitZ80 · Oct 15, 2020

Athlonite said:
Just bought myself this little puppy to replace it's X470 variant which my flatmate is buying off me

Asus ROG STRIX X570F-Gaming

The Asus boards are real nice. The only issue I've had with my B550-F is that it went on sale for US$30 less just a few weeks after I got mine. Still totally worth it.

sam_86314 · Oct 15, 2020

Just picked her up from the repair shop today...

My $20 thrift-store-find iPad Air 2 after spending $100 to have the battery replaced. A grand total of $120 USD for those who can't math.

It's in pretty good shape overall, other than some scratches on the screen and some dents and scuffs on the sides and back.

The chassis looks slightly bent from the old battery, and the fit-and-finish isn't perfect anymore, but whatever.

It seems to attract fingerprints from across the universe. Keeping it clean will be an exercise in futility.

These seem to go for upwards of $200 USD in good condition, so I could probably flip it if I wanted.

This thing works beautifully with Moonlight, so that's what I'll probably end up using it for.

I ordered a cheap case for it which should arrive on Saturday.

FinneousPJ said:
Does this count? One the maddest VW engines.

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Would love to see how it looks without the engine cover.

Liviu Cojocaru · Oct 15, 2020

Bought an LG Ultragear 27GL83A-B £329(£439 RRP) an 32GB Crucial Ballistix 3600mhz C16 (4x8GB) 96£(around £160 RRP) on Prime Days

FinneousPJ · Oct 15, 2020

sam_86314 said:
Would love to see how it looks without the engine cover.

Visible is the aluminium air intake plenum. The only cover is the black piece of plastic with the VW logo. I'm not sure what you mean?

Liviu Cojocaru said:
Bought an LG Ultragear 27GL83A-B £329(£439 RRP) an 32GB Crucial Ballistix 3600mhz C16 (4x8GB) 96£(around £160 RRP) on Prime Days

The first picture says 2x 16 GB??

kapone32 · Oct 15, 2020

I don't have a picture but on Steam EA play is 50% off for 12 months for $29.99 CAD.

kapone32 said:
I don't have a picture but on Steam EA play is 50% off for 12 months for $29.99 CAD.

Links right to your Steam account too no need for Origin.

Liviu Cojocaru · Oct 15, 2020

FinneousPJ said:
Visible is the aluminium air intake plenum. The only cover is the black piece of plastic with the VW logo. I'm not sure what you mean?

The first picture says 2x 16 GB??

There are two 2x8GB kits

FinneousPJ · Oct 15, 2020

Liviu Cojocaru said:
There are two 2x8GB kits

Looks like I'm blind lol

jallenlabs · Oct 15, 2020

More SSDs for my editing rig
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tabascosauz · Oct 15, 2020

White LED vandal switches, can't stop obsessing over the way they look and the way they feel. My Cerberus came with one, so I just had to get a pslate customs one for my old NCASE to replace the ailing crappy plastic stock button. Ended up getting the switch in a jiffy, then waiting two months to receive via snail mail my M1v6 I/O kit (necessary on the v5 in order to run the blank front I/O plate, which is only compatible with the v6 I/O box) from Asia.

The Cerberus switch is bigger and has more travel, but a vandal switch is a vandal switch. Turning on a computer never felt so good

phill · Oct 16, 2020

Well here's a few late purchases....

Managed to get my friend who I built the Xeon and 1080 Ti build a working 3.0 USB card... Was just testing one of my USB stick with this result, no fire, flames or anything just worked

Always a bonus!!

And a few random PS1 games I saw and thought, why not... Plus a boxed Multi Tap which I thought, oh why not

Then I finally, finally managed to get through the ATI Sapphire 3850 AGP card I was after....

And then finally what resulted in a bit of a spending spree from Amazon's special day.... Thank god I never looked much again the second day!!

Everything was knocked down and prices was chopped a little so, whilst it was rather expensive, it really did have some good value

Not all of it is mine as my friend with the Xeon machine saw the 2TB SSDs for sale and decided, he needed 3 of those :laugh:

I made do with a 1TB model and then 2 14TB WD external drives... Very impressed with their performance, will add some test results in at some point...

The only thing I'm a little confused about is the turning it off.. I've not been successful in 'Safetly Removing your hardware' yet as its apparently always been in use but even with no Explorer windows, no copying and whatever else I could think of, still won't let me Safely remove it... Strange... Well, lets see how 12.7TB will last....

The Crucial RAM is for a few mini desktops I have, for some reason Amazon had the 3200 DDR4 SODIMMs on a better deal than the 2666 stuff I was looking at, so I went with the 3200 :lol: Tested and working fine in the mini desktops so I'm happy there as well

Not a bad buy for £56 for 16GB I didn't think?

dont whant to set it"' · Oct 18, 2020

Obsesive-coumpulsive-shoping ? I was eyeing the pc4-32000(4000MHz) ones, yet since I stayed off the sauce for a couple of days , the £s difference went into the higher spec model because why not.
Le: " blody hell" I'm a cpu + chassis short of a second PC. What is wrong with me perhaps?

phill · Oct 19, 2020

dont whant to set it"' said:
Obsesive-coumpulsive-shoping ? I was eyeing the pc4-32000(4000MHz) ones, yet since I stayed off the sauce for a couple of days , the £s difference went into the higher spec model because why not.
Le: " blody hell" I'm a cpu + chassis short of a second PC. What is wrong with me perhaps?

Nout wrong having a few spares just in case

Valantar · Oct 19, 2020

dont whant to set it"' said:
Obsesive-coumpulsive-shoping ? I was eyeing the pc4-32000(4000MHz) ones, yet since I stayed off the sauce for a couple of days , the £s difference went into the higher spec model because why not.
Le: " blody hell" I'm a cpu + chassis short of a second PC. What is wrong with me perhaps?

Hey, if you don't have a use for them I sure wouldn't mind giving them a safe and loving home

Calmmo · Oct 19, 2020

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This from AliExpress :laugh:

Jetster · Oct 19, 2020

New Tablet and stand for music

FinneousPJ · Oct 19, 2020

Jetster said:
New Tablet and stand for music

People read music from a tablet nowadays? I guess it makes sense, never thought of it before lol

Jetster · Oct 19, 2020

FinneousPJ said:
People read music from a tablet nowadays? I guess it makes sense, never thought of it before lol

The Samsung Tab A is only like $200 and works great for sheet music

System Name	Current rig
Processor	i9-9900k
Motherboard	Z390 Aorus Xtreme
Cooling	Corsair h150i Pro
Memory	32GB Ripjaws V 3200
Video Card(s)	Asus 2090 ti Strix
Storage	Samsung 970 Pro 1tb
Display(s)	Alienware aw3418dw
Case	Thermaltake View 91
Power Supply	seasonic 1kw

Processor	R5 5600X
Motherboard	Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus
Memory	32 GB 3600 MT/s CL16
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Vega 64
Storage	2x 500 GB SSD, 2x 3 TB HDD
Case	Phanteks P300A
Software	Manjaro Linux, W10 if I have to

System Name	Core
Processor	Intel 12700k @ 5.0/4.0
Motherboard	ASRock z690 Steel Legend
Cooling	Artic Cooling Freezer 420 AiO
Memory	GSkill 64GB 3200 cas 14 b die
Video Card(s)	Asus Nvidia RTX 4070 Super OC
Storage	Optane 900p x2, SK Hynix p41 Pro
Display(s)	ACER 250hz 1080p 25" IPS display x2
Case	Phanteks p500a with all Noctua Chromax/Arctic fans
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite interface, Presonus Studio Monitors and Subwoofer
Power Supply	Seasonic 850w plat with cable mod cables
Mouse	Glorious Model O
Keyboard	Corsair mech k65
Software	Win 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	3dmark TimeSpy 20240-rtx 3090FE/12700k/Optane 3dmark TimeSpy 21862-rtx 4070Super/12700k/Optane

System Name	Ryzen Monster
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600X
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair Hero VII WiFi
Cooling	Corsair H100i RGB Platinum
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB (4x8GB) 3200Mhz CMW16GX4M2C3200C16
Video Card(s)	Asus ROG Strix RX5700XT OC 8Gb
Storage	WD Black 500GB NVMe 250Gb Samsung SSD, OCZ 500Gb SSD WD M.2 500Gb, plus three spinners up to 1.5Tb
Display(s)	LG 32GK650F-B 32" UltraGear™ QHD
Case	Cooler Master Storm Trooper
Audio Device(s)	Supreme FX on board
Power Supply	Corsair RM850X full modular
Mouse	Corsair M65 Pro
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe RGB Silent
VR HMD	Headphones Logitech G533 wireless
Software	Windows 11 Start 11
Benchmark Scores	3DMark Time Spy 4532 (9258 March 2021, 9399 July 2021)

System Name	Gentoo64 /w Cold Coffee
Processor	9900K 5.2GHz @1.312v
Motherboard	MXI APEX
Cooling	Raystorm Pro + 1260mm Super Nova
Memory	2x16GB TridentZ 4000-14-14-28-2T @1.6v
Video Card(s)	RTX 4090 LiquidX Barrow 3015MHz @1.1v
Storage	660P 1TB, 860 QVO 2TB
Display(s)	LG C1 + Predator XB1 QHD
Case	Open Benchtable V2
Audio Device(s)	SB X-Fi
Power Supply	MSI A1000G
Mouse	G502
Keyboard	G815
Software	Gentoo/Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	Always only ever very fast

What's your latest tech purchase?

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Splinterdog

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Athlonite

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System Name	Cumquat 2021
Processor	AMD RyZen R7 7800X3D
Motherboard	Asus Strix X670E - E Gaming WIFI
Cooling	Deep Cool LT720 + CM MasterGel Pro TP + Lian Li Uni Fan V2
Memory	32GB GSkill Trident Z5 Neo 6000
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ OC RX6800 16GB DDR6 2270Cclk / 2010Mclk
Storage	1x Adata SX8200PRO NVMe 1TB gen3 x4 1X Samsung 980 Pro NVMe Gen 4 x4 1TB, 12TB of HDD Storage
Display(s)	AOC 24G2 IPS 144Hz FreeSync Premium 1920x1080p
Case	Lian Li O11D XL ROG edition
Audio Device(s)	RX6800 via HDMI + Pioneer VSX-531 amp Technics 100W 5.1 Speaker set
Power Supply	EVGA 1000W G5 Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Core Wired
Keyboard	Logitech G915 Wireless
Software	Windows 11 X64 PRO (build 23H2)
Benchmark Scores	it sucks even more less now ;)

System Name	Space Heater MKIV
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Taichi
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S, 3x Noctua NF-A14s
Memory	2x32GB Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan Z DDR4-3600 C18 1.35V
Video Card(s)	PowerColor RX 6800 XT Red Devil (2150MHz, 240W PL)
Storage	2TB WD SN850X, 4x1TB Crucial MX500 (striped array), LG WH16NS40 BD-RE
Display(s)	Dell S3422DWG (34" 3440x1440 144Hz)
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro M
Audio Device(s)	Edifier R1700BT, Samson SR850
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x, CyberPower CST135XLU
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK 2 96%
Software	Windows 10 LTSC 2021, Linux Mint

System Name	El Calpulator
Processor	AMD Ryzen R7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASRock X670E Pro RS
Cooling	ArcticCooling Freezer 3 360ARGB AIO
Memory	32GB Corsair Vengance 6000Mhz C30
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 4080 Gaming Trio X @ 2925 / 23500 mhz
Storage	5TB nvme SSD + Synology DS115j NAS with 4TB HDD
Display(s)	Samsung G8 34" QD-OLED + Samsung 28" 4K 60hz UR550
Case	Montech King 95 PRO Blue
Audio Device(s)	SB X4+Logitech Z623 2.1+Astro A50 Wireless
Power Supply	be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000W ATX 3.0 80+ Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502X Plus LightSpeed Hero Wireless plus Logitech G POWERPLAY Wireless Charging Mouse Pad
Keyboard	Logitech G915 LightSpeed Wireless
Software	Win 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Just enough

System Name	Best AMD Computer
Processor	AMD 7900X3D
Motherboard	Asus X670E E Strix
Cooling	In Win SR36
Memory	GSKILL DDR5 32GB 5200 30
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse 7900XT (Watercooled)
Storage	Corsair MP 700, Seagate 530 2Tb, Adata SX8200 2TBx2, Kingston 2 TBx2, Micron 8 TB, WD AN 1500
Display(s)	GIGABYTE FV43U
Case	Corsair 7000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Corsair Void Pro, Logitch Z523 5.1
Power Supply	Deepcool 1000M
Mouse	Logitech g7 gaming mouse
Keyboard	Logitech G510
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64 Steam. GOG, Uplay, Origin
Benchmark Scores	Firestrike: 46183 Time Spy: 25121

System Name	ab┃ob
Processor	7800X3D┃5800X3D
Motherboard	B650E PG-ITX┃X570 Impact
Cooling	PA120+T30┃AXP120x67
Memory	64GB 6000CL30┃32GB 3600CL14
Video Card(s)	RTX 4070 Ti Eagle┃RTX A2000
Storage	8TB of SSDs┃1TB SN550
Display(s)	43" QN90B / 32" M32Q / 27" S2721DGF
Case	Caselabs S3┃Lazer3D HT5
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000┃HDPlex

System Name	Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
Processor	Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard	Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling	Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory	Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage	I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s)	3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case	The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse	Corsair thingy
Keyboard	Razer something or other....
VR HMD	No headset yet
Software	Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores	I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(

System Name	3 "rigs"-gaming/spare pc/cruncher
Processor	R7-5800X3D/i7-7700K/R9-7950X
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VI Extreme/Asus Ranger Z170/Asus ROG Crosshair X670E-GENE
Cooling	Bitspower monoblock ,custom open loop,both passive and active/air tower cooler/air tower cooler
Memory	32GB DDR4/32GB DDR4/64GB DDR5
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RX6900XT Alphacooled/AMD RX5700XT 50th Aniv./SOC(onboard)
Storage	mix of sata ssds/m.2 ssds/mix of sata ssds+an m.2 ssd
Display(s)	Dell UltraSharp U2410 , HP 24x
Case	mb box/Silverstone Raven RV-05/CoolerMaster Q300L
Audio Device(s)	onboard/onboard/onboard
Power Supply	3 Seasonics, a DeltaElectronics, a FractalDesing
Mouse	various/various/various
Keyboard	various wired and wireless
VR HMD	-
Software	W10.someting or another,all 3

System Name	Hotbox
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, 110/95/110, PBO +150Mhz, CO -7,-7,-20(x6),
Motherboard	ASRock Phantom Gaming B550 ITX/ax
Cooling	LOBO + Laing DDC 1T Plus PWM + Corsair XR5 280mm + 2x Arctic P14
Memory	32GB G.Skill FlareX 3200c14 @3800c15
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Radeon 6900XT Liquid Devil Ultimate, UC@2250MHz max @~200W
Storage	2TB Adata SX8200 Pro
Display(s)	Dell U2711 main, AOC 24P2C secondary
Case	SSUPD Meshlicious
Audio Device(s)	Optoma Nuforce μDAC 3
Power Supply	Corsair SF750 Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G603
Keyboard	Keychron K3/Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro M w/DSA profile caps
Software	Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Apex Raptor: Silverback
Processor	Intel i9 13900KS 6.2GHz/Allcore5.9
Motherboard	z790 Apex
Cooling	LT720 360mm + Phanteks T30
Memory	32GB @8000MT/s CL36
Video Card(s)	RTX 4090
Storage	990 PRO 2TB / Firecuda 530 2TB
Display(s)	Neo G8 / C1 65"
Case	Antec Performance 1
Audio Device(s)	DT 1990 Pro / Motu M2
Power Supply	Prime Ultra Titanium 1000w
Mouse	Scimitar Pro
Keyboard	K95 Platinum

System Name	Juliette // HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// GTX 1650
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	Cooler Master MM710 53G
Keyboard	Logitech 920-009300 G512 SE
Software	Windows 10 Pro // Windows 10 Pro