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

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Re: I Just Bought...

Post by Mantis » Sat Aug 11, 2018 4:06 pm

Maturin wrote:
Sat Aug 11, 2018 3:48 pm
Mantis wrote:
Sat Aug 11, 2018 3:26 pm
There's something about putting it all together and then pressing that power button for the first time to see it whirl into life that I find very satisfying.
...or not whirl into life. Followed by the feeling of dread that one of the components might be faulty.
Yeah that is always a risk. My last build had a DoA GPU and I spent ages thinking I'd done something wrong when it just needed RMAing. Since then whenever I've built PCs for friends I've learned to put the whole thing together outside of the case first just to make sure it all works.

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Re: I Just Bought...

Post by Medicine Man » Sat Aug 11, 2018 4:23 pm

Some nice new PC bits getting flung about in here. Congrats to you all on your new super duper gaming machines.

Oh and that eagle is clearly flexing its mighty, majestic, freedom-loving bicep.

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Re: I Just Bought...

Post by BoggyB » Sat Aug 11, 2018 4:33 pm

Guess which berk forgot to check the cpu cooler height before buying it. Bloody hell.

Amazon Prime now have some AIO liquid blocks, so they're delivering one later tonight. It does mean the pc is less one flexing eagle though.

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Re: I Just Bought...

Post by Hatredsheart » Sat Aug 11, 2018 5:45 pm

Feeling left out, so when I got a pricedrop email from pcpartpicker I couldn't help myself :oops: -

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You just watch the price bloody plummet before christmas :lol:

Edit - since the nvidia 2080 reveal my card has jumped in price by 50 quid from the same retailer. Glad I didn't wait.
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Re: I Just Bought...

Post by Mantis » Sat Aug 11, 2018 5:47 pm

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.

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Re: I Just Bought...

Post by Gibby » Sat Aug 11, 2018 6:33 pm

Argh, sounds frustrating Boggy. Same day delivery though? Nice!

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Re: I Just Bought...

Post by BoggyB » Sat Aug 11, 2018 6:58 pm

Mantis wrote:
Sat Aug 11, 2018 5:47 pm
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 always taken the stance of "fuck it, just buy whenever" with pc bits. There's never a good time for it.

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Re: I Just Bought...

Post by Oct » Sat Aug 11, 2018 6:59 pm

I just did a big upgrade as well, my old tower could hardly even play wow so I treated myself to an Alienware R4 laptop when they had a 25% off sale on (I just don't have the room for a tower any more), I also just got a Acer Predator XB271HUb. I've now just started to play through games I'd missed from the last five years. :)

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Re: I Just Bought...

Post by Tichinde » Sat Aug 11, 2018 7:35 pm

The 8 year old Sandy bridge build may be on its way out
It spent yesterday telling me I'd plugged in a new audio jack.
Then that I'd unplugged it.

Feeling a threadripper replacement coming on...... :)
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Re: I Just Bought...

Post by Pew-Pew » Sat Aug 11, 2018 9:32 pm

Mantis wrote:
Sat Aug 11, 2018 5:47 pm
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.

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Re: I Just Bought...

Post by BoggyB » Sat Aug 11, 2018 11:25 pm

Well that took forever. It's very shiny to the point it's hard to get a photo of it.

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I really dig naff rgb lights so no apologies for this. Its not as bright as this makes out.

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8600k i5
1080ti
16gb 3000mhz ddr4 ram
And a 32 inch 1440p 144hz gsync monitor for good measure.

Should do for a few years!

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Re: I Just Bought...

Post by Stormbringer » Sat Aug 11, 2018 11:39 pm

That's quite a view out of your window, Boggy. Do you live in a really tall building?
Between tedium and fright
Such is the song of the nether world
The hissing of rats
And the jarring chants of angels

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Re: I Just Bought...

Post by BoggyB » Sat Aug 11, 2018 11:42 pm

Yeah, 10th floor penthouse. I'm moving out in a few months and I'm going to miss my late night balcony whiskeys. : (

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Re: I Just Bought...

Post by Gibby » Sat Aug 11, 2018 11:54 pm

Tremendous build! Very similar to mine, including a glass case!

Nice view, too. Moving to anywhere better? Late night whiskies can happen without balconies, fear not!

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Re: I Just Bought...

Post by Stormbringer » Sun Aug 12, 2018 12:00 am

Probably better not to drink while standing on a 10th floor balcony anyway...
Between tedium and fright
Such is the song of the nether world
The hissing of rats
And the jarring chants of angels

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