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hokiealumnus · Dec 4, 2016

wingman99 said:
I like the Chromebook laptop. What can you do with it?

Basically anything on the internet. It's definitely not meant for things like image/video editing / gaming, etc. It's more for productivity (think google docs) and browsing the internet/watching videos/etc. It's super light and the battery lasts 10+ hours. If you write for a living (I don't, but my wife does) and your employer uses google docs for business, it's literally all the computer you need; with the one catch that it basically -needs- wifi to be effective. (Which pretty much anyone can do on their phone in a pinch.)

Mr.Scott · Dec 4, 2016

GTXJackBauer said:
If you're into the whole weather hobby, have a look at these sensors. These are the more affordable ones versus the other weather stations that have been around for a while like Davis.

I've been using the WS-1001-WIFI for almost 3 years now. No complaints here.

Been looking at those for a while now, just haven't bit yet.
I'm a Weatherunderground junkie. Been using that site for years.

GTXJackBauer · Dec 4, 2016

Mr.Scott said:
Been looking at those for a while now, just haven't bit yet.
I'm a Weatherunderground junkie. Been using that site for years.

Been broadcasting on there for years now. Haven't been on there in a while but the data's always there.

wingman99 · Dec 4, 2016

hokiealumnus said:
Basically anything on the internet. It's definitely not meant for things like image/video editing / gaming, etc. It's more for productivity (think google docs) and browsing the internet/watching videos/etc. It's super light and the battery lasts 10+ hours. If you write for a living (I don't, but my wife does) and your employer uses google docs for business, it's literally all the computer you need; with the one catch that it basically -needs- wifi to be effective. (Which pretty much anyone can do on their phone in a pinch.)

Interesting, can you do anything not connected to the internet?

hokiealumnus · Dec 4, 2016

wingman99 said:
Interesting, can you do anything not connected to the internet?

Yep! You just have to have the app on the Chromebook. https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/3214688?hl=en

Audioaficionado · Dec 4, 2016

Weather underground is my browser start page.

Alaric · Dec 4, 2016

hokiealumnus said:
Yep! You just have to have the app on the Chromebook. https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/3214688?hl=en

Am I just loking in the wrong places or have you been scarce for a couple years? Either way, good to "see" you. :clap:

hokiealumnus · Dec 5, 2016

Alaric said:
Am I just loking in the wrong places or have you been scarce for a couple years? Either way, good to "see" you.

I'm around, just mostly in the background. I haven't overclocked a computer in a couple of years though. Life took over and my high performance computing time turned into coaching sports, photography & toying with smartphones in my spare time. I can generally be found lurking in those sub-forums.

Silver_Pharaoh · Dec 5, 2016

6700k!!!

Lochekey · Dec 5, 2016

Nice silver, that should serve you well. You should come break it in with this month's benching competition

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/...eason-V-December-Geekbench3-Single-Core-32bit

Silver_Pharaoh · Dec 5, 2016

Lochekey said:
Nice silver, that should serve you well. You should come break it in with this month's benching competition

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/...eason-V-December-Geekbench3-Single-Core-32bit

I'd love to but I need a motherboard and something to cool the chip with first!

Lochekey · Dec 5, 2016

Silver_Pharaoh said:
I'd love to but I need a motherboard and something to cool the chip with first!

I did not realize you did not have a complete setup for this yet. What is your ETA on the rest of the system?

Silver_Pharaoh · Dec 5, 2016

Lochekey said:
I did not realize you did not have a complete setup for this yet. What is your ETA on the rest of the system?

Not sure... A few months at most. Basically looking for a good deal on a good mobo now. Then i need to get a cpu block since ill be watercooling this chip!

GTXJackBauer · Dec 5, 2016

Silver_Pharaoh said:
Not sure... A few months at most. Basically looking for a good deal on a good mobo now. Then i need to get a cpu block since ill be watercooling this chip!

Nice Silver! Just wait for the deals in Jan-Feb.

Silver_Pharaoh · Dec 5, 2016

GTXJackBauer said:
Nice Silver! Just wait for the deals in Jan-Feb.

Yup hopefully something will pop up sooner than later. Now that I have the chip I really wanna try it out!

GamerDude · Dec 5, 2016

Waiting for Zen and big VEGA before I'd consider building yet another rig. Meanwhile, bought myself an LG V20 and UAG case for the badboy a few days ago.

What use is a phone without enough storage space? Bought a Sandisk 200GB mSD card, a premium fingerprint resistant screen protector (not shown) and a Spigen Tough Armor case, I like that it has a pull out stand that props the phone in a nice movie watching position. The stand is that grey part on the case....

dudleycpa · Dec 6, 2016

Mr.Scott said:
Been looking at those for a while now, just haven't bit yet.
I'm a Weatherunderground junkie. Been using that site for years.

I thought I was the only weather junkie on OCF. Any weather related tech is fantastic. The ex gave me one years ago and it was a blast to play with.

That one is long gone but I do have two smaller La Crosse units.

I wonder if one could use a Raspberry Pi with a La Crosse?

dyckah · Dec 6, 2016

Silver_Pharaoh said:
Yup hopefully something will pop up sooner than later. Now that I have the chip I really wanna try it out!

With any luck you'll find some good boxing day sales!

Silver_Pharaoh · Dec 6, 2016

dyckah said:
With any luck you'll find some good boxing day sales!

I hope so!!

Alaric · Dec 6, 2016

Haven't been on there in a while but the data's always there

"Can't stop the signal, Mal" LOL

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