What tech did you buy today?

2008-10-16 06:19:23

#626

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6783|NYC / Hamburg

my parents are always generous, so I'll return the favor and buy them a nice HTPC

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-10-16 06:21:38

#627

White-Fusion: Fuck; +616|6767|Scotland

max wrote:
my parents are always generous, so I'll return the favor and buy them a nice HTPC

I'm always generous to you <3

2008-10-16 07:52:10

#628

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6783|NYC / Hamburg

hmmm, I can't seem to find your presents ...

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-10-16 07:58:26

#629

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6413|Winland

Here they are.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-10-16 14:11:08

#630

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|6981|Cambridge (UK)

max wrote:
Welcome to another round of guess what max bought

http://i36.tinypic.com/dvlp48.jpg

Spoiler (highlight to read):
e8400 E0, E5200, P5Q, P5Q deluxe, 2x2GB DDR2-1066, 2x2GB DDR2-800, 2x HD4870, HD3450, 2x samsung spinpoint F1, Alpenföhn Gross-Clockner, Antec P182, assorted other stuff.

Still to come: Water cooling for the e8400 and the GPUs

It's a HTPC for my parents and a new main rig for myself. My current one is getting shipped off to my parent's place.

Are they WD Raptors on the right? Didn't know they came in such huge boxes... What the hell else d'u get with them???

2008-10-16 14:38:29

#631

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|6948|St. Andrews / Oslo

Scorpion0x17 wrote:
max wrote:
Welcome to another round of guess what max bought

http://i36.tinypic.com/dvlp48.jpg

Spoiler (highlight to read):
e8400 E0, E5200, P5Q, P5Q deluxe, 2x2GB DDR2-1066, 2x2GB DDR2-800, 2x HD4870, HD3450, 2x samsung spinpoint F1, Alpenföhn Gross-Clockner, Antec P182, assorted other stuff.

Still to come: Water cooling for the e8400 and the GPUs

It's a HTPC for my parents and a new main rig for myself. My current one is getting shipped off to my parent's place.
Are they WD Raptors on the right? Didn't know they came in such huge boxes... What the hell else d'u get with them???

noes, Raptoxx = PSU

also, I bought PES09 today

Last edited by Jenspm (2008-10-16 14:38:49)

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2008-10-16 14:52:27

#632

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6679|cuntshitlake

max wrote:
Welcome to another round of guess what max bought

http://i36.tinypic.com/dvlp48.jpg

Spoiler (highlight to read):
e8400 E0, E5200, P5Q, P5Q deluxe, 2x2GB DDR2-1066, 2x2GB DDR2-800, 2x HD4870, HD3450, 2x samsung spinpoint F1, Alpenföhn Gross-Clockner, Antec P182, assorted other stuff.

Still to come: Water cooling for the e8400 and the GPUs

It's a HTPC for my parents and a new main rig for myself. My current one is getting shipped off to my parent's place.

Niiiiice! Although I would have gone P5E with those 4780's.

Also I call dibs on your old stuff

Last edited by DeathUnlimited (2008-10-16 14:53:34)

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2008-10-16 14:56:59

#633

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|6981|Cambridge (UK)

Jenspm wrote:
Scorpion0x17 wrote:
max wrote:
Welcome to another round of guess what max bought

http://i36.tinypic.com/dvlp48.jpg

Spoiler (highlight to read):
e8400 E0, E5200, P5Q, P5Q deluxe, 2x2GB DDR2-1066, 2x2GB DDR2-800, 2x HD4870, HD3450, 2x samsung spinpoint F1, Alpenföhn Gross-Clockner, Antec P182, assorted other stuff.

Still to come: Water cooling for the e8400 and the GPUs

It's a HTPC for my parents and a new main rig for myself. My current one is getting shipped off to my parent's place.
Are they WD Raptors on the right? Didn't know they came in such huge boxes... What the hell else d'u get with them???
noes, Raptoxx = PSU

also, I bought PES09 today

Oh, that's an 'x'... I see... Thought they were rather big boxes for hdds (actually, they're pretty big for PSUs too).

2008-10-16 15:16:56

#634

Monkey Spanker: Show it to the nice monkey.; +284|6467|England

Just got this beautiful box from scan.co.uk for the princely sum of £417.20

E8400
ati 4850
ASUS P5Q Pro MoBo
Freezer7 pro
4gb corsair XMS DDR2 PC6400
Samsung spinpoint 1 TB
Samsung DVD burner
Dlink Wireless card for GF's PC

https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e224/smuder201/mobo.jpg

https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e224/smuder201/gfx.jpg

Last edited by smuder201 (2008-10-16 15:17:36)

Quote of the year so far "Fifa 11 on the other hand... shiny things for mongos "-mtb0minime

https://bf3s.com/sigs/f30415b2d1cff840176cce816dc76d89a7929bb0.png

2008-10-16 15:20:01

#635

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6679|cuntshitlake

That shows just how awesomely tech is priced nowadays

main battle tank karthus medikopter 117 megamegapowershot gg

2008-10-16 15:22:12

#636

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|6948|St. Andrews / Oslo

Let's thank Intel and AMD for that

2008-10-16 15:30:04

#637

IrishGrimReaper: Field Marshal | o |; +142|6937|Ireland | Monaghan

My new build, first one ever actually, was a very easy job. I'm not a fan(no pun intended) of the CPU fan I bought though, my options were limited believe me. And I should have got a modular PSU, ah well it's all a learning experience am i rite?

https://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l109/IrishGrimReaper/100_0849.jpg

https://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l109/IrishGrimReaper/100_0842.jpg

https://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l109/IrishGrimReaper/100_0837.jpg

https://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l109/IrishGrimReaper/100_0844.jpg

https://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l109/IrishGrimReaper/100_0845.jpg

Old ass Dell's floppy drive came in very handy when I had to update the bios before the comp would boot, I'm glad it was such an easy process.

https://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l109/IrishGrimReaper/100_0850.jpg

P5N-D:Mobo
E8500:CPU
Some Asus CPU fan
Tagan 700 Watt:PSU
OCZ 8500 Reaper 2x1GB : Ram
Antec 900 : Case (which I must say aesthetically I like very much, not the biggest case around and it's a Mess inside with all the PSU cables.)

So there I go, my first ever build.

Intel Core i7 CPU 920 @ 4GHz || 3x2 GB OCZ 1600Mhz DDR3 || 80GB Intel X25-M Gen 2 || KFA2 GTX 480 1536Mb ||| Samsung T220 || Xonar DX 7.1 || AV 40 || P6T Deluxe V2 || Win 7 HP 64 Bit || Lian Li P80

2008-10-16 16:48:51

#638

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6783|NYC / Hamburg

I went with P45 over the X38/X48 for better 45nm OCability and lower price. Running the GPUs in a x8/x8 config doesn't hurt performance, no need for x16/x16

The PSU case is huge because the PSU is huge. The server is getting the new 850W PSU. The 750W that's in there currently works perfectly fine, but at this load it's a little loud for my taste. The new raptoxx psu took care of that problem.
I can only recommend raptoxx. Solid performance, pretty quiet and affordable. I only have 2 gripes with them. The 850W unit is huge, the 500W has cables that are a little too short for my taste

After working a bit with the P182, I gotta say that this is an awesome case. I only wish the left pannel would be easier to put on if you route a lot of cables behind the mobo.

@smuder
Welcome to the club of e8400 owners. What stepping did you get?
You got a P5Q not a P5Q PRO.
You'll need to OC the ram to get your CPU above 3.6GHz
Should be a fun bundle

@Irish
Great rig
How come you bought the E8500? The price increase over the e8400 isn't worth it imo.

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-10-16 16:54:16

#639

Scratch[USA]: Member; +105|6763

Memory is cheap. Next the SSD's need to drop in price

2008-10-16 16:59:38

#640

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6783|NYC / Hamburg

Scratch[USA] wrote:
Memory is cheap. Next the SSD's need to drop in price

I think I'll get 4GB for my lappy next week. Then all my PCs will be 4GB I need to go to the shop for a keyboard/mouse anyways

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-10-16 17:06:04

#641

mikeyb118: Evil Overlord; +76|6814|S.C.

Now dabs have RMA'ed me a new card. (long story, still not over)

Thermaltake CL-C0025

https://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/ProductImageCompressAll200/35-116-019-04.jpg

Zalman VF900

https://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/35-118-001-06.jpg

and AC Ryan Molex to 3pin Fan Y-Splitter

To replace this flimsy cooling design

https://img88.imageshack.us/img88/788/triplexradeonhd3870x201zs0.jpg

I have a regular 3870 not a X2

2008-10-16 18:51:37

#642

IrishGrimReaper: Field Marshal | o |; +142|6937|Ireland | Monaghan

max wrote:
@Irish
Great rig
How come you bought the E8500? The price increase over the e8400 isn't worth it imo.

Well, it was only like €15 Euro more expensive, so I said fuck it, what €15 right?

I coulda just used the CPU fan to overclock that little bit, but I never taught of it tbh.

Intel Core i7 CPU 920 @ 4GHz || 3x2 GB OCZ 1600Mhz DDR3 || 80GB Intel X25-M Gen 2 || KFA2 GTX 480 1536Mb ||| Samsung T220 || Xonar DX 7.1 || AV 40 || P6T Deluxe V2 || Win 7 HP 64 Bit || Lian Li P80

2008-10-16 19:22:52

#643

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6783|NYC / Hamburg

I'm just saying since all the E8XXX seem to have the same max OC

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-10-20 16:05:45

#644

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6528

Shure SE110 earbuds/headphones

Freeking

Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/ebug122

2008-10-20 16:24:27

#645

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6783|NYC / Hamburg

I bought 4 new 1TB F1 spinpoints. My parents are inheriting my old 1TB drives (2x caviar GP and 2x F1)

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-10-20 16:25:21

#646

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6679|cuntshitlake

max wrote:
I'm just saying since all the E8XXX seem to have the same max OC

E8600's have higher tbh.

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2008-10-20 18:14:14

#647

seb--morin: Im high; +152|6855|Montréal, Québec

Bought some of these to try them...

Skullcandy Full metal jacket

https://s2.thisnext.com/media/230x230_no_border/Full-Metal-Jacket-Skullcandy_0129C5DF.jpg

2008-10-20 18:18:29

#648

Smithereener: Member; +138|6531|California

Do Instrument Cables and Pedals count? O_O

Well, I bought a Linksys router a few days ago. Looking into various headphones to buy.

2008-10-20 18:49:38

#649

Defiance: Member; +438|6887

https://www.gamegear.be/images/razer_lachesis.jpg

Setting up the software. Feels a lot different from the G5-esque I'm used to, but I wanted to try a nice ambidextrous mouse and so far I really like it.

2008-10-20 18:50:57

#650

Stimey: +786|6336|Ontario | Canada

Got a G9 for making Honor Roll
Schmecksy.

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