Images of items I have purchased (except trainers [no feet pics])

mrk · 4 Jan 2018 at 13:29

V_R said:
Indeed, I've been there many times. Also once when I was confident it would work (it was about £45 ish) - Turns out the retailer had put a hard limit of £30 on all contactless. Made me look a bit silly.

Which is why it would be nice to have a sign or something to tell you of such limits.

If I knew how to app dev, I'd make an app that notifies you using google location services when you walk into a shop that has a hard limit of £30.

lee1101 · 4 Jan 2018 at 14:06

Scottland said:
Belated Christmas present to myself

Did you get one of the bargains as well?

dirtychinchilla · 4 Jan 2018 at 15:10

Azza said:
A chair.

Lovely colour!

khemist · 4 Jan 2018 at 17:06

Fractal r6 case, some fans, 2x360 rads, pump, res etc, all of the things really.

terley · 4 Jan 2018 at 17:13

khemist said:
Fractal r6 case, some fans, 2x360 rads, pump, res etc, all of the things really.

Looking fine!

Spook187 · 4 Jan 2018 at 17:15

khemist said:
Fractal r6 case, some fans, 2x360 rads, pump, res etc, all of the things really.

I dread to think how many formats you have to do after building so many pcs just to rip apart and start again, your coffin ⚰ will be made up of old cases lol

khemist · 4 Jan 2018 at 17:55

I don't reinstall windows if that's what you mean, only the motherboard is new the rest is case and watercooling stuff.

I've went through lots of chipsets without reinstalling windows without any problems over the years.

mrk · 4 Jan 2018 at 18:58

With Windows 10, moving to a completely new system is a peace of cake, more-so than ever before. Just boot up and Windows takes care of everything.

Spook187 · 4 Jan 2018 at 19:12

mrk said:
With Windows 10, moving to a completely new system is a peace of cake, more-so than ever before. Just boot up and Windows takes care of everything.

Is the key not tied to the last motherboard though.

mrk · 4 Jan 2018 at 19:14

If it's a non OEM key, you can take it with you as many times as you like and just re-activate. Even if it's an OEM key you can just phone activate and get a new activation code as many have done. I have a retail Windows 7 key from when 7 first came out and that's the same install I currently have (now upgraded to 10 of course via the free upgrade program). Been through maybe 4 or 5 mobo upgrades in that time.

Spook187 · 4 Jan 2018 at 19:20

mrk said:
If it's a non OEM key, you can take it with you as many times as you like and just re-activate. Even if it's an OEM key you can just phone activate and get a new activation code as many have done. I have a retail Windows 7 key from when 7 first came out and that's the same install I currently have (now upgraded to 10 of course via the free upgrade program). Been through maybe 4 or 5 mobo upgrades in that time.

Same as me then son, good to hear.

mrk · 4 Jan 2018 at 19:26

I am not your son, dad.

terley · 4 Jan 2018 at 19:27

Malevolence · 4 Jan 2018 at 19:28

mrk said:
Even if it's an OEM key you can just phone activate and get a new activation code as many have done.

You don't even have to phone them up if it's an OEM key anymore.

Spook187 said:
Is the key not tied to the last motherboard though.

Apparently not any more. Been looking at this myself as I'm going to be building a new system in the near future.

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-re-activate-windows-10-after-hardware-change

Spook187 · 4 Jan 2018 at 19:41

mrk said:
I am not your son, dad.

Northern welcoming speech, southern softie

Itchytrigg · 4 Jan 2018 at 20:03

Just swapped out my mobo and memory and it sorted it all out with no issue at all. When I did that a couple years back however it would not activate and had to get windows rep on live chat. My issue was I had an upgrade key, but they supplied me a brand new key and activated me.

wez130 · 5 Jan 2018 at 00:25

terley said:
New edition to the family

Good choice, bet you paid more than i did though

rubberduck · 5 Jan 2018 at 07:53

mrk said:
I knew it would work in that place

How did you know?

mrk · 5 Jan 2018 at 08:01

rubberduck said:
How did you know?

Big restaurant, can't recall the name but it was the one in the o2, almost always these places don't hard lock the limit.

robfosters · 5 Jan 2018 at 09:36

Spook187 said:
Northern welcoming speech, southern softie

I’m from London, we call ourselves son all the time. Mrk just seems a little bit panty twisted about it lol!