so ..... I bought a toy.

[Tanuki]

lol, it's not actually for my PC, I just set it up there to play with it .... god is it nice to play like that VS a 22in. monitor.

[turnipz]

My brother uses that size as well, looks good to me!

Did you buy it off newegg? I remember seeing a shellshocker for a 200$ 22" a few days ago. Might've been Canada only though.

[Tanuki]

no, sadly, I got it off of Walmart for about $350, the 22in is actually my normal monitor, the thing in the picture is a 39in TV. (so almost double what I normally use)

[polyuv]

Antec 900 case?

[Tanuki]

it's an AZZA solano 1000.

I was gonna upload a picture with the regular monitor side by side with the new TV, but Photobucket is being stupid.

[polyuv]

It looks markedly similar to the Antec 900 lol

[Tanuki]

better quality and it's full tower, so a bit more bays and fans, also got that picture to upload!

[polyuv]

Hmmmmmm *scratches chin*

I think when I go with a new case I will probably go with the Coolermaster HAF, unless this has space behind the motherboard platform for cable management? I don't have a modular PSU

[tekkamansoul]

i was expecting something markedly more sex-oriented

[SimonSaysBaka]

Want
But for now my small ones will have to do lol

Spoiler: show

[AppleShrapnel]

But for now my small ones will have to do lol

Monitors in the background while heavily modded dungeon case takes precedence? How subtle.

[turnipz]

I'd spend money on water cooled heatsink before I spent a lot on a case, so much better cooling going on, and I've heard its a lot quieter too. Never used one myself but seems like a good investment.

[hawkn]

Water cooling is a pain in the ass, and only worth it if you're hardcore overclocking.

[breadfan]

OP, I wonder what would happen to your eyes, if you sit in front of this 2-3 hours in a row .
the world lol.

[turnipz]

Water cooling is a pain in the ass, and only worth it if you're hardcore overclocking.

Have you tried the self contained ones? I'm aware of ones with a water tank and all that other crap have to refilled and cleaned, I'm hoping the self contained ones are better.


Looking at reviews it looks good:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1276816/mini ... hill-2011c


Says it beats this noctua fatass cooler by quite a bit which also costs pretty close to 100$:

[Tanuki]

well for one I would set my desk up better, I could have actually moved it back about a foot or so (big, old wooden desk is big), but I didn't feel like moving my tower and moving the printer & 360 off the desk (what with all the unplugging of wires and whatnot).

secondly ... *shrug* I don't know what secondly would be, I guess secondly I wouldn't use it full time; it was awesome to goof around with and playing some MMOs that big was pretty awesome, but the refresh rate coming out the the PC was a little much (or maybe it was just AMD's shitty HDMI drivers) and I started getting waves & flickers. like you said, it was got a little hard on the eyes.

I think the next thing I'm gonna aim at getting is one of those "Playstation" branded 3D displays for my PC.

[breadfan]

yea, I like that desk. old and steady. I also connected LCD tv to my laptop for a bigger picture, but in the end resolution suffers from that, and sometimes there're glitches on the edges. not a big deal of course, when just using it for movies or some distant clicking .
edit: also, I read somewhere that 3D displays have 120Hz of refresh rate, which is brilliant for action games, etc. I consider to buy it just for this feature.

[Irony]

I see the world lol

[Tanuki]

heh, yeah that's my wall bling: a classroom sized map of the earth.

[Acrylik]

wow did anyone else get dizzy when they looked at the original picture? i did.. idk why..