Awesome stuff you've just bought (+pics please)

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Mon May 18, 2009 9:21 am

Stormwatch wrote:Ikaruga doujinshi? I DEMAND SCANS!

Also, I gots me a chair.

woot, i have the same chair

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Sat May 23, 2009 3:52 am

Aw, crap. It's been just a week and the damn back mesh is all loose and stretched. I'll demand my money back!

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sat May 23, 2009 4:30 am

Stormwatch wrote:Ikaruga doujinshi? I DEMAND SCANS!

http://www.gamengai.com/bn_inf.php?type=book&id=1438
http://www.gamengai.com/bn_inf.php?type=book&id=1439
http://www.gamengai.com/bn_inf.php?type=book&id=1542

I've got Castle in the Air but haven't put it up yet.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Sat May 23, 2009 5:44 am

Stormwatch wrote:Aw, crap. It's been just a week and the damn back mesh is all loose and stretched.

You are probably too fat for this chair.

elfhentaifan · Post by **elfhentaifan** » Sat May 23, 2009 9:58 am

GaijinPunch wrote:
http://www.gamengai.com/bn_inf.php?type=book&id=1438
http://www.gamengai.com/bn_inf.php?type=book&id=1439
http://www.gamengai.com/bn_inf.php?type=book&id=1542

i was amazed looking at just the few screens

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Sat May 23, 2009 5:36 pm

Awesome 8bit tie is awesome

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Sat May 23, 2009 6:20 pm

That 8-bit stylized tie looks quite spiffy and dignified on you, Jockel. What website sells them btw? Cool find indeed. ^_~

And what is that 8-bit sprite character hanging on the living room wall...is it a classic Nintendo sprite character?

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Sat May 23, 2009 6:40 pm

The tie is from Thinkgeek.com
And it's a 16bit [^_~] Link from Zelda: A Link to the Past.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Sat May 23, 2009 7:41 pm

What happen, PCEFX!!!!???

How come you don't know Link from ALttP? That was so obvious.

croikle · Post by **croikle** » Sat May 23, 2009 11:36 pm

It wasn't obscure enough to merit space in his encyclopedic memory. ^_~

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Sun May 24, 2009 6:21 am

Metal Warriors – finally got a complete copy.

A shitload of spinecards, woopwoop. Thx Fudoh!

Post by **system11** » Tue May 26, 2009 12:48 pm

Well since my last laptop got stolen, I had to replace it. Man, did I replace it:

Core 2 Extreme QX9300 (2.53ghz quad), Nvidia Quadro FX 3700, 17" WUXGA screen, 2x 200gb 7200rpm drives with full disk encryption, and other nice stuff.

Also arrived just as I was leaving the house:

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Tue May 26, 2009 2:01 pm

CIT wrote:
Stormwatch wrote:Aw, crap. It's been just a week and the damn back mesh is all loose and stretched.
You are probably too fat for this chair.

lol, looks like it, my one is still ok, after the whole year (or even more)

ZOM · Post by **ZOM** » Tue May 26, 2009 2:47 pm

CIT wrote: Metal Warriors – finally got a complete copy.

Amazing game. 2P VS kicks ass, I remember playing it with my brother, good times.

elfhentaifan · Post by **elfhentaifan** » Tue May 26, 2009 2:51 pm

do want that death smiles lolihori

Khan · Post by **Khan** » Tue May 26, 2009 7:48 pm

bloodflowers wrote:Well since my last laptop got stolen, I had to replace it. Man, did I replace it:

Core 2 Extreme QX9300 (2.53ghz quad), Nvidia Quadro FX 3700, 17" WUXGA screen, 2x 200gb 7200rpm drives with full disk encryption, and other nice stuff.

Also arrived just as I was leaving the house:

now thats a laptop!

i bet playing crysis on that thing would be pretty cool, im after a laptop with a similar spec myself.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Tue May 26, 2009 7:54 pm

bloodflowers wrote:Well since my last laptop got stolen, I had to replace it. Man, did I replace it:

Core 2 Extreme QX9300 (2.53ghz quad), Nvidia Quadro FX 3700, 17" WUXGA screen, 2x 200gb 7200rpm drives with full disk encryption, and other nice stuff.

...christ man.....thats a beast!!!!

that would be really good specs for a desktop even

how hot does it get?

dare i ask how much it set you back

Post by **system11** » Tue May 26, 2009 9:25 pm

I got a 500 pounds discount, so it 'only' cost 2300. It was ex demo, when I asked what that really meant, they said it had been out for one day on a trade stand.

Runs pretty cool, quiet too. As I type I can hear the cooling fans but it's a whisper - nice big case with some big exhaust vents. As I said in the Pm though there are options just as good but cheaper for gaming. The bit I really do like is the screen calibrator being built in - you start the app, close the lid, wait until it beeps, and it adjusts the colour levels and gamma for you. The area on the right of the wrist rest is a Wacom drawing tablet, pen fits in the side.

captpain · Post by **captpain** » Tue May 26, 2009 9:40 pm

Thinkpads are the best laptops, no question. I have a T60 and it's rock-solid, reliable, and snappy.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Tue May 26, 2009 10:54 pm

2300gbp

......*whistles*

that tablet must be super handy

Post by **system11** » Wed May 27, 2009 12:18 am

jonny5 wrote:2300gbp ......*whistles*

that tablet must be super handy

Useless to me, just nifty to play with one time. Thing is, all the standard models they sell through dealers have the option, you can't get a 17" screen without one unless you order direct.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 6:58 pm

More computer stuff. This one is really stupid because I just felt like dicking around.

Here are all the parts to get going:

Motherboard: Zotac GeForce 9300 ITX WiFi
CPU: Pentium Dual Core E2200 @ 2.2GHz and stock cooler
Memory: Crucial Rendition PC2-5300 2GB + 1GB
HDD: Seagate Momentus 7200.3 320GB
PSU: picoPSU-150-XT with 110W power brick
and a home-made front panel with power/HDD LEDs, and power/reset buttons.

I just mounted everything in a food storage container for non-operational protection and transport, and just leave it running out in the open. It's so ugly and stupid and awesome at the same time.

And here is a close-up of the front panel, and a size comparison of the motherboard with everyone's favourite game.

I am very impressed with the spec of this motherboard (although I cheaped out on the CPU and memory). I can run pretty much anything on medium/low settings and older stuff on high settings, and with the PCI-E x16 I have the option to drop in any graphics card I want, though the picoPSU won't juice it anymore.

I used a bus-powered DVD writer to install the OS, and I have a bus-powered Blu-ray writer on the way...

emphatic · Post by **emphatic** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 7:10 pm

iatneH wrote:More computer stuff. This one is really stupid because I just felt like dicking around.

Here are all the parts to get going:

Motherboard: Zotac GeForce 9300 ITX WiFi
CPU: Pentium Dual Core E2200 @ 2.2GHz and stock cooler
Memory: Crucial Rendition PC2-5300 2GB + 1GB
HDD: Seagate Momentus 7200.3 320GB
PSU: picoPSU-150-XT with 110W power brick
and a home-made front panel with power/HDD LEDs, and power/reset buttons.

I just mounted everything in a food storage container for non-operational protection and transport, and just leave it running out in the open. It's so ugly and stupid and awesome at the same time.

And here is a close-up of the front panel, and a size comparison of the motherboard with everyone's favourite game.

I am very impressed with the spec of this motherboard (although I cheaped out on the CPU and memory). I can run pretty much anything on medium/low settings and older stuff on high settings, and with the PCI-E x16 I have the option to drop in any graphics card I want, though the picoPSU won't juice it anymore.

I used a bus-powered DVD writer to install the OS, and I have a bus-powered Blu-ray writer on the way...

Wow, that looks like a lovely cabinent-PC for running Doujin games. How much was it?

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 7:59 pm

New shirt

rolins · Post by **rolins** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:00 pm

I received a SNK LS-40 optical joystick which came off a Touchdown Fever cabinet. Works with my Caliber .50 pcb that I have. Although it doesn't have the mechanical click for every turn. It feels more like a spinner really. I bet it'd be great for Arkanoid.

Yes, that handle is a football not a buttplug

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 10:06 pm

emphatic wrote:that looks like a lovely cabinent-PC for running Doujin games. How much was it?

If you plan to stick an open PC inside a spacious cabinet, I don't see any reason to pay extra for the mini-ITX form factor when you could get better on-board features (and most importantly expandability) from a cheaper ATX board. But here are roughly what I paid in CAD$

Motherboard: $175
CPU: $70
RAM:$ ??? $30?
HDD: $75
PSU w/ brick: $105

So the total looks close to CAD$500. And I don't have an ArcadeVGA or whatever that thing is for displaying on low-res RGB monitors.

This thing is quiet though. The PSU is totally silent and fanless, the chipset is passive and I have enabled CPU smartfan in the motherboard bios so all I hear are the hard drive spinning and a whisper from the CPU fan.

RGB · Post by **RGB** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:10 pm

I just got myself a pair of these boots:

New deshi carbon. They're made of carbon fiber and kevlar

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:47 am

Recently my brothers and my Dad have been getting into nitro R/C cars, and after much deliberation (and potentially a PCB or two from my collection being sold off at some point) I finally pulled the trigger on purchasing a Traxxas Revo 3.3. Should be fun to have 4 of the things to run at once, although I'm guessing that we won't be doing much racing.

Actual pics forthcoming once I actually get the thing.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:01 am

For Vexorg,

Some ready-to-run RC kits have the easy of electric Li-Po battery setup...if you get the right matched cell racing Li-Po battery packs, racing Li-Po electronic speed controller and special Li-Po battery charger setup, they can run just as fast or even faster than a gas-powered RC vehicle with super long running times of 15-20 minutes nonstop. Plus if you gear up the RC vehicle right with a Li-Po setup, it's possible to reach speeds of up to 70mph! That's insane, especially for RC kits nowdays!

The technological progression of the RC hobby nowdays wasn't like that back in the grassroots era of the early to late 1980s when all you had to deal with a crappy seven cell Ni-Cad battery pack to get maybe 25-40mph tops with a modified electric motor setup and a racing electronic speed controller with huge MOSFET-type heatsink in place. Yep, those were the days when the RC hobby was still in it's infancy. I'm amazed at how far along it has progressed to what it is today. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 2:40 pm

Did a trade for this on the forum (i forget who)

I love it. not sure why though