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729873 2008-12-17 03:24:00 37" panny plasma & DVD
100" Toshiba Projector
PS2
Sony HT
3ghz Quad w\about 5,000 tracks and 20 DVD (in office) & 20" LCD + 2 lappy and 1 other desktop.
All connected by Linksys WAG200
Logitech Momo Wheel
SolMiester (139)
729874 2008-12-17 03:47:00 Mabix you don't have the word "budget" in your dictionary do you!:p Blam (54)
729875 2008-12-17 04:15:00 Mabix you don't have the word "budget" in your dictionary do you!:p

Lol.

It is there, but mother works at Silver Fern Farms, and they have a promotion every now and again where they get things from Noel Leeming at Bond and Bond at the Price that the shop bought it for from the stockers plus 10%.. so as you can imagine there are some major discounts there, I picked up a 4GB Memory Stick for the PSP, down from 130 to 60. 2GB SD was $18
Father wont let the projector come inside though... They like to "Party" in the shed so it's on the roof in there and they like music videos.. When his friends first came they thought it was some new flash TV

so yeah..
mabix (10146)
729876 2008-12-17 04:20:00 haha still....i7 and DDR3 RAM?
Pioneer Reciever and Wharfdale Speaker System?
MySky HDi?
Xbox that uses XBMC (It's going, only got a 60GB HD)?
Playstation 3?

Do you work lol?
Blam (54)
729877 2008-12-17 04:50:00 Having the i7 rig in the lounge as a media PC wouldn't be very quiet would it?
Especially with that graphics card!

We are currently down from what we used to have in the lounge:
29" CRT TV
Xbox with XBMC - used to watch recorded TV from the MediaPortal TV Server in the other room.
I need to connect up my Logitech Z-5500 speakers again.

Used to have:
47" 1080p Toshiba
Sonos music system
HTPC
Image 414 loudspeakers
Image Sub10

All that gear (what has not been sold) is now in the showroom at our shop :(
CYaBro (73)
729878 2008-12-17 04:53:00 haha still....i7 and DDR3 RAM?
Pioneer Reciever and Wharfdale Speaker System?
MySky HDi?
Xbox that uses XBMC (It's going, only got a 60GB HD)?
Playstation 3?

Do you work lol?

Yep, but the discount is huge, it's a 60GB PS3 and I got it for 400 under that discount :clap
mabix (10146)
729879 2008-12-17 04:56:00 Having the i7 rig in the lounge as a media PC wouldn't be very quiet would it?
Especially with that graphics card!

It's loud as hell, I'm going to put it in a cupboard :P Got the huge HDMI cable for 40 under the discount :P
mabix (10146)
729880 2008-12-17 05:59:00 so your the man to get cheap electronic goods off now :D GameJunkie (72)
729881 2008-12-17 06:08:00 It's loud as hell, I'm going to put it in a cupboard :P Got the huge HDMI cable for 40 under the discount :P

NOOOOooooooo!...please don't do that..mate , you have purchased an enthusiasts pc for gaming, probably in the top 1% of pc's in the world, but not a good media system.......Putting it in a cupboard will only overheat it causing failure....2 graphics cards is really inappropriate for a home media centre.
SolMiester (139)
729882 2008-12-17 06:58:00 NOOOOooooooo!...please don't do that..mate , you have purchased an enthusiasts pc for gaming, probably in the top 1% of pc's in the world, but not a good media system.......Putting it in a cupboard will only overheat it causing failure....2 graphics cards is really inappropriate for a home media centre.

Well it's running XBMC amazingly at the moment :P

It's fine in the cupboard, because the cupboard is huge and has the reciever and DVD/VCR. Made for electronics. Didn't feel too bad in there from 3pm till now :P.

Yeah, I know what I've got, and it does the job very very very well :P Best part is that we're still on Go Large so we never run out :D
mabix (10146)
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