Things you recently bought or got

the_randomizer · Mar 8, 2019

Tom Bombadildo said:
I actually have one of these, and it's probably one of the best keyboards I've used. The mechanical switches feel really nice, without being super loud like a couple other mechanical keyboards I have, there's a good bit of travel in them and the slight concave design of the keys are quite comfortable (though they may take a minute to get used to when you first get it). The RGBs for it are neat, too, look of nice customization options, and the extra macro keys are quite useful if you need them.

As Chary mentioned, we do have some more keyboard reviews coming up soon, one of them being a full RGB membrane keyboard if you want RGB on a budget and don't mind giving up mechanical switches.

What's the model/make of that RGB membrane keyboard if I may ask? I thought about mechanical given that they typically last far longer with keystrokes than membrane ones. I'll look up that model once I find out what you're referring to

Edit: I said screw it, and bought the Logitech Orion Spectrum G910 on Amazon, no regrets

FAST6191 · Mar 9, 2019

Nothing so fun as Depravo's weekend in Europe but something I have been seeking for many years now.

Got myself a variac/autotransformer. Bit of a basic one (no over windings, no centre tap for when I decide I want 500V instead). Still it does what I want, and I was so excited I even crimped and soldered some new terminals on it (as opposed to the stripped but still managed to crush the insulation method favoured when I got it).

Better condition one can be seen http://www.imajeenyus.com/electronics/20120903_small_variacs/index.shtml I had to play with a scalpel to even get the battered labels you see there, mine is also missing the handle and the shaft that holds it on was a bit bent (nothing 10 seconds with a toolmaker's clamp could not fix). That said mine is rated for 550VA where that is rated lower despite being the same part number.
If you are not familiar with the concept

Price. It was in a box of random bits, pumps and motors so I don't think they knew what they had. Said variac, a nice eclipse junior hacksaw frame and a tobacco tin of copper rivets set me back £3 (they are normally a bit more than that).

+the usual tools and books about tools and using tools. Do now have a pretty complete set of metric to a decent size, American fine, and BSW/BSF, all in open and ring forms, also fairly good on BA. Also a few more dial indicators and a couple of boxes of old school (as in not pop) copper rivets..

As for keyboards. Why would I buy a mechanical keyboard if it does not sound like someone is racking a shotgun before the final action scene in a cheesy 80s film?

cracker · Mar 9, 2019

Finally got a WD Blue 3D 1TB for my laptop. My Y70 Touch had an sshd it it that was horribly slow while the rest of the hardware is pretty good. It took the ~10 minutes for things to load and settle on boot down to 10 seconds!

BecomingKakiGamer · Mar 10, 2019

Just received the copy Tales of Vesperia Remaster Perfect Guide bought from Amazon.jp. Still cannot resist owing a thick guidebook that is written in a language I don't understand. Also grab a FFIX Ultimania since it's still in stock and astonished by how thick it is! I guess learning the language could be my goal of the year (in another sense it's also a GOTY to me).

the_randomizer · Mar 10, 2019

Got myself a Logitech G910 Orion Spectrum

Should be here in a couple of days, my first ever mechanical keyboard, and it has a nice sounds too

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GAONOAC

Got me a 128 GB SD card for my camera too

Steel-Winged_Pegasus · Mar 10, 2019

Local convention came around as usual every year, and my niece and I went buckwild for some art... so much art... All Might ain't mine, though, my niece just likes him a lot, lol

jt_1258 · Mar 10, 2019

A fairly moddest laptop ( https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAEYA8GM0932 ) $600 down from its normal price which I think was a nice deal if I do say so myself. I also got a wireless mouse ( https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16826816124 ) alongside it.

Shadow#1 · Mar 10, 2019

BecomingKakiGamer said:
Just received the copy Tales of Vesperia Remaster Perfect Guide bought from Amazon.jp. Still cannot resist owing a thick guidebook that is written in a language I don't understand. Also grab a FFIX Ultimania since it's still in stock and astonished by how thick it is! I guess learning the language could be my goal of the year (in another sense it's also a GOTY to me).

Pics r broken

Deleted User · Mar 10, 2019

I just recived a Notebook from my brother, because he could not do much with it, because there was no Operating System installed (now with Windows 7 SP1 32Bit and microsoft nagging me that i have a illegal Windows 7 copy. Yay!). 150 GB harddrive, Nvidia graphics card with 64MB of Video ram, Intel Centrino Duo processor at 1,66GHZ and 1GB of RAM. It's a Medion md 98000.

dragonblood9999 · Mar 10, 2019

My local pawn shop had a sale on some of their guitars that they had in shop for a while so I decided to buy one.

Its nothing fancy it's just a cheap academy electric guitar, but it was $20. A friend of mine has Rocksmith for PS4 with the cable they no longer uses so he said he'll give it to me.

Ordered on Amazon for the guitar the cheapest stand they had and strap. Also ordered a sampler pack of picks.

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Also bought a new pair of strings for it. Was using an app called Guitar Tuna to tune the guitar and it kept saying the 6th string was too loose to keep tightening it, well it broke so I need to buy new strings. I figured out what was wrong with the app and managed to correctly tune the rest of the strings.

the_randomizer · Mar 12, 2019

cracker said:
Finally got a WD Blue 3D 1TB for my laptop. My Y70 Touch had an sshd it it that was horribly slow while the rest of the hardware is pretty good. It took the ~10 minutes for things to load and settle on boot down to 10 seconds!

Western Digital, an excellent choice indeed

Hayato213 · Mar 12, 2019

Bought one of these.

Mythical · Mar 12, 2019

Bought a 40ft long ethernet cable for my laptops (for a cloud gaming service, oddly enough I don't really need it but I get an occasional stutter (once an hour or so))

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dragonblood9999 said:
My local pawn shop had a sale on some of their guitars that they had in shop for a while so I decided to buy one.

Its nothing fancy it's just a cheap academy electric guitar, but it was $20. A friend of mine has Rocksmith for PS4 with the cable they no longer uses so he said he'll give it to me.

Ordered on Amazon for the guitar the cheapest stand they had and strap. Also ordered a sampler pack of picks.

Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk

Also bought a new pair of strings for it. Was using an app called Guitar Tuna to tune the guitar and it kept saying the 6th string was too loose to keep tightening it, well it broke so I need to buy new strings. I figured out what was wrong with the app and managed to correctly tune the rest of the strings.

high e string is always a bitch. take your time

and prolly by some spares tbh 4/5 times it's gonna be that string that breaks

cracker · Mar 12, 2019

the_randomizer said:
Western Digital, an excellent choice indeed

I can't tell if you are being facetious. It had the right price-point and good reviews so I decided to jump on it. From what I read with user reviews this drive is more reliable than Samsung EVOs and other 'designer' drives. Time will tell.

the_randomizer · Mar 12, 2019

cracker said:
I can't tell if you are being facetious. It had the right price-point and good reviews so I decided to jump on it. From what I read with user reviews this drive is more reliable than Samsung EVOs and other 'designer' drives. Time will tell.

What? Why would I be facetious? I have three WD HDDs in my PC right now.

If you've read my posts, you would know that I advocated for WD over Seagate and Toshiba.

Well this is the second BS accusation today.

Shadow#1 · Mar 12, 2019

Charging [emoji14]

Shadow#1 · Mar 14, 2019

Finally sexy matching Joy-Con straps [emoji14]

Demothene · Mar 14, 2019

I recently bought a Chapman guitar called ml1 modern baritone, a pure one

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DANTENDO · Mar 14, 2019

a nice bargain though I find it so silly why they don't round it off to 2 quid

the_randomizer · Mar 14, 2019

DANTENDO said:
View attachment 160805a nice bargain though I find it so silly why they don't round it off to 2 quid

Even cooler that it spells "Atari" in Japanese characters

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