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[Rotary Junkie]

Vista is so solid, no AV is required.

It is?

I managed to pick up a pair of nasty virii on Vista in about 2 weeks doing my normal browsing. XP usually lasts a good few months before needing a redo.

 

[livemusic]

Which thread is that? I went over to his house and played CoD:WaW. That thing is a BEAST. 👍 And we didn't even have ATI Overdrive on. We don't have it hooked up to net yet because he doesn't have an antivirus software for vista. Any recommendations?

I use Nod32.

 

[Digital-Nitrate]

500 GB My Passport Elite Portable Hard Drive

The drive is so small and thin (about the same size as an iPhone) and quiet. 👍

 

[ExigeEvan]

8GB, integrated cap, less than £10 delivered. PEW PEW PEW.

 

[MagpieRacer]

With Call of Duty World at War, Mass Effect, Halo 3 and Fallout 3.

 

[ExigeEvan]

What happened to the days when you were constantly skint? You've changed.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Ive been working for near a year straight now .....and im starting to get good with my money.

 

[ceiling_fan]

Mass Effect

Play it first. Seriously. Probably in my top 10 games ever.

Here's what I got:

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3)
Pre-Played Price $39.99
Less GameFly Dollar Coupon -$4.00
Less GameFly Dollar Coupon -$5.00
Less GameFly Dollar Coupon -$5.00
Less GameFly Dollar Coupon -$10.00
Tax $1.40
Shipping & Handling $0.00
Total $17.39

Not bad for a game that costs $57 new on Amazon! Uncharted is ranked #1 on my list for "Games that are awesome but only have mediocre demos" I have a few others on that list but I can't remember any...

 

[tfujiwara]

With Call of Duty World at War, Mass Effect, Halo 3 and Fallout 3.

You just got the best thing in the world for online play:tup:

I wish I had one

 

[Denur]

Playseat Evolution with gearshift holder.

 

[Eric.]

Which thread is that? I went over to his house and played CoD:WaW. That thing is a BEAST. 👍 And we didn't even have ATI Overdrive on. We don't have it hooked up to net yet because he doesn't have an antivirus software for vista. Any recommendations?

I use AVG Free 8.0, never had an issue using any AVG free software.

 

[MagpieRacer]

More money spent today!

All I can say is wow, well worth £80, I have never felt sound like this before, just wow, its made Call of Duty feel like, even more immersive, heck every game does, just wow.

http://www.pyramatchairs.co.uk/pm420w.html

 

[Jondot]

Right, my latest purchases:

The INQ. Technically not a purchase but a free upgrade. It comes with 75 any network anytime minutes, unlimited texts, unlimited 3 to 3 calls, unlimited Skype and unlimited internet. All for £15 a month. And if it turns out to be horrible, I can just shut it away in a cupboard and enjoy the unlimited stuff on the K800i they let me keep.

Only had a play in the shop (as it's currently on its first charge), but it seems pretty promising. All I can comment on so far is the packaging, which is pretty top notch

And that, because why the hell not.

500 GB My Passport Elite Portable Hard Drive

The drive is so small and thin (about the same size as an iPhone) and quiet. 👍

Good choice 👍 I've got a last-gen Passport and it's been fantastic. I've partitioned it 3 ways with no problems at all, and used it for everything from storing raw video to video games (I actually run TDU straight off it with no problems).

 

[livemusic]

Hard drive and case arrived last monday:

Configuration:

Cooler Master Elite 331
Asus M2N-X Plus
Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @2.7GHz
GeForce 8600GT 512MB
2x 2GB RAM DDR2 800 Kingston
Seagate 500GB Sata2 Drive
Seventeam 500W PSU

I'm posting from it right now and it's been working pretty smooth so far.

 

[nick09]

The seventeam brand seems pretty new. How is it working for you?

 

[exigeracer]

Just dropped 950$ on a new bed and mattress! Big-person investment on the year (and to think I could've gotten some camera lenses or something).

 

[Sharky.]

LG NX550 mobile phone.

Bought it 10 days ago... and it's already broken. It has trouble turning on - I have to hold down a button (seems to be the down navigation key) for the duration of the start-up sequence, otherwise the startup sequence gets stuck at the LG logo screen. Plus it has trouble turning off, where holding the END key restarts the phone instead of turning it off. And it occasionally throws a hissy-fit at the microSD and won't read it. To top it off, sometimes the camera throws a spaz and everything ends up all green and pink.

It worked fine two days ago.

 

[Simplex 4100U]

well, since i'm a fire alarm fan, i got these:

pretty loud combination horn/strobe. they're pretty common here in TX. mine's the white one in the middle.

finally, i got one of these. got it with the Gentex Commander 3 above($80.45 total price tag!!)

this one's pretty nice. it's a speaker/strobe, and it can be used for more than just fire protective use(it's connected to my computer right now... i can't have it next to my screen, because it messes with the screen; the electromagnet/transformer/whatever-the-hell-it-is is exposed on the back, so i have to keep it on the floor.)

 

[exigeracer]

I gotta say, and not in an offensive way at all, but being a firealarm junky is the strangest thing I've heard of in a long time.

 

[Sharky.]

There's no such thing as being too safe though

Altough I do agree in that I've never heard of a fire-alarm junkie before either.

 

[hemisport15]

Got this yesterday.

and got this a few weeks ago, except mine has the bone hand on the bottom.

 

[boiltheocean]

Hate Punctures. Hung my back wheel on a curb and POP!

 

[Omnis]

I gotta say, and not in an offensive way at all, but being a firealarm junky is the strangest thing I've heard of in a long time.

Especially since your collection should burn by design in the event of a fire. Kind of ironic.

 

[livemusic]

The seventeam brand seems pretty new. How is it working for you?

No problems at all so far. I already had a 350W Seventeam PSU on my old rig which is also working fine but I think it's too weak for this new rig.

Seventeam it's not so new around here, I heard of them a good while ago. It's a good brand, though not as good as Cooler Master or Corsair PSU's.

 

[ceiling_fan]

well, since i'm a fire alarm fan

You're actually the second person I've heard of who collects them. I knew a guy who was always bidding on antique fire alarms on eBay, like his laptop would be open at dinner etc. Strange guy.

 

[Eric.]

I gotta say, and not in an offensive way at all, but being a firealarm junky is the strangest thing I've heard of in a long time.

Don't forget, he's getting about $100k to spend on a $10k 2009 Ford Ranger and the guys at Ford's WRC team are gonna put a rally engine in it for him and he'll be sponsored by Fire-Lite. Or he might rally a Smart, or Camry, or maybe a Veyron if he can find Bugatti's number.

Did your mom let you have the PS2 back yet, Simplex?

 

[HACKr]

(it's connected to my computer right now... i can't have it next to my screen, because it messes with the screen; the electromagnet/transformer/whatever-the-hell-it-is is exposed on the back, so i have to keep it on the floor.)

Put it as close to your hard drive as possible.

 

[Pako]

Not really fair to call it my purchases, it was a B-Day present from my wife. Had to throw in a couple bucks to make up the difference but I love this chair. It's the bomb yo!

It's great for those late night moderating tasks, or intense gaming sessions that last 4-6 hours at a time.

 

[Small_Fryz]

i just bought a few blu-rays.

 

[Azuremen]

Makes me want to get the Ocean's movies, quite good.

I picked up this the other day...

Configuration:

Cooler Master Elite 331
Asus M2N-X Plus
Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @2.7GHz
GeForce 8600GT 512MB
2x 2GB RAM DDR2 800 Kingston
Seagate 500GB Sata2 Drive
Seventeam 500W PSU

I'm posting from it right now and it's been working pretty smooth so far.

AMD crew for the win.