The 'Look What the Postman Brought Me' Thread - Technology Edition

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Re: I Just Bought...

Post by Rusty » Sun Aug 12, 2018 9:50 am

I think it's the climbing over to another balcony whilst drunk that's frowned upon.
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Re: I Just Bought...

Post by Mantis » Sun Aug 12, 2018 6:35 pm

Pew-Pew wrote:
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I'd have waited before buying a new card personally. Nvidia are releasing the next generation of 11x0 cards within the next month or so and that always causes prices to drop for the older models.
I've not seen anything that about them releasing it in the next month - where did you hear that? I've only seen speculation.
I think it might have just been rumours that I was reading too. Not entirely sure because it was a few weeks ago and most sites usually tend to fluff up just how much they know to be true.

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Re: I Just Bought...

Post by Jez » Sun Aug 12, 2018 7:02 pm

Hehe. What an irritating yet satisfying fix mate. Good luck with the build. Wish I was confident enough to do this sort of thing..
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Re: The 'I Just Bought' Thread - Technology Edition

Post by BoggyB » Mon Aug 13, 2018 10:49 pm

The new pc was running a bit hot so I bought it some new fans. Sticking with the silly lighting scheme I tried to go full retro futuristic and put these purple fans in.

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Re: The 'I Just Bought' Thread - Technology Edition

Post by Pew-Pew » Tue Aug 14, 2018 7:29 am

I'm not usually one for silly coloured lights in PCs, but that looks pretty sweet. Nice.

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Re: The 'I Just Bought' Thread - Technology Edition

Post by Stormbringer » Tue Aug 14, 2018 7:55 am

That is pretty sweet, Boggy. I am digging the neo-retro vibe.
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Re: The 'I Just Bought' Thread - Technology Edition

Post by BoggyB » Tue Aug 14, 2018 8:12 am

Hurray, Thanks. I know it's a bit daft but it's not meant to be taken seriously.

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Re: The 'I Just Bought' Thread - Technology Edition

Post by Hatredsheart » Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:01 am

Not surprised, I don't think there's anything in or on a pc you can't get with rgb now. Only thing I've got with rgb is the new gpu but my case doesn't have a side window so it's switched off.
My case fans are blue led that look worryingly like swastikas... 8-[
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Re: The 'I Just Bought' Thread - Technology Edition

Post by Strudel » Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:40 am

I've just said no to a new work laptop that was higher spec than the one I had asked for because it was too ugly. ¬_¬

Fucking Lenovo ThinkPads.

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Re: The 'I Just Bought' Thread - Technology Edition

Post by Strudel » Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:43 am

Also, I built a PC for the first time just after Christmas. When I find the photos I'll post them.

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Re: The 'I Just Bought' Thread - Technology Edition

Post by Mantis » Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:54 am

I kind of wish I'd gone for a more retro vibe with my lighting setup now. My tower is a great big white thing with black grates and neon blue lights around all the fans on the front, back and sides; it looks quite snazzy in the dark but I think it's a bit too much Star Trek when what I really would prefer is for it to look like an 80s nightclub.

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Re: The 'I Just Bought' Thread - Technology Edition

Post by BoggyB » Tue Aug 14, 2018 8:10 pm

Show it off, homeslice.

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Re: The 'I Just Bought' Thread - Technology Edition

Post by Mantis » Tue Aug 14, 2018 8:15 pm

Alright then.
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Re: The 'I Just Bought' Thread - Technology Edition

Post by BoggyB » Tue Aug 14, 2018 8:26 pm

If it wasn't for the mesh that'd fit right in on Star Trek, you're right. Neat looking thing.

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Re: The 'I Just Bought' Thread - Technology Edition

Post by Drarok » Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:49 pm

I too recently bought and built a PC!

i7 8700K (Coffee Lake), Aorus RGB mobo, 16GB RAM, Strix RGB 1070, NZXT self-contained water cooler, all packaged up in that there popular white NZXT case. All LEDs set to white. 8-)
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