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43 minutes ago, Painless said:

402nd this, 402nd that yeah yeah yeah , yatter  yatter yatter!

Bollocks ! 🤣😂🤣🖕🏻Bunch of merkins.
 

EDIT: sorry that was predictive txt, meant to say well done chaps, good bloody show! 😳

402nd? What 402nd? 🙈

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9 hours ago, Jabo said:

Replacement pilot 2nd Lt Roger Over posted to 402nd.

And his new skin is available to download here:

Make sure you overwrite your existing skin with this one please Dogz.

[Time for a new rig, probably.]

18 minutes ago, Jabo said:

Ask them if they'll ship it for a reduced cost without the RAM and SSD and source those from elsewhere?

Tempting, but the mobo bundle is being overclocked and stress-tested by them as a whole unit (mobo-cpu-ram) so not sure they'll do that.

As I said, I'm in no particular rush, so if I have to wait a few weeks, so be it.

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A dark day for the 402nd and for me, the curse of promotion strikes again!

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I'm in

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To be honest, I think they are really suffering (as all suppliers are) from the scalpers etc and subsequent increased demand naturally now on the next range of components down from top end.

Fingers crossed I don't have to wait too long...
 

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Well, rather frustratingly I just got an email from Scan saying that two of the items I've ordered (RAM and SSD) are out of stock with no firm ETA, despite everything being in-stock at the point of ordering. Two other items (mobo and cooler) are due in tomorrow and 15/3 which is fine. Luckily, I'm in no rush (yet) but it's just annoying when it all clearly said in stock when they took my money. 

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Odd. I noticed the same thing in the chat box a while ago, whatever you posted there showed as a broken link but everyone else seemed to see it. 

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Yes! How strange. Is it a weird permissions thing on these boards?

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I have a recurring problem seeing or rather not seeing images you post Kev. Happens on both my PC and here on my smartphone. Anyone got any ideas?

 

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I wonder why this never caught on

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Huzzah! That's good news. 

I finally pulled the trigger on my new set up today, awaiting lead time now from scan. 

Any luck with 3060s last night Nick? Noticed all greyed out on scan today. 

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51 minutes ago, Jabo said:

This option is definitely starting to look promising.

I think if I upgrade now, this will be where I probably go next 'cycle'. We'll see.

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That would explain why @Painless has been hammering his rig so much it stopped working

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Just now, DD_Arthur said:

I play golf...and I miss playing golf.

It's a stock response, insert 'football season ticket', 'green fees and clubs', 'bondage club' etc...

I'm sorry you can't go golfing at the moment though old chap, but there is end in sight now.

Besides, there's always virtual entertainment! 😀

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3 minutes ago, DD_Arthur said:

Wow. 

 At these prices I'm starting to wonder about renting a virtual machine instead of owning a box of components that will be obsolete by year three?

Depends what you term as obsolete old bean. I built my i5 rig 8 years ago, admittedly it's had a few upgrades over the years, notably GFX and RAM, but it's still essentially the same rig and I'm now looking for something to set me up for the next 5+ years that'll be VR capable. Having said that, it is the GFX card prices that make me shudder.

Still beats playing golf 😎

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Has anybody used the Scan 3XS OC custom shop and is it worth it?

From what I can see, for example one could order this R7 bundle for £850 delivered, from the standard Scan site presumably tested but at stock speeds.
Alternatively for only £21 more, one can get the same bundle, overclocked with a 24hr burn-in stress-test. Helpfully, one can also spec this with the desired 32GB Ram as well.

Is it worth it, if this is something I could do myself at home?

I suppose that if it's OC'd tested and ready before it arrives means that if it goes bang, it's their responsibility?

Hmm...

 

 

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24 minutes ago, Painless said:

3080 Chris !? Like to go large do you sir? Oh, suits you !

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The more I read about it, the more I'm inclined to save some cash and go for this R7 5800X bundle and up the RAM to 32GB, instead of the R9 bundle I had my eye on. The latter seems to be snapped up or scalped so quickly whenever back in stock. The pennies saved I can put towards a 3080 when they're finally available...

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Thanks old chap, I'll take a look.

What mobo bundle did you order out of interest?

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Had a Ryzen 9 bundle in my basket (in stock) at Scan for all of 10 minutes before it went back to pre-order! Darn it.

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That's a right bugger Mick, sorry to hear your technical issues remain unresolved!

 

Patrick Last, reporting in. 

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On 12/9/2020 at 8:58 AM, BluBear said:

Some aircraft attendee news, could make for the rare sight of T-bolt old and new!

Can't remember the last time I saw an A-10.

It appears that the A-10 team have now removed Sywell from their schedule. Possible covid travel restrictions from the US or worse, the cancellation of Legends. We'll see. 

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54 minutes ago, DD_Fenrir said:

What rank Arjen?

I vote Lieutenant Colonel

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Just added a selection of screenshots from what can only be described as the hairiest fur ball since a Wookie coughed up cousin Itt.

ps. RIP Major Arjen Eftee 😳