The "I just bought..." thread.

Page 139 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.
Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
snoopy7548

snoopy7548

Diamond Member
Jan 1, 2005
8,061
5,057
146
  • Like
Reactions: highland145 and skyking
Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
67,403
12,142
126
www.anyf.ca
Been looking into similar mini PCs myself on ebay, can get them really cheap. Not in a position to spend money now but I eventually want to build a proxmox cluster and they would be a decent platform for that. I don't imagine they're very quick, but having multiple of them with maxed out ram would probably still be half decent at running VMs.
 
skyking

skyking

Lifer
Nov 21, 2001
22,022
4,795
146
I picked up this ~55 year old Rockwell band saw yesterday.
It needs new tires, blades, a fence and a pulley for the new included 2HP single phase motor. It has a 3 phase motor in it now but I have no interest in VFD's or converter setups.
This same vendor has all the parts, including this nifty magnetic fence.
https://carterproducts.com/band-saw-products/band-saw-magfence/magfencer-ii-next-gen-magnetic-fence

PXL_20240330_170415455.jpg

PXL_20240330_170439999.jpg
It fills a hole in the shop tools. I build my own cabinets and would like the ability to resaw some local wood and also some sustainable exotics.
My other big tools are a grizzly 10" cabinet saw, a 12x4 shopsmith planer, grizzly 4 bag vac system, a Kreg 1Hp router table setup.
Next up is a sander. I'd love to saw some boards, send them a pass through the planer for dimension, and feed them through a sander.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Red Squirrel, highland145, pcgeek11 and 2 others
sdifox

sdifox

No Lifer
Sep 30, 2005
95,030
15,141
126
skyking said:
I picked up this ~55 year old Rockwell band saw yesterday.
It needs new tires, blades, a fence and a pulley for the new included 2HP single phase motor. It has a 3 phase motor in it now but I have no interest in VFD's or converter setups.
This same vendor has all the parts, including this nifty magnetic fence.
https://carterproducts.com/band-saw-products/band-saw-magfence/magfencer-ii-next-gen-magnetic-fence

View attachment 96174

View attachment 96175
It fills a hole in the shop tools. I build my own cabinets and would like the ability to resaw some local wood and also some sustainable exotics.
My other big tools are a grizzly 10" cabinet saw, a 12x4 shopsmith planer, grizzly 4 bag vac system, a Kreg 1Hp router table setup.
Next up is a sander. I'd love to saw some boards, send them a pass through the planer for dimension, and feed them through a sander.
Click to expand...


I think you need one of these
www.maslowcnc.com

Maslow

www.maslowcnc.com www.maslowcnc.com
 
lxskllr

lxskllr

No Lifer
Nov 30, 2004
57,426
7,613
126
Wood's the miracle material. Even an untalented hack like me can make useful stuff out of it with only a saw, knife, and drill. None of which require power other than what I provide.
 
  • Like
Reactions: highland145 and skyking
waffleironhead

waffleironhead

Diamond Member
Aug 10, 2005
6,919
429
136
Red Squirrel said:
Been looking into similar mini PCs myself on ebay, can get them really cheap. Not in a position to spend money now but I eventually want to build a proxmox cluster and they would be a decent platform for that. I don't imagine they're very quick, but having multiple of them with maxed out ram would probably still be half decent at running VMs.
Click to expand...
Depending on how small you are going, you can get some pretty big processing power in a small package. I got a couple um790pro minisforum minipc for the office. They have zen4 7940hs cpu.
 
Last edited:
waffleironhead

waffleironhead

Diamond Member
Aug 10, 2005
6,919
429
136
sdifox said:
The wife got one of these. For Excel :rolleyes:


I imagine the 7940HS thermal trottles faster than the 7840HS.
Click to expand...
Ha. Yeah these are mainly a web browser. We use a web based PMS.
I wanted to go with some all-in-one systems, but couldnt find any that were VESA mountable, so went with regular monitors and just hung these minis behind the screens.

They do run boinc in the background 24/7. They sit at 4.6ghz running primegrid which is avx code.
 
sdifox

sdifox

No Lifer
Sep 30, 2005
95,030
15,141
126
waffleironhead said:
Ha. Yeah these are mainly a web browser. We use a web based PMS.
I wanted to go with some all-in-one systems, but couldnt find any that were VESA mountable, so went with regular monitors and just hung these minis behind the screens.

They do run boinc in the background 24/7. They sit at 4.6ghz running primegrid which is avx code.
Click to expand...
Rally?

It's frustrating I cannot find a laptop that just uses Phoenix without added video card.
 
Last edited:
Zeze

Zeze

Lifer
Mar 4, 2011
11,120
1,027
126
Why don't I cross-post in this thread...

Welcome to my fantasy build come true. Full specs in the sig. This rig has a soft spot for me because it's my first non-budget build of my life.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Red Squirrel and lxskllr
skyking

skyking

Lifer
Nov 21, 2001
22,022
4,795
146
I did not pick it up, a forklift did. I will use my forklift to get it down off the truck, but then I have to "walk" it about 15'.
I suspect about 400 with motor. I'd take the motor out, but then it would be *REALLY* top heavy instead of mostly top heavy.
A bunch of that is a nice cast iron table 3' off the ground.
 
  • Like
Reactions: highland145
NutBucket

NutBucket

Lifer
Aug 30, 2000
27,034
546
126
4cd6a80f3b74ec91816c9b2b2609a5cb.jpg
 
  • Like
Reactions: MrSquished
snoopy7548

snoopy7548

Diamond Member
Jan 1, 2005
8,061
5,057
146
I bought my first mechanical keyboard. Vortex Multix TKL w/ Gateron Pro brown switches. I really wanted a Leopold FC750R (probably with Cherry MX Clears) but it's completely sold out in the color scheme I want, and I'd have to mod it with sockets for the switches.

This one is hot-swap so if I don't like the browns, I can just pop in different ones. I also bought a cheap wireless numpad to keep off to the side; I'll probably build a nice programmable mechanical numpad at some point.

1712058905764.png
 
  • Like
Reactions: lxskllr and repoman0
Oyeve

Oyeve

Lifer
Oct 18, 1999
21,917
828
126
sdifox said:
You chose, poorly.
Click to expand...
How so? I didn't expect it to do much. Its kinda nifty and performs better than expected. I wiped the preinstalled windows 11 pro and put in a fresh install to remove all the chinese spy stuff. Installing steam on it and will play low level graphics games on it. Also will use as a security monitor for my office.
 
sdifox

sdifox

No Lifer
Sep 30, 2005
95,030
15,141
126
Oyeve said:
How so? I didn't expect it to do much. Its kinda nifty and performs better than expected. I wiped the preinstalled windows 11 pro and put in a fresh install to remove all the chinese spy stuff. Installing steam on it and will play low level graphics games on it. Also will use as a security monitor for my office.
Click to expand...
should have gotten the SER7 with Phoenix 7840HS :p
 
Oyeve

Oyeve

Lifer
Oct 18, 1999
21,917
828
126
sdifox said:
should have gotten the SER7 with Phoenix 7840HS :p
Click to expand...
I have tons of Beelink PCs at work. This one I ordered has a built in screen and battery. Can be used on the go or as a mini desktop. It's pretty cool actually.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom