tech-deals-discussion

[marsh sphinx]

Thoughts?

$1k for 12700 and 3060 with 16gb ram and 1.5tb total storage

[pulsar fable]

Well it's not Dell or HP so that's a start

[marsh sphinx]

[fair moon]

12700 3060 kinda unbalanced if you're trying to get best gaming performance per dollar

[marsh sphinx]

So you’re saying you’d rather get 12400 and 3060

For the same price

[fair moon]

12400 and 3060ti ;)

[marsh sphinx]

But Costco doesnt have that

[pulsar fable]

I'm just trying to figure out if its motherboard and the like are interchangeable

[marsh sphinx]

It seems pretty new so idk if there’s a community behind that yet

I know for my Hp there’s loads of youtube videos on it

[pulsar fable]

No I mean like if it's a standard atx/micro ATX board

So you can replace it later should something go wrong

[marsh sphinx]

Yes I am aware of what you meant

[fair moon]

For a gaming system it most likely is

[azure pond]

https://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-Pavilion-Gaming-Desktop-Intel-Core-i5-10400F-Nvidia-GeForce-RTX-3060-8GB-RAM-256GB-SSD-Windows-11-Home-Black-TG01-1183w/491051468?athbdg=L1100

I'd get that over the 12700 one

Put in a 16gb 3200c22 kit and a 2tb hdd

[marsh sphinx]

That’s basically my pc then

😂

[azure pond]

A good bit cheaper

Is the main point

[marsh sphinx]

I’ll look into it and see which one my friend wants

They were gonna get the NZXT starter plus pc 😬

[grand orbit]

For a prebuilt not bad and lenovo is best oem for prebuilts, although for custom you can do 6700xt + 12400f for 1k

[marsh sphinx]

Ye but he doesn’t want custom

Neither do his parents

But honestly this guy is coming from 720p60 on an xbox soooo

[jolly inlet]

Ah the one that comes with the H510 elite, excellent choice ☠️

[marsh sphinx]

Exactly

He managed to snag that HP 31” 1440p 165hz deal for $200 tho

[brisk sphinx]

I remember when NZXT once had good pricing

5600x and a 3090 for 2k

With a 750w PSU

[fleet marlin]

12400F exactly $140 at NE currently. Edit: in tech deals. At least $20 under what a 5600(X) is lately afaik. Plenty of lower priced b660 mobos now also.

[grand orbit]

yeah is nice price

[high radish]

Yeah nice price

[silk pendant]

Hey I’m looking to upgrade my pc I recently bought a 3080ti but my power supply doesn’t support does anyone have and recommendations? The card is 3 8pin while the one power supply I currently have is 2 6pin with one of them being +2

Gotcha sorry. I have a intel I.7-6700k

I really don’t know too much I’ve been YouTubing how to install what I have so far

[silk pendant]

Thank you for the help. It’s been pretty frustrating. I got this pc in 2015 or 16 so I suppose it’s due for the upgrade

[pulsar fable]

So nows a good time to look.

[silk pendant]

Yeah I don’t really have the money for that and the cpu should be strong enough fit what I need. I’m not sure if it works like that but shouldn’t I just need a new power source

[steel wren]

this is my gaming chair 😎

yeah its very rare to hear anything good about gaming chairs 😦 you can get a better (and cheaper) experience with office chairs, more ergo less bling

jokes aside, yes thats my gaming chair but in red :V

[stoic crest]

my gaming chair is a couch

[steel wren]

best chair so far

[high radish]

Oh 32inch 2k monitor for 230$ looks solid

[humble temple]

Can someone help me find a new processor upgrade for my pc?

USA, $300-$400 mostly gaming

I can link the pc I have the only thing I did to it was add another ssd

[high radish]

if it's like hp or dell prebuild it will be little hard to upgrade lol

I think 12400F + b660M will be enough

[humble temple]

Check this out on @astral maple: ABS Challenger Gaming PC - Intel i5 12400F - GeForce RTX 3050 - 16GB DDR4 3200MHz - 512GB M.2 NVMe SSD https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali637/p/N82E16883360302?Item=N82E16883360302&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-83-360-302-_-09022022

This is what I have

[azure pond]

Yeah, that cpu is great. 3050 is a low end gpu, definitely the limiting factor for you

[humble temple]

So just upgrade the graphics card and leave the i5 alone?

[azure pond]

Yes, that 12400f is one of the best cpus that exists

For gaming anyways

[humble temple]

What’s the best graphics card out right now

That will work with the system I have

[jolly inlet]

Might need a new power supply too, 550W is pretty limiting

Without changing the power supply maybe a 3060 ti or 6650 XT

[azure pond]

3060 ti, 3070 and 6700xt are good choices for you

Pny xlr8 3070 is $500 rn

[humble temple]

Can you guys link me some stuff I should get

Power supply and new graphics card?

Yes I’m looking to make a list right now but if I have to wait then that’s fine

Is it hard to change the power supply?

All of the cables are bundled pretty neatly already

But I’ll figure it out if I have to lol

[brittle patio]

Does anyone have any recommendation where I can find a BarCode Scanner, 1D/2D, PDF417 with 3-in-1 Connection USB, 2.4Ghz Wireless & Bluetooth?

hi

[fair moon]

Take this and put it in the Newegg, Amazon or Google search bar

[humble temple]

Can you link me a power supply for my pc?

Sure

[steel wren]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/2BcMnQ/evga-gq-850-w-80-gold-certified-semi-modular-atx-power-supply-210-gq-0850 850w b-tier 85usd on amazon

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/927p99/evga-g5-850-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-220-g5-0850-x1 also b-tier

[ebon stratus]

Ravell#2221 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[steel wren]

hmmmm

[ebon stratus]

Ravell#2221 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

Ravell#2221 has been kicked

Reason: Too many infractions

[steel wren]

well... kicked from the server for linking a power supply

way to go MEE6

[steel wren]

those were two that fell into 850w around 100usd and also decent

some tier-A at 850w are around 120+ these days

[humble temple]

Is 850w too much for my pc I linked above? Or does the psu not matter

Also would it be able to seat an i7 12700f?

The motherboard

[steel wren]

well, i just helped on the 850w question, didnt saw the whole chat

[humble temple]

Want me to link the pc I have again and you tell me if the motherboard will take an i7 12700f?

And if 850w is too much for it if that even matters?

[steel wren]

a b660? yes it can

[humble temple]

What’s a b660?

[steel wren]

the psu depends on your gpu target

the mobo of that pc is a b660

it will take your 12700f just fine

850w can hold up to a 3080

[humble temple]

If I upgrade to a 3070 would I need to upgrade the power supply from 550w

[steel wren]

yes

750w should suffice

650 is like the minimum, 750 is enough

550w is a no go

[humble temple]

Do you need anything special to swap the processor?

[steel wren]

nothing really

maybe an aftermarket cooler to keep the boost clocks longer, the intel stock cooler is... stock

it will work fine, but not great

[humble temple]

What does that mean

[steel wren]

a better fan for your cpu, but the stock is ok, just not great... just ok

aside from that nothing special

just take out the 12400 and swap for the 12700, easy as that

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Zr8bt6/id-cooling-se-214-xt-argb-682-cfm-cpu-cooler-se-214-xt-argb 20usd in case you want to give your cpu a better cooling solution over the stock one

[humble temple]

Oh also I didn’t link the pc correctly I don’t have a 12400 I have a 10400f

I didn’t notice that earlier

[steel wren]

oh

that change things

[humble temple]

Is it drastic or no

[steel wren]

link the pc again plz

yes, kinda

10400 use a different socket, thats an lga1200, while the 12700f is an lga1700

[humble temple]

Well when I went to my purchase history and went to the page for the pc I have there’s no option for the 10400f that I have it only comes up with the 12400f

But here’s the link

[high radish]

that sn850 looks 220$ after coupon for me

[humble temple]

Check this out on @Newegg: ABS Challenger Gaming PC - Intel i5 12400F - GeForce RTX 3050 - 16GB DDR4 3200MHz - 512GB M.2 NVMe SSD https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali637/p/N82E16883360302?Item=N82E16883360302&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-83-360-302-_-09022022

[steel wren]

so, we are positive that you have a 10400f? not the 12400f

[humble temple]

This is the specs of the one I bought

When I bought it it came with a 10400

[steel wren]

yeah

[humble temple]

So I need a new motherboard? Basically a whole new pc?

[steel wren]

something like this

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FqcLbK

thats with the 3070 ofc

[fair moon]

i mean a 10400f could pair with a 3060ti/6700xt

[steel wren]

if you already have the gpu just disregard that choice

yeah to save money i should buy a 6600xt instead

almost same performance but a looot cheaper

[fair moon]

6700xt

or 3060ti

that's why I said to just pair a new gpu with the existing cpu

[steel wren]

yes, you can just change the gpu and the psu

but what rommy said

[humble temple]

So if I want to upgrade to the i7 12700f I would need a new motherboard correct?

And the other stuff would work on that new motherboard right? Like the 3050 I have now which I intend to upgrade later on

And the power supply

Ok I understand that but let’s say I get a 3070 what motherboard would I need that will work with the i7 12700f?

Also would I need a new case too

[steel wren]

already made you a list

[jolly inlet]

You could run a 3090 with your 10400 and it won't bottleneck at 1440p

[steel wren]

thing is, if you want more performance on your games, a new gpu will do more for you than a new cpu. the 10400f will work just fine with a 3070

[humble temple]

Could you link me a new motherboard that will seat the 12700f and a nice looking case?

[steel wren]

he is, well we made our point but he is hellbent on that, is his money anyway

here

@humble temple https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sDDsv3

[jolly inlet]

The only way moving to a 12700 will be beneficial for you if if you're playing eSports games on 1080p low

[humble temple]

I’m taking in all of the information you guys are telling me and I’m understanding all of it but this is for like future reference for a full upgrade over time

I can keep the 10400 and upgrade to a 3070 like you guys are saying but this is all for me to save to have for later on when the time comes where I want to upgrade again

[jolly inlet]

Any parts suggestions would be invalid after a couple weeks at best as deals change. Next gen drops very soon too, which will completely flip the market.

[humble temple]

I’m not tooooo worried about the deals because I’ll be fine waiting around for a deal again if I have to

[jolly inlet]

We also don't know how next gen will perform or what models will be good

[humble temple]

So this linked right here is the best for RIGHT NOW but we don’t know how much better the new stuff will be in a few months?

[jolly inlet]

We don't know what the best will be within 3 weeks even

[humble temple]

I see lol

[steel wren]

you can swap the case for a p360a or a 4000d as well, those are good looking cases as well

[humble temple]

Can you find a better looking case or tell me what to look up so I can look at some?

[jolly inlet]

Gamers Nexus does a lot of case reviews including comparisons in multiple scenarios

For example they compare cases with just the fans they come with and then a standardized set of fans

[humble temple]

My friend has a question but he’s unable to talk in here he wants to know if he can upgrade his pc to a 12700f

https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali494/p/N82E16883360089

That’s the link to his pc

[steel wren]

no

same issue as yours

need a new mobo

[humble temple]

Ok thanks

[steel wren]

10th and 11th gen are based on 500 series mobos those have lga1200 socket

12th gen are based on 600 series mobos: lga1700 socket

[humble temple]

What motherboard will he need?

[jolly inlet]

The coming 13th gen and 700 series chipset are also lga1700

[steel wren]

at the very least a b660, the one i linked you in the pcpp list

the msi pro-a

[jolly inlet]

Yeah it would be the same recommendation you already got

[humble temple]

He can buy that one too?

[steel wren]

yes

[humble temple]

Ok thanks

Can you find me any cool looking cases with maybe some rgb on them lol

And a clear side glass panel too

[jolly inlet]

Depends on your definition of cool

[humble temple]

He wants to know if he should upgrade his power supply to 850

[jolly inlet]

P400A digital is always a go to suggestion

[jolly inlet]

If you're just changing the motherboard and CPU no

[steel wren]

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/case/ here, find one that you like and we will tell you is its garbage or not

[jolly inlet]

Pcpp needs a "mesh front" filter option lol

[steel wren]

yeah cause those glass front panels... yikes

too bad that the torrent have a top mounted psu

i like the front panel

[jolly inlet]

What's wrong with top mounted PSU?

[steel wren]

limit your aio placing

😦

not a fan of front mounted aios

but thats me

[jolly inlet]

You can put a 420mm on front and put the dual 180s on the bottom feeding the GPU directly

Nothing wrong with front mounting imo

[cinder kiln]

My aio is front mounted

It's also top mounted

[steel wren]

even knowing that a front mounted rad is a tad better than top mounted... its something about personal tastes

[cinder kiln]

[steel wren]

yeah, im kinda weird

not as weird as felix... just a little

im still mad at mee6 for kicking me from the discord

[cinder kiln]

Wut?

[steel wren]

linked a TT psu some minutes ago

kicked me from the server for too many bad words

[cinder kiln]

Lol

[steel wren]

at least my rank is still there

[cinder kiln]

I've had a couple amazon links that did that to me recently

[jolly inlet]

I could fix that

[steel wren]

🤨

[humble temple]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/mZxbt6/azza-cube-802-atx-mid-tower-case-csaz-802mf

[high radish]

wtf is 5$ case lol

[humble temple]

Man what the heck is that lol

[cinder kiln]

Coob

[steel wren]

a link, and im not going to open it

[humble temple]

It’s a cube tower

[steel wren]

ok curiosity got the better of me

[humble temple]

That thing looks crazy lol

[jolly inlet]

I guess they listened to people complaining about "oh look ANOTHER rectangle" and made a cube

[steel wren]

and not the good crazy

azza is the one that made the pyramid case right?

ugly af

[humble temple]

Will I need a full tower or what for the motherboard you sent in that list?

[jolly inlet]

Umm that's not a $40 discount code, that's $40 after the code

[cinder kiln]

They also made that superman S shaped one

[humble temple]

So I know what ones to look at

[cinder kiln]

That's like basically open bench

[jolly inlet]

@mortal blaze

[cinder kiln]

You know what it wasn't s shaped

I remember bad

Cast 808

[mortal blaze]

oh 😭

XD moment

[jolly inlet]

Still not a bad deal for $40 and free shipping

[humble temple]

Check this out on @Newegg: EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 FTW3 ULTRA GAMING Video Card, 08G-P5-3767-KL, 8GB GDDR6, iCX3 Technology, ARGB LED, Metal Backplate, LHR https://www.newegg.com/evga-geforce-rtx-3070-08g-p5-3767-kl/p/N82E16814487544?Item=N82E16814487544&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-14-487-544-_-09022022

Would that work with my current motherboard?

[high radish]

very expensive for 3070

[mortal blaze]

what mb u have

and cpu

proccessor

[high radish]

i think he said 10400f

so with probably b460 or b560 mobo i guess

[humble temple]

Check this out on @Newegg: GIGABYTE Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 ATX Video Card GV-N307TGAMING OC-8GD https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-3070-ti-gv-n307tgaming-oc-8g/p/N82E16814932443?Item=N82E16814932443&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-14-932-443-_-09022022

I think they said b660

[high radish]

all current gpus will work with it dont worry about it

anything above 3070 is just overkill your cpu . but if you can get anything cheap don't worry about it

[fleet marlin]

They changed the price and/or coupon. - edited deals msg. It basically still trades blows w/ P41 and such.

[high radish]

I bought plenty of them at 4th for 180$

[humble temple]

With the motherboard you guys sent me what size tower do I need to be looking for?

[jolly inlet]

Anything that fits ATX

It's a micro ATX board but it'll fit in the full size ATX case. A little extra room can be nice, and good for GPU temps.

[fleet marlin]

You didn't buy the 850X, which is what I linked.

[high radish]

lol didn't even realized

is it better than regular sn850 or cutoff ?

[fleet marlin]

Better. BICSS 5 nand vs bics 4. Still just 1200TBW on the 2TB. https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/wd-black-sn850x-ssd-review-back-in-black --- I feel Toms makes it seem more than a difference than in reality, but eh. normal SN850 still 1 of the top dawgs of course.

[high radish]

anyways missed it lol

whought its regular sn850 lol

[humble temple]

Check this out on @Newegg: Cooler Master MasterBox MB520 ARGB ATX Mid-Tower with Front DarkMirror Panel, Mesh Side Intakes, Tempered Glass, Three 120mm ARGB Lighting Fans - Black https://www.newegg.com/black-cooler-master-masterbox-mb520-rgb-atx-mid-tower/p/N82E16811119357?Item=N82E16811119357&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-11-119-357-_-09022022

Is this a good case?

[jolly inlet]

Nope that's a solid front panel. You'll want mesh front unless you want to choke your fans.

[humble temple]

Can you help me find a nice one with some rgb?

[high radish]

umm I'm not good at picking case but I currently use this one https://www.newegg.com/white-gray-cooler-master-masterbox-td500-mesh-white-atx-mid-tower/p/N82E16811119394

it comes with 3argb fans in front but no fans at back

heres one argb as well . not a best case but its alright I guess https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16811853078

[tiny heron]

Check this out on @Newegg: Antec Dark League DF700 FLUX, Mid Tower ATX Gaming Case, FLUX Platform, 5 x 120mm Fans Included, ARGB & PWM Fan Controller, Tempered Glass Side Panel, Three-Dimensional Wave-Shaped Mesh Front https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16811129272?Item=N82E16811129272&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-11-129-272-_-09022022

This one is similar but a bit better imo. Also comes with a fan/ rgb hub

[humble temple]

I like this one it looks nice

[tiny heron]

I've done 2 different builds in this case. Good airflow and easy cable management. Pretty solid case

[humble temple]

I like the case

Thank you to all of you guys that chipped in with information for me. I appreciate all of the help.

[sonic grail]

Is this monitor a deal?

https://www.newegg.com/black-acer-ed0-ed270u-pbmiipx-27/p/N82E16824011417?Item=N82E16824011417&cm_sp=Homepage_dailydeals-_-P1_24-011-417-_-09022022&quicklink=true

$180 acer 1440p 27 inch.

[fair moon]

yes

[torpid night]

that's a better deal than the HP monitor people were talking about last Monday

I think the HP had the same specs but it was only $199.99

[loud sandal]

It was 32 inch

[grand orbit]

Nope hp was 32" and ips, that's 27 and VA

And curved

[torpid night]

oh ye

[molten halo]

https://tenor.com/view/jeremiah-johnson-wilderness-ash-wednesday-cool-feeling-good-gif-20449753

[plain sphinx]

Looking at mini pc for on the go work, and a little play. Came across this, not too bad in price and min specs for the program I use in the picture below. I'm not familiar with these mini pc anyone got advice if this would work, and is good deal?

https://a.co/d/ebzNHgN

[tiny heron]

Minisforum has some good ones as well

[plain sphinx]

This one I found is comparable, but more expensive 😅. I'm a little cheap tbh, is it worth the price hike?
https://a.co/d/9G01r4d

[brittle lagoon]

You could prob get a nuc for like 350$

[plain sphinx]

That's how much the Minisforum is now too

[brittle lagoon]

Ye, I'm saying it's another option if you're spending that much

[plain sphinx]

Ahhhh ok haha my misunderstanding, sorry about that

[fair moon]

oh that's evil

Just got a sale email and one of the items was a Dell 3090 desktop for $670

3090 is the model, not the gpu

[steel wren]

oh that's evil

[cinder kiln]

I've known about that all in one pc for a while

[kind rover]

Me: "Hey mom can I get a 3090?"
Mom: "No we have 3090 at home"
3090 at home:

[high radish]

[raw inlet]

Optiplex 3050 but with no 3050 in it... Disappointment

[grand orbit]

Would just get a laptop tbh then

Or a nuc like mr1 said

[cloud hornet]

Optiplex 7070 but no 7070 in it. I WANT MY RTX 7070!!! GIMME!!!

[light holly]

I know the link is sus, but is this good RAM at a good deal?

https://www.newegg.com/neo-forza-32gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/0RN-0097-00058

[stoic crest]

yes

it's not sus at all

im not saying it as a joke

they're actually legit

[pallid geyser]

making it sound more sarcastic now

noooo that’s not a joke at all

[cloud hornet]

I dont think you see the sus part

[stoic crest]

huh

oh

[light holly]

[cloud hornet]

Seems like Hynix DJR ICs. Idk the prices for non-trash DJR bins tho.

[stoic crest]

meh deal for that monitor imo

it's curved, so va

[high radish]

Most 2k monitors under 300$ sux

[grand orbit]

Nah, not gonna be a good deal tho, bad timings and not gonna run gear 1 on xmp, especially with 4000c18 being like 130$ from g skill probably better sticks too

[light holly]

gotcha

[grand orbit]

That's just incorrect

[high radish]

tried few cheap 2k curved monitors and all of them were terrible

maybe ips panels under 300$ looks alright but curved va panels under 300$ is not great

[light holly]

my curved va panel is amazing and it was under $300

[brazen bough]

Anyone wanna give me a free 3080

[stoic crest]

sure, have an optiplex 3080

[fleet marlin]

no E-begging

[stoic crest]

[brazen bough]

Aw man

[stoic crest]

here's your 3080

[brazen bough]

I wanted the graphics card tho

[cloud hornet]

Just find 4.338028169015 GT 710s in the dump and you have a 3080

[jolly inlet]

It's easier to just get 3 1030s though

It's a pain grinding down the GPU to the exact .338 size

[quasi pasture]

https://tenor.com/view/videocard-gif-22968533

[quasi pasture]

@jolly inlet like this?

[jolly inlet]

That'll do

[torpid night]

bro really tried 💀

[native steeple]

any good labor day sales (US)?

[shut spoke]

Is the x570s aero g worth getting for $230? I really like the look of it

[brisk sphinx]

I will but you just have to pay the $800 shipping, sounds good?

[grand orbit]

No way

[grand orbit]

https://tenor.com/view/jontron-ill-take-your-entire-stock-thats-mine-gif-13637000

[meager sandal]

3090 on sale on amazon for $959

[brazen bough]

It’s not free tho so I’m okay

[turbid locust]

https://basestrength.kartra.com/page/peS26 this is a pretty solid deal

[light holly]

what is this?

I'm skeptical about clicking the link

[turbid locust]

Gains

[steel wren]

i feel ya bro

[turbid locust]

https://www.youtube.com/user/SirAlexandertheRED

This is his channel

Good training stuff

Im running bullmastiff right now

[loud sandal]

Ay 3090 ti in stock haha

[latent quartz]

Alright

What is the best budget mechanical keyboard that can be bought atm?

I'm mainly looking for good response times

If there's a tech deal (which is why I said this here) that'd be even better.

[kind rover]

ive seen 3090ti's go for around $1200 on online recently

[slow sluice]

Probably redragon for absolute cheapest, keychron if you want to spend a little bit more

[latent quartz]

But Ive heard keychron has worse latency in terms of actuation time

[slow sluice]

If it does it's negligible

If you're really worried about it though you can get one of the models with hotswappable keys and put in speed switches a few moths down the line if you end up noticing any sort of delay

[latent quartz]

The question now is

What is the best keychron mechanical that is wired, under 125 CAD?

[slow sluice]

Mostly depends on what form factor you want

[latent quartz]

Full size.

I'm a numpad guy.

[slow sluice]

Would an 1800 work too?

[latent quartz]

an 1800?

[slow sluice]

Like this

[latent quartz]

Yeah, that's no problem.

It'd just get a bit of changing in terms of muscle memory

but most if not all the keys are there.

[slow sluice]

It's missing some of the nav cluster, but yeah

[latent quartz]

Most of which seems to now be above the numpad

except for like two keys

[slow sluice]

Based on budget it looks like your best options would be the C2, K10, or K5 SE

[latent quartz]

Alright, thank you.

👍 I'll look into those.p

[slow sluice]

SE is low profile, which theoretically means faster actuation but in the real world it makes basically zero difference

[latent quartz]

A sleeker design can look more pleasing though, if they are actually closer to the base itself

C2 looks good.

[latent quartz]

Went on their site and ordered the C2, for 128 CAD.

Backlit RGB and hotswap. Red switches.

Much appreciated for those recommendations. Thank you.

[brittle lagoon]

Price sounds kinda high but c2 is fun

[keen marsh]

Love to see prebuilt companies trying to get rid of GPU's.

[stoic crest]

im thinkin of getting xda profile keycaps, maybe

i wonder if they fit mx stems

oem profile is too tall

and dsa is too hard to find

at least for the style i want anyway

[light holly]

@lean briar you might put a little note on your listing to let people know that mobo has to be watercooled with a custom loop.

I know it says it in the item name, but not a lot of people will read past the "ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Formula" text.

[brittle lagoon]

Tbh the VRMs should be fine running without water in general since it's already so overkill

But custom loop reccomended

G24F is good

[tiny heron]

I just didn't realize it was already posted lol

Great deal though

[grave delta]

It absolutely does not need a custom loop lol

The vrm is fine

Also just a non-deal in general

[steel wren]

thats a good question, those vrms are good enough on air only? if they arent filled on water that could harm the thermals in a meaningful way?

[queen pelican]

They'll be fine as long as you aren't crazy pushing voltage

[cinder kiln]

Yeah the VRM's are fine, you can just add it to a loop if you want to

[high radish]

is this alright price ? https://www.ebay.com/itm/165565732362

[fleet marlin]

Not bad, but sometimes similar price from the 'zon. --- unrelated: ryzen 5600 was $100 w/ a code earlier today. Oos so quick. 🤣

[high radish]

[shut spoke]

DeepCool AK620 back down to $55 on newegg

[cinder kiln]

Nice

[steel wren]

its on 62

[near igloo]

Can I trust this website? Greenboxusa.co

[dull flame]

No

New website, sus prices, and no social.

Idk if the contact addresses are real and the seals too.

[near igloo]

Thanks 🙏

[dull flame]

No problem. Good idea on asking if it's a good web or not.

[grand orbit]

210$? No
Grab the sn850x in tech deals

[high radish]

Thanks grabbed one

But I'll need extra heatsink now

[grand orbit]

How come?

But no probs

[high radish]

200$ for recent ssd is good price

I think I do have some heatsinks laying around actually

[grand orbit]

It comes with one

[high radish]

Really ?

[grand orbit]

Oh nvm i thought it did

[cinder kiln]

the one with the heatsink 219

but I would actually call that worth if p41 competitor

[high radish]

Hmm but 3th part heatsinks are for 10$

[cinder kiln]

if you're gonna go for 980 pro, may as well go for P41 status

or yeah get a cheap heatsink

like an ek one

[grand orbit]

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/wd-black-sn850x-ssd-review-back-in-black/2

Not as good but a lot cheaper

Also pretty close

[cinder kiln]

pogshamp

[high radish]

I love sn850 so grabbed new one

I do have some heatsinks laying around from old SSDs

[loud sandal]

bruh you are poor if your mobo doesnt come with extra heatsinks

[high radish]

Last ssd slot don't have heatsink

[loud sandal]

ewwwwwwww

[high radish]

[loud sandal]

my mobo had all ssd slots covered

[high radish]

[loud sandal]

@high radish

Heat sink for $19 more

[high radish]

Yeah I saw that

But I do have some heatsinks laying around so it's not necessary

[loud sandal]

Oh

[cinder kiln]

DDUUUUUUDDEEEE

Mesh gang

[stoic crest]

whoa

speedy 2tb for below 200

[loud sandal]

It's gone

[high radish]

it's still up at amazon

[turbid locust]

When pcie 5.0 ssd

[slow sluice]

November

[azure pond]

@steel wren mmmm

Only reason I won't is I dont need the storage. That's what I keep telling myself...

[steel wren]

Haha im missing similars deals myself.... cause.... i dont need the storage 🤔

Im still against ddr5.... but the nvme.... eff.... i dont need.....it....

[loud sandal]

@azure pond I can't believe you done this after I buy my parts you give a tech deal

[pulsar fable]

I don't care if it comes with an anime doll, $770 for a 6800xt is too much, especially when I can get a 6900xt for $700
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1662886-REG/xfx_rx_69xtaqfd9_amd_radeon_rx_6900xt.html

[sonic grail]

It was 6800xt for 570 technically cause the added 200$ newegg gift card.

[shut spoke]

Asus hybrid water cooled is only $60 more for $760 at MC

[steel wren]

funny is almost the same deal i showed you the last time xD still in stock: 6200c38 with a 2tb nvme pcie4 xD

[loud sandal]

Yea

[steel wren]

im fighting the urge to buy one of those deals myself :S those are pretty juicy

[loud sandal]

Ahhhhhhhhh

[cinder kiln]

when new DDR5 drops you'll sorta be inclined to skip hynix m

hynix agbd go brrrrr

[steel wren]

indeed

waititng for those expo sticks

[cinder kiln]

that said, I'll likely be selling my hynix sticks

• nudges *

[steel wren]

then again, im securing the graphics first, nvidia gforce event on September 20th

[cinder kiln]

:peggors

[light holly]

this is kinda sounding like you are advertising 😉

[steel wren]

careful, he could start talking about the LS aios

[loud sandal]

Do we got a rule breaker

[turbid locust]

Guys pls buy 3090 ti it's never gonna be this cheap

(totally not sponsored by evga)

[steel wren]

it will be more cheap

after the gtc

buying a high end card this late into the cycle is non sense anyway

[cinder kiln]

Did someone say LS

[steel wren]

[warm thicket]

That office chair is absolutely awesome, I have been using some crappy $90 Chinese gaming chair I got when I was a kid for many years now and it's completely broken, its been welded back into shape and two of the wheels are missing and legs propped up on boxes lmfao, I am so happy to finally get a pretty decent office chair for cheap lmao.

[cinder kiln]

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16824012052

Nice?

[tiny heron]

Very good!

[cinder kiln]

Ah it's already been posted by Bacca

Kekw

[fleet marlin]

$51 AK620 lightning deal 8 more hrs. AK400 is $28. Note not their lowest ever prices

[azure pond]

Hah rekt

[grand orbit]

Sheesh

[high radish]

64gb ram for 160$ sounds alright https://www.newegg.com/oloy-64gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820821212?Item=N82E16820821212

[grand orbit]

Decent if you need 64gb ye

[high radish]

moo ram

[azure pond]

I ordered that mx4, why not

So cheap for great paste and I'll use it soon enough

[tiny heron]

That's my go to

[steel wren]

im still torn between an ak620 or a lf2, either way both will bring thermal paste

[azure pond]

Mx4 a bit better, and at $7 why not is my logic

[steel wren]

cant argue against that

i think the lf2 have an mx5?

[azure pond]

Does it?

That's cool

I wonder what clc comes with, I just assumed whatever mediocre paste evga throws in with it

[steel wren]

now that i think on it, yes you are right... i need that mx4 as well

if i go the artic route its a b stock anyway

so, no paste

https://www.ebay.com/itm/354077186811?hash=item5270a51afb:g:Ro8AAOSwfK5jDdlK

but im not entirely convinced because my primal fear on pump failures before the 1st year

[loud sandal]

Ay

I need 64gb ram

[high radish]

[steel wren]

ofc i have no doubt about it, its like a general fear on aios, not on particular open box units or brands... its the fear of failures on the pump unit... however given the price im very tempted anyway

maybe ill settle buying both the 360 and the ak620 just as a backup plan 😛 still both units are below the price of a single 360 new

but everything will be after securing the 4080 first

[loud sandal]

Says who

[quasi pasture]

whats this supposed to mean

[loud sandal]

I'm laughing you have so much ram

[quasi pasture]

Yea i got a great deal on that ram from a cool guy

[azure pond]

The cool guy was me

Definitely

[loud sandal]

Lol

[quasi pasture]

https://tenor.com/view/monster-naoki-urasawa-heinrich-lunge-anime-gif-22231212

[azure pond]

You'r

[jolly inlet]

Are you doing AI processing? Large CPU renders? Maybe running a busy server? Or creating a ram disk?

[loud sandal]

No I'm running a game that in beta and is a system hog

😛

[jolly inlet]

Star citizen?

If you really needed it for that one thing keep in mind performance will be actively hurt having that much ddr4.

What you can do is get 4x16gb and disconnect 2 when not needed to get better memory speeds and timings

[loud sandal]

Hm

[loud sandal]

Do they not make 64GB 3600CL16 ram

Like 2x32

Oh I see

If you buy 4x16gb sticks

Didn't pato say if all 4 dimm slots full it is worst or something

[jolly inlet]

They do but if you want more than 3200 speed you'll be paying a ton of money and you're not guaranteed to be able to run it

64gb 3200 c16 is like $400

[loud sandal]

Oh

[jolly inlet]

Huh, actually prices dropped a lot on those

[loud sandal]

Lol

[cinder kiln]

zen 4 moment mayhaps

[jolly inlet]

3600 c16 is still $250+ though

[cinder kiln]

as someone who uses 64gb you'll honestly never need it

I have a good use for it for work but for games, never

literally never

fringe cases like Fal'Cie said star citizen can page that much but that's really it

[loud sandal]

I did kinda use over 32GB ram but windows compression popped in to save me

[cinder kiln]

keeping windows clean is free

[jolly inlet]

Compression or page file?

[cinder kiln]

we have risen's ram cleaner you can set up to do on a schedule

[loud sandal]

Memory compression like under resources monitor

[loud sandal]

No

[jolly inlet]

Oof that's a big hit to performance

[loud sandal]

Oh

[cinder kiln]

lol

you're gonna buy 64gb and cope with the slower speed

and literally never need that much

[jolly inlet]

Or, hear me out, don't base your spec needs on a beta game

[grave delta]

You can get 32GB udimms

Like dual rank rev.b , rev.e, MJR, etc

[loud sandal]

I'm not saying I basing it on one game

[grave delta]

Largest RDIMMS ddr4 are like 512GB, LRDIMMS though

[loud sandal]

Also there's this

4000mhz

[jolly inlet]

4000 with that much memory is a crap shoot if it even runs on your memory controller

[loud sandal]

I bought 32gb kit will see what happens

[jolly inlet]

Even 3600 will require manual tuning

[cloud hornet]

You sure it wasnt just garbage collection?

[loud sandal]

No it's like the built in windows thingy

[cloud hornet]

GC and compression are both Windows thingies (and also program thingies)

[loud sandal]

Hm

[cinder kiln]

https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/motherboards/intel-socket-1700/98224-mag-b660m-mortar-max-wifi-ddr4

It's here in Aus

price is meh but bclk oc I think will make it a good edge case

think of it like adding $50 to a 12400F to make it a 12400KF

mayhaps a better cooler too for the 140W draw

[light holly]

Gosh, at that price, I feel like just spending a little more to get the 12600K or KF is better value?

[cinder kiln]

ya but then z690

again, edge case

meh, I guess Steel legend works

ah well, still a board worth looking at

[grand orbit]

Is mx4 usually more than 7$ for the 4g tube?

[cinder kiln]

https://tenor.com/view/i-want-seven-eleven-seven-eleven-711-7eleven-hjf-gif-15378064

[torpid night]

I want munchies and slurpee

[raw inlet]

How is 3080 12gb ventus bad? Cooling?

[torpid night]

just water cool it at that point lol

that’s a use for my 480mm rad lmfaoo

[raw inlet]

Still a cheap 3080 12gb tho

I don't get why 75c is bad

That's fine

[tacit current]

@raw inlet 6900xt oos

[raw inlet]

Wha

How

I just checked

Uhhhhh

[raw inlet]

I don't see out of stock

[tacit current]

refresh cache

[grand orbit]

Yes also the price, you can get the xlr8 12gb for 740

[raw inlet]

Ik

You posted it some time ago

[meager sandal]

I love the cards that go on sale. Gone in minutes

MSI 6900xt is $699.99 plus you get a $180 game bundle

[uncut tartan]

700$ is a steel

[boreal depot]

Steel?

It's made out of steel?

Cool

[azure pond]

opinions? https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813162027?

$140 z690 steel legend

[steel wren]

its an ok board, got one for my sis last month

pato recommendation

no problems so far

paired well with a 12700f

[high radish]

There was gigabyte z690 + 32gb ddr5 bundle at newegg for awhile but it's gone now

[loud sandal]

Sad

[grand orbit]

Decent but only 5 usb a ports:(

[pulsar fable]

That ml280 looks nice, but the word "rebate" is a bit off putting

[azure pond]

I mean, $50 even without the rebate

[pulsar fable]

Yeah, still a good price

[steel wren]

still those master liquid aios have an awful lot of bad reviews, most of them about clogging 😦

just saying

[stoic crest]

masterclog

[fair moon]

the thing about cheap aios is that you often don't wanna trust em in a high end build and you might as well just aircool a low end build

[jolly inlet]

Having owned a cooler master AIO I can tell you the fans and pump are loud, and prone to dying. I got a godawful grinding sound from the fans before I replaced them.

[azure pond]

ah rip

[jolly inlet]

So once you spend $15 replacing the fans you might as well have gotten a CLC or LFII b stock

[azure pond]

any opinions on this? not really so much the sale considering it's barely marked down, but looks like a pretty good heatsink for pretty cheap https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CDD6SGX?tag=pcpapi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1

[pulsar fable]

This the b stock LFII You're talking about?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/354032079782?hash=item526df4d3a6:g:XcYAAOSwc8xjFwtV

[jolly inlet]

4 heat pipes, all aluminum including most of the CPU block, it would be fine for a low end CPU

[jolly inlet]

Yep, I bought one actually

They've got all sizes there

Lots of b stock because of the recall issue they've been really proactive about

[pulsar fable]

I can see the multiple sizes

[jolly inlet]

The 280mm is $55, total steal

[pulsar fable]

I just chose the 420mm rad because "he he funny number'

[pulsar fable]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/354106545275?epid=20045301142&hash=item527265147b:g:r1MAAOSw35NjFwtG

[fleet marlin]

Idk if mentioned, G24F $130 at newegg currently.

[pulsar fable]

Mentioned, but thanks for the reminder

[autumn lodge]

https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-radeon-rx-6600-gv-r66eagle-8gd/p/N82E16814932481?Item=N82E16814932481

[fair moon]

Might be good to note that it's 92mm as opposed to 120

[grand orbit]

pretty bad you can get 6600's for 250 or a 6650xt for 300

[tiny heron]

$240 for the xfx brand

[grand orbit]

even better

[autumn lodge]

Where at lol

And what are good deals for like 3060's?

[pulsar fable]

Literally one Google search away
https://www.amazon.com/XFX-Speedster-Radeon-Graphics-RX-66XL8LFDQ/dp/B09HHLX543

This was the first thing to show up

[autumn lodge]

What about for 3060's 🤔

I'm trying to spend like under $400 after tax

[azure pond]

3060 is worse than a $300 6600xt

[steel wren]

there are no good deals for 30 series atm

[autumn lodge]

Rip

[steel wren]

all of them are awfully priced

[autumn lodge]

Should I just go for that 6600?

[azure pond]

3070 at $500 isn't that bad

[steel wren]

the bois here advice you for the best bang for your buck

[steel wren]

thats like msrp right

[azure pond]

Mhm

[autumn lodge]

Is that a yes lol

[azure pond]

If your budget is $400, I'd get a 6650xt for $313

Or 6700 at $370

[pulsar fable]

It may be worth waiting for the new stuff to be announced

But my magic 8 ball can't give any concrete advice

[autumn lodge]

Lol

[steel wren]

not on a budget

[autumn lodge]

U got a link for that 6650 xt?

[pulsar fable]

Not to buy the new stuff, so that the last gen of stuff gets cheaper

[steel wren]

new stuff will be heavily overpriced and we cant vouch for the old stuff to be heavily disconunted anyway

yeah that

maybe theyll go cheaper.... how much? dont knwo D:

[pulsar fable]

Sorry I should have been more specific

Yeah that's what I'm doing now

[azure pond]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/B9H7YJ/powercolor-radeon-rx-6650-xt-8-gb-hellhound-video-card-axrx-6650xt-8gbd6-3dhloc

@autumn lodge

[steel wren]

no no, im the one to be sorry, me jumping into conclusion that early was bad D:

[pulsar fable]

I'm used to it :(

[steel wren]

all good now 👍

[pulsar fable]

Yep 👍

[azure pond]

I really won't be surprised to see sub $300 3080s used

[steel wren]

used? yeah no doubt

even 3090s on 400

[azure pond]

As long as new stock isn't terrible anyways

[pulsar fable]

ok let's not be too optimistic

[steel wren]

if the new stuff is heavily overpriced i will jhump on a 7000 series or a 3080ti below 700usd

[azure pond]

Considering the 4060 ti is supposed to be as good as the 10gb

[steel wren]

the ideal scenario is a 4080 below 1k

for me

[azure pond]

If the stock is good, I wouldn't be surprised

[steel wren]

yeah sadly the 60ti is far away

march at the earliest

[azure pond]

Mm

I'm skipping 40 series anyways so

[steel wren]

since i sold my 3060ti to my sis

im desperate

😛

[azure pond]

Just get a 710

Or 750 ti

Either or

[steel wren]

im on a 750ti rn

[pulsar fable]

My 1650 super is crying in the corner from my last warzone session

[azure pond]

Should run 4k ultra settings with ease

[steel wren]

1080p medium 60 fps

more than enough for now

[pulsar fable]

I should have kept my Rx 570. At least that had 8gb of vram

[steel wren]

haha never sell your backup plan

[azure pond]

My friend had a 3400g with no dgpu until pretty recently

I got them a 1650 when we were dating, and I got a 1660 pretty much for free recently

So I might swap them out

[pulsar fable]

Sell? I have that to my dad for his gaming pc

[steel wren]

already 2k on the swearing jar 😄 i think i can go as much as 1.2k for the gpu only

so 4080 should be below that

[azure pond]

I once tried to run warzone on a 1030

That was pain

[grand orbit]

@azure pond btw thats only like 10$ under normal o11 air mini prices

[steel wren]

yeah wz is the one thing i miss now

i wont run it on my 750ti

[azure pond]

Oh is it?

Oof

[pulsar fable]

Given the amount of sweat in the game

[grand orbit]

yeah usually around 110

[pulsar fable]

You aren't missing much

[raw inlet]

Asus TUF 6800xt for 650$ good?

[grand orbit]

Nope

[raw inlet]

Bruh what a stupid question, it obviously isn't worth it when there are 700-730$ 6900xt

I'm dumb

[loud sandal]

[steel wren]

also a 3090 on 1k is not a deal 😛

[loud sandal]

Kinda is

Plus it's Nvidia so it's gunna be more

[jolly inlet]

For no good reason it's more expensive

[loud sandal]

Has more vram

[jolly inlet]

Especially with the 6900 XT at $700

[jolly inlet]

What are you doing that needs more than 16gb vram though

8k gaming doesn't even use that

[loud sandal]

More cores and better memory type and more bus width but they are both same in gaming buuuut other applications might make it faster

[loud sandal]

Idk depends maybe like vr or mixed reality

Ik with mixed reality they said it has to run 2 Instances of vr or something

[jolly inlet]

Cores are not comparable between brands, or even across generations
"Better memory" technically but it's also a lot hotter with little real world performance gain
Bus width matters less on AMD due to the infinity cache

[loud sandal]

Oh

[jolly inlet]

This is why you can't just look at a spec sheet and know A is better than B

[loud sandal]

Well

[fleet marlin]

Imagine if 6900XT has 10K cores, would be nuts.

[jolly inlet]

7950 XT will be 16k cores

[keen marsh]

@loud sandal for VR just get a 12gb 3080. you'll be fine

unless you have that 8k vr headset.

[loud sandal]

No

And like I said I'm talking about mixed reality it's much more then VR

[keen marsh]

Even for mixed reality 12gb is fine

[loud sandal]

@keen marsh also I'm not getting a 3080 when 4000 series is literally right here

[keen marsh]

Why would you get a 3090 when the 4000 series is right there? 😛

[loud sandal]

That's there choice to get a 3090 if they want

But YOU told me to get a 3080 and I said no

Literally I think someone in general is getting a 3090 lol

[cinder kiln]

Who's "their"

Oh i c

[loud sandal]

Like anyone

[cinder kiln]

But our advice is generally to steer them away from their choice if we can help them with better

[loud sandal]

If they are so Persistent on buying a gpu like rn and don't wanna wait and they wanna get a 3090 then let them

[cinder kiln]

That's like, almost the entire point of this server lol

But still there's always someone every so often who won't listen

[loud sandal]

Bruh "their choice" what are you the government do we now not have freedom in a discord server 🤡

[cinder kiln]

You know I mean that in a positive way not a suppressive way

[loud sandal]

Sure

[cinder kiln]

If they regret their decisions in a year then they'll know they should've listened

[loud sandal]

Bc all you guys do is push agendas on people I seen it time from time I get 1 thing of someone needs help but if someone wants to buy a certain thing and they want it you guys try to divert them from it I need it so many times now

[cinder kiln]

Ya cos they tell us what their needs are and we show them what will be better/faster/nicer value

It's different in the context of educated decisions versus generally avoiding brands due to misguided stigma

But if they truly want like, all AMD or all RGB etc. I think this place is better than a lot of PC discords for listening to that

[loud sandal]

Ig

[cinder kiln]

You gotta remember PC enthusiasts as well are generally strong-minded

[loud sandal]

Hm

[steel wren]

https://tenor.com/view/thriller-michael-jackson-eating-popcorn-watching-gif-5577709

[jolly inlet]

PCMR on reddit is super toxic, they'll tell you to get something because everything else sucks for every purpose, and it's not even that good or really overpriced.

[loud sandal]

🤔

Tbh I don't even know who they are

[steel wren]

at least now you know the difference between nvidia cuda cores and amd streaming processors 🙂

[loud sandal]

Nope still confused

[jolly inlet]

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/

[steel wren]

[loud sandal]

Like I heard of them from time to time but never really takes to them or went to see who they ate

[jolly inlet]

I think that typo makes that sentence 100% better

[cinder kiln]

I've never been to buildapc but I hear bad stories there too

[steel wren]

still you missed the memo 😛 a 3090 at 1k is a really bad deal

could be worth at around 800

could be

[loud sandal]

Omg lol I just saw

Auto correct didn't save me

[jolly inlet]

I was pleasantly surprised when I first came here. I was expecting a lot more pushing of the newegg site and all others being banned or something, and lots of "more expensive more better" talk.

[loud sandal]

I seen it in r/hardware for about $825

[jolly inlet]

ebay is around there too

[steel wren]

at 825 could be, brand new speaking

used should be around 600

[jolly inlet]

Sure but that would mean encroaching on 3070 and lower sales

Jensen won't let that happen

[loud sandal]

If 600 might habe to buy on for my friend 👀

[steel wren]

ofc not xD he weill try at 1k + some 200usd bundle

[steel wren]

ill haggle that to 700 at least

[loud sandal]

Lol shipping

[jolly inlet]

"Fixed thermals" 100% that was a mining card lol

[steel wren]

hahahahaha

damn right

[jolly inlet]

Gotta be a scam on that one, 3090 ti is $1100 new still so no way they're selling it for $900

Unless they have the magical "25% off any single item" coupon

[cinder kiln]

Ebay go brrrrsendrocksaswellassand

[loud sandal]

[cloud hornet]

Is there even a place on reddit that is good tho?

[jolly inlet]

Hardwareswap?

[cloud hornet]

We are only allowed to use Oldegg. Corsair and NZXT are the only good brands, fite me.

[cloud hornet]

usually not bad ig

[jolly inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/hasbulla-hasbik-cute-meme-influencer-gif-21732737

[safe shale]

do you guys think the ryzen cpu prices will drop even more?

especially 5600

non x

[grave delta]

I like to 💩 post overclocking content in pcmr and ask if it's good enough for fortnite

[jolly inlet]

Gradually, over time

Forks the epic troll here lol

[grave delta]

e.g. https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/15197200

[safe shale]

but once the old cpus aren't manufactured, wouldn't prices rise

or should I not worry about that

[grave delta]

Kinda potato gtx 580 clocks, but eh

[jolly inlet]

That won't happen for at least another year, maybe longer. 5600 will be in production for a while still.

[safe shale]

oh huh

[fiery zephyr]

5600g is 115 now, i payed 200 for it 2 weeks ago...

[safe shale]

wow

[jolly inlet]

I'm assuming AMD is going to do what they did before and use the last gen chips to cover the low end

[fiery zephyr]

Im now returning thru Amazon and buying a better cpu lol

[safe shale]

for how long though

until next year?

I'm guessing

[jolly inlet]

Next year is only a few months away, even the 7600X isn't coming out by then probably

Let alone anything like a 7500 that would take the place of the 5600

Oh well yes the 7600X is coming out with the rest of the lineup, it was other brands I was thinking of that were staggering the launch more

[safe shale]

huh well the new platform seems way too expensive

[loud sandal]

Forks down bad

[safe shale]

to get into

[jolly inlet]

DDR5 is still pretty pricy, and launch prices for motherboards are going to be 20-30% higher than where they settle in a few months. It's an early adopter tax.

[safe shale]

I guess but still pretty huge 👀

[jolly inlet]

Consider that the 7600X is supposed to have better single core (and therefore gaming) performance than the 12900k

[safe shale]

eh those are pretty biased though..

[jolly inlet]

That wasn't based on AMD provided info, that was late engineering sample leaks

Later samples better reflect final performance

I guess we'll see once the 26th hits and all the reviews go live

[small token]

gotta love bleeding-edge tax

[jolly inlet]

Yep. You want the best? Better be prepared to pay for it

[small token]

i'l wait til stuff has been out a while, let them iron the kinks out

[jolly inlet]

I'm the same way. I'll never buy a brand new platform.

[quasi pasture]

7900X > 7600X > 7900X > 7800X > 7740X

just my honest opinion.

[cinder kiln]

Hm

[jolly inlet]

I'm quite confused lol
Gotta love reusing model names

[cinder kiln]

[jolly inlet]

You should see before the edits lol

[fleet marlin]

Blame it on the keyboard.

[quasi pasture]

it's true though

[keen marsh]

Depending on the games you would play ya.

There are a few games I wouldn't play on less than an 8 core CPU. Mainly cause I have things running at the same time.

[humble temple]

can someone help me really quick?

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16811129268?Item=N82E16811129268 does this case use water cooling or air flow?

[torpid night]

bruh

[brittle lagoon]

that's just a case

doesn't come with anything in it like the images suggest

[cloud hornet]

Comes with five ARGB fans and a mostly solid front panel.

No air/liquid CPU cooler included as others have stated.

[stone belfry]

Hey guys! Is a PC with a 1050 ti i5 8th gen and 8 gigs of ram with no drive worth it for €300?

[stoic crest]

Nah

[frosty rain]

Question. I now need to buy a new laptop for a elderly parent who used her old one to mainly watch YouTube and go on Facebook, and play simple 2d pc games. Anyone got a good idea of one under 300 bucks that can run that basic stuff on the site?

[stone belfry]

Why actually?

[grand orbit]

For 300 sounds aight

[grand orbit]

300 is basically chrome book territory but that can be limiting

[frosty rain]

I figured. I bought her an acer 3 years ago, and it died yesterday. So its pretty much a last minute thing. I've had chrome books before, their not bad. You think it be able to run the basic stuff now a days still?

[grand orbit]

Yeah but it's basically all web based

Like you can't install programs like word etc

[frosty rain]

She doesn't know how to do any of that anyway. She used it for Facebook, YouTube, and basic games that a android can run.

[azure pond]

Check out r/laptopdeals

I've seen some decent laptops for that budget, I think a 3250u one for $250

[frosty rain]

That would be perfect. Thank you, both of you.

She is bed ridden pretty much, and keeps her occupied

[azure pond]

Here you go https://www.ebay.com/itm/195333909312?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=ANTB-InmQOe&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=2lqo7k9oqdg&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Would probably need a storage upgrade tho

[frosty rain]

Could easily get a USB stick for storage to remedy that couldn't I?

Either way. Thank you both again @azure pond @grand orbit

[azure pond]

External drive would work yeah

Wouldn't recommend a flash drive, ehdd would be better

[frosty rain]

Yeah external drive can do np

Got to get one for my own pc anyway

[azure pond]

Theyre pretty cheap, I got my 2tb one for $35 on sale

Gets decently fast downloads, considering what it is

Normally around 30mb/s

[frosty rain]

That would deffently work. Thank you again

[turbid locust]

That was an... interesting deal

[grand orbit]

Thought you where talking bout my psu one lol

[azure tartan]

huh, that's the longest a fake link has lasted thus far

[stoic crest]

UD850GM is the good deal

It's not P850GM lol

Not a bomb at all

Imma just be blunt and say it here, all the downvoters. Do your goddamn research before voting a product, be it downvote or upvote

[cinder kiln]

Lol ikr

[quasi pasture]

Its a good unit, I just think its a little expensive, therefore not a great deal

[stoic crest]

That's fair

[quasi pasture]

I got my RM850x for like 70 iirc

and a 750W evga unit for like 40

750 GT

[stoic crest]

Oh damn, that's nice

[quasi pasture]

yea it was on evga bstock, so not technically new?

And it arrived DOA but I got it replaced for free and got to keep the extra cables lol

[cloud hornet]

But I saw GB PSU go boom boom. So I need to hate all GB PSUs becuz Santa Claus-senpai told me to be safe after shooting me with a shotgun to keep his secret identity.

[stoic crest]

lmao

[cinder kiln]

I was a p850gm survivor

[stoic crest]

I just don't like it when people makes an assumption on a product just because of the brand being known for making some bad products

It's like implying everything from the brand must be terrible

[cinder kiln]

I mean I upvoted it tho lol

[stoic crest]

I'm aware kek

But the others that didn't do research

It's kinda sad

[cinder kiln]

Would I buy one? No I'm still scared out of my poops from the p850gm

But is it good? Yes

[stoic crest]

lmao

[cinder kiln]

That said Far's point about B stock is a very consistent and valid reason

[stoic crest]

mhm

The rest tho, they're just assumptions lol

[loud sandal]

We must upvote

[cloud hornet]

I mean a valid reason to dislike it is cuz GB did give an F to those who bought the PSU

Thus, GB as a company just isnt one to trust

[stoic crest]

That's true, but still sucks

[lofty moss]

no company is trustworthy

they dont want your trust they want your money

[loud sandal]

Yea I wouldn't like my pc to burst into flames

[cloud hornet]

But I mean, basically every company would rather get 0.01 yen and let the entire world die rather then the other way around

[loud sandal]

I have a question if a power supply explodes can that cause a reaction and the other parts can explode or is the power supply contained

[stoic crest]

That's certainly true for all companies

But ya know I like to take things objectively, not just emotionally

[cloud hornet]

Tho jokes aside, some companies will actually prioritize customer safety over profits. They still arent your friend, but they will at least try to keep you negative dead

[stoic crest]

So I just buy product that's known to be good

But yeah, those type of companies does exist

Gigabyte just tends to give people a bad stigma due to their.. questionable rma

Multiple dead gpus after numerous RMAs

[cloud hornet]

Also worth noting warranty experience. Not having to waste 3hrs to then pull GN into every damn RMA thing is nice

[stoic crest]

I love Asus RMA here

They instantly accept just about any damages lmao

[loud sandal]

Just buy nzxt

[stoic crest]

One time I messed up and scratched my mobo

They took it right in and got me a new one

[loud sandal]

Same with sips gpu

[cloud hornet]

I've seen some "fun" Asus RMAs tho

My best was with Acer. Prebuilt with bad GPU. They upped me from a 970 to a 1070 despite not being able to replicate my issues and prove it was faulty.

[stoic crest]

I mean I even got a new front panel for the prebuilt when the RMA guys broke it trying to take it apart lel

[loud sandal]

Haha

[stoic crest]

Just had to use it with broken panel for a week

Before it gets to thailand

The part was ordered from china

[loud sandal]

Yea

[stoic crest]

It was just some clips and the headphone holder thing

[quasi pasture]

my x99 posts always get downvoted because people dont do research and know nothing about the platform lol

[stoic crest]

rip

[light holly]

[loud sandal]

@light holly bruh

[quasi pasture]

@grave delta #tech-deals

[turbid locust]

x99 is the worst platform I've had the displeasure of using

Haha ddr4 goes ppfft

Only ic I've been able to clock over 3400 was M4F

[fleet marlin]

Skill issue. Meanwhile 3200c16 and some 3000c15 or 2666 Rev E doing 4000+ w/ ease often.

[quasi pasture]

Well yea... it's a first-gen ddr4 platform lol

Not even consumer haswell used ddr4

The platform still destroys Zen and Zen+ lol

[turbid locust]

That's a very low bar