The "I just bought..." thread.

[K1052]

Gave the clinic a bunch of money and they returned to me one somewhat radioactive, but medically cured, feline:

 

[sdifox]

Gave the clinic a bunch of money and they returned to me one somewhat radioactive, but medically cured, feline:


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Check if it glows in the dark. Could be useful.

 

[K1052]

Check if it glows in the dark. Could be useful.

I don't need help finding the treats cabinet.

 

[snoopy7548]

 

[Captante]

 

[lxskllr]

I also got 30 tins of snus. I love salty licorice. I wish you could buy it otc here.

 

[Meghan54]

And my illness gets worse…



Of course, there is an end game to all that. I want one tool out of a set, one out of another, etc. So I buy sets and first return the “free” batts that HD throws in…the “hack” to this. Then sell off what I’m not wanting. Plan on ending up with two chargers at most (have 6 right now) and an M12 rt angle 3/8 drill, 3/8 ratchet, 1/4 impact driver and an M18 1/2” drill/driver at an avg of $50/tool…incl chargers and batts.

 

[Meghan54]

Got this last week…$87. Has a 15” table extension included. Solid oak… Tell City furniture. I’ve been told it was a popular brand but its factory burned down in 2011 and they just closed shop after that.

 

[Brainonska511]

Just before BF, I had ordered some parts to rebuild my desktop after 6.5 years of use. Got to put it all together last weekend: reused my case, PSU (that was only 2 years old), optical drive, and a single 1TB hdd. Nice little upgrade overall, and should suffice for my light gaming needs for the foreseeable future.

Next step is to move my old desktop parts, sans GPU, into my HTPC case and retire most of the guts of that, which largely date back to 2014.

 

[Captante]

Just before BF, I had ordered some parts to rebuild my desktop after 6.5 years of use.

This post is a fail without upgrade specs.... how can we unfairly judge you if we don't know what you specifically bought?!?

 

[Brainonska511]

This post is a fail without upgrade specs.... how can we unfairly judge you if we don't know what you specifically bought?!?

I do have it in my sig. But here's the PCPartPicker link: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/BDj2FT

Went budget/midrange with an R5 5600 + RX 6600

 

[Captante]

Went budget/midrange with an R5 5600 + RX 6600

Well dangnit THAT'S no good .... can't really make fun of smart choices!



*(seriously congrats!)

 

[Stiff Clamp]

- a card reader
- a flash drive
- a catalytic converter
- a Moto G POWER w/ phone case

 

[sdifox]

Just before BF, I had ordered some parts to rebuild my desktop after 6.5 years of use. Got to put it all together last weekend: reused my case, PSU (that was only 2 years old), optical drive, and a single 1TB hdd. Nice little upgrade overall, and should suffice for my light gaming needs for the foreseeable future.

Next step is to move my old desktop parts, sans GPU, into my HTPC case and retire most of the guts of that, which largely date back to 2014.

Wait what? A HARD DRIVE?

 

[Brainonska511]

Wait what? A HARD DRIVE?

Yep. It was my primary data storage drive in this computer's last iteration, with weekly backups to another, older HDD from the even earlier iteration. Now it will be relegated to backup duties since I have a 2TB NVME drive to cover my data + programs need.

 

[Captante]

Yep. It was my primary data storage drive in this computer's last iteration, with weekly backups to another, older HDD from the even earlier iteration. Now it will be relegated to backup duties since I have a 2TB NVME drive to cover my data + programs need.

For a second there I thought you were still booting from an HDD...

At this point a 1300k overclocked to 6ghz would most likely still feel sluggish running off a mechanical HD.

 

[Brainonska511]

For a second there I thought you were still booting from an HDD...

At this point a 1300k overclocked to 6ghz would most likely still feel sluggish running off a mechanical HD.

LOL, definitely not. Last computer used a Samsung 850 EVO SATA SSD, which was pretty good, but was getting kind of small at only 256 GB. Haven't used a HDD as a boot drive since early 2013.

 

[Captante]

I actually have that exact same Samsung SATA SSD in my backup PC and it's been rock-solid for years .... currently it's housing the Win 10 "libraries" on that machine.

 

[Charmonium]

Well dangnit THAT'S no good .... can't really make fun of smart choices!



*(seriously congrats!)

Ruh? Are you becoming thoughtful and polite in your "old" age. Keep this shit up and I see an intervention in your future.

And not some namby pamby de-programming protocol. Oh no. We will take you back to that first viscous slap on your newly born buttocks. From there, you will be continuously reminded of just how much life does in fact, suck.

 

[Brainonska511]

I actually have that exact same Samsung SATA SSD in my backup PC and it's been rock-solid for years .... currently it's housing the Win 10 "libraries" on that machine.

I agree that it's been solid. It's going to continue life in my HTPC, replacing some crappy and small Corsair SSD.

 

[Kaido]

I had to go to an event tonight. I don't own a suit. Stopped at Goodwill on the way & they had a matching suit jacket for my pants right on the hanger when I walked in for $7.99. It was like it was meant to be!

 

[Kaido]

- a card reader
- a flash drive
- a catalytic converter
- a Moto G POWER w/ phone case

 

[repoman0]

LL Bean slippers for my wife. Dog has a taste for the lining so I put these under the tree pretty much annually "from dog"

Blinds for the last few windows that have either the garbage that came with the house or nothing

Castrol euro 0w-40 and filter for the old M5 since somehow my oil change schedule has me doing this in December

Couple big packs of 9mm for range day tomorrow

 

[lxskllr]

 

[Kaido]

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