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[Soul_Est]

Nice ! These are very handy tools for SFF Forum relevant activities. The amount of precision manufacturing these calipers have gone through, it's amazing.

Even more so is the price that I got them for.

 

[C4B12]

My most recent buy, V-Moda Crossfade Wireless, really nice BT headphones.

 

[jØrd]

A massive shout out to the SFFn team for sending this all the way to the bottom of the world. Currently replacing a monitor but once thats out the way i'll be saving for the build this is going into (touch wood).

 

[jeshikat]

Oh good, you received it! I was worried the postman was taken down by drop bears.

 

[jØrd]

Oh good, you received it! I was worried the postman was taken down by drop bears.

Lucky for me it was less drop bears and more public holidays that took down the postman.

 

[Phuncz]

Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite, because the WRT54G had difficulty the last time we used it for our LAN-party (20-30 people).
And also to learn more about routers for my job and curiosity.

Always handy for a server build, considering their usefulness and price.

 

[jtd871]

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/lanwan-reviews/32012-first-look-ubiquiti-edgerouter-lite

In case you needed the resource, @Phuncz .

 

[jeshikat]

That USB 3.0 adapter could definitely come in handy but considering how difficult it is to unplug normal USB 3.0 cables from the motherboard sometimes I'd be worried about snapping it off at the solder points.

 

[Phuncz]

I'd be worried about snapping it off at the solder points.

The solder joints seem to be well made, I'm not worried:

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/lanwan-reviews/32012-first-look-ubiquiti-edgerouter-lite

In case you needed the resource, @Phuncz .

Thanks @jtd871 I'm following smallnetbuilder.com daily. That review is 3 years old though, so I can believe that when it first appeared, it was quite rough around the edges I'll soon figure out if it's still a vague, undocumented mess, but before I bought this I read very positive reviews about it. Considering I didn't want a consumer-level router (even with DD-WRT), this and Mikrotik were the obvious choices. But the latter one seemed to be less favored for my purposes.

 

[jtd871]

I assume your (like mine, venerable) WRT54G was overwhelmed by the wireless connections during your party?

 

[Phuncz]

Nope, it just overheated because some people had 250+ TCP/IP connections to the internet going on. As soon as we detached the modem, it just worked like nothing was wrong. I'm going to set a firewall up blocking all non-HTTP and mail traffic and rate limits per user next time.

 

[EdZ]

If they go over their limits, feed them the upside-down-ternet.

 

[QinX]

I had the same problem with my old router, some linksys firstgen 300n router.
Rocking a Netgear R7000 now.

 

[CC Ricers]

I haven't bought anything with it (yet) but when I was buying an eBay card from Gyft I somehow forgot that I already had a $30 Amazon gift card waiting to be redeemed o_o. Double the prizes.

EDIT: Spent some of it on the following. Still in the mail so stock photos only.

ATtiny85 Microcontroller development board. They call it a dev board but it's small enough for any installation. This one's going in my custom SFF case. Dirt cheap too, I can get a dozen of these for under $40.

1.12" monochrome OLED display with I2C interface. One of these can hook up to the ATtiny board but in the meantime it will be with Arduino.

 

[confusis]

2010 VW Golf Variant (wagon) 1.6 TDI DSG7. Good value thanks to VW being cheats. This thing will still cost me an arm and a leg though.

 

[Phuncz]

A second-hand reference Radeon 290X with an Arctic Accelero Xtreme IV. But wait, isn't that the same combo you already have, clearly visible in the background ? Yes, yes it is. #wheresthecerberus

 

[GuilleAcoustic]

A second-hand reference Radeon 290X with an Arctic Accelero Xtreme IV. But wait, isn't that the same combo you already have, clearly visible in the background ? Yes, yes it is. #wheresthecerberus

Impressive ! How much does it weight ?

 

[jeshikat]

But wait, isn't that the same combo you already have, clearly visible in the background ? Yes, yes it is. #wheresthecerberus

So would you switch back to the stock fans to get them both in there?

 

[Phuncz]

Impressive ! How much does it weight ?

About 2kg according to the shipping label

So would you switch back to the stock fans to get them both in there?

Oh there won't be any stock fanning going on, I'm well aware it won't fit like this either Hopefully soon I'll have more to show what I'm planning.

 

[Phuncz]

Reinforcements have arrived.
New construction options.
Pioewww --- Low power.

10 heatpipes, 6mm by 220mm

Copper pipe bender, for 6, 8 and 10mm (hmm wonder what it's for)

Hundred 8P8C connectors with insert, I'm sorry about the waste: every connector has it's own zip-lock bag...

Spoiler: Bonus 8P8C photos