Jeremy and Morry
Jeremy's Picks
Victorinox CyberTool M – $78 @ Amazon.com
Carrying around a full set of bits including Phillips and slot as well as Torx and Hex is a bit of a pain but very handy for the tech who is not at home. Victorinox have a compact solution in the CyberTool M which adds a variety of specialist bits to their traditional Officer's knife design. If you can find the L version you get a saw, two files and other features in addition to everything on the CyberTool M.
Europa Universalis 4 – $50+ @ Steam
If the new Civ games just don't have the complexity to keep your attention or you are looking for a new challenge, EU4 will happily suck up all of your available time. It has been over three years since it launched and new content is still being released regularly. Even if you don't pay for the expansions the basic patches which come out often include new features and mechanisms which change the core gameplay.
LittleBits – Various @ Amazon or directly
Aimed at kids in Grade 3 and up Littlebits are small plastic logic circuit components which snap together with magnets and wires. Everything is low voltage and designed with kids in mind, kits include basic home automation, synthesizer builds and even small remote control toys. For the older kids, complex logic gate components are available for even more projects. Teach your kids the possibilities that understanding programming and circuitry can open up while they are still in their formative years.
Morry's Picks
ASUS Ramapage V Edition 10 Motherboard: $566.57 @ Amazon.com
Courtesy of ASUS
There have been quite a few new X99 boards release this year for the new Broadwell-E CPU, but none have been as impressive as ASUS' revamp of their Rampage V motherboard – the Rampage V Edition 10. The board includes everything you could want from a top tier board and some nice to haves like external SupremeFX Hi-Fi audio adapter. It comes at a steep price, but if you want the best, look no further. For more detailed information, please see our review of the board here.
ASUS Sabertooth Z170 Motherboard: $246.50 @ Amazon.com
Courtesy of ASUS
For those of you looking for a more affordable desktop motherboard with some teeth, look no further than the ASUS Sabertooth Z170 motherboard. This board features great performance and stability as well as ASUS' sleek TUF armor overlay, making the board a nice addition to any build. For more detailed information, please see our review of the board here.
Shadow Warrior 2: $39.99 @ the Steam Store online
Courtesy of Flying Wild Hog Studios
This has been one great year for PC gaming with the release of Shadow Warrior 2 bringing back all the fun and gore of the original. Wang jokes fly as much as body parts in this incredible followup to the award winning remake of the original. If you don't have it yet, what are you waiting for – Wang waits for no man…
man the whole guide is
man the whole guide is expensive
Hey! I did put that $16
Hey! I did put that $16 infrared thermometer in there! 🙂
One of my picks was free! hah
One of my picks was free! hah
Ryan has been recommending
Ryan has been recommending more and more premium priced “things” over time :).
Podcast 149 (April 2011) – “Amazon Cloud Drive” (pretty cheap)
Podcast 150 – Free application for Android
Podcast 153 – used underwear “His lawyers briefs”
Podcast 250 or so – newspapers “papers”
Podcast 426 – $500 phablet
(Yes these are cherry picked for fun 🙂 )
Shadow Warrior 2 is a
Shadow Warrior 2 is a fantastic game, definitely agree with the recommendation. On my top five games list for 2016 for sure.
It was a hard choice between
It was a hard choice between that and Doom, but I love me some Lo Wang. The one liners and fact that it doesn't take itself very seriously reminds me of Duke Nukem and Serious Sam…
Shadow Warrior 2 is also the
Shadow Warrior 2 is also the first PC game to support HDR. The announcement came from NVIDIA, but I’ve was thinking of picking it up to see if I could view HDR from my RX480 to Vizio TV. Besides SW2 I can’t seem to find a way to test or view HDR content from PC. Microsoft/Netflix made an announcement last month, but you have to have a Kaby Lake processor or (maybe?) a NVIDIA 1XXX series card. Sigh, DRM.
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2016/10/13/shadow-warrior-2/
Why not promote the Fury X
Why not promote the Fury X that is on sale for $299 at newegg and amazon (and probably other online shops) ?
In the Division it delivers 83% of the GTX 1080 performance for less then HALF the price. (and its quieter)
I’m mentioning this because The Division is a forecaster of performance for many future titles…
It’s not a bad deal, but I
It's not a bad deal, but I will say this: every time I plug in my Fury X here to do some testing, I am annoyed at the noise and sound that card makes…
Its true that you cant judge
Its true that you cant judge noise just from a db level, its characteristics also matters.
For example I can listen to the entire “four seasons” at 80db, but I would probably go “death” after 5 minute of skrylex.
I will know soon enough if the pump noise/coil whine is a problem in my case. (Corsair Carbide 330R)
For the noise, I can hear the
For the noise, I can hear the pump when the case is open and when I put my ear close. But otherwise, closed case and ambient noise made this the quiet video card I ever owned.
But, at idle, in the middle of the night, I think I could hear the pump. In contrast the H100 pump seem quieter… So not sure why the Fury X pump is audible, but the H100 is not.
The coil noise doesn’t seem worse of better then many GPU I used since the 8800GTS.
The noise is not my issue with the Fury X (Or performance)
But the heat sink is massive and “uncomfortably” fit even in my full ATX case. And the tubing is very stiff.
So all in all, I think the $170 4GB RX 480 is a much better all around deal. Its probably THE best GPU at the moment, even at $200
I ordered nvidia gtx 1080 🙂
I ordered nvidia gtx 1080 🙂