



We discuss this year’s shopping spree only to learn that Michael spent too much, Allen spent too much, and Joe spent too much.

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Survey Says

Anonymous Vote Sign in with Wordpress How often do you replace your computer? Every few years. My guild needs me.

After every Apple announcement.

I upgrade it until I no longer can and can't stand the wait.

Never. And this 486 is still rocking Doom.

Every time my company gives me a new computer. When I change jobs. vote

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Who Spent it Better?

Michael’s Stormtrooper Build

Price Description $189.98 CORSAIR CRYSTAL 570X RGB Mid-Tower Case, 3 RGB Fans, Tempered Glass – White (CC-9011110-WW) (Amazon) $89.99 Honorable mention: Fractal Design Meshify C – Compact Mid Tower Computer Case – Airflow/Cooling – 2X Fans Included – PSU Shroud – Modular Interior – Water-Cooling Ready – USB3.0 – Tempered Glass Side Panel – White (Amazon) $135.37 CORSAIR RMX White Series, RM750x, 750 Watt, 80+ Gold Certified, Fully Modular Power Supply- White (Amazon) $334.69 CORSAIR Vengeance RGB Pro 64GB (4 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model CMW64GX4M4C3200C16W (Amazon) $155.99 CORSAIR H100i RGB PLATINUM SE AIO Liquid CPU Cooler,240mm,Dual LL120 RGB PWM Fans, Intel 115x/2066,AMD AM4/TR4 (Amazon) $471.99 Intel – Core i9-9900K Octa-Core 3.6 GHz Desktop Processor (Amazon) $6.15 Arctic Silver 5 AS5-3.5G Thermal Paste (Amazon) $449.92 Samsung 970 EVO Plus Series – 2TB PCIe NVMe – M.2 Internal SSD (MZ-V7S2T0B/AM) (Amazon) $246.00 GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra (Intel LGA1151/Z390/ATX/3xM.2 Thermal Guard/Onboard AC Wi-Fi/RGB Fusion/Gaming Motherboard) (Amazon) $1299.99 Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Xtreme 11G Graphics Card, 3X Stacked Windforce Fans, 11GB 352-bit GDDR6, Gv-N208TAORUS X -11GC Video Card (Amazon)

Allen’s Build?, err Purchase

Price Description Gigabyte Aero 15 RTX 2070 / 32GB Ram / 1Tb SSD (Amazon) $2,779.00 Intel 660p 2Tb NVME SSD (Amazon) $184.99 XP-PEN Deco Pro Medium Graphics Tablet (Amazon) $129.99 Desk Undermount PC Holder (Amazon) $49.98 4k 60Hz Mini Display Port to HDMI Adapter (Amazon) $15.99 Universal Desktop TV / Monitor Stand (Amazon) $40.99 Portable Full HD 1080p Display USB-C, HDMI, Mini Display Port (Amazon) $169.99 Logitech c930e Webcam – Video Encoding Handled in Camera (Amazon) $74.00 USB3 Multi-Card Reader / Writer (Amazon) $15.99 Grizzy Conductonaut Liquid Metal Thermal Compound (Amazon) *** Not for the faint of heart *** $14.99 Oculus Quest no PC Required VR (Amazon) $399.00

Joe’s Clampett Build

Price Description $471.99 Intel Core i9-9900K (Amazon) $164.52 MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Edge AC LGA1151 (Amazon) $900.60 EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC (Amazon) $273.99 Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB DDR4 2666 (Amazon) $119.89 CORSAIR RMX Series, RM750x (Amazon) $460.00 Samsung SSD 970 EVO 2TB (Amazon) $49.99 Seagate BarraCuda 2TB (Amazon) $74.90 Be quiet! Dark Rock 4, BK021, 200W TDP, CPU Cooler (Amazon)

Resources We Like

Thermal Compound Shootout (Guru3d.com)

Ubuntu first laptops from system76.

The last KVM you’ll buy, from LevelOneTechs: Single and Dual monitor models



Tip of the Week

Find a new color theme for every season. (StudioStyl.es)

Filter only the requests with errors – Google chrome network (Stack Overflow)

So many reasons to join ACM.

Take control of Chrome discarding/reloading your currently open tabs with chrome://discards/ .

. Build Your Own X (GitHub)

Material Theme UI, the only IntelliJ theme you will ever need. (plugins.jetbrains.com)

Joe’s reasons to use Kotlin: Reason #417 – apply Consider these examples: C# var p = new Person { firstName = "Joe", lastName = "Zack" }; Kotlin: val p = getPerson().apply { firstName = "Joe"; lastName = "Zack" } Unlike C#’s object initializers that can only be called when new ‘ing up an object, Kotlin’s apply method can be called at any time.

