Photos Latest Purchases Thread: v2.0

:O WANT!

 

Perhaps if every member puts as much as they can forward, we can buy it!
I'll put 1.1 grand forward.

 

I'll put 53p forward, but being an initial donor, I want the third deck.

 

Busy week!
Rental on on a new house
American style fridge
Acer Aspire 722 netbook
Double bed
memoryfibre mattress
lots and lots of petrol
desks
bedside cabinets

Pictures to come soon in the room thread!

 

I think we've probably skipped a generation - the last ones I've spent any time with are my X-31 and T-43p, both feel like they've been hewn from solid rock. Dunno about the middle ground.

 

Build quality is still excellent compared those of old (I am an IBMer, and have been on both IBM & Lenovo ThinkPads).

I just need a bloody tech refresh, as I'm still on the T400...

 

A big box of Omron microswitches:





For peripheral repairs! First on the hit list? Three Logitech G-series mice. Two G5's and a G7.

Also, a whole mess of these little buggers:



6x6mm body, 5mm deep tactile switches with a 1mm button, 0.5mm of travel and 0.98N operating force. These little guys are for Xbox 360 controller repairs

100 of each. That should keep me going for another little while

 

Some new shoes.

 

Bought quite a bit recently...
KBT Race MX Blue
8 * Bitspower black 1/2" barb
2 * 1/2" 90° rotary barb
EK Supreme LTX cpu block
EK GTX580 block w/ backplate
HLW Lite240 240mm rad
Phobya G-Changer 240mm rad
Scythe Kaze Master fan controller
DDC pump 120mm fan mount
4 * 1850rpm Gentle Typhoon
Faser F1 UV Green
4 * fan splitter cables
UV green tubing
The Ultimate Bourne Collection Blu-ray

My first go at watercooling and nothing exploded, so I'd call it a job well done.

 

Twelve Bitspower 7/8" ID silver compression fittings from the marketplace - my S775 server is getting the Danger Den hi-flow barbs and hose clips replaced, and the coolant changed from 2 year old Feser UV blue (the opaque "won't let the light of the sun through, even if it's actually ON the surface of the sun" stuff) coolant to the newer translucent Feser light blue stuff.

 

Sigma 18-250mm f3.5-6.3 DC OS for Sony



+ Jessops UV Filter

 

In black, 4GB version ( uses a MicroSD card )- just need to pick up some nice Sound Magic PL30 ear bud head phones as the included ones are naturally terrible.

Reason for purchase: Tinnitus...

 

What's an American style fridge?

 

For you, "A fridge".



(Huge fridge, usually vertically divided fridge or fridge/freezer)

 

Something like these.

In the UK and Europe, fridges are usually pretty weedy cold boxes like these. Hence the term "American style fridge" being coined to describe the bigger ones that are divided vertically into fridge/freezer.

We have an integrated vertical fridge/freezer in the kitchen that's 60/40 fridge/freezer, and a large chest freezer in the basement (in my workshop, actually!) for storing larger amounts of frozen food (and buckets of ice).

I believe this is the second time household appliance traditions around the world have come up on bit-tech Still, it's interesting that the words "American fridge" which is a normal everyday phrase here sparked a question from an actual American

 

I can say that I've learned something today! Those "undercounter fridges" would almost be called "mini-fridges" here, it's hard to find them outside a dorm or hotel room.

 

Secondhand airsoft M4 - needs a new hop rubber, but aside from that it's good to go

 

Ahh cheers for the explanation Uni! But yeah, vertically divided, freezer on one side, fridge compartment on the other...

 

On sale for 27% off regular price

 

Lian Li PC-Q08 for $50