What's your latest tech purchase?

Aquinus · Oct 27, 2021

ThaiTaffy said:
Anyway just fired it up sounds like a jet.

Welcome to running rackmount servers.

ThaiTaffy · Oct 27, 2021

Aquinus said:
Welcome to running rackmount servers.

Thank you I feel privileged to be old enough to use money on man toys I wanted as a kid but told no, though marriage can be similar on times.

RJARRRPCGP · Oct 27, 2021

Chomiq said:
0317.

Looks like a Thoroughbred B and before 0339 or around there, the multi is unlocked. I had a 0415 T-bred B 2400+ KIXJB that easily did 2.37 Ghz at 1.75V and I then tested a 0310? T-bred B 2400+ AIUHB and it was a poop OC'er! At 2.30 or closer to there at 1.75V, IIRC, Prime95 kept printing an error message within only 10 minutes! WTF! Looked more like I would have been lucky to get 2.27 at 1.85V, yuck!

seth1911 · Oct 27, 2021

may i get next week a cheap gtx 970 , A8 5500 with a gtx 970 :slap:

bobbybluz · Oct 27, 2021

Saturday: Asus Maximus VIII Hero off Ebay for $105 complete in box. Arriving tomorrow morning (at USPS here now)
Sunday: Asus Rampage IV Black Edition w/ OC panel assembly off Ebay for $250. Coming from Europe, just got the tracking number.
Last night: G.Skill TridentZ 64GB (16 x 4) DDR4 3600 C16 Samsung B die off local Craigslist for $240.

1freedude · Oct 28, 2021

@Mussels
I let it go stale in the cart....I couldn't pull the trigger.

Pictus · Oct 28, 2021

4TB HD Seagate IronWolf PRO - ST4000NE001
It is noisy(7200RPM - CMR), makes TOC TOC sounds, the older ones makes TIC/click sounds, but it is fast for a HD.

Keullo-e · Oct 28, 2021

bobbybluz said:
Saturday: Asus Maximus VIII Hero off Ebay for $105 complete in box. Arriving tomorrow morning (at USPS here now)
Sunday: Asus Rampage IV Black Edition w/ OC panel assembly off Ebay for $250. Coming from Europe, just got the tracking number.
Last night: G.Skill TridentZ 64GB (16 x 4) DDR4 3600 C16 Samsung B die off local Craigslist for $240.

Great deals there!

AlwaysHope · Oct 28, 2021

Caring1 said:
I recently shipped a complete system via Oz Post from just north of Brisbane to Penrith region West of Sydney, I expected it to take a week but it got delivered overnight FMD that was fast, and normal post too, not express.
I hope yours is just as speedy.

Cheers man, a quick check of Aus post tracking seems they are sitting in a warehouse somewhere atm.

Mussels said:
Part of it really comes down to not getting ram with odd timing latencies... ryzen just hates it

My Asus X570 board just does a reboot & fixes it for you if the end user mistakenly enters an odd number for CL.

Keullo-e · Oct 28, 2021

AlwaysHope said:
odd number for CL.

Wait, what? Is that an issue?

Mussels · Oct 28, 2021

Jill Christine Valentine said:
Wait, what? Is that an issue?

Has been with ryzen since day 1. Run even numbered CL.

Keullo-e · Oct 28, 2021

Mussels said:
Has been with ryzen since day 1. Run even numbered CL.

What the hell, never heard of that (at least that I'd remember), though I've been running CL16 always :laugh:

freeagent · Oct 28, 2021

I sometimes run 1900 15-15-15-36 2T with GDM off, runs great.. but my CPU can get a bit flaky at 1900, 1866 is solid though. I am running 4 sticks so that could be why..

Keullo-e · Oct 28, 2021

freeagent said:
I sometimes run 1900 15-15-15-36 2T with GDM off, runs great.. but my CPU can get a bit flaky at 1900, 1866 is solid though. I am running 4 sticks so that could be why..

Try with two sticks some day?

tabascosauz · Oct 28, 2021

Mussels said:
Has been with ryzen since day 1. Run even numbered CL.

Ryzen 1000 and Ryzen 2000 on early boards and/or old AGESA, sure. Since Ryzen 3000 this myth really isn't a thing - though you can make a case that some stupid boards don't know what to do with command rate. Enable Geardown on odd tCL and any board worth its salt will just kick you down to the next even number. Case in point - any of the G.skill Trident Z/Neo/RGB/Royal kits rated 3600 17-19-19, once you boot XMP it will show up as 18-19-19 in Windows.

The double reboot thing mentioned earlier happens even when there's nothing wrong with your settings. RAM training sometimes requires the board to reboot once or twice (or thrice when you're on the edge trying something sketchy 4400+) before it POSTs.

You will never really see kits come with odd CAS XMP over 3200 (obvs some exceptions), because Geardown gets kinda necessary for stability, and apparently boards don't just auto-rule to 2T instead. Geardown does affect a handful of the other timings aside from tCL though, so honestly I prefer just running 2T.

Keullo-e · Oct 28, 2021

tabascosauz said:
You will never really see kits come with odd CAS XMP over 3200 (obvs some exceptions

Heey, good point! Now when I think of it, there aren't kits with that latency. They're either CL14, 16 or 18 usually.

cst1992 · Oct 28, 2021

1freedude said:
I let it go stale in the cart....I couldn't pull the trigger.

Happens. $400 is no joke.

Mussels · Oct 28, 2021

tabascosauz said:
Ryzen 1000 and Ryzen 2000 on early boards and/or old AGESA, sure. Since Ryzen 3000 this myth really isn't a thing - though you can make a case that some stupid boards don't know what to do with command rate. Enable Geardown on odd tCL and any board worth its salt will just kick you down to the next even number. Case in point - any of the G.skill Trident Z/Neo/RGB/Royal kits rated 3600 17-19-19, once you boot XMP it will show up as 18-19-19 in Windows.

The double reboot thing mentioned earlier happens even when there's nothing wrong with your settings. RAM training sometimes requires the board to reboot once or twice (or thrice when you're on the edge trying something sketchy 4400+) before it POSTs.

You will never really see kits come with odd CAS XMP over 3200 (obvs some exceptions), because Geardown gets kinda necessary for stability, and apparently boards don't just auto-rule to 2T instead. Geardown does affect a handful of the other timings aside from tCL though, so honestly I prefer just running 2T.

cause 3000 and above have gear down mode working properly (The AGESA updates were key, it's better than it ever was even with old chips), where odd timings would get converted to higher even timings when needed

The worst offenders were usually corsairs budget dual rank stuff, DDR4 3200 C15

Komshija · Oct 28, 2021

So this is how it was and how it will be.

Some time ago: Hama portable phone power bank, 10000 mAh. About 20 €. Not bad for the money.

Some time ago: Mercedes CLA 45 AMG, 2017., 381 PS. Will be upgraded in the near future. So far about 43.000 € (50.000 $), will be around 50.000 € or more when I'm done with it.

The amount of jealousy in most people who know me when they saw me driving this car with my custom vanity plates is staggering. :ohwell:

Near future: Asus, Lenovo or maybe Dell gaming laptop, depends which "hardware pack" the offer, how well they are made, how they look (design) and what will be their price.

Estimated price range around 1500 €.

xtreemchaos · Oct 29, 2021

it was my birthday yesterday and i thought i was 60 but it turns out after arguing the fact with the misses and her digging some paper out im only 58 so to ive got 2 years to be happy about

so anyway the misses got me a case id been after from about the same year as my 7700k "2017 ish" A P3. so here it is after the transplant, it isnt finnished yet im not happy with the pipes or where the pump is but ive ordered some bits to sort it out.

freeagent · Oct 29, 2021

Happy Birthday!

I have some dust here that is younger than you

xtreemchaos · Oct 29, 2021

freeagent said:
Happy Birthday!

thanks buddy.

tabascosauz · Oct 29, 2021

Happy birthday! I think everyone wishes they could just shave off 2 years

Love the hardline loop. These days I only ever see straight up and straight across, gets boring after awhile - the angles look great

xtreemchaos · Oct 29, 2021

tabascosauz said:
Happy birthday!

thanks mate, i only had used tubes and a few off cuts to play with but ive got some new bits incoming so i can replace the ones ive rebent to fit and get the pump/res to fit in the middle of the plate.

cst1992 · Oct 29, 2021

Age is just a number.

System Name	Apollo
Processor	Intel Core i9 9880H
Motherboard	Some proprietary Apple thing.
Memory	64GB DDR4-2667
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, 8GB HBM2
Storage	1TB Apple NVMe, 4TB External
Display(s)	Laptop @ 3072x1920 + 2x LG 5k Ultrafine TB3 displays
Case	MacBook Pro (16", 2019)
Audio Device(s)	AirPods Pro, Sennheiser HD 380s w/ FIIO Alpen 2, or Logitech 2.1 Speakers
Power Supply	96w Power Adapter
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard	Logitech G915, GL Clicky
Software	MacOS 12.1

System Name	Shoebox
Processor	3600x
Motherboard	Msi b550m Mortar +WiFi
Cooling	Cryorig m9
Memory	Crucial Ballistix c16 B-die 2x8gb
Video Card(s)	Powercolor rx570 4gb
Storage	WD black sn750 256gb (OS), crucial mx500 1tb(storage),Hitatchi ?? 7200rpm 500gb(Temp files)
Display(s)	Samsung 65" TU7100
Case	Zzaw b3
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha rx-v363
Power Supply	Corsair sf750
Mouse	Logitech g300s
Keyboard	Custom Skyloong sk64s
Software	Windows 11Pro

System Name	KHR-1
Processor	Ryzen 9 5900X
Motherboard	ASRock B550 PG Velocita (UEFI-BIOS P3.40)
Memory	32 GB G.Skill RipJawsV F4-3200C16D-32GVR
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6750 XT
Storage	Western Digital Black SN850 1 TB NVMe SSD
Display(s)	Alienware AW3423DWF OLED-ASRock PG27Q15R2A (backup)
Case	Corsair 275R
Audio Device(s)	Technics SA-EX140 receiver with Polk VT60 speakers
Power Supply	eVGA Supernova G3 750W
Mouse	Logitech G Pro (Hero)
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64 23H2

System Name	nope
Processor	I3 10100F
Motherboard	ATM Gigabyte h410
Cooling	Arctic 12 passive
Memory	ATM Gskill 1x 8GB NT Series (No Heatspreader bling bling garbage, just Black DIMMS)
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD7770 and EVGA GTX 470 and Zotac GTX 960
Storage	120GB OS SSD, 240GB M2 Sata, 240GB M2 NVME, 300GB HDD, 500GB HDD
Display(s)	Nec EA 241 WM
Case	Coolermaster whatever
Audio Device(s)	Onkyo on TV and Mi Bluetooth on Screen
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadx 550W
Mouse	Steelseries Rival Fnatic
Keyboard	Logitech K270 Wireless
Software	Deepin, BSD and 10 LTSC

System Name	"The black one in the dining room" / "The Latest One"
Processor	Intel Xeon E5 2683 V4 16c/32t / i7 14700K @5.8GHz
Motherboard	Asus X99 Deluxe / ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WiFi
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240 w/4 Silverstone FM121 fans / Arctic LF II 280 w Silverstone FHP141's
Memory	64GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 (8x8) / 96GB G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5 6400
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 / 1tb, SK hynix P41 Platinum 2tb
Display(s)	43" Samsung 8000 series 4K / 50" Vizio M-series 4K
Case	Modded Corsair Carbide 500R / Modded Corsair Graphite 780 T
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar Essence STX II/ Asus Xonar Essence STX
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200i / Seasonic Prime GX-1300
Mouse	Logitech Performance MX, Microsoft Intellimouse Optical 3.0
Keyboard	Logitech K750 Solar, DiNovo Edge
Software	Win 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 IoT / Win 11 Pro for Workstations 22H2
Benchmark Scores	https://www.passmark.com/baselines/V11/display.php?id=202122048229

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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...

Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Motherboard	Asus TUF Gaming B550-Plus
Cooling	Thermalright Frost Commander 140
Memory	2x16 3200@3733 Crucial Ballistix
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RX 5600 XT WindForce OC 6G (GV-R56XTWF2OC)
Storage	Some
Display(s)	Acer XV280K
Case	Cooler Master HAF XB EVO
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE 650 Bronze
Mouse	Logitech G502SE
Keyboard	Ajazz AK35i with AKKO CS Rose Red Switches and white YMDK PBT keys

System Name	4K-gaming
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X up to 5.05GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550M Aorus Elite
Cooling	Custom loop (CPU+GPU, 240 & 120 rads)
Memory	32GB Kingston HyperX Fury @ DDR4-3466
Video Card(s)	PowerColor RX 6700 XT Fighter OC/UV
Storage	~4TB SSD + 6TB HDD
Display(s)	Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow White
Audio Device(s)	Asus TUF H3 Wireless
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX518
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	It runs Crysis remastered at 4K

System Name	Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load)
Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

Processor	AMD R9 5900X
Motherboard	Asus Crosshair VIII Dark Hero
Cooling	Thermalright Aqua Elite 360 V3 1x TL-B12, 2x TL-C12 Pro, 2x TL K12
Memory	2x8 G.Skill Trident Z Royal 3200C14, 2x8GB G.Skill Trident Z Black and White 3200 C14
Video Card(s)	Zotac 4070 Ti Trinity OC
Storage	WD SN850 1TB, SN850X 2TB, Asus Hyper M.2, 2x SN770 1TB
Display(s)	LG 50UP7100
Case	Fractal Torrent Compact RGB
Audio Device(s)	JBL 2.1 Deep Bass
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNova 750w G+, Monster HDP1800
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero
Keyboard	Logitech G213
VR HMD	Oculus 3
Software	Yes
Benchmark Scores	Yes

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	The Sparing-No-Expense Build
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600X
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming Wifi II
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black
Memory	32GB: 2x16GB Patriot Viper Steel 3600MHz C18
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA RTX 3060Ti Founder's Edition
Storage	500GB 970 Evo Plus NVMe, 2TB Crucial MX500
Display(s)	AOC C24G1 144Hz 24" 1080p Monitor
Case	Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO White
Power Supply	Seasonic X-650 Gold PSU (SS-650KM3)
Software	Windows 11 Home 64-bit

System Name	1.21 gigawatts!
Processor	Intel Core i7 6700K
Motherboard	MSI Z170A Krait Gaming 3X
Cooling	Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Slim with Arctic MX-4
Memory	16GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 MHz
Video Card(s)	Palit GTX 1080 Game Rock
Storage	Mushkin Triactor 240GB + Toshiba X300 4TB + Team L3 EVO 480GB
Display(s)	Philips 237E7QDSB/00 23" FHD AH-IPS
Case	Aerocool Aero-1000 white + 4 Arctic F12 PWM Rev.2 fans
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Audio Boost 3 with Nahimic Audio Enhancer
Power Supply	FSP Hydro G 650W
Mouse	Cougar 700M eSports white
Keyboard	E-Blue Cobra II
Software	Windows 8.1 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R15: 948 (stock) / 1044 (4,7 GHz) FarCry 5 1080p Ultra: min 100, avg 116, max 133 FPS

System Name	1.FortySe7en VR rig 2. intel teliscope rig 3.MSI GP72MVR Leopard Pro .E-52699, Xeon play thing
Processor	1.3900x @stock 2. i7 7700k @5. 3. i7 7700hq
Motherboard	1.aorus x570 ultra 2. z270 Maximus IX Hero,4 MR9A PRO ATX X99
Cooling	1.Hard tube loop, cpu and gpu 2. Hard loop cpu and gpu 4 360 AIO
Memory	1.Gskill neo @3600 32gb 2.hyperxfury 32gb @3000 3. 16gb hyperx @2400 4 64GB 2133 in quad channel
Video Card(s)	1.GIGABYTE RTX 3080 WaterForce WB 2. Aorus RTX2080 3. 1060 3gb. 4 Arc 770LE 16 gb
Storage	1 M.2 500gb , 2 3tb HDs 2. 256gb ssd, 3tbHD 3. 256 m.2. 1tb ssd 4. 2gb ssd
Display(s)	1.LG 50" UHD , oculus rift S.2 MSI Optix MAG342C UWHD. SONY bravia 1080p, . 3.17" 120 hz display
Case	1. Thermaltake P5 2. Thermaltake P3
Audio Device(s)	1 Onboard 2 Onboard 3 Onboard
Power Supply	1.seasonic gx 850w 2. seasonic gx 750w. 4 RM850w
Mouse	1 ROG Gladius 2 Corsair m65 pro
Keyboard	1. ROG Strix Flare 2. Corsair F75 RBG 3. steelseries RBG
VR HMD	rift and rift S and Quest 2.
Software	1. win11 pro 2. win11 pro 3, win11 home 4 win11 pro
Benchmark Scores	1.7821 cb20 ,cb15 3442 1c 204 cpu-z 1c 539 12c 8847 2. 1106 cb 3.cb 970