What's your latest tech purchase?

kurosagi01 · Jan 13, 2022

Ordered:
1x Iiyama GB3461WQSU for my temporary monitor as i'll be sending my dodgy Samsung Odyssey G5 for warranty repair but it will also be my second monitor when I move out some time in Spring/Summer time(pending new build completion)
1xIiyama XUB2792QSU for my partner as an upgrade from her 1080p monitor and she wanted a white monitor
Also bought in advance another Asus RT-AC86U router for the home setup as I quite like it in my parents house and a gigabit powerline adapter for my office setup in the new house.

PLAfiller · Jan 13, 2022

Some small supplies:

And to answer in advance:....yes, I know there is Gen3 NZXT hub....yes with better magnets too, but it's different

Two, I've had cheap Chinese rubber fan mounts, I have an issue with their design more so than their quality. Lastly, who uses a 92mm fan anymore, right?, yeah I get it....but I have an old case I need it for.

seth1911 · Jan 13, 2022

Not for me just for a friend, a Quadro M6000 for about 450€ :toast:

GerKNG · Jan 13, 2022

a few things that were on sale after christmas.
That Sharkoon DAC sounds as good or even better than my Soundblaster XG-6!

phill · Jan 14, 2022

Splinterdog said:
A nice touch in theory, but frankly I'd rather the customers didn't know how to build PCs at all. I'd rather keep it as a black art and indeed, for that reason they keep coming back. The ones who learn too much don't come back and I lose custom and hence my income.

I understand the double edged sword with helping and showing, it's kind of a tough one to know when someone is going to make you cash and when others will cost you it (returning because they broke something or not returning because they learnt what to do) I get the issue there

Sithaer · Jan 14, 2022

Bought a new mouse since my Logitech G102 Prodigy died on me after barely 1 year and I can't be arsed to bother with it. :shadedshu:

'put it back in its box, maybe one day I will try to repair it'

I wanted to try something new so I picked one of those feather weight mouses with holes, I'm genuinely curious how long its gonna stay clean. :laugh:

'I keep my room/hands clean in general'
Paid ~30 $ for it.

So far I kinda like it, sensor feels good to me 'I don't play comeptitive games tho' and the cable is really light/soft and doesn't drag the mouse at all. 'thats one reason why I picked this, got tired of crappy cables'
Side button works well and that was important to me since I bind actions to it in the games I play.
I was eyeballing the Steelseries Rival 3 but pretty much every review noted that the side buttons are crap + it was kinda out of my budget currently.

Will see how long its gonna last since I play a lot of clicky games, but I have 2 years warranty on it and I can send it back to the shop for free so wuteva.
O yea and the software is very straightforward and easy to use.

toilet pepper · Jan 14, 2022

Mussels said:
Please gimme some detailed reviews on those, after farking up the QDC's i got i've been to careful of wasting money on more
(Second hand WC bundle, he forgot to mention he used different sized fittings...)

I have no idea how to review these though. I haven't used it in my loop yet but did some quick test with some spare tubes and fittings and while disconnecting it only had a couple of drops of water.

These were made by Bykski but just by looking at it, they look the same as those Alphacool fittings. These are the pull type QDC and quite heavy. They are heavier than a PS5 controller and it seems I would have difficulty in using these in my Meshlicious. You have to fasten them to something or leave them lying on a case floor. Another thing is it really restricts waterflow. Once connected the inlet would only have 5mm for water to go in.

Mussels said:
Please gimme some detailed reviews on those, after farking up the QDC's i got i've been to careful of wasting money on more
(Second hand WC bundle, he forgot to mention he used different sized fittings...)

Mussels · Jan 15, 2022

toilet pepper said:
I have no idea how to review these though. I haven't used it in my loop yet but did some quick test with some spare tubes and fittings and while disconnecting it only had a couple of drops of water.

These were made by Bykski but just by looking at it, they look the same as those Alphacool fittings. These are the pull type QDC and quite heavy. They are heavier than a PS5 controller and it seems I would have difficulty in using these in my Meshlicious. You have to fasten them to something or leave them lying on a case floor. Another thing is it really restricts waterflow. Once connected the inlet would only have 5mm for water to go in.

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Damn. It's really hard to find small QDC's

Calmmo · Jan 15, 2022

So.. i felt like it was time I finaly stoped using the company phone for.. everything (dual sim) so I just bought my first phone since 2010! (galaxy s) :laugh:

ThaiTaffy · Jan 16, 2022

Went on a small spending spree after Christmas for consumables, flux, cheap thermal paste and pads for electronics, crimps and many other little bits and got some tech while I was at it.

First bit of tech I'd like to try USB PD on my soldering iron so picked these two bits up.
I know I made a comment about flashlights and to me the glue to go with it I think is more interesting but I bought a flashlight never the less.

And lastly picked this up to integrate my solar charger into my smart home system.

jormungand · Jan 16, 2022

This is gonna replace my long time friend 212 Evo since Nov 2014. I was thinking on going with the kraken x63 but i really dont wanna deal with problems since i will expending
$150+ on a cooler.
update cooler installed

Mussels · Jan 16, 2022

jormungand said:
This is gonna replace my long time friend 212 Evo since Nov 2014. I was thinking on going with the kraken x63 but i really dont wanna deal with problems since i will expending
$150+ on a cooler.
update cooler installed

I've been fighting to explain to a beginner friend just how good noctua and be quiet air coolers are, and that they're absolutely better than entry level AIOs

jormungand · Jan 17, 2022

I watched the review on the x63 from GN and made my mind about going Air cooling again, $35 for my 212 evo got me almost 7 years worth and still working
Maybe i wasn't going to be that lucky with an AIO paying $130+

Mussels · Jan 17, 2022

jormungand said:
I watched the review on the x63 from GN and made my mind about going Air cooling again, $35 for my 212 evo got me almost 7 years worth and still working
Maybe i wasn't going to be that lucky with an AIO paying $130+

The dark rock slim i bought for an ITX build is still going strong on my 3700x, and in TPU reviews it's like 15% behind a 360mm AIO

That's just... an insane amount of cost and weight, for little gain. I feel that massively, as the custom water on my 5800x barely changes it from what it was like on that air cooler (and if i didnt go water for the GPU, i'd feel pretty devastated at the cost)

Deleted member 24505 · Jan 17, 2022

Mussels said:
The dark rock slim i bought for an ITX build is still going strong on my 3700x, and in TPU reviews it's like 15% behind a 360mm AIO

That's just... an insane amount of cost and weight, for little gain. I feel that massively, as the custom water on my 5800x barely changes it from what it was like on that air cooler (and if i didnt go water for the GPU, i'd feel pretty devastated at the cost)

I wouldn't swap my custom loop for an air cooler any day though, it's so much better for the GPU. Even though i did like the Noc D15 i used to use.

jormungand · Jan 17, 2022

Mussels said:
The dark rock slim i bought for an ITX build is still going strong on my 3700x, and in TPU reviews it's like 15% behind a 360mm AIO

That's just... an insane amount of cost and weight, for little gain. I feel that massively, as the custom water on my 5800x barely changes it from what it was like on that air cooler (and if i didnt go water for the GPU, i'd feel pretty devastated at the cost)

i never thought that my 212 Evo was gonna hold my old 7700k even delidded at 5.ghz, inside a nzxt h510 case.
It proved me wrong, slapped my face and showed me it was capable..
212 EVO ...

Mussels · Jan 17, 2022

jormungand said:
i never thought that my 212 Evo was gonna hold my old 7700k even delidded at 5.ghz, inside a nzxt h510 case.
It proved me wrong, slapped my face and showed me it was capable..
212 EVO ...
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The 212 evo is the middle ground, with the be quiets and noctuas handling higher wattages (often, at lower noise levels too)

The be quiet coolers are half the price of noctua here, that dark rock slim is my secret favourite cooler of all time - its performance is absurd for its size, and the fan is one of the quietest i've never heard.

R-T-B · Jan 17, 2022

So I got a bestbuy giftcard of a fair amount from a generous relative. Usually I'd neever shop there because they aren't typically terribly competitive, but their SSD selection isn't bad online, and the gift card MAKES it competitive.

I'm still limited to OPAL security supporting drives for my work, so my two Mushkin Pilot-Es are getting swapped out for these Crucials, which are as far as I can tell the fastest drives that the county will approve for my workstation (Samsung is blacklisted due to some sort of hardware security snafu they did):

They cost me $600.00 ($300 each) but I got a $100.00 gift card to lessen the sticker shock. Not bad. Geek squad hopefully will stay away from my SSDs though...

Litzner · Jan 17, 2022

A Schiit Stack

And a AKG K711

tabascosauz · Jan 17, 2022

Been getting into DCS lately; got a VKB Gladiator NXT stick to start me off, currently waiting on a Winwing Orion throttle. For $150 the NXT blows every other entry level stick out of the water and is a pleasure to use. Loving the Kosmosima grip so much, might even upgrade it with a Gunfighter base later and keep the grip.

Wasn't originally set on the Orion throttle. But the TWCS is overpriced right now and needs slider mod, the X56 sucks ass (returned due to ghost inputs), and the TECS is probably going to coincide with Half Life 3 releasing, so Orion it is.

Tigger said:
I wouldn't swap my custom loop for an air cooler any day though, it's so much better for the GPU. Even though i did like the Noc D15 i used to use.

Agreed. From 76C @ 180W, down to 45C at 205W+......I'm never complaining about the hassle of a loop. On air I see people brag about high OCs on TU106 all the time, but only on water can you really sustain the in-game clocks you think you're getting - HWInfo's GPU Effective Clock metric is great at gauging the difference.

Not nearly as much difference on the CPU outside of benching; too thermally dense to see much difference on ST, but can still be up to 5-10C cooler in Warzone/BFV/DCS where torturing a single core or two up to 80C+ on air.

Selaya · Jan 17, 2022

Yeah the way I see it is you do a loop for your GPU, and while you're at it you might asw put the CPU into it since you already went out of your way to do it, it's just the cherry on the top basically but not the main impetus for doing it to begin w/.

Mussels · Jan 17, 2022

Selaya said:
Yeah the way I see it is you do a loop for your GPU, and while you're at it you might asw put the CPU into it since you already went out of your way to do it, it's just the cherry on the top basically but not the main impetus for doing it to begin w/.

Thats the one. I think i may go back to air for the CPU in the distant future, making the system easier to use during maintenance (IGP or any spare GPU can be used, since the loop was only for the GPU)

Space Lynx · Jan 17, 2022

Litzner said:
A Schiit Stack

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And a AKG K711

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I like K7xx, its a pretty good can, nice choice! I'm thinking about selling my HD58x and a couple other cans soon, just to downsize my collection. I don't really do the hobby much these days, but I would like to sell most of it, then get one really nice setup. Been a long time since I been in the hobby though, not sure what the new cans are like. I remember really liking K7xx though.

Kovoet · Jan 17, 2022

Gone wireless and smaller keyboard

lexluthermiester · Jan 17, 2022

R-T-B said:
So I got a bestbuy giftcard of a fair amount from a generous relative. Usually I'd neever shop there because they aren't typically terribly competitive, but their SSD selection isn't bad online, and the gift card MAKES it competitive.

I'm still limited to OPAL security supporting drives for my work, so my two Mushkin Pilot-Es are getting swapped out for these Crucials, which are as far as I can tell the fastest drives that the county will approve for my workstation (Samsung is blacklisted due to some sort of hardware security snafu they did):

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They cost me $600.00 ($300 each) but I got a $100.00 gift card to lessen the sticker shock. Not bad. Geek squad hopefully will stay away from my SSDs though...

Oh, you're about to have fun..

System Name	Ultraman
Processor	Intel core i9 13900HK
Motherboard	Alienware/Dell inverted motherboard
Cooling	Alienware/Dell cooling solution + IETS GT500 cooling pad
Memory	Alienware/Dell 32GB 6000mhz DDR5
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Storage	1TB Dell supplied NVME + Samsung Evo 1TB NVME
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Audio Device(s)	onboard/Speakers: Logitech G560
Power Supply	Alienware/Dell battery + 330W charger
Mouse	Microsoft Pro Intellimouse - White
Keyboard	Ducky One2 SF White MX cherry Red
Software	Windows 11

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Processor	I5-10400
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Cooling	Noctua NH-L9i (92x25mm fan)
Memory	32GB Corsair LPX 2400 Mhz DDR4 CL14
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Storage	Intel 670P 512GB
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Power Supply	Fractal Design IntegraM 650W
Mouse	Logitech Triathlon
Keyboard	REDRAGON MITRA
Software	Windows 11 Home x 64

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	Sunk Cost Fallacy
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASRock B650E Steel Legend Wifi
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360 Rev. 7
Memory	2x16GB G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO 6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ RX 7900 XTX Vapor-X
Storage	WD Black SN850X 1TB + 2x 2TB, 2x 4TB Crucial MX500, 4TB Samsung 870 Evo.
Display(s)	Alienware AW2723DF, LG 27GR93U, LG 27GN950-B
Case	Lian Li O11 Air Mini
Audio Device(s)	Bose Companion Series 2 III, Sennheiser GSP600 and HD599 SE - Creative Soundblaster X4
Power Supply	bequiet! Dark Power Pro 12 1500w Titanium
Mouse	Logitech GPRO X Superlight & G502 X
Keyboard	Corsair K65 RGB Mini, Razer Black Widow V3 TKL
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S

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!! :(

What's your latest tech purchase?

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Motherboard	Asus Prime B660-PLUS D4
Cooling	ID-Cooling SE 224 XT ARGB V3 'CPU', 4x Be Quiet! Light Wings + 2x Arctic P12 black case fans.
Memory	4x8GB G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200MHz
Video Card(s)	Asus TuF V2 RTX 3060 Ti @1920 MHz Core/950mV Undervolt
Storage	4 TB WD Red, 1 TB Silicon Power A55 Sata, 1 TB Kingston A2000 NVMe, 256 GB Adata Spectrix s40g NVMe
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Power Supply	Seasonic CORE GM 500W 80+ Gold
Mouse	Canyon Puncher GM-20
Keyboard	SPC Gear GK630K Tournament 'Kailh Brown'
Software	Windows 10 Pro

Processor	AMD Ryzen R7 5800x
Motherboard	B550i Aorus Pro AX
Cooling	Custom Cooling
Memory	32Gb Patriot Viper 3600 RGB
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 3080 Ventus Trio OC
Storage	Samsung 960 EVO
Display(s)	Specterpro 34uw100
Case	SSUPD Meshlicious
Power Supply	Cooler Master V750 Gold SFX
Mouse	Glorious Model D Wireless
Keyboard	Ducky One 2
VR HMD	Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 64bit

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.

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Processor	Intel i9 13900KS 6.2GHz/Allcore5.9
Motherboard	z790 Apex
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Video Card(s)	RTX 4090
Storage	990 PRO 2TB / Firecuda 530 2TB
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Case	Antec Performance 1
Audio Device(s)	DT 1990 Pro / Motu M2
Power Supply	Prime Ultra Titanium 1000w
Mouse	Scimitar Pro
Keyboard	K95 Platinum

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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

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Processor	5600x
Motherboard	MSI B550 Tomahawk
Cooling	Noctua U12A Chromax
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16GB (8GBx2) CL16 3200 MHz
Video Card(s)	RTX 3080 12gb Asus TUF OC
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB OS / 860 EVO 500 GB /860 EVO 1TB/ Seagate 1TB
Display(s)	LG 34GP83A-B 3440x1440p 144hz nano-ips ultrawide
Case	Phanteks P500A (White/Black)
Audio Device(s)	HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless
Power Supply	Seasonic 850FX focus gold 80plus
Mouse	HyperX Pulsefire Haste
Keyboard	HyperX Alloy Origins Core - Tenkeyless
Software	W10

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Processor	Ryzen R9 7950X
Motherboard	GIGABYTE Aorus Elite X670 AX
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 + A whole lotta Sunon and Corsair Maglev blower fans...
Memory	64GB (4x 16GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	XFX RX 7900 XTX Speedster Merc 310
Storage	2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs
Display(s)	55" LG 55" B9 OLED 4K Display
Case	Thermaltake Core X31
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Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti Pro 850W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless
Keyboard	WASD Code v3 with Cherry Green keyswitches + PBT DS keycaps
Software	Gentoo Linux x64

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	KOV
Processor	AMD 5900x
Motherboard	Asus Crosshair Hero VIII
Cooling	H100i Cappellix White
Memory	Corsair 3600kHz 32GB
Video Card(s)	RX 7900XT
Storage	Samsung 970 evo 500gb, Corsair 500gb ssd, 500GB 840 pro & 1TB samsung 980pro. M2.SSD 960 evo 250GB
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Case	Corsair 680x
Audio Device(s)	ON Board and Hyper X cloud flight wireless headset and Bose speakers
Power Supply	AX1200i Corsair
Mouse	Logitech G502x plus lightspeed
Keyboard	Logitech G915 TKL lightspeed and G13 gamepad
Software	windows 11