More frivolous purchases, stuff you don't need..

[dumfriesdave]

No intention of going karting/racing etc. therefore frivolous IMHO
Ebay bargain

[RizzoTheRat]

Windows 10 upgrade finished downloading, so obvious time to buy a 250GB SSD and a standard 3TB drive. No point throwing away the pair of old 1TB drives though so may as well put them back the in the case as well.

[JonRB]

RizzoTheRat said:

Windows 10 upgrade finished downloading, so obvious time to buy a 250GB SSD and a standard 3TB drive. No point throwing away the pair of old 1TB drives though so may as well put them back the in the case as well.

You could make the 2 x 1TB drives into a RAID1 array.

[Chris Type R]

RizzoTheRat said:

Windows 10 upgrade finished downloading, so obvious time to buy a 250GB SSD and a standard 3TB drive. No point throwing away the pair of old 1TB drives though so may as well put them back the in the case as well.

Pah, I raise you a 512GB msata SSD which I bought to upgrade my new laptop - which is still in its box 4 months later.

[CountZero23]

Deebo007 said:

BrettMRC said:

Picked up a Weirauch HW100T-FSB on saturday

http://www.theairguncentre.com/rifles-only/weihrau...

Now, a standard springer is ok for pest control - but I think the varmits round here deserve more

Very nice!

Trying to access that link at work was not a good move.

Browser said:

Content blocked by your organization
Reason:
This Websense category is filtered: Weapons.

Should raise a few flags in IT

[sc0tt]

dumfriesdave said:

No intention of going karting/racing etc. therefore frivolous IMHO
Ebay bargain

Yeah second hand shoes are certainly frivolous.

Bazooka that verruca...

[21TonyK]

Deebo007 said:

BrettMRC said:

Picked up a Weirauch HW100T-FSB on saturday

http://www.theairguncentre.com/rifles-only/weihrau...

Now, a standard springer is ok for pest control - but I think the varmits round here deserve more

Very nice!

The 100-T is lovely to shoot. Worth getting it tuned up.

[SystemParanoia]

Well... Rude not to eh

[anonymous-user]

21TonyK said:

Deebo007 said:

BrettMRC said:

Picked up a Weirauch HW100T-FSB on saturday

http://www.theairguncentre.com/rifles-only/weihrau...

Now, a standard springer is ok for pest control - but I think the varmits round here deserve more

Very nice!

The 100-T is lovely to shoot. Worth getting it tuned up.

Is it not already full power? The vast majority of people don't want to go through the ballache of getting a full FAC.

However, guerilla tuning is another thing. I remember, when I was a yoof doing clay shooting, one of the guys brought a highly modified(in his garage) air rifle, which was so powerful you could hear the crack and the "following" throuth the sky...

[Ajax Treesdown]

Had this about a year. Don't know why I bought it, guess to relieve my late 80's youth but its turned out to be great!

[RizzoTheRat]

JonRB said:

You could make the 2 x 1TB drives into a RAID1 array.

Thought about that but they're different manufacturers and fairly significantly different speeds. My understanding is it's best to have identical drives for a RAID array?

Might have to buy myself a new CPU cooler though as the current one's a bit noisy. £20 on a big heatsink and fan or £50 on a liquid cooled one with a remote radiator? Pointless to ask on this thread

[JonRB]

RizzoTheRat said:

Thought about that but they're different manufacturers and fairly significantly different speeds. My understanding is it's best to have identical drives for a RAID array?

Ah, right. Sorry. When you said "a pair" I just assumed they were the same. Yes, it is best to have identical drives as the RAID array will be as slow as the slowest drive.

[Adenauer]

hornetrider said:

Well I fancied a gadgety bluetooth speaker for the garden, bought one of these for a tenner. Ordered Friday afternoon, arrived Saturday morning.



http://www.cnet.com/uk/products/divoom-voombox-tra...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/divoom-Voombox-travel-Divo...

The sound quality is surprisingly good, just plonked it on the wall next to the Weber as I was bbqing, perfect. It feels very solid. Total bargain.

Feel the POWER of PH

[BrettMRC]

OpulentBob said:

Is it not already full power? The vast majority of people don't want to go through the ballache of getting a full FAC.

However, guerilla tuning is another thing. I remember, when I was a yoof doing clay shooting, one of the guys brought a highly modified(in his garage) air rifle, which was so powerful you could hear the crack and the "following" throuth the sky...

It's got all the grunt I need for pest control

Might get the barrell/moderator camo'd up

[CubanPete]

I think I may be in trouble for this one...

It's a real motor, motorcycle tank and everything.

10% off with this 9NNMOTOR

Convert your push bike to a whole can of £$%^ing Awesome




£70 delivered from the UK warehouse. Never before has something frivolous been completely necessary!

Edited by CubanPete on Friday 14th August 20:13

[JonRB]

CubanPete said:

I think I may be in trouble for this one...

It's a real motor, motorcycle tank and everything.

Convert your push bike to a whole can of £$%^ing Awesome




£72 from the UK warehouse. Never before has something frivolous been completely necessary!

Is that even legal??

No matter... it *is* awesome.

[RizzoTheRat]

That looks like fun.

[SystemParanoia]

Best to get an illegal electric one instead... that will last about 30secs before plod pull you and confiscate it!

[QROPS]

Recent frivolity from me

PS4 which of course needed three games and an extra controller even though the games are single player, oh and I then needed the fancy wireless headphones and membership so I can play online.

I also definitely needed the Reebok pumps I saw in a shop on my way home as I was never allowed them as a kid!

Pics to follow.

[Oily Nails]

Wanted a new tool/gadget for my keys so...





And then of course you can't just order one thing on Amazon



And naturally, even though I've a roll in the garage, the car and under the sink!