What's your latest tech purchase?

[onemanhitsquad]

Sold some excess gear, found a new sealed example , made the move...I think the FE card is the best looking card out there.

 

[phill]

Just going for this. £50 look at Ebay prices.

EDIT tested and works using comp video with our old TV, even got a workbench disc. Need a mouse now.
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That is an amazing find for the money!! Check the trap door slot to just see if there are any accelerator cards or anything in there, they could be worth a small fortune

I do have Nigel Mansell's racing game, it's not all that bad!! Some games for the Amiga now are just sooooooo expensive its unreal. I'm glad I have most of the ones I actually wish to have because trying to find them with out the three figure price tag, well.....

Please do let us know how things turn out!!

 

[Deleted member 24505]

That is an amazing find for the money!! Check the trap door slot to just see if there are any accelerator cards or anything in there, they could be worth a small fortune

I do have Nigel Mansell's racing game, it's not all that bad!! Some games for the Amiga now are just sooooooo expensive its unreal. I'm glad I have most of the ones I actually wish to have because trying to find them with out the three figure price tag, well.....

Please do let us know how things turn out!!

Its unfortunately stock. I was hoping it might have some ram expansion or something or even a HDD in it. It works ok but the picture from composite video is awful. Got workbench discs and a few others to go through. A friend offered me £250 for it

 

[kiriakost]

Origin and EA, they are true big spenders. I did kill at BF5 three continents of people, got my Rank up to 154 ( Max 500), and the game gave me enough fake cash, so to buy a pair of boots and one army officer uniform.

 

[phill]

Its unfortunately stock. I was hoping it might have some ram expansion or something or even a HDD in it. It works ok but the picture from composite video is awful. Got workbench discs and a few others to go through. A friend offered me £250 for it

Some of the accelerator cards are monstrous cash... We think spending a few quid on a 3080 is bad, wait till you look up a PPC 604e accelerator card with BVision or the like.. It's crazy cash!! Still wishing I could find a Amiga 4000T......

I think the HDs are amazing for the system, makes Workbench fly and a small amount of RAM and even a 'CPU' upgrade to an 68030 is very much worth the weight in gold Shame about the prices though Did you get many full games with it @Tigger ?

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Some of the accelerator cards are monstrous cash... We think spending a few quid on a 3080 is bad, wait till you look up a PPC 604e accelerator card with BVision or the like.. It's crazy cash!! Still wishing I could find a Amiga 4000T......

I think the HDs are amazing for the system, makes Workbench fly and a small amount of RAM and even a 'CPU' upgrade to an 68030 is very much worth the weight in gold Shame about the prices though Did you get many full games with it @Tigger ?

Yeah £750 on ebay, wish it had one of them in it.

There is a couple, but mostly copied discs. think there is lemmings original, really not much. First time i have even seem a 1200 for sale for maybe 20 years, they are so rare now.

Also what about this as a upgrade of my 980ti for £360?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3109296752670973/?ref=search&referral_code=marketplace_search&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp:e37d9f93-f44b-4ecf-9c2b-37ebc7e112a3

Or i could get a 1080TI £350 but guessing the 2070 is deffo better?

 

[phill]

Yeah £750 on ebay, wish it had one of them in it.

There is a couple, but mostly copied discs. think there is lemmings original, really not much. First time i have even seem a 1200 for sale for maybe 20 years, they are so rare now.

Also what about this as a upgrade of my 980ti for £360?
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https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3109296752670973/?ref=search&referral_code=marketplace_search&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp:e37d9f93-f44b-4ecf-9c2b-37ebc7e112a3

Or i could get a 1080TI £350 but guessing the 2070 is deffo better?

My original Amiga 1200 I had upgraded, had one of those in until things went bang and I lost it, I was gutted as I moved over to PCs and the worlds never made sense since... lol Currently have a Amiga 1200 with a little Blizzard 1230 @ 50MHz with 8MB of RAM on it, runs like a dream, but think I need to make a point of turning these units on every so often.. I get such little time I never get chance to make sure they still function. Very bad of me
I thought they where still available just higher priced? Retro kit does seem to have its moments of crazy when it comes to prices....

I'd double check with TPUs review of the 2070 Super, but I think the 1080 TI might be around the 2070 speeds... Not sure about the Super speeds so much?? Personally depends on the brand of card you prefer. Mostly EVGA for me at the moment for GPUs.....

 

[Deleted member 24505]

My original Amiga 1200 I had upgraded, had one of those in until things went bang and I lost it, I was gutted as I moved over to PCs and the worlds never made sense since... lol Currently have a Amiga 1200 with a little Blizzard 1230 @ 50MHz with 8MB of RAM on it, runs like a dream, but think I need to make a point of turning these units on every so often.. I get such little time I never get chance to make sure they still function. Very bad of me
I thought they where still available just higher priced? Retro kit does seem to have its moments of crazy when it comes to prices....

I'd double check with TPUs review of the 2070 Super, but I think the 1080 TI might be around the 2070 speeds... Not sure about the Super speeds so much?? Personally depends on the brand of card you prefer. Mostly EVGA for me at the moment for GPUs.....

I quite like the look of the 1080ti and think the 2070 might have been mined as the guy has mining rigs for sale. i will check 2070 super vs 1080ti though.

 

[Final_Fighter]

lets see if its real.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

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lets see if its real.

Where from?

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Ali express sales are still going on picked up a cheap comfast outdoor AP nothing fancy especially for £30 but it runs on active Poe and I can flash it with OpenWRT so great for the money.

Where from?

Alibaba by the looks of it

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Think it's a newegg seller. Really cannot see anyone getting a 3080ti for that price.

 

[Icon Charlie]

My tech is ANCIENT.... It is the type of Tech in the days before the internet... before computers were mainstream. When there was not such thing as color TV to the masses... When Manly men went and build things and women were in the Kitchen making Sammaches... AND liking it!...

Today I will share with you the ancient tools of the mid century man!!! BEHOLD!!! The holy grail of power tools!!!

Heh.. All Kidding aside I believe that I really did find the holy grail of power tools in the 1950's This is the incredibly rare top of the line set of Tools created for Sears. And because of its almost pristine shape, for a 67 year old set of power tools it is virtually impossible to find it. I've only seen 1 picture at the Vintage Machinery site and mine is in far better shape than what is shown.

To add that not only I have all of the parts, I have all of the manuals and the history of its use. I have everything (including blades) and this brings up the price a great deal for what it is. Yes this baby is worth a lot of money.

Everyone talks about Barn Finds. And this is it in the mid century era of things. I am definitely NOT going to sell this rare part of Americana where in the 30's thru the 60's men took up building types of hobbies to make things. This includes Heath Kit Electronics, Automotive and wood working skills.

What I have is the top of the line Craftsman Power Tool Combination Set series 103.9770 Made by the King Seeley corporation that made up these sets of power tools. I firmly believe that the ShopSmith series of tools got some of their ideas from Craftsman's earlier series of combination power tool sets as well as other companies at the time. Mine was made in 1955 as that is the oldest part of the unit. The Manuals were dated in 1954 and the Series was made from 1953 through 1958. It is a combination of a Desk top Drill press, a 8inch Table Saw, a 4 inch Jointer, and a 9 inch disc Sander (not shown in the picture). It is all powered by a 3/4 HP 1725 RPM motor on a rail system.

I did not care about the price it costed me, nor the hours of travelling to get the item, nor the price of gas to get it back to my home.

I HAD to have it. What I am going to do is a partial renovation, just to get the surface rust off. 95% of the original paint is still on the set with most of the damage being done to the ends of the metal table. I really was shocked on how little overall rust was on this set.

I'm putting it in here because it is Tech that people did use, formed clubs and stuff like that. Some people will just think that is is just a set of power tools, but in the 50's the tools had to be durable, long lasting and just made to work well. It was something that was very important during that time period. I was fortunate to live and learn when the concept of being a do-it-yourselfer was on the decline in the 70's. Cable took over, Arcade games was at it's height before computers became normal use. And Do-it-yourselfers was not important anymore.

It is something that was special during the mid centuries and so I'm sharing that with you.

 

[toilet pepper]

I had a custom cable done by dreambigbyray. A 30cm cable with 2 molex connectors for the pump and the QUADRO. It's amazing how 1 single cable helps with tidying things up.

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[phill]

I quite like the look of the 1080ti and think the 2070 might have been mined as the guy has mining rigs for sale. i will check 2070 super vs 1080ti though.

With a little Googling...

Linky for Techspot Review

TechPowerUps 2070 Super Review

Hope that's of some use at the very least I was a little out from that guess above, so that's interesting to know!

 

[Deleted member 24505]

With a little Googling...

Linky for Techspot Review

TechPowerUps 2070 Super Review

Hope that's of some use at the very least I was a little out from that guess above, so that's interesting to know!

Getting the 1080ti tonight, couldn't risk the 2070, he said it was his gaming card but has mining rigs, so was not prepared to risk it. £350 for the 1080ti, sell my 980ti for £160 so not bad really. Just need to find a full cover block for it now if possible.
Here's a pic for you. How could it have been his gaming card when he apparently has access to 3090's.

 

[phill]

I have a few of the 1080 TI's they are solid powerful cards Doesn't do to bad Folding too

Which model of 980 TI do you have??

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I have a few of the 1080 TI's they are solid powerful cards Doesn't do to bad Folding too

Which model of 980 TI do you have??

MSI GTX980TI gaming 6GB. Is a good OC'er too, 1507 core and 8000 mem, has never missed a beat.

 

[QuietBob]

Picked up a kit of B-die RAM:



With no manual overclocking on the 5800X3D, I'm gonna need every trick in the book

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Got the 1080ti, had to run the DP firmware updater like i did on the 980ti, as my monitor is DP 1.4 and both GPU's were not. idle temp is brill. 25-30

 

[toilet pepper]

Got the 1080ti, had to run the DP firmware updater like i did on the 980ti, as my monitor is DP 1.4 and both GPU's were not. idle temp is brill. 25-30
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Was there anything wrong with the 2070S aside from it possibly mining for quite a while? Since you are putting a block to it I reckon even if the fans are dying it would be a non-issue. Anyways, the 1080ti is still a solid choice.

 

[Final_Fighter]

Where from?

it was from newegg. i dont have much faith in the listing tho, plus they are already gone. i used paypal just in case. he still has a few rtx2060s at to good to be true pricing. https://www.newegg.com/p/1B4-005K-02X49?Item=9SIBBDMHBE8764

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

Just ordered a Radeon RX 6600 XT!

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It came today! Yessss!

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Was there anything wrong with the 2070S aside from it possibly mining for quite a while? Since you are putting a block to it I reckon even if the fans are dying it would be a non-issue. Anyways, the 1080ti is still a solid choice.

The 1080ti is probably slightly better than the 2070s, and no way i want a card that has maybe been used for mining, with a possibly iffy bios(if you can do that for a 2070)

 

[tabascosauz]

Ballistix Max reappeared out of Purolator's secret pocket dimension, nice packaging