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[The Pook]

8 minutes ago, Slaughtahouse said:

I've always just gone with batteries with the better "cold crank amps" rating.

 

good method if they weren't all dirty lying cheats 

[Slaughtahouse]

16 minutes ago, The Pook said:

 

good method if they weren't all dirty lying cheats 

 

I hear ya. Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if I’ve been scammed all these years

 

[Sir Beregond]

2 hours ago, The Pook said:

 

My battery died too when it dropped to the single digits here 

 

15% off coupon for Walmart.com if you have a Wells Fargo CC and/or checkings account:

 

 

After the coupon it ended up being the cheapest to any other comparable battery by about ~$50. 

 

kinda old (2020) but:

 

 

 

Basically what I have now. An Interstate battery from Costco. But I think they reduced their warranty on it, so not as nice a deal as it was back then.

 

39 minutes ago, Slaughtahouse said:

 

Never knew car batteries had such a lane. I've always just gone with batteries with the better "cold crank amps" rating. Been in a situation too many times where its -20C and welp, battery is out of juice. 

 

 

Yeah that was the issue I ran into last week. It was -24F with wind chill and car was like nope, meanwhile everyone else in the complex seemed to be able to start their cars. So thinking mine is just too old at this point.

[J7SC_Orion]

...Teamgroup DDR5 8200 delivery posted earlier was borked by Amazon....might be a good thing because someone else had a similar Teamgroup DDR5 delivery from Amazon with the sticks loose in a single clear plastic bag (one stick DOA). I instead ordered the one below from another retailer...

 

[kaliz]

 trying my luck with a 6400C32 G.skill 2x24GB kit tomorrow!

[kaliz]

did not expect to run it at 9000 with 16GB of it dedicated to the iGPU ! Amazing stuff man this Hynix M-die and its only at 1,5 volt

 

17 hours ago, kaliz said:

 trying my luck with a 6400C32 G.skill 2x24GB kit tomorrow!

 

[Fluxmaven]

So I was in the market for a smaller set of studio monitors for my bedroom. Currently using an old tired set of Behringer Truth B2031A just because we had them laying around. They are a little too big for the space and having unshielded internals, they occasionally pick up AM radio lol.  So I was thinking about getting a set of Yamaha HS5's...

 

And yet I ended up buying a pair of Adam Audio T7V's 

 

I might run these in the office and move my JBL 306P MkII upstairs

 

[Fluxmaven]

Noticed eBay motors had a 10% off coupon. Picked up a new set of IRS braces and a lightly used track handling suspension kit for half of what just the track kit goes for new. 

 

[Andrew]

Internet contract expired. Was on 500Mbps, now on this for £10/month cheaper.

 

[iamjanco]

On 05/02/2024 at 15:13, kaliz said:

did not expect to run it at 9000 with 16GB of it dedicated to the iGPU ! Amazing stuff man this Hynix M-die and its only at 1,5 volt

 

 

 

...looks like my ekg 

 

[tictoc]

Upgrade time. 

 

[GanjaSMK]

Ooooooh I finally have something to post:

 

 

I don't know if I'm going to kick myself in two years having gone with this over the 7900XTX, but because it was same price point ($999 msrp, man am I a dunce), I figured the RT and otehr features (productivity etc, encoding) was worth it now.  Plus I couldn't find an available 4090 at the $1500 mark so.... pretty impressed with this going from a 6800XT that was massively clocked. 

 

 

[Slaughtahouse]

On 18/03/2024 at 17:20, GanjaSMK said:

Ooooooh I finally have something to post:

 

 

I don't know if I'm going to kick myself in two years having gone with this over the 7900XTX, but because it was same price point ($999 msrp, man am I a dunce), I figured the RT and otehr features (productivity etc, encoding) was worth it now.  Plus I couldn't find an available 4090 at the $1500 mark so.... pretty impressed with this going from a 6800XT that was massively clocked. 

 

 

Honestly, I think its the better call. They trade blows in many titles and anything RT, 4080 will peel away. If the 4080 was priced that way at launch, I would of went for it over the 7900 XTX. 

[J7SC_Orion]

...light server setup for proof of concept; 128 GB (4x 32) GSkill Ripjaws 3600 plus assorted WD NVMEs and SSDs. 2x 64 GB thumb drives for $11 per packet  

 

[Andrew]

5x sweat pants. Pretty big savings at the moment and I need some.

 

[The Pook]

36 minutes ago, Andrew said:

5x sweat pants.

 

 

[speed_demon]

Final Fantasy VII on steam is on sale for $4.79 so I bought it for some nostalgia fueled gaming.

 

[Andrew]

On 20/03/2024 at 22:38, Andrew said:

5x sweat pants. Pretty big savings at the moment and I need some.

 

I'm annoyed at this now.

 

I selected store pickup for £4.99 thinking I could go get it next day instead of having to pay £12 for next day home delivery. Turns out, £4.99 store pick up takes 7 days. You know what else takes 7 days? The £4.99 home delivery. It didn't tell me this until after I bought them, and I can't cancel the order. To cancel the order, I have to wait until I have the package, then take it into a store for a refund.

 

I paid £4.99 to inconvenience myself.

 

[speed_demon]

The way I look at it is now you know for future reference. That was the cost of the knowledge. Still kinda sucks but at least you'll have some comfy sweat pants to wear when they arrive.

[GanjaSMK]

1 hour ago, speed_demon said:

Final Fantasy VII on steam is on sale for $4.79 so I bought it for some nostalgia fueled gaming.

 

 

Have you or are you gonna get the new remaster? Any good? 

[speed_demon]

4 minutes ago, GanjaSMK said:

 

Have you or are you gonna get the new remaster? Any good? 

I do plan to get the remaster after this one. All of my buddies are raving over it figured i'd see what they're so excited about next. The trailer for it looks pretty darn good too.

 

 

[GanjaSMK]

I had NOT seen that. WOW that does look dope. 

 

Ooh lucky me I get paid today... LOL 

[Fluxmaven]

Since the magical internet money has been up lately and Newegg takes bitpay, I have been buying some random stuff.

 

 

I'd have rather just had the $7 off my $250 RAM kit, but sure throw in a microSD card I don't need instead 

 

 

3x 10TB drives for $70 a pop seemed like a good  deal to add a storage pool in my backup NAS.

 

 

Been wanting to upgrade the old 1000w G2 on the test bench. The white cables should make it more obvious when I've got things on the verge of bursting into flames. 

[iamjanco]

I decided to pick up some stuff that should allow me to make a video of the total eclipse on April 8th; needed some eclipse rated protective glasses, an ND5 filter (100000x +16.5 Stop) rated for solar, and an adapter ring for the filter (105mm-112mm Magnetic Step Up Ring Filter Adapter; allows me to mount the filter on my 150-600mm Sigma Sport OS). 

 

My location is scheduled to be in the path of totality for ~2 minutes; and if the weather holds up, I should be able to shoot the video from my balcony.

 

 

Edited March 29 by iamjanco

[Memmento Mori]

used but all together for 75 usd

 

 

3 x 180 mm fans for 12 usd

Edited March 30 by Memmento Mori