New Toys!!!
 

Got 2 Tbred 1700+'s in today, and the DVD's of Smokey and the Bandit II and Canon Ball Run :) hehehehe oh theres gunna be drinking, overclocking, and movie watching happening tonight ;)

When pH was in town I picked up Smokey and the Bandit on DVD and it was a riot while drinking... so I picked these up for his return trip to Madison in the future :)

Also ordered a Dell 1900FP 19" LCD today... to replace a baddly off KDS 19" flat tube CRT. From what I saw the LCD aint too bad for games when I played with one a few days ago. Its got a nice 500:1 conrast ratio, and very little ghosting.

Hey Joe,

Nice summer for toys isn't it?

Easy on the brew though, for me at least. Don't much care for the after affects.

A tip for those considering buying a 17" LCD: my minions tell me that the price will drop by ~$15 in Q3 ;)

Well heres the deal... the Tbreds were the latest TbredA offering from AMD.... not the hot TbredB's ( when I say hot, I mean faster than all ****).

This is a low voltage TbredA, which means it runs cold, but still pretty nice. I have it running at 1730Mhz @ 1.65v and its cold. so I can make the rig quiet, and still carry some punch ( was at 2x 1.4Ghz Tbird before, now I am at 2x 2100+ speeds with what the mobo thinks are MP's)

Its nice since now I am using MP look alikes the Tyan board is happy as a clam to run them :) Running Folding on them right now for a few hours to test the stability but so far it seems rock solid. and deffinitely has some more pep to it than tyan 1.4's

You have minions? :eek:

http://www.ebnonline.com/showArticle...cleID=10818133

;)

Isn´t waiting too 3´rd Q a bit of a wates just too save 15$?

hehe.... i´m not made of money but it didn´t sound like alot of money ;)

Nice toys btw Joe, want a 19" LCD too

-P-:drool:

Well Dell nicely ****ed up the order so I am more than likely NOT getting a Dell 1900FP now. going to go with a Samsung 191T for cheaper and better warranty. Its the exact same monitor as the 1900FP

hehe
looked and none at 19" were low response time (16ms) that were under 1200$ This ones 25ms, so its not terrible :)

No kidding! They are like $265 now. Why wait and pay $250 for it. Do they really think $15 drop in price is going to make everyone run out, jump for joy at the saving, and buy off the excessive stock? $15 is just enough to get into a movie with a few snacks anymore....

Damn Joe, at least someone around here is actualy making enough money to spend! :D

I didnt mean I bought a 1200$ 19" hehe I bought a 630$ 25ms 19" but since a 16ms costs 2x more I was saying that the 630$ wasnt a bad deal for such a small increase in response time.

Probably wouldn't even notice the difference. Wish I had $630 for a monitor. :D

I could get two 21" CRT`s for the same price though...

hmmm, two 21" would be NICE... as long as space is not an issue. :) As it is today...

Space, heat, power, nice dose of radaition, etc...

hehehe

I will take 1 19" TFT over 2 so so 21";s any day. a GOOD 21" will cost close to 400 - 500$ ( good Sony 21). most other 21"s are made with pretty crappy inards.. just look at KDS.. they have a trinitron tube, but all the backing electronics suck.

Joe, been looking at this monitor myself.
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I've got a 21in crt and a 19in planar lcd I picked up from dell a couple of months ago for $430 :-) and I'll take the 19 lcd, not to mention it's pretty much the same viewable area as the 21 and soo much nicer