ITT: Tech purchases you did not regret
One of the best CPUs AMD ever made.
>>53571976
Oh yes, I remember that bad boy, only replaced it once I could get my hands on a 2500k
>>53571949
U will
Wew lad, just bought a couple 850s
>>53571976
Had this one too. Bretty good. Was actually my last processor before I got my 3570K I've been using ever since.
>>53571949
pic related
still going strong, even after 5-6 years.
GTX 660
survived from September 2012 until September 2015 before I replaced it with a 970
best mid tier gpu NVidia ever made
>blue cherry keyboard
>ssd
>thinkpad dock
>decent IEMs
>Nexus 5
>x220t
Radeon 7870
>>53571976
I'm still using mine. It still suits my purposes just fine.
>>53571976
I bought mines in 2009 and it's still going strong.
>>53571949
>840 evo 500
>4670k
evga 970. definitely regret that one
>>53571998
What makes you think that
>>53571949
At first I thought it was a meme. But Hot damn, 29-30 C Idle and 59 C Max
>>53572252
>he fell for the after market cooler meme
>>53572252
It's literally the same as a 212 Evo
>>53572297
Nigga, My CPU was literally at 80 C° on fucking CS GO
2600K
Zenbook
>>53572539
This was cheaper by -$15
Can't wait to not regret this
560 ti
Got this last year for 50€
>>53572825
Does this work with any PCIe x1 slot?
>>53572825
Best purchase I've ever had. Same thing I got a month ago. Got mine from newegg.
>>53572866
Needs 4 lanes iirc
I just got a skylake Alienware laptop so it should work on my setup
>also just ordered 32 geebee ram for it
>>53572895
Well fuq. Got cheap Asus Motherboard.
Well I still got a Samsung SSD as a boot so I'm happy
>>53572539
>>53572812
212 is shaped differently, which would allow you to put a fan on the other side as well. basically irrelephant though.
>>53571976
Lasted 6 years, RIP you lovely piece
>>53572845
Good luck with your molten GPU
>>53572212
SATA SSDs are too slow for 2016. Get with the times.
>>53573269
Not Him but I got mine for $40 and just werks with Boot drive
>>53571949
various ssds, mech keyboards, and audio interfaces, as well as my rockit 5 g2 a long time ago and various other peripherals and accessories. that seem to piss off some people on /g/ but make the rest fondle their own genitals
>>53573269
that drive can read its entire self in under a minute
excuse my while i cream into my wallet and hobble down to the parts store with empty balls
>>53571949
+1, SSD is definitely the most noticeable upgrade for lowest cost right after IPS screen
>>53571976
>not buying x3 and unlocking the 4th core
>can never go back to laptops with fans now
>>53573365
I agree, but there are so many cheaper options now.
>>53573345
Not all x2's and x3's had usable 3rd/4th cores.
It was entirely a gamble-- the reason why they were disabled in the first place is because the dies failed to pass testing, then put in the bin to be sold as x2's or x3's.
>>53573365
A FRIDGE HAS BEST SPECS THAN THAT PLEASE AT LEAST BUY A "GOOD" APPLE LAPTOP
>>53573452
hahahah, TRUE !! that guy is a apple faggot
>>53571949
holy fuck, this card for 220$ new w/ DiRT Rally promo on Newegg.
I had my worries buying it, but I absolutely don't regret it. zero temp issues with relatively quiet sound, hovering around 60 degrees Celsius during gameplay, able to run games at 2560x1600 (16:10) and it looks beautiful.
>>53573365
Bait.
>>53573394
There are? I only remember some 1080p Asus for 700 bucks or something.
Then again, until Windows steps up their trackpad game or Chrome OS becomes an actual OS, there is nothing else worth getting that doesn't have too many compromises IMO.
>>53573432
Dunno, from my tries with 3 different ones, it always went fine, although the overclocking was limited to 3-3,2Ghz, while most real x4 Phenoms could hit 3.4 and more if I remember right.
The reason for disabling is not always failing testing, cheaper stuff just sells better and if the market needs more x3, it'd be more profitable to gimp x4's instead of bringing the price down. Shit, some board manufacturers advertised core unlocking.
>>53573452
Because I need a fucking octacore and 64GB ram to run a fucking browser and office software. Oh wait.
>>53571949
Feels good having a card that will brute force its way to Ultra on any unoptimized release on my 1080p monitor.
And im set for the Vive next month.
no ragrets
>>53573552
>Because I need a fucking octacore and 64GB ram to run a fucking browser and office software. Oh wait.
'Course you don't. You don't need a $1200 machine at all. A $250 Chromebook would serve your purposes just as well.
>>53573588
Then there would be a problem of a good screen, extra space, and Google Docs being shit. Even Libre Office is better.
i have zero regrets with all of the tech i've bought.
that's because i have tourette's and spent months and months researching and planning what to buy because i have autism about money.
>>53573647
Planning can only get one so far. Amazon reviews are marketing.
Reviewers products are changed to lower quality parts after good reviews.
More importantly no one will ever love you.
>>53573639
>Google Docs being shit
this so much
opening an empty google doc/sheet pushes that tab's process's memory requirements to 200MB+, even though google docs/sheets aren't even as capable as word 95/excel 95. You could literally spin up an entire VM running Windows 95 or System 7.5 and open long-ass documents with Office 95 apps and STILL be using less than a third as much memory as an empty google doc/sheet does, and it'll probably run faster to boot. how the fuck is that even remotely close to acceptable?
>>53573639
>good screen
Some Chromebooks have great screens. Maybe you'll need to spend more than $250 to get a good display, but you won't have to spend $1200.
>extra space
What are you talking about? Storage? You just said it's for web browsing and office tasks. Storage doesn't matter.
And if you need storage, most Chromebooks have SD card slots (something else you won't find on a Macintosh.)
>Google Docs
Are you too retarded to install Linux? Probably, since you're a Macfag.
No one even vaguely competent runs ChromeOS on a Chromebook.
>>53573518
My brethren. 290triX for £220 last year, the week before 3.5gate ballooned the prices. Taken me this long to get a 1440p screen as well which I will stick with for years now.
>>53573552
I wasn't being specific for cheaper sorry. All these fanless netbooks and tablets+keyboard docks are floating around now. But the only direct competitor I know is the asus you're right, but trackpads are never an excuse, they're shit no matter the operating system.
>>53573772
>And if you need storage, most Chromebooks have SD card slots (something else you won't find on a Macintosh.)
http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/specs-retina/
>>53573772
>Some Chromebooks have great screens
Name some. The only one I know above 1080p/16:9 cancer is Pixel, which is about 1k for shitty 64GB storage.
>You just said it's for web browsing and office tasks.
I'd say listening to music is quite basic too, can't do that with 64GB, which is smaller than most phones have. Upgrading SSD would cost money and time.
>SD card slots
Thanks but this is 2016.
>Are you too retarded to install Linux?
Again extra time waste to install and their trackpad drivers are mediocre at best.
>>53573825
>trackpads are never an excuse, they're shit no matter the operating system.
That's what I thought too before Macs, the shit on macbooks is better than a fucking mouse thanks to gestures.
>>53573569
About to pull the trigger on this, funny you should post it here.
>>53573569
>I want an overpriced, overheating, power-sucking card that runs shit style-over-substance moviegames and does gimmicky VR bullshit
Paying over $100 for a videocard is stupid.
I took it out of the PCI-E adapter because my motherboard has a slot for it. I love it.
>>53573933
Forgot to mention the motherboard is an MSI Z97 Gaming 5. I had no issues at all when it came to OS installation.
>>53573909
I see you are not a believer in fun.
>>53571949
>>53573989
Dedicated date/time hardware.
>>53573968
>modern games
>fun
AHHHAHHAHHAha. Oh wait, you're serious, let me laugh even harder.
AHAHHAHAHHAHHHHAHHAHHAHHHAHA.
>>53573869
>64GB, which is smaller than most phones have.
Define most
a nice 70-200 f/2.8 for 400€
i5 2500k and radeon hd 7990
still works flawlessly running most games on 60fps
>>53574018
Calm down there, grandpa. Why don't you go for a drive?
>>53574022
Given how Pixel is their flagship laptop, "most" would mean most flagship phones. They either have a 128gb version or at least micro SD. (the difference is not as grave as with laptops because phone memory speed is already ass)
Though I guess even a 100 chinkphone with micro SD would have more.
>>53574018
your loss, I was cranking Xcom 2 on max for 104 hours of fun while everyone else had to wait for performance fixes.
>>53572027
>best mid tier gpu NVidia ever made
That title belongs to the 8800GT, that i owned until i replaced it with a 6870, and that with a GTX970
>>53574120
Nah, Nvidia 6800gt was the best mid tier.
That thing lasted for ages.
>>53574005
AMD 1090 and asus crosshair IV (with my 290x it runs battlefront ULTRA 1440p 100fps with the fucking real life mod.)
No regrats!
my other pc 4670k with a asus fury unlocked to fury X, this mini itx system clocks at 4.6ghz.
got them all on discount as well, so i have 0 regrats in total.
Oh and bonus, i bought a 1440p IPS 27" 100hz korean monitor for shit cheap, works like a boss.
>>53574226
>1440p IPS 27" 100hz korean monitor for shit cheap
Do tell more.
>>53574210
>That thing lasted for ages.
Unlike my poor 7600Gt that i had before i got a 8800GT, what a upgrade
Nexus 5.
Got it two years ago and it still works great. Battery could be better, but other than that no complaints. Currently running 6.0.1
Pic related. Absolutely no regrets. This thing is perfect.
Is the paste that comes with the 212 EVO good enough or should i get some artic silver 5 too?
I wont overclock, its for a I5-4460.
What i feel i will regret will be spending $190 on a ASUS Z97-A USB 3.1 because where i live most motherboards are out stock.
>>53574226
>>53574238
pls sauce on monitor
never have to vaccuum or sweep ever again
Thinkpads
T60 for work laptop for adminning and light web dev
T520 for home and occasional games
desktop I made in late 2011
gigabyte mobo, i5-2500k and 16 DDR3
Got a free 960GTX last year when my 660Ti died
Plays new games easily on high and put a total of $600 into it iirc, not a single problem with it ever. Also I only had to buy a cheap secondhand graphics card and I had re-made my old C2D desktop again which became my server.
two extra 1080p screens and $100 mount for 3, emulating at 5760 x 1080 makes /vr/ get all frustrated and come up with fake reasons why emulators suck, fucking great to post that every time.
Samsung galaxy S3, chose to wait a week to switch over from old flip phone to root, was scary at first when the first few roms KP'd every 20 minutes but been on an AOKP one for years and it's been flawless and usb otg fucking rocks
Bluetooth stereo for my car, was a newfag at the time and had a local mechanic put it in but streaming rocks and handsfree is great along with a 128GB usb drive in something that previously had just a CD player
>>53571949
E8400 and 3570k.
E8400 now belongs to my brother.
>>53574548
Post yfw you realized I don't have one of those but still don't do those tgibga
>>53574238
>>53574510
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Perfect-CrossOver-2795QHD-2560x1440-LG-AH-IPS-Non-Glare-27-Monitor-/321719207934?hash=item4ae7f587fe:g:ad4AAOSwpDdVd8i6
some of them get to 120hz if you are lucky
I have a first-gen Moto G which has lasted me two years now and it's still going strong. Most of it is, at least. The headphone jack is on its way out. I'll have earbuds which work perfectly fine anywhere else, but if I plug them in to the Moto G I have to fiddle around with it just right so both buds get the full signal. It's weird. But as my first smartphone, it left a very good impression.
/blog
>>53571949
same as you OP, a 1tb Evo to store crap I use everyday and pic related nice monitor for everyday use, work and vidya.
>>53573953
You know that you're gimping your SSD because your mobo only has x2 PCIe in its m.2 slot. That Expansion card would provide x4. Not that you would notice it even compared to sata ssd, kek.
>>53574697
>this stock picture
I know they were trying to show you its size but lel
>>53574710
>but if I plug them in to the Moto G I have to fiddle around with it just right so both buds get the full signal
Got the same shit with my Xperia Z3C after half a year. I found Soundabout useful, because it stopped playing music every time something happened with the contacts and needed manual restart without.
>>53574735
i know, it gets me everytime.
but not the worst ive seen.
>>53574733
I didn't know that! Thanks.
>>53574967
No problem. I have Asus z97 board and I use my NVMe stick on expansion board even tough I doubt I would notice any practical performance difference.
>>53574407
I wish the prices would drop on them. $150 for months now for the 500GB model.
>>53575004
Yeah, as it is, everything is basically instant. 8gb ram and an i5 (it's my work PC). Just running some browsers and accounting software, etc. It's pretty comfy.
>>53574697
I got it and took the matte coating off, it's so much better being a glossy ips.
Here's the matte coating removed by itself
>>53572987
I saw boot and happy and read it as "boot floppy".
>>53573933
They need to make a 16x card that lets you put four NVMe m.2 drives on it.
>>53575160
For what, 3 M2 on RAID?
>>53571949
I have 2 used Dell 3007wfps. 1600p is the perfect resolution for a 30 inch display.
>>53574963
post that shit
>>53572252
what most fags don't know is that if your motherboard is not positioned horizontally (like an most cases), these humongous coolers will do more harm then good.
>>53575489
Samsung 840 evo 2 years ago
dell u2415
A good chair
Relatively cheap Shenneiset usb headset
And pic related
>>53575675
forgot image obviously
Asus n55u modem/router.
>>53571976
You guys talk shit about fx series yet you praise a phenom 2? I will never take anyone's advice here again
7970 + 2600k
Dell U2713HM
Steelcase Leap chair
They're all really great.
>>53572027
Agreed. My GTX 660 is showing its age but still going strong. Pascal will probably be when I decide to finally upgrade
>>53572845
Anon I have a 6530b. Is the processor holding good and are u using linux? If yes which distro.
>>53573570
Ayy. I'm on my third one!
Glorious sound and worth every cent.
Also my Kingston Hyper X3k. Still booting Win 7 to desktop in 18 seconds.
>>53571949
Bought it back when SSD is still $1 per GB.
>>53575733
yup it's the same exact people too anon. It's not like there are different anonymous posters who post differing opinions or anything...
I bought an LG 27mu67 monitor.
So much better than my old, shitty TN monitor.
Not even memeing.
Runs all muh gayms on high settings 1080p @ 60fps no problem, stays at around 55C even with reference cooler, and overclocking is great
>>53575733
The Phenom was a good bang for buck CPU in its time while the FX series has never been a good deal.
Bought it today actually. For a laptop I got for $280, this thing has some serious build quality.
>Intel celeron
>4gb ddr3
>16gb ssd
>32gb MicroSD Samsung EVO ($12)
>3 Cell battery
>13.3" 1080p screen
>Skullcandy audio chip (very loud for a laptop)
Still getting used to CrhomeOS before I start installing Ubuntu XFCE in crouton.
Also if anyone didn't know already, one ChromeOS I don't have to do Capcha. I just click and it auto-completes.
>>53573452
you need an infinite amount of apples for this system to work.
>>53573452
No joke, it has a 3 core processor
>>53575733
Phenom II kept up with Intel at their price point at everything. The only FX that makes sense is 6300 but while the performance for the price is nice, the power use compared to Intel is cray. 8530/50 is too close to i5 at price and uses twice the power for less or similar performance.
>>53576213
How much did you get with overclocking? Mine caps at 1.4k turbo clock and 1931 memory, which is just 10/11% better than stock.
Also the fan is retarded, though no complains about performance.
>>53576347
>microSD
that thing takes microSD cards??
>>53576724
There are micro SD to SD adapters with almost every micro SD card you buy.
i7-2600k. Years later and it's still blazing fast.
>>53576677
Like this anon says. P2 stuff was actually quite good and would go toe to toe with intel stuff at a cheap price point. When I built my first PC, the 3570k was still new. The salesman managed to push the FX-4100 on me in place of the Phenom 2 x4 980 that was the same price. I was sincerely disappointed. A first gen FX at 4.5ghz was equivalent to a P2 at 3.9ghz.
>>53576724
yup in the side is a full SD card slot. The Samsung EVO 32gb I got came with a standard SD adapter. Plugged in, ChromeOS detected it instantly. Same with the 32gb USB 3.0 stick I got. Only complaint about the laptop thus far is the USB 3.0 slot is VERY tight. I mean I'm all for tight slots, but I was afraid I'd break it.
>>53576722
I'm not sure what the exact numbers are but I got something like +600 MHz for memory and +250 MHz for base.
this T420
specs related
>>53576628
Lold
>>53576813
Holy fucking shit, nice. Afterburner shows +120 base and +350 memory for me. Didn't bother going further with memory but increasing base clock by a bit more produces artifacts. Guess you got a damn nice card.
Do you have any fan coil? Like when it goes from 2D to 3D mode?
>>53576741
>>53576808
wait I'm an idiot. I thought it used SD cards the same way phones do lol
and yeah I have the first gen chromebook they were pretty nice.
>>53576878
not that anon but maxwell is very picky about stability at certain temperatures. I have an EVGA gtx 980ti Classified that I got +75mhz on core / +650mhz on memory but the card was only stable under 70C.Great up to 69C and as soon as the card hit 70C under bench testing load at stock fan curve, instant artifacts.
Also when overclocking I use Precision X and force k-boost. Ramp fans up to 100% and see what you can get.
Keep in mind that Nvidia has BIOS level power target limiters so if the card you bought isn;t like a mega overclocking model, don't expect any top end over-voltage overclocks.
>>53572798
Then you installed the stock wrong or your fans are blocked. I play witcher 3 on high and it only gets up to 60
>>53576967
Temps are not a problem for sure, mine rarely even hits 60° with fans at 55% (after 4h of Witcher 3)
Though maybe power target limit is a reason, mine is capped at 108%.
>>53577029
then yup, that's your problem. I know we're talking apples and oranges here but for reference, my 980ti classy has 100% power target and up to 121% on stock BIOS. 145% on OC BIOS. Maybe you have OC settings still locked down via MSI Afterburner or another OC utility?
>>53571949
>ITT: Tech purchases you did not regret
i5 2500k
16GB ddr3 1600mhz - ended up using 15.8GB at times
Asus Vulcan headset (superb audio quality and most comfy jugs ever made)
Razor Deathadder Left Hand Edition (say what you like about Razor products, the Deathadder is excellent tier)
3TB Western Digital external HDD
Asus UX305F
Put Ubuntu MATE on it. Extremely comfy. Spent last weekend customizing my desktop theme. Spent the week programming some math models libraries C. Feels great anons.
>>53575411
>16x card
You'd be able to get four on there, but yes.
NVMe RAID.
Imagine four disks that can run 3GB/s (950 Pro NVMe) in a RAID10. Now imagine a RAID0.
>>53573269
While those speeds look nice on paper, you aren't going to notice any difference with a 850 evo in most applications. Unless you do heavy video rendering or other related stuff.
250GB is shit tier desu, I fill that shit within days. I'd much rather have a 1TB evo than only 250gb of really fast storage which I won't notice the difference off anyway.
>>53576347
>16GB SSD
I didn't know they made em that small
My board+CPU
Sabertooth X58 and Xeon X5650 (the last overclockable Xeon, 6 cores w/ HT) for $220 including shipping.
Only having two SATA3 and two USB3 ports is kinda bleh, but this fucker still screams at 4.20GHZ.
The money I saved versus a skylake motherboard+cpu let me kit out w/ a 980 ti and 48GB RAM.
>>53577422
Chromebooks store almost everything in the cloud
>>53574724
Mah niggah, I actualy got a U2515H, fucking insanely good monitors
>53577449
Yeah they would fucking have to with a drive that small
>>53577449
>the cloud
when is this meme going to die
please go back to rebbit
>>53577451
I replaced a shit samsung monitor with it, also running a P2214H on the side.
>>53577252
Not trying to meme, just genuinely curious, what did you do to take up so much RAM?
>>53576068
>internal soundcard
Will there ever be a reason to upgrade?
I hope Zen will be good enough to make me upgrade this year, the shit tier Intel milking fest needs to end
>>53577074
Nah, unlocked everything already. Guess it's just not meant to be.
And damn, 145%, though I guess you can't reach that without going over 70c
>>53577400
250GB sounds perfectly fine for OS and most important programs.
>>53577485
Implying it's a meme. Cloud is a sad reality.
muh storage space
>>53575091
do you use it with an amp?
>>53577613
>250GB sounds perfectly fine for OS and most important programs.
It sounds fine, but 1 TB is obviously better.
Most games are over 30GB nowadays and will fill up your shit rather quickly
>>53577625
Well, I wouldn't classify games as important programs but sure, if you want to store them on SSD, more space is crucial and a bigger benefit.
>>53577667
Yeah because, lets be honest, in what cases would over 550 mb write speeds truly benefit you.
I mean, I get why people would choose such an ssd who do alot of video rendering but otherwise.
>>53577485
Cloud is a real thing with a fairly specific meaning. The meme is people who mis-use it to mean "stored on a server somewhere"
>>53577696
SQL as well, or a very large file server as a top-end storage tier and write cache.
>>53577696
The better reading speeds of PCIe SSDs are pretty nice for EVERYTHING though.
>>53577739
I guess its nice in some situations, I wouldn't give up storage for it though, the noticable difference with sata ssds is just too small
>>53575733
The FX-6300 is legendary for its bang to buck price ratio ever!
Moto X Pure. This thing is the tits. And I just learned about installing Xposed modules so now I can get all my favorite things I had in custom ROMs from previous phones while still having stock Android.
>>53576068
YES! Man I love this card.
Still using my Audigy 2 too, with some mods, like heatsink, replaced all the capasitors with high-end (some bigger) capacitors, a power stabilizer nicely fitted on the PCB and a nice black thin wire cage with plastic edges around the PCB part. (I know, I got too excited way back with the card...)
Not that brand, but very utile gadget.
>>53573343
Under a minute? Shitty math mate? Its exactly 10sec faggot...
>>53574101
This, I don't get what that guys problem is...
>>53577539
>muh cpu cycles
a internal soundcard with shielding is way better then a USB one... USB sound cards hog the system PCI/PCI-E ones do it less...
Got this puppy a while back when I happend to stumble on a sale. 160eur's brand new (includes postage). Got two and I can say, with a 1080p monitor there's nothing it can't play with Ultra even with VSR.
>>53578024
I regret buying mine but that's only because I'm a manlet.
>>53571949
Sm951 256gb for 60
I just got a 250gb Evo 850 as well and tried to connect it with a SATA-IDE adapter and the adapter melted. I have 3 disks connected to the same line of wires and they're all HDD's. Apparently SSDs use different voltages and people apparently cut the yellow wire on the molex cable on the adapter because the SSD uses a different voltage than the HDDs it seems.
I'm fucking going crazy wondering if the SSD is fried. I immediately shut off the power supply 5 seconds after turning the PC on. There was absolutely no smell on the SSD and the connecters hadn't melted or anything like that. Is it fine /g/? I have literally no way to tell. My laptop also needs an adapter for the SSD so I can't test it there either.
>>53579026
*SATA to molex adapter
>>53579026
Dawg a different voltage wouldn't cause the wire to melt like that. A huge current would need to be drawn to cause that, something shorted the fuck out. SSD may be broken. If it is broken it might be repairable though.
>>53576968
It was good at first. But from Stock the CPU temperature went from 60 to 80 in year and a half
>>53579164
Damn. I don't know what to say. Reading the reviews on amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Syba-SY-CAB40007-Molex-Power-Inches/product-reviews/B0027AGK3M/ref=cm_cr_getr_d_paging_btm_4?ie=UTF8&filterByStar=one_star&showViewpoints=0&pageNumber=4) a lot of people had this happen to them as well because of shit quality. Most of them had HDDs (the connectors on the HDDs melted as well) or had their motherboards fried or damaged (e.g. RAM problems.)
Once I replaced the the sata connector to one of the old HDDs (I used a cable from an old hdd for the ssd), everything works just fine. No component is damaged and the SSD looks pristine. The sata end of the adapter was fine also. Shit feeling when you can't know if you're newly-bought product is toast or not.
Anyway, thanks. Not sure what I'm going to do with the SSD now since I won't risk plugging it again even with a new adapter. A new system would cost me like $500 at least.
>>53577517
Ramdisk
>>53579026
How about you stop being a nigger and replace your shitty psu and maxtor hdd.
>>53577517
VMs.
>>53580294
I was going to, but tldr
Besides, this computer has served me very well for the last decade/ The adapter was shit, nothing else.
>>53572033
>cherry blues
I'm sorry for your hearing loss.
>>53572825
>nvme
can you boot off these fuckers on a Z77 board?
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>>53571976
Still using my X4 965 @ 4Ghz.
Its great. Not sure what /when to upgrade
All of them
>>53576878
If there is any coil noise, I can't hear it at all. And I usually game with only one earphone in.
>>53573269
>average read access
lmao
>>53575661
Strap it to your case for extra support, done.
>>53576347
Man if I could swap the retarded 16gb ssd it'd be a sweet deal.
Cintiq 13HD.
It's basically a money making tool without any material costs.
Love it.
Also just ordered a 500GB 850 EVO.
I'm pretty sure that I'm not going to regret that one either.
>Intel SSD
>2500k
>K7xx
>E10k
>PSP
>PS3
>>53580521
I have this. I had to lower the memory clock though because it started glitching on me. Otherwise it's really good and silent
>>53572835
Fuck. I bought a 560Ti and I fucking regret it.
This tbqh famalam. Had it for over a year, the sticks haven't worn out yet, not sure if it's a meme that they are shit quality.
>>53581867
DS3 was the best, when I do get a PS4 I'm modding the controller with some DS3 analog sticks.
>>53573909
>everything i don't agree with is stupid.
>i'm so self absorbed i believe i am the only one with a valid opinion and everyone online should know and subscribe to it.
you must be american.
This 1440p koreashit monitor has lasted me 2 years so far and still overclocks to 120hz
Not bad for £200 2bh familiar
![snes-power-pak-5[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/h7esiXh.jpg "snes-power-pak-5[1].jpg")
SNES Powerpak
I'm the type of person who was never satisfied with emulators and would continue to fuck around with the settings forever.
Flash carts let me get back to actually playing old games again.
>>53581931
And now I just checked any they sell for £130, holy fuck
Looks like I'll be in 5120x1440 when I eventually upgrade this gpu (which was another purchase I didn't regret, 3 years later and still plays games at 1440p pretty well)
I rarely regret anything. I sit on it for a couple weeks, read a bunch of reviews and weigh up the options.
>>53577739
>PCIe SSDs
I'll probably get this on my next build if only so those PCIe slots don't go to waste.
but boot and loading times are already so fast with low-end SSDs so I can see why people don't really mind.
Bought it in 2011. Built like a vault.
>>53578035
Pics? Who the fuck would do that? Useless...
Bought this Logitech M705 like a year ago, still first batteries in it that were supposed to be empty over week ago.
Just outstanding mouse.
>>53577422
Because its not a SSD but eMMC.
>>53581963
Can you explain to me more about this little jewel? You sound kinda like me
>>53576677
I got my fx8320 with a free motherboard.
I5 4460 costs 60 dollars more.
The fuck kinda Third World country you live in?
>>53583005
Fuck yeah dude. I got mine for a fucking steal at 30$. Fucking love It
>>53583383
My M705 multi-clicks most of the times I click.
I've had this problem with ALL Logitech mice I bought.
>>53574035
Sigma master race reporting in. Enjoy your shit glass and mft bullshit mount faggot
still use it
>>53584367
Pirated so many books that it payed off really fast. Glad I don't need to go to the library to get books for school.
>>53573452
I can watch this gif forever.
>>53578297
jeesus man, thats too good.
do you have ultra m.2 slot? and did you heatsink that puppy? it runs way better that way
These two. Q9650 came with my first computer 7 years ago, and I upgraded the gpu to the HD 7850 in 2010.
I literally haven't had any reason to upgrade until now. Zen and Polaris/Pascal feel like a good time and reason to finally laid these guys to rest. They've been absolutely superb and aren't even showing signs of dying yet.
>>53574329
My battery is utterly shit.. Want a new one..
Foscam fi9828w
I needed a decent ip dome cam on a budget after I had my garage broken into about a year ago, got this one for €165 after returning a previous, much shittier cam. This thing is so far beyond anything else in it's price class it's ridiculous.
Motion detection that actually works, writes video and images to ftp both on intervals and on being triggered, send mail reports, all simultaneously. Actual 360 rotation, patrol mode, manual/automatic IR mode which, again, actually works. You can configure pretty much everything,. In terms of security, it supports HTTPS, TLS, IP blacklist / whitelist.
The dome is thick, hardened plastic, the upper dome and arm are both solid metal and the mount and cables are sturdy as fuck. It'd be easier bringing down the wall than taking this thing down. Even the stock app doesn't even suck, Android at least. A year after installing it the only thing I'd had to do is dust off the dome a little to stop the IR from reflecting, no rust, thing looks good as new.
It's the only product I own that I'd rate 10/10.
>>53584891
forgot pic
>>53573518
I got a tri-x 290x for a similar price. If you got that thing while it was new, well, ok, nice price. But if you bought it last year or something, you could have done better.
I don't really regret anything I've bought, I always do autistic amounts of research before spending money on tech so I never really make mistakes.
>>53573748
You don't understand. I am exactly like that guy so I do. You don't research by reading amazon reviews or any reviews at all for that matter. You dive into the enthusiast forums and spend an inordinate amount of time getting intimate with literally everything on the market and all it's pros and cons.
And then once you have it all, you almost miss the thrill of the chase.
>>53573869
>That's what I thought too before Macs, the shit on macbooks is better than a fucking mouse thanks to gestures.
Pretty much this. I even blew a ton of money on the magic trackpad 2 for my hackintosh because my g502 just wasn't as functional
>>53574440
Thermal paste is so stupid cheap that it doesn't make sense not getting the goddamn arctic silver.
On the other hand, they're all so close in performance that you might as well use anything contemporary and notice barely any difference.
>>53584891
>>53584905
I was actually looking for something like this anon, thanks a bunch.
Things I don't regret:
- 2500k
- s27c750p
- 850 evo
- spinpoint f3 long before the floods when it was cheap and a lot of people were needlessly splurging for caviars
- Being conservative with RAM and going up to 16GB only when it was necessary and cheap
- D15
- ASUS's DCII 560ti
- Used Tri-X 290x for cheap
- The old all black Goliathus Control without the radioactive jizz
- Strider Plus 750W
Regrets:
- CM690II. Semi regret because it was the best my money could buy at the time. It does it's ventilation job well, but mother of shit, is it hard to clean. And you have to do it constantly.
- Scarlett 2i4. Works well when it works. Nonexistent QA. RMA'd three different units. First two had glaringly obvious build quality flaws. The third one simply blew up after attaching a condenser and turning on phantom power. Sent it for repairs this time, figuring the shop would do a better job than Focusrite. Even when it works like it does now, it always makes stupid loud popping noises when booting up or down -- and this is actually all according to specification. Idiotic device.
- P67AD3B3. Total bitch to overclock and issues with USB.
- CM Recon. Too big and wide.
- G100s. Left mouse button predictably croaked after 4 months. Right on time.
>>53576068
Meme-tech
I hope you feel bad
>>53571949
Toshiba DT01ACA300
I have 6 (24 planned) in my server, solid drives.
Also have one of the 5TB usb3 drives, glad I have it for reworking my desktops.
>>53572866
Physically? No, it's M.2.
Ideally you want to have a x4 slot available for it, x1 won't do the full 2.5GB/s
>>53577400
>I'd much rather have a 1TB evo
If you're filling up 250GB in a few days you shouldn't be looking at SSDs. You'd be better off with an SSD as a scratch disk and HDDs for back storage.
>>53577422
They do for specific applications. Usually anything 32GB or less is a disk-on-module.
>>53577435
>(the last overclockable Xeon, 6 cores w/ HT)
Nope, not the last.
The X5680 actually produced better numbers because of the multiplier.
>>53577595
Depends on whether Intel successfully implements plasmonics or microfluidic cooling. They're getting pretty close to the physical limitations of electrons.
>>53572027
agree. bought 660 in 2014 cause yuropoor. really amazing price/performance ratio. can run gta5 full hd almost maxed out except for shadows and get around 40fps
>>53577696
>in what cases would over 550 mb write speeds truly benefit you.
That's not what is beneficial about SSDs.
Hard drives max out around 200 4k IOPS whereas SSDs start at 10-20,000 IOPS. Random IO is what counts.
>>53577739
PCIe SSDs make an excellent caching tier.
>>53578043
I have that exact one, it's been driving me nuts that I can't find it.
>>53571949
You don't regret purchasing a storage device that is guaranteed to fail in 5 years?
Intel 80gb G2 SSD Still works 7 years on
>>53581963
Envy level maximum.
I want to collect the modded carts for each system, I only have so many games for each and the availability is dwindling.
>>53585274
By then it will be obsolete and I'll buy the newest meme.
>>53581974
Pair them with slower SSDs:
In Windows use Storage Tiering
In Linux use bcache
Enhanceio is easier to setup but doesn't actually do writeback (even though there's a mode for it).
>>53584481
I want something like this but 10" or larger. It'd be awesome to have textbooks laid out pretty close to actual size.
>>53578073
2.2gb/s
120gb
10 seconds
Nice math
>>53574015
>>53573989
>not having a top end date time central clock unit
>>53576068
>caps not even aligned properly
>>53572027
I've got a 660ti and it runs shit very nicely at 1680x1050
>>53571976
im still using this mofo
>>53573269
>tfw motherboard still has sata II
>tfw I have no room for addon cards because supermicro put pci slots in the wrong places
>>53576821
>literally the worst tn panel ever made by man
the dankpad is good in every other way though
>>53574101
>xcom 2
>104h
Are you retarded or just shit at videogames?
>2 x5570 $50
>24gb ddr3 ecc $60
>dual socket board $200
best $300 upgrade ever
>>53573365
You probably can never go back to laptops that have more than 1.2 ghz.
>>53578024
the camera and the battery kinda suck
haslel i5
multiple SSD's
two 290x's
16GB ram
damn near top of the line cpu for 2013 is still meming along nicely.
>>53572027
>replaced it with a 970
>970
JUST
>>53571949
- i5-2500k
- 850 EVO SSD's
- ThinkPad X220
>>53571949
Overclocks like a beast too.
>>53573569
Best card. Overclocks insanely high with custom bios.
2500k run @ 4.8ghz
Vapor-X 280x
Phantek Enthoo luxe
Nexus 5 ( with Xiaomi 10500mh power bank )
>>53586047
Ghz stopped meaning anything back in 04 or so.
