What did you get for Christmas?

[Rankenphile]

I got one present early, because my sort-of-brother-in-law is leaving town to go see his parents on the other side of the mountain. Check it out:

http://www.futureshop.ca/multimedia/products/regular/10067521.gif
Civ 4! Stoked! I love Civ games, and this one is supposed to be incredible.

I'll post the rest of my cool loot after Christmas. What cool stuff did you guys get? What cool gifts did you give people that you are especially proud of?

[public_eyesore]

im pretty sure that im getting windows xp

[Xato]

Ya, that is an awesome game, i'm not even a fan of the civ series, and it kept me entertained for a while.
F.E.A.R. is my game of choice atm, as you will see from my next mod... =O i've said too much!

I'm getting a 17inch LCD monitor, and a DVD burner. I too, am stoked. ^_^

[general]

lets see here, Big list...

Gifts I bought myself
BFG 7800 GTX 256mb
DFI Ultra-D motherboard

Gifts Im planning on getting :-X
Battlefield 2 Special Forces expansion
30gb Ipod Video
Vairous DVDs
F.E.A.R
and the wonderfull gifts of Cash...


God im spoiled this christmas.. Usually its pretty small but this year its awesome :P

[Xato]

Yes, you're spoilt! And i shall purge you of your greed if you give me your graphics card!
XD

[crenn]

I'll help too, just give me cash XD

[Malatory]

I am getting ...
/me looks around ...

Bills
Bills
and More bills
:(

After christmas I should have a few toys not much this year.

[Viper-Inc]

These are the latest Games i already own:
Battlefield 2
Battlefield 2 Special Forces
F.E.A.R
Age Of Empires III
Half-Life 2 (with css)

For Christmas and my bday (jan 4th) ill be getting new pc parts.
Hopefully a 3.6Ghz CPU, 2 x 1gb ram, Nvidia GeFiorce 7800GTX.

I will then chip in with what i have saved and buy the rest (aka mobo, cooling, etc)

[Rankenphile]

Hmm.... looks like a lot of us play BF2... we ought to get a mod squad together. :D

[adreamtraveler]

my only early christmas present :D

http://adreamtraveler.net/casemods/sam.jpg

i have no idea how it got opened.... honestly! lol ;)

[TheGreatSatan]

I bought a remote controlled car and spent $2000 on a Tempur Pedic mattress.

[Dark-hobo]

I got family guy volume 2, complete monty pythons flying circus, and the Calvin and Hobbes anthology set.

[public_eyesore]

I bought a remote controlled car and spent $2000 on a Tempur Pedic mattress.

lol thats awesome, but i heard that they start to go flat after a year, is there any prolonged warranty for it?

[MrSlacker]

I got myself a new camera Panny FZ-30, tripod, and all the xtra stuff for it. I'll get some cash from grandma but i dont think i a getting any other gifts this year

[Redbeard]

I got a Kodak Easy Share and a bunch of other stuff I didn't need but was glad to get.

[thephreak99]

Hey.. All of you guys got cool gifts.. Only got alot of "house hold stuff", like picture frames, knife set, candels, pots ect..

(Wondering if my parens wants me to move out. :P)

BUT.. Havent got the gift from my girlfriend yet. :)

[wingman358]

I got everybody's favorite...

http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/plate/coal.gif

...a lump of coal.

[Viper-Inc]

lol wingman.

Well i just received all mine at about 9:00am AEST (GMT +10)

I got a new small TV with inbuilt dvd player to sit next to my pc. $700 to add to my current $200 to buy some parts for a new pc. (that will cover gfx card, 7800GTX 256mb. All prices above were Australian :P)

A CD, guiness book, n some other real cool stuff.
:D and that was only off parents, still got bro n his wife to come, rellies (money money money) lol.

My birthday is on the 4th of jan, where i will be 17, so i will be receiving more money and probably a loan for my awesome new pc.

[Xato]

I just unwrapped my 19" LCD Monitor ^_^!!! Its so hot!

[abnoea]

we got our gifts today.... *takes large breath*
albatron k8sli mobo
1gb (512x2) muskin ram
6800gs
300gb hd
and a very nice case to mod... =D so excited to start on it... see (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1739)

hmm... maybe a large breath wasnt needed... meh

one last thing... an uber clock in binary (http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/59e0/) from girlfriend =D

[Sh0ck]

I want them specs lol, and that clock is cool! Kinda futuristic.

[OvRiDe]

I got one of these to replace my old tired Black&Decker :)

http://content.sears.com/data/product_images/009/17243/00917243000-dlv.jpg

Sweet.. its got a frikin lazer beam... heh

[crenn]

Cool does the laser beam cut or just make a line?

[Xato]

lol, home laser cutting ftw

[richmandudeus]

I got a bunch of kewl stuff but something computer wise or modding wise i got these...

etched window of my idol, Bwoos Wee (bruce lee)
mini scrolling lcd name tag: programmed to say what ever you want it to
Remote multifunctional panel
:Turn on or reset comp from your keychain
:dual temp guages
:added usb ports
:fan speed control

http://usera.imagecave.com/richdude/IMG_0103.JPG

Other gifts that i got...
Usual sweaters and shoes
In dash dvd+monitor for my car (thanx to my GF)
About $300 gift certs to Fry's Electronics (:D Thanx to GF family:D )
More gift certs for radioshack, circuit city, and best buy
2 retractable batons (so sweet but illegal in public)
1 2ft. staff that seperates into 2 batons with 10 inch knives (also illegal in public:p )

And that's all i can remember for right now.
:) Happy holidays to all!!!:)

[Rankenphile]

Wacom tablet goodness!!!
Craftsman rotary tool with a ton of extensions
drill press
grinding wheel
tin snips
Civ4 (as mentioned previously)
BF2 Expansion
Trackmania Sunrise PC game
8 nice drinking glasses
set of 4 colorful drinking glasses
2 nice table settings - mustard yellow with spots, big mug, bowl, 2 sized plates.
Marvel 1602 tpb
couple button down dress shirts, both too large
new hat, too small

all in all, a very nice year. Had a very good time seeing my family, except for when I went to go give my seven-year-old cousin a hug goodbye, bent down and she jumped up and bashed my lip with the top of her head, putting my tooth through my lip. Now it's all swollen and sore as heck, but I'll survive. I've had worse. :D

[Xato]

2 retractable butons (so sweet but illegal in public)


Do you mean a Baton, if so, thats awesome. A friend of mine has some Nun-chucks, and he's pretty good with em.

[Exley]

$200 for my x1800xt :D (parents)
Doom3 Resurrection of Evil (brother)
The rest of my video card and a new psu (ME)

thoes were the main things i also got candy DVDs and that sort of stuff.

[adreamtraveler]

WOOHOO!!

http://www.adreamtraveler.net/casemods/dremel.jpg

i don't have to cut stuff by hand now!! :D
Dremel XPR400 with the Planar and Multi-Saw Attachments

[public_eyesore]

160 dollars
macaffe internet security
128mb mp3 player
clothes
duffle bag
mountain high 1 day lift ticket

no windows xp, so i gotta go buy that tomarrow

[Jfwhitt]

5.1 surround sound for my comp!

[Dark-hobo]

160 dollars
macaffe internet security
128mb mp3 player
clothes
duffle bag
mountain high 1 day lift ticket

no windows xp, so i gotta go buy that tomarrow
wait, wait, wait... buy XP... I mean yes buy it... forget everything I said...

[Judgement]

http://images.tigerdirect.com/SKUimages/medium/P67-1108-mainTemp.jpg

Plextor DL DVD Burner from my G/F was my personal favorit

Cache Size
8 MB

DVD Specs
DVD+R Write Speed
12x
DVD+RW Rewrite Speed
4X
DVD-R Write Speed
8X
DVD-RW Rewrite Speed
4X
DVD Read Speed
16x
DVD Access Time
150 ms

CD Specs
CD Write Speed
48x
CD Rewrite Speed
24x
CD Read Speed
48x

However mine was black :D

[sXenoG]

Got all this new bed stuff from my mom to make my bed like super comfy lets just say that since i put the stuff on my bed ive slept over 12 hours each day and normally i only get 3-4 hours :D. about 3-4 weeks ago my dad let me order water cooling parts for xmas.

I think my xmas was really last month though when i bought myself a 7800gtx 256mb, got an ipod nano(went against my own biases and got something APPLE*shiver*) and got a 21.3" monitor man do games look wicked at 1600x1200 on max settings.

[Myrdhyn]

I got 200bux from my grandfather that mostly went to bills/food/gas expenses, but I managed to put aside some of it to take a trip to my local humidor and get a few of my favorite cigars. Got a Humidor and humidifier stick from my girlfriend for my cigars, and a few cigars to put in it :D

Got a lot of stuff for my kitchen (I like to cook as well as mod....I'm a well rounded geek :D)
- Set of 3 different iron skillets
- Set of REALLY nice Stainless steel cookware
- Set of plates/bowls/saucers/coffee cups for 8 people
- Some stainless steel commercial grade baking pans
- Set of shot glasses with different pool balls on them and 6 cocktail stirrers with 8-balls on them

The only geeky thing I got was my brother gave me an Xbox he won in a contest but didn't need/want. That was really cool (when I buy my Nintendo Revolution it will be modded as well as turned into a linux desktop....will post worklog here)
Also got the standard clothes, and other misc little items like a guinness beer keychain, can of earl grey tea, etc.

[Rankenphile]

160 dollars
macaffe internet security
128mb mp3 player
clothes
duffle bag
mountain high 1 day lift ticket

no windows xp, so i gotta go buy that tomarrow

If you haven't already, make sure to get XP as OEM. Most people don't realize you can do that.

For those that don't, you can get a substantial discount on XP if you purchase it as OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) as long as you also purchase any internal computer component, such as an IDE cable.

[public_eyesore]

If you haven't already, make sure to get XP as OEM. Most people don't realize you can do that.

For those that don't, you can get a substantial discount on XP if you purchase it as OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) as long as you also purchase any internal computer component, such as an IDE cable.

yea i got it oem and pc club doesnt make you buy anything else. But with oem you have to do a clean install and dont get support

[OvRiDe]

But with oem you have to do a clean install and dont get support

Have you ever actually tried to GET support from MS??? Save your money Google is much cheaper then paying the extra to get support..:D

[Twigsoffury]

My First post on here....

Logitech MOMO Force Steering wheel


http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/7475/picturess0012lw.jpg

[MrSlacker]

My First post on here....

Logitech MOMO Force Steering wheel


http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/7475/picturess0012lw.jpg
thanks for that pic, it reminded me to take mine out and play some NFS:MW!

[jptrvlr]

lets see bought myself:
-case (ultra dragon) something, looks decent, frikin huge
-ps (non sli) freakin newegg, people don't listen gotta send back
-renew subscriptions to jp, pertersons offroad, pc gamer and wired
-dvd (fam guy, simpsons, top truck chal)
-misc stuff new wireless router, guitar case, etc

broke up with girlfriend on the 22nd and she never came over to get her stuff from me to her, her to me.

so her crap she lost out on

-zalman dig headset (score!) and a weekend at snowshoe (600$ worth) bawhahaha. oh well. her stuff got returned and im +$500 or so from the holidays, have some new swag to start building on and a killer weekend open to party and learn to snowboard. freak hoebag, oh well more time to learn how to mod before i get shipped out again. merry christmas to me! and to all as well. lol.

jp