What did you get in the mail today?

[azhdar]

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=33130.msg1542815#msg1542815

Still waiting for some pictures

Album : http://imgur.com/a/VAmfH

half potato pictures before the cleaning .

That's the keyboard I could try the last time you visited me, isn't it? If that's so, I remember those heavy switch OMG! MX Greens and Clear were marshmallow compared to them.

yeah it seems to be those switches :
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MY

kind of heavy indeed
I don't think anyone use them on a daily basis .

[tbc]

Yes. I have Xeon in my current P55 too. They are usually much cheaper than 'same' i7 chips so... I don't see any reason not to buy them instead and save $$$.

They're sever processors. You'll get better performance out of an i5 than a Xeon in games.

Whatever works, though. Just an efficiency thing.

Not true at all.

Elaborate please.

a gigahertz is a gigahertz.  the game isn't going to intentionally run slower because it 'detects' a server cpu.

alot of server cpus are actually binned for server duty BECAUSE they are more power efficient.

[katushkin]

It came. The set I have been wanting for so long, I finally bought, and it arrived on a Saturday. My Cherry Replica set.



I have no idea what board to put it on, but I love it. The only backlit boards I have right now are my KC 87 (multi-coloured LEDs) KC84 (75%) and my V60 Mini, which already looks great with my Granite set...

Need a new board!

[Puddsy]

My smallfry set lives on my camo filco

doesn't need to be on a backlit board, dude

[rowdy]

My smallfry set lives on my camo filco

doesn't need to be on a backlit board, dude

Mine still lives on my first modern mechanical keyboard - a Ducky Shine 1 with MX blues and red LEDs.

A special set on a special board.

[user 18]

Yes. I have Xeon in my current P55 too. They are usually much cheaper than 'same' i7 chips so... I don't see any reason not to buy them instead and save $$$.

They're sever processors. You'll get better performance out of an i5 than a Xeon in games.

Whatever works, though. Just an efficiency thing.

Not true at all.

Elaborate please.

a gigahertz is a gigahertz.  the game isn't going to intentionally run slower because it 'detects' a server cpu.

alot of server cpus are actually binned for server duty BECAUSE they are more power efficient.

As long as you're within the same family of chips (e.g. Sandy, Ivy, Haswell, etc.), that's fairly accurate. Changes in IPC and other features can cause differences in speed.

Personally I don't see any issue with using a server/workstation CPU in a gaming rig, save for none of the games I play coming close to stressing such a chip. If you're using the same rig as a workstation, it definitely seems like the way to go.

I seem to remember that workstation graphics cards didn't do as well in gaming as their enthusiast brethren, but there are usually more significant differences between the types of card in terms of design as well.


Picked up some xmas gifts for family today. My dad also picked up a new router ("It was on sale, I just had to buy it").

[nubbinator]

Most low end AMD and Nvidia and mid-range Nvidia workstation cards are based  on generations old stuff, so they suffer.  Hugh end Nvidia (think $2500) and mid-range to high end AMD use newer architectures and do well since they're based on higher end cards.

[b7ad]

Been wanting a new mouse for a while now and finally decided on the ec2 evo. Really happy with it!

[esoomenona]

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[billnye]

Been wanting a new mouse for a while now and finally decided on the ec2 evo. Really happy with it!

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Nice, Zowie is my favorite!

[pharaoh]

Excited to use this lil guy






so tiny

[swill]

Excited to use this lil guy

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so tiny

That is pretty interesting. What did it cost if you don't mind me asking?  Would love to know what you think of it once you start working with it.

[pharaoh]

That is pretty interesting. What did it cost if you don't mind me asking?  Would love to know what you think of it once you start working with it.

http://www.amazon.com/Blazer-SI-100CR-Excalibur-Multi-Purpose-Soldering/dp/B002L20FPA/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

$42.02

I will let you know when I give it a go! It's a nifty little device.  My dad uses one for the heat gun feature because it doesn't suck a ton of power from the wall like a standard heat gun, and because it's small, it can focus on a very small surface area, which is what he needs it for.

[DrHubblePhD]

im guessing this is more for plumbers or electricians? because the tips that are included are huge 

[tbc]

Most low end AMD and Nvidia and mid-range Nvidia workstation cards are based  on generations old stuff, so they suffer.  Hugh end Nvidia (think $2500) and mid-range to high end AMD use newer architectures and do well since they're based on higher end cards.

true.

the story with that is just drivers mainly.

workstation cards and gamer gpus might share the same uarch, but the drivers are definitely different.  not technically accurate afaik, but think of it as the difference between a batch os and a real time os.  a poor realtime os is going to know the socks off of the other in terms of user satisfaction because of responsiveness, even if it can't run a web server worth a damn.

[Sygaldry]

HUGE HAUL TODAY! 

-Duck Viper built by YongJK - my precious
-Filco Minila Air Cherry MX Black
-2x Granite Sets (2x Core, 2x Text, 2x Text Pro, 1x Esc/Enter Kit, 1x Specialty Kit)
-Spacebar from Signature Plastics
-Cherry G81-1800
-Classic Beige Otaku from Originative

Alas, most of it will be sold right away (to pay for costs incurred during an unfortunate turn of events involving my car) but I will be keeping the Duck Viper and one key set at least 

Pictures coming next Tuesday (when I return home for the holidays)

[MGH]

HUGE HAUL TODAY! 

-Duck Viper built by YongJK - my precious
-Filco Minila Air Cherry MX Black
-2x Granite Sets (2x Core, 2x Text, 2x Text Pro, 1x Esc/Enter Kit, 1x Specialty Kit)
-Spacebar from Signature Plastics
-Cherry G81-1800
-Classic Beige Otaku from Originative

Alas, most of it will be sold right away (to pay for costs incurred during an unfortunate turn of events involving my car) but I will be keeping the Duck Viper and one key set at least 

Pictures coming next Tuesday (when I return home for the holidays)

Selling that minila air?

[jonathanyu]

HUGE HAUL TODAY! 

-Duck Viper built by YongJK - my precious
-Filco Minila Air Cherry MX Black
-2x Granite Sets (2x Core, 2x Text, 2x Text Pro, 1x Esc/Enter Kit, 1x Specialty Kit)
-Spacebar from Signature Plastics
-Cherry G81-1800
-Classic Beige Otaku from Originative

Alas, most of it will be sold right away (to pay for costs incurred during an unfortunate turn of events involving my car) but I will be keeping the Duck Viper and one key set at least 

Pictures coming next Tuesday (when I return home for the holidays)

  what layout is your 1800?

[Sygaldry]

what layout is your 1800?

Isn't 1800 the layout  (short right shift, etc)

It has grey and beige keycaps (classic beige) 

Selling that minila air?

Yep. Brand new from NCIX. It will be sold once I get home and can take decent pictures of it.

(also just so you know, one of the Granite R2 sets I have will fully cover all keys on the Minila Air  )

I will be posting everything up on my classified thread as soon as I can (unless you want to reserve something    )

[billnye]

what layout is your 1800?

Isn't 1800 the layout  (short right shift, etc)

It has grey and beige keycaps (classic beige) 

Selling that minila air?

Yep. Brand new from NCIX. It will be sold once I get home and can take decent pictures of it.

(also just so you know, one of the Granite R2 sets I have will fully cover all keys on the Minila Air  )

I will be posting everything up on my classified thread as soon as I can (unless you want to reserve something    )

I think he means is it US, DE, etc.

[IvanIvanovich]

Most low end AMD and Nvidia and mid-range Nvidia workstation cards are based  on generations old stuff, so they suffer.  Hugh end Nvidia (think $2500) and mid-range to high end AMD use newer architectures and do well since they're based on higher end cards.

true.

the story with that is just drivers mainly.

workstation cards and gamer gpus might share the same uarch, but the drivers are definitely different.  not technically accurate afaik, but think of it as the difference between a batch os and a real time os.  a poor realtime os is going to know the socks off of the other in terms of user satisfaction because of responsiveness, even if it can't run a web server worth a damn.

For nvidia that used to be true, they would stick with older gpu chip and optimize firmware and driver for better compute performance especially in double precision... though that wouldn't be necessary if they stopped firmware crippling the geforce parts. The current lineup is kepler based, as they haven't released maxwell based quadro/tesla line yet. Generally these are terrible choice to game on (on cost/performance basis), but in used market and if you know what gpu core is inside the card, sometime it could be a bargain. While not terribly useful, if you want to have 2nd card for physx the single slot quadros from the last couple generations (geforce 400 or 500 series equivalents) are fairly nice for that if found for cheap enough.

For AMD... I'm not really sure where they are currently as I don't pay much attention to them, but in the past it seemed to be more about binning and software, though sometimes they had unique chips for their workstation/compute range stuff too. Their cards kind of suck in price/performance vs their own radeon line up since AMD doesn't intentionally cripple their desktop parts on compute performance, but if you have need for something with openCL DP compute then some of them are real monsters and seem to beat nvidia severely in that particular use case.

[Badwrench]

I was originally on the fence about this set, but the purple grew on me.  When a chance came to get a set, I jumped on it.

[katushkin]

My smallfry set lives on my camo filco

doesn't need to be on a backlit board, dude

No I know, but I want to do it justice. And I would love to put it on a backlit board to show it off. I've been wanting it so long, and it can't just go on anything in my eyes.

[exitfire401]

I was originally on the fence about this set, but the purple grew on me.  When a chance came to get a set, I jumped on it.

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Nice grab. When I got my fiance's set in, I immediately regretted not getting a second one for myself. It looks amazing.

[Joey Quinn]

I was originally on the fence about this set, but the purple grew on me.  When a chance came to get a set, I jumped on it.

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The purple looks great with the green backlight, it's nice to know the set will be used.

[MOZ]

I was originally on the fence about this set, but the purple grew on me.  When a chance came to get a set, I jumped on it.

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Are you still rocking my case?

[Badwrench]

I was originally on the fence about this set, but the purple grew on me.  When a chance came to get a set, I jumped on it.

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Are you still rocking my case?

Not any more.  I did a giveawat a little while back for it.  Thanks again for all the hqrd work on that thing, it is very nice.

[MGH]

I was originally on the fence about this set, but the purple grew on me.  When a chance came to get a set, I jumped on it.

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Is that 60% plateless?

[Synjin]

Thanks so much PunksDead!  I got this awesome Ragerot from him yesterday for free.  I'm in love.  I'm going to try and get a better picture tomorrow.

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Also got these awesome Killed By Kaps recently.  Posed with the Danbos I got today.

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I also got a tactile NMB Hi-Tek board recently.

Lucky you nubbs ^_^ Btw I will be posting new images of that one and only Dolly that I have won from one of your sales in the past. It was my very first artisan cap as well so I'm just waiting for my new camera as well as my macro lens in order to give your dolly justice.

[Sygaldry]

what layout is your 1800?

Isn't 1800 the layout  (short right shift, etc)

It has grey and beige keycaps (classic beige) 

Selling that minila air?

Yep. Brand new from NCIX. It will be sold once I get home and can take decent pictures of it.

(also just so you know, one of the Granite R2 sets I have will fully cover all keys on the Minila Air  )

I will be posting everything up on my classified thread as soon as I can (unless you want to reserve something    )

I think he means is it US, DE, etc.

In that case, it is US layout 

[hehenri]

Been wanting a new mouse for a while now and finally decided on the ec2 evo. Really happy with it!

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Thats nice! Zowie´s are the best! :)

[Badwrench]

I was originally on the fence about this set, but the purple grew on me.  When a chance came to get a set, I jumped on it.

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Is that 60% plateless?

Yup.  Pure with pcb mount MX Whites 

[compgeke]

Bad pictures, but...

[Sygaldry]

Bad pictures, but...

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Ah... I used to have one of those!

Loved the board (gateway drug into Topre)...

[compgeke]

I probably would go full into Topre but I can't afford it. I actually got this one as a(n overkill) secret santa gift (although not the one on here).

The most I've ever spend on keyboards is $60 for a bunch of old IBMs. Individual board was probably $5/ea for two Wyse terminal boards. Everything else has been cheaper or trades.

[Puddsy]

I probably would go full into Topre but I can't afford it. I actually got this one as a(n overkill) secret santa gift (although not the one on here).

The most I've ever spend on keyboards is $60 for a bunch of old IBMs. Individual board was probably $5/ea for two Wyse terminal boards. Everything else has been cheaper or trades.

(Proof that getting into the mechanical keyboard world isn't crazy expensive)

[mogo]

I was originally on the fence about this set, but the purple grew on me.  When a chance came to get a set, I jumped on it.

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Heck yeah! Pure MX White here as well, and with the same TEX acrylic case. The purple and green looks pretty nice. 

[evolyn]

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USA USA USA!!!


Thanks to a certain Girlshark, I was able to pickup a TWBSI 580USA. I've been all over this pen since it was annouced and I'm very happy to have it now .

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USA USA USA!!!


Thanks to a certain Girlshark, I was able to pickup a TWBSI 580USA. I've been all over this pen since it was annouced and I'm very happy to have it now .

what is that ?

[Halverson]

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USA USA USA!!!


Thanks to a certain Girlshark, I was able to pickup a TWBSI 580USA. I've been all over this pen since it was annouced and I'm very happy to have it now .

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USA USA USA!!!


Thanks to a certain Girlshark, I was able to pickup a TWBSI 580USA. I've been all over this pen since it was annouced and I'm very happy to have it now .

what is that ?

It's a fountain pen, TWSBI brand, 580USA model. I'm the Girlshark.

[martinyeah]

I was originally on the fence about this set, but the purple grew on me.  When a chance came to get a set, I jumped on it.

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Nice Bro set. I love this set very much 

[graefeln]

Got a sticker to put on my wallet:

[Joey Quinn]

Got a sticker to put on my wallet:

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What wallet is that? It looks sick!

[Lord of Narwhals]

This finally came today

[Fire Brand]

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This finally came today :D

Cool glad you got your still waiting to get mine though :x did it come in a box or jiffy bag by chance?

[graefeln]

Got a sticker to put on my wallet:

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What wallet is that? It looks sick!

It's an ElephantWallet N that I nabbed off Massdrop a bit back. Pretty basic: two plates held together with an elastic band.
I am liking it though it's thin, looks nice, and the cards inside are easy to access.

[Lord of Narwhals]

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This finally came today :D

Cool glad you got your still waiting to get mine though :x did it come in a box or jiffy bag by chance?

It came in this little box (which is about 2.5 keycaps wide).

[Sent]

Got this a few days ago but didn't have a chance to upload photos.  Finally moved everything into my Ncase and set up my new desk.



It's so tiny and cute.  Temps are pretty damn great, too.  I might eventually still WC it but we'll see.

[Badwrench]

Finally got my new (to me) case 

So stoked to have an original Syrilian test bench.  Going to set up my current ITX system on it until I have a larger board.  I also received a new EK Supremacy Nickel Plexi cpu block.  It was a gift, but since I am not currently rocking a full loop, I may part with it.  Gonna see what it would take to put together a small loop and make the build completely silent.  If not, it may find its way into the classifieds. 

Here is the new case next to my 250D for comparison.


and the new EK block on the right still in the box.

[Sent]

I like your taste in computer swag, Wrench.

[Badwrench]

I like your taste in computer swag, Wrench.

Same.  Looking forward to some pictures of your build.  I love those new ITX size cards.