tech-deals-discussion

[stoic crest]

4tb now below 200?

ssds keeps getting cheaper

[pallid geyser]

I’ve got a feeling I’m gonna hold off too long and they’re gonna go from like $150 for a 4TB back up to $500

[daring depot]

nah you'll be fine

the price has been declining since launch. I looked away for like a month and the 970evo went from a GREAT price of 150$ 2tb to EVEN BETTER, 130$

ssd's will keep falling in price. if not, they'll come back to these prices

[fleet marlin]

Hynix p31 is $120 btw. That's around the max we should pay for 2TB of gen 3 either way

[pulsar fable]

Maybe I'm just too used to unmarked tech but watching nvme prices go down like this is nuts

[subtle burrow]

Any idea what the difference is between these 2?

https://www.newegg.com/kingston-32gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820242632?Item=N82E16820242632&nm_mc=AFC-RAN-COM&cm_mmc=afc-ran-com-_

https://www.newegg.com/kingston-32gb/p/N82E16820242755?Item=N82E16820242755&quicklink=true

Both sold and shipped by Newegg, but the cheaper one has a typo in the part number, correct in the description

[grave delta]

Definitely wouldn't buy that first kit

2nd seems like a good deal

Not awful at least

[azure pond]

Seconded

[subtle burrow]

Yeah, the first one is what PCPartPicker linked lol

[dry flume]

970 evo 1tb is 59$ rn on amazon

https://a.co/d/cLGoSm3

[fleet marlin]

Sn770 is same price

[cinder kiln]

WTF THAT SALE

Best SSD

Micro Center pogchampers

[light holly]

Is the sale going on for you still?

[cinder kiln]

When I checked it still was going ye

You gotta select other sellers and pick micro centre

[light holly]

oh I see

crazy

[jolly inlet]

Seems like that $69 drive is no longer on sale? Looks like $115 for 1TB now

[marsh sphinx]

https://www.newegg.com/solidigm-1tb-p44-pro/p/N82E16820318012

[jolly inlet]

Good catch

[marsh sphinx]

no worries

[cinder kiln]

Fabulous deal for basically the best period

[fleet marlin]

Check other sellers on the amazon one

[jolly inlet]

Ah that wasn't there earlier when I looked. Micro Center, wonder if that's their official store...

Probably is from the look of it

[jolly inlet]

@fleet marlin

It's "A tier" but with a big asterisk

[azure ravine]

Are those intel 670p 2Tb drive decent?

I've been using Samsung's so not sure

[azure pond]

Yes

[fleet marlin]

@jolly inlet ya like leadex iii for $15 less better?

[grave delta]

Remember to link the psu tier list rating

[grand orbit]

and yeah they're fine I'd personally spend 10$ more on a better drive tho

[pulsar fable]

While I do agree with the point of spending more on a drive (like the p41 plus that's $110), I find that $80 for a 2tb nvme is quite hard to beat currently

[grand orbit]

ah yeah youre right i thought the ud90 was 90 not 95

[pulsar fable]

$95 for the ud90 still isn't a terrible price, at least for what it shows on the spec sheet

[obtuse shadow]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/265653678360 is this a good deal

[quasi pasture]

shake my hand

[obtuse shadow]

um

[quasi pasture]

are you only after multicore performance

[obtuse shadow]

ig

[quasi pasture]

so you dont know

whatre you using the computer for

[obtuse shadow]

i mean just school work and a bit of gaming

[quasi pasture]

what "school work"

[obtuse shadow]

lets just say watching videos and gaming

[quasi pasture]

ok well now im curious, what made you look into LGA2011-3 and those xeons for your use-case to begin with

[cinder kiln]

More core cheap brr?

[obtuse shadow]

wat

[quasi pasture]

did you just randomly find that CPU or something

nevermind

[fleet marlin]

Perhaps english is their 2nd language. Wondering if I should go to a 12600K for around $60 net.

[swift forge]

I love how the pc market is so good now compared back then to 2020

[primal osprey]

any good deals on monitors right now?

[jolly inlet]

HP X27Q is $210 right now

1440p 27" 165 Hz. Decent reviews.

[primal osprey]

on what website?

[jolly inlet]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0949KL83T

[primal osprey]

my old monitor decided that yesterday was the day to go and it needs to be replaced lol

[jolly inlet]

Oof. That always sucks.

[primal osprey]

yea

We love lol

[jolly inlet]

Curved, ouch. Those always feel more fragile to me.

[primal osprey]

at least it was free when I got it

[jolly inlet]

At least it's not a monetary loss then but that still sucks

[primal osprey]

it definitely served me well for the 3 years I had it

I will definitely look into that one though

thank you

just ordered it. I am excited for it to come in

[tawdry dragon]

I'm waiting for the x32 to go back to the price of $230 on best buy rn.

[grand orbit]

Yessir

[grand orbit]

Hm?

3 pack is like 40$ so you're saving like 7$

Oh nope actually 3 pack is 50$ 17$ savings v nice

If you want rgb for that price there's not much good comp tbh

[tawdry dragon]

It's a monitor

[grand orbit]

Oh the hp x32

[tawdry dragon]

It might be x32q, not sure

[grand orbit]

I thought you meant x as in multiply as in like 2x32gb ram or something

They go brrr4

[quasi pasture]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/134035123362?

[frail socket]

What do people think of the Odyssey G5 at $280?

[quasi pasture]

@grave delta faster than your daily

[azure pond]

If that's the 1440p 165hz 27 inch one, I'd take the x27q new at $210 any day

[frail socket]

Same with the LG UG 1440p 165hz? I’m just making sure nothing’s better enough that it would beat the x27q in terms of quality vs price

Also with the Nano IPS panel wondering how much of a difference that makes from normal IPS

[fleet marlin]

If it's a $280ish model, mostly marketing

[frail socket]

Gotcha, thanks y’all

[light holly]

yeah, def thinking of picking one up

[bright sentinel]

How can I know if a product is REALLY a deal? https://www.newegg.ca/intel-core-i7-13700k-core-i7-13th-gen/p/N82E16819118414?Item=N82E16819118414&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-19-118-414-_-03252023 ?

[pallid geyser]

From camelcamelcamel

Note this is in usd

[bright sentinel]

I know... but for newegg? 🙂

[grand orbit]

You can compare it to different resellers current prices/what it usually sells for

[fleet marlin]

@true agate #tech-deals message

[true agate]

What

Ahh I see

[torpid night]

i’d just lookup the MSRP and compare. I think I’ve read that the MSRP for a 13700K in Canada is 569.99 CAD

also PC Part Picker has a price history graph per product

[fleet marlin]

Camelcamelcamel works good too. Idk if it's a usa only site.

[jolly inlet]

Dang that cable pack is a decent deal. Even for obviously cheap cables, a 5 pack for $6 with various lengths could be a decent set to get.

[pallid geyser]

I got some of those obviously cheap cables (not this brand, but one that’s similar) and it charges my phone so much quicker and has lasted me ages vs. apples chargers lasting a few months lol

[jolly inlet]

Sometimes you get lucky. That's what I'm hoping we'll get, my wife needed cables for her phone.

[pallid geyser]

I haven’t either. lol

[quasi radish]

Scammed in 16K

I got scammed by an ebay seller recently 💀

Bought a cheap GT 710, seller asked for more money

still hasn’t refunded me after I told them off

[quasi pasture]

oh how much did you end up getting it for

pretty good bro

btw what cooler do you have for the 4670k

you still need ddr3 right

ill just send you good listings i find

unless i want them lol

[quasi radish]

Man I’m gonna give them a free defect on ebay

opened an item not received case

if they don’t respond by next week, I get my money back and they get a defect

(hopefully)

[jolly inlet]

At least ebay is pretty good about buyer protection

[quasi pasture]

put it in ice bucket

[quasi radish]

the negative got removed

[jolly inlet]

I still need a bucket to dunk my rad

[quasi pasture]

go to walmart lmao

[jolly inlet]

That's a whole 15 minutes out of my way

Either one

[quasi pasture]

bro.

oh yea i started putting together a list of my revamped daily

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/FarawayThrower/saved/MKqdqs

3090, right brutus

gonna put my foot on the cpu

[jolly inlet]

Crispy foot, make sure to add salt

[quasi pasture]

nah, i still have to put the custom loop parts on that list, but the rad i plannedo n buying is OOS

I think Im gonna buy a 480mm rad and extra ZMT from forks though

i shouldnt have sold my heatkiller IV

no

[quasi radish]

You’re going to use that PSU with an 11700K and 3090 Strix?

[quasi pasture]

nah ill probably upgrade honestly

but ill use it at first

[quasi radish]

You’re going to trip OCP

and I’m going to laugh at you

[quasi pasture]

yes

[quasi radish]

at stock

[quasi pasture]

ill laugh at you when you break more hardware and get scammed on ebay for the thousandth time

[jolly inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/jay-z-bang-guns-rappers-rap-gif-10987246

[quasi radish]

why am I selling you this card again

[quasi pasture]

keep threatening to not sell it to me

i do not care.

[quasi radish]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[dry flume]

1tb of 980 pro for 75$ on amazon rn

[stoic crest]

That ssd has a big issue btw

If you do get it do update its firmware asap

There's a risk you run outdated firmware that can kill drives

[dry flume]

oh

[grand orbit]

Honestly not a good price

[dry flume]

not a good price bc of the firmware issue or just not a good price overall?

[grand orbit]

Overall

[marsh sphinx]

solidigm p44 pro is $70 on newegg if u need the fastest 1tb drive u can get cheap...they also have the intel 670p 2tb for $81...these would be great alternatives if u want - a) the fastest drive, or b) the mostest capacity that is also super fast

[fleet marlin]

Eat that, samsung

[stoic crest]

So much for big brand

[marsh sphinx]

and, if u need 4tb, i'd point to the crucial p3 or p3+...$200 or $225

there are some mighty decent storage deals...it's a good time to be a bit choosy

[jolly inlet]

No point getting SATA when it's the same price as the far superior NVMe

[opal flume]

You know, sometimes you just run out of M.2 slots and PCIe slots for conversion cards

Don't judge a man on the quantity of NVME drives he can use. Judge a man on the quality of the drives used. Don't get QLC

[marsh sphinx]

then u want the team mp34 4tb

[opal flume]

Stares in owning one

[marsh sphinx]

only one?

[quasi radish]

I’m hearing “buy PLC SSDs”

[opal flume]

Well it isn't like I can let my other drives go to waste can I? Also yes, return to PLC

[fiery zephyr]

RETURN TO IDE

[jolly inlet]

Reject serial, return to parallel

[midnight ferry]

read this as RETURN TO DIE

[pallid geyser]

same lol

[opal flume]

https://www.amazon.com/NFHK-Motherboard-Converter-Adapter-Desktop/dp/B09GPGFLWB/

[spark sparrow]

hey all, can someone recommend a good laptop for gaming? will be traveling a bit for work soon-ish and i'm looking around. Will primarily be playing Diablo 4 and want something that can handle it well and has a great screen. Thanks in advance!

[pallid geyser]

If you could, give a budget and whether you’d like to get better battery life or better performance

or has a better screen, I guess

just if it comes down to the nitty gritty, which one you’d choose over the others

[spark sparrow]

would like to stay 1500 or under if possible. id like one with a good looking screen and good performance

[daring depot]

Is weight an issue? And do you prioritize performance or screen quality/quality control

[pallid geyser]

https://www.microcenter.com/product/663175/hp-omen-17-ck1020nr-173-gaming-laptop-computer-black /// https://www.newegg.com/account/referral/LVJ6CA?v=pdp-_-USA-_-34-646-956-_--_-US230301-_-0-_-N82E16834646956-_-storm-grey-lenovo-legion-5-pro-16arh7h-82rg001lus-gaming&n=f79bba137572afb5cb235399c68b53ad

there’s a couple of decent ones

https://www.newegg.com/account/referral/LVJ6CA?v=pdp-_-USA-_-34-360-247-_--_-US230301-_-0-_-N82E16834360247-_-obsidian-black-acer-nitro-5-an515-46-r0eq-gaming&n=6f5f28c7a5c5f049633fc7f205482208 or this one as well

[spark sparrow]

i havent really considered the weight, now that you mention it. it would be helpful if it was fairly mobile, but hope the quality of the performance doesnt suffer due to that.

[daring depot]

Pro tip, the Acer Triton 300 is NOT A GOOD OPTION

but actually check around. Asus has good performance but poor qc on occasion. Dell makes expensive but good laptops.

HP and Acer I'm not sure, same with MSI,

But I heard Lenovo makes good stuff

[pallid geyser]

Yeah, HP kind of has questionable build quality, but it’s really tough to beat that price & if you get it from Microcenter their customer service is great

[jolly inlet]

Dell and HP are always having big sales on their sites too

[daring depot]

Lenovo too, but they're just so expensive in the first place

[jolly inlet]

(the reason for that is for tax purposes, they can claim the coupon as an income deduction)

[daring depot]

I'm not complaining

[pallid geyser]

Although, I guess if you were to wait a while, the new lineup for laptops should be dropping soon with the newer gpus

So if you’re not planning on buying for a bit, come back when you’re ready to purchase and ask again

[daring depot]

If you really want one now, maybe check dell or HP's website for a laptop

[spark sparrow]

thanks for the tip on that, wont need one til end of may/early june

[pallid geyser]

is that one of the reasons companies mark up their products from - i.e. normally $500 - to $1000…then act like it’s a huge sale and it’s $480 (but realistically only $20 off)?

other than to fool typical consumers obv

[pallid geyser]

Awesome, for sure check back when you’re about to purchase! We’ll help ya out then

[jolly inlet]

Exactly. There's also the secondary benefit of being able to write off unsold stock at the listed price, not the discounted.

Which is why you'll see Amazon listings for $300 items marked up to $2000

They don't expect so sell it, they expect to write it off

[pallid geyser]

Geez it makes so much sense now

Surprised that isn’t illegal

[jolly inlet]

It's technically illegal but there's easy ways around it

All you have to do is show it listed around that price elsewhere

So you make another account on Amazon with the same item at the same price

[pallid geyser]

My god

There isn’t a single thing that exists without some crappy loophole is there lol

[jolly inlet]

nope

And that's often intentional btw, amending bills and laws with intentionally vague language for example.

[torpid night]

not to mention how much they like to scam people

scams everywhere as soon as you open the laptop

[jolly inlet]

You're not supposed to use the preinstalled OS, you're supposed to sign in to tie the license to your account and clean install

[pallid geyser]

supposed to

[torpid night]

I agree but most people don’t know to do that

technically you’re not supposed to. but the OEM version of Windows is usually too garbage to use most of the time

[jolly inlet]

Every single tracking feature enabled lol

[torpid night]

thank you, untrustworthy manufacturers :)

[fiery zephyr]

Finally got an update 💀

@pallid geyser

[pallid geyser]

Well… at least it’s coming in

probably had a huge amount of people order them

[fiery zephyr]

Honestly yea

For a good reason lol

[light holly]

which ones did you order

[fiery zephyr]

3 pack of 6foot type c

Gonna use for my phone and prob xbox controller

[light holly]

For 10 bucks and free shipping.. that mouse is probably worth it for people on a budget.

[quasi abyss]

https://slickdeals.net/f/16547233-msi-clutch-optical-red-led-gaming-mouse-w-adjustable-weights-4200-dpi-9-99-free-shipping-via-newegg?src=category_page thijs one?

[shrewd aspen]

Would the 12900k be considered a deal since it can be found for around $350 putting it around the same price as a 13700f

[light holly]

This I feel is a hard one.. If you don't want to make the jump to DDR5 then for sure i9k. If you are going to jump or already on DDR5 and don't care to OC, then i7f, but if you want to overclock.. I'd go for i7k over the other 2.

[shrewd aspen]

https://www.newegg.com/intel-core-i9-12900k-core-i9-12th-gen/p/N82E16819118339 I9-12900K $432 plus an additional + $80 off w/ promo code PAX339

It's cheaper than I7 13th gen that I've seen so far

[light holly]

True, but only $15 more you could just get the 13700f, but I've already stated.. and if you wanted to overclock, well I think it would be the better buy to just save up a tad more and get the 13700k.

That's why I said it's a tough one, but.. I think you could throw it into #tech-deals and no one would throw a fit.

[jolly inlet]

Keep in mind that SA voltage is locked on non-K 13th gen so it'll be limited in memory speed

3466 DDR4 and maybe 5600-6000 DDR5

[light holly]

I see.

I guess it just depends if you want to OC or not.

[shrewd aspen]

Now I do understand the difference in power draw and thermal loads between a 13700f and 12900K can make it worth to save up more money

[light holly]

I second this

[jolly inlet]

Well that does make it fall fairly far behind the 13700k in memory bandwidth hungry games

[azure pond]

13600k matches 12900k in multi core, and beats it in single core iirc

[light holly]

Yeah, but don't most people just go for 3200 ddr4 anyways? I don't know anything about ddr5 yet.

[shrewd aspen]

3200-3600

[azure pond]

I'd do this with a 13600k rn https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Xj24cb

[shrewd aspen]

And ddr5 I feel is a good range at 5600 cl36- 6000 cl30 is ranges

[jolly inlet]

The meta for price/performance has been 3600 c16 for a long time now

[azure pond]

could also go for https://pcpartpicker.com/product/mTHqqs/oloy-blade-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-6400-cl32-memory-nd5u1664320irlde

[high radish]

Oh oloy also joined to ddr5 gang ?

[light holly]

ah, It's been months since I've really kept up on a whole lot. I might need to pay more attention in here again.

[shrewd aspen]

Ik when it's time for me to upgrade to ddr5 I got my eyes set on a beautiful kit of ripjaws

[jolly inlet]

It's been that way since about 9th gen Intel/Ryzen 3000

[light holly]

huh, I guess I usually see 3200 recommended?

maybe I'm just thinking wrong

[jolly inlet]

3200 is the cheap stuff

3200 c16 32gb is like $45 right now, the cheap stuff. The next extreme is 3200 c14 which is still over $100.

[shrewd aspen]

Meanwhile my $700 spending for Ballistix for ddr4

[light holly]

I have ballistix as well, but sheesh $700?

[shrewd aspen]

It was for 4 32gb 3600 cl16

And I bought it when I had my I5-11600K

[azure pond]

$700 is crazyyyyy

I got my 32gb 3200c16 kit for $90

(ballistonx too)

[high radish]

400$ for 64gb 6400mhz

[shrewd aspen]

Thats also tax and shipping included

[sonic shard]

A 7600x and 13600k perform like a 12900k for way cheaper tho

[quasi pasture]

I bought more ddr3 :)

[fleet marlin]

$155 P41 plat for another 5hrs, not bad. (2TB , yes)

[high radish]

yeah also its compatitor sn850x for 150$ too

[fleet marlin]

(ignore crap list price, but check this out)

[azure pond]

That's an insane deal, no?

[high radish]

I was about to share that 4tb sn850x lol

[slim ore]

Acer Predator GM7000 2TB NVMe Gaming SSD - M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 (16 Gb/s) x 4, 3D TLC NAND PC Internal Solid State Hard Drive with DDR4 DRAM Cache Up to 7400 MB/s - BL.9BWWR.106 https://a.co/d/6X9uAW5

[stoic crest]

eh, can get 990 pro instead

[grave delta]

Damn, 990 pro code expired around 9 am this morning.

[fleet marlin]

Snooze, ya lose. Sure wouldn't mind a 4TB, but 2x2 is the smallest of inconvenience when switching which one a game is installed to. Funny to think I could do almost 40 games even if they were near 100GB. Game hoarders unite.

[fair moon]

I wish sata ssd prices would lower more

Like it's awesome to see nvme prices plummet but realistically I don't need that kind of speed for games

[fiery zephyr]

https://a.co/d/grXtmuE

Cheap

But how decent is it hmm

[azure pond]

I could've gotten the 990 pro but I have absolutely zero use for either that fast of storage or more storage

I've got 4tb in ssd storage just chilling on my desk lol

[pulsar fable]

the shill approves

[jolly inlet]

Dang that's really a 4TB SSD at $50 per TB, and it's a good drive at that. Insane where the market is going.

You've also gotta love Amazon descriptions

Just a casual 190 ft SSD (58 meters)

[stoic crest]

2280 inches

what kinda storage size that ssd has

1 yottabyte?

[molten halo]

[jolly inlet]

Another note, NEVER TRUST GOOGLE

[stoic crest]

7'4" ssd

[jolly inlet]

If only it was that simple to convert

Feet are in base 12 not 10 💀

It's more like 7' 5.76"

[stoic crest]

lmao

[jolly inlet]

I hate imperial so much

[stoic crest]

even google is wrong tf

[jolly inlet]

I got used to metric in the military (and a 24 hour clock) and I can see no downside to completely shifting to metric

[stoic crest]

metric is better

imperial is just archaic

[grave delta]

Never seen it that way

[jolly inlet]

When 12 in = 1 ft that's base 12 math

And it's BS

NOTHING uses base 12

And who decided 3ft = 1 yd

[stoic crest]

maffs

[jolly inlet]

I could go on for hours how much imperial sucks but I'm cutting myself off now

[fleet marlin]

good. enough anti usa/imperial stuff sometimes, haha. Indeed the $200 mp34 is decent huh

[jolly inlet]

It's not even anti-USA it's an old British system pre-dating metric

And yes I love the $200 SSD lol

[stoic crest]

the brits indeed

[daring depot]

There are many reasons to love the US, and many reasons NOT to like it here

[grand orbit]

@fleet marlin btw the p44 pro isn't better but yeah still a great drive

[grand orbit]

The flack towards imperial is it just sucks compared to metric and the US is like the only country that hasn't switched basically (it's caused a lot or real world problems like nasa and the EU rocket ppl working on something and a nasa engineer uses imperial (even tho scientific are supposed to use metric even in the US) and rocket go nyoom right to the ground

[fleet marlin]

I called it, more crap talk. 👍

[grand orbit]

Lol what

[dry flume]

msi z690 pro-a wifi ddr4 on discount on amazon rn

153$

[thin arrow]

Can anyone recommend a pair of gaming headphones (over ear) that are under $50 to use with my Quest 2? Looking at Corsair HD60 Pro...

[dry flume]

12600k dropped again to 193$ )amazon)

[light holly]

This thing is allowing me to tether at 100mbps where my anker 3.0 was capping me at around 30mbps. I'd say these were def #worth xD

[pallid geyser]

Damn…can’t believe that ssd deal. Even if they’re not great, not the fastest….$33 is pretty dang great

[quasi radish]

$33 after a $10 rebate card 😦

[pallid geyser]

I finally got mine yesterday, honestly they work great

[light holly]

heck yeah they do.

[pallid geyser]

Bruh

[light holly]

lol

your phones data is... low

[pallid geyser]

yeah dude it’s been awful today

[fiery zephyr]

@cinder kiln Got damn

[jolly inlet]

Corsair is not horrible for DDR5 at least. No issues running XMP I've heard of like DDR4.

[cinder kiln]

The only real issue with vengeance ddr5 is they lock the pmic down so overclocking is off the table

For basic function this kit is phenomenal

It's 10$ more than the best ddr4 equivalent

[high radish]

omg great price

lets buy 20 of them lol

[jolly inlet]

And then scalp resell them right?

[high radish]

gonna resell them ofc lol

I mostly selling them to overseas

[high radish]

[jolly inlet]

Limit of 3 sadly

[high radish]

I'm scared if this is price error and its 32gb lol

[jolly inlet]

The 32GB one is $5 less

And it's sold directly by amazon so don't feel bad about it. They'll probably honor it even if it is a mistake.

[cinder kiln]

Omg I can buy this

NOOO

I COULD FLIP THESE

[azure pond]

It doesnt let you buy them at that price

In cart it's full price

[cinder kiln]

NOOOO THE SALE CHANGED

Aaaaaaahhhhh

[azure pond]

The listing is still 135 for me

It just doesn't let you buy it for that

[cinder kiln]

It's changed to 268 for me

Noooooo

[azure pond]

F

I was thinking about it, but I'm not changing my mobo

[high radish]

Damn only could order 5

[azure pond]

So I probably wouldn't use it anyways

[azure pond]

Mhm fs

[high radish]

Lets see if they ship it or cancel

Rgb 5600mhz cl36 for that price is amazing deal

[cinder kiln]

Tbh glad it ended so quick

[high radish]

Lol

[cinder kiln]

I nearly bought a couple kits

They were in my cart

[high radish]

I want 20kits

Only could get 5

Alright Amazon charged me already

Lets see if they will ship it

[small token]

I ordered when it was posted, yeap time to see if it gets shipped

[high radish]

imagine paying taxes lol

[grave delta]

gross

[high radish]

[quasi pasture]

Surprised you didn't buy more nvmes

[high radish]

Nvme prices going down so it's not worth it untill there's very good deal

[pallid geyser]

Maaaaaan hate that I missed that ddr5 deal

[quasi pasture]

i own no ddr5 motherboards

[jolly inlet]

I wonder just how many people caught that

[pallid geyser]

probably enough for someone to go to the house and start looking on indeed

[high radish]

Can't call it W until it ships

They charged me already but still not shipped

[trim pier]

wha-

[trim pier]

I remember dell canada doing that do me when they had the pricing error for the animal crossing switch on their website

then the order got cancelled :/

[high radish]

[cloud hornet]

Was locking stuff down ever an issue on D4? Never heard of anything being locked down before for memory.

[high radish]

They shipped

That's amazing

[high radish]

They shipped my orders . Thanks for shipping

[fiery zephyr]

[high radish]

Actually 2 of them delivered already

They're 64gb

It's a W

[fiery zephyr]

Let's see

[fiery zephyr]

Got damn

[high radish]

Prime delivery is weird

They had overnight shipping to my office but they deliver Thursday to my home which just few miles away lol

[pulsar fable]

You trying to stock up a lan gaming room or something?

[quasi pasture]

youre weird

[fiery zephyr]

Forgot the apostrophe 🤓

[quasi pasture]

https://tenor.com/view/jjk-jujutsu-kaisen-jujutsu-kaisen-yuji-gif-22721706

[high radish]

Selling them . Actually reselling lol

[fiery zephyr]

s̶c̶a̶l̶p̶i̶n̶g̶

[quasi pasture]

https://tenor.com/view/trade-offer-gif-21546586

[fiery zephyr]

https://tenor.com/view/panda-jujutsu-kaisen-speech-understand-gif-23623513

[quasi pasture]

https://tenor.com/view/panda-parkour-jujutsu-kaisen-panda7x1-gif-18662192

i forgot we're in #tech-deals-discussion

[fiery zephyr]

https://tenor.com/view/jujutsu-kaisen-itadori-yuji-jjk-anime-no-anime-in-general-gif-20909106

[quasi pasture]

https://tenor.com/view/rule137-no-jujutsu-kaisen-gif-23697731

[fleet marlin]

990 pro code at samsung.com is still alive if anyone was wondering. $80/1TB, $144/2TB code SSD990LCS https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/memory-storage/solid-state-drives/990-pro-pcie-4-0-nvme-ssd-2tb-mz-v9p2t0b-am/ ($180 at BB/NE/'zon currently)

[light holly]

Heck yeah. Profitttt

[high radish]

My ETA is 25april so probably you'll get it at May

[high radish]

Selling them mostly to overseas so it's not scalping

Lol

[high radish]

Middle east People are rich lol

[pulsar fable]

I mean... How much?

[jolly inlet]

That's what really determines if/how bad you're scalping them

You got them for half price so if you sell at regular price, you're not scalping just making a nice profit

[fair moon]

Also is it scalping if the product is readily available?

[jolly inlet]

Yes

[fair moon]

In my mind scalping involves taking advantage of scarcity

"the activity of buying things, such as theatre tickets, at the usual price and then selling them when they are difficult to get at higher prices"

[high radish]

I selling them to overseas. People there prefer shop from US because they don't have good retailers or bad prices . They paying for full price + my commission + shipping+ customs and it still comes cheaper than regular price in their country lol

[dry flume]

sell me

[fiery zephyr]

@pallid geyser cables came in

They're nice

Fit snug and feel like they're made good

[pallid geyser]

Yeah I was honestly pleasantly surprised

[fiery zephyr]

Can't go wrong for 3 bucks

[high radish]

Not a bad deal

[azure pond]

Best price/perf ssd deal we've seen

P5 plus was $123 but still a worse drive. Any similar drive hasn't gone below $150 afaik

[high radish]

S70 deal is good yeah . Also 990 pro for 144$ or mp600 pro for 121$ is also option

[azure pond]

S70>mp600, forgot about the 990 pro sale. Firmware issue on that tho, no?

[high radish]

Mp600 pro deal probably gone already but 990 pro is still live

Yeah you have to update firmware if you don't want it to die fast

My 990 pro ETA is 25april so probably whoever orders it now will get it at May lol

[pallid geyser]

also the gm7000 @ $63.99 on Amazon for the 1TB https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09F5P2JT8/ref=ewc_pr_img_2?

the 2tb is $140

[fervent elk]

the SN850X i can say is a phenomenal drive. insanely fast and at 155 bucks it's well worth it

i got mine for 160

[fervent elk]

I have a P5 plus that I use to store my memes and video recordings and it's a great drive, just not the best drive

[cinder kiln]

SN770 go brrrr

[torpid night]

to me, scalping makes things scarce

[stoic crest]

Imma comment on something

I think the 13900K deal is pretty decent tbh

Buying those stuff separate is easily expensive lol

[jolly inlet]

Yes but theo needs to shorten his links

If you're already in the market for high end that's a good deal

[stoic crest]

cpu itself is like over 50% of the cost

add mobo and ram then you have $900 without anything but mobo ram and cpu

[jolly inlet]

2/3 of the cost even with the cpu

You're basically getting a free mobo upgrade with the bundle

[stoic crest]

bruh

the mp33 keeps getting cheaper

$80 for 2tb is mind boggling

only $40 per tb

[azure pond]

Same price as 670p

[stoic crest]

ye and it's great

i wanna see the day 1tb ssds are only $30

[cinder kiln]

The cute one is back to cheapest again

Waiting for A60 to go 79$

[stoic crest]

A56 is $26 for 500 gigs already

granted that's sata but still

[cinder kiln]

A55 is nice

[stoic crest]

less than $60 for 1tb ver

[cinder kiln]

Idk about a56

Never looked

[stoic crest]

they're essentially the same

dramless, sata 3d nand

[cinder kiln]

Is this like an 860 evo vs 870 evo thing

[stoic crest]

pretty much

like a refresh

[cinder kiln]

I c

[daring depot]

Good lord that's a good price

[jolly inlet]

That memory on KornDawg's deal is Samsung, which is fine for running at XMP but has no real overclocking potential. It also has no EXPO profile, which takes away the advantage of Samsung memory being great for AMD.

[fair moon]

Just a few years ago sata ssds were like $100/tb

The price reduction is nuts

[sick panther]

Ok maybe someone with more time or brain power than me can figure this out. My local Walmart has a “clearance” on an Asus ROG G513 R9 16/512/RTX 3060 (G-13) on sale for $419.

I can’t find ANYTHING about a G13. When I scan the barcode it pulls up the G15 which is $1,400. 🤔

Anyone know anything about a G13? I couldn’t even find it on the Asus website. The only thing I can think is it’s a mislabeled (in the customer’s benefit) G15

@ me if anyone has any insight

[cinder kiln]

Whatever it is, anything sub $500 with a 3060 is a mad steal. Worth going to check it out

And a ryzen 9 as well

Wtf

That looks like a g15

@sick panther it's a good g15, 100% worth buying if it's in good condition

It's probably like a 4900H 3060 or 5900H

Pretty awesome

[sick panther]

That’s what I was thinking. The scan option on Walmarts app says 5900HX

[cinder kiln]

Jfc

I wonder what the hell is wrong with it

[sick panther]

Unfortunately they were sold out 😂

[cinder kiln]

Ah nooo

What a steal!

[sick panther]

But I’d want to see the actual box before I believe it. I was like there’s no way they are selling a G15/3060/5900HX for $419

[cinder kiln]

Ofc

But it's wallmart right? First party?

[sick panther]

🤷‍♂️

[cinder kiln]

[molten halo]

419$ 👀

[fair moon]

open box/refurb they wanted to get rid of maybe

[sick panther]

I don’t think it was open box. Pretty sure it was mid labeled. I definitely want to see the box because what pulls up when you scan it is definitely a g15

[stoic crest]

Walmart shouldn't lie to you

If they do well you can get them into trouble for it

Demand a refund and stuff

[sick panther]

If it was in stock I would have bought it then and there. They didn’t have any, I wonder why, otherwise I would have. I’m going to call around and ask if they have any in stock at other Walmarts around my area.

[high radish]

Oh dying light. Old and good game

[jolly inlet]

Indeed. This is the "enhanced" edition too.

[stoic crest]

i love DL

it's great

[sick panther]

So realistically, what would the difference be between the 4900H and 5900H. Would it be negligible?

And also the difference R9 5900 vs R7 6800?

[stoic crest]

those cpus has considerable performance differences

[grand orbit]

There is no desktop cpu 6000 6800 btw so are you talking about 5900h vs 6800h?

[trim pier]

hm 🤨

“4050” with only 8 gigs of ram

12450 is nice but this supposed 4050 on a 1080p 😭

[raw inlet]

Still better than a 3050m 4Gb

[cinder kiln]

Just buy another 8gb sodimm

[sick panther]

Yes, it’s a Asus laptop listed at my local Walmart for $419, but it’s definitely suspect. It says G-13, which I can’t find ANYTHING about. I’m tracking it’s actually a G15. Trying to pressure Walmart since the listed one is out of stock I’d take a “lesser” model with either a R9 4900H for the same price.

[sick panther]

@grand orbit this is the original question I posted

[sick panther]

Or the R7 6800H

Honestly I’d take one with a 3050/3050ti as the “lower model” if I can convince them of it

[fair moon]

#tech-deals message
mfw the epic free games are better than humble bundle

[grand orbit]

Either are brilliant for the price of 420

[stoic crest]

btw 4050 has 6 gigs vram

[sick panther]

Exactly my thought. It scans and shows a g15 and says the $419 price tag in the app. Pretty sure the actual employee scanner shows something different. I want to see what their scanner shows but I’d definitely push the issue that when I scan it, it shows this be what’s in their scanner. Sounds like false advertisement to me. I’ll go to whatever manager I need to for that

[stoic crest]

it has perf of 3060 mobile

[stoic crest]

it actually performs like a 3060 mobile btw

[trim pier]

so uh

[stoic crest]

same vram amount too

[trim pier]

4050 = 3060?

[stoic crest]

yep

pretty much

[sick panther]

@grand orbit

[trim pier]

lmao

[stoic crest]

just 3060 with more efficiency

and some extra features

[trim pier]

that’s like the 7800x3d

it’s just the 5800x3d just AM5

[stoic crest]

4050 is good now on laptops

but the prices rn are just not all that appealing

[trim pier]

i still wouldn’t pay 1000$ for it though 😭

like I might aswell buy a desktop around that price

[stoic crest]

waiting half a year would do the trick tho

price will fall lol

[trim pier]

true

a lot of prices this month for pc parts are high

ik low end amd cards are around 50-100$ more

6650xt especially.

PSUs haven’t gone down in a bit, monitors aren’t cheap, storage, ram and cpu coolers are getting cheaper tho

[stoic crest]

storage has gotten very cheap

back when psus were better priced ssds were basically double the price

$100 for 1tb is commonplace

[grand orbit]

Probably an error rather than false advertising especially since it sounds like it's open box or refurbed

[grand orbit]

That's dram that's 8gb on the laptop, the bruh is it's a 1k laptop

[grand orbit]

Basically, 4050 laptop prices suck just get a 3060 laptop for like $750-800

[stoic crest]

^

rn they suck

[grand orbit]

Uh no the 7800x3d is actually an upgrade

[trim pier]

you sure?

[stoic crest]

it is

beats even 13900k so

[trim pier]

i gave a quick glance and it seems like the same thing 😭

[stoic crest]

it's only second to 7950x3d

[trim pier]

huh i see

tbh i’m chilling with 13600k. it’s only the 6650xt I worry about

I don’t really know what games you could play that are more cpu dependent than gpu, considering max usage i’ve ever seen while playing is only 26%

[sick panther]

Not open box or refurb. It is “clearance”/“rollback”

[grand orbit]

And the x3d cpus take a big bit in the average due to games like csgo

[fair moon]

like, hitting game engine limitations?

[grand orbit]

Nope, regular cpus have enough cache for csgo so it just wants more ipc/clocks

[fair moon]

ah

[grand orbit]

Csgo go brrrr

Csgo can go to like 2kfps

It's actually a server limit rather than engine lol

[sick panther]

@grand orbit can I DM you?

[grand orbit]

I'd rather talk in the server tbh i try keep my dms to my friends

[tiny heron]

Good ol dying light

[jolly inlet]

You'd think, but the 7800X3D is actually about 2-5% better because it doesn't have to worry about the second CCD being parked at all. It only loses in CSGO where frequency is the only thing that matters.

[sick panther]

Fair enough

[high radish]

Dying light 2 is also amazing but storyline is kinda weird

[light holly]

slides into dms

[pallid geyser]

📬

[sick panther]

For anyone who wanted an update on this.

Confirmed with Walmart manager scanning the barcode. It is a G15. It is also showing on their scanner that it’s in fact $419. I’ve been calling Walmarts within about 2 hours from me all day trying to find one in stock 😂😂😂 so far no luck. If I end up finding a store that has one (or more) I’ll let y’all know.

[gusty willow]

https://brickseek.com/ @sick panther this could help you locate stock

if any in youre area have it in stock

[sick panther]

That’s so helpful! I’ve been calling individual stores all day haha

[gusty willow]

itll help locate stock but you will more then likely have to travel to the store

[stoic crest]

What can I say

[gusty willow]

because itll show up a different price on the site

[stoic crest]

When a big retail has deals like these

You have to hurry

If they somehow mess up, then demand refund

[sick panther]

Might be worth buying the premium version of this haha

[sick panther]

Sadly all of them are saying status unknown 🤦‍♂️

[gusty willow]

you can click the go to website cycle through locations see if its instock online and then call or ride to said store

[sick panther]

It’s only showing me like 3-4 stores. “Upgrade to see more” box is after that. And it doesn’t scan very far out from the input zip code. 🤦‍♂️ riding the struggle bus over here

[gusty willow]

the upgrade thing isnt for seeing more locations i think its more of top teir deals being completley hidden without the premium account which tbh probably isnt even worth it

https://store.minisforum.com/collections/all-product/products/elitemini-hx90g?variant=43300585930997 maybe this will interest you

@sick panther

[cinder kiln]

Not bad

[gusty willow]

should be like 650-700 also should be a 10% off coupon that may work for it

[sick panther]

I need a laptop. Much easier to take on a plane or use with limited space

[grand orbit]

@azure pond btw you can get rid of the ref= in amazon links

[high radish]

Adding to that business account , there's code abit25 that may work . it didn't work to me but some people says it works . Worth to try

Btw is p5 plus better than Mp600 Pro ? They're about same price

[azure pond]

Ik, it's just that I'm on mobile and lazy

[sick panther]

Can you explain this. Every single one is “unknown. The store carries this product but we are unable to verify if it’s in stock” for every Walmart within 2 hours of me

Been calling. Most of them just ring and ring. I’m not about to make a 2 hour drive for a “sorry we don’t have any”

[quasi radish]

congrats

[sick panther]

Thanks. Display model

[grand orbit]

Illegal time to die

[plain sphinx]

Is this all walmarts? I see it online at my walmrt for 1300

[sick panther]

I think it’s just by me

[plain sphinx]

Dang xD was about to hop in my car 😆 can't beat a good deal

[sick panther]

Depending on where you are lol

[keen marsh]

Get the fridge

[sick panther]

Last update y’all. Package secured. After taxes $448.33. Not bad for a G15, 16GB ram, 1TB SSD, 5900HX and a 3060 😂😂

[jolly inlet]

Aw nice find!

[sick panther]

It’s been a week that I’ve been calling Walmarts trying to get it

[jolly inlet]

That persistence paid off apparently

Must feel pretty good about that one

[sick panther]

Heck yeah. A $1,300 laptop for $450. I call that a win

[daring depot]

lucky dude, the one I bought was 1399 and only had 512gb

I uh...short circuited it trying to install a new ssd

[grave delta]

https://slickdeals.net/f/16565768-all-clad-factory-2nds-sale-3-qt-saute-pan-with-lid-bd5-100-more-free-s-h-on-60

[sick panther]

Yeah, it’s a super lucky find. Big shout out to everyone here that helped along the way. Got it plugged in and restoring now to get rid of whatever stupid programs Walmart had installed on it. Then a nice defrag to make sure it’s as close to out of the box as possible

[pallid geyser]

Heck yeah dude. That’s awesome

[sick panther]

Had some technical issues as soon as I got it home. The store had an account as admin and I couldn’t do anything. Luckily I outsmarted it, figured out the PIN code and was able to make my own admin account to delete the other one lol

Big happy with this haha

[cinder kiln]

Thx

[gusty willow]

it wont show up as that price online you'll have to go to the store and get someone to scan it for you to check price there

[light holly]

Def more thought than I would've put into it. I'd have just wiped the drive and installed a fresh unbloated copy of windows. Nice find man, I might be a tad jelly. I'd be lying if I said I didn't call my own Walmart looking.

[sick panther]

Haha I’m sure a bunch of people did. I was super shocked when I saw the rollback picture.

They couldn’t find the box it came in. I legit told the employee and manager “I don’t care about the box. Let me get the laptop and the power cord. If y’all find the box, here’s my number.” 😂😂

Carried it out in a regular old Walmart bag.

[light bay]

its true, i was the walmart bag

[sick panther]

I had the “nothing to see here” look on my face. Didn’t even get stopped by the receipt checker guy lol

[gusty willow]

theres another trick you can do using a windows media installation tool which i wont explain because it is possibly not legal

[stoic crest]

You finally got the laptop?

Nice

[light holly]

I mean. I use a Windows Media installation tool to wipe the drive and reinstall..

I'd rather have a fresh copy than have to unbloat an OEM windows

[gusty willow]

there was (may not be a thing anymore) a way to use it to create a admin account on any windows pc

[gusty willow]

but yeah thats what i would do

[jolly inlet]

Well... that's kind of still possible with the right tools and it's not even that hard but for obvious reasons I'm not going to elaborate

[sick panther]

Thanks!

[jolly inlet]

That laptop stand shows out of stock for me

[daring depot]

That laptop stand looks du-oh wait never mind

[light holly]

weird

[daring depot]

It says in stock to me

[jolly inlet]

Oh wait what
When did newegg get set to saudi arabia for me?!

[light holly]

xD

[jolly inlet]

NVM apparently I'm just dum

[daring depot]

Because they think you have money, obviously

[jolly inlet]

I think the proper price on it after promo and rebate is $5 btw

$25 - $5 promo - $15 rebate

[daring depot]

yeah wait that's a ridiculous price. Lemme check

[light holly]

oo you are right

I don't need it.. I don't need it...

I don't need it....

[jolly inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/thirsty-i-need-it-spongebob-gif-11796572

[light holly]

it's that mir that's stopping me

[daring depot]

Never seen Rebate during buying before

[light holly]

those things take so fricken long

[jolly inlet]

Yeah I try to avoid them personally, they make you jump so many hoops to avoid paying out

[daring depot]

Don't really wanna bother filling out that form

[light holly]

although. I'm only like 14 hours away

[jolly inlet]

But hey even for $20 that price isn't half bad

[jolly inlet]

You see them a lot on power supplies

[light holly]

oh.. apparantly they pay the rebate with venmo lol

[jolly inlet]

And GPUs

[daring depot]

I got mine prebuilt

though i should consider building one

[jolly inlet]

That's... actually not bad. That would save them money for the processing man hours and maybe get it to you faster.

[daring depot]

this laptop is an unsuppressed rifle while playing COD

[light holly]

I just came across a white 360 aio...

the corsair h150i elite xD

I kinda want

just because it's white and screen

[jolly inlet]

Lemme just... erase that thought... one sec

https://tenor.com/view/bonk-gif-19410756

[light holly]

xD

[barren gyro]

yo im not very knowledgeable about prices and stuff but im looking to buy a pc and this seems ridiculously cheap for the components even considering that its refurbished. id greatly appreciate if anyone could tell me if theres some major flaw im missing

https://www.newegg.com/global/uk-en/hp-tg02-0187c/p/N82E16883451426

[azure pond]

That's decent, HP pcs are just meh. They've got bad cooling, cheaped out on parts, and aren't very upgradable

[barren gyro]

ah that makes sense, thanks a lot

[pallid geyser]

Yeah, definitely seen better, just here and there. Esp for a refurb

[azure pond]

If you're fine with building yourself, you can build a pc that performs very similar that's better quality for the same price

[barren gyro]

i might look into that, where would be best to look for components and the like?

[pallid geyser]

you can get a brand new 6650xt for $259 on Newegg rn

[azure pond]

One sec I'll make you a list

[barren gyro]

thank you so much

[azure pond]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fnLfXy

[barren gyro]

really appreciate the help, ill defo look into building it

[jolly inlet]

Laptops are looking really good lately https://youtu.be/5k219ud_Xz0

Beating a desktop equipped with a 3090 and at half the power draw

[sick spade]

Wow this site is old, https://www.frozencpu.com/

[sick spade]

Nice.

[jolly inlet]

Yeah it's a really bad layout too. Like it's stuck in 2006.

[sick spade]

Your talking about the website correct?

[jolly inlet]

yes

[stuck plaza]

Dis good? @quasi pasture

https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/163656841

[quasi pasture]

2R H2B is alright, though I wouldnt pay more than 20 for all 4 dimms even assuming I'd buy that, not to mention I'm not one to trust corsair's ddr3 PCBs on any of their Doms. I'd avoid.

[stuck plaza]

Heck okay. the wait to randomly stumble on ddr3 gold continues

What's the good xmp profile to look for again?

[quasi pasture]

Fun fact: from what I can tell, ddr3 corsair dominators have trouble running command rate 1 while running at >~2200MT/s. My hunch is that it is the fault of the PCB

[quasi pasture]

Depends on the IC. Gskill 1600C7-8-7's can be good depending on PCB and date, 2000C9's can be interesting, 2000C8/C7, 2200C9, 2400C7's are super good, etc.

[stuck plaza]

I see. Those were 2000c9 which sounded kinda good lol

[quasi pasture]

Adata has some pretty good stuff if you know what to look for, though that is mostly on later-gen ddr3 stuff like H4B, H4M. They used KO-8154A pcb a lot which is nice

Pretty much anything high Bin is worth looking into

[stuck plaza]

Got it got it. I'll stay vigilant

[quasi pasture]

Unfortunately despite the promising bin, these were garbage. My blame goes on the PCB. Probably some trash 6-layer, I'd have to actually confirm though

[quasi pasture]

FYI, if it's on ebay I'll probably pick it up before you do

[stuck plaza]

I saw some hyper X but they didn't seem good & heatsink was small

[quasi pasture]

Don't be distracted by heatsink design. That's always a red-herring

[stuck plaza]

Lol you definitely will. I don't even have a decent ddr3 system. I've never actually messed with the one I have because it's some non-K 4th gen i5 with an H board & crap micron

[jolly inlet]

You're as bad with DDR3 as wolfgang is with mouse mats

[quasi pasture]

@stuck plaza Samsung 1Gbit G-die for example is most common as OEM 1333C9 bin stuff. Out of 20, my best stick of oem gdie can do 2850C8-12-13-15 @ 2.4V

and thats not even on dry ice 🥴

[quasi pasture]

https://tenor.com/view/the-division2-hunter-hunter-division2-the-division-goes-hard-gif-26006832

[stuck plaza]

Lol

[quasi pasture]

i eat ddr3 rejects for breakfast

[jolly inlet]

Which is why you've spent more than twice as much on DDR3 as I've spent on memory in my entire life

[quasi pasture]

more now 🙂

but hey, i still sell a lot of hardware

[jolly inlet]

Are we up to 3x yet?

[quasi pasture]

Doubt it

[jolly inlet]

Not counting ones for other people I've probably spent $300 in my life

[stuck plaza]

Wait, is that this? Samsung DDR3-1333 3x4 (12GB) DRAM Kit

https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/163881328

[quasi pasture]

I've only bought a couple more kits since then

[molten halo]

[stuck plaza]

Guess not lol

[quasi pasture]

You can tell which IC the dimm uses by looking at the letter pointed at by the arrow and looking at the capacity of the dimm and how many ranks it has. Also, you wouldnt want to use buffered dimms for overclocking. that adds a pretty bad performance penalty and ruins overclocking capability to an extent

here's what my gdie looks like

[stuck plaza]

Oh didn't realize those were stinky ECC DIMMs

[quasi pasture]

oem Gdie part numbers:

M378B2873GB0-CH9 UDIMM SR GDIE
M378B5673GB0-CH9 UDIMM DR GDIE
M391B5673GB0-CH9 ECC UDIMM DR GDIE
M391B2873GB0-YH9 ECC UDIMM SR GDIE

[stuck plaza]

I gotta go to sleep tho for real

[quasi pasture]

you'll want the dual-rank stuff usually

alright goodnight lol

[stuck plaza]

Lol thanks for clarifying btw

Gn

[quasi pasture]

np

[grand orbit]

I didn't look at a lot of things on frozen cpu, but what i did, their pricing/availability was avg at best (including the 50% off)

[jolly inlet]

They didn't have a whole lot of major parts I needed like a rad or block but other things like the cryofluid mix and fittings and stuff would be good to get

[grand orbit]

Love how the 6950xt is 4070 price and a good bit better even before it's launched lol

[tawdry dragon]

I think the 4070 will flop, but that's just me

[forest prairie]

My cousin is asking me about a prebuilt 😳

https://www.costco.com/lenovo-legion-t5-gaming-desktop---12th-gen-intel-core-i7-12700---geforce-rtx-3070---windows-11.product.100857987.html

Several months ago he asked me about building a parts list

I'd be cool with either option

If the prebuilt is decent value and quality that'd be great and I wouldn't have to build one for him

[tawdry dragon]

Why not build one for him? Just make him give you the money and build one. (Keep the extra money)

[grand orbit]

Nv have confirmed on leaked slides that it's a 3080 for 100$ less 2.5 years later

bUt fRaMe gEn mAkEs iT bEtTeR

[tawdry dragon]

Which is why I think it's bad

It might sell decently, but as soon as the other GPUs in amd's lineup get launched, it's going to be irrelevant.

[grand orbit]

For 1250 that's good, and lenovo at least isn't proprietary part sizes, although you can ofc do better if you diy

Unless they drop the price the 4070 is gonna flop yeah

[tawdry dragon]

3070 PC for $1200

[tawdry dragon]

Idk if they will because of Nvidia fanboys who swear on their life to buy Nvidia GPUs forever

[forest prairie]

At least, they don't do proprietary part sizes anymore

[tawdry dragon]

Still, a 3070 PC like that one should be under 1k

[grand orbit]

Lenovo never did afaik but other companies still do

[grand orbit]

No prebuilts are

[forest prairie]

They absolutely did

14 pin Mobo power

[grand orbit]

Well not in the gaming lineup

[forest prairie]

Away back in ~2014

[grand orbit]

Their regular desktops still probably proprietary

But the legion afaik didn't

[forest prairie]

Hmm

Ig I'll let him know it's a decent deal for a prebuilt

[tawdry dragon]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XsMr4s

CPU isn't as good, but you could easily swap CPU and mobo for something more upgradable and better if you wanted

[stoic crest]

for prebuilts

1.2k is ok for 3070 pc

legion desktops aren't proprietary luckily

uses standard parts

[tawdry dragon]

Still $100-200 more than if you're building it yourself

[forest prairie]

He can afford it

[stoic crest]

ye but prebuilts are never best value to begin with

[tawdry dragon]

I really want to go to a microcenter

It sounds like PC heaven

[forest prairie]

PC heaven if you like to make pilgrimages and spend a lot of money doing so

[tawdry dragon]

I still would like to go, and to have one near where I live would be even better

[forest prairie]

I'll leave it up to him to decide what kind of computer he wants to get

[tawdry dragon]

Fair enough

[forest prairie]

Yeah it would be nice if they had more than a handful of locations

[tawdry dragon]

They're always bragging about "25 locations" that's not even enough for one per state

[forest prairie]

I don't remember, is there one in California

[tawdry dragon]

I think so

It might be in Arizona though

Yeah it's in California

[forest prairie]

Ah

[tawdry dragon]

I need to sell my switch so I can start selling PCs, but nobody wants to buy it. Any tips on how to sell it?

[forest prairie]

A bit south of wegg's main warehouse lol

[tawdry dragon]

It's been up for about 2 1/2 weeks now on both craigslist and Facebook marketplace

[forest prairie]

Try OfferUp as well maybe lol

[tawdry dragon]

Idk, I don't trust it as much

[forest prairie]

Idk if I'd put preferential trust in Facebook and craigslist honestly

[tawdry dragon]

I might drop the price to $250

[forest prairie]

Isn't the switch 300?

[tawdry dragon]

New, yes, but used I've seen some for $150 for all the base items

I'm including all the original things with smash bros, Mario kart, Luigi's mansion, and a case. For $270 (originally $300)

[forest prairie]

Ah cool

[lofty moss]

would probably have better luck selling the games individually

[tawdry dragon]

I've gotten way too many offers for just Mario kart

[lofty moss]

thats how it goes

[tawdry dragon]

And someone wanted to trade a Xbox one s for it

[lofty moss]

lol

[tawdry dragon]

Another guy wanted to trade a modded ps3

And someone else, an old MacBook air

No lol, the entire bundle

Sorry if I made you misunderstand

[raw inlet]

Should I?

[grand orbit]

I'm aware, some people couldn't be bothered or don't wanna learn tho

[forest prairie]

Immediately

[grave delta]

With the 990 pro 2TB at 140 recently, 970 evo plus is a tough choice at that price

Or just $110 sn770

[high radish]

2TB ssd is like 100$ nowadays

There's some under 100$ too

970 evo should be like 80$ to be deal

[uneven mango]

Yeah. The 970 is definitely not cheap enough right now to make it worth it. The extra speed is worth the slight price premium over the 970.

[marsh sphinx]

the silicon power ud90 2tb is $93 at newegg...no reason to be buying the sn770, either

[cloud hornet]

Pretty sad that Nvidia took a truly amazing generation and tarnished it with "false" tiering names and bad prices.

[quasi pasture]

Truly an Nvidia moment

[stoic crest]

It brings in da money

Ada being pretty cheap to make makes it clear how nvidia is intentionally forcing us to pay the price creep

[jolly inlet]

They saw how much we were willing to pay during the shortage and got greedy. "Wow 3090 selling at 3k... let's get in on that!"

[stoic crest]

yep

1k for 3080

[jolly inlet]

They fully took advantage with the 3080 ti

$1200 BS that it is

[stoic crest]

lol ya

never stated msrp too

they just sold it at whatever price

[jolly inlet]

Right 1200 was just the FE, none of the other models did that for a long time

[stoic crest]

we used to often see 3080ti costing similar to 3090

that was insane

[jolly inlet]

And it sold because 3090 was just unavailable thanks to miners and scalpers, while 3080 ti had the mining lock

[stoic crest]

I mean Radeon is also guilty of price creep

So Nvidia took it to their advantage all the way

[jolly inlet]

All AMD had to do was undercut at each performance tier. And they have.

[gusty willow]

wish that all the people upgrading every gen would stop

[stoic crest]

ye they have

It's an ugly trend

[jolly inlet]

6950 for $600

[stoic crest]

Took em long enough to drop 6950xt to 600

[gusty willow]

"Omg my 3090ti is no longer the best better upgrade"

[stoic crest]

That's 60% of msrp

Steep discount

[jolly inlet]

I technically did that but I also went up in tiers each time. 1060 3GB > 2070 > 3080 ti

[stoic crest]

But I suppose it's no longer 1k msrp, cuz AMD listed 699

If you upgrade every gen with big jump, it's okay

Or you have reason to other than it being slightly outdated

[jolly inlet]

I had to upgrade the 1060 because fallout 4 was missing textures. 3GB BS. Got a refurb 2070.

[gusty willow]

if you actually can utilize it for work or something along those lines and its gonna give you at least 20% gains then go for it but if your doing it because your cards "Outdated" or no longer the biggest baddest in dishing out the fps then youre kinda smelly

[jolly inlet]

20% is an alright target but I go for 40% personally

Everyone will set their target differently

[cinder kiln]

30% imo

[gusty willow]

i agree i said 20% minimum because i believe thats where it starts to at least make a little sense

[cinder kiln]

But for raw perf I'd easily take 20% over a feature set

20% is arbitrary btw, it's higher than that but I was being generous

It's more like 25%-ish

[jolly inlet]

That said the next logical step for me would be taking the 60% jump and getting a 4090 but that's not happening

[cinder kiln]

Yeah definitely

Hell XTX would be good too if you don't need blender or ai

[jolly inlet]

Nvidia has better emulator support

So that's why for me

[gusty willow]

rn im on a 3050 got it for under msrp from evga during the gpu shortage wish id waited but it plays everthing i want to play comfortably

[jolly inlet]

B-stock?

That was a godsend for so many people

[cinder kiln]

Fair enough. I believe it

Ryzen 7k better for emu too

Dat avx 512 go brr

[gusty willow]

brand new back then even bstock was kinda dookie

[jolly inlet]

Wow not bad then

[gusty willow]

i think at one point they were selling 1650s for like 400

not even brand new

[jolly inlet]

Isn't it "512" (256+256) though?

[cinder kiln]

Idk

Do I look like a techie

[jolly inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/john-stewart-double-take-gif-9315242

Still better than Intel's AVX 512 though

[opal flume]

Fallout 4 gonna have missing textures no matter what. Potato game engine

[cinder kiln]

I like AMD's avx. It's not nearly as hard hitting as Intel's

[jolly inlet]

Ran perfectly after the upgrade for me. Well, as perfectly as the creation engine could be expected.

[opal flume]

Nah, you won't have missing textures, just the low quality long distance textures refusing to be replaced by the slightly better close ones

[gusty willow]

legit though we need fallout 3 and new vegas remastered with some of the cut content added in a bundle

[jolly inlet]

There's the new RTX treatment tech that they demoed for Portal. We just need that to go public. I'm on the waitlist.

[gusty willow]

dosent the portal rtx run like dookie even with a 4090

[opal flume]

Fo4 with RTX will give me nightmares. Already has problems without ray tracing

[cinder kiln]

Pretty much

[jolly inlet]

Yes but it was alpha tech. They picked a short game for a reason.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/rtx-remix/

[cinder kiln]

It doesn't even look that great lmao (portal rtx)

[jolly inlet]

Still way better than the original

[cinder kiln]

Nah

[gusty willow]

time to go play it with my 3050

[cinder kiln]

There's a lot of places I genuinely felt the lighting was super lacking

[jolly inlet]

It's like upscaling, the better the source material the better the result.

[opal flume]

Wait a minute, this is #tech-deals-discussion ?

[gusty willow]

o my bad

[jolly inlet]

We haven't strayed too far from the topic at least

[cinder kiln]

Portal RTX has like, claymation lighting in a lot of places I went through on it

I was honestly disappointed lol

[jolly inlet]

We were just talking about GPU upgrades a couple minutes ago so not too off topic

[opal flume]

Weird, last time I was on mobile I was in general. Whatever

[cinder kiln]

[jolly inlet]

Discrud things

[jolly inlet]

You missed the joke here btw, Intel fused off AVX-512 on 12th/13th so it doesn't run

[cinder kiln]

I did

[jolly inlet]

So yes ofc AMD AVX-512 in any form is better than Intel's

[cinder kiln]

Well I meant like, vs 11th gen

💀

[jolly inlet]

In which case you'd be right, the 11900k wouldn't have nearly the same hit as a 7700X despite the same core/thread count

[cinder kiln]

I meant heat wise

Intel's AVX is like a small house fire

[jolly inlet]

Intel~~'s AVX~~ is like a small house fire

[cloud hornet]

Intel's AVX is like a small house fire

[cinder kiln]

600$ sale ended, cue the 610$ sale

[pallid geyser]

bro $10 more

that’s like

a big mac

[torpid night]

that’s an expensive big mac

[pallid geyser]

a Big Mac meal

large

[cloud hornet]

Blackmarket bigmac, guarenteed uncooked fake beef.

[jolly inlet]

Not here it isn't 💀
Small combo is $13, $9 for the burger

And they made the burger smaller

[grand orbit]

Wtf

A medium meal is €8.50 here

[cinder kiln]

Y'all ain't min maxing Macca's enough

Cheapest burger into large meal >>> maximum food

Cheapest McDonald's large meal here is like 5 USD

[grand orbit]

How much are the nuggies meal may or may not need to move there asking for a friend

[cinder kiln]

I don't eat nuggies these days I'm a grown man

[grand orbit]

Clearly not if you aren't eating deliciousness

Fast food burgers usually taste of plastic

[cinder kiln]

I'll eat plastic for 5$ also I don't get cheese with mine so no plastic

[grand orbit]

Icky

[cinder kiln]

I'll icky u in a minute

Uhh I mean no I won't what

[grand orbit]

[cloud hornet]

Honestly fastfood nuggies are kinda meh cuz they are so, so easy, quick, and cheap to make yourself in a mini oven or smth. Only time Im buying fastfood nuggies is if they are holy nuggies that turn my 3080 into a RXRTX 5095Ti Super XTX

[grand orbit]

Lol , agreed regular nuggies are better but usually when i eat fast food I'm not at/near home anyway so

[pallid geyser]

That’s awful

Just use app

Get free points and then free borger

[jolly inlet]

I don't eat there any more. It's the only fast food I've ever gotten food poisoning from. Multiple times.

[pallid geyser]

I don’t care for mcds lunch/din tbh, but their breakfast can be pretty good

[jolly inlet]

Ok It's the medium combo that's $13 but still

[lunar path]

These are some cool techniques deals

[jolly inlet]

I'm not paying $11 for an english muffin sandwich and a hash brown I can make at home

[lunar path]

Why not mcds is premium quality

[pallid geyser]

I just get a sausage McMuffin that’s $1.89 💀

but I rarely go

[jolly inlet]

Uhhh... That's $6

+$2.00 if I want OJ instead of coffee