What is your "tech appetite" ?

[Canada EH]

I had an urge to buy something techy. But I waited and waited and waited. I knew what I was eye'ing wouldn't satisfy my tech appetite.

However the tech gods aligned and I found a little something something. I learned much along the way.

I got an old PC on the cheap that I can fuck around with.

I am now tech satiated with my newest purchase. I wont be "satiated" for long. I got on the horizon an Android TV box, most likely a NVIDIA SHIELD. Then for Christmas probably one of those Apple watches.

 

[kelvinhall05]

really wanna build a pc, but my parents wont buy my parts (soon anyways)

[gtx1060=value]

18 minutes ago, Canada EH said:

I had an urge to buy something techy. But I waited and waited and waited. I knew what I was eye'ing wouldn't satisfy my tech appetite.

However the tech gods aligned and I found a little something something. I learned much along the way.

I got an old PC on the cheap that I can fuck around with.

I am now tech satiated with my newest purchase. I wont be "satiated" for long. I got on the horizon an Android TV box, most likely a NVIDIA SHIELD. Then for Christmas probably one of those Apple watches.

 

you mean a kit kat bar, a dozen apples and if you're lucky, a foam shield from dollarama considering how bad the canadian dollar is doing. Everyday oil drops, we take a hit. 

[Railgun]

9 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

really wanna build a pc, but my parents wont buy my parts (soon anyways)

Go mow lawns in your neighborhood for money. That's how all my friend and I acquired the money for our computers

[kelvinhall05]

12 minutes ago, Railgun said:

Go mow lawns in your neighborhood for money. That's how all my friend and I acquired the money for our computers

 

mmm...idk. my parents probably wont let me. did i mention im only 11?

[Katsunaka]

I get the urge alot. The worst part is having the money to buy it and then trying harder than heck not too.

 

At this point my tech appetite is more of a person who's never ate in their life seeing a buffet. Sometimes I manage ok, and hold back, and other times I manage and research something and often times either find some reason not to buy it or find the gasoline for the fire of wanting to buy it.

 

I could be called a hoarder, but to me it's all special and sentimental. I don't want to get rid of any of my boxes, or Asus branded tiny plastic bags.

[CptLameJokes]

11 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

mmm...idk. my parents probably wont let me. did i mention im only 11?

Pretty impressive knowledge for a 11 years old. I remember my first complete build when I was 13. I was mostly clueless about building a PC. I was so excited about it that I spent all night building it... Wait a few year you make it.

58 minutes ago, Canada EH said:

I got an old PC on the cheap that I can fuck around with.

That's why I made friends with someone who works at a computer repaire shop. You won't make a dead computer any worse and if you make them work again, good... great... fun. It's better than making friend with a med grad because that doesn't happen with human body. At least I hope it doesn't happen.

[kelvinhall05]

2 minutes ago, CptLameJokes said:

Pretty impressive knowledge for a 11 years old. I remember my first complete build when I was 13. I was mostly clueless about building a PC. I was so excited about it that I spent all night building it... Wait a few year you make it.

That's why I made friends with someone who works at a computer repaire shop. You won't make a dead computer any worse and if you make them work again, good... great... fun. It's better than making friend with a med grad because that doesn't happen with human body. At least I hope it doesn't happen.

 

i might be going to a computer shop this sunday maybe they have cheap pc i can mess with.

[Space Reptile]

every morning a bowl of Pentium 4´s as a part of a healthy breakfast

 

nah i scoop ebay and craigslist almost every day , looking for low prices on stuff like 780´s or 290´s 

[CptLameJokes]

2 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

i might be going to a computer shop this sunday maybe they have cheap pc i can mess with.

Where I was, they got a lot dead laptops/ old PCs for spare parts, they are dirt cheap. Best of luck to you then!

[kelvinhall05]

15 minutes ago, CptLameJokes said:

Where I was, they got a lot dead laptops/ old PCs for spare parts, they are dirt cheap. Best of luck to you then!

Thank you! May make a video if I find anything. The shop is called Falcon Computers in Laramie, Wyoming.

[PlayStation 2]

Does buying shit in Team Fortress 2 count

[MajorGoob]

1 hour ago, kelvinhall05 said:

mmm...idk. my parents probably wont let me. did i mention im only 11?

I mow lawns and made enough to buy my PC in just a couple months. Pick a neighbourhood with an older group of people and its likely you will find quite a few people. Work hard, be polite, and listen carefully to what they say to do and they will probably want you back to mow again. My grandparents neighborhood is old enough that 80 percent of the people are probably older than 50. You have to find that perfect neighborhood. Around 25 years old is the best. Still fairly nice houses and all is better. An HOA also ups the likelyhood that you can get regular customers. Good luck!

[kaiju_wars]

Got my a Logitech G602 for a good price, and I'm build my super budget build.  That's been helping my tech appetite as I've been wanting to build something.  I'm waiting for a few more parts to get in so I can finish it, but ooh.  It feels good. 

[steezemageeze]

I've been reallllly wanting to get a Raspberry Pi to play around with, and I've really been wanting to do some upgrades to my rig (minor stuff, new cooler, second stick or RAM, & an SSD) but I've been trying to save money for other things until I can get a job (I'm 16). My first paycheck will definitely go towards on of those two.

[ttoks]

basically having a phone i can browse the web on (rocking an OPPO R7sf atm, good value for money phone actually) and gaming, I really want to play my games at 4k and 120 hz, so patiently waiting for a single GPU that can drive games at 4k and those refresh rates, and 4k display's with 120 hz.

[haloharry97]

 I have been eyeing the psp vita, you can now run homebrew on it, but it was just patched by Sony to stop that, so for the last few days I have been all over my county (Lincolnshire) to look for a Fu**** psp vita with out any scratches 1st gen with ver 3.60 or less, So i can feed my tech appetite, after looking I FOND one at cex.