tech-deals-discussion

[azure pond]

Sounds about right

[light holly]

I didn't realize I had gotten it when it was still relatively new.

[azure pond]

Yeah Nov 4

[daring depot]

If the viper mini is short for me, is the viper ultimate worth it? they're only a few milimeters different

[fair moon]

iirc the Ultimate is basically a wireless Viper

The Mini was wayyy to small for me but my wired Viper is great

It's a full 2cm longer, .5cm wider, and .1cm shorter

https://www.rtings.com/mouse/tools/compare/razer-viper-mini-vs-razer-viper-ultimate/9990/1639?usage=8876&threshold=0.10

[flat junco]

Green = Mini

[fair moon]

I'm sure that dimensions are correct but at least in my opinion the mini feels a lot smaller than that

[daring depot]

there are comparisons like that?

well, the issue for me is that the viper is short

I guess I'll quit on the viper, the sale was really good though

[grand orbit]

Try look into endgame xm1r or Logitech g403 hero

[daring depot]

That actually looks like a good mouse

is the endgame xm1r worth buying now?

[grand orbit]

Idk what price it is now but I've heard good things

[grand orbit]

Nope it's mouse i have

[light holly]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/394101017213

[grand orbit]

Why ebay pain

[light holly]

idk I looked the mouse up on google and that was one of the links

So I was looking in my drawer of PC stuff for the mouse that I got from my bestie..

it's a G703 Lightspeed?

has a USB dongle and a charge cord.

it def needs some new skates. This thing is well used.

it's like the same weight as my Orochi V2 with the battery in it. I thought about using it, but idk.

[quasi pasture]

Ebay is great

[high radish]

there were times ebay was popular than amazon

[quasi pasture]

I actually buy off ebay more than amazon

[high radish]

I shopping from ebay a lot too . I buying things from amazon only couse fast shipping if its aviable

[flat junco]

Usually I can find some things cheaper and free shipping on eBay so I'll order from there

[fair moon]

Whenever I find something on amazon sold by a third party I search for them on Ebay

Sometimes get the exact same thing from the same seller for cheaper

[quasi pasture]

I just bought like 3 computers parts off ebay for dirt cheap

I love good deals 🤓 🤓 🤓

[short kindle]

Thats a good seller also. I deal with them regularly.

[marsh sphinx]

I’m not really sure where to post this but are there any new highly anticipated gaming laptops coming up?

Im eyeing the zephyrus g14/g15 but I’m not sure I’m ready to buy yet

[daring depot]

so am I tbh

the issue is that the most common problem on them is the screen breaking or case deforming

and where do you find a zephyrus NEW!?

[fleet marlin]

Within $40ish of a 3070, maybe. Also fe 3070 msrp was $500 just for reference. Sure aib are often higher, but shouldn't be tons higher.

[eager junco]

No, I bought mine for that when it came out during the shortage

[loud sandal]

@high radish WTF

[waxen turtle]

Is there anyone on that can answer a question ?

[quasi pasture]

what is the meaning of life

[waxen turtle]

42

[vague pine]

its about period ahh period uhh

[waxen turtle]

Im having a computer issue and im freaking out

[quasi pasture]

well what is it

[waxen turtle]

It says cpu over temperature error after i restarted it from it shutting down without warning

I built it 10 months ago

[quasi pasture]

well, did the CPU shut itself off from overheating?

[waxen turtle]

Well it shut off without warning but all my fans are running and so is my liquid cooler

Id show you what it says but i cant add pics in here

[quasi pasture]

dm it to me

@waxen turtle press f1, then exit bios again to boot normally, or just force boot in the bios menu to your OS drive.

[jolly inlet]

When's the last time you cleaned the computer, especially the radiator and fans?

[quasi pasture]

well the computer is no older than 10 months

couldnt be that bad right

[jolly inlet]

Not necessarily, it's possible it was a X370 system that was upgraded to X570

[waxen turtle]

About two weeks ago after my car accident

X570 is what it says it is on the box

[jolly inlet]

Yeah it says X570 on the screen too

What I'm thinking happened is when you cleaned it something got unplugged (partially perhaps), probably the pump

[quasi pasture]

it would've shut off and started having that problem way earlier than now

[jolly inlet]

That's why I mention a possible partial disconnect

[quasi pasture]

🧐

[cinder kiln]

aio pump could've also just failed

[jolly inlet]

Also possible but the timing is sus

[cinder kiln]

i agree

[quasi pasture]

he says it's a corsair-something

[cinder kiln]

💀

probably h100i or something

[quasi pasture]

@waxen turtle if after you restart it happens again, just a forewarning, it might be a bad mount or (probably not) defective cooler. keep an eye on your CPU temps with HWinfo64 while you're using your system every now and then too

[cinder kiln]

you'll probably see high temps just in bios tbh

[waxen turtle]

Wouldn’t the lights on it not work then?

[quasi pasture]

its a coreliquid 240r

@waxen turtle chat in here so the other guys can help too

[waxen turtle]

Ok

[jolly inlet]

No the RGB is a totally separate thing

[waxen turtle]

Oh ok

This is my very first build so its all new to me

Brb gotta tell my husband im chatting with tech persons

[quasi pasture]

turbo nerds

[waxen turtle]

Ok im back lol i wish i had kept up with computer engineering stuff

[quasi pasture]

nah this isnt really computer engineering, just general computer knowledge

[cinder kiln]

this is like, playing with legos for computer engineers tbh

[waxen turtle]

I was in computer programming college classes in high school in 1990

Ive only been gaming like 7-8 years 😂

[waxen turtle]

Lmmfao imma have to use that on my cousin he’s a computer engineer he builds satellites

[cinder kiln]

satellites are a bit more complicated yes lol

you won't see any rgb there

lolol

[waxen turtle]

Lmmfao who would be able to see rgb in space 😂😂

Hell im still trying to locate the wire to turn the rbg back on on my fans

Im slightly older then the internet

[cinder kiln]

might be a good idea to turn off the pc at the back, unplug the pc from everything in the back then put it down on a table to fix everything up

I would take the opportunity to make sure you've done a good job at making sure everything's plugged in properly really

[waxen turtle]

I cant lift it i have a fractured sternum 😫have to wait for my husband to get up for that

[cinder kiln]

ah oof

I hope you feel better soon

that freaking sucks

[waxen turtle]

Car accident in the 6th i survived my friend did not i got life flighted with a broken back and the list of injuries keeps building the va found more just last week so im oretty much confined to my recliner for the foreseeable future

[cinder kiln]

omg

[waxen turtle]

But on the bright side i have really good pain meds 😁

[cinder kiln]

I'm sorry I segued into that

[waxen turtle]

Na is ok

[cinder kiln]

I hope so

well anyway when your husband gets the chance then he can help with that

it's really just making sure the aio is plugged in with the rgb

[waxen turtle]

Yeah ill tell him when he gets up

i appreciate the help yall have been im not as freaked out as i was since its running now

[cinder kiln]

that freaking out bit never changes

no matter how experienced you get

[waxen turtle]

yeah my cousin laughs at me about it

[high radish]

hows that laptop price ? https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16834233521?Item=N82E16834233521

[fair moon]

seems pretty good

holup

15.6" 4K / UHD 3840 x 2160 Thin Bezel Samsung AMOLED display, VESA DisplayHDR 400 True Black, 100% DCI-P3

4k is overkill for 15in but AMOLED 👀

[jolly inlet]

Don't be fooled that's a tablet screen lol

[fair moon]

is it 60hz

[jolly inlet]

AMOLED ≠ OLED

Probably 60Hz but could be up to 120

[fair moon]

still for a laptop that's pretty good though, no?

*it is 60hz

I thought it would be 120/144 but nope

[jolly inlet]

That's often the tradeoff in laptops, resolution or refresh rate, pick one

[fair moon]

fair enough

Looks like its targeting the media creation crowd a bit more than gaming

[high radish]

oh I didn't checked screen lol

[short kindle]

Got this stupid cheap. Heres hoping the PSU didnt kill everything.

[light holly]

watch him have put all dead hardware in it LOL

[short kindle]

It'll get relisted on ebay separately for parts. I will at least get my money back.

[light holly]

I honestly hope it turns out to only be a dead PSU and everything else works.

[fair moon]

probably psu or mobo

[short kindle]

I am thinking there is a dead PSU or motherboard. I have all spare parts to test. Just hoping for the best. After painting the glass and cleaning it, I should come out $600+

Also snagged this one. Should be an easy flip after adding a HDD and 8 more GB of ram.

[fair moon]

how much can ya sell a 5500xt for though?

[short kindle]

$80

[fair moon]

I guess clueless parents buying a pc for the kid

[short kindle]

I offer 90 warranty and extended warranty options. I have loads of happy customers.

[fair moon]

meant the whole pc

[short kindle]

~$550 with a 19" monitor and keyboard, mouse and pad combo.

[fair moon]

you sell thru ebay or elsewhere?

[short kindle]

Locally.

[fair moon]

ah

[short kindle]

only

[fair moon]

so no ebay fees

or shipping

[short kindle]

Right. However ebay fees are only 6.8% plus $0.30

[fair moon]

adds up when trynna make profit though

[short kindle]

It surely does. I am sure people on ebay hate me for low balling but I am not selling these machines at a huge profit. Offering warranty with them as well sometimes comes back to bite me.

[quasi pasture]

are you talking about seller fees?

they are not that low

unless it changes depending on certain conditions

[fair moon]

Yeah it depends on what you're selling but I think it's a bit higher than 6.8

closer to 10% for tech/computers I wanna say

[quasi pasture]

its a little over 12% iirc

[fair moon]

dang

[jolly inlet]

Sometimes they have deals that cut seller fees, I try to sell around those times

[short kindle]

Looking at ebay fees section for desktops and all in ones the fees are 6.8% plus a 0.30 fixed listing fee.

[jolly inlet]

They change constantly, it's really annoying

[fair moon]

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/selling-fees?id=4822#section2

Sounds like PCs would fall into the 12.9% bracket

ouch

[short kindle]

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/store-selling-fees?id=4809

I pay the monthly subscription. Its 6.8%

[jolly inlet]

That's a bit different from most sellers then

[light holly]

This is my ebay find I got in the mail today.

[short kindle]

Its $8 per month to save you 6% per transaction. If you sell more than once on there its worth having.

Even once if its a high dollar item. $8 could save you $100.

[fair moon]

didn't know that existed, good to know for the future i guess

[fair moon]

https://www.newegg.com/black-asus-tuf-gaming-vg27aq1a-27/p/N82E16824281087?

good for $200?

after MIR

[pallid geyser]

Doesn’t seem bad

It’s IPS & says 170hz

[stoic crest]

5500 even for $100 still sucks

12100f exists for same perf kek

multi core is essentially similar too

even tho the i3 has less cores

[marsh sphinx]

any laptop recs

for portability

[stoic crest]

budget?

[marsh sphinx]

1-1.2k

[stoic crest]

usd?

[marsh sphinx]

ye

[stoic crest]

kk

it won't be for gaming, right?

[marsh sphinx]

I’m looking for amd + 3050/3060

It will be

[stoic crest]

ah, okay

i'll see what i can do

[marsh sphinx]

I’m also gonna do other stuff but i want it to be able to do light gaming

Thx

I found an HP victus 15 inch that does the job for $800 ish but idk how it performs

[stoic crest]

victus 15 kinda meh

has no 3060 version

but it's fine

lid is wobbly tho, just to add

[marsh sphinx]

There tends to be loads more 15/16 inch laptops but i wish there was more 14 inch stuff

[marsh sphinx]

Yeah i heard

[stoic crest]

zeph g14 is worth lookin into

[marsh sphinx]

sold out basically everywhere tho

[stoic crest]

rip

tuf dash is a good alternative

if you don't mind 4 cores

12th gen ones should be out tho

they got some good core count

[marsh sphinx]

I mean i’m not doing anything intense probably just esports tbh

Isn’t amd’s power efficiency a lot better tho

[stoic crest]

then it's plenty

well ya

but it's harder to find

[marsh sphinx]

True

This is the victus i found earlier

It had customizable options on the website so i tweaked the config a bit

[stoic crest]

looks good

batt kinda small but good for like 8 hours

[marsh sphinx]

I can survive with like 4-5

My current laptop does 4 hours and 20 minutes on my undervolt preset

1065g7

😬

1.3k just to have 1660ti

[cinder kiln]

I think the tuf gaming a15 with a 3060 is a similar price to that iirc

I'm very happy with it for what it's worth, the 2022 model

[loud sandal]

That website wrong

[marsh sphinx]

Would you consider it thin/lightweight or easily portable?

[cinder kiln]

yes it's pretty light

[marsh sphinx]

its literally the asus website

[cinder kiln]

not thin n lite but definitely light

[loud sandal]

Yea wrong

[cinder kiln]

and I mean it's a 15 inch laptop so take that as you would for portability

140W 3060 in it too

[loud sandal]

That's good

[jolly inlet]

The only people that should buy straight off the website like that are businesses that write off a mass order of 100 for taxes

[marsh sphinx]

Im leaning toward 14 inch but it seems theres loads more 15/16/17 inch options

[cinder kiln]

15 you'll def have more options

15 is standard amongst the standards really lol

[marsh sphinx]

Yeah i do think its a tad big tho

maybe im just used to 14 inch

[stoic crest]

g14 is just oos everywhere sadly

it's an amazing laptop

[marsh sphinx]

jealous

i want to get the next gen of it

assuming there will be one

[stoic crest]

tuf a15 2022 is a pretty good option

[marsh sphinx]

this?

wait nvm thats 2021

Are you saying youd rather have 1080p or 4k

[stoic crest]

the 2021 is quite hefty

[marsh sphinx]

ok thats what i was thinking

[marsh sphinx]

i could tell by the product image

i have 27 inch 1080p

[stoic crest]

2022 is thinner and lighter

[marsh sphinx]

i could care less (about resolution)

[stoic crest]

also faster

it usually has 1080p as standard tho

1440p is reserved for top model

fair enough

[cinder kiln]

the 3060 version

of that

[marsh sphinx]

this looks promising

(my zip code is not 60654 btw)
\

[stoic crest]

legion slim kinda weak

i also hope it doesn't have 4k or 1440p

[cinder kiln]

I would pick the tuf over the legion

the tuf I can run almost full tilt without overheating

quite a bit of headroom in it

[marsh sphinx]

This one seems kinda ass perf wise but it has 6800hs and 3050 🥺

[cinder kiln]

definitely not that one lol

[marsh sphinx]

Facts

[stoic crest]

that one's ass

worse than the legion slim lmao

tho tuf defo better pick

the slim legion has soldered ram

[cinder kiln]

or find an msi equivalent to the tuf

you can overclock the ram on those with intel chips

💀

big boost if you have the patience for that sort of this

[marsh sphinx]

is gigabyte ass

laptop market

i didnt even know they made laptops

[cinder kiln]

gigabyte G5 and A5 would be good

but idk how heavy they are

[stoic crest]

they're pretty heavy

2.3 kg

and also thick

clevo rebranded as gigabyte

the design looks pretty dated too

[light holly]

$32

Idk yet. The rest of the hardware showed up today while I was sleeping. At work now.

Yeah, this build is for my 9 year olds bday, hence such a low end cpu.

I have a girl. Idk how well I could handle a boy haha

Disney Dreamlight Valley is gonna get a lot of screen time haha

[jolly inlet]

I've been pushing my wife to try that but she doesn't have a lot of time

Does it allow multiple profiles? I have it through game pass

[light holly]

I'm not sure tbh. I don't have it on my pc. I just know that a 11th gen laptop igpu can only run it low graphics so instead, I decided to put a 580 8gb into a build.

Thats muh plan.

[jolly inlet]

I've already got my boys hooked. My 5 year old plays Smash on the Switch all the time, he's almost as good as me.

He's beaten me in mario kart too

[light holly]

Nice. I waited a little before I decided to allow pc use. Her pc is gonna have some heavy restrictions for now since she hasn't used one before. Don't need her accidentally seeing something she shouldn't.

I still have yet to figure out what program to use. Preferably something I can modify from my own PC.

[jolly inlet]

I wish the Switch parental controls were better. Is it so much to ask for per-profile pins to protect my saves?

[light holly]

Oh noooo

Lol

[jolly inlet]

He already wrecked my smash profile, I buy game carts so I can control physical access to ones I really care about like pokemon. If he deleted my Legends data I'd be pissed.

[marsh sphinx]

Children moment

[cloud hornet]

Just buy another switch. Ez fix right??

[versed patrol]

Hey I'm trynna upgrade my keyboard and I found this website, is it any good? keep in mind i'm not trying to spend a fortune on a new gaming keyboard shopgalactica.com

[brittle lagoon]

I mean it's just the same stuff as you would find on Amazon or anywhere else

List of general keyboard stuff vendors:
https://www.mechmap.tech/

[light holly]

That server is so elitist.

Helpful though.

From certain people. Just gotta bash your way into their hearts.

[jolly inlet]

3060 for below msrp for the first time ever?!

[short kindle]

Also posted a link thats OOS

[jolly inlet]

It was in stock when I looked earlier

[fair moon]

In stock when I checked just now

Great deal, well below the lowest 6600xt/6650xt deals I've seen

[short kindle]

and its in stock again wtf

[pseudo wharf]

5600g is cheaper than the 5600??? Should i get it? I have a 2700x

[jolly inlet]

5600g has half the cache and performs more like a 3600

In exchange for having the iGPU

[pseudo wharf]

Thats kinda dumb

[cloud hornet]

Welcome to AMD CPUs

||/s||

[dry flume]

5600 non g is like 140usd

[fair moon]

130 I think

[dry flume]

is it?

that's a great deal

[fair moon]

oh it's 120 but 15 shipping

[dry flume]

i think the only difference between the x and non x it's the 200mhz higher clock speed on 5600x

and it's like 40usd cheaper

[pulsar fable]

Well 3 hours later, the 3060* is far and away gone

Their 6700xt is $490, but comes with a $120 Newegg gift card (eww) and "Sakura" fan.
So... Basically market equilibrium price for a 6700xt + a free fan I guess

[fair moon]

my issue with the promo gift cards is that they only last 30 days

Or at least the one I got did

If you're building a pc it's fine but if you're trying to just get one thing it doesn't work so well

[small token]

that 3060 is back in stock but at $500 now lol

[pallid geyser]

Check this out on @Newegg: Logitech G604 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Mouse with 15 Programmable Controls, Dual Wireless Connectivity Modes, and HERO 25K Sensor https://www.newegg.com/logitech-910-005622-g604-dual/p/N82E16826197351?Item=9SIBED2J6U2360&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-9SIBED2J6U2360-_-11022022

That mouse is cheaper on Newegg

[cinder kiln]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08SBY73C2

Don't think this is good cos of delivery unless someone from US can demonstrate cheap delivery for me lol

[azure pond]

Check seller

[cinder kiln]

seller meh

also a bit bleh

I did tho

[short kindle]

Also seller will take a restocking fee if you return it.

[cinder kiln]

indood

[short kindle]

Check eBay for deals. I paid $30 each for these. Brand new never opened.

[cinder kiln]

wao

also I didn't need one, it turned up while I was making a list, thought I'd flag it as weird/needs checking

[short kindle]

$35 for this one. It’s a 100+ psu.

[near igloo]

👍

[warm thicket]

I once got a RM1000i for $20 off of ebay.

Basically I paid $80 for a complete RM1000i, magic smoke came out when I tested it, told seller, they refunded me and told me to keep PSU, I went and did a RMA with Corsair and surprisingly they accepted it and only had to pay $20 for shipping.

[short kindle]

Sounds like a good deal.

[near igloo]

[warm thicket]

I just got super lucky, normally I don't think most manufacturers do RMAs for items bought off eBay or third party, but I guess Corsair does not care as long as the serial has a warranty active.

[short kindle]

I would say thats all that matters if the warranty period is still valid.

Doesnt matter where you bought it.

[warm thicket]

Also recently got a SF700 off of eBay for like $40 for a server, no cables of course but I have a few sets of spare compatible CableMod cables.

Gold model.

[quasi pasture]

Im gonna need a new power supply soon lol

[short kindle]

You know cable mod cables for the NZXT PSU are like $20 each. and $32 for the 24 pin

[quasi pasture]

ill sell my rm850x when i do

[short kindle]

Thought about custom cables but it just doesnt make since unless you buy the big bucks PSU.

[warm thicket]

I got a spare RM850x and a RM1000i, im good for a few builds and I have an A tier Phanteks 1000w unit in my main system.

[short kindle]

Ebay has a bunch of desks on sale if you all are in the market.

[warm thicket]

Whenever I see a good deal on a PSU I always pick that damn deal up, lmao.

[pulsar fable]

I should have clarified that the "I guess" was a bit sarcastic. I wouldn't go for it

[thick lintel]

should i buy a ryzen 7 5700x at 18% off discount or am i still waiting for black friday?

For 6700

Radeon

[daring depot]

Do y'all buy a lot of power units? I feel concerned now cause I haven't touched mine in years

[brittle lagoon]

If it's a decent unit, don't worry about it

There's a reason manufacturers are willing to offer a 10 year warranty sometimes

[light holly]

When razer has to market no double clicking issues with their own mice. LOL

[vague pine]

because they care about the changes theyve made unlike logitech where they just charge more for the same specs

[flat junco]

Logitech has always been about money

Perfect example is the g29, g920, and then whatever the "new" wheel is, even though it's just a new shell

Same internals

I should get my superlight tomorrow, excited to try it out, but I'm not getting my hopes up because big hands

[vague pine]

ye the new aorura mouse thing whatever with "gamer glow"is a g305 with a slightly different shape and $70 more

corepads skates and grips should be coming in tomorrow or friday and then next weekend ill take a dremel to the bottom of my razer viper mini and cut out some more of the base

take off the palm rest as well maybe

[daring depot]

logitech makes good stuff though, at least the mice are pretty high quality in my opinion

everything else always has a problem though

[jolly inlet]

Black Friday tech deals aren't typically good deals. You're better off buying now with it on sale.

[molten halo]

I got some massive hands but I love my superlight

[flat junco]

Haha, I've bought like 4 mice in the last year or so trying to find one that fits

Latest one is zowie ec1-c

I think Mountain Makalu 67 fits the best though, but they're both pretty close

[molten halo]

For reference

[flat junco]

I'll have to get a picture of the superlight, if it comes tomorrow lol

[molten halo]

Looking forward to it

[molten halo]

Ah btw I used the g303 the weird shroud superlight equivalent and actually loved it, think it fit my hand better then the superlight.

[flat junco]

I think the g502 fits great, but it's old

[molten halo]

If you absolutely despise the superlight I think you should return it and buy the 303 just to try it out

[jolly inlet]

New does not mean better
I like my G502 also

I mostly like it for how heavy it is. With all the weights, it's heavy enough to discourage my habit of lifting the mouse.

[molten halo]

I used to use the g502 was definitely a great mouse just personally like my superlight a ton, probably has to do with cope and the fact it has no cable 👀

[grand orbit]

Holy crap you giant

[molten halo]

My fingers are curled there

[flat junco]

@molten halo

I think I like how the sides are tall though, makes it nice to grip

I'm thinking about the orochi v2 now lol or the mm720. Tell me it's a bad idea.

[molten halo]

Liking the red, honestly not a terrible idea. I still have to say the g303 just felt nice, think it had to do with having large hands.

[flat junco]

Yeah, the one thing I've noticed with the xm1r is that I accidentally keep pressing the side buttons because the mouse is so low profile, mostly when I'm picking it up or adjusting

I need to make a mouse tier list lol

and start clearing out stock that I don't use

The side buttons on the superlight almost seem too delicate to press, but they're out of the way which is nice

https://tenor.com/view/jake-gyllenhaal-hi-hello-giant-hand-gif-4880945

[molten halo]

https://tenor.com/view/i-said-watch-yo-tone-gif-23779961

[vague pine]

bro you make that look like a viper mini

that or i just have super small hands

[flat junco]

I can't find my ruler or I'd measure them again

[daring depot]

can anyone tell me why every gaming brand, as long as you only include logitech, razer, and hyperx, is going on sale right now? black friday isnt even here yet

[vague pine]

razer for the most part always has quite a few sales

the razer viper mini has basically been sitting at $20 for the past like 5 months

[short kindle]

To extend sales to generate more revenue for EOY

[daring depot]

I kinda feel dumb for buying a used viper mini then

I mean I saved 7 bucks but still

[short kindle]

That will buy you a coffee

[vague pine]

eh i mean $7 is some grip tape or new mouse skates

[daring depot]

As a gen z, it means more garbage

[jolly inlet]

We now have "black november", it's been a thing for a few years now

[daring depot]

Theres a joke that can be made there, and I'm not gonna make it

[fair moon]

And before that it was $20 at least 50% of the time

Razer headsets are almost always on sale on Amazon

[weak star]

Does anyone know any good monitor I can buy with a $200 budget

[light holly]

#old-monitors-and-tv also provide what type of monitor you are looking for.. 1080p/1440p/4k

[weak star]

1080p

[azure pond]

G24f or g241

[light holly]

k #old-monitors-and-tv

[light holly]

Contacted Lethal about the oversize palm grip and this is their response. This place is grade A+ to me. Will be grabbing from them in the future. Thank you @vague pine

[flat junco]

That's awesome

[jolly inlet]

1600W is more like a dual 4090 build lol

Not like you can do much beyond multi-tasking with 2 anyway since nvlink is officially dead

[quasi pasture]

or overclocking one 7980xe

i turned the black edition on

it works 🤓

[cinder kiln]

Why would you even tho

Das a lotta nvlink

[jolly inlet]

No nvlink on 4090

[cinder kiln]

Could you even use that properly

I guess play games on one straight up then same on the other

[jolly inlet]

There's some production stuff that could, and AI acceleration

[cinder kiln]

Thonk

[grave delta]

Figure, 350w peak from the cpu, 600+ watt average on a suprim x 4090, yeah, still some headroom but I'd want that anyway.

I personally wouldn't run a 1200 - especially with a bunch of other stuff in the system, and not many psus are between 1200-1600

[cinder kiln]

Eh? Suprim peaks over 600?

I thought they lurk around 520

Tho that might just be some with their bios limits

[light holly]

@grave delta I would absolutely get those just to make my neighbors even more mad than they get when I already listen to music.

[grave delta]

There's a 600w pl bios for it. Peaks will be higher ofc

[jolly inlet]

Did you see the new kW XoC bios forks

[grave delta]

Yeah

[jolly inlet]

why do I bother asking lol

[cinder kiln]

Lol

[grave delta]

Main benefit is that it doesn't break voltage control

I think

Haven't watched the vids

You can always short shunts

At least on ampere/ada

[cinder kiln]

Does it even really matter tho if it has the headroom? You're already vREL limited after a certain point

Like it can spike but would that even really do much anyway? Lol

Def volt modding would be the bigger play with that

[grave delta]

I'm not too familar with ada, but it made a big difference on the previous gens if you could cool it

500w 2080 ti at 2150 mhz flies

[cinder kiln]

Ya previous gens they'll pull it if it has the headroom but a lot of the 600W Ada cards sorta stop around 520W even with the headroom from what I've seen

Gaming they are happy even as low as 450W

[grave delta]

Yeah, pretty efficient

[cinder kiln]

Lol

My watercooling ships today

[slow sluice]

Excuse me the what

[jolly inlet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOJ7YWrM5W4

[slow sluice]

sheesh

Just water, no chiller?

[jolly inlet]

He gets the Wire View to read around 775W maxed out

Yep just water, and active VRM cooling

[molten halo]

(A fan)

[jolly inlet]

It's active so it counts lol

[molten halo]

[cinder kiln]

Tmw you probably want a fan over the connector first instead of the vrm

[jolly inlet]

I'm willing to bet that was the first things he checked, was if he had a bad one lol

[cinder kiln]

Ofc

He's derbauer lol

He likes to break and unbreak things

[jolly inlet]

See, that's how you learn how to break things properly to get them to do what you want

[cinder kiln]

Ohhhh there's no temp protection on the 1000W vbios

[jolly inlet]

Nope

[cinder kiln]

Ahh

That explains why it'll probably just go and pull more volts

[jolly inlet]

Also means no throttling 🔥

[cinder kiln]

Yeah

@grave delta my bad

Lol

[jolly inlet]

Full clocks all the time

[grave delta]

Shouldn't matter much in practice

I should watch the vid

[cinder kiln]

Ya I'm watching it now haha

Ah yeah he's still volt modding to push the clocks

[vague pine]

ye theyre really good with communicating and handling issues. the encoder on my pulsar x2 mini was failing and they sent me a new one and a label for me to send my borked one pretty quick and responded quickly to all my messages

[sonic shard]

Isn't hx1500i cheaper then that 300$ superflower psu?

[grand orbit]

Not according to pcpp

[quasi pasture]

dang i havent used pcpartpicker in like a year

[daring depot]

Isn't there a boycott for the 40 series GPU's?

[jolly inlet]

No? Only in the sense that buyers are wary of things catching fire

They literally can't keep them in stock because nvidia won't let them stock enough

[stoic crest]

^

the potential fire hazard is quite a big deal anyway

especially for 1.6k gpu

[prime crow]

not gonna lie though. This is the first time Ive ever been warry of a gpu generation because of something so insanely stupid

and makes me incredibly glad I got my 3080 nearly two years ago

[quasi pasture]

https://tenor.com/view/minor-spelling-mistake-skeleton-skeleton-dies-gif-22412591

[grand orbit]

No but especially with 7900xt and xtx coming out in a month for 700 and 600 cheaper respectively 4090 makes no sense

Even if it's like 10% worse

[cinder kiln]

@marsh sphinx gigabyte laptop for $730 and a 3060 in #tech-deals

5600H

[pallid geyser]

What is KVM on a monitor?

[grand orbit]

Basically it lets you plug in peripherals to the monitor then if you swap from monitor to laptop for example you can use the same peripherals without having to unplug iirc

[pallid geyser]

Ahhh that’s super cool

[fair moon]

Yeah basically just lets you hook up 2 PCs to the same monitor and swap between them

Though I wonder if it adds peripheral latency

^my quick research says no, or at most a couple of ms

So not an issue unless you're a top tier eSports fps player

[grand orbit]

Get pink superlight, call up dbrand for black skin, 100$ black superlight

[pulsar fable]

Not for me, but that's a slick little cooler

[grand orbit]

Looks worse than stock

[uneven void]

Dang I wish I was near a microcenter ;-;

[quasi abyss]

read and write speed is 2300/1800

[fair moon]

Also a QLC drive. not the best overall but still real cheap

[pallid geyser]

@Fal'Cie#7622 what’s wrong with the solidigm one in #tech-deals ?

[jolly inlet]

It's barely faster than a gen 3 drive in sequential and random iops are sad

[pallid geyser]

Ahhhh gotcha

[brittle lagoon]

It's still a great drive for the price, of course seq and rnd can't match the actual P41, but at that price, it's competing with mp33, where seq is twice as fast and rnd should be comparable or better

Imo, good replacement for mp33 in lists when applicable

[pulsar fable]

Hold up nvm

Error on my screen

But yeah I don't really see the problem with the p41

[brittle lagoon]

It's a pretty bad drive if you look at it against other higher end gen 4 drives

But that doesn't matter when you take into account price

[pulsar fable]

At $130?

I'm not comparing it to high end pcie 4 drives

[brittle lagoon]

Oh I'm talking about falcie

[pulsar fable]

Ah

[brittle lagoon]

It's called a gen 4 drive without the seq that matches gen 4 drives

[pulsar fable]

Yeah had to scroll up for that

[quasi pasture]

@grave delta two more cores than the 5600 for only $8
https://www.ebay.com/itm/284747634141

[grave delta]

"cores"

[quasi pasture]

is this better https://www.ebay.com/itm/173902018429?

[jolly inlet]

Slightly worse single thread than the r5 1600

Multi core is identical

[quasi pasture]

are you looking at passmark

[jolly inlet]

Yes

[quasi pasture]

[jolly inlet]

Because ubm sucks for ryzen

Besides sucking in general

[quasi pasture]

passmark kinda does too ngl

the 1660v3 outperforms the 1600 lol

[jolly inlet]

It's more production focused I'll admit that

[quasi pasture]

especially when overclocked

[jolly inlet]

While also using triple the power but yeah

[quasi pasture]

i dont think its quite triple, but either way people dont actually care that much about power draw let's be real

(1680v3 is the same as a 1660v3)

[jolly inlet]

Looking at TDP it's 65W vs 140W, the 1600 barely hits that

So overclocked yes it'll be triple

[quasi pasture]

i mean both being overclocked

wouldnt be fair to OC the 1660v3 and not the 1600

https://hwbot.org/submission/5062169_jedi95_cinebench___r15_ryzen_5_1600_(pinnacle_ridge)_1862_cb god i didnt expect its multicore to be this bad

not saying the submission is bad, i just mean the 1600 in general is weak

looks like cinebench just scales more with cores than i realized, that'd make total sense as well

[jolly inlet]

A lot of people don't bother benching those things so you get a lot of subpar subs. There's only like 5 people including myself that posted benches for the 2700.

I pushed 1.4v into the core so I won a lot of 🏆 lol

[quasi pasture]

that guy was on liquid nitrogen 💀

5.4GHz

[jolly inlet]

Ah, I didn't look

No one bothered with sub-ambient on the 2700 lol

[quasi pasture]

If I still had my B450 board i mighta bothered with some of the zen+ chips

never been super interested in OCing ryzen though

[jolly inlet]

It's kinda boring, mem tuning is where it's at

[quasi pasture]

mem tuning on zen and zen+ is awful

[jolly inlet]

I got 1600 straight 14 stable really easy

[cinder kiln]

Damn

[quasi pasture]

3200 C14?

[jolly inlet]

Yeah

[quasi pasture]

yea thats decent but like

not 4000C12 💀

[jolly inlet]

That's on a zen+ IMC

They can have trouble with even 3200 sometimes

I didn't bother trying for higher

The fclk was force-synced so if you set too high kiss stability goodbye

[quasi pasture]

yea thats the issue

3200 is relativly slow

[jolly inlet]

And what was 8th gen Intel able to do at the time?

That was the target competition

[quasi pasture]

idk, but i know Skylake X can do 4000C12

4266 or so

and thats quad channel 👁️ 👄 👁️

[jolly inlet]

And a different IMC iirc

[quasi pasture]

different than coffee lake you mean? of course

[jolly inlet]

I see someone that got 4500 c16 on LN2 with a 8600k

[quasi pasture]

nice

[jolly inlet]

Oh wait it was a chiller, same idea

Ok 4400 c16 on ambient

Definitely higher than 3200 lol

But all that comes down to, this is the reason they allowed decoupling fclk starting at 3000

Dang now I've got the itch to start benching again now that the weather is cold again. I wonder if my FX 8300 still works...

[quasi pasture]

why FX? lol

[jolly inlet]

Because I haven't benched it in years and I have much better cooling and more experience now

[quasi pasture]

fair enough

[grave delta]

Give it the cold juice

[jolly inlet]

I would but an ice dunked rad will have to do. I don't have LN2 but I do have a board and AIO I don't care about.

Assuming the board isn't straight dead after forcibly removing it from the old case

[quasi pasture]

you could rent a dewar with ln2 if you didnt wanna buy one

well it'd really depend on the pricing 💀

[jolly inlet]

No pot tho

[quasi pasture]

oh yea, good point lol

[quasi pasture]

bomb

[silent rampart]

https://tenor.com/view/clash-of-clans-barbarian-thumbs-up-good-ok-gif-4169545

[quasi pasture]

https://tenor.com/view/house-gif-boombox-md-hugh-laurie-gif-5490452

[silent rampart]

Ur the bomb 👍

[loud sandal]

at least it has same day shipping

[shy aspen]

do you think 3080 can drop to 500

[jolly inlet]

eBay has them at $500 used too

[quasi pasture]

Should I spend 180 on a 7940X since I already have a board

[light holly]

https://tenor.com/view/kermit-darkside-star-wars-evil-innerme-gif-13048146

[silent rampart]

Wasting money 👍

[quasi pasture]

explain

[silent rampart]

You already have CPU👍

[quasi pasture]

bruh i need to upgrade

[daring depot]

Why?

[quasi pasture]

because i want to

[daring depot]

Ok good reason

Still no

[quasi pasture]

"better quality"?

bruh

[daring depot]

Never mind, bad choice of words

If it's a stupidly good deal go for it, is my mentality for parts

[quasi pasture]

Yea I got the x299 board i want to daily for 65 dollars lol

And I also want to use it because it'd look hilarious in my 900D

it's an itx board

[silent rampart]

Ur hilarious

[quasi pasture]

bruh

[silent rampart]

Ur a funny guy ☺️

[quasi pasture]

https://shop.kingston.com/products/ironkey-s1000-encrypted-usb-flash-drive-on-device-cryptochip-and-fips-140-2-level-3-certified?variant=40349338927296 @quasi radish

[loud sandal]

We need 2 cpu nowadays

[torpid night]

only 4GB for over $100 just for some security when you could get a normal flash drive and keep it on your keychain so nobody can take it

[warm thicket]

I imagine the reason it's so expensive is for all the testing and standards they have to abide by for government uses or stuff like that. The encryption and stuff is most likely way more advanced than Windows BitLocker.

[torpid night]

ah I guess that’s understandable

I also don’t have a perspective of its security, so maybe I’m just pooping on it without experiencing it

[warm thicket]

I also imagine the companies that need this level of security most likely don't mind paying that much for it, because in reality it may be way cheaper than having whatever is going to be stored on that USB drive stolen.

[dusk slate]

https://game.intel.com/us/deals-and-specials/next-gen-gaming does i9 13th gen qualifies for this ? Anyone got any info on this

[silent rampart]

Did you actually read the website? It's at the top of the page.

[fair moon]

Hmm

Gotta buy one of those off of someone

Ain't spending $70 on a yearly title but wouldn't mind it for $30-40

[pallid geyser]

Granted they’re not releasing a CoD next year but yeah I agree

[high radish]

I got game code with my intel purchase but it was like month ago

[fair moon]

Do you need intel hardware installed to activate it?@high radish

[pallid geyser]

I hate how obsessed I am with checking the #tech-deals just to never buy anything lol

[quasi pasture]

ALERT: CLOWN DETECTED
https://www.ebay.com/itm/195460910343?

[quasi radish]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/175468296228

how can you sell this as working

this is actually wrecked

[jolly inlet]

It's possible the pins are bent under the CPU too. A bent cooler like that could put pressure on weird spots.

Never EVER buy a used mobo with pins that you can't see before buying, free tech tip of the day

[cinder kiln]

Oh wait no nvm

I misread the top of the page

[high radish]

[cinder kiln]

Ya I misread

Up the top it had b die

[high radish]

[fair moon]

Oh man

I don't think my case even fits a 280mm but $30...

Could send it home to eventually go in my main rig

[high radish]

Yeah that's decent

[fair moon]

Damn the rebates gotta be postmarked defore I get back home so that won't work

I've only got a 5600x so my air cooler is plenty anyways

[pallid geyser]

Forgive my ignorance, but the 64gb 3200mhz ram that was posted (credit: @high radish), if all I do is gaming - is that worth having over faster 3600mhz but only 16/32gb?

[fair moon]

no

[azure pond]

No

32gb sweet spot for ddr4 when gaming

[fair moon]

16gb is fine for gaming, 32 also good

[pallid geyser]

Gotcha, I’m getting new ram soon & wanna try to get some of the better ddr4 that I can

I have crappy Corsair vengeance rn lol

[fair moon]

only game I've had issues with 16gb is Warzone but if I close my browser it's fine

[azure pond]

I'd either get 32gb 3200c16, 3600c18, or 3600c16

[azure pond]

What speed and size?

[pallid geyser]

Pretty sure it’s 3200c18 or something, I’m not sure exactly

Maybe 16-18-18-32

[grand orbit]

3200cl16 more likely

[pallid geyser]

Probably so

[azure pond]

16gb?

[pallid geyser]

It was bought like 2.5yrs ago

Yeah

[azure pond]

If so, id just add a second kit with the same die

If you need 32gb

[pallid geyser]

How much would I benefit from getting 3600c16?

[azure pond]

Cpu?

[pallid geyser]

9900k

[azure pond]

Not a ton, mostly improvements in 1% lows

Could also just tighten timings with ocing

[pallid geyser]

Hmmm, alrighty. Gotcha!

Just trying to figure out things I can do to improve performance without replacing GPU or CPU, guess I could try OC but I haven’t dabbled in it before

[azure pond]

Ram tuning is the definition of pain

So be prepared

I'd also recommend not using your boot drive while doing it, as you can corrupt windows. I made that mistake

[grand orbit]

gpu oc will probably be most beneficial for most people apart from ram cuz thats nightmare fuel

[slow sluice]

@turbid locust that's a bad deal, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09T2WNKNZ

Much better drive for $20 less

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09K7DRMSC also this one, $15 less

[turbid locust]

Wow ssds have gotten much cheaper since last time I shopped

My bad

[fair moon]

yeah nvme prices have dropped a lot, it's awesome

[light holly]

What even is this emoji?

[slow sluice]

pepedn

[pulsar fable]

If only I trusted mail in rebates. I'd jump on that cooler

[fair moon]

If it's from a reasonably well known brand it should be fine

The way MIRs make money is not from scamming you out of claiming it but rather those who don't bother to claim or forget about it

Or maybe to prevent reselling actually

if it's limited to one order per address

idk

[light holly]

I hate MIR they take so long to even get back to you.

[quasi pasture]

should i post some x99 deals

[stoic crest]

a deal is a deal

[quasi pasture]

https://tenor.com/view/sukuna-jujutsu-kaisen-itadori-yuji-smile-evil-gif-19649047

[jolly inlet]

Or, they never do and hope you forget. Then when the 16 weeks deadline passes and you call them, they say some small piece of info was missing like the zip code extension.

And of course they won't honor it by that point because you're past the deadline

Then there's the ones that do a small fund for the rebates and say "until funds run out"

1/3 of people fill out the rebates and even less will follow up, and they know it

[stoic crest]

abusing the system huh

[jolly inlet]

Corporate greed gets me going sorry lol

[stoic crest]

guess that's why newegg loves rebates

no one does rebates as often as newegg does lmao

[jolly inlet]

Newegg itself doesn't do a lot of rebates, they're mostly manufacturer rebates and wegg happens to be a massive online retailer. Amazon will usually have the same rebates.

[stoic crest]

Hm, fair enough

Well that sucks

Rebate is just an illusion of sale

[jolly inlet]

When I have seen actual newegg rebates, they come in the form of digital gift cards and are issued relatively promptly.

[vague pine]

still waiting on my $200 promo from yeston

should be tomorrow when i get it

just want it already so i can place an order for my case and mobo

[stoic crest]

That's nice then

When they work it's pretty good, but the mail in kind just sucks

[jolly inlet]

Yeah not enough companies do all digital rebates, too convenient and too many people fill them out

[vague pine]

won't put into tech deals as its out of stock on both amazon and their website; also to note im not sure if this is a sale or if this is the new retail pricing for it but;

Elgato Wave:1 is now $50

https://www.elgato.com/en/wave-1

so if anyone is interested in a mic, keep an eye out

[quasi pasture]

@eager junco explain

[quasi pasture]

@grave delta L opinion

[grand orbit]

"similar to 2700x" except for the huge price difference in mobos

[quasi pasture]

damn i didnt know a 2700X and 1660V3 were both motherboards

[grand orbit]

They both need motherboards to work done they

Gotta take mobo and cpu cost into account when buying cpus

[quasi pasture]

Yea, and X99 motherboards have more features than any X400/B400 series board

for 95 dollars that motherboard is a great deal

If you dont see that then you should do some research

[high radish]

I bought LS720 and now galahad is for sale

[cinder kiln]

you're better off with lga1700 on LS

[grand orbit]

Ls on lga1700 but close enough xD

[cinder kiln]

HECC

this is what happens when you work on a huge to do list

[azure pond]

I'm wondering if high end gen 3 drives are gonna be dropping in price

Bc p31 at normal price is like $25 less than sn850x

[grand orbit]

That's a nice price tbh

[azure pond]

On sale ye

[grand orbit]

Sure even p41 solidgrim 2tb was 130 for a bit

[azure pond]

But normal price it's the same price as s70 and barely less than sn850x

A60 2tb is $120 normally

[stoic crest]

i would love 2tb

i already start to fill up 1tb lmao

shame they're still so expensive in thailand

[grand orbit]

Sadge, pcie to m.2 time then

[vernal arrow]

HP 27-inch Curved 165Hz QHD Gaming Monitor, Eyesafe (X27qc, Black) https://a.co/d/6Iutu0w

This seems too good to be true

[azure pond]

The seller is slightly weird

[vernal arrow]

But like should I buy it

It’s crazy for only 200

[azure pond]

Pretty decent

[fair moon]

Dunno if I would call it crazy

[azure pond]

We'll likely see better deals on black Friday

I got the same monitor for $150 on prime day

[fair moon]

Yeah I'm holding out for a sub $170 curved QHD 27in

[grave delta]

Note about that TEC AIO, don't buy that for daily use. It's great for single thread/memory overclocking though.

[shut lava]

The reviews said its good for gaming workloads, but not extended all core workloads.

[sharp nest]

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16834233534 will this laptop run out of charge in 1 hour?

cause 1 of the reviews said that it did

[stoic crest]

no

it only does that when you play games on battery

which is expected on gaming laptops when run on battery

even the better ones with bigger batts only lasts 2-3 hours at best

also for that price you could get an asus tuf with 3070 at best buy

ah nvm, it's still around 100 cheaper than the tuf

the tuf is 999

[grand orbit]

It would be pretty hard to do so tbh

[grand orbit]

shipping

[torpid night]

probably won't even last an hour if you're playing games on its battery

[sharp nest]

what about like homework

[fair moon]

Really depends but probably 4-5 hours?

[grand orbit]

its hot deal

[silent rampart]

hey rommy if i give you 8 dollars can i get a blue checkmark next to my name

oops

i thought this was gen

uhhhh

[grand orbit]

It's a twitter blue joke lol

Deal

[cinder kiln]

[light holly]

This tech deal still on the table?

[quasi pasture]

I'll pay you 8 dollars for x79 role

Intel HEDT role 🤓

Dr. Intel HEDT

™️

[lofty moss]

dog-nose stick givin me this kinda vibe

[grand orbit]

@fathom nebula where's my money 🔫

[grand orbit]

Payment was supplied guys dw

[silent rampart]

Whare buy

[molten halo]

But then you bought patos name

[light holly]

Sooo you guys bst on this server? ;)

[sharp nest]

which one is better?
https://www.newegg.com/abyssal-black-acer-predator-helios-300-ph315-54-748y-gaming/p/N82E16834360144?Description=gaming laptop&cm_re=gaming_laptop-_-34-360-144-_-Product&quicklink=true
or
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16834233534?Item=N82E16834233534

[cinder kiln]

6800XT deal no longer on backorder 👀

[cinder kiln]

Definitely 2

[sharp nest]

the one with the 3060?

[cinder kiln]

Ye

3060 is a huge boost over 3050ti

[sharp nest]

ok

[cinder kiln]

And 5600H will be better running in it too

The high end intel gets hot as heck

For mobile

[sharp nest]

ok thx

[azure tartan]

@elder ingot I'll give you a dollar to do it

[elder ingot]

say less

[molten halo]

Already at 10

[elder ingot]

wym bro it says 15

[molten halo]

Ah true totally misread that

[daring depot]

Ur getting close, better change it if ya dont wanna buy it

[pulsar fable]

Hmm

[pale falcon]

Excuse me, I wanted to know if the motherboard b560m is compatible with the i9 11900k

[stoic crest]

Why are you getting such combo in this current time?

It'll work, yes. But unless you're getting it for a very good price it's not worth getting

[elder ingot]

its at almost 30 now 😭

[cinder kiln]

Oop now you gotta buy 2

[mystic sedge]

Is 850 shipped for a 5 month old ROG 3090 w/ a 750w power supply worth it?

[grand orbit]

That's decent but i wouldn't run a 3090 on a 750w which will negate the usefulness factor the deal seems to have on the surface

[cinder kiln]

I mean it depends on the 750W and the cpu involved

[grand orbit]

The transients Felix

[cinder kiln]

Transients peak around 600W

Use that with a 5600X you'd be fine really

Supernova GT? I'll be sweet bb

But yeah would have to be a specific set of circumstances to work out

[grand orbit]

"only 600w"

[mystic sedge]

I have an I5 11400 I know it will bottleneck but I am upgrading part by part

[cinder kiln]

Ok and the psu?

[mystic sedge]

The 750 is just a added bonus

[cinder kiln]

Well does it say what 750?

Or are you just not gonna use it

[mystic sedge]

I am going to use it one sec

[cinder kiln]

If it's like an RM750 it'll be fine

[mystic sedge]

Seasonic gx 750w

[cinder kiln]

Focus gold?

[mystic sedge]

Yes

[cinder kiln]

That's a very good tier A, it'll likely work

[grand orbit]

i wouldnt those older seasonic units couldnt handle transients without shutting down

[cinder kiln]

That's prime

Different platform

Focus is focus

[brittle lagoon]

nah

it was focus

[cinder kiln]

Eh?

[brittle lagoon]

focus fx and very early focus gx

[cinder kiln]

[grand orbit]

nope it was

[brittle lagoon]

prime has separate issue

[cinder kiln]

Oh ok

I stand corrected

[grand orbit]

it was prime too tho

[cloud hornet]

Isnt that for ~350w PL tho?

[azure pond]

I'd say 3090 would be fine on a good 750 that can handle high transients

[grand orbit]

ehhh i wouldnt i mean it could but i wouldnt

[azure pond]

Rmx, whisper, hxi/axi etc

[cinder kiln]

So I guess it depends on the year the focus was made then @mystic sedge

[azure pond]

Especially if you pl to 90%

[cinder kiln]

You definitely couldn't go beyond 450W vbios with the card either way

[mystic sedge]

2 years old

Will I see a significant improvement over an I5 11400 w/ txt 3060?

[cloud hornet]

Strix/FTW3/XOC vBIOS has 480w/500w/1000w PL

[cinder kiln]

Strix also has a 450W vbios

[grand orbit]

I would try get it without the psu or try resell the psu

[cloud hornet]

Dont see any 450w Strix in TPU vBIOS. Sure you arent getting confused with 3080(Ti)?

[grand orbit]

I'd get at least a good 850w psu

[mystic sedge]

He wouldn’t budge on price but would throw in psi

Pay

[grand orbit]

Ehh

[mystic sedge]

psu

[grand orbit]

I've heard of lower prices maybe look around first

[mystic sedge]

850 for the whole thing

Shipped

[cloud hornet]

Could resell the PSU for $40 - $50, makes the 3090 be $800 shipped. Idk US market so dont know how often it is to find prices lower then $800.

[cinder kiln]

Wtf why is the 3090 30W higher

[mystic sedge]

My goal was to get a 3090 ( I wanted strix specifically) for $700

[grand orbit]

For the fee extra cores k guess

[mystic sedge]

How plausible is that?

And will I see a big diff over my strix 3060?

[grand orbit]

Oh well if you want only strix you might have to pay strix tax i highly doubt you'll get one for 700 although you could get a normal 3090 for that from what I've heard

Uh yeah

Also strix are just stupid overpriced would not buy

[mystic sedge]

How future proof is the strix 3090

[cinder kiln]

Not very

Much like any other card before it

Strix isn't exactly better performing either you roll the dice on silicon lottery which can amount to much more

[grand orbit]

Future proof is a poor choice in general and for your wallet

Even then stock its basically the same you just might be able to overclock a bit more

[cinder kiln]

Since you're upgrading from a 3060 this sounds like a gaming build

[mystic sedge]

Yes

[cinder kiln]

Ima suggest a 3080 12gb

Within 5% of a 3090

You find a good one used? Likely a good chunk cheaper

[mystic sedge]

half the memory?

[grand orbit]

Even 3080 10gb

You'll never be able to use 24gb of vram in a game

[cinder kiln]

Memory is a lateral thing. Only uses it if it needs it

[mystic sedge]

Ok

[cinder kiln]

Doesn't translate to more perf

[grand orbit]

You'd have to try playing 8k ultra but that would run at like 3fps lol

[mystic sedge]

Sorry kinda new to this stuff thanks for teaching

[grand orbit]

All good

[mystic sedge]

Which company would you suggest?

[cinder kiln]

Anything not a ventus ideally

Even then a ventus works it's just a hot box of a card

Go for the cheapest most legit looking card you can find

[mystic sedge]

No diff imperfecta or cooling among the major brands?

In performance

[cinder kiln]

Nothing you'll notice at this spec

And again, silicon lottery is a bigger impact

Or here's another idea, wait a few months, grab a 7900XT for 900

Even bigger jump over the current cards you're looking at

[grand orbit]

Brand matters more but yeah basically the cheapest that's not msi ventus

It's only 1 month now actually

No launch date was always December

The announcement was last week

[mystic sedge]

Will my i5 11th gen significantly bottleneck my GPU

[cinder kiln]

Depends on the games and resolution

[mystic sedge]

I play at 2k

[cinder kiln]

You mean 1440p

[mystic sedge]

Mw2, ready or not, squad

Yes

Sorry 1440p

[cinder kiln]

2K is actually 1080p

Just fyi lol

[mystic sedge]

Ok

[cinder kiln]

@quasi pasture 1920x1080 (2K) vs. 3840x2160 (4K)

[mystic sedge]

Its all relative huh? A combo of a 11th gen and a next gen GPU will max out perf of most games nowadays especially at 2k?

Or 1440a excuse me

[cinder kiln]

At 1440p you shouldn't really be bottlenecked, if maybe a little in some light games

[mystic sedge]

1440p

[cinder kiln]

Don't start too Pato

I don't like the term 2K

[quasi pasture]

2k

[grand orbit]

I hate it too

2k is used for 1440p but it's shouldn't

[cinder kiln]

2.5K would be more accurate for 1440p

It's all stupid

[quasi pasture]

i have a 2k(2) monitor

[grand orbit]

Yeah

[cinder kiln]

You have a NBA2K20 monitor?

[grand orbit]

We should just call monitors 1.92k, 2.56k 3.84k

[cinder kiln]

How about

1.920Kx1.080K

[grand orbit]

Oh god

[mystic sedge]

Alright guys I am going to hold off till next gen and

Amd

[grand orbit]

Nono just 1.92kx 1.08k cursed

[cinder kiln]

7.680K

[mystic sedge]

What psu should I be on the lookout for this cyber Monday

[cinder kiln]

My monitor 7000 kelvins