What have you purchased recently?

Quote from blackdog

1 hour ago, blackdog said: Like I said elsewhere, very well done. I think old comics can provide ton of inspiration for games

Yeah they are full of crazy ideas (including some weird shit )

Ok I'm buying all this shit this time

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@blackdog I better see you play all of them within the next weeks.

I wish @Radu, is an impossible task. I have started Spec Ops The Line recently, need to finish that before I start a new SP. Also should try working on the CS contest or DoI map… and probably not waste time watching TV, unfortunately I have to be selective with my time

I'm sitting on an old, 1st gen 120 hz monitor with awful color calibration and contrast. I've mentioned before that I use my iPhone 7 for correction, and I wasn't lying. I'd like to pretend that I have time to play games these days, so I'd like 144hz with low MS, but I also want excellent color correction and contrast. What do I buy? An IPS panel? Are those as much of a gamble with bleed as they say? I doubt I'd spend more than €1k.

Maybe take a look at VA / AMVA panels. These can be both high-fidelity and high-refreshrate (from what i've heard).

I still have my old Acer GD245HQbid (first gen too), it's a TN panel but the colors were pretty great when it released (3 of Delta E, which is good, not amazing but good enough).

Also, IPS panels aren't as slow as they used to be, you can still have something clean but only at 60 hz I guess.

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56 minutes ago, leplubodeslapin said: Maybe take a look at VA / AMVA panels. These can be both high-fidelity and high-refreshrate (from what i've heard).

I still have my old Acer GD245HQbid (first gen too), it's a TN panel but the colors were pretty great when it released (3 of Delta E, which is good, not amazing but good enough).

Also, IPS panels aren't as slow as they used to be, you can still have something clean but only at 60 hz I guess.

ASUS has a IPS with 144hz and g-sync for around €800, but I've heard there's a big risk for backbleed

I have a Iiyama ProLite XB2779QS (IPS) @ 60 Hz for almost 4 years. Never suffered from backbleeding.

My Razer DeathAdder mouse died. I didn't want to dish out 70-80$ for a new razer.

I stumbled upon this brand, Cougar, with good reviews.

http://cougargaming.com/products/mice/

I ended up getting the entry level mouse, the 230M, for a measly 30$

So far, it is on par with the razer in terms of looks, build quality, form factor and precision.

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Citroën C5 2001 (first phase) V6 210 hp 115 000 km

I'm so happy !!! :))))))

It's not the best looking car, but it can be very comfortable (leather interior, air conditionning, automatic gearbox, speed regulator, the famous hydropneumatic suspensions from Citroën...) or really powerful by just pressing the "SPORT" button (the gearbox reacts differently, the active suspensions becomes stiffer ...)

It's an "old" car but it was the high-end in 2001, it's a great car.

I changed the timing belt and made an oil drain. I'll just have to do the drain for the automatic gearbox and it's going to be perfect.

Plus, it was kinda cheap : 1400€ for the car itself (negociated rate) + 1200€ for maintenance !

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Aaand Captain America 1-2 (Already had Civil War), Thor 1+2, and Ant-Man

Trying to collect my favs on Blu-Ray!

After being an "Intel guy" for the past 20+ years since the "Intel 486DX" in the mid 90s, I finally made the switch to "Team Red" and got myself an AMD Ryzen CPU.

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I wanted to build a new system earlier this year to upgrade from my aging PC (core i7/ 6GB RAM DDR3 / GTX 660Ti 2GB) but kept postponing due to other urgent life issues.

I'm glad that I waited til now otherwise I would have been stuck with an overpriced Kaby Lake CPU (had my eye on the 7740X ) with an even more overpriced X299 motherboard.

The AMD Zen architecture just came out at the right time 3 months ago to offer comparable performance at half the price.

In my opinion, Intel has been slacking lately while prices were going up without actual competition to limit the price inflation.

AMD is giving them now a run for their money (and outperforming them in many areas) and that's a really good thing for gamers and system builders for the money/value ratio.

I was never tempted by AMD in the past 20+ years and always stuck with Intel CPUs (486DX, DX2, Pentium II, P4, Dual core, core 2 quad, core i7), but this Ryzen CPU is some serious shit

I researched this issue for over a week before making the jump.

I ended up building this:

Ryzen 5 1600 3.2/3.6GHz CPU (6 cores, 12 threads, 65W, unlocked for overclocking) with an ASUS Prime B350 Plus board, 16 GB DDR4 2400MHz RAM, 240GB NVMe M.2 SSD (ridiculously fast), 2TB HDD (I even slapped my old 500GB HDD as a third HDD for extra storage), and a GTX1060 6GB to round things up nicely. I kept my 750W power supply and case from the old PC.

System is smooth as butter and cool as ice (on stock cooling)

Just bought the Acer XF270HU, 144Hz of IPS 1440p goodness incoming!

On the fence about buying a 1080 ti to push them frames and replace my r9 fury!

Edit: I'm an idiot, it's not 1440p@144Hz ready for any game, but it'll do okay for now, especially since I spend most of my time on cs go!

Update: I got the monitor, and tested it. Okay. It's Amazing!

In action in gta v:

Bought a Galaxy s8 to replace my s4. It is as fast as a flagship Phone can be, has every feature you need and most of the ones you don't need, but hell does it look damn beautiful compared to other phones! Paid it the price of a s7, and at that price it is a really good phone. Recommending it

I bought my very first car! & very pleased with it!

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It's a 1987 Austin Mini Mayfair

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It currently has no registration so the plates on it are useless But it's what i'm working on for the next few years

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Steel Series Rival 310. I really like it! Comfy fit.

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Included with GFX

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18 hours ago, Puddy said:

Congrats! Those cpu are somewhat hard to get in many places!

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Finally ordered my favourite album on vinyl.

Finally upgraded my phone after many many years to the iPhone XR. It’s the same old shit but it’s sooooo smooth! Faceid feels really futuristic too. Enjoying it so far !