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

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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.


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

jeshikat

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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.
 

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I'd be worried about snapping it off at the solder points.
The solder joints seem to be well made, I'm not worried:

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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.
 

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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.
 
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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.

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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.

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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.
 
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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
 

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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?
 

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

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10 heatpipes, 6mm by 220mm

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

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

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