tech-deals-discussion

[light holly]

So many people thought they were going to need a 1kw+ psu for a 4090 and well.. did they?

[dry sluice]

Well the problem is a 1000w is so damn expensive the jump to say 1600w isn't all that much more.

They have a Super Mario Flower one on Newegg right now for $269

[light holly]

huh?

[dry sluice]

https://www.newegg.com/super-flower-leadex-platinum-sf-1600f14hp-1600w/p/1HU-024C-00015?Description=super flower 1600w platinum&cm_re=super_flower 1600w platinum-_-9SIAMNPBX97601-_-Product&quicklink=true

[light holly]

Ah, I personally found myself a case that can hold 2 PSU so that way if I needed any more than my current 1kw, I could just grab a cheaper lesser wattage PSU.

[dry sluice]

$169 is the cheapest I see a 1,000

that is decent

[light holly]

yeah not bad. I lucked out on mine. It was like 120 after tax with a mir I believe.

105 after the mir/discount and tax

[dry sluice]

As I was saying though for about $100 more (at current prices) you could just get something that should be pretty much good for anything instead of being borderline today.

[trim pier]

are you buying some stuff now or?

cause honestly

if your gonna aim for the 5000’s or whatever, just wait like 1-2 years on a black friday and snatch a 1000W or greater

hell maybe just hook up your circuit breaker to the computer 🤣

[dry sluice]

I have a current PC with an 850w, I have my gigabyte z690 motherboard coming next week for my 13600k.

I wanted to have 2 PCs

but I will be low one PSU

[trim pier]

what gpu?

[dry sluice]

3080

[trim pier]

eh not bad

i only use about 500w with my build

or well it’s estimated

never really checked

[light holly]

That's more than enough for your 3080/13600k

[trim pier]

but my cpu doesn’t draw much power considering it only sits at a casual 12-15% all the time

[cloud hornet]

Took Nvidia a really long time to actually worry about transients, they might just start relying on ATX3 specs for high transients and not care about managing them again. That's the real concern about GPUs, not max PL for average power.

[dry sluice]

I understand that, but I am going to need another PSU so if I am buying a new one.

[trim pier]

ah.

so wait

why do you want 2 PCs exactly?

[dry sluice]

I wanted a bedroom one I could stream my Xbox to. 🙂

I have a 70" TV I got on a black friday deal back there that is gathering dust.

[trim pier]

uhm. maybe move the xbox or pc?

[dry sluice]

nope

[trim pier]

i see.

well you could just buy like a very used pc and just stream off of that (idk how streaming works)

[dry sluice]

It is funny, my niece needed a 43" TV. I said I got one, will give it to you for what I paid for it. So it was $175. Black Friday at Target comes around and they have a 65" for $270. I was like well damn... so I bought it. It was cracked. They let me get a 70" same price. So now I have a GIGANTIC TV in the bedroom.

[trim pier]

damn

on black friday i was waiting in a microcenter line for 4 hours to pickup my 12600k and z690

then over a course of two months i upgraded it to a 12700k and then a 13600k for 1 cent

[dry sluice]

I am blind as a bat without my glasses so the 70" I can actually kinda sorta make out faces now when laying down. 😛

I actually thought about getting a dell optiplex for the bedroom, problem is... their chips are below the 8000 series so Windows 11 won't support it.

Then you do the math of selling the 10700f and motherboard on ebay, then fees then shipping, well hell may as well just build a PC with my remnants.

[light bay]

honestly p3 is a good laptop option too

for those who need 4tb+ in their laptop

[daring depot]

what do people do with 4tb of data on a laptop anyway? 3d models or games?

[zenith lantern]

Other things

[cinder kiln]

Homework

[zenith lantern]

Yeah

Working on something at home

[stoic crest]

it's for storing things

don't question it, some people actually fills 4tb not doing video stuff

[torpid night]

some people live in the idiocracy (or sometimes the budgeting-reality) of starting their home lab setup with a laptop

I did the same. I’m an idiot

[steel wren]

yup, what people do or not do with that amount of space is their issue, that's quite private

[trim pier]

does anyone know here if the pixel density or whatever gets worse for a 1440p at 31.5?

cause i know there’s something about the pixel density comparing at 24 inch to a 27 inch at 1080p (i can’t tell the difference with a 27 inch )

[stoic crest]

that does get worse, ya

[sick spade]

Videos, games, models, those are what I usually store and can take up 4tb very easily.

[stoic crest]

32 inch or above starts to require 4k for maximum fidelity

[sick spade]

Is it odd I can still see the pixels on a 24in monitor at 1080p?

[stoic crest]

you're probably sitting too close

[sick spade]

No, I am about 3ft away.

3-3.5ft

I wonder if I'd be able to tell the resolution difference between 4k@32in vs 8k@42in.

[fleet marlin]

Not all screens are equal. Can see the "pixels" on my vg259qr from maybe 8" away. 1440p on 32" would really be fine for some people, not ppi snobs.

[light holly]

I love my 32" 1440p. Still looks amazing.

[azure pond]

I love his 32" 1440p too

[trim pier]

I love my 27 inch 1080p

i can’t see pixels considering i’m blind as hell, plus i gamed on a 21.5 imac for a good 5-6 years and i have low standards

[light holly]

For general use, I enjoy my 27" 1080p, however for the first time ever last night I got to see what it looks like in a game and I was blown away at how much better 1440p looks.

[trim pier]

I really wanna order that x27q but like.. I don't have the money for it. well i do but it's not for spending lmao

I literally spent a 180$ today for 2 AP exams and a PACT 😭

[light holly]

Rip

[light holly]

I haven't tried gaming on it quite yet, but I might be rearranging my monitors and having that one as my main b.

[trim pier]

wait which 1440p do you have?

[light holly]

G27Q/G32QC/X27Q

[trim pier]

oooo alr

[fleet marlin]

Haven't gamed on my x27q yet. Ppi aside, seems 1440p makes ingame visuals better, but also enlargens everything a bit partly from screen size.

[trim pier]

hmm I wonder if they make 24 inch 1440[ 🤔

i'd save me some desk space tbh

[fleet marlin]

Yes, not too popular/common. Note normal stuff like icons and text will be smaller than 27" 1440p depending on scaling. Example:

[flat junco]

@fleet marlin make sure you set response time to level 2, it's the one with the least ghosting

[fleet marlin]

Thank you for the heads up. I'll check that out when I get a chance.

[molten halo]

https://tenor.com/view/ghosts-paranormal-haunted-ghost-gif-21637958

[fleet marlin]

Darn right. I grew up with and used CRTs too long.

[raw inlet]

Price error but I can't get it delivered to Italy even if it is Amazon Germany damn

[grand orbit]

Broken ish best kind of broken

[grand orbit]

They do but honestly not worth as you can't even see the pixels at 24"

[grand orbit]

That's a deall

[raw inlet]

It was, but for some reason it didn't let me order it and also said "doesn't ship to Italy" one time lol

[pallid geyser]

For what I posted in #tech-deals

[void wraith]

For this deal #tech-deals message which one would be fastest? Modern, movement, or swift

[fleet marlin]

Movement/mp34

[void wraith]

Alr

[marsh sphinx]

Should I ask my store to refund the Corsair CX550W that I just received? I've found a different store selling the CX650W with RGB light for 3$ more!!! CPU is Ryzen 5700X and GPU is 3060 Ti.

[steel wren]

should be a smart move, 100 extra watts for 3usd more is a no brainer

[marsh sphinx]

I've found reports of CX650 exploding, but it was 2 years ago.

[azure pond]

regular cx is a decent psu

i doubt there's a single psu model that hasn't caught on fire atleast once

[marsh sphinx]

I'm going to return it.... Reading the thread in the forum, the PSU that I bought has a serial part number which is one of the affected by the failures.

[stoic crest]

it's very rare to happen

i wouldn't worry about it

[quasi pasture]

That's not really much on its own. That could be for a lot of reasons. I could say my rm850x exploded even though its a known good mldel, because it did, but for a specific reason

[cinder kiln]

Too much current thru ur old as hell ram?

[quasi pasture]

No lol, I'm pretty sure I told you why it blew up actually

[grand orbit]

Thermaltake smart no model number

Evga n1

Any gamemax psu

[cloud hornet]

90 Plus Gold

[grand orbit]

Aresgame psus 💣

My moms a website?

https://tenor.com/view/jinki948-cat-shocked-shocked-face-shock-gif-22585372

Oh i thought you meant okay flapjacks

https://tenor.com/view/family-toretto-dominic-gif-23895685

[cinder kiln]

You know you did and I'll be honest I forgot

💀

[quasi pasture]

[light bay]

He forgor

[cinder kiln]

No bots?

[quasi pasture]

[tiny heron]

As someone who works in the cell phone industry. No phone is ever "free"

Like right now yeah I could say you could go to AT&T and trade in any old galaxy phone and get $1000 off a S23 series phone. But it's just credits they give you and your locked in for however many years.

[forest prairie]

Phone is free if you just take it from somebody

[pallid geyser]

Hence why I mentioned “if you’re just going to Verizon”, like already dead set on it. We swapped to AT&T years ago and got 2 ‘free’ iPhone X’s & just paid taxes on it, but never a penny on the actual phone. We’ve since changed providers but, yeah, I understand where you’re coming from

[azure pond]

How are the hs35s? I ordered a pair for my partner

[fair moon]

I haven't used them but I have a friend who does. Absolutely worth it for $10

Idk how they are for music but for gaming/general use they should be solid

[light bay]

Hopefully they aren't crusty

Probs just an hardly opened return

[steel wren]

so... any thoughts on the g55a monitor? is it any good?

[marsh sphinx]

MSI A650BN a bad PSU?

[steel wren]

is a tier C psu

kinda ok for low power systems

not terrible, but not great either

[marsh sphinx]

is that tier rank biased?

[steel wren]

define biased

[marsh sphinx]

tier A and B are all expensive and do I really need the Gold seal?

[steel wren]

gold means nothing for quality

the tier list was made from reviews and testing across multiple models from multiple brands

becasue you know... there are good units and bad units on every brand

there are good bronze units and gold bomb units as an example

so, for your question... no, is not biased

https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/

[brittle lagoon]

Sources are listed, criteria are listed, if you want to check why a unit is rated a certain way, they give you the resources.

[marsh sphinx]

some ppl call that tier list a meme

[pulsar fable]

They do?

I've seen that list everywhere from ltt to pcmr's discord

[marsh sphinx]

MSI GF costs a bit more than BN

I already opened a ticket at the store asking for a refund. Thinking on the future, 650 feels safer if I ever upgrade the cpu and gpu

[brittle lagoon]

And what problem do they have with it?

If people have genuine problems with things on the tier list we can talk about it

[cloud hornet]

Its not perfect as people will have some required opinions that are different (like more/less care for noise). However it's far from a meme list.

[marsh sphinx]

in my country the MSI A650GF is nowhere to be found. I can only find the 750GF which costs 3x the CX650F

[brittle lagoon]

Yea, there's definitely some aspects we can talk about like if inaccurate pwr ok should knock a PSU down a tier or not, but there's generally good reasoning behind everything

Just get cx-f at that point, it's still good

Assuming you're talking Corsair cx-f

[light bay]

At what point does the cxf become a collectors item?

[brittle lagoon]

shiny 80+ silver thing

[marsh sphinx]

the alternative do MSI PSU seems to be XPG Core Reactor

[light bay]

Core reactor is also a great unit

[azure pond]

Yeah its A tier

[marsh sphinx]

XPG Core Reactor 650W costs 23$ more than Corsair CX650F here.

or precisely the same cost of two MSI A650BN

[grand orbit]

I'd just get the cxf at that stage

[marsh sphinx]

I bought a monitor without DP, asked for a refund and the store cancelled the delivery. They gave 48 hours to refund. 72 hours later I'm still waiting for the refund.

[steel wren]

yeah that happens sometimes, it sucks tho

[marsh sphinx]

lol, the store just refunded me 1 minute ago

[steel wren]

you were lucky then, some folks had to chase refunds for up to a month... they get their refund eventually ofc.

[marsh sphinx]

I gave up the idea of using a UPSU. A good quality one costs as much as a high end GPU

[stoic crest]

cx or cxf are great choice

don't let some odd review of a failure fool you

failures happens sometimes, and that's why warranty exists

if we're in a perfect world warranty wouldn't have needed to exist

[marsh sphinx]

https://tripplite.eaton.com/smartonline-230v-2kva-1800w-online-double-conversion-ups-tower-extended-run~SUINT2000XLCD 1000$, this thing costs a whole computer by itself

cheapest capacity would still cost over 600$

[azure pond]

Could literally just use a decent power strip, those normally have built in surge protectors

[cinder kiln]

Yeah wouldn't really bother with a ups at that sort of cost

[marsh sphinx]

most gold PSUs have built in protection

the store just sent me a code to sent the CX550 back

[cinder kiln]

Gold is an efficiency rating, not a safety rating

Bronze psus can be quite safe too lol

[azure pond]

Gold/bronze/Plat etc don't mean anything for protections. The types of protections have normally protect the pc if the psu itself has an issue

If you're lucky, it would protect against a power surge and just the psu would die, but you can't really know for sure

If you were unlucky the whole pc could die from a power surge

[marsh sphinx]

The high end UPS would be more about preventing unexpected shut downs than protection

[dry sluice]

Anybody got a Verizon phone? There is a deal I need a code for if nobody is using theirs. https://twitter.com/videogamedeals/status/1630913034314039296?s=20

Cheap Ass Gamer (@videogamedeals)

Xbox Series S $149.99 via Verizon Up Rewards. Must be a Verizon Wireless Customer. https://t.co/sjbnNVkuj2

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[marsh sphinx]

I'm feeling inclined to pay more for the XPG Core reactor because their warranty is twice as long as Corsair CX or MSI MAG.

[dry flume]

core reactor is easily one of the best psus on the market

and probably the best adata psu

[azure pond]

@fathom nebula speaking of

[turbid locust]

Wow they got more of those boards to sell

I picked one up last sale

[steel wren]

wow! that quite the find baca

juicy mobos at juicy prices

and yes im pretty sure the 13900k will be fine there... way too much vrms

[jolly inlet]

The 12900k was fine on it so I imagine the 13900k is too

It was the only low budget board that could in the test I saw a while back

[cinder kiln]

13900K can use like, 30% more power lol

But yes any chip is fine on that board, they use 105A stages on it

[dry sluice]

@azure pond I bought that motherboard deal you listed in Tech-Deals. Board refused to flash, got my refund finally yesterday.

[cinder kiln]

[azure pond]

You mentioned before, and if you mean it as you wouldn't recommend anyone else buy it, it's impossible for quality control to be 100%

There's going to be some that get out with issues

But if someone does have an issue, they can get a refund, like you did

[jolly inlet]

Sometimes you need to try the flash a dozen times for it to work once, or use a different USB

[fallen fulcrum]

MSI RX 7900 XT for $1129 CAD. Is it worth buying? Looking to upgrade.

[jolly inlet]

Upgrading from what? And what power supply do you have?

@fallen fulcrum

[grand orbit]

id just get this instead personally
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B09BZP8KZG

[fallen fulcrum]

-MSI 2060 super

• RM 750W PSU

[sick spade]

You'd need a new PSU.

[grand orbit]

eh

nah RM is good

[sick spade]

Isn't 750w pushing the boundaries?

[fallen fulcrum]

Should be good I think

[sick spade]

What's your current CPU?

[fallen fulcrum]

3800x

[sick spade]

Well I guess at the end of the day, you can always get a larger PSU if need be.

Yeah I think a 7900XT would be a pretty solid jump over a 2060s.

If it's worth it comes down to you though at the end of the day.

[grand orbit]

not ideal but fine

the 7900xt non x isnt much of a jump over the 6900xt tbh idk if its worth like 180 more

[fallen fulcrum]

I look at the 6900 as well. Benchmarks were 30% better I believe

[grand orbit]

nowhere near that much better

[fallen fulcrum]

I’ll look more into it. Thanks

[grand orbit]

7900xt is better no doubt

i just dont know if its worth that much more tbh

the XTX and XT are 2 different cards, stupid naming from AMD tbh

[jolly inlet]

Don't forget that we also have the 7900, 7900X, HD 7900...

[slow sluice]

7900x3d

[azure pond]

5700 and 5700xt are gpus, 5700x is a cpu, 3600xt is a cpu

[jolly inlet]

Their marketing team better come up with something better next gen, at least for the GPUs since the CPUs are kinda locked in for this socket

[molten halo]

for performance info on those fans in #tech-deals: https://youtu.be/xpSO_Mpu9Eg

[azure pond]

P14 max when

I'd throw those on my aio in a heart beat if they come out

[zenith lantern]

[cinder kiln]

Definitely considering forking out for max fans

Maybe just for the o11 air mini tho, temps don't move on the evo rig

[azure pond]

I'd just buy them to move my p14s somewhere else in my case and throw those on my aio, I doubt it'd make a huge difference though

If I cpu oc it might help some

[cinder kiln]

Waiting for the pst version

I'd need like, 3 or 4 fan controllers

[azure pond]

I'll be waiting for p14 max wh pwm pst

[cinder kiln]

I guess I could get bigger rads instead but I don't really need my rads to be any bigger

[azure pond]

Gonna be waiting a while lol

No

[cinder kiln]

Hmm

Could I even fit 3 fan controllers

[flat junco]

No RGB theo, move along

[zenith lantern]

[stoic crest]

on sale already?

arctic is aggressive

[cinder kiln]

I like that

If they can do that and still make money they will bring the market down

[molten halo]

[jolly inlet]

3300 rpm gaddam

[sick spade]

To bad no RGB.

[cinder kiln]

That's a win for me

Lol

[sick spade]

Well I guess there's always that company which makes the argn fsn covers that you could slap on top.

To make any non RGB fan RGB.

[cinder kiln]

There'll be an rgb version I bet

And a pst version

This is just the first of like, 6-8 different versions of P12 in the max form

[jolly inlet]

Give it time for RGB yeah

[cinder kiln]

That too

Those aren't too bad tbh

You could combine that and p12 max probably for less than the price of any of those other super expensive fans

Except maybe the gentle typhoon

[sick spade]

I see.

What I really want is a thicker version of the SL-INF and in 140mm format too.

I love the look of those fans.

[cinder kiln]

Those fans are still meh performing

P12's def better

Even in the face of how quick they cut off on those graphs cos of low rpm

[jolly inlet]

That low rpm is what keeps them in the #1 spot out of budget fans on noise/temp charts

[sick spade]

I know, I know.

[quasi pasture]

I want gentle typhoons

[light holly]

They aren't white. Don't want em.

[pulsar fable]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-no-oh-no-anyway-gif-18887547

[jolly inlet]

It's amusing how the top contributors to that charity bundle are advertisements, a bible verse, short messages, then there's the top contributor only known as "jeff"

[pulsar fable]

Do not question the mighty Jeff!

[fair moon]

For anyone curious about the new p12 fans, looks like they now go up to 3300rpm, double the static pressure, and upped to 81CFM from 53

[jolly inlet]

Double static pressure?

I'll wait for independent analysis on that one

[fair moon]

2.2mm H20 to 4.3

Tbh don't know what exactly that means

[molten halo]

luckily this is only a temporary launch sale

[jolly inlet]

If that's actually 4.3 then that makes it the highest static pressure 120mm by far

[molten halo]

buy now before the test data comes in or forever regret

[fair moon]

Either way worth it for $9

[jolly inlet]

The highest static pressure fan I could find was 2.95mm H2O. This is seriously big if true, this would make anything else irrelevant for liquid cooling.

[light holly]

That humble bundle is I've been wanting Gotham Knights

[light bay]

Be cool if the new p12 didn't whine at certain rpms aswell

[jolly inlet]

It's a totally different motor and bearing so who knows

[molten halo]

I bought a few, I’ll find out in around 5 days and let you know

[pallid geyser]

If you get that bundle, I cannot recommend reading Saga highly enough

Seriously, such a good series

[fleet marlin]

Would be neat to set p12 max at the highest rpm of it's lil brother then compare them. I'm too used to sub-1300rpm to be much impressed w/ certain fans, lol.

[marsh sphinx]

any good mouse deals rn

[pallid geyser]

https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/mouse-5004811--1

[light bay]

^^^ I was literally thinking the same thing

[molten halo]

[marsh sphinx]

Lets goooo

[turbid locust]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpSO_Mpu9Eg

Haven't watched the video so I'm not sure if that will answer your question

[jolly inlet]

Ok so it's as I thought, something is screwy with their pressure calculation. The T30 still stomps it in every way but it's a great option for the price.
It's too bad there isn't a better test rig in the video but it's something.

[stoic crest]

waiting for gn

[jolly inlet]

That new fan testing chamber has to be online soon right?

Very much looking forward to that. There's SO many BS specs on fans it'll be good to get some accountability.

[stoic crest]

me too

it's been a while since they bought the test device

[grand orbit]

I wonder if that's why lf2 stock has been meh recently, maybe we should be expecting the lf3 soon

[cinder kiln]

Heh

holding back stock for LF2 max?????

??????????

[stoic crest]

lf2 max when

[cinder kiln]

updoot coldplate pls

[grand orbit]

Imagine not being able to count it would obvs be lf3 smh

[stoic crest]

lol tru

[cinder kiln]

bruv

LF1 when

who wants to be #3 smh

you're not first

and not even the first loser

[grand orbit]

There is a lf1 actually

[cinder kiln]

I'll liquid freeze u in a minute

[cloud hornet]

I had a thicc 120mm LF1 long time ago

It was okay

Bout what one would expect with a thicc 120mm AIO with push/pull fans

[loud sandal]

we got any new RGB fans or is P12 RGB still good

[quasi pasture]

liquid freeze deez nuts

[fleet marlin]

Be careful what you wish for. 🤣

[quasi pasture]

https://tenor.com/view/raiden-metal-gear-rising-jack-the-ripper-balls-chemical-gif-25229269

[fleet marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/chill-out-mr-freeze-arnold-batman-and-robin-hd-punny-gif-24346154

[trim pier]

if they honestly made p14 Maxes i would buy

or an argb p12 max

cause i got my air cooler still

[forest prairie]

I like my P14s

[quasi pasture]

I like my p12s and 14s

[forest prairie]

I don't have any P12s

Yet

[azure pond]

i have 1 p12 and 2 p14s in my build rn

if p14 max comes out ill have 2 p14s and 2 p14s maxes

[shut lava]

I hate the annoying noises the Arctic P12 PWM fans make around 1100 RPM. I designed my fan curve to skip about 150-200 RPM when I had those fans.

[zenith lantern]

my p12 pwm doesn't make any annoying noise o_O

[molten halo]

it gets a little bit higher pitched at ~1000 rpm, the new max version is using a brand new motor though!

[grand orbit]

If you have it run around the 950-1200 rpm range it's really noticeable and weird it's hard to describe

[pallid geyser]

They got that weird promo thing going on so my links are gonna be kinda weird

If I remove anything after the ?, it just takes you to the main screen on Newegg

[grand orbit]

Wait really?

Ahh i see the link is different than usual yeah, the long links fine if needed

[cloud hornet]

Need to convert it to a non account referral link. Basically just goto link and let NE redirect to product page then remove excess info.
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16820331309

[pallid geyser]

Ahhh gotcha

[pallid geyser]

You’re welcome

[shut lava]

The 10 of them I own all do in the same RPM range.

[grand orbit]

Same with the 5 i have yeah

[leaden adder]

I have a Asus ROG Strix g712lu. And the motherboard shorted out on me trying to put in a SSD in it. Stupid me. Does Newegg have motherboard compatible to mine? My repair guy is trying to fix it tomorrow, hopefully. Any one?

[cinder kiln]

That will be a direct mainboard replacement

If it's totally buggered

Laptop boards (though I'm not sure if maybe Asus circumvents this rule) are specifically tooled for a laptop's design

[jolly inlet]

Laptops only accept boards from the same model laptop yeah

You can sometimes upgrade your CPU/GPU in the process but often that costs about as much as a new laptop unless you source and repair it yourself.

[stoic crest]

Pretty much nearly 100% of all laptop repairs that involves board shorting out is replacing the parts that have been damaged, not replacing the whole thing

And the cost of whole laptop boards are going to cost about as a new laptop

[forest prairie]

There is of course the equipment required to do board repair

And skill

[leaden adder]

Ok thanks

[hushed relic]

AMD Ryzen 7 7730U is this good?

[stoic crest]

Not any better than 5800U

They're the same chip

Zen 3 with 8 cores and same igpu

Or 5700U actually, that's also similar

I would rather get last gen laptop with 5700U and save money than falling for the rebranding shenanigans AMD is pulling with naming

[hushed relic]

Oh

But is it still performs good ?

[jolly inlet]

It performs as good as the last gen CPUs mentioned do, which was pretty good

[stoic crest]

^

I just wouldn't get 7730U due to new stuff being full price

[hushed relic]

thanks

[fair moon]

Be careful though, I believe some of the 5000 series have different igpus

Or maybe it's just a cache difference

[stoic crest]

Nope, all the same

[jolly inlet]

Yeah they're literally just renamed and everything else is the same. It even still uses DDR4.

[stoic crest]

^

[fair moon]

Sorry meant like 5700 vs 5800

[stoic crest]

they're identical in that sense too

[fair moon]

Not 7000 series vs 5000

[stoic crest]

all 5000 mobile has same igp

r3 vega 6, r5 7, r7 8

[fair moon]

From what I'm seeing 5600u and 5800 have zen3 while 5700 is zen2

Dunno if that affects the vega 8 igpu though

[jolly inlet]

5700u is only 100 MHz less than a 5800u

Same process node

But Zen2 and Zen3 had the same node on laptops iirc

[fair moon]

https://www.pcworld.com/article/393929/these-are-the-amd-ryzen-5000-mobile-chips-to-avoid-buying.html

[jolly inlet]

100 MHz totally justifies an entire relaunch, yep

[fair moon]

Ah same 7nm node on all of them

[fair moon]

Yeah 7000 vs 5000 is stupid, but it does look like choosing a 5600 or 5800 over 5700 might be worth it

[grand orbit]

5600, 5600x cough cough

sorry thats a hole 200mhz

[jolly inlet]

There was an actual reason for that though, they had to lower prices to compete with Intel without making it look like the prices could have been lower to start with

[grand orbit]

yeah just funny

[jolly inlet]

PBO +200 and your 5600 becomes a 5600X, zero effort

[grand orbit]

i feel so bad for the 300$ 5600x ppl

exactly

[jolly inlet]

That's not even counting how AMD will go beyond their own spec at stock speed on good bins

My 5800X would boost to 4850 totally stock. 4700 is the spec. +200 PBO and it hits 5050.

[fair moon]

Sometimes even just giving it a decent cooler for some thermal headroom works

[jolly inlet]

Well yes hitting your rated boost clocks does assume that headroom is there

[fair moon]

Do stock coolers not hit the factory/rated boost clocks?

[jolly inlet]

They can tag the max boost but it'll drop under sustained load

[fair moon]

Ah

completely unrelated but it's sad to see how Humble Choice has fallen off

[jolly inlet]

Indeed. Humble Bundle used to be really good. I got hundreds of games from them.

[fair moon]

this month's headliners are Biomutant (2ish years old and 67% on steam) and a Jurassic park game

[fair moon]

the limited time bundles are still usually pretty good but monthly choice aint

[jolly inlet]

The other bundles are mostly re-releases of past bundles though

How many times have they done the Star Wars bundle?

[fair moon]

idk

I will say i think part of it is that a lot of the games are now on game pass

like the monthly ones

[molten halo]

So ive received the new p12 max fans, they are not gunna lie, kinda pitchy/whiny

but there's no weird noise at ~1000rpm anymore

[molten halo]

PSA after further messing around, the ramp up sounds like a actual jet engine I cant recommend the p12 max I capped them at 60% and its still extremely whiny.

[jolly inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/ryan-dunn-jet-engine-gif-5019423

[loud sandal]

i want jet engine please send me

Jet

[dry flume]

that actually looks sick

imagine a turbine just chillin on your room

btw, not a "deal" but i3 12100F is 102 usd on amazon rn

[prisma mortar]

that isn't a jet engine

i believe that is a turbofan engine

[loud sandal]

[prisma mortar]

though technically speaking it is a "jet" engine

but the image you sent is either a turbojet or a turbofan engine

not too sure which since it's a pc case

hold on lemme show you the diff

stock photo but whatever

[loud sandal]

[sonic shard]

Ryzen 5 7600
MSI Pro B650M-A WiFi
$325

https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails?sdtid=16495366&ItemList=Combo.4537101&nm_mc=AFC-RAN-COM&cm_mmc=afc-ran-com-_-Slickdeals+LLC&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=afc-ran-com-_-Slickdeals+LLC&utm_source=afc-Slickdeals+LLC&AFFID=208164&AFFNAME=Slickdeals+LLC&ACRID=1&ASUBID=89a97f52bd1c11ed927aa66a415f3ee70INT&ASID=&ranMID=44583&ranEAID=208164&ranSiteID=lw9MynSeamY-ZwrFoKYPjpQEXQWdT12yJw

Seems like a good deal

[molten halo]

For context here’s the p12 max ramping up to 60% ~1800 rpm https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/615681920407175180/1082840576271073321/IMG_0553.mov

[pallid geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/engines-top-gun-maverick-fire-up-gotta-blast-coming-gif-25325804

[jolly inlet]

So they took the noise level we loved about the P12, the main reason to recommend it, and chucked it right out the window

[molten halo]

Yup

[fleet marlin]

300rpm higher is also louder anyways, imagine that. A test for me would be p12 max at 1500rpm & see if it's not pointless.

[molten halo]

The whine is the deal breaker for me, even at low rpm it doesn’t come through on video that well but it’s still there. I was getting a headache

[cinder kiln]

Sadge, the hype is a lie

[trim pier]

3300 rpm must sound like warfare then

cause if that was only 60%/1800rpm or whatsoever

[molten halo]

It got loud is all I can say

[trim pier]

lmao

cause it truly sounds like what i put my fans at 100% for shiz and giggles for 1550rpm

i do really wanna know what it sounds like at 100% though

[cinder kiln]

They must've taken too many pages from the bionix line

[stoic crest]

welp

p12 max isn't max after all

sounds like my laptop

[sick spade]

Dear g0d it sounds like my EVGA AIO's fans on heavy load.

[grand orbit]

But they use different ball bearing pepehands

P12 whine is headache inducing

[cinder kiln]

it's greatest downfall

pepefeet

[grand orbit]

Feet? Sus

I think someone was asking if it was that bad the other day, I've time stamped the problem and it's like louder than it is in the vid
https://youtu.be/QwftVMGPOiI?t=379

[jolly inlet]

Not the best monitor overall being a 27" 1080p but for the price who could really complain

[grand orbit]

Is that why you voted for both lol?

[jolly inlet]

Yes

Gotta keep the balance

[molten halo]

I’d complain

Well at least it’s not va

[jolly inlet]

For $120 though it would make a great secondary

[molten halo]

its true

[light holly]

I check Walmart clearance section every time I go there. A couple days ago we picked up a 165hz 1080p 24" for $44. Then we bought a cheap little desk to go with it. My girl has seen the light in using a keeb/mouse for gaming.

[prisma mortar]

One of us

One of us

[grand orbit]

Goddam

[tranquil olive]

Hi does anyone know what the clearance starts?

[jolly inlet]

No one here works for Newegg except @foggy coral and that's not their department so I doubt they know either

[loud sandal]

some people ordered some ibuypower pc from walmart today

I was trying to find specs but i couldn't but there was an HP with rx6400

[dry flume]

12400F is 148$ on amazon

[fleet marlin]

meh, seen the non-F within $10 of that sometimes. Happy w/ my used one that was actually $130 shipped.

[grave delta]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B072C8HBGW

[quasi pasture]

doritos are a C-tier snack

[light holly]

E-tier.

[daring depot]

We'll compromise: D tier

[jolly inlet]

If you place Doritos near me and walk out of the room you'll never see them again

Especially the nacho ones

[quasi pasture]

cool ranch doritos are easily the best dorito flavor

[jolly inlet]

I agree but I can't eat the whole bag like I can with the nacho

[quasi pasture]

[fleet marlin]

Some chips are so addictive. Almost as bad as something like this:

[light holly]

https://tenor.com/view/feeling-tasty-taste-gif-25488955

[pallid geyser]

Breakfast claws

?

🖐️

[jolly inlet]

No, what's addicting is THIS

[quasi pasture]

wow that looks good

[jolly inlet]

Panera pastry ring
Cream cheese, cherry, and apple fillings on their pastry dough

I used to work there... I've eaten too many of these

[forest prairie]

Looks tasty

[quasi pasture]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/637026748230315/

[forest prairie]

Log in or sign up to view
See posts, photos and more on Facebook.

[pallid geyser]

It’s the Elden ring

[civic sun]

can I have one

[forest prairie]

There is only one right now

They can make another

[dry flume]

i7 12700KF for 189$

https://a.co/d/bbt6BnK

[grand orbit]

Sweet deal

[dry flume]

yea

[pallid geyser]

geez, yeah that’s pretty nice

[azure pond]

@dry flume seller has a single rating

I dont trust that

[void whale]

my issue with it

[grand orbit]

Oof yeah mad sus

[dry flume]

huh didn't check seller

mb

[pallid geyser]

Yeah they lowered the price to $129??

[dry flume]

LOL

I'll be interesting to buy it and see an empty box arrive at your house

[fleet marlin]

Tech deals generally need to have more than 1 item and/or decent feedback if it's Ebay. Not the thread for memes/junk.

[pallid geyser]

Debating whether it’s worth trying out that 12700kf

I mean it’s Amazon

Worst come to least they just give me my money back, right?

[fleet marlin]

I wouldn't bother, and link probably should be removed tbh.

[pallid geyser]

Hmmmm

[light holly]

I second this

Would suck for someone to get scammed because they followed a link posted here in wegg.

[loud sandal]

imagine running out of nvme slots

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/MXjBD3/asus-rog-crosshair-x670e-extreme-eatx-am5-motherboard-rog-crosshair-x670e-extreme for only $999 you can get a mobo with 4x 5 gen ssd slots amd 1x 4 gen ssd slot

[high radish]

[grand orbit]

Hear me out.. pcie to m.2

[high radish]

2x pcie to m2 card

[jolly inlet]

Do you mean dual PCIe x16 to 4x M.2? Because that would be sweet

[high radish]

Yeah that's what I meant

[grand orbit]

You can do 4 m.2s with 4 full lanes on just one x16 slot tho

[high radish]

So 14x m2 slot total lol

[jolly inlet]

Sounds like a great ZFS setup in the making

Combine them all into one volume and profit

[high radish]

8x m2 slot on pcie cards , 4x m2 slot on mobo and another 2x at rog card lol

Sweet

[jolly inlet]

Ooh where's the DIMM.2 ones, there's some extra spots

[high radish]

Cheapo 8TB SSD wen

[light holly]

I just learned about these in a vid last night. Like.. I didn't know you could do that lol

[grand orbit]

I mean you can get 2 4tb p3s for like 450

[jolly inlet]

Define cheap. I know of at least one that's $450.

[grand orbit]

You talking about the 870 qvo or something?

[high radish]

Idk I mean cheap gen4 ones

[jolly inlet]

No that's $510 right now

[high radish]

I just have 4x 4tb sn850x

[jolly inlet]

There's this https://www.newegg.com/western-digital-7-68tb-ultrastar-sn640/p/0D9-001A-003H6?Item=9SIA994JKA3139&quicklink=true

[high radish]

Eww sata

[grand orbit]

It's actually nvme over u.2

[jolly inlet]

No it's U.2

[high radish]

Oh

[brisk sphinx]

Nah nah nah, dimm to M2

[quasi pasture]

dimm.2 exists

i use my ddr3 as my ssd

[brisk sphinx]

…I can use an m.2 as ram?

[forest prairie]

https://youtu.be/minxwFqinpw

[jolly inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/well-yes-but-actually-no-well-yes-no-yes-yes-no-gif-13736934

[loud sandal]

or hear me out 5 nvme and 4 pcie nvme

9 ssd slots brrrrrrrrrr

newegg has nas builder

[stoic crest]

all expensive asf

might as well start your own home server with a dell optiplex

or a cheap pc

[loud sandal]

so cheap haha

[stoic crest]

ouch

[brisk sphinx]

Buy it

[high radish]

Any dirt cheap 2tb ssd ? Which not sux

This looks like best option but idk

https://www.newegg.com/intel-2tb-670p-series/p/N82E16820167473

[grand orbit]

670p is decent yeah but I'd get this instead personally
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/CYwypg/teamgroup-mp34-2-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-tm8fp4002t0c101

[azure pond]

I'd go for 670p when its $14 cheaper

[hushed relic]

ASUS TUF Dash F15 15.6" Gaming Laptop (Intel Core i7-12650H/512GB SSD/16GB RAM/GeForce RTX 3060/Win11)

Is this good ?

[azure pond]

Depends on price

But if you're gaming, odds are, no

[light bay]

Highly recommend that mm350 posted. I've had mine for about 3 years and its been awesome

[fair moon]

I recommend just buying a cheap no name brand off of amazon or even aliexpress

most of em are from the same or very similar suppliers, you can get more varied dimension options and it's like $10

there are probably some benefits to higher end pads but I would bet that corsair is the same as the generic ones

[light bay]

The Corsair one is hella thick and there is zero fraying on mine

I've seen some cheaper ones really start to fray

[fair moon]

stitching on mine is holding up, been using it for 2.5ish years I think

[light bay]

Also risk with no names is that they don't like to lay down flat and smell terrible

[fair moon]

both things that go away after a few hours or maybe a day if unlucky

but yeah if you don't want to deal with that i suppose $20 isnt bad

[grand orbit]

How thick is hella?

[light bay]

Like 6mm iirc

[grand orbit]

Sheesh

[light bay]

Idk what that is in freedom units

[grand orbit]

Superior thickness for mousepads tbh

[fair moon]

6mm wow

[light bay]

Like 1/4 thickness of a hamburger patty for the americans out there

[gusty river]

spec sheet says 4mm

[light bay]

Is it?

Hmm

I remembered it being 6

[fair moon]

my generic one is 3.5-4mm

hard to measure without calipers

does thickness do anything for mouse mats?

[light bay]

They don't like to move around as much, maybe some sound deadening or comfort if you argued for it

[gusty river]

Still think paying the extra $5-$10 for quality control, customer service, and the 2 year warranty is worth it. This model also has anti-fray stitching which I've found is a problem with some cheaper mouse-pads that don't have that or are poorly stitched

[pulsar fable]

Oh wow a mousepad for $20

Meanwhile I'm still using a mousepad hyte gave me for free

[gusty river]

a HUGE mousepad for $20

[light bay]

yeah the stitching they use is really great

looks like corsair has both a pro and non pro xl mm350 extended

non pro seems to be thicker from what i see

[molten halo]

i wish it wasnt a gray corsair logo

[light bay]

i think i have the non pro, pro is linked in deals

so looks like its a 1mm difference

[pulsar fable]

Just cover it with your mouse

[molten halo]

its the entire pad

[pulsar fable]

Oh I'm not complaining I just remember when hyte had a broken site launch and a lot of people here for a free deskpad from them

[light bay]

oh yeah i got one of those

gave it to a friend

im guessing it didnt pay off in the end for ibuypower 💀

they kinda got screwed on that deal

[hushed relic]

why not?

[olive lance]

agileshop.co and kineticlabs.store best value

[light holly]

What's the password to agileshop.co?

[olive lance]

they are closed as of now but they sell their stuf on kineticlabs

revamping website i think

[light holly]

That wrinkle though

[olive lance]

?

No wrinkles on mine

[light holly]

https://kineticlabs.com/desk-mats/kinetic/rainbow-blast-mat

Their own showcase shows how not flat they are lol

[olive lance]

Weird

A lot of people dont have issues

[light holly]

Oof, Amazon 1 whole month wait for that desk mat

Best Buy will get to me in 3 days though 😄

[gusty river]

I didn't even see that lol

[grand orbit]

10$ extra for the G6 is 1000% worth over the gt

[azure pond]

Yeah, still good if it goes oos though

Sales ended anyways, g+ is still $120 tho

[loud sandal]

I found it

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/pcie4-card-21-m2-ssds-168tb-31gbps

Now we will never run out of nvmes

[fleet marlin]

Not a tech deal, but cool. $120ish for 2TB P5 Plus recently.

[fair moon]

Apex Storage implemented two regular 6-pin PCIe power connectors to provide auxiliary power
👀

[loud sandal]

Well it has to power 21 ssds

[jolly inlet]

Considering they have to account for having a full array of inefficient cheap drives that can use 6W+ each the peak power draw could approach 120W, so additional power isn't unreasonable. Dual 6 pins though?

[light holly]

Shipped via UPS this morning. Will be here on Wednesday. 🙂 I don't think I've been excited for a desk mat before.

[gusty river]

Same lol, I’m very excited to finally get a desk mat where I don’t have to worry about my mouse falling off the edge. I’ve been using a Magic the Gathering play-mat for the past few years and it barely fits my full-size keyboard and mouse. Figured it’s time for an upgrade after suffering for so long

[light holly]

Dude. I too have been using 2 MTG playmats for the longest time.

While the 2 together are a tad longer than the "real" desk mat, they aren't as wide so it'll be nice to shave off the length to have more depth.

[pallid geyser]

https://www.newegg.com/account/referral/LVJ6CA?v=combo-_-USA-_-4538151-_--_-US230301-_-0-_--_-&n=0d1fbb1dfc4364173343c8694caec31f Honestly, this doesn’t seem like a terrible deal

[jolly inlet]

Too bad it's out of stock

[pallid geyser]

Really?? It’s in stock for me

[small token]

for me as well

[pallid geyser]

Hmmm

[pallid geyser]

Ah, guess it updated, out of stock now

[loud sandal]

@high radish here 5 gen nvme

[jolly inlet]

omfg it has a fan

[cinder kiln]

That's the loud af gen 5

[loud sandal]

hehe

[cinder kiln]

Tiny little 13k rpm fan

[loud sandal]

ill buy entire stock

[cinder kiln]

https://tenor.com/view/jontron-ill-take-your-entire-stock-distorted-gif-17727873

[loud sandal]

https://tenor.com/view/fan-gif-18399300

how i sleep at night

so a 13k rpm fan is nothing

[jolly inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/ryan-dunn-jet-engine-gif-5019423

[jolly inlet]

11W

Now put 21 of them on that expansion card

[loud sandal]

"It's fast at loading games, so you can play more and wait less."

[cloud hornet]

Questionable what workloads cause peak sustained power. If it's only high sequential then it wont be hitting 11w as AIC isnt designed to push 21 NVMes from a pure bandwidth perspective.

Unless built in controller allows for copying to use full NVMe bandwidth

[loud sandal]

https://www.microcenter.com/product/660437/inland-td510-2tb-3d-tlc-nand-pcie-gen-5-x-4-nvme-m2-internal-ssd

[loud sandal]

Idk just says that on microcenter site

[cinder kiln]

@jolly inlet A750 now $239, dropped again

[light holly]

What GPU compares to the A750

[cinder kiln]

Like, 3060 Ti-ish

But the caveat is the drivers, supposedly much better but we have no reports of that here yet

[jolly inlet]

3060-3060 ti depending on the game yeah

Tempting

[cinder kiln]

It's about as good $/fps value as the 6600 but with a huge catch 22

[light holly]

I see. My girl is finally realizing that a better GPU than the 580 8gb is needed to play games with good graphics.

I wonder if it would be a good idea to go for the intel gpu.

[cinder kiln]

I will absolutely not guarantee an easy experience

[jolly inlet]

I'd go for a 6600 XT or 6650 XT instead

Intel is still mostly for people that like to tinker

[cinder kiln]

Yeah, if it was a power user it's a good value buy

[molten halo]

I’ll guarantee a good time

[light holly]

What is one of those running atm?

Really only play CoD/MMO games.

Ultimately if my taxes form last year ever show up, I'm gonna get a 4090 and just put my 3080 12gb in her pc, but man.. it's been 13 months I've been waiting lol

[light bay]

frfr they should have to pay interest on returns

thatd fix the issue

[jolly inlet]

They'll do 1080p ultra in most games, except some of the most demanding games.

[light holly]

They do. and I believe in 2022 alone it went from 2% at the beginning of the year up to 7% by the end of the year.

[light bay]

should be monthly compounding ngl

imagine that

[fiery zephyr]

[light holly]

Yeah, I was hoping maybe for 1440p, but 1080 is ok too.

I did just find a 1660 Super Ventus XS OC on craigslist for $80. Thinking I might nab that to hold over.

[fiery zephyr]

You sound like me right now

Indecisive af

[light holly]

Well, tbh it says Like New and comes with the box. The cheapest I see on ebay right this moment is right around $150.

I could always throw it into another build to sell in the future.

[jolly inlet]

That's barely better than the 580 though

[light holly]

True, but for $80? Could just sell it on ebay I guess.. Idk, my 1650s ran my games way better than this 580 seems to be doing.

[jolly inlet]

Well at least the 1660 meets the minimum requirements for most games but don't expect more than 1080p 60fps on low

[light holly]

hm. At least for ff14, I'm seeing 140ish at 1080p max. roughly 60-70 for 1440p max, which is about 10-20ish more than my 1650s was giving me.. this 580 is running 40 fps at max 1080p. It's really weird.

[jolly inlet]

That's a MMO though, it's purely CPU dependent

[light holly]

True, I am seeing in gaming vids of popular games that the 1660s is hitting 60-70 fps with ultra settings.

1080p

[jolly inlet]

That'll depend on the game of course. I'm mostly referring to AAA games from the last 4-ish years.

[light holly]

Yeah makes sense. She's really only into all the CoD games and currently FF14, so if I can hit 60fps ultra in those games with the 1660s, I think it'll be golden.

[jolly inlet]

Warzone is a bit of a challenge but it should be doable

[light holly]

She's not really into story style games or battle royals

eh she dislikes warzone for sure.

[jolly inlet]

Don't blame her

Personally I stopped liking them after about black ops 2

[light holly]

I hadn't played a CoD since BO2 until I grabbed MWII a couple months ago. I really like this new one though. If I want to play BR though I just play Apex.

[fair moon]

I love MW2 (2022) but warzone sucks

They need to implement the DMZ revive system or make it harder to thirst downed players

[pulsar fable]

I just wish things moved a little faster

Like the game generally has this sluggish feeling I can't pin down to one thing in particular

[fleet marlin]

Big ass maps. The TDM & domination was great. The only BR I play routinely is Apex but it's more just about the weapons & such. Concur on anti-thirsting would be good.

[daring depot]

The movement is definitely slower in MW2

gun handling as well, you feel like you're walking whenever you get jumped

[fleet marlin]

bullet flinch or such & movement slowdown when hit in any game is also boring, but oh well.

[fair moon]

Yeah a few of the MP maps feel like they need to be 8v8 and a couple might even be good as 10v10

[daring depot]

imagine 10v10 shipment

[fair moon]

there was a limited time mode that was 10v10 on every map

shipment was just everyone running the saiga and shooting constantly till they died

[daring depot]

bruh when was this

if it was season 2 then BLOODY HECK I MISSED IT

[keen marsh]

They had done 10v10 on MW2019 Shipment. Will probably return again for MWII but I wouldn't know currently. I don't work on MP anymore.

[daring depot]

ah ok

god 10v10 mw2019 actually does look ridiculous

[keen marsh]

Oh how I miss MP :/

[daring depot]

Daylight actually looks dope for Shipment

i can actually see who im shooting and not just blinding flash grenades

[keen marsh]

1660s should be fine for cod. Its more CPU dependent.

[light holly]

@fleet marlin def worth it for me since I bought the 1tb a year ago for

[loud sandal]

i love the store called ningbolangdunqichekejiyouxiangongsi

[forest prairie]

Awesome

[pallid geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/leopold-keyboard-smash-gif-18479247

How they chose their name

[loud sandal]

[brittle lagoon]

It's like city - company - (car tech company?) - something

The equivalent would be like saying
California Newegg commerce tech platform

[pallid geyser]

Oh that makes sense actually

https://tenor.com/view/the-more-you-know-gif-19118236

[brittle lagoon]

Ningbo is city/region, I think longdu is the name of the company, qiche is car (prob previously automotive company), keji is tech, youxiangongsi is like saying limited

[slim hornet]

Hey, I am here trying to find a 150$ monitor 144hz or more preferably.

[brittle lagoon]

try this for 1080p240
https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-25-gaming-monitor-s2522hg/apd/210-azzo/monitors-monitor-accessories

there was a deal earlier for a cheaper 1080p240 panel but looks like the deal is gone

[vague pine]

for $150, might have to buy me a fourth monitor

[slim hornet]

I think this just might work

[light holly]

Check your local walmart clearance section first. They have a round of monitors they are wanting to liquidate and they are hella good price.

See if your store is one of those that had to many of the model they want to get rid of.

[vague pine]

nearest walmart is about 2 hours away from me

[light holly]

rip. we got a 24" 1080p60 for $40

[vague pine]

i want to move back to where i used to live

had everything within 5 minutes of me

[mint helm]

That sounds nice

[light bay]

Even a microcenter?

[prisma mortar]

Even japan?

Everything would be 5 minutes away if you could teleport

[forest prairie]

Teleport bread

https://tenor.com/view/lets-get-this-bread-gif-12741835

[quasi pasture]

based

[harsh trellis]

So, I just got a new mobo, cpu, and cooler, but I'm not sure what price to sell the old parts for.
Old parts were a b360m bazooka Mobo, a Intel i5 9600k, and a 240mm AIO

[forest prairie]

At least 2 dollars

[light holly]

What's the 240mm AIO?

[harsh trellis]

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/53544/ekwb-aio-liquid-cpu-cooler-240mm

[pallid geyser]

Any good deals in the steam sale?

[fiery zephyr]

I posted that Warhammer link in general earlier haha

[pallid geyser]

Oh woops

[fiery zephyr]

Nah all good

I use the free stuff bot in my server

So it tells me every game that's free atm and sends links to it

[pallid geyser]

Oh nice thats awesome

[light holly]

Just set up the new mat. It feels like I upped my mouse DPI to 6500 from 6000 LOL

[gusty river]

lol, I have to say I am enjoying it much more than I thought I would. Unfortunately this means I'll never be able to get a smaller desk mat ever again. Kind of like when you upgrade your monitor size/hz/resolution

[lilac prawn]

Once you go 400mm tall you can't go back

[gusty river]

Never pay more than $200usd for HD6XX's. They frequently go on sale and it's practically the retail price.

[quasi pasture]

@quasi radish those headphones are good bozo

[quasi radish]

The pricing is not that great imo

[quasi pasture]

200 isn't amazing but it's been at 220 for a good while and hasn't gone down

[high radish]

DT990 Pro is amazong headphones. Be aware it's 250ohm version so you'll need good audio interface or amp for high volume

@fiery zephyr link not working btw lol

[fiery zephyr]

Oh dang

Should now

[high radish]

Yeah it works now lol

[gusty river]

I saw the 990's on sale last night and though about getting them since I love the 770's and love open backs, but since they're essentially the same headphone I decided to be adventurous and go with the 6XX

[vague pine]

dont know if anyone has posted this yet or if it was mentioned but ill leave here instead of tech deals since this is probably only applicable to so many people

If you have CashApp, there is a booster for discord for 99% off in-app purchase (this is pretty much only for the $9.99 nitro)

total comes out to be $0.10 for nitro, you arent locked into a plan or anything, should be able to cancel later on

[light holly]

noice. Hopefully the boost will still be there on the 28th lol.

[quasi radish]

@pallid geyser what the hell, am I reading this right?

is that Gen4x4 for <$50/TB?

[pallid geyser]

Appears so

[quasi radish]

????

DRAMless Innogrit controller

WITH TLC?

I don’t see the catch - what’s the catch here?

[light bay]

slightly sus they dont name which specific controller it is

[quasi radish]

It’s the IG5220

[light bay]

yeah thats kinda sus, like is that the msrp?

[quasi radish]

The IG5220 is a rather solid controller (for a budget drive)

at least from what I can find

[brittle lagoon]

Any source on what actual nand it has?

[quasi pasture]

Dang

[quasi radish]

1000TBW endurance = almost certainly TLC…

not sure what kind of TLC exactly

[brittle lagoon]

no

[quasi radish]

look if QLC can do that

that’s some super high quality QLC

[brittle lagoon]

For example, N48r same p/e cycles by spec as b47r iirc
Which means qlc and tlc rated as the same endurance

It's the qlc that's in P41 plus

I'm expecting it to be like P41 plus, well performing qlc

[quasi radish]

I don’t expect QLC - typically they’re rated for 300-400 cycles at most

this is rated at 1k

[brittle lagoon]

It's like how team claims like 1200tbw on random 96l tlc

While the same nand in a different drive is usually rated for like 600tbw

It's at their digression

[quasi radish]

Manufacturer ratings are somewhat bs

they’re usually quite conservative

[brittle lagoon]

It's technically true and just by the nand itself it should be capable of more

[quasi radish]

but I’m not convinced you’ll see a QLC drive with a 1000 cycle rating

even if the newer 172L QLC can do it just fine

[brittle lagoon]

Well, let's see

Also I'm going crazy I dunno why I thought n48r was in P41 plus, it has Intel nand

[fleet marlin]

If not needed for a ps5 or such, I'd possibly lean towards something like MP34 that's $50 currently.

[light holly]

@steel sapphire I saw your Bio. This could help you.. and me, so I'm not so distressed XD

[steel sapphire]

well

slight problem

I'm on the $5 nitro plan right now which is perfect for me

if I go up to $10 temporarily, I can't go back

[light holly]

Oh I see

[pallid geyser]

https://www.costco.com/.product.9765875.html?

Hmmmm

Would like this a lot

Don’t really know much ab TVs though, any idea if it’s good? Or anything better for that price range?

[fiery zephyr]

https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/hisense/u7h

[jolly inlet]

$600, that's really good. That's been one of my top picks for a couple years for recommendations.

[fiery zephyr]

Pretty good honestly

Especially for that price

Sheesh

[jolly inlet]

Yeah that used to be a $1000+ TV

[pallid geyser]

Dang

[light holly]

it doesn't show me a price lol

[pallid geyser]

May have to pick it up then

Ends tomorrow

[jolly inlet]

Who cares if it's a couple years old, it's still really good

[jolly inlet]

Do you have a zip code set?

It could be regional

Probably clearance after all, older model

[light holly]

oh, I did not. Now I see a price. $599.99

[fiery zephyr]

https://a.co/d/bGYdYji
Could spend a lil more for mini led but its 55in

[jolly inlet]

Heh that's what I ended up buying

But the 65

And the Google TV version

[fiery zephyr]

@pallid geyser remember the price

[pallid geyser]

Oh woops

[molten halo]

that tv deal

[cinder kiln]

P5 plus 2TB is $122
Leadex III Gold 850W is $115
For the #building-and-recc-chat bois

[grand orbit]

Great argument however p41 plus rand go brr more for 25 less

[cinder kiln]

What tier p41 plus tho

[jolly inlet]

It's too new for the tier list

That hasn't been updated in a long time

[cinder kiln]

It's like 3$ more than an SN770 that's why I mentioned it lol

[jolly inlet]

If I had to guess based on CDM results it's probably an A tier equivalent

[grand orbit]

In seqs it's meh, in rand it's p41 plat level

[cinder kiln]

P5 plus is S tier

Git rekt scrubs

It's worthy for like, workstation production

For gaming no, not even gen 4 kekw

[grand orbit]

It's got good seqs but it's randoms barely outpace my sn550

[cinder kiln]

I'll outpace ur sn550 in a minute

Sadge

[grand orbit]

Yeah hold on lemme find ze pics

[jolly inlet]

Gaming you'd want like, B tier max lol. No point going more. People love to dish out the dollars for 980 Pro though.

[cinder kiln]

980 pro gross

I thought I owned one but I don't

[jolly inlet]

Even the one game that supports direct storage doesn't benefit from gen 4 much

[cinder kiln]

Only cute 970's and 970 plus

[cinder kiln]

The one game that supports direct storage doesn't benefit from gen 5 even

[grand orbit]

Like flex

First p5 plus 2nd sn550

In bottom left test sn550 even wins

[cinder kiln]

The T700 has similar speeds

[grand orbit]

No wait I'm blind

[cinder kiln]

Gen 5

[grand orbit]

Bottom right*

[jolly inlet]

Yeah shallow queue writes

Which are going to vary wildly based on background tasks btw

AV running? That's a write AND read queue going

[cinder kiln]

AV?

[jolly inlet]

Antivirus

[cinder kiln]

Oh

LOL

[grand orbit]

Don't believe it was running

[jolly inlet]

You have to kill like 3 things to stop defender from running, they don't make it easy

[cinder kiln]

The AV was def running tho

[grand orbit]

Like it being open but not scanning can slow down?

[cinder kiln]

Made you both pause

[jolly inlet]

Yes, it can still scan passively

[grand orbit]

I'm just tryna word mouth words okay

Bruh

[cinder kiln]

Don't need mouth for discord a brruuhhh

[grand orbit]

If you want i can do it again but I'm pretty sure toms has comparisons of the sn550 in their p5 plus review

[cinder kiln]

No I believe

I got excited and didn't read deep into it

[jolly inlet]

This is only step one in keeping defender from using resources

[grand orbit]

Ahh no they don't have sn550

But I'm just going to be doing the test on p5 OS I'm not bothered doing both OS/non OS

I've malware bytes atm do i do win def and that?

[jolly inlet]

Unless you have the paid version malwarebytes isn't doing any active scanning, except the scheduled scans

Defender knows this and still runs normally, unless you have the paid version as mentioned before

[grand orbit]

I do yeah dad pays for it so might as well

[jolly inlet]

In that case disabling mwb might trigger defender to wake up

During normal use defender knows mwb is doing the protecting so it hangs back and sleeps

[grand orbit]

Hmm gimme a few mins to get off my ass and go upstairs and I'll figure it out

[grand orbit]

I cannot find this setting for the life of me is it different on win 10/11 or something?

[jolly inlet]

Should be the same

Search in settings for "defender" and it'll pop up with security settings

"virus and threat protection"

"manage settings"

[grand orbit]

Ahh

Anything else i needa do?

[jolly inlet]

Real time protection covers most of it

It's fine 9/10 times just toggling that

[grand orbit]

Okay

I've closed as much as possible to will send the results in a min

[jolly inlet]

It will turn itself back on soon, fair warning

Roughly an hour I think

[cinder kiln]

icue likes to turn itself back on every 5-6 minutes a warning

[grand orbit]

1st p5 plus, 2nd sn550

[jolly inlet]

That seems a lot better, much more like you'd expect

[cinder kiln]

ur drives are so full

smh

[grand orbit]

sn550 still wins in one category tho lol

[jolly inlet]

You should see mine

[cinder kiln]

Lol

[grand orbit]

i copied my sn550 to p5 and didnt wipe sn550 yet

[jolly inlet]

Deep queue hardly counts because it's rarely used irl

[grand orbit]

still tho for a budget drive vs an "s tier"

[cinder kiln]

I mean

for vid production there is a night and day difference here still

ye for most normies it's nothing

now compare sn770

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/wd-black-sn770-ssd-review/2

P5 plus here too

poggies

reading this here for all the rand tests the P5 Plus is no p41 plat but it's not horrible either

would say SN770 is nicer

[grand orbit]

But remember in rand p41 plus is p41 plat

[brittle lagoon]

Prob want to mention it's the P41 plus not the P41

[grand orbit]

Wdym?

[brittle lagoon]

In #tech-deals, they already edited it

[grand orbit]

Ahh

[light holly]

@pallid geyser Awesome man, I was actually in the market for another charge cable.

[pallid geyser]

Sweet, I got free shipping as well

May can use code MARCH15 for another 15% off but unsure

[jolly inlet]

Only wired for 2.0 but it does do charging, if that's all you need

[light holly]

yep, I can leave one at work and in muh car

[jolly inlet]

Too bad the only C port I have is on the back of my PC and it doesn't do PD

[light holly]

Our work apple tablet has a c charger. we have a lighter plug in for the car that you can plug an actual wall charger into or usb a/c

[stoic crest]

heck