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Yamaha P95B

I bought a unit today.

AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

I own this glass now, finally!

Spyder3Pro

I just ordered this calibration device from B&H . I selected UPS Worldwide Expedited for shipment. I already have Spyder2Express but according to various online sources, it's not recommended for a high-gamut monitor like my Dell U2711. So let's see.... Start: Sunday, 23-Oct-11 10:30am Delivered: Friday, 28-Oct-11 10am

Dell U2711

Start: September 26 (Monday), 10am Delivered: September 28 (Wednesday), 12pm Nice fast delivery, Dell Australia !

GTX 570 SLI

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As planned about 3 weeks ago, SLI is the way to go. This should enable the computer system to play games at insane settings for the next 2-3 years. So I got another GTX 570 and popped it in last night: 3DMark06 Score: 25599 (previous score: 24836 ) Currently torn between 27" 3D monitor and 27" IPS monitor...

Desktop PC Assembly (2)

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The lot ( parts list ): Before mounting the CPU cooler: External build test (all good, yey!): Whew, done it:

Desktop PC Assembly

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This will be my first time to assemble a PC from ground up so kind of excited and scared at the same time LOL Ordered: August 19, 10:45am Friday Received shipment notification: August 22, 1:00pm Monday Delivered: August 23, 8:30am Tuesday Parts (batch 1): CPU: Intel Core i7 2600K , $319.00 Cooler: CoolerMaster Hyper 212+ CPU Cooler , $33.00 Motherboard: AsRock z68 Extreme4 , $215.00 GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 570 1280MB Overclocked V2 , $369.00 RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 , $69.00 SSD: Crucial M4 SSD 64GB , $145.00 HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB WD10EALX , $65.00 ODD: LG CH10LS20 10X Blu-ray DVD Combo Drive , $75.00 Card Reader: Scythe Kama Reader 2 , $29.00 PSU: Silverstone Strider Plus 850W , $169.00 Case: CoolerMaster Storm Enforcer , $99.00 Keyboard: Logitech Gaming Keyboard G510 , $75.00 Mouse: Logitech Wireless Gaming Mouse G700 , $69.00 Shipping: $101.00 Sub-Total: $1,832.00 Parts (batch 2): OS: Microsoft Wi

Merrell Intercept Sport

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Got this and is now my best-looking and most-comfortable pair of shoes! Before, it was was Nike Shox O'Leven (best-looking) and Nike Zoom Soldier IV (most-comfortable).

Car Ownership Cost

2010 Kia Sportage A/T LX ( current rego ends May 2011 ) First 6th-month maintenance: $274.45 Registration renewal: $446.00 Comprehensive Insurance renewal (NRMA): $1,191.35 CTP Greenslip NSW (NRMA): $468.67 Annual maintenance: TBD (May 21 update: $540.50). Next servicing is after 12 months . Average fuel consumption is around $60.00 every 2 weeks. So that's around $1,600 annually. Plus depreciation...

Parking PF

$86.00

iPad 2 64GB Wi-Fi only

Start: April 6 Est Delivery: May 6 11.4.11 update: cancelled the order and got one last Saturday (9.4) thru Apple's reserve-and-pickup system . Saved me the agony of waiting ;-)

Blu-ray Library

Videos 1 - Andrea Bocelli - Vivere: Live In Tuscany 2 - Avatar 3 - Baraka 4 - BBC's Earth (2-disc set) 5 - BBC's Life (4-disc set) 6 - BBC's Planet Earth (5-disc set) 7 - Black Hawk Down 8 - Braveheart (2-disc set) 9 - Chicago 10 - Chicago and Earth, Wind, & Fire: Live at the Greek Theater 11 - Cloverfield 12 - Dances with Wolves 13 - Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds: Live at Radio City 14 - Dictrict 9 15 - Gladiator (2-disc set) 16 - Hit Man David Foster & Friends 17 - Lord of the Rings (3-disc set) 18 - Matrix Trilogy (3-disc set) 19 - Monsters, Inc. 20 - Pulp Fiction 21 - Shrek Forever After: The Final Chapter 22 - Spiderman Trilogy (3-disc set) 23 - Toy Story 3 24 - Troy 25 - Unforgiven 26 - X-Men (7-disc set) 27 - The Godfather (4-disc set) 28 - Wizard of Oz 29 - Saving Private Ryan 30 - Hero 31 - The NeverEnding Story 32 - Carlos Santana Presents Blues at Montreux 33 - Hit Man Returns: David Foster & Friends 34 - Alien Anthology (6-disc set) 35 - Dirty Harry

Logitech G27 Racing Wheel

Got one today! Hopefully, experience with GT5 will improve as analog sticks just don't cut it.