What's on your tech wishlist?

[WhitetailAni]

ASUS Rog Strix X570-E

Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 850W

RTX 3070 FE/RTX 3060 Ti FE/RTX 3060 FE

SYBA FireWire 400/800 PCIe card

750MB ATAPI Zip Drive

PCI-X Adaptec SCSI controller (68-pin/50-pin)

Few other things too

 

[Ratchet7989]

i was a dummy and bought a case without a side window and now regret it. So now i keep checking fractal's site to see if they have the window panel in stock. Says it should be in next week so here is hoping i can snatch one.

[Chionele]

I'd love an ultrawide but I don't have the space for it.

[nintylove]

honestly, right now, just a Quest 2. i don't really absolutely want anything else right now

[Guest]

More so long term wishes...

 

An Nvidia card that isn't super power hungry and has good performance. 

 

An nvme ssd. 

 

Second and third monitors. 

 

Maybe a stream deck. 

 

Edit:

Oh yeah and a vr

[Mark Kaine]

 

 

On 11/21/2020 at 4:38 PM, Mark Kaine said:

A 3070 OR *gasp* a 6800

Welp...

 

 

 

 

(for 300 bucks with step up...) 

 

 

 

 

[Real_PhillBert]

Most of my current wish list is network stuff right now.

 

I'd love to replace my router with a Unifi UDM-Pro and a 4gb raspberry pi4 to be a network pi-hole.

[RejZoR]

Ryzen 5900X, 32GB RAM and RX 6800XT or RTX 3080, I haven't finalized on any of it yet because they are all unobtainable currently. Or sold at absurd prices.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

Aslo xbone. Theres a local one for 75usd (launch model) and it comes with 3 controlers. But I really want to buy my new case and psu first, but I need something to satisfy my halo addiction.

[sub68]

camera mount https://www.polarprofilters.com/collections/mounts/products/traverse-strap-mount

ham radio https://www.amazon.com/Baofeng-UV-5R-136-174-400-480Mhz-1800mAh/dp/B074XPB313

Ifixit pocket screwdriver set https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/Minnow-Driver-Kit/IF145-474?o=1

[ToboRobot]

I want a Netgate SG-2100 and a WAP

[abc_123]

More storage always... A bunch of Seagate BarraCuda 2TB drives would be great. 2TB is the largest 7200RPM model in the seagate barracuda (non pro) line*  to my knowledge. 

Another 16GB G.Skill Trident Z 3200 Mhz because 16GB of memory seems barely enough for gaming and productivity at the same time anymore.

*this part was added in an edit to clarify what I meant

[Helpful Tech Witch]

Just now, Emily123 said:

More storage always... A bunch of Seagate BarraCuda 2TB drives would be great. 2TB is the largest 7200RPM model to my knowledge.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/qy2bt6/western-digital-gold-18-tb-35-7200rpm-internal-hard-drive-wd181kryz

18tb 7200rpm

[abc_123]

1 minute ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/qy2bt6/western-digital-gold-18-tb-35-7200rpm-internal-hard-drive-wd181kryz

18tb 7200rpm

 

I remember Newegg had a crazy deal on gold drives a couple years back where they were something like 50% off.

Sadly they're outside my budget right now and I feel like trusting a single drive with that much data is too much risk as I wouldn't be able to buy multiple of those.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

Just now, Emily123 said:

 

I remember Newegg had a crazy deal on gold drives a couple years back where they were something like 50% off.

Sadly they're outside my budget right now and I feel like trusting a single drive with that much data is too much risk as I wouldn't be able to buy multiple of those.

I know, but 2tb is definitly not the limit for 7200rpm

 

[Hans Christian | Teri]

For the NYM84 to be for sale again. Make it happen drop.

[abc_123]

26 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

I know, but 2tb is definitly not the limit for 7200rpm

 

 

I know that there are larger capacity 7200rpm drives out there, I meant for the Seagate Barracuda (non pro) line specifically. I went back and double checked and unless they just don't have stock here they're all 5400rpm after 3TB but I've not heard good things about odd capacity 3TB drives.

[Devilish]

Well I'm WISHING for a Ryzen 7 5800x but I have no idea when they will be in stock again.

More realistically just some RGB LED lighting for my little setup so I can get some more light in and maybe a neon sign.

[Mark Kaine]

40 minutes ago, Emily123 said:

2TB is the largest 7200RPM model to my knowledge

Beaten, but nope? My Toshiba x300 has 4TB and it can go a lot higher 

[abc_123]

13 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

Beaten, but nope? My Toshiba x300 has 4TB and it can go a lot higher 

 

I meant in the Seagate Barracuda (non pro) line.

 

How are Toshiba drives in your experience? I've heard a lot of bad things about them even after they acquired HGST but their prices seem pretty decent so I'd consider one as an option.

[zeusthemoose]

5 minutes ago, Emily123 said:

How are Toshiba drives in your experience? I've heard a lot of bad things about them even after they acquired HGST but their prices seem pretty decent so I'd consider one as an option.

I have the exact same drive that @Mark Kaine does (4tb x300) and it has worked perfectly for me. It is quite loud though. In fact, I returned the first one I got because I thought it was broken. But if the occasional loudness from it doesnt really matter to you, I can recommend them.

[Phoned_]

Glorious GMMK or the varmilo sakura keyboard

[Mark Kaine]

28 minutes ago, zeusthemoose said:

I have the exact same drive that @Mark Kaine does (4tb x300) and it has worked perfectly for me. It is quite loud though. In fact, I returned the first one I got because I thought it was broken. But if the occasional loudness from it doesnt really matter to you, I can recommend them.

 

35 minutes ago, Emily123 said:

 

I meant in the Seagate Barracuda (non pro) line.

 

How are Toshiba drives in your experience? I've heard a lot of bad things about them even after they acquired HGST but their prices seem pretty decent so I'd consider one as an option.

I agree it can be... loud, but only under certain circumstances, in fact I think the only situation where it becomes actually loud is defragging, which I do like once a month. 

 

My Seagate barracuda that I had previously was generally more loud and more often, I have to say I also experience a lot less issues since I don't use the barracuda in my pc anymore. It's in an external enclosure now, and even there it seems to "hang" sometimes, sometimes even to the point where windows becomes completely unresponsive... 

 

It's not a drive I would recommend personally, I like Hitachi and Toshiba a lot more, especially my Toshiba SSHD is now over 10 years old, and still blazingly fast... If I had the choice I'd only use this drive type, however they max out at 1tb capacity and that's not feasible. 

 

Also the x300 are considered more at the higher end, and as such have more value compared to a barracuda, imo ! 

 

 

 

[abc_123]

52 minutes ago, zeusthemoose said:

I have the exact same drive that @Mark Kaine does (4tb x300) and it has worked perfectly for me. It is quite loud though. In fact, I returned the first one I got because I thought it was broken. But if the occasional loudness from it doesnt really matter to you, I can recommend them.

 

24 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

 

I agree it can be... loud, but only under certain circumstances, in fact I think the only situation where it becomes actually loud is defragging, which I do like once a month. 

 

My Seagate barracuda that I had previously was generally more loud and more often, I have to say I also experience a lot less issues since I don't use the barracuda in my pc anymore. It's in an external enclosure now, and even there it seems to "hang" sometimes, sometimes even to the point where windows becomes completely unresponsive... 

 

It's not a drive I would recommend personally, I like Hitachi and Toshiba a lot more, especially my Toshiba SSHD is now over 10 years old, and still blazingly fast... If I had the choice I'd only use this drive type, however they max out at 1tb capacity and that's not feasible. 

 

Also the x300 are considered more at the higher end, and as such have more value compared to a barracuda, imo ! 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the insight on those drives, I just checked and they seem to be really good value for 7200rpm drives. About 2x the capacity and ~£20 cheaper than a WD black around the same price point.

As far as noise goes do you know how they compared to a WD black? I have a PC case with awful tool free drive bays that rattle about and can get very loud with drives in them. I could always find somewhere else to put the drives though.

[Mark Kaine]

53 minutes ago, Emily123 said:

 

 

Thanks for the insight on those drives, I just checked and they seem to be really good value for 7200rpm drives. About 2x the capacity and ~£20 cheaper than a WD black around the same price point.

As far as noise goes do you know how they compared to a WD black? I have a PC case with awful tool free drive bays that rattle about and can get very loud with drives in them. I could always find somewhere else to put the drives though.

Honestly it's not loud, not while normal reading / writing, you do hear it but I think that's normal for mechanical drives, it's very unobtrusive really... My barracuda was loud and annoying in comparison - I honestly think it's a bit of lottery with hard-drives, though performance is definitely better overall with the x300, and more silent... However it's really *loud* when defragging - which is more funny than anything lol. 

 

Also, naturally, I use this mainly as a video storage drive, and some games, etc, so I record (cache) on my Samsung ssd, then save on the x300, it's really almost inaudible... 

 

 

 

^ my pc while idling, I'd say it's rather silent - all you hear is the fans a bit basically (which honestly varies a bit, which again, is quite normal with mechanical stuff I suppose, loudest thing is the stock cpu cooler for sure)