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TV:  LG 55EF950T - 55" 4K OLED TV (I believe the last 3D-capable OLED TV) 4K Player:  PANASONIC DMPUB900GN UHD/4K BLURAY PLAYER Media Player: Apple TV (2nd Generation) 4K A/V Amplifier: Denon AVC-X3700H Center Speaker: SVS Prime Center Front Speaker: SVS Prime Tower Front Height Speaker: Yamaha NS-E55 Surround Speaker: SVS Prime Satellite Rear Height Speaker: Polk OWM3 Compact Surround Subwoofer 1: SVS PB12-NSD   Subwoofer 2: SVS PB-2000 Pro Audio setup is 5.2.4

Added PNY 2TB XLR8 CS3140 M.2 NVMe Gen 4 SSD to our PS5, a very easy process: The PS5-specific heatsink for this NVMe SSD Rear of the heatsink 2TB NVMe SSD NVMe SSD mounted into the PS5 expansion slot Heatsink mounted and replaced the PS5 expansion slot cover PS5 read speed right after boot up

1. CPU & Cooler Combo Bundle Deal: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D + ASUS ROG Strix LC II 360 Liquid CPU Cooler  $1,239.00 2. Motherboard Gigabyte X670E AORUS XTREME Motherboard $999.00 3. RAM G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 32GB (2x 16GB) DDR5 6000MHz CL30 Desktop Memory - Black $219.00 4. Case be quiet! Dark Base 701 Mesh & Tempered Glass ARGB Mid-Tower E-ATX Case - Black $379.00 Total $2,836.00 

CPU:  AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12 Core Socket AM4 3.8GHz CPU Processor with be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 Cooler Motherboard:  Gigabyte X570 GAMING X AM4 ATX Motherboard GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING OC 24GB RAM:  G.Skill Ripjaws V 32GB (2x 16GB) DDR4 3600MHz Memory - Black NVMe SSD1:  KC3000 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD NVMe SSD2:  Crucial P3 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD WiFi Card:  GC Wi-Fi 7 Module PSU:  be quiet! PURE POWER 12 M 1200W ATX3.0 PSU Case:  Cooler Master Storm Enforcer Keyboard:  Corsair K95 RGB Platinum XT Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Mouse:  Omen by HP Mouse 400 Monitor:  LG CX 48" OLED 4K TV/Monitor [OLED48CXPTA] Audio:  Audioengine A5+ Speakers with  D1 Portable Desktop DAC and Headphone Amplifier Printer:  Epson EcoTank Photo ET-7700 NAS: Synology DS211j NVR: Reolink RLN8-410 with 5 PoE 4K Cameras Router:  ROG Rapture GT-BE98 Gaming 1:  Logitech Pro Flight Yoke with Throttle Quadrant an...

Our 8-year old Asus RT-AC88U is still doing OK but maybe a bit behind on current technologies so we replaced it with Asus ROG Rapture GT-BE98 . Ride home :-) A chunky big boi! For better ventilation, I only use a couple of brackets and then a fan on top Cable ties :-)

For the past few months, our Denon AVC-X3700H has been randomly restarting. It could be once a week or twice an hour. It shares a powerboard with other devices (eg TV, PS5, XSX etc) but only this Denon unit is problematic. This unit has been purchased about 30 months ago so no longer under manufacturer's 2-year warranty. Using a random Google query, a possible solution could be adding a cooling fan. So I purchased an AC Infinity Aircom S6 cooling fan system. This system's height is only 1.5 inches so perfect for our 2.5 inches top clearance. It blows out hot air at the rear. Note that Denon recommends a 6-inch top clearance  for proper ventilation. Anyway, setup was quick and I set it at Smart Mode. Hopefully, no more random restarts from now on. Aircom S6 and its wall power adapter (plug is not AU-compatible) Front & Bottom View Rear & Bottom View Smart Mode detected a temperature (above A/V receiver) requiring 50% fan speed Aircom S6 intake fans right on top of A/V ...

 

  I'm still hoping to be around 72-73kg before 2023 ends. Fingers crossed!

My Keen Hiking shoe has now racked up close to 500km since 3 years from purchase. I reckon almost 400km was spent on various trails in Blue Mountains NSW. So I bought a backup hiking shoe which is a Salomon pair. I chose this particular Salomon model due to positive reviews. This boot is really light. I can't wait to break this in. Keen shoe (US10.5) Salomon shoe (US10)

Our Outback finally has the latest software update. Most notable is the availability of quick buttons for Auto Vehicle Hold (AVH) and Auto Start Stop (A). No more digging in the menu for these important features.

The new game, Starfield , is the first game that crashes my PC all the time. It seemed to suck out all 850W of my PC's PSU.  Well, Starfield is still buggy and un-optimised but as my RTX 4090 is recommended to have a 1000W PSU, I got the itch and upgraded PSU to  be quiet! PURE POWER 12 M 1200W . Installation was a breeze. I run 3DMark again and here's the latest score so connections seem to be all good (eg no unintentional cable disconnection): Hopefully, no more crashes when playing with Starfield in ultra settings. Latest photo of my PC:

  Score was 25036 about a year ago so probably just need some system tweaking, if I can be bothered.

Sunset colours were amazing so quickly sent drone up for a 5-shot HDR image:

We recently took an offer for a free FTTP (Fibre to the Premises) upgrade by Aussie Broadband (250/20 plan). Installation was a breeze. Sample Speedtest result:

I installed this today. It took me almost 4 hours as existing setup is not 100% compatible. Happy with the result but, boy, I'm knackered!

I pre-ordered this last year at EBGames and finally I got it during its release last Feb 22, 2023: Way much better than PSVR1! I can't wait to train my VR 'legs' as I still get nauseous :-)

Again, installation was a no-brainer. Now, cargo area is fully protected.

Received this today so I installed it and it literally took less than 2 minutes.