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25-11-2016 11:51AM

Mickeroo wrote: »

What's people's experience of crucial SSDs? I see there's a 750GB one on sale on amazon at the moment for around £105. Had my eye on a 250gb 850 evo for my build but the crucial is only £15 more with over double the storage....

Have had a 500gb one as my games drive for the last year. No issues at all here.

pleasant Co. wrote: »

That one's in my cart too, can't bring myself to buy as it's not something I need right now, but a higher capacity ssd for storage has been the plan since I built this PC 2 years ago

Similar boat except I already have two SSDs in this machine. 1.5GB of SSDs seems like overkill even if I want it.

will56 · 25-11-2016 11:56AM

L wrote: »

Have had a 500gb one as my games drive for the last year. No issues at all here.

Similar boat except I already have two SSDs in this machine. 1.5GB of SSDs seems like overkill even if I want it.

I've one sitting in my cart, I'll have 1.5gb-ish if I do get it, split across 4 SSDs :cool:

Mickeroo · 25-11-2016 12:48PM

Well I ****ed up, was going to order it when i get home later but it's gone back up to full price again.

Shlippery · 25-11-2016 12:50PM

Mickeroo wrote: »

Well I ****ed up, was going to order it when i get home later but it's gone back up to full price again.

Wait til Monday I'd say, the seller it's showing now has just changed. Amazon probably used up their Friday stock...patience..(maybe)

"RRP: £211.99
Price: £161.13 & FREE Delivery in the UK. Details
You Save: £50.86 (24%)
In stock.
This item does not ship to Ireland. Learn more
Sold by CAVENDISH COLLECTIVE and Fulfilled by Amazon. Gift-wrap available."

25-11-2016 03:17PM

will56 wrote: »

I've one sitting in my cart, I'll have 1.5gb-ish if I do get it, split across 4 SSDs :cool:

Similar enough - my original SSD went into my laptop when I ran low on spare sata connections.

mossym · 25-11-2016 03:55PM

L wrote: »

Similar boat except I already have two SSDs in this machine. 1.5GB of SSDs seems like overkill even if I want it.

will56 wrote: »

I've one sitting in my cart, I'll have 1.5gb-ish if I do get it, split across 4 SSDs :cool:

overkill? susprised you lads can get away with that, i need more ram than that for my system to work

Keplar240B · 25-11-2016 04:34PM

Do these type of places exist in Ireland?

Part2: Buying Used Computers -- Auctions, Surplus and Recycling Centers
New youtube channel breakaway faction from tek syndicate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz52pi1Y4_o

25-11-2016 05:47PM

mossym wrote: »

overkill? susprised you lads can get away with that, i need more ram than that for my system to work

haha, 1.5 TB. :P

Damn it. I can juggle SI units all day in my head but for some reason when it comes to hard drives I always manage to say GB instead of TB.

(though I used to have a desktop with 1.5gb of disk space. No idea how the hell that seemed like loads of space back in the day)

Cuddlesworth · 25-11-2016 07:45PM

Keplar240B wrote: »

Do these type of places exist in Ireland?

Part2: Buying Used Computers -- Auctions, Surplus and Recycling Centers
New youtube channel breakaway faction from tek syndicate

Recycling centres, yes but they don't sell on. Because of the Wee charges, its more cost efficient to actually recycled and reclaim the electronics.

Actions/Surplus. Sure, but they usually sell in large lots when they come up. Mainly liquidation or repo.

Best bet for single units is donedeal/adverts.

ShadowHearth · 27-11-2016 01:52PM

So as always, lots of hype over black Friday and pretty much feck all decent deals on pc platform.
I did manage to get some cheap ps4 games though. I wonder if anyone will learn from this: black Friday should not be a reason to hold off on buying oc parts.

I think the only decent deal I sow was 750GB SSD on amazon for 105£.

Supergurrier · 27-11-2016 02:00PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

So as always, lots of hype over black Friday and pretty much feck all decent deals on pc platform.
I did manage to get some cheap ps4 games though. I wonder if anyone will learn from this: black Friday should not be a reason to hold off on buying oc parts.

I think the only decent deal I sow was 750GB SSD on amazon for 105£.

More Cupra monies

Got a link to that Sad?

ShadowHearth · 27-11-2016 02:45PM

Supergurrier wrote: »

More Cupra monies

Got a link to that Sad?

Or fiesta St.

It's gone back up to 170£

Revoker88 · 27-11-2016 03:17PM

I picked up logitech g910 for £80 and Titanfall 2 for €25 in Argos and a decent laptop for the missus. So black friday was ok to me this year

pleasant Co. · 27-11-2016 03:30PM

EoinHef wrote: »

I picked up logitech g910 for £80 and Titanfall 2 for €25 in Argos and a decent laptop for the missus. So black friday was ok to me this year

You got the g910 for 80 pounds or euro?

Revoker88 · 27-11-2016 04:07PM

pleasant Co. wrote: »

You got the g910 for 80 pounds or euro?

£81.99 gbp on amazon,bout €96

WhiskeyGoblin · 28-11-2016 10:57AM

Looking at 100Hz+ 1080p monitors and just wondering if you lads had any suggestions?

ShadowHearth · 28-11-2016 12:39PM

So lads, remember I asked you about board games for my sisters family? I was in town to get misses ShadowHearth phone fixed as she droped the thing in toilet on night out... It was not far from that place "Gathering".
Went in and talked to fella. He is really nice and friendly and it was so refreshing to nerd out with someone. Don't have proper nerd friends like me in irl ( insert sad music). Went through some board games with him amd picked up this. Pretty sure it was mentioned here and all about the game just sounded amazing.

Cherry on the top is that they do game night on Wed and sat nights. I am more then welcome to pop in and at least have a look. Misses won't be impressed, but **** that, I am going to go on one of the days off lol.

ED E · 28-11-2016 01:06PM

Let us know how you get on with that, I'm looking to expand the collection (Cant play Catan forever).

ShadowHearth · 28-11-2016 01:19PM

ED E wrote: »

Let us know how you get on with that, I'm looking to expand the collection (Cant play Catan forever).

Will do, but it will be xmas only.

Just ordered this:

http://www.boardgamer.ie/10-carcassonne.html

Cards against humanity and 1st expansion pack

and Need to order this, but ill get misses to do it

http://www.boots.ie/en/Ravensburger-Labyrinth_1871110/

So Nerd boards game gift will be complete.

Fecking over 150eu worth of board games.

Calvin · 28-11-2016 01:40PM

marko93 wrote: »

Looking at 100Hz+ 1080p monitors and just wondering if you lads had any suggestions?

Overclockers has a decent deal on a Dell monitor, 100+ from what I remember..it was £300+ tho

K.O.Kiki · 28-11-2016 02:14PM

I found Cards Against Humanity very... dumb.

It's only funny if your friends are funny.
Or very, very drunk.

ShadowHearth · 28-11-2016 03:01PM

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

I found Cards Against Humanity very... dumb.

It's only funny if your friends are funny.
Or very, very drunk.

Thats the point of it :pac:

I played it already and it was great crack. Main thing is - not over play it, as then it repeats itself.

ShadowHearth · 29-11-2016 11:09AM

OMG, I need this in my life! Xbox streaming, steam streaming, emulators, indie games on device itself!!!

I wonder is it possible to get it somewhere in europe and not just order from china?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lslcH-T1E0o

Revoker88 · 29-11-2016 02:44PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

OMG, I need this in my life! Xbox streaming, steam streaming, emulators, indie games on device itself!!!

I wonder is it possible to get it somewhere in europe and not just order from china?

http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057665194/1/#post101669094

A few in the above thread have picked it up Shadow. They may be able to help

WhiskeyGoblin · 29-11-2016 04:49PM

Calvin Leong wrote: »

Overclockers has a decent deal on a Dell monitor, 100+ from what I remember..it was £300+ tho

I think for me £300 may be too much.

Don't suppose any of you guys are running this?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-VG248QE-Widescreen-Multimedia-80000000/dp/B00B19T7QC/ref=pd_sim_sbs_147_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=DEVGMHNGZQGWTYKRH28C

Whatever I get will be run by my R9 290 Tri-x

ED E · 29-11-2016 04:55PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

OMG, I need this in my life! Xbox streaming, steam streaming, emulators, indie games on device itself!!!

I wonder is it possible to get it somewhere in europe and not just order from china?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lslcH-T1E0o

Shadow loves his toilet gaming it seems xD

ShadowHearth · 29-11-2016 05:33PM

ED E wrote: »

Shadow loves his toilet gaming it seems xD

Bedroom gaming! Only that much I can play with misses shadowhearths 2 best assets.

I checked more on youtube and this thing can handle games like a boss!!! Yes, not BF4 ultra ffs, but some older games, indies and emulators. Its super impressive! **** Nintendo Switch!

Revoker88 · 01-12-2016 09:52PM

Looks like were going to get a proper look at Zen on the 13th. Not sure if ill be about to watch the stream,probably just read the summary the following day. Thought it was gonna drift into the new year before we got a proper look.

wotzgoingon · 01-12-2016 10:13PM

EoinHef wrote: »

Looks like were going to get a proper look at Zen on the 13th. Not sure if ill be about to watch the stream,probably just read the summary the following day. Thought it was gonna drift into the new year before we got a proper look.

I read that two nights ago on Google Now.

I will watch it even though I am not looking to build a new system. If the leaks are true on performance and cost then we have something very good on hand. Hopefully they are true and Intel has to rethink their pricing. Both Nvidia and Intel have gone over the top lately with prices.

Redfox25 · 02-12-2016 10:00AM

This might also link into seeing the Vega GPU's earlier than expected too.

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