Recent Purchases

[Nate]

Grizzly G0704 Mill. Backordered until mid-April though

More time to get the shop ready.

Also scored two 4' long T8 dual-bulb shop lights, and some new lithium batteries + charger for my Ryobi One+ tools. NiCd packs are junk (lasted ~ 3yrs)

[Activate: AMD]

I went ahead and bought Deus Ex: Human Revolution on steam sale today before it ended. Another title to add to my enormous steam single-player backlog

[PandaZ3]

I think the Phenom II's are faster for gaming at the same clock speed so a 4+ Ghz FX is probably going to perform similar to a PII anyway. Nevertheless I'm sure the FX will be a fine CPU offering more than enough power to drive your games. That's actually the reason I've never had to stray from AMD - the CPUs are plenty fast enough for my needs.

Yes I did zero research, just looked at advertised speeds on The Egg's website. I have a 1090T in my current machine and I was thinking of a 980 PII at first and just thought since this FX was newer design it would be better. I'll live with the choice. my local dealer could not yet get one so I canceled that. The Egg came thru as usual though.

[Lenny]

I bought the $10 Dungeon Siege pack for Buu and myself. Tom also bought it.

[Lenny]

Yes I did zero research, just looked at advertised speeds on The Egg's website. I have a 1090T in my current machine and I was thinking of a 980 PII at first and just thought since this FX was newer design it would be better. I'll live with the choice. my local dealer could not yet get one so I canceled that. The Egg came thru as usual though.

Like I said - I don't think you'll be disappointed.

[3dfxrain]

ssd mounting kit

[AMDScooter]

Added some water cooling to my rig:

XSPC Raystorm CPU block
EK 7970 GPU block
Swiftech micro reservoir
HW Labs Black Ice GTX 240 Radiator
6ea. GT AP-15 1850rpm fans
Swiftech MCP655 Pump with speed control

[Keven]

Bought some cheapies on Steam:

Assassin's Creed: Revelations ($25) - had 50% off coupon

Call of Juarez ($10)

Twin Sector ($5)

ARMA: Cold War Assault ($6) - the game that was called Operation: Flashpoint, re-released as ARMA: Cold War Assault after Bohemian Interactive and Codemasters had a parting of the ways.

[Activate: AMD]

Call of Juarez ($10)

every time I see this game title, I think of Yahtzee saying "Call of HUUACHrez"

[Activate: AMD]

Victorinox Fibrox 8" Chef's Knife - $21 on Amazon. Supposed to be a pretty good knife in general and $20 is a no brainer. Should compliment my Wusthoff Le Cordon Bleu 10" chef well, it'll be nice to have another passable knife in a slightly smaller size.

2x Monoprice VESA 3-way monitor desk mounts. Will be using these to mount my 23" 1080p side-monitors, probably in a P-L-P type setup. The final setup will be waiting on an upgrade to a GTX680 or 7970 since my current nV cards can't do 3 monitors with SLI enabled if the monitors are of differing resolutions.. even if i only want to game on a single monitor

[drkCrix]

Added some water cooling to my rig:

XSPC Raystorm CPU block
EK 7970 GPU block
Swiftech micro reservoir
HW Labs Black Ice GTX 240 Radiator
6ea. GT AP-15 1850rpm fans
Swiftech MCP655 Pump with speed control

Great looking choices

[Lenny]

Rosewill HIVE Series HIVE-750 750W Continuous @40°C, 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified, Modular Design, Single +12V Rail, ATX12V v2.31/EPS12V v2.92, SLI Ready, CrossFire Ready, Active-PFC Power Supply

$95 - $20 (Shell Shocker discount) - $15 (20% "Thank You" promo code)
= $60 shipped net cost

I wasn't in need of a new PSU but 2 of 3 PSU I have in use are >5 years old so I figured I'd pick this one. I don't normally trust Rosewill with important things but the reviews were good and it's excellent value for all you get so I figured I'd give it a try.

[Keven]

Spent $75 total on all three Call of Juarez games.

They're all terrible.

Ah well, live and let live.

[3dfxrain]

12GB Corsair XMS DDR3 RAM.

[Lenny]

I just realized that I again forgot to use my $15 promo gift card for the PSU purchase at newegg. That's the second time I've forgotten