Things you recently bought or got

[Hayato213]

Xenoblade 3 Collector Edition

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

New acquisition I bought from work, can you believe someone would abandon this thing??

Spoiler

That sexy beast is an Alienware M18x R2. This particular one retailed for around $3k or so back in 2012 when it launched. Came in months ago for overheating issues, bad battery life, and random shutdowns, and the guy never came and picked it back up. Overheating is because one of the three fans died, which I need to replace, and one of the two GPUs died which was causing weird power issues. Also has some weird keyboard issues, which I'm replacing as well.
Specs:
i7 3840QM
16GB (4x4GB DDR3)
2x Radeon HD 7970ms (or it would've, if one of them hadn't died )
A 1TB SSD that I shoved in one of the three internal SATA ports
An 18.4" 1080p screen.

And if that's not enough, it has a BD ROM drive, an HDMI-IN port, and of course is RGB'd out the ass. And all it cost me was $150 for the laptop, and another $60 for the fan and keyboard. At some point in the future I want to slap some other GPU in this, because apparently people have had success shoving 1060s and 1070s in this thing but I'll probably just stick with a 900 series or something, to keep costs down ._.

Also it weighs like 13lbs.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

New acquisition I bought from work, can you believe someone would abandon this thing??

Spoiler

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That sexy beast is an Alienware M18x R2. This particular one retailed for around $3k or so back in 2012 when it launched. Came in months ago for overheating issues, bad battery life, and random shutdowns, and the guy never came and picked it back up. Overheating is because one of the three fans died, which I need to replace, and one of the two GPUs died which was causing weird power issues. Also has some weird keyboard issues, which I'm replacing as well.
Specs:
i7 3840QM
16GB (4x4GB DDR3)
2x Radeon HD 7970ms (or it would've, if one of them hadn't died )
A 1TB SSD that I shoved in one of the three internal SATA ports
An 18.4" 1080p screen.

And if that's not enough, it has a BD ROM drive, an HDMI-IN port, and of course is RGB'd out the ass. And all it cost me was $150 for the laptop, and another $60 for the fan and keyboard. At some point in the future I want to slap some other GPU in this, because apparently people have had success shoving 1060s and 1070s in this thing but I'll probably just stick with a 900 series or something, to keep costs down ._.

Also it weighs like 13lbs.

Annnd as I say this, I found someone selling a working GTX 980m MXM for like $115 sooooo...I bought it

 

[Silterpy]

So my tank got deliverd yesterday and they sent the wrong one. It's the same dimensions just a different brand. I ordered a exo-terra tank cause of the foam background but they sent me a zoo med tank instead that has no background.

Kind of annoying but... I originally was going to buy the zoo med tank but decided against it because of the background. I think I have a background I can use in it. The reason I wanted the foam background was because I'm going to house a gargoyle gecko in it and they can't climb glass all that great.

Also ordered with it some feeder insects and a pink toe tarantula.

 

[AncientBoi]

For the office chair I found in the alley, and more stuff to add to my new computer.

 

[Silterpy]

Bought a cheap, and I mean cheap, photo light box on amazon. I've been wanting to get back into photograph, for a while again. I know I could have just made one, probably 3x or 4x bigger than the one I bought for the same price and I might do it, but right now that one's ok.

 

[The Catboy]

Noodle the Dragonair and Lilith the Umbreon

 

[godreborn]

The xc3 art book.

 

[DinohScene]

After months of bullshit on ebay, I finally got a charger cable for the galaxy tab 2 that I got gifted.
Expensive cat toy here we go!

 

[cluesagi]

I somehow found a copy of The Sacred Stones at a good price, so excepting the JP exclusive FEs 2-5 my Fire Emblem collection is now complete!

 

[Scarlet]

So I just bought one of these to hold 56 DS cartridges:
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/587416555/3ds-ds-cartridge-display-tower-store-and

My goal is to fill it with copies of Harvest Moon DS. Only 40 more copies to go lol

 

[SylverReZ]

Why do you have so many copies of "Harvest Moon DS"? Just curious.

 

[KleinesSinchen]

So I just bought one of these to hold 56 DS cartridges:
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/587416555/3ds-ds-cartridge-display-tower-store-and

My goal is to fill it with copies of Harvest Moon DS. Only 40 more copies to go lol

Rather than the number of copies, the most disturbing thing about this (for me) are the missing boxes. Why did so many people throw away the original packaging? I can't stand this.
The cardboard boxes Game Boy, (S)NES, N64 had to be treated with care to not destroy them (and most people considered them to be waste anyway), but the strong plastic DS packages?

 

[Scarlet]

Rather than the number of copies, the most disturbing thing about this (for me) are the missing boxes. Why did so many people throw away the original packaging? I can't stand this.
The cardboard boxes Game Boy, (S)NES, N64 had to be treated with care to not destroy them (and most people considered them to be waste anyway), but the strong plastic DS packages?

To be fair only one or two are missing boxes. I just keep them out of their boxes because boxes are bulky and DS cartridges are less so. I actually store them in a little glass pot.

 

[AncientBoi]

To be fair only one or two are missing boxes. I just keep them out of their boxes because boxes are bulky and DS cartridges are less so. I actually store them in a little glass pot.

hmmm. I would tend to put seran wrap and a rubber band to cover it from the dust. js

 

[CraddaPoosta]

I just ordered a FunKey S in Crystal Blue.

It hasn't arrived yet, but I can't wait to get my hands on this tiny little device. Luckily, I have long, spidery guitar-player fingers, so I can work with those tiny buttons.

Still hasn't shipped, though. Thanks, China.

 

[Deleted member 578956]

Bought a red wii from goodwill for 20 bucks.

Also got a old Graphics card for a Core 2 Quad PC for 5 bucks, Mario Kart Wii for a dollar, as well as a wavebird for free

 

[SylverReZ]

Bought a Talismoon Silver Shuriken Wii replacement shell to install over my existing black Wii.

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Bought a red wii from goodwill for 20 bucks.

Also got a old Graphics card for a Core 2 Quad PC for 5 bucks, Mario Kart Wii for a dollar, as well as a wavebird for free

Nice

 

[CraddaPoosta]

I love the fact that this topic is literally show-and-tell for gamers.

 

[Mayo1990]

As I said in the GBATemp Discord some days ago, I got myself a WiiU and it came today.