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Im wanting to get a 3D printer for my birthday because it looks super to tinker and build things with, as well as learn how to use modeling software. I would love a 3D printer that is under $300 if at all possible because this would be a gift I would ask my mom to either get for me or pitch in some money to help me get. I want it to be able to print at least hard plastic and flexible filament. I would also prefer it to be a kit because I love that techie building aspect of things as well as good customer support if needed. Any recommendations? I've been looking at some Ender printers, but I don't know much about them at all. Lastly, how much is filament? I dont know if the budget is too low, so lemme know. Thanks. Edit: The Ender 3 V2 looks pretty good, should I go for that?

Which Personal 3D printers are really good at the low cost? Suggest DIY and assembled ones both please.

so here i`m again. looking for assistance on choosing between 2 3d printers i have been looking videos for few days. so here are my 2 options: Creality Ender 3 V2 Creality Ender 3 Pro Idea at the moment is to get something that i cant print some fpv accessories for my upcoming builds. When it comes to prices. there aren't much difference (~40 Eur) between them. And plus importing via amazon them to ireland. (Have prime, but lately few pc things makes me pay import, idk why) So my question is not about witch one prints better or faster. But which one would be better choice for occasional print. at the moment i don't plan anything but fpv parts. maybe.i will print few toys for my goddaughter. like those octopuses or whatever. Who knows. what comes to modding of these 2 printers. i have general idea what i could try to do. to make the a bit silent and few other things. Maybe some of you already have one or both of these, maby you can tell me your thoughts on these aswell and maybe suggest something. Thanks in advance… :)*

I'm currently looking at a ender 3 / ender 3 pro. Want to print some cool cosplay/ star wars things. Anyone have any recommendations? Budget is max 550 USD/ 500 euro's.

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I got around to using one of the 3D printers at my school and found that the whole process is quite easy. It sparked a bit of an interest for me and I decided that I want to look into buying a printer of my own. I’m not sure what I am looking for other than what I need it for. I have an interest in model rockets so I will likely be printing some parts which are larger than small and perhaps taller than they are wide (I know I am being vague). I will probably have a relatively low budget of (likely) below 500 cad. Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks!

Title pretty much says it all. I want to buy a 3D printer and I trust the community here to help point me in the right direction. I could a thread asking something similar but it was from 2013 and I’m sure a lot has changed in the last 7 years. Thanks for much in advance for your time!

10 times faster? Sounds great to me. Can I afford one? That's a no Still cool, though. Can't wait for 3D printers to be the next big thing. What do you guys think? Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36311598

Soundcloud Link: https://soundcloud.com/thewanshow/the-wan-show-4k-smartphones-amd-lost-180m-april-17-2015 News China to install 3D printers in all its 400,000-plus primary schools Source 1: linustechtips.com - china to install 3d printers in OP: Victorious Secret Source 2: 3dprint.com/56699/china-3d-printers-schools/ Source 3: 3dprint.com/21163/gartner-3d-printing-2018/ Desktop 3D printer prices range from $400 to $3000 USD Many schools cannot afford them. Obama has mentioned several times the importance of 3D printing, notably in one of his State of the Union Addresses. According to Simon Shen of the Kinpo Group (parent company of XYZprinting), the Chinese government has a new policy to install a 3D printer in each of its ~400,000 elementary schools over the next two years. The plans have not yet been made available to the public yet. For comparison the US has ~70,000 elementary schools, and ~100,000 total public schools. Sharp 5.5inch 4k display Source 1: linustechtips.com - sharp announces staggering overkill OP: Alexgoeshigh Source 2: neowin.net - sharp announces 55 inch 4k display with jaw dropping 80 IGZO Panel 806PPI Predicted for smartphones coming out late 2016/early 2017. Samsung is also reportedly working on a 4k display for the Note 5. LG is reportedly working on a 27-inch 8K panel for Apple. Linus: NVIDIA and other GPU makers must be licking their chips er.. chops AMD $180 Million net loss, exits dense microserver business. Source 1: linustechtips.com - amd 180 million net loss exits dense OP: Coolaxgaming Source 2: anandtech.com/show/9172/amd-posts-q1-2015-results-180-million-net-loss AMD reported revenue of $1.03 billion for the Q1 FY 2015 quarter. 16.9% decrease as compared to Q4 2014 26.4% decrease from the $1.40 billion recorded in Q1 2014. Net loss Q1 2015 quarter was $180 million, Net loss Q4 2014 quarter was a $364 million Net loss Q1 2014 quarter was $20 million. Part of these losses are due to the ongoing restructuring at AMD. “AMD is certainly not in a great position right now, and the new CEO Dr. Lisa Su has some work to do in order to get AMD back to a financially viable state. Part of that is diversifying revenues, especially with the PC market slowing again. AMD has not had a significant product launch in a few quarters, which has not helped either.” Longer term look at AMD’s graphics card fortunes: https://forum.beyond3d.com/threads/nvidia-shows-signs-of-strain.43294/page-161#post-1828480 Loss primarily due to the $75 million hit for exiting the dense server business. ASUS unveils VivoWatch with 10-day battery life Source 1: linustechtips.com - asus unveils vivowatch with 10 OP: Michael Mcallister Source 2: engadget.com/2015/04/13/asus-vivowatch-milan-design-week/?ncid=rss_truncated Source 3: technobuffalo.com/2015/04/13/asus-vivowatch-smartwatch/ Previous, Asus ZenWatch was powered by Google’s Android Wear operating system, but now the firm is back with a different device called the VivoWatch. Capable of tracking your sleep patterns and various workouts IP67 water and dust resistance rating; you wear it in the shower or the pool. Promise of up to 10 days of battery life. The new Pebble Time will offer up to 7 days of battery life Pricing and a release date have not yet been confirmed. Google gives response to EU antitrust investigation into Android Source 1: linustechtips.com - google gives response to eu antitrust i OP: Syntaxvgm Source 2: googleblog.blogspot.be/2015/04/android-has-helped-create-more-choice.html Source 3: europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-4780_en.htm Quotes from google on the investigation: “The European Commission has asked questions about our partner agreements. It's important to remember that these are voluntary—again, you can use Android without Google but provide real benefits to Android users, developers and the broader ecosystem.” “Anti-fragmentation agreements ensure apps work across all sorts of different Android devices.” “Our app distribution agreements make sure that people get a great "out of the box" experience with useful apps right there on the home screen. This also helps manufacturers of Android devices compete with Apple, Microsoft and other mobile ecosystems that come preloaded with similar baseline apps.” “These distribution agreements are not exclusive, and Android manufacturers install their own apps and apps from other companies as well. And in comparison to Apple—the world’s most profitable (mobile) phone company—there are far fewer Google apps pre-installed on Android phones than Apple apps on iOS devices.” Tesla Home Battery Details Emerge Source 1: linustechtips.com/tesla-home-battery-details… OP: Victorious Secret Source 2: gas2.org/tesla-home-battery-details-emerge Trip Chowdhry, a stock analyst for Global Equities Research, claims to have insider info on the batteries claims that 230 homes in California currently have a Tesla home battery installed 100 homes in other states have the same battery is installed 1.5 feet above the ground and requires 1 foot of space on all sides produces no noise, no drippings, and does not require maintenance includes the inverter 3ft tall, 2.5ft wide, “looks good” installer offered a choice between a 10kWh and 15kWh battery 10 kWh priced at US$13,000 at least one local utility is offering a 50% rebate can be purchased on credit - one buyer placed $1,500 down initially, monthly payments of $15 for ten years (numbers don’t seem to add up on that as it only produces a total of $3,300) one owner is actually charging his battery at night when electricity is cheaper in the area, then selling it back to PG&E during peak hours for a profit! (estimated at $12-15/month, pretty much covering cost of the battery) battery can be controlled from an iPhone, has a web app as well apparently has the potential to store from a solar panel can be used fully off the grid Bell Canada faces $750 million class action suit for selling consumer data Source 1: linustechtips.com/bell-canada-faces-750-million… OP: GoodBytes Source 2: cbc.ca/bell-faces-750m-lawsuit… suit is against Bell Mobility Inc, Bell Canada Inc. on behalf of Bell Mobility and Virgin Mobile customers alleged breaches of privacy arising from recently discontinued target ads program program was named the “relevant ads program” and was launched in November 2013 alleges they used the program to track, collect, and sell the sensitive account and internet browsing info of customers to advertisers 750 million damages for breach of privacy, breach of contract, and breach of the Telecommunications Bell would not comment on allegations in the lawsuit, which have not been proven in court though they have already cancelled the program, they indicated plans to reintroduce it in the future and include landline as well as TV use (though they said they would seek explicit customer consent through opt-in approach) after announcement of the program the federal privacy began an investigation due to “an unprecedented volume of complaints” on April 7 the commissioner found that Bell violated the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act did not adequately disclose the nature of information customers were not given the option to properly consent the use of their information customers were automatically included unless the specifically opted out (113,000 Bell customers did so) Bell claims they will delete all customer profiles created under the program in addition to damages, the lawsuit seeks the appointment of an expert to "oversee and confirm the destruction of the personal information." Star Wars: Battlefront - 40 Player battles and pre-order Source 1: linustechtips.com/star-wars-battlefront-40-player-battles… OP: werto165 Source 2: ign.com/weve-seen-7-minutes-of-star-wars... 7 minutes of PS4 gameplay revealed IGN claims “it’s clear what the mission has been: make the most faithful video game adaptation of the original trilogy to date.” includes locations like Endor in the gameplay trailer showed off AT-ATs, Y-Wings, X-Wings etc. footage switches between first- and third-person views already announced that there will be a free DLC just 3 weeks after launch… will be received one week early if you pre-order... Dice confirmed it will run at 60FPS on PC pre-order is now available on Origin RAPID FIRE Apple Pay plans to launch in Canada this Fall Source 1: linustechtips.com/apple-pay-plans-to-launch… OP: Victorious Secret Source 2: 9to5mac.com/report-apple-planning-apple-pay… first expansion of the payments service outside the US in talks with banks for a launch as soon as November have also posted job listing for the services in EU, Middle East, India, and Asia, so international expansion seems to be coming quickly Duracell shows off Wireless charging ring for non-Wireless charging phone Source 1: linustechtips.com/duracell-shows-off-wireless-charging… OP: ahhming Source 2: androidpolice.com/duracell-will-sell-you-a-giant… giant ring you plug into the charging port on your phone listed at $53.98 it appears Duracell have seen the error of their ways, as the page has been removed IKEA launches wireless charging furniture range Source 1: linustechtips.com/ikea-launches-wireless-charging… OP: Overl0rd Source 2: engadget.com/ikea-wireless-charging lineup includes lamps and tables floor, table, and work lamps with build it wireless charging spots also two bedside tables and a selection of pads that can be bought separately and added to your existing furniture supports the Qi standard also selling a number of wireless charging covers for Samsung & Apple products no pricing yet, will launch in US & UK in mid-April, starting at 30 British Pounds The TMA-2 modular headphone system from AIAIAI is out Source 1: linustechtips.com/hi-fi-news-the-tma-2-headphone… OP: Ridska Source 2: aiaiai.dk/headphones/tma-2 can change out drivers, pads, cable, & headband to suit your needs/wants apparently there are 360 possible combinations in total you do have to order the separate parts, but you build the unit yourself apparently it has set the internet alight, because their site now has a notice that you should expect slow load times due to increased traffic from the launch Apple Watch already wiping the floor with “the entire smartwatch market” Source 1: businessinsider.com/apple-watch-kgi-securities-2-million… Source 2: macrumors.com/apple-watch-2-3-million-pre-orders KGI securities estimates the debut smartwatch from Apple has already sold more than 2.3 million pre-order units device does not actually release until April 24 at the earliest no official sales data released by Apple yet likely won’t get official numbers until Apple’s quarterly earnings report estimated that 1 million pre-orders were placed on day one estimated that Google sold 720,000 Android Wear units in all of 2014 - Apple outshone in one day Pebble has sold over 1 million units between launch in 2013 and the end of 2014 NZ VPN providers set to be sued by TV networks Source 1: kitguru.net/nz-vpn-providers-set-to-be-sued… two providers in NZ refused to comply with demands set by media corporations set to be hit by legal action in the coming days TVNZ and Sky, TV networks, claim that by offering the VPN service, CallPlus and Bypass Network Services are complicit in customers watching overseas content including watching services like American Netflix TVNZ and Sky targeted ISPs and VPN providers with demands that they stop offering the service most of them complied, CallPlus and Bypass Network Services did not Supermicro X10SDV-TLN4F Embedded motherboard Source 1: linustechtips.com - supermicro x10sdv tln4f embedded mother OP: Kkpatel87 Source 2: servethehome.com Onboard dual 10GBase-T Dual 1Gbase-T Ethernet 128GB DDR4 RAM tested and verified working Remote management Single M.2 PCIe port 6x SATA III 6.0gbps ports $950ish MSRP GTA V artifacting problems on AMD GPUS Source 1: linustechtips.com - gta v artifacting problems on amd gpus OP: Zappian Source 2: hardcoregamer.com - grand theft auto v on pc suffering from artifact (Image on source 2) When playing GTA V with an AMD graphics card, if you have MSAA turned on (as low as 2x), the bottom right on the game will begin to artifact badly. Only fixed when turning anti-aliasing off. No ETA for patch. Discussion topic - Did you pre-order GTA V? How do you feel about it? Do you conisder it safer or WORSE to pre-order a game that’s already out on other platforms? Twitter blitz /u/ammar2 exposes a major security flaw in Minecraft Source 1: linustechtips.com - uammar2 exposes a major security flaw i OP: Faissaloo Source 2: github.com/ammaraskar/pyCraft Source 3: wiki.vg/NBT Source 4: blog.ammaraskar.com/minecraft-vulnerability-advisory/ Flaw allows anyone to send certain malformed packets and crash a server by running it out of memory. /u/ammar2 responsibly and privately disclosed the problem to Mojang on 10th July, 2013. Asked for updates in one month intervals over the course of 3 months and was ignored or given highly unsatisfactory responses. The version of the game when the vulnerability was reported was 1.6.2, the game is now on version 1.8.3. Mojang attempted to implement a fix for this problem, however they did not test their fix against the proof of concept provided, which still crashed the server. This problem has been patched as of minecraft version 1.8.4 Apple worried that Samsung won’t make enough chips for iPhone due to Galaxy S6 success Source 1: linustechtips.com/apple-is-worried-samsung… OP: Victorious Secret Source 2: businessinsider.com/ming-chi-kuo-samsung… sales have exceeded expectations so far according to KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo could hurt Apple’s access to the 14nm A9 processors that Samsung produces for the next generation iPhone worry the Samsung manufacturing unit will prioritize Galaxy range over its orders good news for Samsung after the Galaxy S5 models went into decline shortly after launch upped plans for S6 and S6 Edge for full year by roughly 40% from 35-40 million units to 50-55 million units Apple now looking to move nearly one-third of its A9 orders to TSMC due to Samsung producing for their own devices, and GlobalFoundries experiencing poor results on the next-gen CPU’s production