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[CommanderAlex]

Got the 3x Noctua industrialPPC NF-F12 3000s today. 

[PlayStation 2]

I uh...

I had no idea this got a Greatest Hits release. Suffice to say, I'm adding it to my collection.

One of these days I'll also have myself the extremely uncommon Platinum Family Hits Xbox version of Lights, Camera, Pants! in my collection.

[Vishera]

45 minutes ago, PlayStation 2 said:

I uh...

I had no idea this got a Greatest Hits release. Suffice to say, I'm adding it to my collection.

One of these days I'll also have myself the extremely uncommon Platinum Family Hits Xbox version of Lights, Camera, Pants! in my collection.

Ever since you changed your nickname you only talk about PS2 Spongebob games  

[PlayStation 2]

1 minute ago, Vishera said:

Ever since you changed your nickname you only talk about PS2 Spongebob games  

Just as God intended.

[Imapancake15]

A chick fil a chicken sandwich

 

[AnirbanG007]

I bought a Crucial MX500 @ 500 gigs capacity for my 4 year old laptop. This is the first time I'm getting to experience an SSD, hands-on. And I couldn't believe how much of a difference it made. Feels better than when the laptop was new.

 

[Senzelian]

2TB of 7000MB/s goodness.

It's basically a 2TB 980 Pro that costs only 2/3.

 

[Senzelian]

6 minutes ago, James Evens said:

@Senzelian Thought the same when I bought the 1 TB PM9A1 for effectively 120€.

Not sure why it is so much cheaper as the 5 year warranty and packaging shouldn't cost 66% more.

Gotta turn the question around.
Why shouldn't be the 980 Pro so much more expensive if people buy it anyway?  

 

It's easier for retailers to sell the 980 Pro, simply because of marketing reasons.

[FmPhenom]

Dinner tonight

Flat iron steak seasoned with roaated red garlic and jalapeño rub. 35 lbs of fogo.

 

[PlayStation 2]

Wasn't gonna post this at first, but this was a pretty good deal: Battle for Bikini Bottom and the Movie game from the Happy Squared Pack release of these two.

Now all I need are the regular copies of these... although if some shit happens soon enough, it might come sooner rather than later from @pinksnowbirdie...

[Vishera]

19 minutes ago, PlayStation 2 said:

Wasn't gonna post this at first, but this was a pretty good deal: Battle for Bikini Bottom and the Movie game from the Happy Squared Pack release of these two.

Now all I need are the regular copies of these... although if some shit happens soon enough, it might come sooner rather than later from @pinksnowbirdie...

I am glad to see you enjoying the expansion of your collection

[PlayStation 2]

Just now, Vishera said:

I am glad to see you enjoying the expansion of your collection

To be completely fair, this wasn't really on my radar unless I saw what I wanted for a good price. And indeed, I couldn't say no to this for under $20. 

[WhitetailAni]

PCI SCSI card.

This will do 2 things for me:

1. Tell me whether I have $400 in used electronics or $0 in used electronics

2. Let me install an OS while I wait for my IDe optical drive to arrive

Spoiler

Does anyone know what the 2 trapezoidal ports (one on bracket and one on top) are? I only recognize the 50-pin one because that's all I need.

[NattyKathy]

9 hours ago, ragnarok0273 said:

PCI SCSI card.

This will do 2 things for me:

1. Tell me whether I have $400 in used electronics or $0 in used electronics

2. Let me install an OS while I wait for my IDe optical drive to arrive

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Does anyone know what the 2 trapezoidal ports (one on bracket and one on top) are? I only recognize the 50-pin one because that's all I need.

oh wow, its been awhile since I saw or thought about a 29x0 HBA. The trapezoidal plugs, if they're the 68-pin kind, are for hard drives and stuff. The exact naming and details are lost somewhere in my brain but tl;dr its just a faster connection than the 50-pin ports provide.

 

Edit-I think the 68-pin kind is "UltraWide SCSI", but it can support a bunch of data rates depending on the controller and drives connected, from 40MB/s up to 320MB/s

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, Natty Ice said:

oh wow, its been awhile since I saw or thought about a 29x0 HBA. The trapezoidal plugs, if they're the 68-pin kind, are for hard drives and stuff. The exact naming and details are lost somewhere in my brain but tl;dr its just a faster connection than the 50-pin ports provide.

Probably useless to me, then - unless I find something on Saturday.

Visiting a computer repair store with a bunch of parts that they don't know what to do with.

[Andreas Lilja]

11 hours ago, Vishera said:

I am glad to see you enjoying the expansion of your collection

I'm currently playing Bikini Bottom Rehydrated despite having never watched a single episode, it's a very good platformer.

[NattyKathy]

3 minutes ago, ragnarok0273 said:

Probably useless to me, then - unless I find something on Saturday.

Visiting a computer repair store with a bunch of parts that they don't know what to do with.

yeah if you're using it for an optical drive you'll only need the 50-pin "Wide SCSI" port. I've never personally seen a CDRom with the 68-pin Port. That card should work fine you just won't use every port.

[WhitetailAni]

2 minutes ago, Natty Ice said:

yeah if you're using it for an optical drive you'll only need the 50-pin "Wide SCSI" port. I've never personally seen a CDRom with the 68-pin Port. That card should work fine you just won't use every port.

Optical drive and hard drive (which I won't be using - just making sure it works so I can know if it's a $200 brick or a $0 brick).

[NattyKathy]

3 minutes ago, ragnarok0273 said:

Optical drive and hard drive (which I won't be using - just making sure it works so I can know if it's a $200 brick or a $0 brick).

cool cool. feel free to PM me if you run into SCSI issues!

[Arika]

New Headphone Amp!.

 

 

 

This aint your standard stack

 

 

 

And this isn't exactly an iFixIt kit...but it was only $13. So i think i'll manage

 

[Spotty]

16 hours ago, beerdrunkmonk said:

Case and cables arrived for new Raspberry Pi. Everything works great!

An xbox controller plugged in to a NES. What a time to be alive!

 

4 minutes ago, Arika S said:

And this isn't exactly an iFixIt kit...but it was only $13. So i think i'll manage

Where'd you get that from? I've been meaning to pick up a driver kit with security bits included, but there's no way I'm paying the price to import the US ones (iFixit, etc).

[Arika]

4 minutes ago, Spotty said:

Where'd you get that from? I've been meaning to pick up a driver kit with security bits included, but there's no way I'm paying the price to import the US ones (iFixit, etc).

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/51024/jakemy-106-piece-screwdriver-kit

 

guess i remembered the price wrong but only $25 anyway.

 

EDIT: nope, order history say $13. Must have been on sale

[Spotty]

1 minute ago, Arika S said:

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/51024/jakemy-106-piece-screwdriver-kit

 

guess i remembered the price wrong but only $25 anyway.

 

EDIT: nope, order history say $13. Must have been on sale

Ah, I'm pretty sure I'm still blacklisted from PCCG Oh well I'm sure eBay/Amazon/Bunnings would have something.

[Arika]

Just now, Spotty said:

Ah, I'm pretty sure I'm still blacklisted from PCCG

how did you do that? XD

[FloRolf]

Got this Asus 10gbit Switch and stupidly enough this incompatible 5gbit USB NIC. 

 

I'll have to get another switch sometime later then.... 

 

 

 

Anyways, for 2021 my goal is to donate 10-20% of my "luxury" purchases to some kind of charity. For me luxury is anything that I didn't actually need, like this 10gbit hardware. So this is already about 15-30€ for charity right here, depending on the percentage I chose in the end. 

Let's hope I'm not buying another watch this year lmao. (and I know I will grrr) 

 

If you have any suggestions for charities feel free to message me