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Xefi · 2012-12-17, 14:56

bought more stuffs on amazon:
USB 3.0 Cable 9.8 Feet - $9.13
Western Digital 2TB portable external hard drive usb 3.0 - WD hard drive - $150
12ft HD15 SXGA monitor cable - $11.10

amazon just shipped them today, so i guess i'll be getting them somewhere around this week.

Alchemist007 · 2012-12-19, 17:09

Cardiac arrest banzai?

Hiroi Sekai · 2012-12-20, 05:34

Well, it finally all came together and was built. :3

Spoiler for Light up, my pretty:

Xefi · 2012-12-20, 14:22

^ looking pretty good there. i'm going to start buying my new desktop as well soon.
it'll have i7 3930k and gtx 690 at the least. and a 30" dell monitor for maximum resolution
of 2560x1600. *drools*

Xefi · 2012-12-26, 13:34

bought a heck load of stuffs that were EXPENSIVE:

from amazon:
Dell UltraSharp U3011 30" Monitor - $1099.99
Accell UltraAV Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort cable - $18.96
C2G DVI-D cable - $9.34
Kashi TLC Cereal Bar, Ripe Strawberry - $17.88

and this is the mother of all craziness thing that i have ever bought in my life.
CyberPower Gamer Infinity 8800 Pro SE - $3422!

comments: with this desktop, i'll probably wont need to buy another one for another 4-5 years...hopefully.
system spec

Spoiler:

EDIT: oh yeah, i also got a military hair cut like when i was in the Army. - $10 (that's with tips). :P
and some Chinese noodle for lunch. it looks like that noodle in Persona 4 when the main character
was eating at that chinese place. - $8

Dextro · 2012-12-26, 16:16

DAUM! That's a hell of a lot of money forked over for a desktop there. I don't think I've ever gone past 2000 bucks for one and that's because I pay euros (hence taxes and the general expensiveness of the euro zone).

It really puts my purchases in perspective: Evangelion 1.11 Blu-Ray, Evangelion 2.22 Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Blu-Ray of amazon.co.uk

That and a 500gb hard drive for the PS3.

All in all I spent about 150€ or so.

It's christmas, I'm allowed to spoil myself a bit

Xefi · 2012-12-26, 16:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dextro

DAUM! That's a hell of a lot of money forked over for a desktop there. I don't think I've ever gone past 2000 bucks for one and that's because I pay euros (hence taxes and the general expensiveness of the euro zone).

yeah i know. i was comptemplating and thinking and thinking and thinking for about
a month before i give in and just bought it today.

just the gtx 690 alone is already $1000 and then you add in all the other stuffs. :P
i use computer everyday from doing graphic designing stuffs to playing videogames,
so i really hope this desktop will last at least 4-5 years for me. to me, it was well invested,
even if it cost me an arm and a leg...lol.

and with that Dell 30" monitor, i'm jumping the gun with the resolution to 2560x1600 as well.
that means when i get my desktop and monitor, i'm going to do wallpapers with
2560x1600 resolution from then on.

now i'm just patiently waiting for them to arrive. *cheers*

ChainLegacy · 2012-12-26, 21:25

Bought my parents a new coffee maker and slow cooker for Christmas.

Alchemist007 · 2012-12-27, 17:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xefi

$3422

Spoiler:

Oh god, the build-it-for-you sites price gouge so much. Before I made my first build years ago, I looked at such a site. It was particularly at the graphics card question at which I was like "wait a minute" and saw that the minimum they offered didn't have a price on it by itself but the upgrade to another card was almost what it was worth.

To illustrate in this case, the default selected for that computer model on their site is the 670 gtx superclocked, the minimum you can go is the "NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 1GB" (cheaper by $365), the 610 has some value (about $35-$40), so they're charging you 365 + 40 = $405 for the 670 gtx, and to get the "GTX 690 4GB" is + $793, so they're charging you $1198 for a graphics card of which brand they don't specify. While you can get the evga brand (very respectable) card for almost exactly $1000 on newegg, so it's a $200 'labor' charge just for the card. I like how they toss the word 'free' on that 670 gtx too like they upgraded it from the value of the 660 Ti.

Anyways that's from someone who buy their own pc parts, you'll find the phenomenon anywhere service labor is involved but it just pisses me off when I see it on something I know half a thing about

Just have fun with it and make me bigass wallpapers from now on

spikexp · 2012-12-27, 18:19

Bought recently:
JVC HARX700

Computer part:
AMD FX-8320
Gigabyte 990fxa-ud3
2x4gb gskill ddr 1600 cl9
TX750 V2
Bitfenix merc beta (to put my old part in)

Xefi · 2012-12-27, 18:45

@Alchemist007: thanks for the advise. i did a little research around and compare the prices of all
the stuffs they charge me for with amazon's prices as well before buying the PC.
i know that they did me in about $500+ for their service and labor. it's a price i
have to paid since i dont know much about building computer. i wish my cousin
was living with me; he knows a lot about building computer and could have save
me a few hundred dollars.

lol....i'd paid you the extra $500 service if YOU build me the computer instead of Cyberpower. :P

Cyberpower was the only place i have a little trust with the building. i tried iBuypower
but didnt like it much with their builds. amazon high-end pc have a bunch of rip-off
prices. and i dont like the Dell's computer build either, not to mention they charge
a lot more as well. >_______>;

and yeah, i'm gonna enjoy making wallpapers in the 2560x1600 resolution...it uses
to take me about 3-5 hrs. for the 1920x1080 wallies. it'll be 5-6 hrs. if i'm gonna do
the 2560x1600 (the higher resolution is much more time consuming and i'm going to need a lot more patient...lol).
i might even go back to 1080p since i'm so much more familiar with that resolution...who knows,
only time will tells now. the Desktop should arrive about Jan.15-20. i'll take a vacation
day off when it arrives. cant WAIT.

Bought more stuffs on amazon again:
Carhartt Men's Knit Hat with Visor - $9.99 each
comments: i bought 3 of them. one for me, one for mom, and one for my little bro.
Double-Layered, Super Warm Unisex Gloves - $7.99
comments: bought 2 of them. one for me, and one for my little bro. Southern Cali.
is getting pretty cold lately. i'll need these gloves and hat to go to work in the morning. *shivers/cold*

Alchemist007 · 2012-12-27, 20:21

I only wish they were more straightforward with the pricing, it's literally included with the parts as far as I can tell (don't know if they show more charges at checkout). So the extra $200 with the 690 vs the extra $40 with the 670 is confounding (well, ripping off is a more accurate). But I guess showing you bold text about things you're getting for "free" is more a priority.

Building it yourself isn't too hard actually, it's like a giant puzzle with instructions. There's youtube vids showing you how to do it too. The only other requirement is time to do it (and the right parts, but internet people can help with that).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPIXAtNGGCw

Dextro · 2012-12-30, 09:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xefi

@Alchemist007: thanks for the advise. i did a little research around and compare the prices of all
the stuffs they charge me for with amazon's prices as well before buying the PC.
i know that they did me in about $500+ for their service and labor. it's a price i
have to paid since i dont know much about building computer. i wish my cousin
was living with me; he knows a lot about building computer and could have save
me a few hundred dollars.

lol....i'd paid you the extra $500 service if YOU build me the computer instead of Cyberpower. :P

Cyberpower was the only place i have a little trust with the building. i tried iBuypower
but didnt like it much with their builds. amazon high-end pc have a bunch of rip-off
prices. and i dont like the Dell's computer build either, not to mention they charge
a lot more as well. >_______>;

Carefull, you're probably not adding in the cost of the case, power supply and other bits and bobs (like fans and cables) but still that would come out at 150/200 bucks overall which means 300 bucks of service and labor. That's still insane! I hope they at least gave you free shipping and built it so well you feel good just taking the side of and marvelling at the tidyness.

The local shops I use here in Portugal charge in the vicinity of 40 to 60 euros to build a PC with the specs you choose and some of these are pretty darned good at building them.

Given that I took the opportunity to do a "small" big upgrade to my own computer and got this:

* 1x Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3
* 1x AMD FX 6100 (3.3GHz, 6 logical cores)
* 2x Corsair 2x2gb ddr3 ram

Overall 250€, the Saturday afternoon spent changing everything and nearly going into panic when my disks won't power up due to a firmware bug.

Kizoku Keenan · 2012-12-30, 13:40

Purchased some acrylic paints and fine painting brushes from a coffee shop in my local area called nerdtopia https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nerdt...86416004751828 in preparation to paint the finer details in my thousand sunny model kit....its going to be tough....but fun.

SaintessHeart · 2012-12-31, 01:41

Note the size of the CD I placed on its right.

P.S If anyone else living in SG wants one, PM me. I have another on-hold order for my friend, but he has yet to reply on whether he wants it or not.

Marina · 2013-01-02, 22:04

^Very, very pretty! I can certainly appreciate the figure, despite not being a big fan of the show (and especially not Madoka!). I hope you have a special place to set her up

My Hakase nendoroid just arrived in the mail today:

Images

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She'll be joining the Nano nendoroid I picked up earlier this year <3

CJ_Walker · 2013-01-03, 00:09

You have NO idea how much I missed this.

I'm glad to be back in America again!

Akarin · 2013-01-03, 07:34

Yamaha PSR s950

and

Superocean 44

Kyero Fox · 2013-01-03, 08:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by papermario13689

Well, it finally all came together and was built. :3

Spoiler for Light up, my pretty:

Pretty damn sweet, I'm to damn much of a scaredy cat to put my own together. I always get the feelin of braking shit.

chikorita157 · 2013-01-03, 19:19

More music came in... bought them since I have frequent shoppers points left over and the yen got weaker...

Spoiler for big image:

2012-12-17, 14:56	Link #601
Xefi 癸亥 (guǐhài) Graphic Designer Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ Age: 40	bought more stuffs on amazon: USB 3.0 Cable 9.8 Feet - $9.13 Western Digital 2TB portable external hard drive usb 3.0 - WD hard drive - $150 12ft HD15 SXGA monitor cable - $11.10 amazon just shipped them today, so i guess i'll be getting them somewhere around this week. __________________ X.E.F.I.

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Alchemist007 Senior Member Author Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA	Cardiac arrest banzai? __________________ Fanfics Art MyAnimeList

2012-12-20, 14:22	Link #604
Xefi 癸亥 (guǐhài) Graphic Designer Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ Age: 40	^ looking pretty good there. i'm going to start buying my new desktop as well soon. it'll have i7 3930k and gtx 690 at the least. and a 30" dell monitor for maximum resolution of 2560x1600. drools __________________ X.E.F.I.

2012-12-26, 13:34	Link #605
Xefi 癸亥 (guǐhài) Graphic Designer Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ Age: 40	bought a heck load of stuffs that were EXPENSIVE: from amazon: Dell UltraSharp U3011 30" Monitor - $1099.99 Accell UltraAV Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort cable - $18.96 C2G DVI-D cable - $9.34 Kashi TLC Cereal Bar, Ripe Strawberry - $17.88 and this is the mother of all craziness thing that i have ever bought in my life. CyberPower Gamer Infinity 8800 Pro SE - $3422! comments: with this desktop, i'll probably wont need to buy another one for another 4-5 years...hopefully. system spec Spoiler: BASE_PRICE: [+1515] CASE: Azza Genesis 9000 Full Tower Gaming Case w/ 2 x 230mm fans, 4x Easy Swap HDD, Dual Power Supply Support, & front USB 3.0 Port (Black Color) CD: LG 14X Internal Blu-ray Burner, BD-RE, DVD+RW, 3D Playback Combo Drive [+38] (Black Color) CD2: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive [+20] (BLACK COLOR) COOLANT: Standard Coolant CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3820 Quad-Core 3.60 GHz 10MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011 (All Venom OC Certified) CS_FAN: Maximum Enermax 120MM Case Cooling Fans for selected case (Maximum Silent Operation) [+29] (1,000 RPM Black Color with No LED Enlobal Magnetic Barometric Bearing 17 dBA) FAN: Asetek 570LX Liquid Cooling system w/ 240MM Radiator and Dual Fans (Extreme Overclocking Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) [+43] FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer [+10] (BLACK COLOR) FREEBIE_CU: FREE 500GB External Hard Drive with Intel® Core™ i7 or Intel® Core™ i5 based PCs [+0] FREEBIE_VC: FREE Assassins Creed III Game Coupon [+0] HDD: 240GB Corsair Neutron GTX SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 555MB/s Read & 511MB/s Write [+150] (Single Drive) IEEE_CARD: IEEE 1394 CARD AND DRIVER [+19] IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports KEYBOARD: Black Multimedia/Internet USB Keyboard MEMORY: 32GB (4GBx8) DDR3/2133MHz Quad Channel Memory [+198] (Corsair Vengeance [+60]) MOTHERBOARD: (SLI/CrossFireX Support) ASUS Sabertooth X79 Intel X79 Chipset Quad Channel DDR3 ATX w/ TUF Armor, SSD Caching, 7.1 HD Audio, Intel GbLAN, 3 Gen3 PCIe X16, 2 PCIe X1 & 1 PCI [+159] MOUSE: Black Logitech B100 USB Optical 800 DPI Mouse NETWORK: Intel Pro Gigabit 10/100/1000 Network Card [+34] OS: Microsoft® Windows 7 Professional [+31] (64-bit Edition) OVERCLOCK: Extreme OC (Extreme Overclock 20% or more) [+49] POWERSUPPLY: 850 Watts - Cooler Master Silent Pro Gaming 80 Plus Power Supply [+75] RUSH: No Rush Service, Estimate Ship Date 12 Business Days SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT SOUND: ASUS Xonar Essence ST 24-bit 192KHz PCI Sound Card [+199] VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 4GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Dual GPU Video Card [+793] (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA) _PRICE: (+3422) EDIT: oh yeah, i also got a military hair cut like when i was in the Army. - $10 (that's with tips). :P and some Chinese noodle for lunch. it looks like that noodle in Persona 4 when the main character was eating at that chinese place. - $8 __________________ X.E.F.I. Last edited by Xefi; 2012-12-26 at 14:47.

2012-12-26, 16:16	Link #606
Dextro He Without a Title Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The land of tempura	DAUM! That's a hell of a lot of money forked over for a desktop there. I don't think I've ever gone past 2000 bucks for one and that's because I pay euros (hence taxes and the general expensiveness of the euro zone). It really puts my purchases in perspective: Evangelion 1.11 Blu-Ray, Evangelion 2.22 Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Blu-Ray of amazon.co.uk That and a 500gb hard drive for the PS3. All in all I spent about 150€ or so. It's christmas, I'm allowed to spoil myself a bit __________________

2012-12-26, 21:25	Link #608
ChainLegacy 廉頗 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Massachusetts Age: 34	Bought my parents a new coffee maker and slow cooker for Christmas.

2012-12-27, 18:19	Link #610
spikexp Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Quebec Age: 32	Bought recently: JVC HARX700 Computer part: AMD FX-8320 Gigabyte 990fxa-ud3 2x4gb gskill ddr 1600 cl9 TX750 V2 Bitfenix merc beta (to put my old part in)

2012-12-27, 18:45	Link #611
Xefi 癸亥 (guǐhài) Graphic Designer Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ Age: 40	@Alchemist007: thanks for the advise. i did a little research around and compare the prices of all the stuffs they charge me for with amazon's prices as well before buying the PC. i know that they did me in about $500+ for their service and labor. it's a price i have to paid since i dont know much about building computer. i wish my cousin was living with me; he knows a lot about building computer and could have save me a few hundred dollars. lol....i'd paid you the extra $500 service if YOU build me the computer instead of Cyberpower. :P Cyberpower was the only place i have a little trust with the building. i tried iBuypower but didnt like it much with their builds. amazon high-end pc have a bunch of rip-off prices. and i dont like the Dell's computer build either, not to mention they charge a lot more as well. >_______>; and yeah, i'm gonna enjoy making wallpapers in the 2560x1600 resolution...it uses to take me about 3-5 hrs. for the 1920x1080 wallies. it'll be 5-6 hrs. if i'm gonna do the 2560x1600 (the higher resolution is much more time consuming and i'm going to need a lot more patient...lol). i might even go back to 1080p since i'm so much more familiar with that resolution...who knows, only time will tells now. the Desktop should arrive about Jan.15-20. i'll take a vacation day off when it arrives. cant WAIT. Bought more stuffs on amazon again: Carhartt Men's Knit Hat with Visor - $9.99 each comments: i bought 3 of them. one for me, one for mom, and one for my little bro. Double-Layered, Super Warm Unisex Gloves - $7.99 comments: bought 2 of them. one for me, and one for my little bro. Southern Cali. is getting pretty cold lately. i'll need these gloves and hat to go to work in the morning. shivers/cold __________________ X.E.F.I.

2012-12-27, 20:21	Link #612
Alchemist007 Senior Member Author Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA	I only wish they were more straightforward with the pricing, it's literally included with the parts as far as I can tell (don't know if they show more charges at checkout). So the extra $200 with the 690 vs the extra $40 with the 670 is confounding (well, ripping off is a more accurate). But I guess showing you bold text about things you're getting for "free" is more a priority. Building it yourself isn't too hard actually, it's like a giant puzzle with instructions. There's youtube vids showing you how to do it too. The only other requirement is time to do it (and the right parts, but internet people can help with that). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPIXAtNGGCw __________________ Fanfics Art MyAnimeList

2012-12-30, 13:40	Link #614
Kizoku Keenan ばか =) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Age: 38	Purchased some acrylic paints and fine painting brushes from a coffee shop in my local area called nerdtopia https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nerdt...86416004751828 in preparation to paint the finer details in my thousand sunny model kit....its going to be tough....but fun. __________________

2012-12-31, 01:41	Link #615
SaintessHeart NYAAAAHAAANNNNN~ Join Date: Nov 2007 Age: 35	Note the size of the CD I placed on its right. P.S If anyone else living in SG wants one, PM me. I have another on-hold order for my friend, but he has yet to reply on whether he wants it or not. __________________ When three puppygirls named after pastries are on top of each other, it is called Eclair a'la menthe et Biscotti aux fraises avec beaucoup de Ricotta sur le dessus. Most of all, you have to be disciplined and you have to save, even if you hate our current financial system. Because if you don't save, then you're guaranteed to end up with nothing.

2013-01-03, 00:09	Link #617
CJ_Walker Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 39	You have NO idea how much I missed this. I'm glad to be back in America again!

2013-01-03, 07:34	Link #618
Akarin ... Join Date: Apr 2009 Age: 24	Yamaha PSR s950 <p>No iframe support, please <a href="http://youtu.be/ut8pceVww7Y">watch on YouTube</a>.</p> and Superocean 44

2013-01-03, 19:19	Link #620
chikorita157 ひきこもりアイドル IT Support Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pennsylvania , United States Age: 34	More music came in... bought them since I have frequent shoppers points left over and the yen got weaker... Spoiler for big image: __________________ Chikorita157's Anime Blog \| Atelier Shiori (Personal Sideblog) \| Tumblr \| Twitter