[SIC] Hoot Club! Post Your Technology/Hardware Related Purchases Here! - Part 4

[GeForce]

hoot first regret later...

I bought 1 as well hehe.. hopefully no regrets on the matte screen.

will give my spouse my current AW2725Q so she can enjoy a proper gaming monitor and downsize from U3818DW.

 

[KleoZy]

Dont say bo jio.. damn low latency rams.. maybe expert guru may find these nothing special but to people like myself kuku on rams lol might be worth eyeing for.

Corbell now officially carrying Biwin.

Biwin Black Opal HX100 DDR5 48G Kit CL28-36-36-72 6000 @ 1.4v (1R) - The base M/T is 5600 and not 4800

Tested on 3 boards

A friend bought it online after I show him stats which i've tested.
I bought one more set. see can run 4 sticks or not, since it's 1R lol

Spoiler: Spoiler Price

 

[Yongkit]

hoot first regret later...

Good hoot if I not got my G8 I would also hoot this

 

[noobiee]

hoot first regret later...

still dont knwo how you stack the $360 haha

max i can stack was $260

 

[Op_Valkyrie]

Been awhile since I post in here as I was busy with work and traveling… just got time to post some small tech hoots (1/2) for the month….

Asus RTX 5090s, best of best for my next two upcoming builds (not sure what I will be doing with my existing 4090s)

AQC Gigant copper 1680 rad on standby, not sure if still want to go with custom WC route (been years since I last touched custom WC) on my ROG Astral 5090 (non-LC)

Off with my old Dreame X30

On with the latest Dreame X50

Some misc items: 2x ROG Thor Platinum III 1200w PSU, anker 250w desktop usb charger, ugreen 200w power bank, shokz openrun pro 2 and Jitsulife table fan pro3.

A few incoming hoots…for two new builds

ROG Crosshairs X870e Extreme mobo x2

AMD 9950X3d x2

Pending 512gb worth of ARGB ram, 16TB worth of NVMe SSD sticks and WC stuffs… the wait is long ah…..

 

[KleoZy]

A few incoming hoots…for two new builds

ROG Crosshairs X870e Extreme mobo x2

AMD 9950X3d x2

Pending 512gb worth of ARGB ram, 16TB worth of NVMe SSD sticks and WC stuffs… the wait is long ah…..

hmm.. donno if you really got see that this board can carter for? make sure you dont use M.2_3 slot ar bo you will lose performance on your GPU.. is not big of a matters but do take note.

* When M.2_2 and M.2_3 are enabled simultaneously, PCIEX16(G5)_2 will be disabled.
** When M.2_3 is enabled, PCIEX16(G5)_1 will run x8, and PCIEX16(G5)_2 will run x4, M.2_2 will be disabled.

 

[Op_Valkyrie]

hmm.. donno if you really got see that this board can carter for? make sure you dont use M.2_3 slot ar bo you will lose performance on your GPU.. is not big of a matters but do take note.

* When M.2_2 and M.2_3 are enabled simultaneously, PCIEX16(G5)_2 will be disabled.
** When M.2_3 is enabled, PCIEX16(G5)_1 will run x8, and PCIEX16(G5)_2 will run x4, M.2_2 will be disabled.

yup, already noted on the bifurcation portion before I hoot…anyway I am not using for benchmark or speed test, otherwise I will just get the fastest and smallest ram (and save some money as well).

 

[KleoZy]

yup, already noted on the bifurcation portion before I hoot…anyway I am not using for benchmark or speed test, otherwise I will just get the fastest and smallest ram (and save some money as well).

Okok

 

[stan216]

Old PC from July 2017:
AMD R5 1600x (Cooled with CM Seidon 120V V3 Plus), upgraded to R5 3600 just for Windows 11 lol -_-
Mobo: Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3
GPU: Gigabyte RX580 8GB Gaming, upgraded to Nvidia RTX 3060 12GB due to recurring BSODs or faulty display output I think...?
RAM: Corsair 16GB 3200MHz Vengeance LED DDR4 (CMU16GX4M3200C16R) (Running at 2933MHz), upgraded to 32GB just to virtualise something for a 1 day course...
SSD/HDD: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SATA, WD 2TB Black 3.5" HDD
Internal DVD drive: Asus 24X SATA 5.25" Internal DVD drive
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 650W
Case: Coolermaster Master Box 5 (Model No. MCY-B5S1-KWYN-04)

21 June 2025 ($2198):
Mobo + CPU: Gigabyte B650M AORUS ELITE AX ICE + AMD Rx 7700
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Aqua Elite v3 ARGB White
RAM: aData XPG Lancer Blade RGB 6000 CL36 32GB
GPU: Gigabyte Radeon™ RX 9060 XT Gaming OC 16G
SSD: Lexar NM790 NVME M.2 Gen.4 SSD R7400 2TB
HDD: Seagate Ironwolf Pro 4TB
Case: Gigabyte C301G A-RGB TG Case [White]
PSU: Thermalright 650W SG Gold Modular
OS: Win 11 Pro

I Am Back to the PC Master Race!

I should have mentioned it in my post, but anyway better late than never: The shop I bought most of my parts from told me the CPU is a "tray" set, so I did not get the AMD sticker and the AMD Wraith Prism cooler. I was given a Wraith Stealth however!

 

[XseanX]

A few incoming hoots…for two new builds

ROG Crosshairs X870e Extreme mobo x2

AMD 9950X3d x2

Pending 512gb worth of ARGB ram, 16TB worth of NVMe SSD sticks and WC stuffs… the wait is long ah…..

512gb?! What u planning to do with that much ram..

 

[Op_Valkyrie]

512gb?! What u planning to do with that much ram..

Not a lot actually… 512GB divided by two builds as mobo can support to 256GB max only. Trying to build some Agentic AI stuffs…(also for some gaming as well).

 

[noobiee]

Unboxing the Beelink ME Mini. A good choice for home user looking to run a mini and low-powered DIY NAS on any NAS OS (TrueNAS) when building a small network or a homelab. Support up to 6x M.2 NVME, which is easily available nowadays and comes equipped with an Intel N150, 12GB memory, 64GB eMMC and 2x 2.5GbE (would be perfect with Intel 10G!).

Got the gun metal grey version instead of the white. The eMMC could easily load the operating system of your choice. Or even as a mini Proxmox server running containers with PCIE passthrough to ZFS on TrueNAS (VM) as a storage backup.​

Support up to 6x M.2 and cooled with a "trash can" MAC pro like centre fan cooling design

Interesting product, how do you learn how to build a own mini NAS and where did you buy this from?

 

[TanKianW]

Interesting product, how do you learn how to build a own mini NAS and where did you buy this from?

Direct from my Beelink vendor contact in china. You can try their official online store or taobao.

You can check out various YT tutorials on how to set it up or build it yourself with DIY NAS operating systems. You can choose between TrueNAS, HexOS based on TrueNAS, openmediavault, Xepenology, Unraid or the Chinese 飞牛fnOS, etc. For the advanced and Linux savvy users, you can even manage it on a Linux distro itself, like Ubuntu, Debian, CasaOS, etc.

Wanna learn more on TrueNAS can check out my thread here:
https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/starting-truenas-diy-nas-for-new-users.6480129/​

 

[tarui04]

Not a lot actually… 512GB divided by two builds as mobo can support to 256GB max only. Trying to build some Agentic AI stuffs…(also for some gaming as well).

When I build my pc I thought 64gb jsk.
Just 1,2 years later everyone use 256gb liao.

 

[shin89]

Direct from my Beelink vendor contact in china. You can try their official online store or taobao.

You can check out various YT tutorials on how to set it up or build it yourself with DIY NAS operating systems. You can choose between TrueNAS, HexOS based on TrueNAS, openmediavault, Xepenology, Unraid or the Chinese 飞牛fnOS, etc. For the advanced and Linux savvy users, you can even manage it on a Linux distro itself, like Ubuntu, Debian, CasaOS, etc.

Wanna learn more on TrueNAS can check out my thread here:
https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/starting-truenas-diy-nas-for-new-users.6480129/​

Is it recommended to use SSD for Truenas vs traditional mechanical hdd? Thinking of doing my first proxmox > truenas.

 

[tarui04]

Is it recommended to use SSD for Truenas vs traditional mechanical hdd? Thinking of doing my first proxmox > truenas.

Shinnnnnnn korkor

 

[shin89]

Shinnnnnnn korkor

Long time no chat haha! Now got kids already hard to play DIY PC hardware.

 

[TanKianW]

Is it recommended to use SSD for Truenas vs traditional mechanical hdd? Thinking of doing my first proxmox > truenas.

It will be based solely on your use case, rather than recommending which one is best for TrueNAS.

If you need high-speed storage, you choose SSDs; if you require high capacity without blistering speed, just go with HDDs.

For VMs, I run a mixture of HDDs, SSDs and loads of memory. I prefer running storage bare-metal and not virtualising it.​

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[TanKianW]

Hoot another MikroTik CRS312 10G managed switch for the homelab/production rack to partner another by mounting it upside down to share the same patch panel. Will be running switch redundancy on RSTP and multipathing setup for the hypervisors. Coupled with some coloured Cat 6a ultra slim cables to make the rack look less boring.

 

[Mach3.2]

Still waiting for 9700X from Amazon...

Thanks @Encrypted11 for RAM reco.