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[Drak3]

I gots stuffs.

 

 

 

 

 

And for the record. Only thing better about that trackpad over the Surface Pro 4's type cover track pad is the size. Otherwise, they're on par with each other.

 

[kaiju_wars]

I went to Micro Center while in Dallas.

I actually only paid $89 for the 550, as it was on sale.

The battery was something a friend had me buy to fix his laptop, he gave me the money for it.  I was able to replace the 64GB flash drive that was stolen at college, and replace the Windows 10 installer USB that died.

I got a PS2 keyboard just to splice the cable and fix the old mechanical one I found at work.

They had 128GB flash drives for $30 and 2TB 3.5" hard drives for $44.  I wish I also bought one of the hard drives.

[Real_PhillBert]

A few things to get my new house up and running:

 

 

 

 

[Evolution.]

Stuff https://imgur.com/a/bQME6

[Maxpphire]

 

Another Model Kit.

[Sousuke]

Just got myself a new server, had one a long time ago for home use just to make stuff easier for overnight use as I want a machine to stay online 24/7 365.

 

Didn't want anything super beefy or anything like that so got a Dell PowerEdge T110, its only an entry level server but its perfect for what I want to do with it! 

 

Specs:

Intel Core i3 540 Dual Core (Quad Thread) @ 3.06Ghz

2GB of DDR3 1366Mhz Memory (May up this to 4-10 GB Depending on its use case)

500GB Hard Drive (Didn't come with one but I keep all my files on a NAS anyway)

Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard (Licences are cheap and 2016 Wouldn't install for some odd reason).

 

All of this WITH the licence only cost me £70 Delivered, Massive bargain for server grade equipment and its small enough to put anywhere!

[flibberdipper]

39 minutes ago, Sousuke said:

Just got myself a new server, had one a long time ago for home use just to make stuff easier for overnight use as I want a machine to stay online 24/7 365.

 

Didn't want anything super beefy or anything like that so got a Dell PowerEdge T110, its only an entry level server but its perfect for what I want to do with it! 

 

Specs:

Intel Core i3 540 Dual Core (Quad Thread) @ 3.06Ghz

2GB of DDR3 1366Mhz Memory (May up this to 4-10 GB Depending on its use case)

500GB Hard Drive (Didn't come with one but I keep all my files on a NAS anyway)

Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard (Licences are cheap and 2016 Wouldn't install for some odd reason).

 

All of this WITH the licence only cost me £70 Delivered, Massive bargain for server grade equipment and its small enough to put anywhere!

ngl that thing looks kinda cool

[Sousuke]

5 hours ago, tmcclelland455 said:

ngl that thing looks kinda cool

Yea looks awesome, bet most people who buy these just chuck it in the corner somewhere. Mine is . Wish it was silent would have it in my room then!

[Timbs]

I bought pot

 

Hopefully this won't get me in trouble.

[Droidbot]

1 minute ago, a e s t h e t i c a s said:

I bought pot

 

Hopefully this won't get me in trouble.

I love how it's in one of those accessory bags that you get with like PSUs and GPUs. 

 

You rolling it or using a bong?

[Nosfy]

[Timbs]

1 hour ago, Droidbot said:

I love how it's in one of those accessory bags that you get with like PSUs and GPUs. 

 

You rolling it or using a bong?

I use a can. I'm very new to it, and have only gotten fucked up like, twice. Yesterday, and the day before that. First time I smoked was 4/20 this year. Very funny story, I'll tell you it if you want.

[iDeFecZx]

the sticker

[Automobili3XF]

I got a TP-Link TL-SG1016 switch, 305 meters of CAT6 cables, 100 Ubiquiti RJ45 jacks and some different RAM modules for my pfSense machine (that is going to be my mom's PC for the next 2 or 3 months).

[GamerDude]

Just got my Z5P brushed metal case, looks great! And feels great in my hand as well!!

 

Minor 'assembly' required....

 

Shot of my Z5P with case, nice touch with the 'Sony' moniker showing at the back...

 

Only one design flaw I can find, and that is.....due to  the metal bumper, the fingerprint reader is quite recessed, making the fingerprint scanner a tad hard to reach.....leading to my requiring more tries to get my fingerprints read.

 

Also, note the corners, there are holes where there are supposed to be rubber anti-shock pads, upon seeing this, I immediately messaged the seller and she replied almost immediately, asking me to furnish some pics. I sent her a couple of pics and she acknowledged the oversight, she'll be shipping me a brand new replacement case tomorrow. I was so pleased with such after sale service that I also ordered a similar case for my LG G6. Never thought the sellers at Aliexpress could be so amicable and so forthcoming with a replacement......that's damn good service!

[iamdarkyoshi]

9 minutes ago, GamerDude said:

-snip-

Do they make one for the asus zenfone 3 zoom?

[GamerDude]

1 hour ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

Do they make one for the asus zenfone 3 zoom?

I think they do, just go to the AliExpress website and search for 'Zenfone 3 zoom metal case'....there a mind numbing number of such cases and sellers.

[D13H4RD]

Not exactly fresh since it's nearly 2 weeks old, but the extra RAM inside is just nearly a week old and the dock/cooling pad it's on is only a few days old.

 

ASUS RoG STRIX GL502VM - Intel Core i7 7700HQ, GTX 1060 6GB, 16GB DDR4-2133, 128GB SanDisk M.2 SATA SSD + 1TB 7200RPM Hitachi HDD + 1080p 60Hz IPS display with G-SYNC.

 

The extra RAM is a G-Skill Ripjaws 8GB module of 2133MHz DDR4 and the dock/cooling pad is a Cooler Master Notepal U3.

[TheMcSame]

5 hours ago, iDeFecZx said:

the sticker

Got curious and checked the MOT history... Damn thing looks like it's a money sink with all those advisories and failures.

OT:

 

[iDeFecZx]

2 hours ago, TheMcSame said:

Got curious and checked the MOT history... Damn thing looks like it's a money sink with all those advisories and failures.

OT:

 

 

It gets better

She's got an ABS light on atm

Other than that shes mechanically sound

[D13H4RD]

6 minutes ago, Kumaresh said:

Holy shit. I just purchased this exact same model of laptop around 10 days back. How is it in terms of thermals and battery life ?

Battery life is bad in comparison to other laptops which pack more efficient components. 2-3 hours in frugal mode. It's not unexpected but also somewhat disappointing.

 

Thermals, however, are solid. Averaged 77 degrees on the CPU and 68 degrees on the GPU in GTA V.

[handymanshandle]

Well, today I spent a little more than what I wanted to. $189 in total. $96 to pay my old Galaxy S6 off. And then $93 between taxes and a $25 Modal case.

You can see my S6 kinda. It's not a bad phone, but I was ready for something better.

 

S8+ by the way.

[MoonlightSylv]

Building a budget ($400) PC for my friend, also getting a GTX 960 G1 Gaming on Craigslist for $110.

[flibberdipper]

6 hours ago, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

Battery life is bad in comparison to other laptops which pack more efficient components. 2-3 hours in frugal mode. It's not unexpected but also somewhat disappointing.

 

Thermals, however, are solid. Averaged 77 degrees on the CPU and 68 degrees on the GPU in GTA V.

And yet both of these are better than my ol Latitude E4310. ~10-15 minute battery life and mid-80's CPU load (i5 M580 that turbos to almost 3.5GHz gets toasty as fuck with this dinky heatsink lel).

 

One of these decades I'll spend money to get a new battery for it since the one I had from my E4300 doesn't fit for whatever bloody reason.

 

 

EDIT: Kinda on topic is that my dad bought an apparently brand new 7570 1GB low-profile for the beater HP I have in my sig to play older games on.

[D13H4RD]

2 hours ago, tmcclelland455 said:

And yet both of these are better than my ol Latitude E4310. ~10-15 minute battery life and mid-80's CPU load (i5 M580 that turbos to almost 3.5GHz gets toasty as fuck with this dinky heatsink lel).

Haha.

 

But I think what amazes me about the ASUS (and the current gaming laptops in general) is how we’re getting closer to desktop-levels of performance while also reducing its overall size.

 

It wasn’t too long ago where gaming laptops were huge bricks and their GPUs only provided somewhere around 40% of the performance of their desktop counterparts.