#tech-deals

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dusty tinsel
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Ig no dual channel then

clear talon
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When do you guys think the Oculus rift s will be on sale or lower in price

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I know it's impossible to tell, but I want to know if I should get it, or just wait

flat swift
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If you can afford it, just get it. Waiting for sales is always a gamble

pure meteor
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Imagine having an oculus rift

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Being able to play

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Vr chat or something

vivid plume
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Imagine having a good computer to use vr 🤢

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Potato gang

west badge
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Can't imagine that cause VR is not for everyone

thorn plinth
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Newegg.com has MSI Radeon RX 5700 MECH OC 8GB Video Card + Select PC Digital Download Game + 3-Months Xbox Game Pass on sale for $359.99 - $40 off w/ promo code VGAPCJP667 - $20 Rebate = $299.99. Shipping is free. T

viscid pollen
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@thorn plinth No way dude. I legit just bought my Sapphire Pulse RX 5700 a week ago for 329.99 😭

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Fml

flat swift
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Well, it's a $20 rebate

thorn plinth
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did it at least come with games

flat swift
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Oof, missed that part

jolly valve
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If anyone can find a cheap 1TB HDD or one on sale that is good please @ me I’m looking for one

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finite fjord
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Isn't 1650S $210 CAD or so?

west badge
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230$

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But those are for the cheap cards

viscid pollen
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@jolly valve look on used market. Lots of people just throw away hard drives for free since theyre running out of style

jolly valve
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Ok @viscid pollen thanks

outer cypress
tulip havenBOT
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Chicken & Pig#8103 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

outer cypress
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bye bye

finite fjord
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oof. Troll?

outer cypress
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called me the synonym for a female dog

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🙂

finite fjord
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Well that is rather unfortunate

worn rose
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rip

west badge
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The real question is was he lying lol

umbral canyon
ember stump
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those are small?

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or they look small

bleak pike
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they're just tall

frosty needle
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Yea they look wied

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Weird*

slim wedge
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Guys 1 question and i need it quick

flat patio
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Wat

austere dirge
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What’s up

lone depot
rare kayak
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wow

blissful hazel
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Wht

rare kayak
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good deals.

blissful hazel
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Yeah

torn basin
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i7 4770, i5 4590, GTX 770 2GB, two 180GB SSD's, and a Z170 motherboard. guy wants $225 for it, ima try for $200

wild bane
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Seems like a decent deal. I'm selling my buddy my old gaming rig (i5-4670k, GTX 770 2GB, 120GB Samsung 2.5" SSD, and an Asus Z87-A in an NZXT Phantom) for $200

torn basin
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very nice

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giving him a pretty solid deal

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that Z87 is worth quite a bit

flat swift
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Really?

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Wife still has one with a 4670

wild bane
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I've seen them around like $50-60

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Maybe $75 at best

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CPU like the same

flat swift
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Wait, I think it's a 4690k

wild bane
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But yeah, cutting him a deal so he can do some iRacing

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I just want money for a new monitor

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Playing on a 1080p 60hz with my 5700 XT is painful

torn basin
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sniped a 1x8 stick of ram, a kingston fury, for $20 shipped

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i have another 1x8 of the same model

wild bane
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Nice

torn basin
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so i can get them paired up 😄

balmy root
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what's the best value upgrade for my i7 4770 platform?

lone depot
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Oof Idk i personally upgraded to a ryzen 5 3600x myself

frank summit
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Then hed need a new mobo

half rover
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needs a new mobo in any case

rare kayak
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pohemi! ltns

lone depot
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You right u right

velvet wing
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Depends on where and what you get. Most amd ryzen s are on sale and micro center will pricematch plus if you get a mobo you get an additional 30$ off. I got a 2600 for 90 bucks. Idk if anyone else has a deal like that though.

blissful hazel
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Yeah i got no micro center near me

velvet wing
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Micro center is my favorite tech brick and mortar store but it’s over an hour drive for me lol

snow yew
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Closest micro center for me is like 3 hours

stiff rapids
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better than me the closest one to me is 19 hours but i have a friend that is only 1 hour away so he can ship things to me 🙂

tacit sedge
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Case

balmy root
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So y'all think it's time for me to ditch ddr3 eh? I gotta start saving up then...

ember stump
earnest epoch
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can vouch for this mouse it's great

ember stump
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its only $30, so if anyone needs a good mouse, thats the way to go

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anyone ever seen this company

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80% keyboard

balmy root
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Never seen it, but those look like cherry clones, soooo

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Maybe?

earnest epoch
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reviews got nothing but praise

atomic finch
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it also lets you switch the switches

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just plug/unplug

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so you can put very high end switches in this cheap keyboard

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and also high end keycaps if you don't need the RGB

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balmy root
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heh I've never really understood why people buy high end keyboards, I personally use a lenovo preferred pro i found in a dumpster

flat patio
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For quality and aesthetic

balmy root
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A E S T H E T I C

worn rose
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because

rare kayak
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that is awesome.

worn rose
earnest epoch
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those look pretty nice

bleak pike
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that one has two space bars

earnest epoch
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but where are the deals on them theo_shakes

worn rose
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shut

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this is now my keyboard channel begone

bleak pike
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what

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no

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impossible

worn rose
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yes

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fear me

bleak pike
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what the heck

steel eagle
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okaay dud

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thats just unnecessary

worn rose
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nuu

earnest epoch
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nachos says all the keyboards

bleak pike
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dud

worn rose
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don’t make me force u to use this

earnest epoch
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what the hell

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that's literally just all the elevator buttons thrown onto a board

worn rose
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nop

outer cypress
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🤢

haughty mantle
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are sade headsets good? newegg has massive sale on em for some reason (70% off)

rare kayak
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boxing day sales it lookes like

haughty mantle
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but like. all of it is 70% off

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maybe its just a markup to make it seem good deal?

rare kayak
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honestly

flat swift
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Third party seller

rare kayak
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doesn't look comfy

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well it's shipped by Newegg

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so that's a place.

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plus

thorn plinth
flat swift
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Uh

haughty mantle
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any budget headset recommendation, sub 60

flat swift
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taht headset is usually sub $40 according to reviews

haughty mantle
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i knew it was susp, ahaa

outer cypress
balmy root
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@haughty mantle I have the Corsair HS50s, very solid build quality, very nice mic included, sound quality is good enough for $50

haughty mantle
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hs50s eyy

balmy root
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ooof

haughty mantle
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is this good

balmy root
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yah

misty stag
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Just bought that K68 !! Quite happy with it

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I now have no other choice than to have everything RGB on the computer ..

blissful hazel
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Is the k68 good?

safe forge
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does anyone have some good gaming mice recommendations, but like under $100?

blissful hazel
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Using any types of RGB sync software?

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Wireless? Or no?

safe forge
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doesn't matter

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and i dont have any rgb sync softwares

blissful hazel
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You have a lot of choices then

safe forge
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any specific things that are really good

blissful hazel
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Where in the 100$ range woukd you like to be?

safe forge
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probably under $100

blissful hazel
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Ok

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Ill link a few one sec

safe forge
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ok thx

blissful hazel
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This ones good, on massive sale

safe forge
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oh jeez i might actually get that

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thanks

lone depot
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mouses cost over 100?

blissful hazel
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Fancy ones

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Mostly wireless

lone depot
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oh

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don’t wireless mouses usually have latency?

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or it’s unnoticeable

blissful hazel
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Not good ones

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The G502 lightspeed(150$) has sub-1ms

lone depot
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damn

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i have the g402 lol it’s pretty similar

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just without all the weights i think

blissful hazel
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Nice

lone depot
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i got it pretty cheap for like 20$ at best buy

blissful hazel
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Nice

lone depot
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it’s been pretty good for like a year

lone depot
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Anyone know of a cheap monitor with decent pixel count and at least 100hz?

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I’ve seen plenty of 144hz monitors for like 200 but the pixel count was horrendous

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2560 by 1080 and such

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Pixel count/resolution*

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I don’t want a monitor that looks blurry asf

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All the good resolutions are either 60 hz or stupid expensive

west badge
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100hz and cheap doesn't mix

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if you want cheap you have to lower your standards to at least 75hz

lone depot
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Is there anything good within 200-300 dollars

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lone depot
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Resolution is strange

west badge
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resolution for the second one is 1440p

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so it is not strange

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The only way you might find something cheap and that would be 144hz and lower would be on ebay or aliexpress

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But that would be used or new from a company no one has ever heard of in north america

lone depot
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Is TN display any good

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@west badge

west badge
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TN is like the basic really good for viewing straight on but not good for looking on the sides

lone depot
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Looking on the sides?

west badge
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meaning if you look at the side of the monitor instead of straight on it would look a little washed

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But really no one looks to the side of the monitor rather they look straight at it

lone depot
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Was about to say that lol

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I’m still suspicious about that monitor but I can’t see anything wrong with it

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TN has like the basic amount of colors IPS has more than double the colors and VA is right in the middle

lone depot
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So is the monitor going to look really weird or will it be fine

west badge
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It will be fine

lone depot
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Ok thanks

west badge
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np

blissful hazel
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What about sceptre?

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Ive heard people saying its a bad brand but they have good, low price monitors with good reviews

west badge
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The 3 companies i trust is Samsung, LG and Viewsonic but that is because i have used them

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Displays for Acer is not that bad cause my laptop is from Acer

blissful hazel
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OoF

west badge
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but for most other companies out there i wouldn't know unless i tried them

blissful hazel
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I just realised im in the uk so i need a british monitor

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Or power cable

west badge
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US to PAL adapter

blissful hazel
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To plug into the wall?

west badge
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There are universal plug adapters out there

ripe mango
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ips is for graphic designer

blissful hazel
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But they can blow the fuse sometimes

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Not fuse

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Just they can ruin it

worn rose
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@ripe mango not really

west badge
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^

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I am using PLS which is Samsung's IPS types and gaming looks great on it

worn rose
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with ips technology they’re nearly as fast as tn panels and better colors

ripe mango
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ips generate natural colors

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they say

west badge
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Well more vibrant brighter colors

ripe mango
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i draw stickman on that screen and it looks awesome

worn rose
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yeah usually they use those or if they have money oled, ips is kind of the “best of all” monitor with a higher price tag

ripe mango
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fight him xD

west badge
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VA is just right in the middle of it all but i always say to test it out at a store first

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VA is not for everyone cause for me it hurts my eyes

ripe mango
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va is nice if your in budget

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va is super cheap on my country... add freesync and 144hz 27 inch but va...

worn rose
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va has great contrast but a little worse ghosting and average color, and cheaper than ips

ripe mango
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qled oled are good on playing horror games

torn basin
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picked this up for $375

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@west badge @flat swift @lone depot

ember stump
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not bad for $375

west badge
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Not that bad

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had to squint my eyes to read it lol

flat swift
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install a better GPU and that's a heckuca gaming rig even today

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Nice buy!

torn basin
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4790k
240mm aio
16GB DDR3
120 SSD / 2TB HDD
GTX 770 2GB
850W HX PSU
Corsair 600T

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im going to put a vega 56 in it

west badge
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and cable management right lol

torn basin
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yeah

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lol

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i'll make it look nice like the rest of my rigs

west badge
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and then sell it for like 900$ right

torn basin
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pulling the 770 out, thats worth $40, so im down to $335, and i toss in the v56 i spend $165 on, total cost to build is $500

blissful hazel
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It makes me sad someone sold that

torn basin
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try and get $600-$700 for it

blissful hazel
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Look at the description

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☹

torn basin
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the guy's had it posted for almost 3 months now

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at $1000

west badge
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Hey if i ever get to the point of tough times i would also sell my PC

torn basin
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just dropped it like, 2-3 days ago

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so i gave an offer

blissful hazel
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Oh

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Yeah 1000 might be overpriced

flat swift
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MIght be? Def is

blissful hazel
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Good psu tho

warped moth
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does newegg always raise prices dramatically before a sale?

west badge
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You know i am debating if i should trade my copy of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 for Breath of the Wild for the Switch

torn basin
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i could put a 1080ti into it

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and 32GB of ram

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total my cost would be $770

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could sell it for $1000

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ehhhh

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$1000 is pushing it

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can ALMOST build a better system brand new for $1000

west badge
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I am thinking about buying another R5 1400 for about 50$ with a A320 board and a 1050 Ti and sell it for like 450$ Canadian

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I have a spare 16gb kit as well around that is 2400MHz

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@torn basin What do you think

torn basin
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looks good to me

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im not super familiar with canada's market

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best thing i can say is this

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Well 450$ Canadian is about 340$ US

torn basin
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build something on PCPP thats comparable in performance using all new parts.

buy the parts you want to buy at 50% or less of what the new system costs.

sell the used system you just built for 75% or more of what the new PC would cost

west badge
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useful information

torn basin
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like this

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modern system comparable in performance

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to the PC i just bought

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i paid $375

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half of new cost is $383

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if i put the effort in, i could probably sell the PC for $575 as is

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which is 75% of new cost

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BUT

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i know i could build a more powerful system brand new with more efficient use of the money

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so selling that PC at $575 doesnt seem fair to me

west badge
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I like looking back on older hardware cause i know they're not dead yet

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3rd and 4th gen i5/i7 i know those will last for another 4-6 years till no game would really work on them

torn basin
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4 thread processors are starting to really get phased out almost

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the performance just isnt there

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anything with 6-8 threads is ideal

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so older i7's still have a long life

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older i5's? not so much

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FX 8000's will probably in the long run outlast quad core i5's

west badge
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Well for a lot of games kids are playing like Fortnite 4 cores/threads would still be fine

torn basin
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well yeah, but again, in the next 4-6 years

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who knows

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lots of things are going more multicore

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even today

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stuff like battlefield 5 is using up to 20 threads effectively from what ive seen

west badge
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ya which is why i am looking forward to seeing Intel's 10th gen's

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As much as i like AMD right now for their CPU's if the i5 6 core 12 thread CPU does amazingly well i would go back to Intel

torn basin
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release a 9600k with hyperthreading at $200

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and call it a 10600k

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intel will be back on top with best price/performance

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lol

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Well i just want to see the performance for the i5 vs the r5

torn basin
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9600k is a bit faster than the 3800x

west badge
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But isn't that for single thread?

torn basin
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well

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for gaming

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so only a few threads

west badge
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Ya i saw new tests for the 3950X in gaming and the 9700K does better by a lot

finite fjord
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@torn basin faster in average perf but worse in lows. Heck, 9600k even loses to 3600 in lows

balmy root
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look at how many GPUs are in the background of the listing photo

lusty harness
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my brother lost his old earbuds

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and then I accidentally found this

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idk what to make of it

balmy root
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1 review and 3rd party seller ouch

flat swift
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Yeah no

lusty harness
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nvm it's freaking chinese

balmy root
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there are certain Chinese brands worth looking for though, especially for value oriented buyeres

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buyers*

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KZ and Little Dot are some of the higher rated companies, and KZ especially makes good budget earbuds

flat swift
austere dirge
stiff rapids
balmy root
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thats only 4ct/8t right?

west badge
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yes

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still pretty good

stiff rapids
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its comparable to the 4770k in terms of performance

lone depot
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(yes i know the 4 gig is the one to go with)

flat patio
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With just a 256gb ssd, ull be quite limited, so if there's a 2.5" slot for another drive then maybe consider it

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As for the pc in general

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Or laptop rather, meh

stuck solstice
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I played on PC for 3 years with a 250 gig ssd

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Wouldn't recommend it at all, get more storage, it was super cancer trying to play triple A titles since they are up to 100 gbs to download

stiff rapids
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Call of Duty is 164gb its a pain i have a 500 and 1TB and they are both full

stuck solstice
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jesus

ripe mango
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gotta see those war expression in hd xD

small prawn
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I found someone who is selling their 1080ti for 550 if anyone wants it

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He had it at 800 but he's a simp

stiff rapids
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too much still

flat swift
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Eh, you can get a new 2070 Super for that which is equal or slightly better in some games

stiff rapids
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get the 1070ti its only 250

ember stump
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Ryzen 7 2700 $149.99

stuck solstice
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5700 xt

balmy root
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Is the r5 2600 a good upgrade for i7 4770?

flat swift
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Not really

balmy root
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I'm finding xplane takes up about 50% CPU and OBS the other 50

flat swift
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I7 4770 is still pretty good

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It's about a 10-15% improvement despite more cores

balmy root
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Would it help with recording?

flat swift
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What GPU do you have?

balmy root
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Rx480

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I just had a thought

flat swift
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nVidia GPU would solve a lot of your problems

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NVENC encoding to let the GPU do the encoding/recording work

balmy root
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Does the gtx GPU have to be the primary video output to use nvenc?

flat swift
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No

balmy root
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I have a 1050ti I can plug in as a dummy gpu

flat swift
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SOmeone else did that recently

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So we know it works

balmy root
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Cool I'll try it out

flat swift
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Has some issues with MS Store games but it works

balmy root
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Forza?

flat swift
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Yeah

balmy root
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K I don't play that

flat swift
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Something about disabling the 1050, starting up the game, and enabling the 1050 again I think

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Well, it's not just that

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it's any MS Store game

balmy root
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Hmmm

flat swift
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It was defaulting to the nVidia GPU

balmy root
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I'll have to check if my games are Ms store

flat swift
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Ya

balmy root
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What if they're cross platform? Like they're on the Ms store but also on steam

flat swift
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Steam would be less headache, no switching GPU's but either works

balmy root
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Ok I'll try it out this weekend, thanks for the tip

flat swift
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YW

balmy root
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Also, 1070 is good fit for my CPU?

dusty tinsel
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Ryzen 7 2700 for $135 with promo code EMCDGDF22

bleak pike
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das cheap

dusty tinsel
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ikr

balmy root
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Wao

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What y'all think of the ryzen 5 1600af?

stiff rapids
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get it

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cheaper than the 2600

bleak pike
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oh wait isn't the AF variant the one that's actually 12nm?

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I think it costs a bit more than the actual 1600. maybe like, by $20. not sure whether it's worth if or not though

warm vortex
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You should get the 2600, it is the same price and has better clock speeds

bleak pike
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or that

warm vortex
bleak pike
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yeah I'd just get the 2600

warm vortex
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Yeah I actually just ordered some parts a few days ago, I am waiting for one more thing to come in the mail

stiff rapids
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its less on amazon

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get the 1600

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@warm vortex you listed the ae model also

bleak pike
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what the heck that's so cheap

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no Prime shipping but that's definitely worth the wait imo

stiff rapids
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get it, it overclocks to 4.2 GHz

bleak pike
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oh I already have a 3600 lol

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but that's still such a good price lol

stiff rapids
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it comes with the stealth cooler that the only downside. Yeah for a second or budget system the AF 1600 is the way to go \

bleak pike
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I already have a normal 1600 though

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I don't think $85 is worth it. probably just a 5% increase at most

stiff rapids
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10%

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the 1500x is also only 70 right now

bleak pike
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I don't need that garbage lol

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four cores. no thanks lol

stiff rapids
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4c 8t

bleak pike
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ehh

lone depot
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just buy a 3600x

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Le 3600

bleak pike
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already have a 3600

stiff rapids
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hard pass if youre on a budget

bleak pike
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I don't even need this 3600 lol. I haven't had anything hit it too hard at all

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and yeah that's true

lone depot
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i love s budgets

stiff rapids
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budget builds you usually have about 70-100 dollars for a cpu

lone depot
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no

stiff rapids
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sub 400

lone depot
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yah

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but if u have a 3000£ budget then might as well go for over 400

stiff rapids
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I build budget systems for people in my area and people are hard set on a 500 or less budget

lone depot
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oh.

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so what kinda specs then

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most common

stiff rapids
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Usually x3470 and rx570

lone depot
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Good

stiff rapids
terse frost
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@earnest epoch , awww we should send that guy some money for bills. That stinks to see that.

balmy root
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Where are y'all finding these Facebook marketplace deals, all I can find are scalpers

stiff rapids
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I find them all day long. It's because people in my state dont buy PCs I guess. More part for me.

stiff rapids
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that guy above told me he would take 300 cause he is seriously in need of money for bills im sure youll have to pay shipping also it shouldnt be more than 35$

balmy root
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Holy crap I'd love that GPU

wise swan
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His price is high... specially without a cpu.

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I guess it's not horrible.... but for some random parts with unknown warranty or life on them, I dont know...
$180-200 gpu
$100 - psu
$20- cooler
$40 - motherboard
$50 - ram

rare kayak
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Lowes

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Home Depot.

ember stump
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I am ashamed I wheezed at that.

rare kayak
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lol.

pulsar raven
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Yuh

flat swift
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#9

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@cloud notch

tulip havenBOT
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coltonboiz | c.chase03#5041 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

cloud notch
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Oops

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Is that good or nah

outer cypress
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@cloud notch no selling

viral sedge
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I am selling selling a box

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for like 5 bucky

rare kayak
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You are not.

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selling me.

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ever.

somber arch
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i might not be able to sell you... but uhaul sure will 😛

fathom heron
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@somber arch My dad is a vendor for U-hual and we sell boxes all the time

balmy root
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@flat swift an interesting obstacle has appeared

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I have installed my gtx 1050 to (fan spin), but win 10 only recognizes my rx480

bleak pike
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to

static narwhal
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Might be a driver issue

cursive umbra
lone depot
#

@cursive umbra the first one is a hella good deal

cursive umbra
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@lone depot its what i was thinking but the bottom one has a dope monitor coming with it but its also 1100 more so

lone depot
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Yeah I dont think the monitor is worth the extra 1100 dollars

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there are plenty of good monitors under 500

finite fjord
prime hemlock
austere dirge
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@prime hemlock I honestly wouldn’t buy that

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Almost equivalent, still 100 dollars cheaper and you build it yourself

prime hemlock
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@austere dirge I don't want to build it, so does the markup seem legit?

austere dirge
#

Again, I wouldn’t buy a "prebuilt" from individual sellers

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If you want to get a prebuilt try buying from known companies to make sure you get all you want in your PC

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And honestly, this isn’t a great deal

prime hemlock
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well if you get something equivalent from a "prebuilt" manufacturer they run ~$1k. so that seems like a load of crap to me.

austere dirge
#

Something equivalent to that for 1k ?

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This is equivalent or even better than what u sent and it’s cheaper and a mouse and keyboard comes with it

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ABS is also a pretty decent brand for prebuilt systems normally

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Windows comes with it too

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My bad lol, it’s 0.01 dollars cheaper

prime hemlock
#

i guess it's always on sale as well.

austere dirge
#

What about this one

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You can find prebuilt systems on sale on Newegg pretty often I would say

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Keeping an eye on the 500-750 bucks section is worth it

torn basin
#

4790k/z97 krait/16gb ram
240aio, 120ssd/2tb hdd
GTX 770, 850w psu, Corsair 600t

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Picked it up for $375

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Kinda rough

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Shape

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Case was painted really bad

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But, swap out that 770, with one of my spare v56's

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Should be able to sell the PC for around $750

stiff rapids
#

Wow that was a great deal

polar charm
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hey

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where do the giveaway winners get anounced?

rare kayak
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I'd imagine every social media outlet.

alpine kelp
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So I need a good computer but I only have 600, may someone help me?

balmy root
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Sure!

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This just computer? No peripherals tight?

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Right?

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Take a look at the r5 1600af and gtx 1660s @alpine kelp

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They make a good match that will fit into that budget, if you don't mind getting used, gtx 1070 is a very fine option too

alpine kelp
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Ok

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Yea I’d be fine with it

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Im trying to get into pc gaming

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But due to some money “dissipering” I only have $400

balmy root
#

$600->$400 what?

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That changes a lot of things

alpine kelp
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In that range

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400 to 600

balmy root
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Well, r5 1600af 1660s or 1070 would be my recommendation

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At $400 it won't work, but it will fit into $500-600

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Would you like me to assemble a basic pcpartpicker list for you?

marsh socket
#

Hey what the best rx 5700 card to buy from Radeon?

balmy root
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The cheapest one

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Because I'm cheap :)

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Xfx has one on Newegg for $330

bleak pike
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Don’t get the blower-styled 5700

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It’s hot

west badge
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@marsh socket I think you mean from AMD

brisk ice
#

Yeah getting blower anything is pretty bad in my opinion

terse frost
#

So many great deals in here I can’t keep up.

outer relic
#

Yo? SLI 1080x2 or 2070 idk what’s the cons with crossfire

livid prism
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Crossfire is for amd, sli is for nvidia

outer relic
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Yeah ok anyways is it good

flat swift
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No

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Games don't suppor tit anymore

tidal bear
#

Is this worth it for $1604

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The only thing I feel sketch about is the power supply

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But the case is worth it a lot it comes with 6 fans

finite fjord
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That's worth about $1100 maybe, in the USA

balmy root
#

no brand eh? that looks pretty good

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rtx 2070s will destroy everything except 4k max settings, and i7 9700k, though a bit pointless considering ryzen, is still very strong for gaming

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theres a lot of pointless stuff on that list like wtf mopad and projector?

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and that cooler should be replaced with a 240mm aio that isn't cooler master's bargain bin offerings

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6 ll fans + controller tho @floral lance , thats like $150

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they definitely cheaped out on storage tho

winged crest
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So I'm getting into pc gaming and after putting all the parts into a Amazon shopping list it's only 690

outer cypress
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@balmy root no.

lusty fiber
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buying a pc for 375 to then swap a 400 dollar gpu in and then sell that build for 750, that's ludicrous

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even if you had it "laying around" or not lol

small otter
cloud notch
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Walmart has a really good deal on Beyerdynamic dt 1990 pros rn

torn basin
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got a free PC today

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lol

ripe mango
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atleast it works

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for memes and work... maybe put some gpu

torn basin
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FX 6120
8GB DDR3
GT 710
500GB HDD

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@blissful hazel

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i have a spare GTX 770

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toss that in

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ez resale for like $150~

balmy root
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thats not a bad deal for the buyer either

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if they're looking for a room heater

west badge
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It's a 6120 not a 8370 >_<

livid prism
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still

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any older amd chip is 🔥

balmy root
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@west badge fx6000 cpus are room heaters, I think you're referring to furnaces?

livid prism
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my old phenom II x4 970 sure was one

balmy root
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fx4000= hot plate, fx6000= room heater, fx8000= furnace, fx9000= the actual sun

static narwhal
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Tfw used to have a 6300

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Good CPU but it was time for an upgrade

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Now I has i5 9600k

brisk ice
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what a nice tech deal

fair echo
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@torn basin boi what? Free? How? You do YouTube and stuff?

viral socket
atomic finch
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i don't want to buy an expensive nvidia card so i can drive that monitor

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it's the high end g-sync hardware

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so it doesn't work with the general adaptive sync stuff

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it's a nice monitor though

mint juniper
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Just use it as a tv

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Imagine

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Use it as a second monitor

feral mortar
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Did anyone win

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😃

atomic finch
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no such luck

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it'll be a while before they call the contest

viral socket
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@atomic finch nvidia is adding freesync support to g-sync, not sure if that one is new enough

atomic finch
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VESA Adaptive Sync standard is based on the old FreeSync, NVIDIA should just support that and use that

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FreeSync itself will just be phased out probably

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it'll support DP and HDMI 2.1 or higher

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the VESA standard

tidal bear
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There's no point in buying a 2080 super if I am playing on a 1920x1080 and I would be getting a 2070 super

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Because if I got a 2080 super I couldn't even play on 4k cause I have a 1920x1080 resolution monitor

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Am I right or wrong?

flat swift
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Right

viral socket
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@tidal bear a 2080s is also good for high refresh on ultra settings at 1080p, what's your monitor refresh?

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Depending on the game ultra settings at 1080p even a 2070s might struggle to hit 144

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If you care about that spesific scenario

tidal bear
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Not sure my brother gave me the monitor for my birthday last year

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The stuff it says on the monitor BENQ XL2411

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Or XL24LL

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Pretty sure it's first one tho

viral socket
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Well you can check the monitor refresh in either the Nvidia control panel ot Radeon software

tidal bear
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My computer is in repair rn the power supply went out and my brother is ordering the party

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But they have been taking way too long

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And I was looking at a new PC my parents were gonna get me a PC that I pick out and they probably gonna give me it on my birthday

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Cause my birthday is on the 28th

terse frost
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Happy early birthday

hollow prawn
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happy early birthday :)

small otter
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Freesync is the trade name for VESA's VRR tech, it's royalty free. edit, nvm, backwards

ruby owl
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Happy early birthday!

restive tulip
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So uh, why has the price of the ASUS ROG Maximus XI Extreme gone up $240????

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I was gonna get it but now the price doesn't seem worth it

flat swift
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On Newegg? Because it's not sold and shipped by Newegg, it's a third party

small otter
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Geekbench?

warm junco
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Hey guys! I was wondering if any of you could give me some suggestions on a laptop to buy under 700 dollars. I'd use it primarily for studying and doing some computer science research and programming development.
Thank you in advance😊

atomic finch
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that should be pretty easy to do tia

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@warm junco size?

west badge
atomic finch
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has touch, 15" display, and is light for ease of use

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also has the R5-3500U

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4c8t i think

west badge
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8300H is also 4 core 8 thread

atomic finch
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yes, that also exists

west badge
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and the i5 is better than the R5

atomic finch
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the mobile ryzen not so good?

west badge
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mobile is good but for better CPU performance the i5 is better

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about 30% better in performance

warm junco
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@atomic finch @west badge they are surely a good fit but I was thinking about something a bit smaller than a 15.6 inch laptop because I plan to move a lot with it

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Is there something similar to these specs but a bit smaller?
I was thinking about the Lenovo flex 14 but I'm not totally sure about that laptop

radiant sky
#

Does newegg price match themselves? I bought 2 kits of RAM a few days and 4 hours ago and I got an email from insider saying they are on sale on insider. Would they update the price of my purchase?

west badge
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@warm junco

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@radiant sky if you already bought it they wont refund it unless you return it first for a refund and then buy them again

warm junco
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@west badge Thanks!

west badge
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np

austere dirge
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https://www.newegg.com/xpg-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820246023?sdtid=13765001&Item=9SIAJNUA499877&Tpk=9SIAJNUA499877&nm_mc=AFC-RAN-COM&cm_mmc=AFC-RAN-COM&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=afc-Slickdeals+LLC&AFFID=208164&AFFNAME=Slickdeals+LLC&ACRID=1&ASUBID=b04db36c315b11eab2e68e1f5ac956b70INT&ASID=https%3A%2F%2Fslickdeals.net%2Ff%2F13765001-adata-xpg-gammix-d30-16gb-2-x-8gb-288-pin-ddr4-3200-ax4u320038g16-db30-59-99-fs%3Fsrc%3Dcatpagev2&ranMID=44583&ranEAID=208164&ranSiteID=lw9MynSeamY-EKGbRVuEaqs.rVPY5QOM7g

finite fjord
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@atomic finch 3000 and under Ryzen isn't that competitive on the mobile side. Their R7 is 4c/8t following more or less the old Intel i3/i5/i7

atomic finch
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i see

storm spade
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Ryzen 4000 though will be an interesting comparison

livid prism
#

Around when is the release date

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For r4000

storm spade
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They just spoke about them at CES, so probably middle or late this year i would assume. No hard date though

livid prism
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Epic

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*epyc

storm spade
#

Seems though Asus is using them now though in their laptop lineups

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Well I may have been wrong a bit. Seeing some articles where it says laptops running on r4000 CPU's will start launching next month

cursive umbra
bleak pike
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absolute trash

flat swift
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100% garbage lol

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$1000????

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I'm lol'ing right now

bleak pike
#

$1000 for a fifth gen i7 and a four-year-old GPU

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garbage trash deal

flat swift
#

TWIN GPU's

bleak pike
#

SLI in 2020 bruh

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using SLI as a marketing scheme is basically a sin today

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man couldn't even clean out his system

west badge
#

Um that says it has a 4th gen not a 5th gen i7

bleak pike
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isn't the 4790 a fifth gen i7?

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or maybe I'm messed up

west badge
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5th gen is a 5775C

bleak pike
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I think they skiped a x000

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oh wait yeah it's 4th gen

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but it still makes it more of a trash deal lmao

west badge
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4790K can actually last for another 5 years

bleak pike
#

big doubt

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it's a 22nm CPU

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we're down to below half of that

west badge
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doesn't matter how much nm it has the performance is still there and also since it is a 4790K it can be overclocked which can make it last longer

bleak pike
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I guess lol

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I mean that's true

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but doesn't lithography help with IPC?

west badge
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I know people that are still using i7 970 and it is still pretty strong

distant drift
#

thats depressing

tulip havenBOT
#
poonk#5163 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

cursive umbra
#

Oops

bleak pike
#

oof

cursive umbra
#

I think the 980s are the problem but I'm thinking about just lowballing him

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But even then upgrading it would most likely be a nightmare

bleak pike
#

the 980s are even with the i7 but they would make the system GPU bound because of the games we have today

west badge
#

for a grand you could build like a Ryzen 5 1600 with a 1660 Ti instead and it would perform better

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or even a R5 2600

bleak pike
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I built my system for a grand. 3600 with a 5700

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great 1440p build

west badge
#

a 980 is pretty much the 6gb 1060 in performance

bleak pike
#

oh, really?

west badge
#

yep

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970 is a 3gb 1060

bleak pike
#

oof

distant drift
#

is a rx 5700 xt for 250-300 a good deal

bleak pike
#

that's a scam lol

distant drift
#

is it a good deal

bleak pike
#

if it's legit, that's a bargain

distant drift
#

it is

bleak pike
#

but that sounds like a scam to me

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oh understandable

west badge
#

If you plan on streaming though would be best to go with Nvidia

bleak pike
#

I prefer multi-system CPU streaming

distant drift
#

its an msi gaming x

bleak pike
#

absolute bargain

distant drift
#

streaming is for desperate college kids trying to pay off debt

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so uh no

bleak pike
#

that GPU goes for more than 400USD

west badge
#

For AMD best to go with Sapphire or PowerColor

flat swift
#

MSI has kinda cruddy coolers for the 5700XT

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Poor heat pad contact

distant drift
#

Im not even gonna oc

west badge
#

We never mentioned overclocking

flat swift
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OC doesn't matter

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It's an XT, not a plain 5700?

bleak pike
#

listen, I went with a Gigabyte G1 RX 480 as my first GPU. it can't be worse lmaooo

distant drift
#

its not that bad

bleak pike
#

I doubt it's that bad

distant drift
#

you could use it to warm your hands

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during the winter months

west badge
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Who needs to go to the kitchen for breakfast when a MSI Gaming X RX 5700 XT can fry your eggs

earnest epoch
#

at least it's not a tuf gaming

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or evoke

bleak pike
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or a G1 Gaming

west badge
#

Still would rather go for the best of the best

earnest epoch
#

like the red devil

west badge
#

But ya for streaming it would honestly be better to go with Nvidia

bleak pike
#

I’m pretty sure more people stream with a CPU though

west badge
#

I know a bunch of streamers that does GPU

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the only ones i know that doesn't do GPU's uses capture cards

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So you would be able to have a 3200G with a 5700 and stream without any issues

velvet wing
#

wait is red devil gpu bad

austere dirge
#

$85 for a 1660 is a beautiful deal right

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A friend wants to sell me his

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(Used)

lone depot
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@velvet wing depends on what GPU

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also remember red devil would be the card, not the GPU

finite fjord
#

@austere dirge good deal. Buy it

viscid pollen
#

Any recommendations for a wifi card for mobos that dont support wifi?

bleak pike
#

@austere dirge buy that immediately

austere dirge
#

Can’t buy it lol

bleak pike
#

Oh just read that. That sucks :(

austere dirge
#

I don’t even have a rig y e t

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Saving up

bleak pike
#

That GPU wouldn’t be a bad start GPU

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But I guess you can’t get it

white hull
#

Could buy it and resell for more if you wanted to

austere dirge
#

Bah nvm

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I’ll get it

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Nah*

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It’s a golden deal and if my friend finds another person to sell it to I’m toast 😂

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Have to get it

velvet wing
#

@lone depot my cousin got the rx 580 red devil gpu

lone depot
#

yeah that's not a great card

velvet wing
#

whats not great about it

lone depot
#

Red Devil is usually excellent but the Red Devil versions of RX 500 series weren't

velvet wing
#

like whats wrong with em

lone depot
#

PCB and VRM aren't great quality, neither is the cooler

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On the other hand, the Red Devil versions of Vega and Navi are absolutely delightful

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but the polaris cards are not

bleak pike
#

Polaris is great for 1080p

lone depot
#

Oh I'm not complaining about Polaris itself

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Specifically the red devil versions of polaris

bleak pike
#

understandable

lone depot
#

the RX 570 is still the best value graphics card to buy new

velvet wing
#

but not the red devil one?

lone depot
#

that's the idea

velvet wing
#

im not sure exactly what he got but it runs as well as my 970 lol

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my issue with it is its frigging bulky

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but it doesnt run hot or mess up on anything

lone depot
#

also if you ever want to buy used that's always a good idea

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depending on where you live

velvet wing
#

i dont trust used products tho 😦

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unless im buying them from a friend lol

lone depot
#

ebay buyer protection is very extreme

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basically you can isis-style execute the seller even if you have no actual reason, let alone if something is genuinely wrong

velvet wing
#

i mean im not looking to upgrade anytime soon myself

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i just did a lot of upgrades

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i just saw you said red devils are bad and my cousin got one so i was tryna figure out why lol

lone depot
#

In general they're good, just not the Polaris cards

torn basin
#

just over $80 a pop

finite fjord
#

So long as the mobo is cheap then good. But 1600 AF is $85

torn basin
#

boards are $25-$35 for these

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16GB of ram is $20

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$30 shipped

supple forge
#

80 is what i got my dads 4690k for

finite fjord
#

yeah. So platform price is good but CPU price is bad. Total cost still good tho

supple forge
#

I mean those cpus have been around for how long and still perform extremely well

torn basin
#

4770/4790 is on par with a 2600 in terms of gaming performance

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and ive got lots of spare 4gb and 8gb dimms of DDR3

finite fjord
#

Same in gaming, but worse in everything else. Effectively making the CPU price alone bad (tho as I said, platform price makes up for that)

torn basin
#

$130 for a solid midrange gaming platform

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vs buying a 1600 af for $85, trying to find any AM4 board for $50~, then $40 for 16GB ram

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i7's sell a lot better too

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more name recognition for people

crude wolf
#

@torn basin Don't forget a cooler

torn basin
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i have stock coolers

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dime a dozen

bleak pike
#

I have a 4690K stock cooler

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but with no 4690K

fleet sierra
#

Y'all really be BC mining over here

crude wolf
#

I dont remember the 4690k stock cooler

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I replaced it with an off brand cooler that actually turned out to be one of the best air coolers Ive ever owned

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The Super Quiet titan dragonfly

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Loooks pithly but honestly, it keeps a 4690k OCed to 4.4ghz at 70c max under 30 mins of load

torn basin
#

@finite ibex now THAT!!!! is a hell of a deal

finite ibex
#

Whoa. You sharing?

torn basin
#

XD

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i sniped it out from under like 20 other people

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im so excited

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XD

flat swift
#

Just an FYI, LTT has the G3 listed under D+, potentially dangerous on their PSU list. The G+ is good

torn basin
#

G3 is still better than the W1

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kek

flat swift
#

Ya, for sure

torn basin
#

thats cheaper than i get my W1 600W's for

flat swift
#

I mean at those prices, doesn't really matter. It's not like they're gonna asplode or catch on fire

torn basin
#

also

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getting a 980ti classified

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and two i5 4590s's

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for $200 + shipping

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SO EXCITED

west badge
#

Didn't Silv want Demon to build her a gaming PC ThinkingEgg

torn basin
#

🤷

west badge
#

I remember last time on Tech in around she saw your builds @torn basin and said that she wanted a build from you lol

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cause all those computers/parts you find so such a low price

torn basin
#

i mean sure

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lol

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im down

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the only "high end" rig i got right now would either be a 4790k/1080ti build or a R5 1600/1080ti build

hollow prawn
#

how do you

tawny quest
#

but where are the dual 2080tis?

hollow prawn
#

I mean 2080tis dont usually go on sale

tawny quest
#

-100% off sale maybe

earnest epoch
#

wouldn't that be double the price

#

wat

tawny quest
earnest epoch
finite fjord
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@torn basin The G3 is bad due to a bad protection setup

torn basin
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good, find me a better PSU for $25 or less

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or dont complain

finite fjord
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It's unlikely to happen, but component failure causing a short of some sort can cause a catastrophic failure making the PSU short other components

torn basin
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XD

finite fjord
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I'd rather get a safe PSU for more, but meh

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because $20 to save your $500+ investment seems good

torn basin
#

thats you then, thanks for your worthless opinion. 😄

west badge
#

There is nothing bad about the G3

hollow prawn
#

OCP

west badge
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It is not like he got that Corsair PSU if i remember the CX models that caught on fire

hollow prawn
#

it aint the end of the world

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I can understand some worry about it

torn basin
#

green label CX were bad if you overloaded them, or even tried using close to their advertised wattage

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still useable

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what people like you dont know @finite fjord is actually the problem with the G3 units, you just hear from some idiot "oh they are bad" so you spread that mis information everywhere

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the problems that the G3 line has, has 0 effect on any sane person using any of the units

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you dont go out and buy a 650W G3 and then expect it to run a 1000W system

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their OPP is set too high

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so it allows lower wattage rated units to push much higher wattage

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unsafely

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without shutting down

worn rose
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arent those the older ones? the green cx

torn basin
#

no sane person is buying a 550W or 650W PSU and loading it with 850W or 1000W of power and expecting it to work fine

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they also have OTP set a bit too high, but, thats not a big deal, just dont break your PSU fan

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they are 80+ gold units

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heat generally isnt ever going to be an issue

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unless your fan dies or you intentionally break your PSU.

bleak pike
#

People always say green CXs are bad. But why?

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Same with VS

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Just no reasoning

torn basin
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if you're not stupid, the G3 line is safe, lol. you dont buy a 550W PSU and expect it to run 850-1000W safely

bleak pike
#

Pfft lmao

torn basin
#

the 750W, and other high wattage rated CX green labels, at the time, your average mid range/high end gaming PC easily could pull that much power

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and they were a budget option

west badge
#

Man he really got to you

torn basin
#

unfortunately, those high wattage rated green label CX were not actually capable of sustained wattage output that they were advertised at

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and would fail

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because of that

bleak pike
#

And what about VS?

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I’ve heard they blow up lol

torn basin
#

VS is just, idk, very budget, cuts corners, but fine for low power systems

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like, i wouldnt run a midrange PC on one

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but its fine for extreme entry level

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or office type computers

bleak pike
#

Understandable

torn basin
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they are mediocre at best, but, still get the job done, just not what you should be buying for a gaming PC tbh

outer cypress
#

my brother is using a corsair HX1000W for his 2600 and rx570 theo_dumb

earnest epoch
#

skill

worn rose
#

how much did he buy it for again zack 🤔

earnest epoch
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3 dollars

worn rose
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yeah basically less than 3 dollars

earnest epoch
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wait what

outer cypress
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$450 total (not including the case and psu because we already had those)

earnest epoch
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why don't u swap psus with him

tawny quest
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psu swap yay

outer cypress
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that psu is chunky, it wouldnt fit in my case, also i dont need more than 650w

earnest epoch
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well that would be a pain in the a** nevermond

tawny quest
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Anyone want 650W gold fully modular

earnest epoch
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I already got one

tawny quest
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noice

finite fjord
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@torn basin oh no, I just try to remember which PSUs lose protections and cant remember the however many damn PSUs there are and every single spec. Because trying to remember all widely known PSU models out there and get confused with OCP and OTP for one, single, model is totally unreasonable

earnest epoch
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with rgb peepoSmug

tawny quest
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oh dang, you set

earnest epoch
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my psu can handle 4000w

outer cypress
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woah, lets calm down please

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just take a breather

tawny quest
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breathe in................................. breathe oooouuutttttt

earnest epoch
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This is my cue to leave oh no

torn basin
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if you're going to say something is not safe to use and is really bad to buy? you should be willing to spend the time to actually know what you're talking about before saying stupid things and spreading mis information. if you dont know, just dont say anything, lol. @finite fjord

outer cypress
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We all make mistakes, it happens.

finite fjord
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It's called not properly remembering something I already looked at before man. Tell me, your entire life from year 0 to now, missing not one single detail in the slightest. Doesnt seem realistic right?

torn basin
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justifying spreading misinformation because you were too lazy to double check your info before you made a comment?

WOW, thats a great excuse. good one

outer cypress
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Chill it out now. Last warning.

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torn basin
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should bookmark it @finite fjord

outer cypress
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demonmit, i told you to stop.

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They made a mistake and owned up to it, leave it at that.

torn basin
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i am? thats the source. there is good info there to learn from.

hollow prawn
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the man is providing info

outer cypress
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suggesting that they bookmark it implied that you were still going at it

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at least thats how i took it

worn rose
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can yall at least bring it dm's not tech deals if you want to continue it please

finite fjord
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"get confused with OCP and OTP", pretty sure you'd know with what I said that I knew that already

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but sure

hollow prawn
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aight

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this should move channels

outer cypress
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no, it should stop

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just move on

torn basin
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tbh its a valid suggestion, there are a lot of people that are misinformed on how the G3 units work. quick access to testing data and facts is quite useful, like, not even trying to be smart about it, lol, i bookmark a lot of it myself so i can double check myself before i say something that might not be true.

outer cypress
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alright, thats fair, i just wanted to make sure you werent fueling the argument

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lets switch the subject now

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i didnt know rosewill made this lmao

torn basin
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lots of very useful information i can share in their respected channels if someone wants

outer cypress
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that had ur email in it

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deleted so nobody would get it

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just in case

torn basin
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its my username though

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XD

outer cypress
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¯_(ツ)_/¯

torn basin
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idc

outer cypress
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feel free to repost

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i just always delete that stuff as another precaution

torn basin
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i have some random stuff in there too

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XD

hollow prawn
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excuse me what

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b-die finder

torn basin
outer cypress
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mine isnt b die

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D:

torn basin
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doesnt have everything

flat swift
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Mine isn't either, it's Hynix

torn basin
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just, whats for sale

hollow prawn
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Mine is hynix too

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sad that all the 3600mhz 2x16gb ram are >200

torn basin
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the SSD master list is really useful too

worn rose
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is that newmaxx's?

outer cypress
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all i know is my ram is rgb and it looks good theo_dumb

ripe mango
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is it bdie cl 14

dusty tinsel
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Ryzen 5 3600 for around $80

west badge
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It's a scam

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There is already reddit posts about clothsoutlet on how everything you see on there is a scam

small otter
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If you can fit a 1600T2 into a Mini-Tower m-atx optiplex... form factor works in mysterious ways 🙂

ripe mango
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ryzen with cloth word at domain name xD

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and 80$

small otter
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UeLPT - credit cards almost certainly got your back when you need to file a chargeback