Year end festivities, What are you buying?

[confusis]

As posted on our Facebook page, what are you planning on buying for family, friends or yourself for the festive season?

Me up first - my children will be getting a bicycle each, and some smaller, much cheaper toys. For family it will be snacks, because we all love snacks!

For myself - well that would be telling!

 

[Phuncz]

I have no clue what to get my family and my own running wishlist (can also be a festivities list) is filled with things ranging from a Nintendo Classic Mini up to a DJI Mavic Pro. But we limited gifts to around € 30 a person because it was getting out of hand, we would basically buy the gifts we wanted but couldn't or didn't want to pay instead of getting something thoughtful, what it should be all about.

But yeah, I've been coming up empty.

 

[jØrd]

meh, the festivus season comes right on the heals of my birthday so I have a little cash to throw down on something for myself. Currently considering between a Pocket CHIP a 10" display pannel or maybe an Outernet kit, or maybe none of the above, nfi but thats whats on my watch list for the time being.

 

[LocoMoto]

Considering getting an SSD for my brother and some printed shots of the family (My brother, me, the dog and my grandparents) for.. well.. my grandparents!
Still wondering what to get for the dog, she ain't picky but man is she special and deserving of something special!

 

[IntoxicatedPuma]

I already bought a lot of stuff on11/11 sale. My girlfriend just bought a house and we need to do the flooring and walls so probably nothing more for me in the next year. I am planning on getting a car (Honda fit or Geely GS) so if I can fit that into my budget I will be out of money after that.

 

[Ceros_X]

Buying another 8tb drive for me. Should a got it during Black Friday.

 

[GuilleAcoustic]

Its been a pretty shitty year, so I decided to do myself a favor. In my quest of the perfect SFF workstation, I'll get an Akai PRO MPK mini MKII. This is a 25 keys MIDI keyboard, with velocity sensitive keys and pads.

 

[Soul_Est]

This past year, while gentler than last year, still hit me hard. I got myself a Japanese phrasebook. My siblings and close friends will get either items or money, my parents will get lottery ticket bundles, and my grandparents will get cards. 2017 will be a better year.

 

[3lfk1ng]

This year hit me hard as well, trying to start a new business has really taken its toll.
I made roughly 1/2 as much this year as I did last year but should this new business succeed, I will be in a much better place next year.

Even so, my wife and I managed to set aside enough funds to buy some hardware before the end of year.
1x 1TB Samsung T3 SFF SSD (USB 3.1) -in hand
1x SilverStone SFX800 -awaiting availability
1x Sony a6500 w/ 50mm lens -awaiting arrival

All my closest friends will get a Steam game from their wishlist.
All my closest family will get a phonecall, haha.

 

[Phuncz]

Sooo, what did we get ?

I got all that I needed:

The 1988 feels are there ! No input lag, pixels right where they need to be, all in ultra crisp low res with bleep bloop bleep sound. <3

 

[QinX]

No gifts for myself this year, other than the prospect of getting the business running well in under a year and handing ourselves a small bonus for it.
I gave my business partner 5-port USB charger that he really needed, he's got 4 kids and they have sooooooo many chargeable devices. He was really happy with it.

Next year I'm hoping to go a little more all out on Christmas, with a proper tree and decorations. I have nothing this year :S

 

[jtd871]

No gifts for myself this year, other than the prospect of getting the business running well in under a year and handing ourselves a small bonus for it.
I gave my business partner 5-port USB charger that he really needed, he's got 4 kids and they have sooooooo many chargeable devices. He was really happy with it.

Next year I'm hoping to go a little more all out on Christmas, with a proper tree and decorations. I have nothing this year :S

Here's to 2017 surpassing your expectations in the best ways, @QinX !

 

[Soul_Est]

Either a Turcom TS-6580 or Huion 1060 Plus pen tablet.

 

[Therandomness]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/YWJ7M8
Hopefully going to buy today, and should allow me to finally start my 2.4 litre PC project c: (Those optional things are for if I want to put an R9 Nano or RX 490 Nano or whatever in it). T̶h̶e̶ ̶1̶2̶0̶W̶ ̶p̶o̶w̶e̶r̶ ̶b̶r̶i̶c̶k̶ ̶s̶h̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶e̶n̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶a̶ ̶6̶6̶0̶0̶k̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶7̶5̶0̶T̶i̶,̶ ̶n̶o̶?̶ ̶I̶ ̶m̶e̶a̶n̶,̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶m̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶p̶u̶s̶h̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶h̶a̶r̶d̶,̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶I̶'̶l̶l̶ ̶u̶n̶d̶e̶r̶v̶o̶l̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶7̶5̶0̶T̶i̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶h̶o̶p̶e̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶e̶s̶t̶ ̶c̶: Well nevermind, wattmeter saying around 130W under load but that's with a 4790 at 4GHz... I hope it's enough

 

[Kmpkt]

In my experience pushing a DC brick that tightly isn't a good idea. I blew a 150W razer brick running 4790T and 1050ti. Never saw my Kill a watt go over 125W at any point. Thing is, most AC -DC bricks count on a laptop battery to smooth out spikes which we don't have in these builds. Good luck though!

 

[Therandomness]

In my experience pushing a DC brick that tightly isn't a good idea. I blew a 150W razer brick running 4790T and 1050ti. Never saw my Kill a watt go over 125W at any point. Thing is, most AC -DC bricks count on a laptop battery to smooth out spikes which we don't have in these builds. Good luck though!

Well, I actually managed to find a 19V, 9.5A (so 180W) brick, so I should be fine with that

 

[IntoxicatedPuma]

It's "Year beginning" now but, just got bonus check so I bought a new phone. I previously had a Xiaomi Mi5 but always got annoyed with the software on it, and finally got angry at work one day and bent it into a clamshell phone. I just ordered a Umi Super phone, so hopefully I don't get a lemon with network/wifi issues! I was thinking to wait for the new Nokia's but I guess they wont go on the market here anytime soon. Next I will be ordering some PC parts for personal use and for testing.....

 

[jeshikat]

and finally got angry at work one day and bent it into a clamshell phone.

Note to self, don't make @IntoxicatedPuma angry...

 

[IntoxicatedPuma]

the mi5 is not a well built phone i dropped it once, barely, and the frame bent quite a bit on the corner. Bending it was shockingly easy (and shockingly created sparks everywhere) and also shocked my coworkers who i was angry at. Now they think I am the big angry foreigner.

 

[jeshikat]

and also shocked my coworkers who i was angry at.

Is HR a thing there like it is here?