Prototime Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 As the thread title suggests, post your last purchase (or recent purchase) you have made + (if you'd like) a picture of it. It could be anything big or small. An energy drink? Cool. A new laptop? Nice. A yacht? Go for it. With thanks to NBR user NBRUser0159099, who posted the original "Post Your Last Purchase" thread on NBR on December 6, 2009. Samsung Notebook 9 Pro 15" NP940X5N - 15.0" 1080p IPS glossy touchscreen | Intel Coffeelake i7-8550U CPU | AMD Radeon 540 GPU with 2GB GDDR5 VRAM | 16GB Dual Channel DDR4 RAM | 256GB SSD | Intel Wireless AC 8625 | S PenMSI GS43VR 6RE Phantom Pro - 14" 1080p IPS matte screen | Intel Skylake i7-6700HQ CPU | nVidia Pascal GTX 1060 GPU with 6GB GDDR5 VRAM | 16GB Dual Channel DDR4 2400MHz RAM | 500GB Samsung 850 Evo M.2 SSD | 1TB Samsung 860 Evo 2.5" SSD | Intel Wireless AC 8260 | Thunderbolt 3 port | IC Diamond Thermal Compound on CPU + GPU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cucubits Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Adding to my more and more excessive amounts of car care products. I find detailing therapeutic and a great way to disconnect temporarily from all the tech that's taking over our lives. I like Ammo NYC products a lot and lately I've been getting more and more involved, including paint correction and applying his Enamel Coating. The fact that I don't have a car now is just fuel to the fire and make me keep working on my wife's car all the time. I just traded mine in and the new car doesn't get here for another 10 weeks or so. The wait is killing me so I can't stop polishing my wife's Beetle 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toastofman Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Pokemon Legends: Arceus! Been doing my own playthrough and watching my 2 daughters play through as well. I have a few gripes with some things, but it is such a stark departure from Pokemon games of old that I'm willing to forgive what I perceive as "problems." In short, I am enjoying the heck out of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custom90gt Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 More Ruckus Wireless access points, not that I need them... On and some Cat7 cable to have 10GBe at my desktop. Desktop | Intel i9-12900k | ASUS ROG Strix Z690-F | 2x16GB Oloy DDR5 @ 6400mhz CL32 | EVGA 3080 FTW3 Ultra | AW3821DW| 980 Pro 1TB PCIe 4.0 | All under water | Server | SM846 | Unraid 6.12.0-rc4.1 | AMD Epyc 7F52 | Supermicro H12SSL-I | Tesla P40 24GB | 256GB 3200MHz ECC 8-channel | 100+TB ZFS | Backup Server | SM826 | Unraid 6.12.0-rc4.1 | AMD Epyc 7302 | Supermicro H11SSL-I | Tesla P4 8GB | 256GB 2133MHz ECC 8-channel | 100+TB ZFS | Dell XPS 9510 | Intel i7-11800H | RTX 3050 Ti | 16GB 3200mhz | 1TB SX8200 | 1080P | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prototime Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 Last big purchase was a PS5. I woke up early and waited in line for a couple hours to get it. I got it while visiting family out of state a few weeks ago, and unfortunately, the PS5 is too massive to fit in a carry-on bag. My family will be mailing it up to me eventually, but it's a huge item to mail and they've had a lot to deal with lately. I've never really been a PlayStation gamer. Had a PS3 with all of like three games for it; I mostly used it as a Blu-ray player. But there are a lot of great looking exclusives that I want to get my hands on this generation. Looking forward to getting it. In the meantime, playing Mass Effect: Andromeda on my XSX (which, by the way, easily fits in a carry-on bag). Samsung Notebook 9 Pro 15" NP940X5N - 15.0" 1080p IPS glossy touchscreen | Intel Coffeelake i7-8550U CPU | AMD Radeon 540 GPU with 2GB GDDR5 VRAM | 16GB Dual Channel DDR4 RAM | 256GB SSD | Intel Wireless AC 8625 | S PenMSI GS43VR 6RE Phantom Pro - 14" 1080p IPS matte screen | Intel Skylake i7-6700HQ CPU | nVidia Pascal GTX 1060 GPU with 6GB GDDR5 VRAM | 16GB Dual Channel DDR4 2400MHz RAM | 500GB Samsung 850 Evo M.2 SSD | 1TB Samsung 860 Evo 2.5" SSD | Intel Wireless AC 8260 | Thunderbolt 3 port | IC Diamond Thermal Compound on CPU + GPU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yotsuko Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Some new tech for my mom to bring on her deployment. A Nokia G20, Netgear Nighthawk M1, and a T-Mobile SIM (for the Nokia). Now to get it all set up. 1 Mobile Tech: Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, M1 Pro, Late 2021) | Apple iPad Pro (11-inch, Cellular (AT&T), 2020) | Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max | Samsung Galaxy Z Flip | Apple Watch SE Portable Gaming: New Nintendo 3DS XL | Nintendo DSi LL Automotive: 2010 Honda Accord EX-L with Navigation (2.4L) | 1992 Chevrolet C1500 Silverado (Crate 305) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Bridge Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 The last groceries before the ice-and-snow storm that's going on right now. Fontina cheese, orange juice, a couple other things. I forgot the milk though. Might have to see if French toast still works with cream instead of milk. I half suspect it might wind up being even better. 1 Desktop: Core i5 2500k "Sandy Bridge" | RX 480 | 32 GB DDR3 | 1 TB 850 Evo + 512 GB NVME + HDDs | Seasonic 650W | Noctua Fans | 8.1 Pro Laptop: MSI Alpha 15 | Ryzen 5800H | Radeon 6600M | 64 GB DDR4 | 4 TB TLC SSD | 10 Home Laptop history: MSI GL63 (2018) | HP EliteBook 8740w (acq. 2014) | Dell Inspiron 1520 (2007) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpro69 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Dell Precision 7560, should arrive on Monday and I'm not a very patient person... :D 1 GitHub Currently and formerly owned laptops (specs below): Serenity -> Dell Precision 5560 N-1 -> Dell Precision 5560 (my lady's) Razor Crest -> Lenovo ThinkPad P16 (work) Millenium Falcon -> Dell Precision 5530 (work) Axiom -> Lenovo ThinkPad P52 (work) Moldy Crow -> Dell XPS 15 9550 Spoiler Senenity / N-1: Dell Precision 5560 i7-11800H CPU 1x32 GB DDR4 2,666 MHz 512 GB SSD NVIDIA T1200 FHD+ 1920x1200 PopOS 22.04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWI Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Nothing exciting, needed a new work jacket, picked up a Wolverine Fortifier, nice jacket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarhead Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Kaspersky AV 2022 1yr 3 devices. Newegg had it for basically free so eh why not. Apple M2 MBA 13 (Cayna) - 8/10 SoC, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD Dell Inspiron 7577 (Mayu) - i7-7700HQ, GTX 1060MQ, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 128GB NVMe + 1TB HDD, 1080p, Win10 Home DIY Desktop (Altair) - i7-8700K, Radeon 6600 8GB, 32GB DDR4-3200, 256GB NVMe + 256GB SSD + 8TB HDD, 1080p x3, Win11 Home DIY Server (Mobius) - i5-6600K, 32GB DDR4, 28TB array, Samsung EVO 860 500GB cache, unRAID 6.11.5 Pro Other machines: Lenovo Thinkpad W520 (Strigon), Thinkpad X61t (Aquila) RIP NBR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cucubits Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 52 minutes ago, Jarhead said: Kaspersky AV 2022 1yr 3 devices. Newegg had it for basically free so eh why not. Is buying antiviruses still a thing? I've been using the default windows defender for quite a few years now without any issues at all... and I can't say I'm too careful. I mean I don't open obviously bad links but I do browse on all sorts of questionable websites and I'm not that rigorous about caches/cookies cleanup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duskw4lker Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 My last purchase was a DeWalt hammer drill (made in china *cough cough*), sadly the chuck was wobbly and had to return it after a week of use 😞 I was so damn proud of it, it was cool as heck. I think now I will go with a Milwaukee impact driver 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Bridge Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 2 hours ago, cucubits said: Is buying antiviruses still a thing? I've been using the default windows defender for quite a few years now without any issues at all... and I can't say I'm too careful. I mean I don't open obviously bad links but I do browse on all sorts of questionable websites and I'm not that rigorous about caches/cookies cleanup. I still have one, but it's as much because I've got an XP computer that I still use from time to time as for my main one. What's it done? Well, a few times it has flagged suspicious sites I'm unfamiliar with that showed up in search results. And when I was browsing the GeoCities archive a month or so ago, it found a few trojans in the uncompressed files. If I do download something I don't entirely trust, sometimes I'll scan the download before running it, though I could probably do that with malwarebytes. In general it's more likely to flag things that I wanted, typically as Potentially Unwanted Applications or Potentially Unsafe Applications. WirelessNetView, a cool utility for viewing details about nearby wireless networks, or Process Hacker, which admittedly does sounds suspicious but is not nefarious. Jokeware, too, e.g. a Blue Screen of Death screen saver, or a program that will set the clock to random times, often is flagged. I see why it flags the jokeware in particular, but sometimes I want a BSOD screensaver. I'm not sure it's actually caught anything on the XP machine though. I tend to be careful in general though, and more so on that machine. But it does still get virus definition updates for a 20-year-old operating system, so I can't complain too much about support. I run ESET NOD32 now. Used to run Kaspersky. Both are pretty light on resources, which is a must for me. Kaspersky is cheaper but while I don't believe Kaspersky themselves has reason to infiltrate systems, especially after SolarWinds I don't have enough trust in the Russian government to install that low-level of Russian software. But I'm not passionate about it. From probably about 2011-2015 I didn't really run anti-virus. It's more of an insurance/supplement to lack of security updates on older system item for me at this point. ---------- Bought a FLAC/mp3 album last night. Yeah, I know most people have Spotify nowadays. But I buy 3-8 albums per year, which without a subscription that saves me money, and I get to keep the music forever. I'd say it more directly supports the smaller bands too, but in reality the one I bought last night is one of the few that's actually from a smaller band. 1 Desktop: Core i5 2500k "Sandy Bridge" | RX 480 | 32 GB DDR3 | 1 TB 850 Evo + 512 GB NVME + HDDs | Seasonic 650W | Noctua Fans | 8.1 Pro Laptop: MSI Alpha 15 | Ryzen 5800H | Radeon 6600M | 64 GB DDR4 | 4 TB TLC SSD | 10 Home Laptop history: MSI GL63 (2018) | HP EliteBook 8740w (acq. 2014) | Dell Inspiron 1520 (2007) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturnotaku Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 The touchscreen on my 10.5-inch iPad Pro is starting to act up. This is a rather common problem, and Apple wants $450 to fix it. I grabbed an iPad Gen 9 from Costco instead. The screen is a downgrade, but it will still work just fine as a casual content consumption/gaming device. The Pro will be handed down to my kid so they can use it for video chats and such. 1 Desktop: Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 32 GB RAM | GeForce RTX 4070 Super | 4 TB SSD | Windows 11 Gigabyte Aorus 16X: Core i7-14650HX | 32 GB RAM | GeForce RTX 4070 | 2 TB SSD | Windows 11 Lenovo IdeaPad 3 Gaming: Ryzen 7 6800H | 16 GB RAM | GeForce RTX 3050 | 512 GB SSD | Windows 11 Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro: Ryzen 5 5600U | 16 GB RAM | Radeon Graphics | 512 GB SSD | Windows 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarhead Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 On 2/4/2022 at 9:33 PM, cucubits said: Is buying antiviruses still a thing? I've been using the default windows defender for quite a few years now without any issues at all... and I can't say I'm too careful. I mean I don't open obviously bad links but I do browse on all sorts of questionable websites and I'm not that rigorous about caches/cookies cleanup. One of my hobbies is to archive / datahoard stuff, so having something at least a bit better than MS / Malwarebytes Free imo is something I'd rather have than not. Plus the points that Sandy Bridge mentioned, including the buying AV from time to time instead of having it continuously. 1 Apple M2 MBA 13 (Cayna) - 8/10 SoC, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD Dell Inspiron 7577 (Mayu) - i7-7700HQ, GTX 1060MQ, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 128GB NVMe + 1TB HDD, 1080p, Win10 Home DIY Desktop (Altair) - i7-8700K, Radeon 6600 8GB, 32GB DDR4-3200, 256GB NVMe + 256GB SSD + 8TB HDD, 1080p x3, Win11 Home DIY Server (Mobius) - i5-6600K, 32GB DDR4, 28TB array, Samsung EVO 860 500GB cache, unRAID 6.11.5 Pro Other machines: Lenovo Thinkpad W520 (Strigon), Thinkpad X61t (Aquila) RIP NBR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yotsuko Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Outside of groceries, I picked up an open-box HomePod mini for $80.99. It ended up having a missing power adapter, but I have extras. For such a small speaker, this thing sounds pretty good! Mobile Tech: Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, M1 Pro, Late 2021) | Apple iPad Pro (11-inch, Cellular (AT&T), 2020) | Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max | Samsung Galaxy Z Flip | Apple Watch SE Portable Gaming: New Nintendo 3DS XL | Nintendo DSi LL Automotive: 2010 Honda Accord EX-L with Navigation (2.4L) | 1992 Chevrolet C1500 Silverado (Crate 305) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prototime Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 Sushi 1 Samsung Notebook 9 Pro 15" NP940X5N - 15.0" 1080p IPS glossy touchscreen | Intel Coffeelake i7-8550U CPU | AMD Radeon 540 GPU with 2GB GDDR5 VRAM | 16GB Dual Channel DDR4 RAM | 256GB SSD | Intel Wireless AC 8625 | S PenMSI GS43VR 6RE Phantom Pro - 14" 1080p IPS matte screen | Intel Skylake i7-6700HQ CPU | nVidia Pascal GTX 1060 GPU with 6GB GDDR5 VRAM | 16GB Dual Channel DDR4 2400MHz RAM | 500GB Samsung 850 Evo M.2 SSD | 1TB Samsung 860 Evo 2.5" SSD | Intel Wireless AC 8260 | Thunderbolt 3 port | IC Diamond Thermal Compound on CPU + GPU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 never tried sushi, it well doesn't seem appealing but my sister loves it might have to just say......and try it maybe ill love it..what does it taste like anything similar>? ZEUS-COMING SOON Omen 16 2021 Zenbook 14 oled Vivobook 15x oled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custom90gt Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 I love sushi, too bad time for date night with the wife is hard to find. Last purchase for the PC was Oloy 6200mhz CL32 DDR5 ram. So far I'm happy with it even if I haven't had much time to tune it. Desktop | Intel i9-12900k | ASUS ROG Strix Z690-F | 2x16GB Oloy DDR5 @ 6400mhz CL32 | EVGA 3080 FTW3 Ultra | AW3821DW| 980 Pro 1TB PCIe 4.0 | All under water | Server | SM846 | Unraid 6.12.0-rc4.1 | AMD Epyc 7F52 | Supermicro H12SSL-I | Tesla P40 24GB | 256GB 3200MHz ECC 8-channel | 100+TB ZFS | Backup Server | SM826 | Unraid 6.12.0-rc4.1 | AMD Epyc 7302 | Supermicro H11SSL-I | Tesla P4 8GB | 256GB 2133MHz ECC 8-channel | 100+TB ZFS | Dell XPS 9510 | Intel i7-11800H | RTX 3050 Ti | 16GB 3200mhz | 1TB SX8200 | 1080P | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 6200mhz geez im at 3200 with my laptop and I thought that was fast. does it improve responsiveness what did you notice when you got it? do games go up in FPS ZEUS-COMING SOON Omen 16 2021 Zenbook 14 oled Vivobook 15x oled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custom90gt Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, ryan said: 6200mhz geez im at 3200 with my laptop and I thought that was fast. does it improve responsiveness what did you notice when you got it? do games go up in FPS It's not really a huge difference, so far DDR5 isn't really panning out on being much better than DDR4, but that's common with new ram technology. It'll probably be a while before DDR5 really helps in things. Desktop | Intel i9-12900k | ASUS ROG Strix Z690-F | 2x16GB Oloy DDR5 @ 6400mhz CL32 | EVGA 3080 FTW3 Ultra | AW3821DW| 980 Pro 1TB PCIe 4.0 | All under water | Server | SM846 | Unraid 6.12.0-rc4.1 | AMD Epyc 7F52 | Supermicro H12SSL-I | Tesla P40 24GB | 256GB 3200MHz ECC 8-channel | 100+TB ZFS | Backup Server | SM826 | Unraid 6.12.0-rc4.1 | AMD Epyc 7302 | Supermicro H11SSL-I | Tesla P4 8GB | 256GB 2133MHz ECC 8-channel | 100+TB ZFS | Dell XPS 9510 | Intel i7-11800H | RTX 3050 Ti | 16GB 3200mhz | 1TB SX8200 | 1080P | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 always good to be ahead of the curve. I think that DDR5 will help windows 11 performance eventually as microsoft has been using tighter restriction on hardware requirements like tpm 2.0 ZEUS-COMING SOON Omen 16 2021 Zenbook 14 oled Vivobook 15x oled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Bridge Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 On 2/21/2022 at 1:40 PM, ryan said: never tried sushi, it well doesn't seem appealing but my sister loves it might have to just say......and try it maybe ill love it..what does it taste like anything similar>? Well, the closest thing is something that most people haven't had until after they've had sushi... a poké bowl. But aside from that, the flavors are high-quality fish (most often tuna or salmon), high-quality rice, seaweed (not sure what really tastes like seaweed, and it might be the biggest wild card in whether you'll like it, but it doesn't taste like your generic yard weeds), and the other items depend on the type of sushi. Cucumber is common, avocado is common. Sometimes crab (often imitation). Most often sushi is dipped in soy sauce, but I find that whether that improves it depends on the quality of the soy sauce. If it's cheap store brand, I'd just as soon skip it, but if it's a good Japanese sushi place they'll usually have soy sauce that complements the flavor. For the first time, I'd recommend something like a Philadelphia roll (salmon + cucumber + cream cheese), and a straight-up tuna roll. The California roll (crab, cucumber, avocado) is another good starter choice. Skip the spicy options; some places do it well but others overdo the spicy sauce, and the focus should be on the main ingredients. Of course, really, the best option is probably to split a few rolls with your sister as that way you'll have more variety, and if you don't like some or all of them they won't be wasted. I'd also recommend eating out for the first time. Supermarket sushi is usually not as high quality, in part because it's been sitting out. And if you have qualms about seaweed, find a place that serves them American style (with the rice on the outside) instead of Japanese style (with the rice inside the seaweed, which is on the outside); I think American style is more common here in the Midwest, but it's not unusual to find either. Edit: Also the fancy options sometimes have fish or avocado on the outside. They're great, but tend to be pricier since you get more fish. I often include one of those with one or two more traditional rolls. I almost bought some sushi today. Wound up going for a gyro instead though. Desktop: Core i5 2500k "Sandy Bridge" | RX 480 | 32 GB DDR3 | 1 TB 850 Evo + 512 GB NVME + HDDs | Seasonic 650W | Noctua Fans | 8.1 Pro Laptop: MSI Alpha 15 | Ryzen 5800H | Radeon 6600M | 64 GB DDR4 | 4 TB TLC SSD | 10 Home Laptop history: MSI GL63 (2018) | HP EliteBook 8740w (acq. 2014) | Dell Inspiron 1520 (2007) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarhead Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Humble Bundle Data Engineering (O'Reilly) book bundle. Apple M2 MBA 13 (Cayna) - 8/10 SoC, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD Dell Inspiron 7577 (Mayu) - i7-7700HQ, GTX 1060MQ, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 128GB NVMe + 1TB HDD, 1080p, Win10 Home DIY Desktop (Altair) - i7-8700K, Radeon 6600 8GB, 32GB DDR4-3200, 256GB NVMe + 256GB SSD + 8TB HDD, 1080p x3, Win11 Home DIY Server (Mobius) - i5-6600K, 32GB DDR4, 28TB array, Samsung EVO 860 500GB cache, unRAID 6.11.5 Pro Other machines: Lenovo Thinkpad W520 (Strigon), Thinkpad X61t (Aquila) RIP NBR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpro69 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 CoolerMaster Notepal U3 laptop stand. Planning also to get some fans some day and customize it a bit. GitHub Currently and formerly owned laptops (specs below): Serenity -> Dell Precision 5560 N-1 -> Dell Precision 5560 (my lady's) Razor Crest -> Lenovo ThinkPad P16 (work) Millenium Falcon -> Dell Precision 5530 (work) Axiom -> Lenovo ThinkPad P52 (work) Moldy Crow -> Dell XPS 15 9550 Spoiler Senenity / N-1: Dell Precision 5560 i7-11800H CPU 1x32 GB DDR4 2,666 MHz 512 GB SSD NVIDIA T1200 FHD+ 1920x1200 PopOS 22.04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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