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[BigDaddyKong]

Picked up a Dell 2950 server.

I got tired of messing with paying a game server rental company. I picked this one up with 32GB of memory, a X5450 3.0ghz CPU's and iDrac board with dual 750W power supplies. I have 1 Cheatah 15K HD and 4 7200K hd's for the built in RAID card.

In a couple weeks I will pick up a rack cabinet, and get everything moved in there. It may be older, but it should work pretty good for hosting a 7D2D server.

 

[Layer Cakes]

MSI X299 Pro Carbon and an EK RGB monoblock!

 

[Dicehunter]

PCI-E extender cable arriving in a few days, Going to be doing a few tiny cuts in my case to mount my Titan Xp Galactic Empire Edition vertically soon

 

[AlienALX]

Given I now spend about 35% of my life in bed now paralysed with chronic depression I got this.

And this to go with.

Last handheld I had was an original DS and I didn't like it because of the folding and no analogue. It ruined Mario DS. I did play NSMB about two years ago on a tablet (emulator) and was amazed at how far they had come. Netflix and Prime are only fun for so long, then they get a bit tiring. So I can just zone out and be a miserable git.

I got this for mum's.

And this.

There's no point even buying good ones any more, they all die when you drop molten solder etc on them lol.

 

[daniSAUR]

Aww, Alien! Hope the 2ds can help! Great consoles, Nintendo really have nailed it.

This arrived today!

Never played the original and also missed out on it on the PS3 Looking forward to it.

 

[Warchild]

Did a little spending to brighten my day

Coolermaster 700p for inverted setup

Waterfall reservoir and mounts.

 

[AlienALX]

Love the res

 

[Warchild]

Love the res

same, Need to change my coolant though in order for translucent consistency to give a proper cascade waterfall effect. Dont think Pastel green will have the same benefit.

 

[Layer Cakes]

Did a little spending to brighten my day

Coolermaster 700p for inverted setup

Waterfall reservoir and mounts.

Looking fancy! I so need to go hardline oneday.. :lol:

Anyway, just picked up a new 16GB 4x4 2800 RAM kit. Heat spreaders are hideous and wil need repainting or replacing but not bad for £100 imo.

 

[looz]

Bought some sauce which should last for a while:

 

[Dicehunter]

Loving my AE-5, Put it on the Headphone 7.1 option, Doesn't actually enable 7.1 until you turn another dial for "surround" but it enables the use of the crystalizer etc... and my Beyer 990's sound amazing, I'm noticing details I've never heard before.

 

[Bartacus]

Warchild: cool, hope that waterfall effect is better than the Aqualis reservoirs. Their waterfall effect was total crap! That one looks MUCH better! That's the kind of effect that would make Primochill Vue coolant shine.

 

[Daiyus]

I needed some cutting discs for my Dremel to finish my current project of fitting a 240mm AIO in a HTPC. Amazon wanted to charge me the price of the discs for delivery but offered free delivery if I spent over £20 so I may have impulsively pre-ordered this...

 

[AngryGoldfish]

Looking fancy! I so need to go hardline oneday.. :lol:

Anyway, just picked up a new 16GB 4x4 2800 RAM kit. Heat spreaders are hideous and wil need repainting or replacing but not bad for £100 imo.

I splurged for my memory 'cause dey sexy and because I wanted 3200Mhz speed with Ryzen, but a £100 savings is not to be snuffed at. If I had bought a cheaper case, cheaper fans, and cheaper memory, I could have afforded a 1080Ti. But it's the principle of spending £700-800 on a GPU that puts me off when I know it'll be out of date within a year. My memory, case, and fans should be good for at least two more years, at the very least.

I needed some cutting discs for my Dremel to finish my current project of fitting a 240mm AIO in a HTPC. Amazon wanted to charge me the price of the discs for delivery but offered free delivery if I spent over £20 so I may have impulsively pre-ordered this...

Have you seen TLJ yet? What did you think of it?

 

[AlienALX]

I'm noticing details I've never heard before.

Next time you have some disposable cash get yourself a pair of Grado.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grado-SR60...1g0eTsctML&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch&th=1

The detail and soundstage are unmatched. Totally and utterly unmatched.

 

[Daiyus]

I splurged for my memory 'cause dey sexy and because I wanted 3200Mhz speed with Ryzen, but a £100 savings is not to be snuffed at. If I had bought a cheaper case, cheaper fans, and cheaper memory, I could have afforded a 1080Ti. But it's the principle of spending £700-800 on a GPU that puts me off when I know it'll be out of date within a year. My memory, case, and fans should be good for at least two more years, at the very least.



Have you seen TLJ yet? What did you think of it?

I did watch it at the cinema before Christmas. I managed to go into it without much hype and extremely open minded. I'm so glad I did. If I had gone into it with my nostalgia goggles on I would've likely been disappointed like the majority appeared to be after release.

As it was I managed to take for what it is, which is the director's vision of where Star Wars should be heading.

Trying to be as spoiler free as possible; I was actually impressed at some of the answers that came out the film and how many doors it opened for future installments. There are moments that are objectively forced or added just to make a particular point or for comedic value but most films are like that these days and overall the film worked for me.

Having had lengthy discussions with friends and colleagues about it we managed to delve deeper into why things happened the way they did and why they didn't necessarily happen the way one would expect them to or had perhaps hoped they would. It's the fact that it was brave enough to make decisions that had the potential to be so controversial or disappointing that gives it its greatest strength in my opinion as it all does make sense when you dive into the lore behind it. It's placed the franchise in very interesting position and I can't wait to see where it goes.

Obviously this is my own opinion and I am aware it will be in stark contrast to many; the film was widely panned and those opinions are no less valid just because I actually enjoyed it.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

I did watch it at the cinema before Christmas. I managed to go into it without much hype and extremely open minded. I'm so glad I did. If I had gone into it with my nostalgia goggles on I would've likely been disappointed like the majority appeared to be after release.

As it was I managed to take for what it is, which is the director's vision of where Star Wars should be heading.

Trying to be as spoiler free as possible; I was actually impressed at some of the answers that came out the film and how many doors it opened for future installments. There are moments that are objectively forced or added just to make a particular point or for comedic value but most films are like that these days and overall the film worked for me.

Having had lengthy discussions with friends and colleagues about it we managed to delve deeper into why things happened the way they did and why they didn't necessarily happen the way one would expect them to or had perhaps hoped they would. It's the fact that it was brave enough to make decisions that had the potential to be so controversial or disappointing that gives it its greatest strength in my opinion as it all does make sense when you dive into the lore behind it. It's placed the franchise in very interesting position and I can't wait to see where it goes.

Obviously this is my own opinion and I am aware it will be in stark contrast to many; the film was widely panned and those opinions are no less valid just because I actually enjoyed it.

100% agree. I have major issues with the film, but it's a bold piece and for that I think it should applauded. I love that the film has sparked so much dialogue. I do wish people weren't just parroting the plot holes that others discovered, but at least people are talking. It's certainly a more interesting film than The Force Awakens. Personally Rogue One is my favourite of the three. It's bold and pushes boundaries, but it's also commemorative and respectful. Visually it's beautiful (like the other two) and I quite liked many of the characters, despite what others have said about them. Jyn, Diego, K-2SO and Donnie Yen's character, I liked them all greatly. The Force Awakens is the tightest film of the three and the most 'complete', but it's also somewhat uninspiring. The Last Yedi is the boldest and most adventurous, but it's also very patchy. Rogue One is the one I feel most emotionally attached to. I have a real soft spot for it.

 

[Layer Cakes]

I splurged for my memory 'cause dey sexy and because I wanted 3200Mhz speed with Ryzen, but a £100 savings is not to be snuffed at. If I had bought a cheaper case, cheaper fans, and cheaper memory, I could have afforded a 1080Ti. But it's the principle of spending £700-800 on a GPU that puts me off when I know it'll be out of date within a year. My memory, case, and fans should be good for at least two more years, at the very least.

The system I'm building, everything has been second hand or pulled from my previous personal apart from the case and psu! These heat spreaders are so awful I think I'm just going to run the RAM naked. It's got black PCBs anyway.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

The system I'm building, everything has been second hand or pulled from my previous personal apart from the case and psu! These heat spreaders are so awful I think I'm just going to run the RAM naked. It's got black PCBs anyway.

You might be able to find nicer heat spreaders by someone who's water cooling their RAM. Long shot though.

I'd like to try and be less wasteful and sell old components. I have an R9 Fury that's just doing nothing. Someone could really benefit from it instead of it just doing nothing. I also have a 4670K, a nice Z97 mobo, and 16GB DDR3. I did manage to donate my older GTX 770 and a sweet 1080p monitor to my sister and her fiancee and the build I did for them.

Components I used from my previous build are PSU and drives. I started almost entirely from scratch.

 

[Dicehunter]

Got myself a treat from Athleat

10 x 12oz Ribeye Steaks

6 x 16oz T-Bone Steaks

10 x 16oz Steak Mince

£260 well spent me thinks ^_^