What tech did you buy today?

2013-02-08 14:10:06

#8301

Uzique The Lesser: Banned; +382|4253

considering this is my desktop, i hardly think i'm bothered about a 2 inch wide blue logo. or the led scrollwheel on my mouse (oh noes!)

that said, i do think gaming peripherals that are heavy on LED's and bling are retarded. both my mouse and keyboard are basically stripped-back and simple black designs.

2013-02-08 15:22:26

#8302

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|6770|PNW

Fair enough. My own set of aesthetics just hate unnecessary LED baubles.

2013-03-11 13:54:19

#8303

Benzin: Member; +576|5997

Just helped my friend buy (with my uni discount) a Thinkpad T430 with the internal Ericsson broadband modem and a Samsung 500GB SSD... I can't begin to describe my jealousy right now, lol.

2013-03-13 13:46:57

#8304

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,973|6630|949

Didn't buy but was given a brand new iPad2 as a gift. I already have a nexus 7. The iPad is new, unopened. Should I trade it in for a mini iPad? Keep it? Give it to someone close to me? I'm fairly adamant about keeping the nexus 7, but I'm open to being swayed to swap.

2013-03-13 16:04:35

#8305

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6715|Riva, MD

The iPad Mini is pointless, it's too big to be reasonably portable and too small to be as cool and have as much battery real estate as the regular iPad, you should take any other option

2013-03-14 03:26:08

#8306

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,810|6104|eXtreme to the maX

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Didn't buy but was given a brand new iPad2 as a gift. I already have a nexus 7. The iPad is new, unopened. Should I trade it in for a mini iPad? Keep it? Give it to someone close to me? I'm fairly adamant about keeping the nexus 7, but I'm open to being swayed to swap.

Give it to someone close to you - thats what my sister should have done with hers

Русский военный корабль, иди на хуй!

2013-03-14 17:23:14

#8307

Uzique The Lesser: Banned; +382|4253

bought a new router today. wanted something with QoS specifically, after raging/yearning for such a feature for many years (shared connections at uni with many other students -> traffic nightmare). paid quite a lot more than i normally would, but it's definitely worth it. currently torrenting music at 1mbps+ download (only on a 20Mbps ADSL 2 line, not cable) and uploading at 400kbps+, with almost no difference to my ping. pretty nice. normally anyone on the network even having a torrent client open, ticking over at 0.1kbps, would totally kill gaming activity.

this fyi:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu … catid=1595

2013-03-18 10:20:38

#8308

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|4966|Dundee, Scotland.

Uzique The Lesser wrote:
bought a new router today. wanted something with QoS specifically, after raging/yearning for such a feature for many years (shared connections at uni with many other students -> traffic nightmare). paid quite a lot more than i normally would, but it's definitely worth it. currently torrenting music at 1mbps+ download (only on a 20Mbps ADSL 2 line, not cable) and uploading at 400kbps+, with almost no difference to my ping. pretty nice. normally anyone on the network even having a torrent client open, ticking over at 0.1kbps, would totally kill gaming activity.

this fyi:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu … catid=1595

Not bad always nice when you can download properly and game. QoS is so good.

On a related note, I just bought 5 480GB Kingston SSDs

Last edited by Camm (2013-03-18 10:30:51)

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2013-03-18 10:57:49

#8309

Kimmmmmmmmmmmm: ©; +1,811|5995

been checking out monitors lately looking for a larger IPS display.. Dell released new IPS displays, tho the one im eyeballing is 800$(Dell - U2713H 27" ULTRASHARP)
Then i see an article about Monoprice monitors that are to rival apple's famous fabulous display http://www.petapixel.com/2013/03/18/mon … =pulsenews .....thoughts? Is this legit? heh

2013-03-18 11:02:04

#8310

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,973|6630|949

Camm wrote:
Uzique The Lesser wrote:
bought a new router today. wanted something with QoS specifically, after raging/yearning for such a feature for many years (shared connections at uni with many other students -> traffic nightmare). paid quite a lot more than i normally would, but it's definitely worth it. currently torrenting music at 1mbps+ download (only on a 20Mbps ADSL 2 line, not cable) and uploading at 400kbps+, with almost no difference to my ping. pretty nice. normally anyone on the network even having a torrent client open, ticking over at 0.1kbps, would totally kill gaming activity.

this fyi:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu … catid=1595
Not bad always nice when you can download properly and game. QoS is so good.

On a related note, I just bought 5 480GB Kingston SSDs

QoS IS good. So is having dual band wifi. The wave of the future!

2013-03-18 11:16:32

#8311

Uzique The Lesser: Banned; +382|4253

QoS is good but the QoS on this router is the kind of manual QoS that you need some sort of networking qualification to properly crack into. shit is insane. way more than i care to learn. but yes, that has been my pet peeve over the last few years of shared accommodation: people torrenting music or streaming television and nailing gaming pings/browsing performance (as torrents especially do). some basic QoS parameters help to curb that.

2013-03-18 11:23:55

#8312

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,973|6630|949

In my experience, QoS definitely takes some knowledge to get to work properly. I'm a total tech noob though, so I don't know if it's the router or my own lack of knowledge driving that opinion.

2013-03-18 11:43:22

#8313

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|4966|Dundee, Scotland.

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
In my experience, QoS definitely takes some knowledge to get to work properly. I'm a total tech noob though, so I don't know if it's the router or my own lack of knowledge driving that opinion.

Don't you work in IT?

And Aaron, is it the QoS where you need to limit bandwidth by the applications port number?

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2013-03-18 11:45:50

#8314

Uzique The Lesser: Banned; +382|4253

Camm wrote:
KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
In my experience, QoS definitely takes some knowledge to get to work properly. I'm a total tech noob though, so I don't know if it's the router or my own lack of knowledge driving that opinion.
Don't you work in IT?

And Aaron, is it the QoS where you need to limit bandwidth by the applications port number?

Rule Index :
Active : ActivatedDeactivated
Application :

Physical Ports :

WLAN Enet1 Enet2 Enet3 Enet4
Destination MAC :
IP :
Mask :
Port Range :    ~
Source MAC :
IP :
Mask :
Port Range :    ~
Protocol ID :
Vlan ID Range :    ~
IPP/DS Field : IPP/TOS DSCP
IP Precedence Range :    ~
Type of Service :
DSCP Range :    ~ (Value Range: 0 ~ 63)
802.1p :    ~
Action
IPP/DS Field : IPP/TOS DSCP
IP Precedence Remarking :
Type of Service Remarking :
DSCP Remarking : (Value Range: 0 ~ 63)
802.1p Remarking :
Queue #

for every single thing

2013-03-18 11:52:21

#8315

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|4966|Dundee, Scotland.

Uzique The Lesser wrote:
Camm wrote:
KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
In my experience, QoS definitely takes some knowledge to get to work properly. I'm a total tech noob though, so I don't know if it's the router or my own lack of knowledge driving that opinion.
Don't you work in IT?

And Aaron, is it the QoS where you need to limit bandwidth by the applications port number?
Rule Index :
Active : ActivatedDeactivated
Application :

Physical Ports :

WLAN Enet1 Enet2 Enet3 Enet4
Destination MAC :
IP :
Mask :
Port Range :    ~
Source MAC :
IP :
Mask :
Port Range :    ~
Protocol ID :
Vlan ID Range :    ~
IPP/DS Field : IPP/TOS DSCP
IP Precedence Range :    ~
Type of Service :
DSCP Range :    ~ (Value Range: 0 ~ 63)
802.1p :    ~
Action
IPP/DS Field : IPP/TOS DSCP
IP Precedence Remarking :
Type of Service Remarking :
DSCP Remarking : (Value Range: 0 ~ 63)
802.1p Remarking :
Queue #

for every single thing

Shiiiiiiiiiit nigga.

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2013-03-18 14:32:29

#8316

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,973|6630|949

Camm wrote:
KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
In my experience, QoS definitely takes some knowledge to get to work properly. I'm a total tech noob though, so I don't know if it's the router or my own lack of knowledge driving that opinion.
Don't you work in IT?

And Aaron, is it the QoS where you need to limit bandwidth by the applications port number?

Nope, just work for a network hardware mfg

2013-03-22 15:29:33

#8317

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6310

50ft Cat6 cable to replace the 10 year old ethernet cable that was in terrible condition.

Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/ebug122

2013-03-22 15:48:24

#8318

M.O.A.B: 'Light 'em up!'; +1,220|6221|Escea

Switched over to BT Infinity. Been chugging on 1mb broadband for the past eight years .

2013-03-22 16:05:33

#8319

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|4966|Dundee, Scotland.

M.O.A.B wrote:
Switched over to BT Infinity. Been chugging on 1mb broadband for the past eight years .

What region of the country are you in? I'm in a built up city and still no Infinity. On Virgin now until BT enabled the cabinet. Still, it'll be free when it's here. Perks and all that

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2013-03-24 17:11:47