tech-deals

[sand nimbus]

Ah gotcha

[austere goblet]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-Surface-12-3-Tablet-Platinum/dp/B07Y5M67K7/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=surface%2Bpro%2B7&qid=1624380830&s=computers&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&sr=1-4&th=1 thoughts?

[livid nexus]

there are better laptops you can get with 700+ (since you have to buy a keyboard)

[wicked crater]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086MMS6FV?tag=georiot-us-default-20&ascsubtag=pcg-us-1265290015581266400-20&geniuslink=true

[hybrid garnet]

$239, nice

[humble schooner]

https://youtu.be/1yiDvKqRMgo

[unborn phoenix]

LMAO THEY MADE ONE

YESSSSSSSSSSSSS

[unborn phoenix]

no selling

consider facebook marketplace, ebay, r/hardwareswap, the r/hardwareswap discord, etc

but not here

[glass mason]

no selling here

[dusty meteor]

I am currently using this right now for my calculus homework. It is extremely useful for notetaking (and organizing notes), looking at images (ie Sheet music for piano) and is generally useful. Worth its price, but accessories can get expensive. Only complaint is that it can heat up quickly if not on battery saver, which can make drawing and note-taking bug out on occasion (I use a thin glove that doesnt always work when it heats up).

[unique niche]

Thoughts on Razer Seiren X?

[unborn phoenix]

the microphone?

or am i trippin

[unique niche]

The microphone

[unborn phoenix]

not familiar with it, heard it's okay though

[hollow prawn]

uhm

[unique niche]

Ok

[hollow prawn]

Razer Seiren X USB Digital Microphone and Headphone Amplifier
WHAT

Well, it's okay, but the price is a bit high for what you get afaik

[hasty chasm]

Is the combo deal on this a good deal? Been looking for my first mechanical that isn't too loud and clicky Check this out on @Newegg: EVGA Z20 RGB Optical Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, Optical Mechanical Switches 811-W1-20US-KR (Linear) https://www.newegg.com/evga-z20-rgb-linear/p/N82E16823953005?Item=N82E16823953005&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-23-953-005-_-06222021

[unborn phoenix]

Way way way overpriced

oh wait

the price was funky

still, $90 i'd rather get a Keychron

much better build & value

[tawny shoal]

I'd rather a big steel series one for 150 bucks

[unborn phoenix]

also optomechanical

[tawny shoal]

One of those ones with the screens and all that

[unborn phoenix]

I'd rather mod a keychron

but preference

[tawny shoal]

Gotta have the screen tho

[unborn phoenix]

yessir

[hasty chasm]

What does optomechanical mean

[tulip haven]

Clem#2897 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[unborn phoenix]

ok im not allowed to say that

good to know

regardless,

optomechanical switches are neither truly optical nor truly mechanical

which often leads to weird funkiness and bad value

[hollow prawn]

basically you get the bad bits of both and the good bits of neither >:D

[hasty chasm]

Alright then. It looked like a good but strange deal to be so marked down with the combo

[frigid hill]

anyone knows the lowest price for a 1440p, 144hz, 1ms respond time screen?

[dense solar]

there were a few on sell for prime day/fantastech deals on newegg

[humble schooner]

There are a few good msi/asus offerings i saw on newegg

[hybrid garnet]

SAMSUNG 980 M.2 2280 1TB $110
Not a bad price at all for this model https://www.newegg.com/samsung-1tb-980/p/N82E16820147804

[hollow wolf]

abt 300$ besides deals for a good quality onw

[wicked crater]

How does it stack up against pilote

[unborn phoenix]

Faster

Oh that’s not the pro

Idk

[hybrid garnet]

It's in the same class as the Pilot E, faster at most benches and slower at others but real world that makes little difference

[wicked crater]

Alright

[nova geyser]

Btw sn550 should be the go to drive now for bang for the buck, beats the pilot e in rand(basically real world perf)

[wicked crater]

Ok. Well I'm pretty sure none of these are on bb for a good price so

[nova geyser]

Probs not but just an fyi

[nova geyser]

https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali473/p/N82E16883360058? 10700, 3070, 16gb fam, 1tb 1600$ gogogogogo

1700*

https://www.newegg.com/27-g5-odyssey-gaming-monitor-with-1000r-curved-screen-lc27g55tqwnxza/p/N82E16824022901? samsung g5 27" 1440p 260$

[tawny shoal]

trash

not even that good smh

https://www.newegg.com/asus-ga15dk-ds776/p/N82E16883221675

this is wayyy better

70 more bucks but you get a 5800x instead of that 10700f

[nova geyser]

Yes but i misread it as 1600

[tawny shoal]

yeah

so its still 70 more

mine is 1769.99

yours is 1699.99

smh you fell for marketing tactics again

[nova geyser]

Ik ik I'm just blind tho

[naive flicker]

Wrong channel moment 🙂

[unborn phoenix]

huh

tfw you say wrong channel to two people talking about tech deals
in #tech-deals

[lone depot]

lmao

[naive flicker]

I sent a message

That was in the wrong channel

XD

[unborn phoenix]

oh lol

[frigid hill]

https://www.newegg.com/skytech-st-prism2b-0262-ne/p/N82E16883289151?Description=rtx 3080&cm_re=rtx_3080-_-83-289-151-_-Product, dont know if its a good deal but im just asking and using this one as example where does the 600$ reduction come from?

[flat swift]

That' ain't worth the price anyway

They're overcharging to begin with and so can afford to reduce the price

[frigid hill]

huh so does reduction are kinda bs? just too make it look like its a pogger deal?

[flat swift]

Not really, just a cut in profits like all sales

[vast geode]

hot

asf

[humble schooner]

I am in the market for a laptop for school, and have found this zenbook for a decent discount. I wanted to know if anyone has any experience with this laptop, and if it is a good deal.

https://www.newegg.com/jade-black-asus-zenbook-s-ux393ea-xb77t-mainstream/p/N82E16834235579?Item=N82E16834235579&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-34-235-579-_-06242021

[pure pecan]

are you just doing school work?

cause if its just for school you can just either spend the same amount on a macbook pro/air or go the notebook route, that one seems a bit overkill for school imo

[humble schooner]

Plus they dont want us having mac as not all the programs they have are compatible

I wouldve preferred a mac because i actually know what is going on there but i cant

Lol

I just want to know if its a good value and the quality of the zenbook

[tawny shoal]

whats it for? like is the workload going to be mainly for cpu or gpu?

[vast geode]

looks good

but

it also says to have 4gb of vram

which would suggest you need a gpu

[humble schooner]

I believe Intel iris xe has 4gb

And unfortunately i missed the $300 off of it

[nova geyser]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/BhmFf7/western-digital-blue-sn550-1-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds100t2b0c 85$ sn550 1tb

[glass mason]

I got it on prime day

[limber mantle]

i ahve these specs on my school mac, but im able to upgrade mine 🙂

[wicked crater]

holy

oos

[nova geyser]

Doesn't show oos ?

[wicked crater]

look on the website lol

[nova geyser]

wack

[wicked crater]

wack indeed

[wicked crater]

buying all my parts very soon and all will be bought by july 1st. : )

[humble schooner]

What

[nova geyser]

[wicked crater]

[tawny shoal]

YOYOYOYOYO

enermax revo df 850 for as low as $94.99

https://www.newegg.com/enermax-80-plus-erf650awt-850w/p/1HU-0042-000R0

apply code 63SMACL86

that gets you down to 109.99, then if you really want to do a mir itll take another 15 off, leaving you at 94.99

one hellava deal even if you dont do the MIR

[pure crown]

cool

[tawny shoal]

very

[rich bramble]

Praying for a gpu drop from best buy tmrw

[nova geyser]

They did a drop today ;-;

[rich bramble]

Any 3070s :/

[nova geyser]

3070 👔

[rich bramble]

Oh that’s cool I don’t want a Ti anyways

Just looking for a 3070

[nova geyser]

They're basically the same gpu...

[rich bramble]

But it’s $100 more

Looking for FE solely

[nova geyser]

Keep f'n dreaming lol

Just look at some non fe 3060 tis tol but they also mythical

[rich bramble]

Trying to stay positive at least 🥲

[nova geyser]

You'll find a 4070 before that most likely

[mighty jolt]

Wish you luck

I don't need my luck anymore so take it gamer

[mighty jolt]

I've been selected for this combo and I don't want it at all..

[unborn phoenix]

I mean, you’re gonna need a beefy cooler to keep that 5900X in check

[mighty jolt]

That is true

I just don't need the upgrade and I kinda feel bad for getting selected

I have a habit of selecting them all everyday btw so yeah

[flat swift]

Just don't buy it, it will get passed to the next person after your time elapses.

[mighty jolt]

Oh true

I didn't think that far

[finite fjord]

My question is: why is that 5900x $100 overpriced?

[mighty jolt]

Newegg wants more money idk

[lone depot]

Lol

500 dollar rtx 3060

i don't even enter the shuffles

cause there is no way i am paying that much for a 3060

[nova geyser]

That's only 150 over msrp it's pretty decent

[hollow prawn]

I think that's not overpriced, just including price of aio in the price

[abstract prawn]

...Isn't the Liqmax the one that has gunk build up in some of the units?

[lone depot]

Yeah but if i were to buy something it should be at least a 3060ti so i know i don't have to buy a new one later because the 3060 wasn't enough

3060 is meh for me but 3060 ti i'll be happy

[finite fjord]

AIO is $80 with $10 MIR

So either that AIO is priced $70 for the sake of the combo, or that's one hecking expensive shipping

as Im 99% sure cart overview doesnt show taxes

Or there are other things in the cart

Ah, my guess is other things in cart then? Prices match up

[acoustic lagoon]

I thought Newegg also charges more on retail priced products

Like on Best Buy, FTW3 3070 was $679 but Newegg had it for $729 on shuffle.

[hollow prawn]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Pricing for these things are all over the place

No one knows

[acoustic lagoon]

For the GPUs, Newegg charges more afaik

[finite fjord]

I know NE CAN kinda sad, 10% higher price then other retailers. I can def say that pissed fair few people off. Oh well, things happen.

[hybrid garnet]

Only the threadripper versions of the first and second model

But as a result their reputation as a whole is very damaged

[hollow prawn]

Not sure if it was only the threadripper models, bit liqtech 1 and 2 both had gunk and ruined the reputation

[hybrid garnet]

The threadripper ones were the only ones that were reported on and I remember GN or someone saying it was the TR4 version only, which was odd.

[hollow prawn]

GN only had the tr4 version, but dunno, not too sure

[vast geode]

you are correct

[coral wharf]

can anyone tell me if buying a part off of Artfire is okay

or can someone link me to a geforce 1070 thats not super overpriced

1070 not founders editon

[tawny shoal]

link us the one ur looking at

dm it to me

[coral wharf]

oh it doesnt let me send

ok

[tawny shoal]

forgot bot wont let you link

https://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/limerenceforu/23452737/_geforce_gtx_1070_rog_strix_0-o8g-gaming_oc_edition_graphics_card_-_8

alright

its fake

[coral wharf]

ok thats what i was assuming

$100 for it when everything is overpriced is a little suspicious

[tawny shoal]

a 1070 below like 400 is prolly fake

[coral wharf]

wait is a 1070 better then 1650

no rigjt

[tawny shoal]

it is

[coral wharf]

oh

still new to pcs so i just thougjt higher number = better

[tawny shoal]

nah

when comparing in the same series thats true

like 1070 vs 1060

1070 is better

but cant be done across different generations really

[coral wharf]

ohh ok

so is there another place i can find a gpu (probably 1650) for a good price

[tawny shoal]

every gpu is a bad price rn...

[coral wharf]

yeah thats what i thought

[wind eagle]

Is it worth buying a low quality gpu atm or run without one? If you cant afford 400 extra for a good gpu xD

[umbral trellis]

Gt710 supremacy

[vast geode]

Not a hard and fast rule either though

3070 is faster then a 2080 to

*i

[calm frigate]

So I have a Radeon 570. What would that be compared to in the NVIDIA series?

Sorry a Radeon RX 570.

[tired spoke]

Between 1060 6gb to 1650

[calm frigate]

So anything 20 series or higher will be a good thing.

[tired spoke]

A 2060 isnt worth it tho

[nova geyser]

https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/singleCompare.php? you can use this to compare

[tired spoke]

This site says that 1650 is 4 times better then the rx570

[nova geyser]

I'd say rx 570 Is about 1650 level

[nova geyser]

What no? Screenshot?

That's passmark they a reliable site

[calm frigate]

I dont think its a 570x

[tired spoke]

They dont have a normal 570

And idk what is a 570x

[calm frigate]

The order history just says a powercolor Red Dragon Radeon RX 570 4 Gb

I guess if I'm not getting my 30 series, what would be a good card with Ray Tracing capabilities?

[tired spoke]

2070 super is nice

It all depends on the price you can get the gpu

[calm frigate]

Even the 1650 Super is $400+. I just dont feel right dropping that kinda coin for an obsolete piece of hardware.

Well not obsolete

thats too unkind.

[tired spoke]

Yeah dont if you have a rx 570 rn just wait till you can get a 30 series gpu for a good price

[calm frigate]

my card is still chugging along and plays CP2077 with 0 lag

I can get a better 7 series AMD processor for less than what theyre charging for a 1650

[nova geyser]

I think 570x is a different gpu but it's weird that they don't have rx570

[nova geyser]

Ray tracing is still a gimmick imo but if you want rt you want a 2070 and above, 2060 takes too much of a perf hit

[calm frigate]

Thank you. I appreciate that. I was so close to getting a 2060 Super OC but didnt go through with it. Not worth 600.

Ill just upgrade my mb, memory, and processor in the meantime.

[pale shore]

Check r/hardwareswap you could find a 1080 for around 425 (if you have a reddit account) which performs about 2070 level, without rt/dlss

[umbral trellis]

Did someone say rx570 and overclock?!

[vast geode]

the 570x

is a laptop gpu

[umbral trellis]

ew

[velvet beacon]

the only thing i need to upgrade is my gpu but just my luck they have been out of stock for over a year

[lone depot]

Lol

[humble schooner]

Accurate

[tawny shoal]

https://www.newegg.com/ballistix-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820164185 red ballistix 2x8 3600c16 on sale for 83.99 rn, not too bad with current ddr4 market

[wicked crater]

Ew red

[winter roost]

Lol I have a GTX 960 but I'm happy I at least have a gpu to run stuff

[nova geyser]

Why so rood to the colour red

[dim lily]

hey, what cpu and motherboard would i need to use the full power of my nvme 980 pro?

[unborn phoenix]

Do CPUs even bottleneck SSD’s?

Is that, like, a thing?

[nova geyser]

Don't get a 980 pro get sk hynix p31 it's better and gen 3

[nova geyser]

No I'm assuming their nvme slot is gen 3 tho

And 980 pro is gen 4

[unborn phoenix]

So it is a mobo problem potentially?

But not a CPU

[nova geyser]

Well the cpu needs to support gen 4 too to take use of all of the 980 pros speed but it's not that large of a difference whatever they have now would be best unless that is 4+ years old lol

[unborn phoenix]

Ok

[nova geyser]

But so does the chipset on the mobo too lol

[unborn phoenix]

Ok

TIL

[dim lily]

sadly i already bought the 980

[nova geyser]

Just use it as gen 3 then unless you need a mobo cpu upgrade, you won't notice the speed in real world anyways

[wicked crater]

Doesn't look good most of the time unless doing black and red

[dim lily]

my motherboard is old so i thought kill 2 birds one stone

[nova geyser]

Some people like my dont care cuz pc under desk lol cant see

[nova geyser]

What's the mobo and cpu?

[dim lily]

i5 9600k and a Gigabyte Z390 UD ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

[wicked crater]

Yeah

[nova geyser]

Not really that old, if you were going to upgrade I'd wait for am5/intel 12th gen

[tawny shoal]

https://www.newegg.com/team-group-1tb-mp33-pro/p/N82E16820331563?Description=mp33 pro&cm_re=mp33_pro-_-20-331-563-_-Product MP33 Pro 1tb for 93.99 free shipping pog

doesnt have dram sadly but it does have an slc cache, so its not horrible

[sonic vale]

i saw a 9900K for 275 on hws today

not sure z390 ud is good enough for a 9900k though

[acoustic lagoon]

It was on sale for $300 on prime day

Shoulda bought it then, would've gotten a warranty with it guaranteed

Damn it

[lone depot]

I need 1080p 144Hz monitor if any one knew pls tell me

[icy finch]

G242

[lone depot]

i have G241C

I want the cheapest for my friend

[nova geyser]

It's really wort the extra couple dollars for g241/g242 non c

[lone depot]

i will see
ty for ur help

[nova geyser]

Welc :)

[mystic ore]

just purchased a intel core i9 10850k for 360$ lets go

[errant sigil]

180 pens for 50 cents, https://www.staples.com/Paper-Mate-Stick-Pens-Medium-Point-Red-12-pk-3321131/product_127837 add 15 to cart https://www.staples.com/Staples-Cap-Erasers-Assorted-Dozen/product_771352 add 1 https://www.staples.com/staples-beveled-wood-ruler-12-51881/product_2773034 and add 1, choose store pickup to bypass price

[dense solar]

What heck

[lapis wharf]

Got it lmao

180 red ball point pens have entered the chat

[dense solar]

also got it

rip them

[loud garden]

what-

how

[hollow prawn]

It's 320$ at microcenter lmao
https://www.microcenter.com/product/626745/intel-core-i9-10850k-comet-lake-36ghz-ten-core-lga-1200-boxed-processor

[tawny shoal]

trash

https://www.ebay.com/itm/174646598871?epid=16044676797&hash=item28a9bf9cd7:g:9rsAAOSwJDhgLiTa&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5337789563&customid=&toolid=20012&mkevt=1

just gotta buy a x299 board and for multicore workloads its better

[hollow prawn]

I mean, you're getting a used chip with an expensive chipset for not that much better performance
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-i9-7960X-vs-Intel-i9-10850K/3096vs3824

[loud garden]

What- how omg I’m in uk 😭

U got 300 dollars off

[nova geyser]

10850k has been 350ish in the eu for ages too

[loud garden]

What

[nova geyser]

The 10850k hss been around 350€ ish for months in the eu as well

[tawny shoal]

https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails?ItemList=Combo.4281880

check this out

10600ka and a z590 for only $290

[hollow prawn]

neat

[tawny shoal]

ye

[tawny shoal]

the mobo alone is 209.99

so its basically a 10600ka for 80 bucks

[loud garden]

Why was it half the price

[nova geyser]

It's been like that for ages

[loud garden]

like why tho

why they halved the price

[hollow prawn]

Intel cut the price pretty heavily when zen 3 appeared

but even before that it was lowered

[limber mantle]

Y’all must have just watched Linus video

[hollow prawn]

the xeon one? gone already

600$ average on ebay now

[limber mantle]

Ah

[loud garden]

bru-

[limber mantle]

Is it worth trading a MacBook Pro for a gpu? Lol

[hollow prawn]

it was like 300$ for practically 10850k perf imo (10850k better at games, 7980xe better at more multi core focused tasks, but also x299 is more expensive)

depends

[errant sigil]

gtx 1660 super in stock $299 https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1660-super-gv-n166sgaming-6gd/p/N82E16814932295

[unborn phoenix]

By the time most people see this it probably won’t be lmao

[serene plover]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/620/

Steam

Portal 2

Portal 2 draws from the award-winning formula of innovative gameplay, story, and music that earned the original Portal over 70 industry accolades and created a cult following. The single-player portion of Portal 2 introduces a cast of dynamic new characters, a host of fresh puzzle elements, and a much larger set of devious test chambers...

Price

$1.99

Recommendations

200808

Metacritic

95

▶ Play video

2 bucks

[hollow prawn]

mm

[grim talon]

instant pickup if you dont already have it

portal 2 is my favorite game of all time

[sharp ocean]

Both portals are fun

[hollow wolf]

eh

i have portal 2

it's interesting

maybe it's just me, but i prefer games where u can have a large collection of friends to play with

[wicked crater]

Interesting

[nova geyser]

Way too much for an i3 and 1650

9th gen i3 at that 💀

[icy finch]

I mean it comes with the display too

Probably a 150 dollar display

[wicked crater]

Yeah I was talking about the display

[nova geyser]

Yeah but you can get 100$ displays brand new or a random 1080p 24" for really cheap in a local shop/2nd hand etc

[glass mason]

^

[grim talon]

Maybe it’s cause I have no friends 😦

[molten wren]

@grim talon I'll be ur fren

[grim talon]

I was jk

Kinda

But you can be my fren 🥺

[molten wren]

😳

[hollow wolf]

😢

[coral wharf]

how much would you guys yell at me if i asked should i buy a msi gtx 970 gpu for $240

because i really want a gpu, and this is one that i can afford and it can run the games i want to play. i dont wanna wait a year or two for gpu prices to go down

[nova geyser]

Ehhhh try haggle it down to 180/200 and it would be acceptable for these times

[hollow prawn]

If you have to do it, you have to do it. It's about a 1060 6gb in terms of performance.

[coral wharf]

sorry im not that intelligent in pc stuff, is that good or bad

[nova geyser]

1060 6gb is a fine 1080p card tbh

[coral wharf]

hm ok

its used also, says for only about 6 months

no games were played

and it doesnt say its a firm price

so this is probably worth it for my situation? i have been waiting to finish my pc for over a year now

[sharp ocean]

Probably

I would get it tbh

How much was it again?

[coral wharf]

$240

[sharp ocean]

Ehhhhh

That’s

Ehhhhh

[hollow prawn]

It's not great, but it's not too bad, would try to haggle tho.

[coral wharf]

but not a firm price so maybe i can talk to the person

[sharp ocean]

Yeah

[hollow prawn]

200$ would be the goal

[sharp ocean]

Def try and haggle

[coral wharf]

or at least it doesnt say firm price

[sharp ocean]

I’d say $185~

[coral wharf]

alrigjt anyway thanks guys for the help

[nova geyser]

Try haggle it down as much as possible, aim for 200 imo

[nova geyser]

Well considering the shorage i think 200 is a fair price, my r9 380 4gb sold for 180€, now granted prices here for tech isn't 1:1 but that's like 960 equivalent ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[wicked crater]

#rules

[pale shore]

https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1660-super-gv-n166sgaming-6gd/p/N82E16814932295 1660s for 300$, better than ebay atleast

[oblique moat]

@coral wharf get that instead of the 970

[coral wharf]

well uhhhh

it may or may not already be purchased

[hybrid garnet]

It says in stock for me

You're in the US right?

[coral wharf]

i meant i already purchased the 970

[twin wolf]

This still says in stock but it's not

Feels bad

[coral wharf]

if it runs the games i want to play at a stable 60fps i dont care if i have the 970 or that one

not running anything crazy like cyberpunk just modern warfare or r6

[pale shore]

hell i ran bo4 on a 1030 so most games that should be able to handle at low settings 1080p

[coral wharf]

yeah im gonna do medium/low graphic

[pale shore]

btw r6 siege isnt super demanding

[coral wharf]

ik

but modern warfare is i think right

[pale shore]

yeah that requires a 1650

[coral wharf]

oh

it requires it

[pale shore]

well

for 60fps 1080 144hz

you could probably get by

[tawny shoal]

yeah warzone is intense

[pale shore]

its reccomended

[tawny shoal]

i had a stroke reading this

"60fps 144hz"

lol

[coral wharf]

maybe i will try to cancell that order

how much of an upgrade is a 970 to the 1660

[pale shore]

uhh

[coral wharf]

like is it a big one or not that big of a difference

[pale shore]

970 is i think around 1050 ti performance

[tawny shoal]

its pretty big

[glass mason]

huge

[coral wharf]

pretend im a 5 year old and you are explaining stuff to me

because im dumb with this stuff

[glass mason]

higher

[hollow prawn]

https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare/GeForce-GTX-970-vs-GeForce-GTX-1660/2954vs4062

[austere thunder]

1060 6GB performance just without the vram

970 is nice

[tawny shoal]

there is a 1660s for 300 rn

[twin wolf]

No they're gone

[coral wharf]

for me it says i can get it

[tawny shoal]

dang already?

[glass mason]

they are in stock for me

[coral wharf]

i added to cart

[twin wolf]

They say that

[tawny shoal]

instock for me

[twin wolf]

I've had my purchase denied twice

[hollow prawn]

Try checkout

[tawny shoal]

weird

[twin wolf]

They're out of stock

[coral wharf]

i added it to cart and it gave me payment options

i would think by then they would tell you its out of stock

[twin wolf]

Nope

[glass mason]

yep

its a bugged item

[coral wharf]

oh dang

[pale shore]

oh damn

sorry

[twin wolf]

[coral wharf]

well it makes me feel better that i didnt waste money on a worse part when this one is here

thanks again people for helping me out it means a lot

[tawny shoal]

it works for me

[twin wolf]

I just want anything bro can't even turn on my computer 🥲

[pale shore]

@coral wharf how much did you spend on it?

[glass mason]

once you go to checkout it says out of stock

[coral wharf]

$200

[tawny shoal]

im literally on the order to my house screen

[glass mason]

interesting

guess u got lucky

[twin wolf]

Both times I checked out it said out of stock

[tawny shoal]

yea

try again

see if it changed just now

maybe its just cause im west coast

[coral wharf]

im east

ok wait before i go

just a yes or no question

[twin wolf]

Nope

Still out of stock

[coral wharf]

can i get a stable 60fps playing modern warfare multiplayer

on 970

[pale shore]

eh

maybe?

1080p 60hz?

[coral wharf]

yes

[pale shore]

probably

[tawny shoal]

why ask hz

he just said 60fps kek

[pale shore]

hz effects performance

[coral wharf]

well 1080p i dont actually know i gotta check my monitor

[pale shore]

affects*

[pale shore]

fps isnt the same as refresh rate

[tawny shoal]

ik

[pale shore]

60fps 144hz looks better than 60hz

because its a more constant image

[coral wharf]

ok yeah its 1080

[tawny shoal]

you may be able to

wont be on ultra settings for sure

low settings you prolly could

[coral wharf]

im playing on a playstation rn so 60fps looks good to me

[pale shore]

on low i think you could get by

wait

[tawny shoal]

what cpu?

[pale shore]

does the 970 have 2gb or 4gb?

i forget

[coral wharf]

4

[pale shore]

oh yeah i think youll be ifne

[tawny shoal]

and also make sure you have 16gb ram, warzone eats a ton of ram

[coral wharf]

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor

[pale shore]

if you can play mw you can play warzone too

[tawny shoal]

you buy it yet?

[coral wharf]

the 970? yes

[tawny shoal]

the 3600

[coral wharf]

oh yes also

[tawny shoal]

what mobo?

[coral wharf]

i have all the parts besides my gpu

which is also in the mail

whats a mobo

[tawny shoal]

motherboard

b450, b550?

that type of thing

[coral wharf]

MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard

im just copying and pasting what its called xd

[tawny shoal]

lol

atleast its bios will be able to work with ur cpu out of the box

good job choosing a compatible b450

[coral wharf]

thanks

[pale shore]

do you have a list of your whole specs?

[coral wharf]

i take all the credit even though i just put it on pcpartpicker and looked to see if it was compatible

[coral wharf]

yeah ill send the link

wait i cant send links

should i dm it

[pale shore]

yeah you can

[coral wharf]

i tried once but it didnt work

[pale shore]

unless for whatever reason you got blocked from sending them

[tawny shoal]

you can send link

your level is good now

[coral wharf]

oh thats why ok

[tawny shoal]

you just cant send links and stuff if ur name is gray

[coral wharf]

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Cheesi_/saved/#view=Tc86rH

can you view that

[pale shore]

yeah

oh did you buy the ram?

[austere thunder]

970 has two pools of vram, 1x3.5GB, 1x0.5GB

[pale shore]

2x8 is better

also the ram is a little slow

[tawny shoal]

id def try to go dual channel ram

[coral wharf]

i was told 2x8 is better a while ago but im not returning it

[tawny shoal]

that cpu loves dual channel

[nova geyser]

[austere thunder]

1x3.5 is 256 bit and the rest is 32 bit GDDR5 I believe

[pale shore]

yeah also 2666mhz is awful for the 3600, mine was running at like 3/4 of what it is now with 3600mhz ram

with 2666mhz

[coral wharf]

everything is set in stone basically, i cant really change anything

[pale shore]

rip

[tawny shoal]

gpu will bottleneck it enough in games prolly wont matter a ton

[coral wharf]

but hey this was done with a $900 budget in the middle of a pandemic with little pc experience

and i finally found a gpu i can afford

so im happy

[nova geyser]

Buying a 3600 in 2021 is awful full stop but yeah

[pale shore]

yeah tbh 10400 is slightly better performance and cheaper

[twin wolf]

1660 super for $359 on ebay

[hollow wolf]

are you not going to change your name

??

[tawny shoal]

theyll get banned soon enough again most likely

so not worth the effort

[hybrid garnet]

Ouch

[hollow wolf]

...

new management lol

[elfin stump]

Is 350 usd good for a 980 ti right now?

[hollow wolf]

what has the world come to

[elfin stump]

Ill take that as not good at all

[tawny shoal]

tbh its not horrible in todays market

[hybrid garnet]

Considering that's about half the original price that's not terrible yeah. 980 ti is about equal to a 1070 and still very capable to this day.

[tawny shoal]

even before crazy gpu market wasnt used 980ti still going for around 300-400 usd?

id say its not a bad deal tbh

[hybrid garnet]

Yeah not the worst deal I've seen, despite its age. And not so low it looks like a blatant scam either.

[tawny shoal]

mhmm

[hybrid garnet]

Ideally in that price range you'd be going for a 3060 for around $400 but good luck with that in this market

[tawny shoal]

yeah

and for 400 you may aswell just get a 3060ti fe

[hybrid garnet]

In a perfect world where you can choose what GPU you use yeah

[tawny shoal]

bestbuy seems to have mostly 3060ti fe's when they have drops

ive had the chance to buy a 3060ti fe for 399.99 a few times now

[hybrid garnet]

Good luck beating those bots though

[tawny shoal]

mhm

[hybrid garnet]

Maybe you could get lucky and find a panic seller in China willing to part with ~3 dozen GPUs

[fast rivet]

i changed it

[lone depot]

change what?

[edgy harbor]

wait why still here

[ripe saddle]

I’ve seen the Twitter account for one of those bots claim that their bot got 70% of a Best Buy card drop.

[molten wren]

Oh no how wrong you are

Try below 225 on average from what i saw lol

150 is what i usually saw

Then it started to go up

And 225 was the beginning scalp price but it was still really cheap

[tawny shoal]

Its basically a 1070

[nova geyser]

1080 ti was i believe not the 980 ti, i saw one of those for 200£ in feb

[molten wren]

1089ti was going 300-400

[nova geyser]

Try the name again lol

[tawny shoal]

I have never seen a 1080ti used for 300

Even in good market

[nova geyser]

400 I've seen them

[tawny shoal]

I mean its basically a 2070s right?

[molten wren]

2070s is just a 2080

And yeah

[tawny shoal]

A little worse

Tiniest bit

[tawny shoal]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JQ2YDCY/ref=ord_cart_shr?tag=slickdeals09-20&ascsubtag=0a3c157ad9e511eba591d2652e8437d70INT&_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1TG24VCRPTZ06&pldnSite=1

gammax 400 back down to 19.99

p cool

[oblique moat]

i have lol

it used to be not hard

[lavish urchin]

I'm surprised people still use Oculus. Ever since Failbook bought them out, I thought that would make people turn their backs on Oculus.

[peak pine]

They are the cheap alternative to get into vr atm

[lavish urchin]

I prefer saving my money so I don't have to do business with Failbook any more than I have to.

If that means going without VR for the time being, so be it. I don't need to constantly chase the latest and the greatest just to get "creds"

[peak pine]

deleting cause probably fake, and don't want to chance people getting scammed

[tawny quest]

2 of the biggest problems people have with vr: money and space. The oculus headsets are extremely cheap and is showing more spec similarities with the index now. They are also much better in space constricted areas where you cant even fit a lighthouse solution. Its sad but oculus has a monopoly over vr now because they have great hardware at a price no competitor is even remotely close to but at the expense of your privacy and data to facebook

[hollow wolf]

but still damned good vr headsets

i have an old oculus rift

from 2018

i love it sm

[tawny quest]

When it comes down to it most people won’t care they just want the best product at the cheapest price, we really need some oculus competitors

[hollow wolf]

besides the 60hz thing, which honestly is fine for me, I like it

the rift that is

no fb sign in required

[tawny quest]

Lol

I believe now even the older headsets require Facebook login and oculus accounts cant be created anymore. Idk for sure tho

[hollow wolf]

nope

they do not

[tawny quest]

When did you get that headset

[hollow wolf]

not sure if u can create an oculus acc now, but ik my oculus account works

2018

unplugged it for a bit, put it back in 6 months ago

my oculus account still worked

[tawny quest]

Well yes the current oculus accounts still work, but I’m saying if you buy a older one now you probably need fb account

[hollow wolf]

oh maybe

buys someone's oculus account

[tawny quest]

At one point they may require all oculus accounts to move to fb but cant say for sure, if newer headsets are so much better to ping no one would ever want old then maybe not

[hollow wolf]

yeah- but still, for a 300$ new headset, compared to others, it's a pretty good deal

who knows maybe someone can try to jailbreak oculus headsets

the newer ones

and run them from SAVRI

[tawny quest]

Personally i use a oculus q2 that i didn’t pay for so yeahhhhh i had to use Facebook login not my account tho

[hollow wolf]

LOL

nice

yeah like if someone jailbroke a rift s, and ran it on savri like it was a north star headset or a OSVR headset

that would be amazing

has anyone done that yet, jailbroken an oculus rift s

[tawny quest]

I heard that someone was working on jailbreak but idk what status on that was

[hollow wolf]

update me if you find out

as soon as one gets jailbroken, im buying

[tawny quest]

Problem with jailbreak an all in one is the q2 gets updated monthly or sometimes even weekly and things can change rapidly

[hollow wolf]

well im not super interested in q2

rift s is probably better for jailbreaking

bc it's not got localized compute, and it would be easier to break it on a cpu based on intel or amd with less restrictions on what you can do than a qualcomm

[glass mason]

im fine having to sign into facebook for stuff, not a huge deal

[hollow wolf]

im more interested in doing open source stuff that oculus doesn't like me doing

:(

unity is so great for vr

[tawny shoal]

Yeah, especially for all the money you save aswell

[icy finch]

You literally can do that super easy without jail breaking it

[hollow wolf]

I'm aware

thanks

[icy finch]

Just making sure

I’m not sure what kinda “open source” stuff would require a jailbreak but idk

You can literally load any android application you want

[small otter]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LWTS2UL

[visual sleet]

How can I know if a gpu is LHR?

[thorny zephyr]

Could someone help me set up a description for a listing on Craigslist for a PC I’m trying to sell?

This is what I have so far

[unborn phoenix]

Why do you have like every single widget thing

[thorny zephyr]

Why not lmaooo

[unborn phoenix]

True

[thorny zephyr]

And I use a lot of them

[glass mason]

ew why are u doing it on mobile

[thorny zephyr]

Away from home

Annoying yep but all I can do for now

Anything you think I should add to the description?

[nova geyser]

Maybe mention what aio if you know

Also put the amount of vram in desc of the rx 480

[thorny zephyr]

Aio I have no clue what it is

Wait actually it says it’s made by Asetek

[thorny zephyr]

Also how would I go about taking pictures of it?

[icy finch]

Well optimally, take it away from the monitor, put it on some clean, decent looking table or counter top with a clean background, and try to get decent lighting from windows and stuff. Maybe a plant next to it too.

Yams is great at taking build pics for his flips https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/574740748801540107/851494751207292928/image0.png

[unborn phoenix]

that single cable bugs me

[icy finch]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/574740748801540107/851494905171542036/image1.png

[icy finch]

Yeah I would of hidden it behind the table tbh

That might be yams actual pc not sure but his flip pics are taken the same way

[fierce wagon]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088SSX883?tag=pcpapi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1

49.99

[thorny zephyr]

Ok thanks that’ll help a lot

[spice marten]

Where can I get Acer Nitro 5 with Ryzen 5 5600H and RTX 3060?

Its not available on acer store in india

[errant sigil]

TR 1900x $180 with code 93XRJ23 https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-threadripper-1900x/p/N82E16819113457?Item=N82E16819113457&cm_sp=Dailydeal_SS-_-19-113-457-_-07012021

[nova geyser]

Look at different laptops with similar specs

[nova geyser]

That's really not worth it lol, the tr boards cost a crap tun, best bet for a better 8 core would be a 10700 and b560/z490 would end up cheaper and better lol

[wicked crater]

Well it depends on what you are after

[nova geyser]

Not really lol both are 8c/16t

[wicked crater]

Mmmm. The tr has no advantages?

[oblique moat]

iirc it does ecc so it could be a fun little server

but those cpus are basically ewaste nowadays

tr boards are around $300 so it doesnt make too much sense

i guess there's also a lot of pcie lanes

so maybe some little game server running a bunch of nvme?

or a workstation

[nova geyser]

Only advantages are a few extra pcie lanes (i think) and ecc memory yeah like lili said

[hollow wolf]

also bragging rights

"what cpu do you have"

"oh I've got a threadripper"

[unborn phoenix]

yeah everyone thinks threadrippers are all god cpu

[nova geyser]

Not really, gaming cpus have pretty much always been the i7/9 or Ryzen 7/9, tt is great for workstations but its just old at this point

[hollow wolf]

not what i mean

but ok

[nova geyser]

Meh

[safe marten]

did the 3050/ti release yet? assuming pricing was completely back to 'normal', how much do you think they might go for?

[nova geyser]

Nope, i really hope/don't think they dont realise another sku atm until they can kinda fulfil the other skus

[glass mason]

so far at the moment the 3050/ti is only in laptops

[safe marten]

ok, thanks. im curious of its performance, i'll have to check out some of these laptop reviews

i mean if prices were normal i would've bought 2 1650 supers by now for the 2 computers around my house running on integrated

[glass mason]

newegg has been stocking some gpus without shuffle recently so best bet is to check back frequently on the website but make sure its sold and shipped by Newegg.... no third party

[marble marsh]

yeah third party will kill you lol

[tawny shoal]

https://www.newegg.com/model-wdba3a0050bbk-wesn-5tb/p/N82E16822234385?Item=N82E16822234385&quicklink=true

5tb wd black portable game drive

94.99 pretty pog for those extra ps4 and xbox games

[visual sleet]

Is a 2080 ti plus 5600x good for 650w psu

[last egret]

worser than me

[tawny shoal]

do you already have the psu?

[visual sleet]

Yeah

I found a guy that claims to have a 2080 ti, he's giving a really good price @tawny shoal

[tawny shoal]

whats his price?

[visual sleet]

700
It might be fake so I don't have high hopes

[tawny shoal]

very suspicious

nobody in their right mind would sell a 2080ti for 700 in this current market

[grim talon]

wow thank you

[grim talon]

top left? yeah i noticed it afterwards and moved it

[grim talon]

it my actual pc yea

[unborn phoenix]

I mean the one coming out from the PSU

[grim talon]

you can DM me i have a big old list for picture taking tips

[unborn phoenix]

imo you should’ve routed it behind the pc and desk

[grim talon]

oh the power cable?

ig

[grim talon]

idk man we'll have to take a vote on that

[last egret]

[tranquil jasper]

https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/new-inspiron-15-touch-laptop/spd/inspiron-15-5515-laptop/nn5515esics
Ryzen 7 5700U 8c/16t
16gb DDR4 3200mHz
512gb m.2 nvme ssd
15.6" FHD touch screen
Wifi 6
$700

[lunar rose]

Hi I need to upgrade my power supply from 310 watts to something better. I have a Hp Pavilion tp01-1137c Computer 7 - 10700f, any recommendations for something compatible?

[wicked crater]

GPU?

[nova geyser]

ehhh i would check if your motherboard/power supply is not proprietary

[wicked crater]

Actually interesting deal

[lunar rose]

Ok 👍thanks so much

Actually I changed the gpu to an GTX Super 6gb 1060

And the ddr4 to its maximum 16x2 32gb total

The Motherboard is an Baker SSID : 8767

10 generation 7 cpu

[nova geyser]

You'll have to open up the case and send a pic to see if it's standard or not

[lunar rose]

Am trying to upload a pic, but it said I don't have permission to upload file's.

The power supply must have a p2 cable pwr cmd

[umbral trellis]

You need a rank

[nova geyser]

Dm me the pic

[errant sigil]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/124457841492?hash=item1cfa43f354:g:li0AAOSw4Vxg34nW hp pavilion 1650 super ryzen 3500 $282 refurbished

[tawny shoal]

wait

what cpu is it really?

title says 3600?

you say 3500?

[errant sigil]

oh yeah 3600

[tawny shoal]

descrription says 3200g

im getting confused lol

[tawny shoal]

you may be right actually the same model new sells on walmart with a 3500

its either a 3500, 3600, or 3200g

[dark arrow]

Pretty sure it's a 3500

my friend has a similar if not the same pc with a 3500 xD

model number says yes

it is a 3500

[tawny shoal]

lol thanks for helping clear that up

ebay lister had no idea what was in it lol

https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-Supernova-Modular-Warranty-220-G5-0650-X1/dp/B07WDLTKNM/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=supernova+g5&qid=1625270217&sr=8-1

g5 650 watt foir 60 bucks

p pog for fully modular B tier

[dark arrow]

^

[tawny shoal]

ye

[novel mortar]

What site/ app is that smokey

[rough oar]

it looks like to be an edge feature because i have the same thing that pops up for products that i search for

correction its the honey extension

[novel mortar]

Ah gotcha

Ty

[tulip haven]

easton7west#2044 has been warned

Reason: Mass mention

[nova geyser]

They're all big differences lol

[umbral trellis]

ehhhh
3500 - 6c6t so bad
3600 - bad price to perf
3200g - zen+

[austere thunder]

They're all fine chips but not for present day #tech-deals lol

[hard vector]

Hi I'm new

[hollow prawn]

1650$ for a 5600x+3070 prebuilt, fairly good nowadays
https://www.newegg.com/abs-ala239/p/N82E16883360103

[flint kindle]

Any budget prebuilds on Newegg that are decent ?

[nova geyser]

Depends on what you call budget (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

[flint kindle]

Around 1k

[rough oar]

What are you looking to do with the pc

Gaming, work, or server

[nova geyser]

https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali491/p/N82E16883360086?itemPosition=1-12&exactIndex=4

[thorny zephyr]

https://www.newegg.com/abs-ala239/p/N82E16883360103?item=N82E16883360103&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=DD070321&cm_mmc=EMC-DD070321-_-EMC-070321-Index-_-GamingDesktops-_-83360103-S6A1A&ignorebbr=1

Just putting this out there that it’s actually a pretty good deal imo

Well it being on sale

[little estuary]

I've been seeing GTX series graphics cards dropping in price a bit..

[neon matrix]

Are these good together
5600x; 3080; 3600mhz cl16 ram

[desert wraith]

Yup

[dry nest]

More reasonably would be a 3070 + 5600x but if you really need to push those GPU dependent frames then go for it

[tawny shoal]

nah 3070 trash value

[dry nest]

Okay yeah that’s fair

3070ti even worse value smh

[umbral trellis]

???

I mean a 3080 and a 5600x is a great combo

[unborn phoenix]

Agree

[dry nest]

Yeah it is for gaming I guess

But what about productivity? You have a chonk GPU and a lesser CPU

[tawny shoal]

they arent going for productivity

[umbral trellis]

The 5600x is not lesser

[tawny shoal]

check the ram

16gb

[umbral trellis]

Its a great cpu

[dry nest]

Yeah ofc not to say it’s not good

It’s just not good for productivity but ok yes I see the 16GB now

[tawny shoal]

im assuming gaming

[dry nest]

Mhm

[tawny shoal]

they ask about gaming stuff all the time

[umbral trellis]

I mean it can handle anything you throw at it actually... its at par with a 3700x

[unborn phoenix]

Eh

[umbral trellis]

Multicore wise

[dry nest]

Isn’t it 6 cores?

[tawny shoal]

yeah

6c/12t

[dry nest]

Yeah 6 isn’t enough for good productivity really, but once again it seems they’re asking for gaming, and additionally the 5600x isn’t targeted towards productivity regardless

[umbral trellis]

Its just really good 6 cores

[dry nest]

Mhm

[unborn phoenix]

5600X will handle most productivity tasks quite well

[dry nest]

The 8c 5800x would be better

[umbral trellis]

What productivity are you talking really?

[umbral trellis]

Unnecessary

[dry nest]

Bad value ik

But it’s compensated by all retailers, the thing is always in stock and almost always on sale

[unborn phoenix]

Unless you’re literally doing physics simulations or sum the 5600X will do great

[umbral trellis]

What “productivity” are you talking about

[velvet steeple]

productivity can mean different things

[unborn phoenix]

My definition of productivity is basic workstation things

[umbral trellis]

Even with that you could get by using gpu grunt

[unborn phoenix]

Not blender, fusion360 etc

[dry nest]

Blender renders, modeling, video editing, etc.

[unborn phoenix]

That’s not most people productivity though

[austere thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/paint-brush-wall-circles-pink-panther-gif-5937849

[unborn phoenix]

Most people dont do that

[austere thunder]

POV productivity

[dry nest]

Pink panther seems about right

[umbral trellis]

Something like editing and rendering you could get by using gpu encode just fine

[dry nest]

Yeah I guess

[umbral trellis]

So yeah you can absolutely use a 5600x for productivity

[dry nest]

Just not anything advanced really

[umbral trellis]

Especially when paired with a 3080

[umbral trellis]

You absolutely can

Please mention workloads as well lol

[unborn phoenix]

Rendering is a primarily GPU-bound task so you’ll be fine
So is video editing

Well depends on the render

[umbral trellis]

If ur using something that doesnt have gpu encode ur doing it wrong

[unborn phoenix]

What is gpu encode

[umbral trellis]

Hardware acceleration

[unborn phoenix]

Is that the new thing from nvidia or sum

[austere thunder]

People do rendering work on MacBooks, hopefully a 5600x can at least match that

[umbral trellis]

Use gpu to do stuff

[umbral trellis]

Very true

[dry nest]

Yeah and those poor MacBooks

[tawny shoal]

luckily they got the new m1 now

[dry nest]

True

[austere thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-keyboard-cats-typing-macbook-gif-4614076

[tawny shoal]

that thing is p good for a macbook

[unborn phoenix]

Honestly man

[dry nest]

M1 did apple good, not so much intel but

[unborn phoenix]

Even without the M1

[umbral trellis]

I mean the gpu is still at the same level as a 1060 or something iirc

[unborn phoenix]

Apple wasn’t doing horribly

Wait I’m stroking
We talkin bout PCs

[tawny shoal]

not horrible

remember who were talking about

macbooks

super pog when you can get a m1 in a ipad pro

[unborn phoenix]

It’s powerful lmao

So powerful

[dry nest]

I mean for an iPad hell yeah it’s a powerhouse

[unborn phoenix]

I have a 4th Gen with the A12Z or sum and it’s already stupid strong

Can’t imagine the power of an M1

[umbral trellis]

Yeah but i hate how they called it revolutionary and leaps faster and stuff and gave us something that cant keep up with most recent pcs

[tawny shoal]

but in such a small form factor...

[unborn phoenix]

Precisely

[tawny shoal]

nothing can even compare

[unborn phoenix]

I thought lili and Sara got freed

[tawny shoal]

lili did

sara banned again

[unborn phoenix]

lmao

[dry nest]

They preach that it can be essentially a PC replacement though, when it sure as hell can’t

[tawny shoal]

ye

[umbral trellis]

I mean it really can for most people

[unborn phoenix]

For basic workstation/surprisingly decent gaming it actually sorta kinda can

[dry nest]

Watched an LTT video on it and bruh you can’t even use basic desktop PS tools on it

[unborn phoenix]

But you are correct in that apples marketing is just stupid

[umbral trellis]

Lets face it people who buy macbooks arent looking for great hardware or great gamin perf

[dry nest]

I can’t imagine not having the magic wand

[unborn phoenix]

They usually look for clout or software integration true

Honestly though

IPad Pro is p worth

Great performance in such a small thing

[dry nest]

Yeah just Apple marketing meh, I mean cmon they put marketing on the iMac towards the fact that you can get more color variation

I bet DBrand has iMac skins

[viral surge]

Would this be considered a tech deal?

[dry nest]

30% is a good cut but I have zero clue on the performance or quality of the monitor

[austere thunder]

They can just raise the usual price temporarily and make the sale price the same as the usual price

[dry nest]

Mhm

Or it can already just be a bad value

[lone depot]

Everyone i have a 1.5k budget dm me the best parts to make a custom built

[thorny zephyr]

Put together a pcpp list and we will edit it

[lone depot]

Where you gonna get a decent priced GPU tho

[tawny shoal]

bestbuy/wegg shuffle

[lone depot]

I could have bout that

[errant sigil]

https://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Syber-M-Xtreme-400 i5 11600kf/3070/16gb 3200/1tb ssd $1459 with code SUMMIT

hm

[errant sigil]

@lone depot

[nova geyser]

That brings me to an 11900k 2300$ build btw ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[errant sigil]

yeah you have to customize it you lazy bum

[nova geyser]

I'm not a mind reader lol

[opaque pelican]

Anyone know some fairly decent prebuilt PCs for a good price right now?

[hollow prawn]

btw looking more like 1600$ to me

[errant sigil]

did you use the code

[hollow prawn]

weird

@errant sigilWhat's your full specs?

This is what it looks like on my end before code

1588 after code

[hollow prawn]

ah, I see

the ram

That's a p good deal if you follow the exact config then

[tawny shoal]

especially for non proprietary parts

[dark arrow]

I wish Cyberpower would let you choose if you wanted windows or not lol

[lucid marsh]

linux gang?

[nova geyser]

? Just install a different os on it afterwards if you don't like windows

[umbral trellis]

You still pay for windows tho in that price

[nova geyser]

I mean yeah but they charge you like a fiver for Windows lol

[umbral trellis]

Yes but it still costs

[icy finch]

Some places it’s like 25 bucks less or more when you choose not to have windows

[nova geyser]

That's fair, could always sell the windows key tho

[pure pecan]

i mean theres places that are reliable that sell it for like 10-15 bucks lol

for a key

[tawny shoal]

eBay keys are better

5 bucks for a pro key

[mighty jolt]

I just get them for free

[umbral trellis]

from?

that comes under piracy

unsend it

[mighty jolt]

Oop ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[dark arrow]

@nova geyser That's exactly what I was talking about, They should allow you to remove it so you don't have to pay for windows if you don't want it

[nova geyser]

I guess that's fair ye

[visual tide]

any prebuilts for under 1.2k

[safe marten]

prebuilts seem to be the way to go with these kinds of prolonged circumstances

[elder sigil]

can anyone tell me if this is a good deal for a pc i can dm you?

[nova geyser]

https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali416-master/p/N82E16883102994R?itemPosition=1-12&exactIndex=0

[thorny zephyr]

It’s ehhh

Not the best but not the worst

[umbral trellis]

Pretty good for the price rn

[tulip haven]

Mashiro#0727 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[visual tide]

It’s a 2060

You can find some 3060s for $200 more

[nova geyser]

3060s aren't worth 200$ more and that brings it over budget

[thorny zephyr]

Yeah it’s actually pretty good for 1000 now that I think about it

[lone depot]

Is this a good deal? I'm not very good with PCs.
https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali489/p/N82E16883360084

[radiant bane]

Ship and sold by NE so yeah. Not cheap by any means. 3060 is at least worth

[lone depot]

Is it better than the NZXT Starter Pro?

I can't send the link here

[nova geyser]

https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali416-master/p/N82E16883102994R?itemPosition=1-12&exactIndex=0 get this its pretty close to the same performance and better value imo

[nova geyser]

Yes nzxt make ovens not cases

[radiant bane]

Not sure 2060 is better than 3060. Do what you're comfy with and can afford

[nova geyser]

It's not better but it's close in performance and better value

[radiant bane]

Only diff is the gpu tbh

[nova geyser]

Yeah but 250 extra for a 3060 isn't worth it, mb if it was 100-150

[tawny shoal]

Think of the 3060 is basically a 2060super

https://computers.woot.com/offers/corsair-5000d-tempered-glass-mid-tower-atx-pc-case

Woot has a 5000d for 98

Sadly not airflow one but you can just buy airflow panel for cheap

[raven zealot]

Does anyone know the difference between an MSI Optix G273QFK and G273QF?

[nova geyser]

#old-monitors-and-tv will get you a response from the monitor nerds which will be your best answer

[raven zealot]

Thx, didn't see that channel hehe

[nova geyser]

I've never bought from them they just have an awful review rating ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[tawny shoal]

Bruh

Woot is owned by amazon

Its basically amazon

[nova geyser]

They have like 1 star for every review, and i said it looked sketch that's all

[tawny shoal]

Should be legit tho, it's Amazon

[random lava]

is there any good starter pc for like 800-900?

[nova geyser]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[nova geyser]

https://www.newegg.com/abs-ala237/p/N82E16883360101?itemPosition=1-12&exactIndex=1

[random lava]

thanks bro

[nova geyser]

Np :)

[late crystal]

Does anyone here know about capture cards?

[glass mason]

a lil

[oblique moat]

https://www.walmart.com/ip/EVOO-Gaming-15-6-Laptop-FHD-60Hz-Intel-Core-i5-10300H-Processor-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-1650-THX-Spatial-Audio-256GB-SSD-8GB-RAM-RGB-Backlit-Keyboard-HD-C/915598119

i5 1650 laptop for $530

[tawny shoal]

Is evoo Walmarts laptop brand?

[oblique moat]

i think so

or at least its a brand that is primarily associated with walmart

id recommend swapping ssd once you get it too

but it's fine

[umbral trellis]

rule 9