Photos Latest Purchases Thread: v2.0

Sorry,no. It's just a generic 3U server case. This one, in fact -> linky
The only mods I've made are to reverse the central fan mountings to give more room for cabling, and to fit quieter fans (some old Sharkoon Silent Eagles I had lying around).
Next job is to install Ubuntu Server with ZFS & build the disc array.

 

well the wages have taken some what a pounding this week


HPI Baja 5B 2.0 ,
Got it for a really good price and has loads of potential to machine some hop ups for it .

 

Very nice, im fond of a bit of rc now and then, not too much 1/5th scale, more a fan of 1/8th nitro/brushless, buggys and truggys

 

The sales blurb has me sold:

"In under 30 seconds you'll have a spiffingly delectable cup of steamingly wondrous coffee."

 

Not exactly a purchase, but a tipple of Dumyat 40 year malt. My god, what a fantastic weekend in Scotland!

 

Wow, congrats! I wish I still had my old Baja, but it wasn't getting used enough so I sold it and got into heli's and 1/10th electric instead. Now I'm considering selling the heli's and getting my first multi copter

I still need to put £450 of electronics into my Associated TC6.1. That might happen this year, might not.

Health to enjoy - make sure you keep us updated on any upgrades in the nitro thread

 

PowerEdge 11G R210 x2

 

Went with ZFS RAIDZ2 which takes 2 drives for parity, so my server formatted to 43.5TB for data.
Now to fill it.

 

2x Dell U2412M As Recommended. Can't Wait!

 

You will like them trust me. Took me a long time to leave Samsung screens but my little 23's suit me just fine. Try and get the arms for them makes life so much easier.

 

I want them to be better or on par with my U2207WFP. Its got a great screen just the resolution is suffering.

 

saw one of these in a dangerden YouTube vid and decided I had to have it. nifty but think the mrs might get more use out of it then me when she's roasting stuff

 

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After having two tasting sessions over the weekend (there are two evenings availabler, after all ) I come to the following conclusion:

The RZ Centenario is indeed a very nice rum, yet I almost find it a little bit too far on the smokey side. Amazing colour, typical RZ taste, quite strong, "burns" when running down your throat, slightly less smooth than the standard 15yo RZ.

The Botucal (formerly Diplomatico) is one of (if not THE) nicest rum I have ever had the pleasure of trying. There are so many rums or whiskies telling you what you will be able to taste in a sip (vanilla, honey, oak, [random fruit], ...) but most of the time it is just a slight hint of the advertised taste you will actually find. Not with the Botucal Reserva Exclusiva!
Immediately after feeling the liquid touch your lips your nostrils and taste buds are bound to experience an amazing and remarkebly strong taste of honey. Extremely smooth and oh so sweet. If you then proceed to keep it in your mouth to fully experience the taste, the rum will essentially develop an almost cream-like feeling and will leave a mind-blowing aftertaste of honey with a hint of smoke behind.

I am, as you may have guessed by now, absolutely blown away by this rum and I will make sure I will never be without a bottle of it in the house as there simply is no better digestif I can think of at the moment. I simply cannot wait for the summer, when I will be able to enjoy this with a nice South American or Cuban cigar in the garden watching the sun go down.

Quality of life? That is it, no questions asked.

 

Sorry for double post, but as apparently nobody else has anything to say...

Ordered this stuff yesterday/this morning:

These beauties:

Additionally with the cables and pads seen here:


To drive them:



Books pre-ordered:



Plus some graters & a new knife for the girlfriend. Cooking is fun.

 

Picked up a Pelican S100 sport elite laptop backpack a couple of weeks ago and it's a fantastic piece of kit for carting a macbook pro and an ipad about without worrying about them getting damaged.

It also makes dragging them out at airport security far less hassle, I can't recommend it highly enough if you're after a new laptop rucksack.

http://www.peliproducts.co.uk/backpacks/s100.html

 

Haven't paid for it yet (waiting for some bank stuff to be sorted - shouldn't be much longer), but I already got 1,000 NAD discount on my secret project... *happyme*

 

£120 on some new Oakley Straight Jacket Sunglasses



£700 on a new wardrobe of clothes for my Holiday.

 

£35 on some new balance 790 V2's from sports direct to allow me to get off the bike in the gym and onto the treadmill/crosstrainer/rowing machine - the merrell intercept gtx's I was wearing aren't the right type of trainer for the gym really .......

 

2* Turbosound TCX-12
1* Peavey PV-1500

So far I have no idea why, but damn are they loud.

 

These will be winging their ways to me later this week:

Corsair Vengeance 2000 Wireless 7.1 Headset

&

EVGA GeForce 670 Superclocked 4Gb


I feel this could be a long week while I wait for these...