tech-deals

[hollow prawn]

Even though sabrent is a major brand

Also, there's also cases where well known brands have drives that's either iffy or no reviews, like I don't know any good reviews on a WD sn520

[eternal nacelle]

I think I have a Sabrent SATA enclosure for a Blu Ray drive I use for ripping CD's

[errant sigil]

10400/1660ti/512gb nvme/16gb in dual channel @ 2666mhz https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/desktop-computers/new-dell-g5-gaming-desktop/spd/g-series-5000-desktop/gd5090g520saff416 $725 after code DTG5AFF416 and $625 if you qualify for the dell x american express offer

[vast geode]

That is pretty good

[proud lynx]

not a bad deal

too bad its not a laptop

[modest hinge]

kijij or fb marketplace

[frosty gale]

?

[modest hinge]

i mean like find a pc on there

[torpid ginkgo]

Kijiji is only in Canada lol

[true furnace]

^

[icy finch]

No buying and selling on here

[dense solar]

https://www.newegg.com/xpg-sx8100-2tb/p/0D9-0017-001A2? Hmmm

Don’t personally know anything about this ssd but great price for a 2tb

[glass mason]

pretty sure that was the bait and switch ssd

buuuut id spend a few bucks more for a pilot e 2tb

[dense solar]

Ah, gotcha gotcha

https://www.newegg.com/mushkin-enhanced-pilot-e-2tb/p/N82E16820226902? Is on sale too

[nova geyser]

Rule num 9 now buying or selling

[dusk grotto]

Oh shoot sorry

I forgot that’s on me I hit my head pretty hard and forgot a lot

[pure crown]

sus

[viral surge]

Blue Imposter

[cedar bramble]

😳

[buoyant dawn]

😳

[hybrid garnet]

[unborn phoenix]

😩

[verbal fjord]

Just bought these today! :)

Check this out on @Newegg: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC - Intel i7 10700F - GeForce RTX 3070 - 16GB DDR4 3000MHz - 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali473/p/N82E16883360058?Item=N82E16883360058&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-83-360-058-_-04172021

Check this out on @Newegg: Westinghouse WM32DX9019 32" WQHD 2560 x 1440 2K Resolution 144Hz HDMI DisplayPort AMD FreeSync Technology Flicker-Free Anti-Glare Widescreen Backlit LED Gaming Monitor https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16824569005?Item=N82E16824569005&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-24-569-005-_-04172021

[hybrid garnet]

Not bad I'd say. The PC is a bit overpriced but not too horrible. The monitor seems to have good reviews for a VA panel.

[verbal fjord]

Woops linked the wrong computer!

Check this out on @Newegg: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC - AMD Ryzen 5 5600X - GeForce RTX 3070 - 16GB DDR4 3000MHz - 1TB Intel M.2 NVMe SSD https://www.newegg.com/abs-ala230/p/N82E16883360064?Item=N82E16883360064&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-83-360-064-_-04172021

And yeah the price could be better, but I got tired of trying to beat the bots to graphics cards and losing the newegg lottery lol

[nova geyser]

Ntb especially if you needed system and tired of waiting

[static granite]

any thoughts on this: https://www.newegg.com/team-group-1tb-t-force-vulcan-g/p/N82E16820331555?Item=N82E16820331555&cm_sp=Dailydeal_SS-_-20-331-555-_-04172021

[lone depot]

Guys know how to save money on alienware laptops especially when the amd series comes out on the 20th?

[hybrid garnet]

"Alienware" and "save money" don't belong in the same sentence

[static granite]

@lone depot yes you can save money by not buying one...

[arctic cargo]

you can save money on alienware by buying the same laptop from a different brand

[nova geyser]

Yeah just get a dell gaming laptop instead lol

[minor path]

Dude i got a Dell!

Sorry 90's flash back

[umbral hazel]

@minor path dude, your getting a dell for your graduation

Those grey/black dell dimensions tho

You can get them for free

Combine a pent.4 with an hd5000 series and boom GTA 5 playable

If you call sub 10 fps playable

[tulip haven]

SSGenesisGaming, that command is disabled in this channel.

[mighty blade]

Only true 90's kids remember the horrible dell commercials

[quasi roost]

dont know if it was posted earlier but just in case. if you have a way to lap it, $30 a500
https://www.newegg.com/corsair-a500-ct-9010003-ww/p/N82E16835181193

[tawny shoal]

MIR sucks tbh, but meh

[glass mason]

^

[dense solar]

Even with the $100 gift card.....oooof

[tawny shoal]

Lmfao only a 1650ti

[lone depot]

You can get an HP Omen Ryzen 9 with an RTX 3070 less than that

[last egret]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088BTGKT5/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_6AXDAXES283R17VHNBCH

52$ 1tb ssd

Oos

[sterile violet]

https://www.newegg.com/corsair-a500-ct-9010003-ww/p/N82E16835181193?Item=N82E16835181193&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-35-181-193-_-04182021

50% off 👀

[flat swift]

NOt enough

Meh cooler and the cold plate needs lapped because they're all warped

[sterile violet]

Rly

[flat swift]

Yes

Meh performance. $40 or less maybe a good deal

[sterile violet]

I assumed it was good because Corsair

[glass mason]

yeah its not a good cooler

better off with a gammex 400 or like the 224xt or whatever

[hybrid garnet]

vetroo v5 was another

[glass mason]

im sad I missed this

woulda gotten it for my brothers pc

[hybrid garnet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD6SXbfx3mE

That's like... garbage tier

[glass mason]

yeaaaa ooof

[hybrid garnet]

Oh WAIT

[glass mason]

was that for the other drive?

[hybrid garnet]

That was the cheap comparison drive that was slow

[glass mason]

ah

[hybrid garnet]

That's actually not bad

[glass mason]

respectable

it would just be for a game drive

[hybrid garnet]

That's a perfectly serviceable game drive at those speeds, but I want to find someone that did a PROPER bench with random 4k performance

[austere thunder]

Now

How about reliability and longevity

[glass mason]

prolly not good

[hybrid garnet]

Those things aren't as important with modern NAND, they usually outlive the rest of the PC barring any electrical accidents

[glass mason]

lol in my college when we were learning hardware they were like ssds and hard drives have about the same lifespan and durability

[hybrid garnet]

That's like my intro to electronics professor trying to tell us power flows from positive to negative

[glass mason]

I mean it does tho right?

[hybrid garnet]

We even pointed out in the book and she just said the book is wrong

In cars it does but not electronics

[glass mason]

lol

[hybrid garnet]

Electricity is, in essence, electrons, that have a negative charge. They're going to want to move from the more crowded terminal (negative) to the less crowded terminal (positive).

(This strictly applies to DC power of course, AC doesn't follow normal rules)

[glass mason]

ah

[sonic vale]

honestly pretty sure the id-cooling se-224-xt beats the corsair a500 even if the a500 is 70% off

@sterile violet

[sterile violet]

I actually chose id cooling for a friend build

Purely because of budget

[icy finch]

imagine not having 12

2 are not pictured

[nova geyser]

Why tho

[icy finch]

For fun

[sterile violet]

For fun

[nova geyser]

To flex 💪

[thin surge]

is the V5 a good cooler?

[hybrid garnet]

Vetroo V5? Yes

[flat swift]

Yes

[thin surge]

ok

cool (pun intended)

[tacit sedge]

O11 dynamic at b&h for $150

[flat swift]

I dislike that case. Airflow is weird. Looks nice though.

[dry nest]

I have the XL and it’s super enjoyable to work in, airflow is a bit odd though

It definitely keeps stuff cool though

[keen frost]

i second that, xl is very nice to work with

[hollow prawn]

it's a drain on budget no matter what way you put it though.
More expensive than conventional cases, without coming with fans conventional cases do

[dry nest]

And hey I mean I got mine for a really good price in pristine condition so

[hollow prawn]

I would place P500a as just better than O11 personally

[dry nest]

I just saw there was a “used” one available from Amazon warehouse so

[hollow prawn]

There's also just the sin of o11 having 155mm cpu cooler clearance

[dry nest]

thing came to me untouched

True

[hollow prawn]

aka. no d15 d15s u12a drp4 etc

[hybrid garnet]

If you have a case with that many fan slots I doubt you're doing air cooling anyway

[hollow prawn]

oh well

[dry nest]

But if you’re buying a O11, or XL,

Yeah

Was about to say the same thing lol

[hollow prawn]

it's just a huge drain on the budget

[dry nest]

Yeah

[hollow prawn]

without any nice creature comforts or anything special

[dry nest]

I mean the XL has a lot of special

[hollow prawn]

well

anything special that's useful

[dry nest]

2 hotswap bays, that small bit of ARGB, good airflow

[hollow prawn]

airflow is very mediocre for air cooling but anyways

[dry nest]

I mean the XL has really good airflow from my experience, the normal O11 idk

Most I’ve been able to get my 5900x to with my 360mm AIO was high 70s

[hollow prawn]

quite mediocre, remember this is earlier review, td500 mesh, p400a, p500a, lancool ii mesh, not on chart yet

[dry nest]

Yeah it’s super easy to work in too though, after installing a 1650s and replacing a PSU for a 600w one in a prebuilt that had like no room I can really appreciate the workability and cable management capability

[hollow prawn]

p500a.

[dry nest]

Yeah but regardless I got mine in a sweet deal off of Amazon so

[hollow prawn]

THE SCREWS COME SORTED IN A PLASTIC CONTAINER!

:P

anyways

[dry nest]

The case is still very nice regardless just yeah

[hollow prawn]

It's just a lot of reasons to not buy o11 over like p500a

if you have it, it's fine

[dry nest]

Mhm

[mighty blade]

Why does it feel like Super Component Store is funneling the stock of all major online retailers for specific products and then reselling at a markup?

[hollow prawn]

..?

[mighty blade]

Every time i try to find additional parts, memory, fans, etc. it's only for sale by a 3rd party

the same

3rd party

[dry nest]

Welcome to the world of PC DIY in 2021

[hybrid garnet]

If you're looking for obscure random things they might just be the only one that has any

[hollow prawn]

If you find 3rd party sellers on newegg scalping for unreasonable prices, you can send an email to
[e-mail]

but other than that

[mighty blade]

Right, I've done that already on amazon, meh

[hollow prawn]

it's just demand

(seller selling at MSRP sell through, only those who sell at a markup still has stock, since people don't want to spend extra for the markup)

[hybrid garnet]

Amazon doesn't give a rat's behind, Newegg will at least look at and take down the listing

[dry nest]

Eh well Amazon is also probably like, ten or twenty times larger than Newegg so at one point it becomes a bit more complicated

[hybrid garnet]

I've seen Amazon sell blatantly offensive and racist shirts, and they don't get taken down ever

[mighty blade]

Makes you really wonder who's setting the prices. The scalpers or the retailers.

[hybrid garnet]

A little of both, a little of neither

Currently most GPUs are marked up $150+ due to the tariffs

[mighty blade]

Don't know if this is relevant for this channel, but it's been a month now and newegg still hasn't send UPS to pick up a damaged case

I contacted them several times letting them know it was ready, just not sure what to do with this big broken case

[hybrid garnet]

That's more something you should DM @floral frost about, but it's outside business hours

[lone inlet]

Normally you contact UPS for a pickup or drop off the package at a shipping center.

[mighty blade]

I was told that UPS would contact ME with a time and date of pickup, as the case is full of shattered glass

imo if NewEgg doesn't want their damaged product back, I'll just keep it in storage

[lone inlet]

UPS ain't going to contact you. Guaranteed.

I've probably had 9 insurance claims with UPS over the last 20 years and every single one of them was an absolute nightmare that required me contacting ups at least 10 times...

[tawny quest]

its impossible to talk to a real person for ups too

[proud lynx]

ups is a nightmare

i will only buy from newegg if amazon doesnt have something in stock/better price thats worth the trouble

ups customer center called and told me a package was lost, when i bought something from gopro, had to wair 24 hrs just to file a claim, AFTER contacting ups 4 times and gopro 3 times, it took 10 days to approve my claim and then longer to get my gopro resent

[mighty blade]

Honestly I feel like I've done what I can, if N.E. doesn't want their product back, I'm not contacting them again

Have emails to prove it anyhow

*** its also been 25 days since they last said to wait for a message from UPS

[tidal tundra]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-geek-squad-certified-refurbished-860-evo-1tb-internal-sata-solid-state-drive/6252149.p?skuId=6252149

good price

[lone depot]

Anybody know a laptop that only has the gpu?

RTX 3080

[flat swift]

Same answer as yesterday and every day before that

[lone depot]

Yes and no, past time I asked for the complete deal. This time im asking for the gpu only no keyboard no storage no cpu no display just the gpu unit in a mobile chip.

[umbral trellis]

Ahh yes. A gpu unit in a mobile chip.

[flat swift]

Not like they're all hard soldered or anything

[peak pine]

what would you even do with a mobile graphics chip, you can't just put it in a laptop

[umbral trellis]

Man out here talking like a 3080 is intel integrated graphics lmao. How else you supposed to get a gpu unit in a mobile chip.

[desert pulsar]

is he talking almost external gpu

[hollow prawn]

@lone depot just to be clear here, laptop GPUs are literally soldered onto the board, there's no way to have the laptop only have a gpu, unless you're trying to ask for an external gpu enclosure?

[umbral trellis]

He said he wants a laptop gpu to upgrade his laptop internally in #general-chat

[hollow prawn]

Oh lmao

That won't happen

[livid wadi]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FC6C75Y?dchild=1&keywords=B00IPEZKBW&m=A2L77EE7U53NWQ&qid=1617682552&s=warehouse-deals&sr=8-1&linkCode=sl1&tag=6502503-20&linkId=f8914028fddb2ddad7924ad20d659a29&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

if anyone is looking for a ps5 controller, its on sale 🙂

[icy finch]

Ahh yes pcie slot in laptop and just swap a 3080 in

[desert pulsar]

lol

[finite fjord]

MXM GPUs stopped existing after Pascal, so no mobile GPU upgrades are possible now.

[viral surge]

Is this a good deal ?

[flat swift]

Not really

[viral surge]

Alr thx

[glass mason]

ehh its meh

[hybrid garnet]

3600C18 memory isn't great

[flat swift]

Corsair isn't great period lol

[desert pulsar]

corsair is great for cases and coolers but i would go with some different eam

ram*

[hybrid garnet]

I disagree, because iCue is trash

They make excellent PSUs though

[flat swift]

SOME excellent PSU's lol

[hybrid garnet]

Yes every brand has exceptions

Just like there's at least one B tier Gigabyte PSU

[flat swift]

I mean, Rosewill has some A tier stuff surprisingly enough

[nova geyser]

And some nice cases tbf but psus are picky

[hybrid garnet]

They've been pretty reliably good over the years

[nova geyser]

I just mean you gotta have the right model of psus in general

[thin surge]

yep

[severe canyon]

Lmao imagine having money

[austere thunder]

Money

I don't know her

[lone depot]

doge

[dry nest]

idk I mean it's better than ASUS's aura

[torpid elm]

tru

[lone depot]

rgb is trash in general

[tired spoke]

RGB=MORE FPS

[mighty blade]

What's the biggest complaint against Aura Sync? I've found no issue so far

[dry nest]

I mean I've found it to just not nearly as versatile as icue

ig the aura creator can be pretty neat but
A: aura can't find most of my devices (ig my fans are corsair but the rest it just doesn't find, icue does)
B: the aura creator is still pretty limited as far as options

[mighty blade]

Ah, gotcha. I'm a little disappointed that my nzxt cooler isn't compatible with Aura, i'm using the TT View71 case fans

[icy finch]

That’s a weird mix of softwares lol

Thermal take, nzxt, asus

[dry nest]

and icue is just so much more handy with the profile feature, I can just switch from profile to profile depending on how I want the lights with a single click

[icy finch]

Corsair and msi hate each other so that’s sad

[dry nest]

yeah

[mighty blade]

Asus Mobo, GFX, TT Memory, PSU, Case

[dry nest]

I don't have any MSI components in my PC luckily

[icy finch]

Also dragon center is terrible

Msi needs to learn how to make rgb software

[dry nest]

mmm yeah

[tawny shoal]

Msi does make pog normal software tho

[dry nest]

idk why people dislike icue though, probably the best of the RGB giants

[tawny shoal]

Their afterburner is super pog

[icy finch]

Icue is nice

[dry nest]

yes

afterburner is epic

[hollow prawn]

drain on system resources

[icy finch]

I want more Corsair fans to sync all the rgbs but expensive

[dry nest]

oh

[hollow prawn]

bleach was running like 5 effects and icue ate like 16% of a 5600x

[mighty blade]

What like a whole 10W?

[hollow prawn]

see above

[tawny shoal]

Use of cpu

Not about power

[mighty blade]

ah

[tawny shoal]

Just about less cpu

[hollow prawn]

lemme see if I can find his screenshot again

[dry nest]

well for me it's like a 1% effect but regardless I do have a 5900x

[tawny shoal]

Well yeah but most ppl dont

[hollow prawn]

oh well, either way, no software is best software

[dry nest]

rn it's .2% with my audio sync profile lol

[hollow prawn]

and I'm happy with my MSI board and card :P

[dry nest]

yeah I don't hate MSI just it wouldn't work with icue which runs most of my components

aura doesn't detect any but my RGB strip and the mobo itself

[hollow prawn]

rgb is just always wack

hardware control is best

[dry nest]

and even corsair detects the mobo just can't control it cause of aura lol

[hollow prawn]

lol

[dry nest]

so I just use both

[hollow prawn]

does corsair even have a controller with physical controls?

[mighty blade]

Side topic, I wonder if the 3090 is getting a TI release eventually, these Temps are so hard to maintain

[dry nest]

not that inconvenient

uh idk

[hollow prawn]

I know CM does, Phanteks does

Like td500 mesh has a physical controller for the fans, p500a does too

[dry nest]

yeah I've had a CM CPU fan with a physical controller

[hollow prawn]

for rgb effects too, but yea

[dry nest]

tbh the software isn't that bad it's just annoying sometimes

sometimes aura screws around with my RGB strip for whatever reason and causes it to stop syncing

[hollow prawn]

no software is best software

[dry nest]

yep

well, I mean no software is the perfect software

icue for me personally though

is the best

[hollow prawn]

I just want more manufacturers to embrace physical controllers

[dry nest]

idk about performance issues though, I do have a 5900x but icue when active barely uses .5%

eh software just needs a standard

so compatibility isn't an issue

[hollow prawn]

https://xkcd.com/927/

xkcd: Standards

Fortunately, the charging one has been solved now that we've all standardized on mini-USB. Or is it micro-USB? Shit.

[icy finch]

No much too high mrsp

1500 is really high already

[dry nest]

yeah pretty much

[icy finch]

Why does gigabyte have its own rgb standard it’s weird

Well so does Corsair I guess

Everyone else uses the 12v/5v

[hollow prawn]

@dry nest found his screenshot

[dry nest]

yikes

yeah that doesn't sound like the norm

[icy finch]

Me when I turn on my computer:
Dragon center: allow me to run in the background

[dry nest]

even on my old i5-7400 the smaller amount of RGB I had with icue barely took up 5%

[feral token]

iCUE is horrible

[dry nest]

12% just sounds like something is going terribly wrong lol

[tawny shoal]

He had like 5 effects running in it

So maybe he had more than you

[dry nest]

yeah maybe, but rn I have 4 running and it's only using .1%

given I am running a 5900x but

still not nearly as bad as 12% on a 5600x(?)

[tawny shoal]

.1%?

[dry nest]

yep

[tawny shoal]

Hows that even possible

So like 1/1000 of ur cpu?

[dry nest]

I mean that's what task manager is reporting, got audio sync, some custom loopy effects on the pump, back fan has a different one,

RGB strip is also doing audio sync

I mean I just tried all of my profiles and the most weird one only got it to 1% so

yeah I never have performance issues with icue 🤷‍♂️

my profiles prob aren't as complex but they're close enough so idk how 12% is happening on a 5600x

[hollow prawn]

Actually aparently it was 3 effects
#general-chat message

[tawny quest]

everyone says icue pretty good but when i try it still had horrible usage and bugs, so i come to conclusion that just all rgb software bad no exceptions

[tired spoke]

My icue never take more then 2%

Only thing it does take is like 200mb ram

[viral surge]

Do u have Corsair fans? I heard the white looks bluish

[dry nest]

It sorta looks bluish, but it's not that bad.

it's a nice color imo

but if you want like a pure blinding white then, maybe go a different fan brand

[viral surge]

I’m pretty sure there is like a code somewhere, if the white isn’t white enough i garuntee u can find a code on YT

[dry nest]

hm

[tired spoke]

The white looks fine for me

[dry nest]

eh well I do like the color regardless

[thorn plinth]

[glass mason]

why u delete that Theo

it is 4/20/2021

[finite fjord]

icue and corsair services rarely really dipped below 1% usage for me, mostly cuz some dumb "corsair gaming headset" service was running when I have never used and never will use a corsair headset. Since PC reset have yet to install icue so eh.

[dense solar]

What the heck, my icue stays at like 20% or something

I’ll check momentarily when I boot my pc

[umbral hazel]

IDK who is online RN but in 20 min this r9 290 going for a pretty good price

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sapphire-Tri-X-AMD-Radeon-R9-290-OC-4GB-Gaming-Mining-Video-Card-GPU-US-Seller-/284256999046?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286

[dense solar]

Oof

[grim talon]

And now it’s 150

Pretty soon gonna be 200

[hybrid garnet]

That would be a decent enough "filler" card at that price

[umbral hazel]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-ElitelDesk-800-G1-MT-i7-4770-Upto-32GB-DDR3-2TB-SSD-Windows-10-/133715416078?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286

Bought one of these actually pretty good deal

CPU turbos to 3.6 real nice

Proprietary PSU but it was a 350 watt so I am sliding a 960 in there w sata

Bought it just barebones

[austere thunder]

Epic

Sketchy gpu power lol

Fine if it's dual satas I guess?

[cinder raven]

I used the sff of that with a 1650 lp for like a year and a half, it’s not bad - great stop gap or budget gaming pc

[grim talon]

dual molex would provide more power techincally

[austere thunder]

Ah

S'pose that would make sense

[grim talon]

but its a 960 not like it uses much anyways lmao

[cinder raven]

You could run a 1060 on it

Tested

[tired spoke]

Im mining on 1060 6gb with dual molex to 6 pin works great

[umbral hazel]

Elite

[hazy cipher]

intel core i4 for 22,000 usd

ort i'll giuve you i5 for 200

[hollow prawn]

Wat

[nova geyser]

Yes

[half karma]

i4 enjoyers

[celest osprey]

I4 enjoyers 🦾 vs i9 enjoyers

[nova geyser]

More of an i8 guy myself

[icy finch]

Idk ryzen 3.1415926535897…. Is pretty good

[nova geyser]

Ryzen pi

[grim talon]

Core i4 got those 5 cores mm

[hazy cipher]

[half karma]

no

[thin surge]

omg sick deal: https://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-GeForce-GT-710-Low-Profile-Graphics-Card-1GB-DDR3-64-bit-Noise-free-GPU/353211954156?epid=12032148802&hash=item523d12b3ec:g:avwAAOSwp5Zfas3h

lol

[tidal tundra]

i just bought 3 of those 710 trying to get a gt 2130

[half karma]

3 1030's to get a 3090 😎

[tidal tundra]

big brain moves

i mhappy with a gt 2130 for 700 thats a bargin these days

[frigid talon]

hi im new to computers but im looking for a raisin 13 processor

[austere thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/california-raisin-dance-gif-8822697

[versed fulcrum]

hello, i am putting my old PC back together for my little brother, I need 16GB of DDR3 RAM, except due to how DDR4 is the norm now, I don't want to spend to much and get the best bang for my buck DDR3 RAM wise

[tidal tundra]

i been looking for ddr3 looks like new for 2 8gigs 60$ish used around 30$

[versed fulcrum]

he just wants to play games that his ps4 runs, i used 16gb DDR3 RAM and my HD7970 ghz edition up until late 2020 with 30 fps+ in most games

yeh new is a bit more expensive here in canada and unfortunately right now theres only used laptop ram near me

[tidal tundra]

did you check ebay

[versed fulcrum]

corsair vengenance 2x8gb is 114cad lol

good point

[tidal tundra]

it goes for 30usd all day

all he needs is 16

https://www.ebay.com/itm/284266642753?hash=item422f9cbd41:g:cBsAAOSwFztggEHR

[versed fulcrum]

i dont really do bids

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/333962641376?hash=item4dc1b97fe0%3Ag%3AwL0AAOSwQb5gecYX&LH_BIN=1

this is the best deal i can find from canada

used

[tidal tundra]

what about new

[versed fulcrum]

gotta look at the ones with shipping from the US now

new is basically the computer store prices

[tidal tundra]

gonna be about 60usd on everything but the bids, even then you might not get a deal

you can get an old hp computer that has ram for like 90$

https://www.amazon.com/Patriot-Signature-PC3-12800-1600MHz-PSD38G16002/dp/B007HILOWG/ref=sr_1_21?dchild=1&keywords=ddr3&qid=1619028236&sr=8-21

could buy one at a time

[versed fulcrum]

ah yeh i could go for that

the patriot RAM is probably the cheapest and at least somewhat decent for gaming

new

[tidal tundra]

yea its cheap idk anything about it

[versed fulcrum]

i know patriot makes gaming RAM

[tidal tundra]

it does have good aesthetics tho

[versed fulcrum]

so its better than all those no name RAM that looks like they are just meant for servers

id think at least

[tidal tundra]

your guess is as good as mine dude im still pretty green to computers

[versed fulcrum]

the one with the heatsink is $2 more

[tidal tundra]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/slredirect/picassoRedirect.html/ref=pa_sp_atf_next_aps_sr_pg2_1?ie=UTF8&adId=A03082073L5J88V8L5OB5&url=%2FYongxinsheng-240-pin-1866Mhz-Memory-Desktop%2Fdp%2FB081T68XYL%2Fref%3Dsr_1_17_sspa%3Fdchild%3D1%26keywords%3Dddr3%26qid%3D1619029164%26sr%3D8-17-spons%26psc%3D1&qualifier=1619029164&id=3569101654696493&widgetName=sp_atf_next

yea i see that one looks good

https://www.amazon.com/gp/slredirect/picassoRedirect.html/ref=pa_sp_mtf_aps_sr_pg2_1?ie=UTF8&adId=A099013624L3855H6WMWO&url=%2FPatriot-Signature-PC4-19200-Heatshield-PSP48G2400KH1%2Fdp%2FB07Q8JTLYF%2Fref%3Dsr_1_27_sspa%3Fdchild%3D1%26keywords%3Dddr3%26qid%3D1619029164%26sr%3D8-27-spons%26psc%3D1&qualifier=1619029164&id=3569101654696493&widgetName=sp_mtf

2 for 49

[versed fulcrum]

thats 2 x 4gb so pretty much the same

the corsair RAM is only $20 more than the patriot ram

and corsair is better than patriot

[tidal tundra]

good eye i missed that

[versed fulcrum]

if i dont find some used RAM locally i guess RAM is just gonna have to take up a lot of the budget

[tidal tundra]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/slredirect/picassoRedirect.html/ref=pa_sp_btf_aps_sr_pg2_1?ie=UTF8&adId=A0996136Y1WV06W23AWY&url=%2FPatriot-Signature-PC3-12800-1600MHz-Heatshield%2Fdp%2FB007HZTD86%2Fref%3Dsr_1_38_sspa%3Fdchild%3D1%26keywords%3Dddr3%26qid%3D1619029164%26sr%3D8-38-spons%26psc%3D1&qualifier=1619029164&id=3569101654696493&widgetName=sp_btf

[versed fulcrum]

i already have a motherboard and graphics card and PSU and CPU

[tidal tundra]

full send dude

go into cpu mobo memory ask them

[versed fulcrum]

i need fans, RAM, and CPU air cooler

and a harddrive

[tidal tundra]

im almost done with my ne wbuild just need psu and a m.2

im super pumped

[versed fulcrum]

id have him have a m.2 cause i have a port for it but not enough gb

[tidal tundra]

and 3 fans

[versed fulcrum]

for the price that is

[tidal tundra]

i saw one going for 90$ the other day i should have jumped on it 1tb

[versed fulcrum]

CAD prices fyi

first purchase of his build

[tidal tundra]

many more monies to go

[versed fulcrum]

yeh im gonna add a case

$400 budget is more than enough i think

CPU and GPU are the bulk

[tidal tundra]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/vzK2FT/diypc-diy-a1-w-atx-mid-tower-case-diy-a1-w

something along this price

[icy finch]

Debateable

[icy finch]

Don’t get a hyper 212 evo

[static granite]

Yea 212 rgb is so much better for basically same price

Those clips arnt worth anything when mounting

[hybrid garnet]

That's... not at all why

The 212 is outperformed by several cheaper coolers

[static granite]

Like?

And where's the stats to show that

[hybrid garnet]

Hang on I'll grab the test results

The ones you want to look at that are cheaper are the SE224, Vetroo V5, and Gammaxx 400 though

[static granite]

I mean there becomes a threshold where it doesn't really matter much, if you are over locking go AIO if not the 212 should be fine for cooling, your cpu shouldn't ever hit the temps you'd need to hit for it to effect your cooling

[flat swift]

212 is crap

[hollow prawn]

it's decent in general

crap price to perf

[hybrid garnet]

This is a flawed argument, since any of the ones I mentioned keep up with overclocked 5950X in most cases

[hollow prawn]

also remember, lower temp, higher boosting behavior will boost

[versed fulcrum]

none of those are available on amazon canada

the only ones that come close to the price of the 212 are like random amazon no-name brands basically and upHere

especially cause the 212 is on sale

[hybrid garnet]

At 30 CAD the 212 isn't really a bad option, I just hope you're not pairing it with a super high power CPU

[versed fulcrum]

its a i7 3820

i had a water cooler on it from like 2011 for 9 years

[hybrid garnet]

130W TDP 🔥

[versed fulcrum]

idk what that is

[hybrid garnet]

That thing uses more power than AMDs highest performing desktop CPU at stock

More power = more heat

[versed fulcrum]

well my water cooler was trash and it worked fine

with a thermal paste application in like 2013 and thats it

i got 30 fps+ in all games up until like AC origins

[hybrid garnet]

At stock it'll probably be ok but don't expect to overclock that

[versed fulcrum]

actually i played the greece one with barely 30fps at like high

i hate how amazon is flooded with all the noname brands

i get they arent actually no name brands but they might as well be

[icy finch]

That’s 10600k tdp yeah not going to be good temps In games

[icy finch]

I recommend a scythe fuma 2

More expensive but very good

[versed fulcrum]

the ARCTIC Freezer 34 Esports is $70

thats like the cheapest one up from the 212

or a be quiet pure rock 2

and Noctua NH-U9S

[hollow prawn]

Hehe 30$ gammaxx 400
https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=8_129&item_id=160988

Gammaxx 400 beats u12s

[versed fulcrum]

yeh looks like ill just go not amazon for a cpu cooler

[hybrid garnet]

Amazon is just kinda bad for finding PC parts in general

The filters are trash and the searches ignore half of what you type

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/

[versed fulcrum]

does the grammax 400 work with LGA 2011?

ill just grab that from canada computers and call it a day

[hollow prawn]

Wacky

Lga2011 eh

[versed fulcrum]

i7 3820

[hybrid garnet]

It should work on there

[versed fulcrum]

the newegg listing has lga2011 in the title

[hybrid garnet]

Deepcool website lists LGA20XX sockets

[hollow prawn]

Intel is just wack with sockets

I can't be bothered to remeber which sockets are mechanically the same xD

[versed fulcrum]

and im gonna grab the CORSAIR carbide series spec delta mid tower ATX case for $79.99 from $99.99

i gave him a list of pics of all the cases in the price range and he liked that one

was sure to pick out ones with a mesh front panel, the ones that block the front are dumb imo

[hybrid garnet]

Not just your opinion on that, it's backed by hard facts

Blocking intake just turns it into a hotbox

[versed fulcrum]

to many cases block the front

im gonna grab the harddrive and RAM right now since im already using canada computers

seagate barracuda 2tb 7200rpm seems the best deal at first glance

idk if its actually good

WD black is about $50 more

[hybrid garnet]

Seagate kinda ruined their own reputation completely when they had hard drives that were failing early about 12% of the time

I personally think the newer ones are ok, but not great by any measure

[versed fulcrum]

for RAM i think ill keep him on 8GB and just find another DDR3 8gb used in the coming weeks

to save money

theres none right now

[hybrid garnet]

Yeah DDR3 you'll only find used right now

[versed fulcrum]

for good prices that is

[hybrid garnet]

We're about to make the jump to DDR5 even

[versed fulcrum]

worthy prices

yeh theres no good single 8gb sticks on canada computers, he will just have everything but RAM till used ones pop up

just realized that grammax 400 is the V2 one

which doesnt work with LGA2011

the non V2 one does

[hybrid garnet]

Oh shoot you're right

[versed fulcrum]

damn

they have the grammaxx 400s which also doesnt :/

[hybrid garnet]

Here you go then https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00JQ2YDCY?tag=pcp0f-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1

[versed fulcrum]

oh i didnt even see that

awesome

rgb too

[hybrid garnet]

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/

[versed fulcrum]

not rgb

blue

[hybrid garnet]

PCpartpicker is pretty good at filtering and finding parts for a lot of different parts of the world

[versed fulcrum]

yeh ill go there for the harddrive from amazon

found the compute version of the seagate barracuda

256mb cache instead

nvm

thats a bad one

[hybrid garnet]

What will you be using the drive for?

[versed fulcrum]

just storing games and programs

normal pc use

from a kid

windows 10

[hybrid garnet]

It would be a main drive? That's not a great idea these days

It would take 5+ minutes just to start

[versed fulcrum]

an HDD main drive?

i had windows 10 on my harddrive prior to putting it on my ssd and theres not much difference

am i missing something?

[austere thunder]

What ssd are you using lol

[versed fulcrum]

it launches in less than a minute

[hybrid garnet]

Really though, a crappy SSD isn't much better than a HDD

I get to the desktop in 10 seconds or less

[versed fulcrum]

its wd black

i dont time how long, less than a minute is just a random estimation, its probably less than 30 seconds

[hybrid garnet]

Yeah comparing one of the better HDDs against a crappy SSD there's not going to be much difference

[hollow prawn]

As long as it's really really crappy

Cheapo nand can still outperform HDDs

[hybrid garnet]

I've seen some cheap $40 per TB ones off of sites like Aliexpress that only get around 400 Mb/s

[hollow prawn]

Megabits?

Because 400MB/s is still faster than HDDs afaik

[hybrid garnet]

Here's a fun one, Linus' reaction at 5:10 is priceless

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7YBCynA-b0

[hollow prawn]

Lol

[hybrid garnet]

Oh don't worry, he made way more money off that video than he spent on the product and production costs

[austere thunder]

The video has some good information value

https://tenor.com/view/yes-agree-yup-nod-gif-14017499

[hollow prawn]

Linus is the culmination of the PC community's "What if" questions

[austere thunder]

The man with the money that we tell what stupid things to do 😎

[hybrid garnet]

$99 WD blue nvme ssd with promo code EMCEUSS39 https://www.newegg.com/western-digital-blue-sn550-nvme-1tb/p/N82E16820250135

$160 32 GB 3200 C16 g.skill memory
Memory Model F4-3200C16D-32GVK https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-32gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820232091

[hollow prawn]

sn550 nice deal

[nova geyser]

Same price as ballistix 3600 or ballistix 3200 like 15-20$ cheaper tbh

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/fDn8TW/crucial-ballistix-16-gb-2-x-8-gb-ddr4-3600-memory-bl2k8g36c16u4r

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZG2bt6/crucial-ballistix-16-gb-2-x-8-gb-ddr4-3200-memory-bl2k8g32c16u4r

Yep cheaper than the silicon power

I would recommend coming into #building-and-recc-chat and putting the parts in pcpartpicker.com because it's only good at a certain price tbh

Guys maybe bring this chat over to #building-and-recc-chat do don't spam tech deals

It's g just that's what it's there for 😅

[dense solar]

meh its fine

if it’s relevant to the conversation of the tech deal at hand, then I think it’s okay, just don’t spam with random crap or ask for advice here, that’s where #building-and-recc-chat comes in

nothing wrong with having a convo about something that you think is a good deal and someone else saying there’s a better one, though.

just keep it short & sweet

[lone depot]

hfhhfhf

oops

[toxic echo]

bruh i know there is nothing available rn but whats some good gpus for under 250 - 300 aud

if it helps 10 aud is 8 usd

so 100 aud is 80 usd

[nova geyser]

Rx 580 8gb is probably around that price on ebay but it's really regional dependant for ebay prices

[toxic echo]

couldnt even find one lmao

[nova geyser]

Try look at 970s and save the cash by looks of things best bet https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/254951811282?hash=item3b5c4fe8d2:g:pT0AAOSwzgtgcstW

[toxic echo]

didnt expect 3 fans and it looks cleeeean

imma get a ryzen 3 as well

ot an 15

i5

[nova geyser]

I5 10400 or 11400

[toxic echo]

prob 10400

[peak obsidian]

i5 10400

[dull depot]

You guys are getting to build pcs??

[icy finch]

Yeah… just get a gpu and the other components

[tulip haven]

Lucifer56421#8058 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[dull depot]

I've got a low spec laptop

You can't even call it low spec

I've got a second gen ryzen 3

It's got 4 gigs of ram

That's it

😭

[icy finch]

Build pc

[jolly finch]

Good luck building one

May have to go prebuilt

[proud lynx]

not a bad deal

[low silo]

what cl

[proud lynx]

no clue

prolly 18

yeah 18

[hybrid garnet]

Eh, there's better price available at that latency

[lone depot]

Not to mention that 3600 is total overkill

[flat swift]

Overkill for what?

[lone depot]

Latency for RAM

3200 is already more than enough

[flat swift]

Not really

Performance can be had with 3600 on both AMD and the new Intel 11th gen

[lone depot]

There's certainly a boost, but good luck getting a new AMD or Intel chip

[flat swift]

Even ryzen 3000 series should have 3600

And the newer chips are pretty easy to get

[lone depot]

Well, I've seen jacked up prices for 'em everywhere I've looked

Some idiot trying to sell the box for $300

Well, 3200 is more than enough for my use case at least

[proud lynx]

5800x on sale rn

[flat swift]

Depends, do you like more FPS?

[lone depot]

Sure, but I really would rather focus my money on a better graphics card than better RAM when what I have already does its job pretty well

[ocean sparrow]

i feel like those rules dont really apply anymore. kind of just pay whatever the nonscalped graphics card you can snag is selling for

and make up the rest of the PC with whats left lol

[lone depot]

And really, you're gonna get more frames out of a new graphics card or CPU than you are with new RAM

Personally I'd go for a 3070 and one of the higher end AMD chips

Then worry about other parts

[flat swift]

Should just buy the right speed ram when you get your cpu 😉

[lone depot]

Well, it would be a later down the line upgrade for most people

Cause not everyone has boatloads of money to put into a build unfortunately

[flat swift]

Shouldn't be an upgrade, should be purchased at the time of CPU. Anywhere from 5-10% performance increase.

[lone depot]

Even then, I'd much rather get a better motherboard and just be able to overclock my parts to get that same amount of performance or more

So personally, I wouldn't absolutely cheap out on RAM, but I certainly wouldn't make it even in the top 3 priorities

[hollow prawn]

5-10% gain in a 20$ difference in ram or do you want 5% gain for a 100$ for the next step up in CPU :p

Everything needs to be considered in a PC

It has to be a balance

[lone depot]

For sure, I'm not saying go completely cheap on RAM when you're buying a 3090 and a Threadripper

If you have enough money for that then you're probably getting really good RAM anyway

But in my case at least, I'd worry about securing other parts first

And getting better RAM a couple paychecks later

[hollow prawn]

What

@lone depot it's just that faster ram is achievable without compromise on any build >800$ basically

It's generally just 20$ or less

[lone depot]

I suppose on what you're upgrading to

[hollow prawn]

We work mostly with new lists

So, it's not a concern for most cases

[lone depot]

True enough

Just broke as hell

[tawny shoal]

i mean for like 10th gen intel yeah fo sure go like 3200 c16

if you can

but for 11th gen intel and newer ryzen stuff 3600 c16 is pretty cool, and these newer chips also can keep gaining performance with higher speeds

depends on value tbh

[nova geyser]

Yeah any ram you have should be cl16, cl18 or more should be for if you're overclocking ram

[untold hare]

Anybody else get any notification on the shuffle? Today was my first time, haven't received any word yet

[hybrid garnet]

If you don't have anything by now, you're probably not selected

[untold hare]

Is that how it is? It said they'd notify of the result, I was assuming it also meant losses

Thank you btw

[hybrid garnet]

It will notify you, but rejection emails usually come between 6-12 pm pst

[untold hare]

Ahhh gotcha. Well maybe next time! Thanks for the protip

[hybrid garnet]

They've been doing shuffles on weekends sometimes too, sign up for notifications

[toxic echo]

any cheap monitors that can be for my 2nd monitor

[unborn phoenix]

plenty

what size and refresh rate

this is more #peripherals-and-displays stuff prob

[tawny shoal]

not rly

we can answer ur question here

basically what do you want to do with it and whats ur budget?

[jade flare]

is a pc with an i7 9700f and a 2060 worth it for $750?

[lone depot]

yes

just make sure the cpu is cooled well

[hybrid inlet]

Might not be easy to get a 2060 for $750

[lone depot]

i think he found someone selling that

because he's asking if its worth it

[hybrid inlet]

Exactly so the 2060 alone can make it worth it

[jade flare]

Okay thanks!

[light kettle]

Guys

I just bought a 3080 for 729

[cinder raven]

Congratulations

[tulip haven]

TheNecktieCartel#7949 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[urban furnace]

"crap" at that point just get a $40 cooler master hyper 212 and call it a day

apparently the S word is too vulgar

[umbral trellis]

Lol the 212 for an i7 is horrible

[hollow prawn]

Just get a 30$ se-224-xt and call it a day smh

Better perf than 212

[fossil copper]

Have a nice day , My Friends ¯_ʘ‿ʘ_/¯

[urban furnace]

212 kept my i7 at a very reasonable temp range. Idle mid 30's under load never reached 70

[flat swift]

It's overpriced for what it is

[urban furnace]

also depends on the case. Got a case with no air flow it'll be useless.

[flat swift]

Better coolers exist for less money, don't overpay for a 212

[umbral trellis]

It barely keeps my 3600X from overheating

what i7 did you have?

[nova geyser]

They could be talking about the 212 black which is better tbf but like 10$ over the se 224xt

[light kettle]

Is ryzen 5600x worth it for 300 usd

[high canyon]

Whats your current CPU?

Or are you building a new one computer

[umbral trellis]

11th gen intel i5 MUCH better value

[hollow prawn]

meh

It's still a pretty good CPU

[umbral trellis]

Not worth 300 dollars tho

Especially with intel offering almost equal perf at 70$ cheaper

[hollow prawn]

@umbral trellis But it's not equal perf

There's still decent gain

[umbral trellis]

True

[hollow prawn]

It's not like Intel 11700k->11900k kinda gain

there's actually some gain there from 11600k->5600x

[umbral trellis]

Lmao 11700k waste of sand and 11900k was pathetic iirc

[hybrid garnet]

11900 should not have existed
Its just a better binned 11700

[smoky cobalt]

... I bought a 5600x.

[umbral trellis]

Pog!

[viral surge]

Steal

[viral surge]

Does this count as a tech deal?

Or is it the same price

[icy finch]

I don’t think 50 dollars per fan was the og price

Maybe

Seems like a bit much

[viral surge]

I get they look nice but I think they r super overpriced

[tired spoke]

I prefer corsair fans if you are allready spending alot for the looks

[viral surge]

Isn’t the software better for it (idk anything ab fans)

[tired spoke]

I dont even know if lian li has a software

I think you control them from the mb software

[celest osprey]

where

[keen frost]

i think i paid $45 for my single and about that for my triple packs

[keen frost]

it has a software to control the unifan hub but galahad fans and strimers are controlled by buttons on the controller if you dont plug into mobo, and have better effects if you use their controllers

[celest osprey]

imagine not having corsair

[keen frost]

lian li has prettier lighting effects imo

[celest osprey]

cap

[keen frost]

icue software is kinda bad too, you can kill the lian li one after setting it and effects stay

[celest osprey]

wdym effects stay too

[keen frost]

ah idk i havent used icue, i just heard that at least with some hardware you had to keep it running, and from what Ive seen here the performance on it is bad. my bad if that was wrong,

[celest osprey]

ive got a 5900x and 32gb of ram

i dont see a performance difference

@keen frost

[keen frost]

#building-and-recc-chat message

and this thread (among others) suggested to me it always has to be running for full effects

https://forum.corsair.com/forums/showthread.php?t=184105

[grim talon]

80 for 3 pack is MSRP

[light kettle]

in india

[light kettle]

ok thanks

[celest osprey]

lmao

just want a 3080 ;-;

[austere thunder]

3050 would be enough

if it would match or outperform a 2060

which I doubt it would

[icy finch]

What I thought lol

[high canyon]

“Just”

[celest osprey]

anything at all

[high canyon]

You dont got a gpu?

[tired spoke]

Oh ok👍

[clear meteor]

Having never heard of Lenovo until I started looking at laptops I don't know is that a good brand or not?

[unborn phoenix]

Depends on the laptop

[tawny shoal]

i mean yeah lenove has been around for a while

but model over brand

just like clem said

[clear meteor]

Ideapad?

3

[tawny shoal]

got a link?

[unborn phoenix]

Idea pads are all solid
Maybe not best best but solid

[clear meteor]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0862269YP/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_FP46D579W8EGH3BCND0H

[tawny shoal]

id give that one a solid "meh"

[clear meteor]

I just need something to run my Akai fire and MPK mini play. Around that price though any suggestions?

[tawny shoal]

so around 450?

alright ill look around

[clear meteor]

Give or take 100

But definitely close to

450

[tawny shoal]

alrighty

[clear meteor]

I guess give or take us the wrong phrasing

Cheaper if possible lol

[tawny shoal]

lol alright

i mean heres a cheaper one with pretty much same specs you posted

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Gateway-15-6-FHD-Ultra-Slim-Notebook-AMD-Ryzen-5-3450U-8GB-RAM-256GB-SSD-Tuned-THX-Audio-Fingerprint-Scanner-1MP-Webcam-HDMI-Cortana-Windows-10-Home-/895756707?irgwc=1&sourceid=imp_WUpzJwWn2xyLRAEwUx0Mo36cUkB0IzUcK0Ak180&veh=aff&wmlspartner=imp_10451&clickid=WUpzJwWn2xyLRAEwUx0Mo36cUkB0IzUcK0Ak180&sharedid=&affiliates_ad_id=567111&campaign_id=9383

[austere thunder]

I wonder what the expansion is like 👀

[clear meteor]

You don't say Wally World?

[tawny shoal]

and the 16gb one is 30 bucks more

ram is soldered on

so you gotta choose the upgrade if youd want it

[clear meteor]

I didn't think that walmart would have something like that and for some reason I just thought that somehow some way it was cheaper for some reason there and not a good one

[tawny shoal]

i mean it seems decent enough for your use case

[clear meteor]

I'm a little better against Walmart but I'll give it a shot I mean I'm about to return the third one I've bought tomorrow

Bitter*

[tawny shoal]

mhmm

[clear meteor]

They fired me for a bunch of bull and then the person who got my job got an award for my work that I did and nobody else would

Lol

I suppose I can put that aside it has been 17 years lmao

[tawny shoal]

lol

ye

[clear meteor]

Thanks

How about this any better?
https://www.walmart.com/ip/ASUS-VivoBook-17-3-FHD-Display-Ryzen-3250U-Processor-8GB-DDR4-RAM-256GB-PCIe-SSD-Windows-10-Home-Transparent-Silver-M712DA-WH34/808830361?athcpid=808830361&athpgid=athenaItemPage&athcgid=null&athznid=PWVUB&athieid=v0&athstid=CS020&athguid=c3c7ce6e-007-1790767de785a3&athancid=null&athena=true

ASUS I'm used to

[tawny shoal]

hmmm i mean its more expensive for less performance

[tidal tundra]

where can i get a windows key and not get scammed?

[austere thunder]

scammy website # 249591

[tidal tundra]

i keep hearing about this

[tawny shoal]

Nah just buy a 3 dollar key off ebay

[tidal tundra]

is anything scammy

i mean its 3 bucks

[hybrid garnet]

Look for sellers with good rep if you do ebay and you won't get scammed

There's some resellers that have thousands of good reviews

[tidal tundra]

ok ill check it out thanks

[flat swift]

Nope

Not here thx

No posting unauthorized resellers

[peak dagger]

Oh lol

Figured robey advertising it in newegg sponsored builds would be ok. My bad

[flat swift]

No worries

[rotund charm]

Any know if Newegg has prebuild PC's that support 4 monitors

[unborn phoenix]

probably does

[tawny shoal]

Yeah they have a ton that do

[quartz cairn]

Is this worth it

https://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-AORUS-15G-Anti-Glare-KC-8US2130SH/dp/B08VFGVS18/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=3060+laptop&qid=1619386139&sr=8-3

[hollow prawn]

3060 pretty meh for the price

Example 3060 laptop:
https://www.amazon.com/TUF-Generation-i7-11370H-512GBSSD-Accessory/dp/B08YK4XBMZ/

But eh

[quartz cairn]

Nah

That tuf laptop has no rgb

I don't like that

[peak pine]

bruh

[hollow prawn]

bruh

[quartz cairn]

wut

I love rgb ok

[tired spoke]

I have the asus tuf and it does have rgb

Oh its not the same nvm

[nova geyser]

stick some led strips on the tuf tada

[unborn phoenix]

usd?

ok well i'm on PCPP

and 60hz 1ms response time 21.5" screen from asus

but its TN

with an IPS panel you're looking at 5ms response time it seems

[lone depot]

Send link

[tawny shoal]

i found one but too late since it was a limited time thing

https://slickdeals.net/f/14950556-hp-omen-laptop-15-6-fhd-144hz-ryzen-9-5900hx-8gb-ram-512gb-ssd-rtx-3070-1624-50-free-shipping?src=SiteSearchV2Algo1

[austere thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/albin-wonderland-but-however-im-not-finished-yet-not-yet-finished-gif-8393308

[tawny shoal]

9. No sweepstakes/giveaways, e-begging, trading or selling on this server.

Gotta read the rules

[pallid saddle]

rope

[true furnace]

yuck

hp omen

[true furnace]

It has, just not shown lol

Asus puts teal as default color

And uses it on ads

I've seen reviews confirming the existence of rgb

[umbral trellis]

1 ms is a marketing gimmik tbh 5ms is good

Most 1 ms panels have terrible reverse ghosting

[true furnace]

^

[frail zinc]

Hello

[umbral wharf]

hello

[tawny quest]

overdrive is what often causes that ghosting. monitors that offer it you can fix usually by setting to the second fastest response rather than fastest

[lone depot]

Can some one help me find a 2070 under $800 plz

[flat swift]

They're discontinued for almost a year now. Used is the only option.

[lone depot]

Oh I’m new to PCs I thought they where just over priced

[flat swift]

Well, they are overpriced too. Entire GPU market is upside down RN

[lone depot]

Ya I know it’s crazy

I had found a Radeon RX 580 DirectX 12 11265-05-20T 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support ATX Video Card

Is it a good deal ?

[flat swift]

Can't tell without a price

[lone depot]

It’s 599

[flat swift]

Oh heck no

[lone depot]

Oh ok

[flat swift]

That's a $200 card

[lone depot]

400 extra

Wow

[umbral wharf]

[lone depot]

Where do u think I could find a good card for a good deal?

[flat swift]

Second hand market in person, Facebook marketplace, offerup, etc. Gotta hunt for them.

[lone depot]

Ok thanks

[flat swift]

If you're in the US, Newegg Shuffle, Best Buy drops every two weeks,

[lone depot]

Ok good to know

Ima go huntin for some wild GPUs now

[flat swift]

Keep tabs on this https://www.newegg.com/product-shuffle

[unkempt arrow]

Anyone have a good suggestion for a 144hz monitor 1080p for 200 max? Cause I already ordered a MSI Optix MAG240CR for 170 (after rebate) but I can cancel probably

[orchid frost]

yes @unkempt arrow https://www.newegg.com/black-asus-tuf-gaming-vg24vq-90lm0570-b011b0-23-6/p/N82E16824281027?Description=asus monitor&cm_re=asus_monitor-_-24-281-027-_-Product&quicklink=true

[unkempt arrow]

That have Gsync?

[abstract prawn]

It has FreeSync

Which should work with Nvidia cards, you just gotta use DP and toggle certain settings if I remember correctly. I can check my monitor if need be, I have the same one from the link after all

[unkempt arrow]

Oh well that is also a VA panel

Basically the same as the one I got but 10 dollars more

And the one I got advertises a 165hz oc

Only thing better is that it has a vesa mount

[cinder raven]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/193632649228?_trkparms=aid%3D1110018%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.COMPLISTINGS%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20201210111452%26meid%3D85593c8a6d704fb1b0e3bd96bf39197a%26pid%3D101196%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dag%26sd%3D393226381719%26itm%3D193632649228%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DItemStripV101HighAdFeeWithCompV3Ranker%26brand%3DHP&_trksid=p2047675.c101196.m2219

display is only 60hz tho

[tawny shoal]

Not rly a good deal imo

[abstract prawn]

It really isn't. Have to spend an extra couple hundred on upgrades out of the box to get it decent, if the ram isn't soldered on

[livid wadi]

https://www.staples.com/Staples-Hyken-Technical-Mesh-Task-Chair-Black/product_990119 if anyone needs a chair upgrade

theres a bigger version too if anyone thinks its too small

[high canyon]

thanks for the rec, I bought it

[livid wadi]

nice, lmk what you think of it when you get it 🙂

[high canyon]

will do!

[tawny quest]

for audio people, waves having sale many plugins for 30usd https://www.waves.com/academy-award-top-20-plugins?utm_source=wnletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=academy-awards-nl1-april-2021

[bleak umbra]

What day is the shuffle on?

[flat swift]

Every day potentially

[lone depot]

lmao "will do!" leaves server

[grim talon]

?

hes still here

[tawny shoal]

Rock Paper Shotgun: Crucial's 1TB MX500 SSD has hit a new low price.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/crucials-1tb-mx500-ssd-has-hit-a-new-low-price

P good deal if you live in uk

Actually that's a hecka good price

[grim talon]

one of the better SATA SSDs too

[austere thunder]

mx500 is nice

[cinder raven]

Nice

[mighty jolt]

My second monitor is 240hz, tn panel, and have gsync

All I use for it is discord and spotify

[umbral trellis]

TN EWWWWWWW

Rather have a 90hz ips lol

[mighty jolt]

Responsive asf though

My main monitor is a 4k 60hz ips

I pretty much stopped being a try hard competitive person so yeah

[umbral trellis]

Whats the point of being responsive if you cant see anything if you tilt it 15 degrees or move your chair lmao

[mighty jolt]

Why would you play with your monitor tilted in the first place

It's good for privacy tbh, imagine having something cultured and your parents walked in

The color is bad though but not bad enough to make me puke

But that's To be expected

[umbral trellis]

I mean i tilt myself and lounge when I play lol

[mighty jolt]

If you really want gsync badly then this is my recommendation https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07G3GRFSZ/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[umbral trellis]

TN yuck

Dont get that at all

Ever

[pure pecan]

ips gang

[mighty jolt]

Ips is really nice, hdr is lovely too, I have that on 24/7 on my monitor but I'm fine with a tn monitor too ¯_(ツ)_/¯

It's very late for me so I'm going to sleep

[umbral trellis]

TN waste of money

[mighty jolt]

Ok

Night

[abstract prawn]

67 GBP is the equivalent to 92.98 USD, with 62.91 GBP converting to 87.31 USD. It is $90 dollar for 1tb in the US on Amazon. Decent price, but a 1tb NVME is better if you can get a decent one for $10 or so more

It is really good if you are seeking to keep a SATA drive and replace an old one though, so if my old EVO 850 putters out, that'll be my go to replacement

[austere thunder]

long live the evo 🙏

[unkempt arrow]

@mighty jolt

Too late, its already coming cause I couldnt cancel it

[unkempt arrow]

Imagine spending 200+ dollars on sum you don't really want

[mighty jolt]

I can relate to that bet 500+ ;)

[unkempt arrow]

3060ti?

[mighty jolt]

No

[unkempt arrow]

240hz monitor?

[mighty jolt]

That monitor was like only 200 something when I got it

[tawny shoal]

Ye it's rly nice for those ppl who are either on a tight budget but want 1tb of ssd storage, or the ppl who need more storage and already have their m.2 slots filled

[shrewd kiln]

[unkempt arrow]

But I didn't want it

It wouldn't let me cancel the order even though I had like just bought it

[shrewd kiln]

u can return it

but there gonna make u pay shipping label

thats why i stopped buying from newegg

¯_(ツ)_/¯

amazon satisfies me

[unkempt arrow]

Yea, I didn't want to deal with shipping it back and stuff

I dont like doing that

But its coming anyway, I might as well keep it, I wanted one that was an ips panel and wasn't curved

[lone depot]

man i'm broke af and my goal is to get a pc. 99000 years to go

[abstract prawn]

Jeez, totally misread that, nvm

[unkempt arrow]

Im broke af too thats why I wanted to cancel cause I found one that I liked better that was cheaper

Im not tryna just spend money

This my first high refresh rate monitor

And because im broke af my pc prolly cant hit 165 fps on any game except rocket league and csgo

I wanted a gsync monitor because from what I heard they make like 50ish fps feel better to play on and it sounds like gsync smooths everything out

Also my first 1ms response time monitor

My current one is like 7ms

60hz

[grim talon]

Uhh 1660 super for $330 with promo code if you’re desperate https://www.newegg.com/asus-geforce-gtx-1660-super-dual-gtx1660s-o6g-evo/p/N82E16814126352

[wet apex]

sold out

[grim talon]

That was fast

[lone depot]

how is CPU availability doing rn?

i need to upgrade my 1600x soon its bottlenecking my 5700 xt in the games i play

[hollow prawn]

CPU avaliable on Intel side is just fine

Zen3 is meh

[lone depot]

i also still have a x470 motherboard 😓

[molten wren]

Cringe

[hollow prawn]

Rip...
Ryzen 5xxx still not great, it's better now though

[lone depot]

look man i got this pc in late 2018, 1600x and a rx 580 at fry's

or it might have been late 2017, i dont remember

[hollow prawn]

X470 isn't bad

Just

1600x kinda cringe

IMC sucked on Zen on launch

[lone depot]

yeah i have no idea why i got a 1600x

my stupid ass should have gotten a 2600x

it works ig 🤷

but i do need to get a 5000 series or something soon

tho i did get a gaming laptop with a 2070 and 10th gen i7 recently, so im thinking of just selling my desktop when i move

keep my laptop

i gotta move soon so its all complicated 😓

[hollow prawn]

Well

Do remember mobile parts perform worse

Since lower PL and worse cooling

[lone depot]

hm fair point

depending on which place i move to i can keep my desktop hopefully

oh yeah so how should i pack my pc when i ship it? remove gpu, hard drives and what other precautions should i take?

[icy finch]

If you can order instapack, it’s what prebuilt manufacturers usually use

[lone depot]

thx

[hollow prawn]

@lone depot generally, take out cpu cooler and GPU if those are big and you can choose to stuff the rest with soft things like clothing if you want to go with a more cheaper option

[lone depot]

aight thx