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The office stereo is almost done being upgraded. Once Corona lockdowns are over I'll go shopping for speakers. 

 
But for now the used market has been very kind to me.
 
The most recent editions are:
A Denon PRA-1500 pre-amp, which I found in electronics waste. All it needed was a good clean and some Deoxid in the pots to work perfectly. A PS Audio Stellar S300 power amplifier. Unfortunately, it isn't the black version, but it was $500 so I'm not complaining. Yes, I know the power amp is technically supposed to be on top, but I've crushed one too many CD players in my life to do that again. It's also a class A/D amp, so it doesn't produce a lot of heat.  A Cambridge Audio Azur 840C CD player. This is the newest edition to the stack. I haven't played around with it too much, but it's really nice so far.

Look what came today now all I need is a 6800xt and the build is done. In true linus fashion I dropped it but I think its okay as none of the pins looked bent.

Got a starter kit for the raspberry pi so I can start using the GPIO and a case with a heat-sink and fan for the Raspberry Pi 4. The breadboard power module is a bit broken, but they're sending me a replacement. Satisfied with what I got. Now all I need is a raspberry pi 4.

Intel @10nm in the year 2077 my prediction.

Yeah I was originally going to buy a 3080 but I managed to get my hands on a 3070, I might upgrade later on. Oh and I paid the same amount for my 3070 as for an 3080.

Really happy with this purchase. It looks and feels great, but oh what is that in my case?
 

This is normal for ips panels.  It is known as ips glow.  Sometimes you can get lucky have a monitor with less ips glow.  

Defense Grid is FREE for TODAY, Sunday December 20th at the Epic Games store.

Valued at $9.99 on Steam here... link. 93% positive reviews. 3,897 positive. 139 negative.
 
FREE Game for MONDAY, December 21st...


 
Here are the rest of the games in the Christmas freebies as expected from this source... Leaked List of Free Games.
 
So far all 5 have come true. Epic sometimes changes their mind so it's possible that a few of these are subject to change.
Cities: Skylines Confirmed Oddworld: New n Tasty Confirmed The Long Dark Confirmed Defense Grid Confirmed Alien: Isolation Confirmed Metro 2033 Confirmed Tropico 5 Confirmed Inside Confirmed Darkest Dungeon Confirmed My Time at Portia Confirmed Night in the Woods Confirmed Stranded Deep Confirmed Solitairica Confirmed Torchlight II Confirmed Jurassic World Evolution Confirmed

Really happy with this purchase. It looks and feels great, but oh what is that in my case?
 

My new PS5(HDMI 2.1) ready TV.  On my PC with a 1080 ti it does 120hz at 1440p. 

 

Got this Guitar Hero game for under $20 plus shipping (Before you say Guitar Hero in 2020? I'm a collector of that stuff)

Well, I went to the mall today. Me and my older brother got gift cards for our parents and our younger brother, but in our haste, we got food at the food court. More specifically, I wound up with some pizza from Sbarro.

Was pretty good, not gonna lie. But for $11.54, you can really do better.

Me gusta nom nom

Really happy with this purchase. It looks and feels great, but oh what is that in my case?
 

Really happy with this purchase. It looks and feels great, but oh what is that in my case?
 

Really happy with this purchase. It looks and feels great, but oh what is that in my case?
 

Really happy with this purchase. It looks and feels great, but oh what is that in my case?
 

Really happy with this purchase. It looks and feels great, but oh what is that in my case?
 

My guess is along the lines of the PSU. If your PSU was to not sit on the case in the back, you could put that in the middle to keep the "pulling" off the screws.

I believe it's for helping fit the power supply. At least, that's what I used it for

Anno 1701 History Edition is FREE for TODAY ONLY on UPlay.

LOVE this game and it runs on a potato!!!
 
History Edition includes the following:
The Sunken Dragon Expansion - 11 new missions, new opponents and ornaments Updated and optimized for modern PCs Updated and expanded multiplayer functionality Native resolutions up to 4K You can continue your existing game thanks to full save compatibility! Improved borderless window mode and multi-screen support Bonus Anno 1701 soundtrack, wallpaper and a company logo for Anno 1800

... And as always, safety is No. 1 prioriri
(leave funny if you got the reference :P) 
 

 
Got myself a second one to always leave in the PC. 
 
Heads-Up to everyone looking into getting one as well: Buy two from the start. It's a nightmare to configure a second one on most accounts. You have to turn 2fa off and then on again in order to get the same credentials on the thing. 
I recommend two because if you lose one it's not as much of a deal as if when you only had one to begin with. 

Transferring Ryzen Rig 2 to a new home, and since its got a side window, need clear tubing instead of black tubing:
 
 

My suggestion would still be to wait. BUT instead of idling around get discord and join stock radar. It notifies you when whenever the  product that you want comes into stock. I managed to get a 5600x in a week with it but it should be faster for you as 3080's come into stock more than 5600x's. Pro tip have 3 chrome tabs open with you signed into best buy, newegg, and amazon with all your information filled out so you dont have to do it at checkout.