The 'What Did You Buy Today' thread

2011-01-03 01:11:32

#1701

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,062|7082|PNW

Uzique wrote:
i actually regret dropping £800 on a new gaming pc this year... my biggest financial regret of the year, overall, in fact

i have used it for absolutely NOTHING. it is all industry hype. pc gaming may not be in decline but it's definitely caught up in utter bullshit

i haven't played a single game that i didn't/couldn't play on my rig built in 2007. the difference in quality/performance? negligible, really.

i was expecting a stepup similar to the previous tech step-up, i.e. AMD/DX9-> dual/quad-core/DX10. it just wasn't there.

£800 isn't that huge of a loss, unless it's a significant portion of your income. Why did you buy a new PC if the one you had did a fine job at the games you play on it?

2011-01-03 05:59:06

#1702

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6781

you must have missed the 50 page tech forum thread where all of my tech went kaputt in-transit

£800 for a self-assembled PC is just about as much as i have ever spent, considering it would retail at £1k+

anything more than that and you're really shooting yourself in the foot with the price:performance and inevitable aging-costs

it was just a waste of money. pc gaming isn't going anywhere.

_{libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual}. _{http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/}

2011-01-04 05:43:44

#1703

Ultrafunkula: Hector: Ding, ding, ding, ding...; +1,975|6784|6 6 4 oh, I forget

Ordered a t-shirt

http://www.ubertorso.com/products/Tyrell-Corp..html

2011-01-04 05:45:20

#1704

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6099|Catherine Black

Uzique wrote:
you must have missed the 50 page tech forum thread where all of my tech went kaputt in-transit

£800 for a self-assembled PC is just about as much as i have ever spent, considering it would retail at £1k+

anything more than that and you're really shooting yourself in the foot with the price:performance and inevitable aging-costs

it was just a waste of money. pc gaming isn't going anywhere.

Hey, look at it this way, that's you not needing a PC for a good 3-4 years, and after that, well judging by the games of today compared to that of the bygone era, you won't even need a PC.

2011-01-04 05:46:01

#1705

DonFck: Hibernator; +3,227|6942|Finland

That is seriously cool, UltraMcFunk. In a nerdy way, but that really doesn't matter, does it.

I bought a copy of Orgazmo yesterday. I'm telling you this because what I suspected would happen, did happen. The clerk looked at me like I was buying a pornfilm. Stupid clerk, watch more movies, will ya!

I need around tree fiddy.

2011-01-04 05:48:30

#1706

Ultrafunkula: Hector: Ding, ding, ding, ding...; +1,975|6784|6 6 4 oh, I forget

Not one bit!

2011-01-04 09:16:03

#1707

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6781

Finray wrote:
Uzique wrote:
you must have missed the 50 page tech forum thread where all of my tech went kaputt in-transit

£800 for a self-assembled PC is just about as much as i have ever spent, considering it would retail at £1k+

anything more than that and you're really shooting yourself in the foot with the price:performance and inevitable aging-costs

it was just a waste of money. pc gaming isn't going anywhere.
Hey, look at it this way, that's you not needing a PC for a good 3-4 years, and after that, well judging by the games of today compared to that of the bygone era, you won't even need a PC.

exactly. when am i going to need a quad-core desktop in my adult life, if not gaming?

would rather have just got a macbook pro now

_{libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual}. _{http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/}

2011-01-04 10:25:39

#1708

Microwave: _; +515|6966|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

Strokes macbook pro.

Having said that, you made the right decision, my mbp struggles with tf2, starcraft and obviously won't play bc2.

Fine with css, apart from the disgusting way OSX handles mouse input.

2011-01-04 11:24:16