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Bought it again, this time as a VERY LATE Christmas gift for the sister who gave me the Steam card that funded this.
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- Chrunch_Houston
After 8 years of nightly service, my slim PS3 gave up the ghost. I host every night and I'm waiting for GT7, if it ever comes out, so I got a brand new used fatty to fill in for the time being. It was $90 at Game Stop, and I paid another $10 for an extended warranty, 'cause god only knows how old it is.
It works great, and is much quieter than the slim, but man it is really heavy and barely fits where my other one was.
It works great, and is much quieter than the slim, but man it is really heavy and barely fits where my other one was.
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- Chrunch_Houston
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- James_Page
- PageyTheSquid
After 8 years of nightly service, my slim PS3 gave up the ghost. I host every night and I'm waiting for GT7, if it ever comes out, so I got a brand new used fatty to fill in for the time being. It was $90 at Game Stop, and I paid another $10 for an extended warranty, 'cause god only knows how old it is.
It works great, and is much quieter than the slim, but man it is really heavy and barley fits where my other one was.
I can't really tell but it looks like there is very little ventilation for your new PS3 there. The fat systems are prone to overheating if they don't have sufficient cooling so you may want to try to find a more open place for your system or you will probably be testing that warranty out.
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- GTP_TheCracker
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- SPhilli
- SPhilli911
Blipshift shirt!
- 2,227
- Portland, Oregon
Big purchase:
The list:
Fractal Design Define R5 case
MSi Z270 SLI Plus motherboard
Intel i5-7600K processor
Cryorig H7 CPU Cooler
16GB (2x8 GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR-4 3000Mhz ram
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB SSD
2x Western Digital 1TB 7200RPM HD
EVGA 750 G2 PSU
EVGA Nvidia GTX1070
Asus DVD/CD reader
TP-Link N900 wireless card
Fractal Design Dynamic GP-14 case fan
AMZ LED RGB case fan three pack
Windows 10
Asus VG248 24 inch 144Hz monitor
Corsair STRAFE RGB keyboard with Cherry MX Brown switches
Anker USB 3.0 SD card reader
2x Monoprice 18 inch SATA cables
DVI-D cable
USB A-B cable
Rosewill anti-static wristband
Oria magnetic screwdriver set
And here it is all put together:
An interior shot:
Thanks to everyone who contributed to my build thread, especially @TwinTurbo LM, @neema_t, and @Danoff who all helped me wrap my head around some things I was having trouble understanding and helped refine the parts list. Sorry for no shots of the building process but I wanted to focus more on not screwing it up than documenting the process.
Those who looked over the parts list I called my "final draft" will notice that I made some last minute changes. I changed to this case because I decided that if I put it together properly, I'd like to be able to show off all of the work that went into it. I changed motherboards for potential SLI support in the future and because I didn't like the stupid red lights on the one I thought I would end up with. I much prefer stupid white lights. Finally, I added the extra Fractal Design fan since this case has one less fan than the Nanoxia one I was eyeing, and the LED ones because I wanted some stupid green lights. Finally, I went for a DVI-D cable instead of a DisplayPort cable just because I was having trouble finding one that actually supports 144Hz; there were lots of mixed reviews.
But anyway, the build went pretty smoothly once I learned my way around the case. The only hard part was installing the CPU cooler, which was an absolute nightmare. I wanted to put it on after installing the motherboard, but I had so much difficulty that I ended up taking it back out in order to get the cooler on. Everything else went relatively easily. Now to see how many days I go before I start overclocking the CPU.
Also, the monitor is great, and the keyboard is even better. MX Browns are so much better than Reds.
And now that I have a computer again, I can show off the two purchases I made before buying all of this:
Sony/Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 16-35 F/4. I love it. Buying a zoom wide/ultrawide was great as getting used to ultrawide angles is a lot easier when you can zoom in and out to compare. It's been so long since I used a zoom lens I kept forgetting that it was even possible. The lens is crazy sharp and the stabilization works really well. If Sony/Zeiss makes an F/2.8 version in the future I may not see the need to upgrade, because this is so good.
Finally, I bought a second Couch camera strap literally the same night that I posted about buying the last one:
(Not my photo)
I was looking for an image of the last one and saw this one for sale. It reminds me of Gulf liveries and matches the black/orange/blue of my A7. Plus they only made six of them, so I had to buy it.
I'm running out of cameras to buy straps for, maybe I should buy some more.
The list:
Fractal Design Define R5 case
MSi Z270 SLI Plus motherboard
Intel i5-7600K processor
Cryorig H7 CPU Cooler
16GB (2x8 GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR-4 3000Mhz ram
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB SSD
2x Western Digital 1TB 7200RPM HD
EVGA 750 G2 PSU
EVGA Nvidia GTX1070
Asus DVD/CD reader
TP-Link N900 wireless card
Fractal Design Dynamic GP-14 case fan
AMZ LED RGB case fan three pack
Windows 10
Asus VG248 24 inch 144Hz monitor
Corsair STRAFE RGB keyboard with Cherry MX Brown switches
Anker USB 3.0 SD card reader
2x Monoprice 18 inch SATA cables
DVI-D cable
USB A-B cable
Rosewill anti-static wristband
Oria magnetic screwdriver set
And here it is all put together:
An interior shot:
Thanks to everyone who contributed to my build thread, especially @TwinTurbo LM, @neema_t, and @Danoff who all helped me wrap my head around some things I was having trouble understanding and helped refine the parts list. Sorry for no shots of the building process but I wanted to focus more on not screwing it up than documenting the process.
Those who looked over the parts list I called my "final draft" will notice that I made some last minute changes. I changed to this case because I decided that if I put it together properly, I'd like to be able to show off all of the work that went into it. I changed motherboards for potential SLI support in the future and because I didn't like the stupid red lights on the one I thought I would end up with. I much prefer stupid white lights. Finally, I added the extra Fractal Design fan since this case has one less fan than the Nanoxia one I was eyeing, and the LED ones because I wanted some stupid green lights. Finally, I went for a DVI-D cable instead of a DisplayPort cable just because I was having trouble finding one that actually supports 144Hz; there were lots of mixed reviews.
But anyway, the build went pretty smoothly once I learned my way around the case. The only hard part was installing the CPU cooler, which was an absolute nightmare. I wanted to put it on after installing the motherboard, but I had so much difficulty that I ended up taking it back out in order to get the cooler on. Everything else went relatively easily. Now to see how many days I go before I start overclocking the CPU.
Also, the monitor is great, and the keyboard is even better. MX Browns are so much better than Reds.
And now that I have a computer again, I can show off the two purchases I made before buying all of this:
Sony/Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 16-35 F/4. I love it. Buying a zoom wide/ultrawide was great as getting used to ultrawide angles is a lot easier when you can zoom in and out to compare. It's been so long since I used a zoom lens I kept forgetting that it was even possible. The lens is crazy sharp and the stabilization works really well. If Sony/Zeiss makes an F/2.8 version in the future I may not see the need to upgrade, because this is so good.
Finally, I bought a second Couch camera strap literally the same night that I posted about buying the last one:
(Not my photo)
I was looking for an image of the last one and saw this one for sale. It reminds me of Gulf liveries and matches the black/orange/blue of my A7. Plus they only made six of them, so I had to buy it.
I'm running out of cameras to buy straps for, maybe I should buy some more.
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I've been working alone lately and since I didn't have a radio I was stuck using headphones that get in the way and become uncomfortable after awhile. For some reason it just now clicked into my head that there is a decent sized thrift store not far from me and they might have a cheap radio that can tide me over until I can afford a nice jobsite radio (the one I want is $120).
So behold, the super expensive, high end, $7 thrift shop radio!
![IMG_0053[1].JPG](https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/data/attachments/619/619983-d2c2d5d4e5ff693efdef50edde0302c3.jpg "IMG_0053[1].JPG")
I had to search through the other radio's just to find a power cord, but I obviously did (scavenged it from a Hello Kitty unit). This radio also has an Aux. port which is quite the bonus as I like to stream music. The sound quality isn't that great and it doesn't get much for reception, but for $7 you won't hear any real complaints from me.
So behold, the super expensive, high end, $7 thrift shop radio!
I had to search through the other radio's just to find a power cord, but I obviously did (scavenged it from a Hello Kitty unit). This radio also has an Aux. port which is quite the bonus as I like to stream music. The sound quality isn't that great and it doesn't get much for reception, but for $7 you won't hear any real complaints from me.
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Bought, again, a MOIZI relaxation chair. This time it is a better chair than the previous one.
Look at that, how beautiful:
Product information
Previous chair:
Not in leather though but a beautiful dark brown upholstery en light woodword (like above).
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Look at that, how beautiful:
Product information
Previous chair:
Not in leather though but a beautiful dark brown upholstery en light woodword (like above).
Product information
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- I_Grayson_Fox_I
A Hakko 888D
Some tips
And man that $1000 express postage looked mighty tempting.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/271682197877?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Some yellow prius foglights for my impreza
Some tips
And man that $1000 express postage looked mighty tempting.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/271682197877?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Some yellow prius foglights for my impreza
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On a $14 item, no less!
Yeah, Australia post charges some crazy fees.
Cost of living in australia is very high
To help out a friend go, I used my points through work and booked our group a flight to N.O. instead of the 7-8 hours drive. But, 7:20AM departure, 8AM return.
Had a choice between AA, Delta, & United....
Delta will give you up to $10,000 to give up your seat.
Go with therm next time.
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- Dennisch
New Pea coat.
To replace the one I had for 15 years. And in those 15 years the quality sure has diminished. My old coat weighs almost 4 kilo. And is made of considerably thicker wool.
This one barely touches 2 kilo. Which is of course absolute horse manure. But since all brands I've checked are the same, this will have to do.
And.
6 liters for the Pickup.
Edit.
I'm sending that ****** coat back. What a piece of poo. Itchy as hell and nowhere near as warm as my old coat. I'm using the refund to repair it.
To replace the one I had for 15 years. And in those 15 years the quality sure has diminished. My old coat weighs almost 4 kilo. And is made of considerably thicker wool.
This one barely touches 2 kilo. Which is of course absolute horse manure. But since all brands I've checked are the same, this will have to do.
And.
6 liters for the Pickup.
Edit.
I'm sending that ****** coat back. What a piece of poo. Itchy as hell and nowhere near as warm as my old coat. I'm using the refund to repair it.
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- Null Island
Bought a plastic bin to store nearly three years of various magazines I purchased. No pics, nothing special.
Bought it for one reason, needed to begin making room for my share of the parts for the gaming computer I mentioned building a few times already.
(...yeah, that's a lot of MTS tabs open. Disregard.)
For the curious, final shopping list:
CPU: Intel Core i5 7500
CPU Cooler: Cryorig H7
Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver 5 3.5g
GPU: XFX Radeon RX 480 8GB
RAM: 16 GB (2x8) 2133 MHz Corsair Vengeance LPX
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270M microATX
SSD: 250 GB Samsung 850 EVO
HDD: 3 TB Toshiba P300 3.5" 7200 RPM
Case: Corsair 300R
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer
(Extra fans): Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 39.9 CFM 120mm
OS: Windows 10 Home/*either Ubuntu 16.10 or 17.04*
Monitor: ASUS VH239H-P 23" 1920x1080
Keyboard: Corsair STRAFE
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Chroma
Speakers: Logitech Z200 2ch
Bought it for one reason, needed to begin making room for my share of the parts for the gaming computer I mentioned building a few times already.
(...yeah, that's a lot of MTS tabs open. Disregard.)
For the curious, final shopping list:
CPU: Intel Core i5 7500
CPU Cooler: Cryorig H7
Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver 5 3.5g
GPU: XFX Radeon RX 480 8GB
RAM: 16 GB (2x8) 2133 MHz Corsair Vengeance LPX
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270M microATX
SSD: 250 GB Samsung 850 EVO
HDD: 3 TB Toshiba P300 3.5" 7200 RPM
Case: Corsair 300R
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer
(Extra fans): Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 39.9 CFM 120mm
OS: Windows 10 Home/*either Ubuntu 16.10 or 17.04*
Monitor: ASUS VH239H-P 23" 1920x1080
Keyboard: Corsair STRAFE
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Chroma
Speakers: Logitech Z200 2ch
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- 1,960
- Adelaide
Doesn't look bad, but I feel that a Ryzen R5 would give you much more bang for buck than a locked i5.Bought a plastic bin to store nearly three years of various magazines I purchased. No pics, nothing special.
Bought it for one reason, needed to begin making room for my share of the parts for the gaming computer I mentioned building a few times already.
(...yeah, that's a lot of MTS tabs open. Disregard.)
For the curious, final shopping list:
CPU: Intel Core i5 7500
CPU Cooler: Cryorig H7
Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver 5 3.5g
GPU: XFX Radeon RX 480 8GB
RAM: 16 GB (2x8) 2133 MHz Corsair Vengeance LPX
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270M microATX
SSD: 250 GB Samsung 850 EVO
HDD: 3 TB Toshiba P300 3.5" 7200 RPM
Case: Corsair 300R
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer
(Extra fans): Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 39.9 CFM 120mm
OS: Windows 10 Home/*either Ubuntu 16.10 or 17.04*
Monitor: ASUS VH239H-P 23" 1920x1080
Keyboard: Corsair STRAFE
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Chroma
Speakers: Logitech Z200 2ch
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- Null Island
I actually was eyeing a Ryzen 5 for a while. (I'm mentioning this in the writeup of it I'm doing on PCPartPicker)
What stopped me was my thought process: unlocked chip?--->OVERCLOCK TO HELL--->full liquid cooling circuit--->bye-bye budget (pretty strict $1500 w/$50 overrun)
If it was my personal build, I'd have done it. It's not for me, however. Will mention all this in the build sheet I'm including with it (heck, I already did a few rudimentary sketches of a liquid setup), leaving it up to the guy who's receiving this when it's built.
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Even without overlocking, the 1500X would still be better value for money though -
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