What tech did you buy today?

2012-12-12 11:06:22

#8251

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6101|Catherine Black

Kimmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:
Camm wrote:
Winston_Churchill wrote:
thats one of the korean Dell/apple knockoffs right? any pixel issues? apparently theyre very hit and miss - can be absolutely perfect quality or have a few dead pixels and youre screwed.

i have the Dell with the same panel
Aye it's one of the Korean monitors, as far as pixel issues go I think I got a cracker. I've not noticed a single dead pixel yet. To be fair, there's so many it's unlikely I'll even notice if there is one.

The panel is ever so slightly different from your Dell's panel, this is the one used in the Cinema Display and iMacs.
how is it compared to an expensive gem like this? http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/8 … rp_27.html
this monitor is rated oh so hi for ips 27" however the price is retardo

lol that windows background is photoshopped on, look at the taskbar.

2012-12-12 11:19:30

#8252

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,986|6945|949

did you expect them to plug in the monitor to a computer and turn it on so they could take a product photo?

2012-12-12 19:03:44

#8253

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|7052|Toronto | Canada

they're considered pretty equal in quality, theyre ones that didnt pass quality standards at apple or dell. theres a risk of dead pixels and theres usually not that great of a return policy so its a gamble. but if you get a good one its certainly worth it.

if you want one of the ultrasharps - check the site often especially around xmas since they go on sale for hundreds of dollars cheaper quite frequently. and dell coupons

2012-12-15 05:15:20

#8254

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5281|Dundee, Scotland.

Winston_Churchill wrote:
they're considered pretty equal in quality, theyre ones that didnt pass quality standards at apple or dell. theres a risk of dead pixels and theres usually not that great of a return policy so its a gamble. but if you get a good one its certainly worth it.

if you want one of the ultrasharps - check the site often especially around xmas since they go on sale for hundreds of dollars cheaper quite frequently. and dell coupons

Pretty much this. If you're willing to take a gamble on it, then go for it. I got lucky and I'm pretty sure I don't have any dead pixels. But I know that you love your photography and photoshop so is it worth the risk to you to drop $350 on a monitor that might have a few slight issues, or would you go and pay the $600 to make sure your monitor is fine?

IPS displays are amazing, I can see why they're so highly commended for image editing and such.

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2012-12-26 16:06:37

#8255

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6972|BC, Canada

https://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g294/twigmar/20121226_154404_zpsb489bfe5.jpg

Went with the T2i over the T3 for the video options and extra resolution.

2012-12-28 10:55:50

#8256

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +695|6604|Washington St.

Need a basic backup drive for teh musak, which is currently backing up to my other computer, an aging laptop.

2012-12-28 11:01:35

#8257

Brasso: member; +1,549|6944

-Whiteroom- wrote:

Went with the T2i over the T3 for the video options and extra resolution.

yaay we are twins

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2012-12-28 14:22:44

#8258

Benzin: Member; +576|6312

what's the model name for the T2 outside the USA?

2012-12-28 21:22:10

#8259

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6972|BC, Canada

This little puppy arrived for a build for my dad today. The rest should arrive tomorrow.
Silverstone SG05

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8355/8321007776_c3cd71d21c_z.jpg

2013-01-11 14:54:36

#8260

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6101|Catherine Black

Niiice, what drives are in it?

2013-01-16 16:46:17

#8261

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6972|BC, Canada

Just a 500GB its for work. Went with a H77 itx, core i3, 8gb build.

2013-01-23 05:09:33

#8262

Benzin: Member; +576|6312

Bought and purchased today. 16GB for €399. Costs a bit more than it does in Germany, but I would have paid almost that with shipping and handling and then I would have been forced to wait until end of February or March. Fuck that, local store got them in and were selling them at a steep discount so I grabbed one of the few they had.

2013-01-24 00:44:52

#8263

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5281|Dundee, Scotland.

Did a bad thing -

https://www.bjorn3d.com/Material/revimages/video/GIGABYTE_GTX_670_OC/intro.jpg

https://content.hwigroup.net/images/products/xl/163262/samsung_840_series_120gb_kit.jpg

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2013-01-24 01:41:47

#8264

Benzin: Member; +576|6312

Seems like a good decision to me so long as you can afford it. XD

2013-01-24 04:12:27

#8265

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5281|Dundee, Scotland.

Yeah. I don't need a wedding. I have a GTX670.

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2013-01-24 05:50:29

#8266

FFLink: There is.; +1,380|7004|Devon, England

Aha ha ha, nice.

How much for the both of them?

2013-01-24 09:17:03

#8267

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5281|Dundee, Scotland.

FFLink wrote:
Aha ha ha, nice.

How much for the both of them?

Ummm, £380-ish? I think. The Samsung is replacing my Corsair Force 3 which I bought just a year ago (that's going in Jacqui's PC.)

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2013-01-24 14:55:00

#8268

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6462|'straya

Not sure why you would replace it with a drive that actually has worse read/write speeds. But that's just me, probably not noticeable in real world scenarios.

2013-01-24 15:59:32

#8269

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5281|Dundee, Scotland.

Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
Not sure why you would replace it with a drive that actually has worse read/write speeds. But that's just me, probably not noticeable in real world scenarios.

Worse read/write? Source?

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2013-01-24 16:15:20

#8270

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6462|'straya

Camm wrote:
Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
Not sure why you would replace it with a drive that actually has worse read/write speeds. But that's just me, probably not noticeable in real world scenarios.
Worse read/write? Source?

Assuming you're talking about the regular 840 (which is the image you posted).

Corsair Force 3:

550 MB/s sequential read — 510 MB/s sequential write - Max Random Write 85k IOPS

Samsung 840:

530MB/s sequential read - 130MB/s sequential write - Max Random Write 85k IOPS

That said, the Samsung still generally benchmarks a reasonable amount better, it's just that if I was going from an already decent SSD i'd grab the pro version of the Samsung or the Intel 520.

The Samsung will still be better than the corsair in actual performance.

2013-01-25 02:25:51

#8271

Benzin: Member; +576|6312

The Samsung is also better from a pure usability standpoint. Samsung SSD firmware can be update from within Windows - no other SSD manufacturer can lay claim to that.

Plus, I find it better to buy an SSD where the controller and disk itself are all made by the same company. Should there be problems with the controller, like all the Sandforce drives were plagued with for so long, having everything from one company means solutions are sent out to users faster.

2013-01-25 02:36:09

#8272

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6462|'straya

I'm certainly not saying the Samsung is bad, I personally just would've gone for the Pro version if I was upgrading from an already decent SSD. Particularly because of the faster and generally more reliable MLC NAND of the Pro with it's overall performance being much higher (especially in regards to write). This together with the longer warranty on the Pro and I would've paid the extra money.

But this is all just my opinion, the 840 is a perfectly good mid-level SSD.

2013-01-25 02:54:01

#8273

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5281|Dundee, Scotland.

It's the 840 Pro, I guess it's just the image name that made you think otherwise.

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2013-01-25 03:09:18

#8274

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6462|'straya

Well that's ok then. You didn't post what it actually was and the image is of an 840 120GB, so you can see where I got that from.

Last edited by Little BaBy JESUS (2013-01-25 03:11:24)

2013-01-25 04:55:05

#8275

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5281|Dundee, Scotland.

Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
Well that's ok then. You didn't post what it actually was and the image is of an 840 120GB, so you can see where I got that from.

Yeah I ballsed up. Ho hum.

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

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