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As this will be my THIRD such pledge (1st sketch already on wall, 2nd at framers - must ring them!) I quite agree.

 

After some budget creep (you may remember I was looking at £170-£180 range for graphics cards) I ended up with... a 4GB Asus AMD R9 290X DirectCU II (mouthful!) which is about a foot long and a hair shy of £230.

Still sort of stress testing my rig as the PSU I have is a bit marginal I fear (a Thermaltake Toughpower XT 675...) but holy moly, the first time I've had the settings at ultra in anything (Dirt Rally and GTAV).



I was eager to install it so no "before" pics. Here it is next to my old HD 6870... bloody huge.

 

I just bought the same card but without the x for £229. Where did you get the x variant from for that price?

 

To help me with my mental health problems, my partner suggested i try adult colouring books. so I have recently bought some books and a most excellent set, after trying cheaper ones first, of 72 Koh-I-Noor Polycolor pencils. http://www.koh-i-noor.cz/en/shop/set-of-artist-s-coloured-pencils-3827-72?rc=1221 These are a delight to use and, oddly enough, my partner says they are bringing out my artistic side. I didn't think I had one......

 

Scan. I hunted around a bit and nowhere else could touch 'em for this card. That's how I justified the budget creep to myself

 

send it back! you got done!

 

Had it for a month from Amazon but only been installed for one week. U reckon I could send it back?

 

Now that's a nice set of pencils, well worth the money you spent on them (I'm guessing £60-70). I'm a tad bit jealous, even though I have too many coloured pencils...

 

no, you have something like 28 days to send it back. sorry mate
Try your luck anyway

 

I went through a large splurge when I was laid up towards the end of last week and over the weekend. Some new test & measurement gear:

Fluke 424D to replace a 419D that isn't cutting it on larger jobs:



Fluke 233 which I originally thought was a gimmicky meter when I first saw it, actually became necessary for me! This replaces a 117 as my "electrician's meter" when I don't need the added micro/milli ranges and other features of the 189. I still have to carry the 189 for data logging and electronics work though:



Fluke 62 Max+ in all honesty I don't need this, but it's only a matter of time before I drop and break the el cheapo non-contact thermometer that I use at the moment, and this one is built a lot tougher and has added benefits of a wider range and better accuracy:



Rigol DS1054Z. Bigger, better revision of my DS1052E. Lots of software features to unlock with upgrades in the future!




Corsair HX1000i to replace a faulty HX1000 from my gaming rig. The HX1000 is still under warranty but I'll have a hard time proving the fault. It'll boot a PC from cold, then last anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour, then after that it cuts in and out every time you hard reset it. Seems to be pulling the +3.3 volt rail low after a few minutes which shuts down the whole PSU, probably due to heat but I haven't broken the warrranty seal to probe much at it. Fingers crossed Corsair have good engineers who can prove it's faulty and reimburse me for the HX1000i, I've warrantied "flat out dead" HX series power supplies before, but I don't know about an intermittent fault like this.

 

Holiday booked Truro for next week. Cannot believe I am leaving the house for 3 nights but have promised the Mrs I'd take to where she grew up. She has not been back for over 30 years so should be fun.

 

Doesn't it have to be in packaging brand new unopened as well?

 

The Air Arms S410 is a lovely air rifle.

How have you got it kitted out? magazine? moderator? scope?

 

A whole bunch of Arduino (compatible) gubbins.

Just remembered I have an old PS One mini screen in the spares cupboard too, I'm going to attempt to get it running.

 

Silverstone GD05B.

 

Sent it back today. It is 30 days and I was at 28! Will be getting the R9 290x ROG edition from Scan for £239 when the refund comes through.

 

Was still mint and boxed, only used for 7 days. Return was accepted by Amazon and they paid fort the postage. Posted it this morning.

 

Truro Cornwall ?

It's changed alot - mind you most of Cornwall has changed.