tech-deals-discussion

[narrow bronze]

yea your right im too used to when covid was happening and all i saw were people using fb marketplace to do stuff

[tawdry dragon]

Fair enough, good luck my guy

[stoic crest]

fb marketplace is ok

but meet in person or use paypal goods and services

[trim pier]

Techincally, I could do that for the 6900xt i may buy

paypal goods and services

[trim pier]

@swift forge best buy or corsair is likely just trying to get rid of that case, it's an old model, glass front, barely anyone buys it likely.

the g360a is a better pick for same price, my lian li 205 mesh type c is an even match (cause it's a bit smaller) and there's a few other cases for the same price that are just an overall better pick imo

[swift forge]

Probably but rgbs increase performance

[azure pond]

The g360a has rgb

[swift forge]

But yea there is better cases for 90 bucks or less

[azure pond]

And is a better case

The montech x3 is $60 and has rgb

Still better airflow on it

[trim pier]

lian li mesh type c has a back fan with a mesh front panel 😏

with argb fans

[trim pier]

the lian li 215 on microcenter for 62.99

😏

[light holly]

Is this a good deal?

[stoic crest]

kinda bleh

[jolly inlet]

5700 goes for a little over $100 on ebay

5700 XT is about $120

[light holly]

brand new?

[jolly inlet]

I guarantee that this card is not new

"I took it out of the box to look at it"

Oldest scam in the book

[fair moon]

ask em if they have a reciept

[jolly inlet]

They'll probably ghost or block you if you start probing like that

[high radish]

Amazon warehouse have some deals on GPUs

https://amzn.to/3cqxa8i

Here's general link

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMN3S3RK?tag=espresso004b-20 4080 for 862$

[tough veldt]

@high radish you got the ssd ?

[high radish]

1tb 12$ one ?

[tough veldt]

Yes

[high radish]

Yeah they shipped

[tough veldt]

Real ssd ?

Good speed ?

[high radish]

I put it to my dashcam and it records only 720p lol

[shut spoke]

6800 for $275 at Best Buy earlier today

Too bad it’s oos

Am I the only one that likes the 465? I think it’s worth for the ll120s lol and just use the case for low wattage builds

[cinder kiln]

The case is usable and fits a niche

And 3 fans is appreciated

But if you were to ask me objectively how good it is, no there's definitely better for that price lol

It's at least not obstructive glass on the front but still a bit of a ways off mesh

[keen marsh]

Can get a NEW 6600 for 180$ on Newegg right now still.

[wide onyx]

If you’re going through facebook market and they are local, I would ask if you could see it running in their pc and if they would run gpu-z

[tawdry dragon]

Still a bad deal

[fiery zephyr]

Lmfao nice deal forks

[trim pier]

i wonder if it failed because of the controller

“ah shoot guys, forgot to swap out batteries mb mb!”

[azure pond]

what

[tawdry dragon]

He thought this was the midjourney server

[trim pier]

someone please verify the site

[shut lava]

That thethombrowne.com site is saying 15-18 days for shipping on various computer cases when I add random ones to my cart and go to checkout.

[trim pier]

RIP. no more 120$ b760 aorus

[trim pier]

the site is a fake

[jolly inlet]

The real thombrowne.com is a clothing store

Someone put "the" in front of it to use their name to peddle their scams

[trim pier]

mhm

[flat junco]

@shut spoke https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08RK2SR23

[shut spoke]

Thanks😭😭😭

On my phone rn and couldn’t copy the Amazon link itself for some reason so I had to put slickdeals

[flat junco]

Lol you're welcome

[jolly inlet]

The amazon page comes down to $117 after the coupon, but that's still higher than other S tier drives. Plus it's a 980 Pro and those have a really bad track record at this point.

Another S tier for example https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0921RKRDH

[azure pond]

xs70 is $98

[shut spoke]

Dang I didn’t know they’re getting that cheap

[jolly inlet]

Yeah, gamer tier drives are $30-35 per TB and those top tier S ones are at $50-55 per TB

[shut spoke]

That’s pretty good considering how the mp34 for $120 was pretty good just a few months ago

[trim pier]

the p41 is only 82$

for 2 tb btw, maybe prime day it'll probably drop a bit in price

[azure pond]

a60 is $65 i think

unless oos

[jolly inlet]

$66 yeah

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/VxfFf7/silicon-power-a60-2-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-sp002tbp34a60m28

[tawdry dragon]

I still think the UD90 is a better deal for the speed https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B996CJ64?tag=pcpapi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1

[jolly inlet]

Not much point for $13 more and functionally no benefit for gamers though

[tawdry dragon]

It's annoying having a slow ssd ngl

[jolly inlet]

Slow is relative, and depends on what you're doing with it

An comparison of load times for example https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/500102614680338456/1115505510154768404/image.png

[tawdry dragon]

video editing and file transfers across my ssds

[jolly inlet]

Video editing is not the target market of the A60

It would be slower at scrubbing than a decent gen 4 in that work

[tawdry dragon]

For me the mp33 that I have rn is just slow, and I know I'm not the target audience for it, but it's still extremely annoying

[marsh sphinx]

Samsung

[tawdry dragon]

What

I'm planning on getting the ud90 or something with similar speeds in the near future, and if I have enough money I'll upgrade my cpu and case as well

[jolly inlet]

It might be worth going for this even, S tier for the price of most A tier drives https://www.newegg.com/silicon-power-1tb/p/0D9-0021-00168

[tawdry dragon]

very expensive though

[jolly inlet]

$20 more for more than 2GBps faster

[tawdry dragon]

True. but still $100 ssd

I wonder what place this ssd would be in https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805031595721.html

I've seen it on amazon with decent reviews, but I don't know how good it is

[jolly inlet]

If the CDM screenshots in the customer reviews are to be believed it would be A tier

[tawdry dragon]

sheesh

I might get that one then

2tb 5GBps ssd for under $60 is a great deal

[jolly inlet]

Hmm someone else posted a CDM bench that actually places it as a low B tier

I'm sure there's some measure of luck involved in a cheap drive like that

[tawdry dragon]

there is also this one https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805031572851.html?

[tawdry dragon]

That's what some yt reviews said about some other drives they got on amazon from this brand, I'm guessing it's just cheaper nand flash so it's not as consistant

[jolly inlet]

Looks like that one would be a S drive but some people have reported problems with the PCIe lanes

[tawdry dragon]

I see that

I'll just get the first one, if the speeds are not as advertised I still get a cheap 2tb drive

[jolly inlet]

Assuming it's actually 2TB and not a firmware hacked 512GB or something

Never know buying off ali lol

[daring depot]

Man the 980 is always on sale

[brisk sphinx]

Good deal?

[fair moon]

After rebate yeah for sure

Just make sure there's not any major problems with that board

[brisk sphinx]

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813144582? Refurbished deal

[azure pond]

Def after rebate that's crazy

That's cheaper than any h610, id go for it even if buying an lga 1700 pentium

[fiery zephyr]

Damn

And to say I paid 130 for my z690 tuf

It's still purty tho

Im satisfied

[brisk sphinx]

That’s tuf

[fiery zephyr]

Yeah

[jolly inlet]

That Z690 can handle a 13900k no sweat too

[daring depot]

that laptop I posted is gonna overheat fast for one thing, but its such a big sale

[jolly inlet]

What a weirdly imbalanced laptop that is. Top tier CPU, bottom tier GPU.

[proud notch]

Hey guys, currently considering an upgrade to alderlake, looking for some good mobo deals, preferably not MSI or Gigabyte, as I have had bad experiences before and don't agree with MSI as a company

ASRock would be great, no real specific requirements, other than being able to hold a 3080 and an m.2 expansion cars

No plans to overclock, and I have a Lian Li lancool215, so I can have full size mobos

Just curious is anybody has seen anything, thanks in advance

[jolly inlet]

What do you currently have? Your best option would probably be to do an in place upgrade

[proud notch]

There is no better on my mobo unfortunately, I have a 7700k, and it is really holding me back in everything I do with rendering, simulations, AI, and music, and even gaming at this point

[jolly inlet]

Oh so you mean you're upgrading TO alder lake

Not an upgrade to alder lake you currently have

[proud notch]

Yeah, need a whole new mobo

[jolly inlet]

Man, English sucks

Would you happen to be near a microcenter?

[proud notch]

I am like... An hour and a half from one 😅

But I might have a reason to go at some point

That's where I got my current PC back in 2017

I'd like to do a full overhaul, but I wanna move to laptop, but I need better perf at the moment

[jolly inlet]

Yeah a 3080 would be pretty held back by a 7700k

Even at 1440p probably

[proud notch]

And I game at 1080 lmao

But I don't take much, biggest CPU bottleneck is for games like Star Citizen and cyberpunk. Those are big CPU bottlenecks

[jolly inlet]

Oh yeah star citizen is stupidly high

[proud notch]

Yeah, that game has zero optimization

[jolly inlet]

What kind of budget are you working with?

[proud notch]

The cheaper the better, but not to a sense where I am playing risky ganes

*games

[jolly inlet]

Ok so the cheapest possible that'll handle those games

[proud notch]

Oh, I'm going 12600, I should have said that, sorry

I just need the mobo

[jolly inlet]

12600k I hope

The non-k doesn't have as many cores

[proud notch]

Oh shoot, really?

[jolly inlet]

Yeah the 12600k is the lowest model that gets the new e-cores

Which are great for background tasks while you're gaming, so your primary tasks run better

12600 = 6c 12t
12600k = 10c 16t

[proud notch]

No crap, the 12600 is only 6 cores, wow

Well damn, alright the lmao

[jolly inlet]

Here's the microcenter option btw https://www.microcenter.com/product/5006468/intel-core-i7-12700k,-asus-z690-p-prime-wifi-ddr5,-gskill-flare-x5-16gb-ddr5-5600,-computer-build-bundle

[high radish]

12600k is amazing cpu . Tho 13600k is basically gaming king

[jolly inlet]

There's really no reason to go DDR4 anymore too, DDR5 is only like $20 more for way more than $20 worth of performance

[high radish]

Yeah and ddr5 speeds are alright for that price

[jolly inlet]

This way you get a 12700k for less than you'd be paying for a 12600k
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6k77cb

[high radish]

Microcenter and newegg having good combos frequently

[jolly inlet]

Oh yeah nice reminder, I'll check wegg combos

[proud notch]

I already have 32 GB DDR4 3600 cl16 that's what I was planning on using

[high radish]

MC sux so my only bet is newegg combos

One of my newegg orders

[proud notch]

What's the order adjustment?

[high radish]

Combo deal

119$ is combo discount, 45$ is code discount

And 20$ gift card from referral

So 224$ for 12600k + z690 mobo

it's ddr4 but it's basically 25$ mobo lol

[jolly inlet]

Ok so bad news on this front, there's no DDR4 boards that will run a second x16 slot at any higher than x4 speed so you're going to have to go DDR5

Second bit of bad news, the cheapest Intel board that will run x8/x8 mode is the MSI MEG Unify

[high radish]

I got cheap z690 hero combo as well

[jolly inlet]

Which goes against your no MSI preference, your cheap preference, ddr4 preference, all of it

[high radish]

This mobo is awesome

[fiery zephyr]

12900k mid

[proud notch]

Hmmm, good to know

I can do a single X4, I really only need one additional m.2 slot, assuming that the motherboard itself already has two built-in

I really don't want to waste my RAM, I spent a lot of money on it

[jolly inlet]

In that case https://pcpartpicker.com/product/bRhFf7/asrock-h670-pg-riptide-atx-lga1700-motherboard-h670-pg-riptide

The second x16 slot is wired as x4

[proud notch]

ASRock :>

[jolly inlet]

Alternatively, you can get a motherboard that just has enough M.2 slots for you to start with https://pcpartpicker.com/product/jRhFf7/asrock-b660-steel-legend-atx-lga1700-motherboard-b660-steel-legend

This one even has 4x M.2 https://pcpartpicker.com/product/w93gXL/asrock-z790-pg-lightningd4-atx-lga1700-motherboard-z790-pg-lightningd4

[high radish]

I mean most z690-790 mobos have 4x m2

even asus prime

[jolly inlet]

Sure but how many of those are full size slots and not just wifi card size

[high radish]

I think only asrock have special m2 wifi slot lol

[jolly inlet]

I see a lot with 3x 2280 and 1x 2230

[proud notch]

oh wait, if I can get 3x full size m.2 then I would be good

Although no, I still want it in an external card, because I'm going to be removing it semi-frequently

[jolly inlet]

The H670 would be the way to go then if you want the add in option

We used to be able to get boards that could do x16+x8 on two x16 slots easy, now with all these M.2 slots we don't have that luxury as much any more

[proud notch]

All right, I will keep that in mind, thank you guys a ton for the help

I am really looking to move all of my CPU bound stuff to a laptop in the near future when I have enough money, but as of now I need a better CPU in general

The 12600K is not as powerful as I would like, but it's still significantly more powerful than what I currently have

[jolly inlet]

Got that right it's more powerful https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/4603vs2874/Intel-i5-12600K-vs-Intel-i7-7700K

Just a casual tripling of multi core potential

[fiery zephyr]

20k r23 points for 8 cores is pretty cool lol

Im slow

[high radish]

m2 dimm slot is cool future tho

[fiery zephyr]

I thought 7700x lmfao

[jolly inlet]

tbf K and X look very similar if you're not paying attention

[fiery zephyr]

Make it make sense amd LOL

Soon enough there will be the rx7700

[proud notch]

If I had a 7700X, I would not be having any problems on my hardware lol

[fiery zephyr]

alr the rx 7600 and ryzen 7600

[jolly inlet]

You're talking to the company that made it possible to have a system with a 5700 and a 5700

[high radish]

amd naming sux

[proud notch]

But for now, literally everything I do is CPU bound. Music, rendering, AI, photo editing, and most games that I play

[fiery zephyr]

I didnt read anything just look at the link fal sent lol

[high radish]

why deals are so dry nowadays

can't find any good deal on pc stuff this week lol

[fiery zephyr]

Bruh

What about the wegg deals a couple days ago lmao

[proud notch]

I'll have to run the numbers when I get home and see if this upgrade is actually worth it for me, I don't have that much money right now, but I am working on a commission that will get me an additional $70 I think, so that might factor and beneficially

[high radish]

I only got 2x 1tb portable ssd and one 1050w psu

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C4F9DSJ1?tag=espresso004b-20 this ssd looks tempting

[proud notch]

I'm gonna go home and look into maybe the 13100 instead

Going to have to run some numbers, figure out what'll work better for me

Thank you guys a million for helping me out with the motherboard information, that was the stuff that I didn't have good resources on

[jolly inlet]

Remember the 13100 is just a slightly overclocked 12100

I'll leave you with this https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/4603vs2874vs5170vs4687vs4994/Intel-i5-12600K-vs-Intel-i7-7700K-vs-Intel-i3-13100-vs-Intel-i3-12100-vs-Intel-i5-13400

[high radish]

why is 7700k exist there lol

[jolly inlet]

It's what they have currently

To emphasize what an upgrade it is lol

[high radish]

oh

amazon warehouse have tempting deals

cheap mobos and gpus

[jolly inlet]

I avoid mobos from them personally. A lot of returns and they never check the socket.

If you do, record opening it and immediately check the socket on camera

[high radish]

I mostly don't record it but amazon is mostly easy to return so

but socket damage is not returnable I think

[jolly inlet]

They rarely check is the problem

[high radish]

I see Asus tuf z790 wifi D4 for 125$ lol

[jolly inlet]

DDR4 tho

[high radish]

yeah but price is good

this one also looks decent

[jolly inlet]

Yeah that's nice

[proud notch]

my bad, I meant the 13400, I have been between the 12600k and the 13400 for a while now

[fiery zephyr]

But a sus prime stinks

[jolly inlet]

The 13400 won't be able to run your memory at 3600 in gear 1, so you'll lose a lot of performance. Go 12600k.

[fiery zephyr]

L

[proud notch]

Myain concern with the 12600k is me needing a new PSU, cause I am already redlining my current one

And that's another like $100-140 addition

[fiery zephyr]

I havent tested my 4266 for stability yet lmfaoo

[jolly inlet]

You can just power limit the CPU if you really have to

[proud notch]

Fair enough

I guess I'll look around for 12600k's

[jolly inlet]

You might say a prime suspect

[fiery zephyr]

LOL

[jolly inlet]

@tawdry dragon I don't see that case being that cheap, it appears to be $130 to me. Even from third party sellers.

[cinder kiln]

Z prime is ok

[jolly inlet]

Maybe there was a price error and they fixed it

[cinder kiln]

In fact z prime is one of the few ways to get thunderbolt on ur rear i/o

[tawdry dragon]

Maybe, lemme check

I just realized the $73 delivery fee

[jolly inlet]

Ah so it was the third party seller

Yeah that fee is less than ideal lol

How are they going to charge that much for delivery and still take 2 weeks to deliver

[trim pier]

where do I go on newegg to find combos

[jolly inlet]

https://www.newegg.com/AMD-7000-Series-Launching-Promotion-Store/EventSaleStore/ID-10541?cm_sp=Head_Navigation-_-Under_Search_Bar-_-AMD+Combos&icid=755981

You can also just search "combos" and it'll show everything

https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=4812&Tpk=combos

Then you can use filters to narrow it down

[trim pier]

ah;=

ah*

[high radish]

https://www.microcenter.com/product/5006208/amd-ryzen-7-7700x-raphael-am5,-g-skill-flare-x5-32gb-ddr5-6000-dual-channel,-cpu-ram-combo only if MC had shipping

[tribal wave]

I need a urgent info..
What’s the difference between intel 9 - 13 gen k, kf, f & no k

[brittle lagoon]

Newer generation are better, k is overclockable, f is without integrated graphics.

[tribal wave]

Thanks a lot

Any more info …awaited

[light holly]

There is a lot of info between these cpus. Is there anything specific you are wanting to know?

[tribal wave]

No..just more specific on k, f, kf series

[light holly]

K model is overclockable and has integrated graphics. KF model is overclockable, but doesn't have integrated graphics. F model is not overclockable and doesn't have integrated graphics.

[tribal wave]

Thanks..🙂

[light holly]

If you are not planning on overclocking, you can save money by going for a non-K model as well as a cheaper mobo.

[fiery zephyr]

WAIT

It depends

Some non k skus have less cores

[light holly]

I forgot to mention that there is a non-KF model. Doesn't allow overclocking, but does have integrated graphics.

[brittle lagoon]

Yea 12600 is the weird case, it loses the e cores relative to 12600k

[tawdry dragon]

How do I buy the 3d mark deal?, I'm just curious what combo I'd have to buy to get it

[cinder kiln]

just wait until it goes on sale on steam again for like $5 if you don't want to buy anything else

[tawdry dragon]

Alright

But what would I have to buy on newegg to get the promotion?

[cinder kiln]

trying to figure that out rn tbh

[tawdry dragon]

It's very confusing, I tried doing it with some usb drive combos, but that didn't seem to work

[cinder kiln]

it might be a glitch of the site

I searched within all combos for 3dmark and nothing came up

I didn't scan all 48 pages of combos though

[tawdry dragon]

Alright, guess I'll just have to wait then

Thanks for the effort

[trim pier]

I kinda want the 3d mark advance but

I can't figure out how to add it to a combo

[flat junco]

@marsh sphinx check #tech-deals if you're still interested in Bluetooth earbuds

[trim pier]

@marsh sphinx I recommend getting those

I had the WF3's (fricking huge) but they had the best sound quality in earbuds

and I can't imagine what the WF4's have + their small

my only issue with sony is that they have split audio I think it's called? or analong, hold on

nono, it's balance. Alot of music have split things, you can hear a piano in one ear of the same song, while a guitar in another. Some music devices like airpods have automatic balancing so you only need one earbud to hear the full song, but what I experienced in my WF3's is the balancing issue. So I would hear one part of the song with one ear bud in and it just sounded off a bit, idk if they fixed this in their WF4's but it shouldn't stop you from buying it

also uh, you have to connect them with this app that sony has called headphones. I don't think they're just like only bluetooth connect

[fiery zephyr]

I don't have this issue with my wf c500s

When I keep one in the case atleast

[trim pier]

i think that’s because it’s a newer model

there’s a ton of videos on how to fix the white balance on them lol

so then it’s likely the wf4’s don’t

[marsh sphinx]

Holy crap those look awesome

And those’d work on desktop too?

I’m gonna have to snag those when I get the money

I unfortunately just spend most of my money on a new cooler and motherboard

[fiery zephyr]

They prob need the app to work

[marsh sphinx]

That’s fine IG

[fiery zephyr]

Becausee mine won't work without it

[marsh sphinx]

I mean they’re Bluetooth right?

[fiery zephyr]

Idk if they have an app on desktop

[fiery zephyr]

Yeah

[marsh sphinx]

Hmmmm

[light bay]

I would assume they'd work without an app, just with limited functionality. Maybe I'm wrong though

[marsh sphinx]

I listen to music more than actual in game audio when playing games or doing anything else on my PC

Though I do like have one earbud in at a time when listening to music on my phone

[trim pier]

i could never connect my wf3’s to my computer or ipad, but they’re a way older version than the wf4’s so it can be different

[marsh sphinx]

Hmmmm

I mean if I am gonna spend a good amount of money on earbuds I'd like to be able to use them on desktop

[flat junco]

I'll test mine when I get a chance, but I'm pretty sure mine worked fine without any apps

I have the wf3's

Sometimes in order to pair a new device, I had to put the earbuds back in the case and take them out

[marsh sphinx]

Hmmm, okay

[fleet marlin]

I have some $50ish earbuds & work great on BT w/ my pc for music. Only tried once on a shooting game but shots sounded weak & sound dropped a couple times. Too used to a headset for games.

[light bay]

Airpods pro gen 2 are my daily. Tried xm4s and pixel buds bro and all those before and I still take airpods, even though I have an android phone

[marsh sphinx]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NPCLNMN

I was thinking about grabbing these for my phone and then a HyperX Cloud II for my PC

[fiery zephyr]

The noise canceling is

[light bay]

Fr

[azure pond]

I've learned not to trust cheap earbuds in my experience, I've gone through 4-5 pairs of cheap ones before I learned my lesson

[light bay]

The comfort is great aswell

[fiery zephyr]

Yeah lol

[azure pond]

I'd rather a wired pair than a cheap wireless pair atp

[fiery zephyr]

I got my wfc500s for 30 bucks lmao

refurb

[azure pond]

I accidentally threw my second pair of moonsparks away, I wanna die

[fiery zephyr]

I accidently washed them twice and they still work so yipeee

[azure pond]

My dogs tail knocked them off my nightstand into my trash can, and I didn't notice till it went out on garbage day

[marsh sphinx]

My buddy has had a cheap pair of Skullcandy wireless headphones and those have been through dozens of soda spills and dropped and thrown plenty of times and still work fine

I’m willing to take the gamble at $20 TBF

[azure pond]

I got a decent pair of noise canceling headphones off amazon for $60 20 on sale, but I'm more inclined to trust headphones than earbuds at that pricr

[azure pond]

Just dont get mpow

They have horror stories of the lil piece that covered the speaker part of the earbud coming out and getting stuck in people's ears

Oh wait no

It's tozo with that issue

[marsh sphinx]

🗿

[azure pond]

A different random brand

[trim pier]

I really like airpods but I kinda got reps..

[marsh sphinx]

I’m gonna hold off until I actually get my new PC running

Just need RAM, PSU, and CPU

[jolly inlet]

$830 XTX...
I can sell my GPU for $600...
$230 upgrade...

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-ice-water-i-dont-need-it-gif-14272849

[stoic crest]

https://tenor.com/view/do-it-kermit-darth-kermit-gif-25450285

[jolly inlet]

Hey maybe I'll get lucky and find a sucker like this, and get paid to upgrade

[flat junco]

I still have my 3070 that I was gonna sell after upgrading to a 3080 last year

[stoic crest]

lol

bro it's evga

rare item!!!

they stopped making gpus!

[jolly inlet]

Oh I know, total collector's item now

Doesn't make the buyer not a sucker

[stoic crest]

ofc

[light holly]

I wonder how much I could get for my EVGA 1650s

[jolly inlet]

More than you probably should be able to get

Bruh

[stoic crest]

lmao

again evga

rare stuff

i bet my ass $750 will still easily be picked up if you listed your gpu at that much

what is it, 3080ti?

[jolly inlet]

FE yeah

[stoic crest]

ah

well that's also desirable

[jolly inlet]

Still sells in the $600-650 range though

[brisk sphinx]

Hmm how much you think I could get for a FTW3 Ultra 3080 12Gb?

[jolly inlet]

$550-600 for non-stupid people

[trim pier]

@lilac prawn hat's your gpu?

what's*

also does that mean my psu is rare? 😏

[tawdry dragon]

I got a EVGA 3070, maybe I can resell it for $400 (how much I bought it for) and get a 3080

[olive lance]

300 max

Maybe 350

[tawdry dragon]

According to those photos further up, a 3080 of my model can sell for almost $800, so a 3070 (in box) should be able to sell for $400

[jolly inlet]

On the flip side there's delusional sellers

Non-LHR is the first thing they say, like it makes any kind of difference now

Not to mention there's no such thing as a non-lhr 3070 ti

[stoic crest]

bid starting at 375

lmao

ofc no one bids on it

[jolly inlet]

Plus shipping

[stoic crest]

yeeah

they think it's 2021

or 2022 at the height of the gpu shortage

[jolly inlet]

Or 2022 right after the mining crash and all the cards hit the market in the same month. It is still below msrp after all.

[stoic crest]

ye lol

[lilac prawn]

3080

[daring depot]

Hey is that refurbished earbuds deal good?

I need new earbuds and im thinking either Sony or jbl

[lilac prawn]

Sony wfc500s are nice

No fancy noise cancelling or anything, but they're pretty nice out of the box

[fiery zephyr]

I like mine

Sound good for the price

I feel like I never have to worry about charging them lol

[trim pier]

whoops segue didn't mean to tag ya

[trim pier]

@jolly inlet what's your gpu?

[trim pier]

real good likely. look at reviews on yt

[fiery zephyr]

3080ti fe

[marsh sphinx]

HUH?

Lucky

[jolly inlet]

What, me? Luck had nothing to do with it. I stood outside a best buy for over a day to get this. And I was still too far back in line to get what I really wanted.

At least my line neighbors and I all had the same idea and brought our Switch consoles. I owned them all in Mario Kart.

[marsh sphinx]

LMFAO

I still dunno what GPU I wanna get

2080 Ti or 3060 Ti

Or 3070 Ti if I’m lucky

[tribal wave]

Can anybody suggest an app that helps me in checking of compatibility of components of pc

[marsh sphinx]

?

Oh

[jolly inlet]

pcpartpicker.com

[marsh sphinx]

Uhhh use PC Part Picker

Yeah, it’s a website

[tribal wave]

Ok..thanks

[pulsar fable]

@azure pond it seems to be even lower price now

[obtuse sandal]

why does this have more downvotes? $60 for 980 pro is pretty good no?

[tawdry dragon]

Better ssds for the price

[obtuse sandal]

which ones

[tawdry dragon]

If you want a slower ssd but more storage you can get a $70 2tb ssd

[obtuse sandal]

man i got my 980 pro for $160 last year

[tawdry dragon]

It's a good ssd, but it had some problems with the software and it's just overpriced

[cinder kiln]

XS70 2tb for $97 is just every way better

Also firmware issues

And similar alternatives for the same price

And better value almost as good ssds for much less

[tawdry dragon]

I got a 512gb low-end ssd for $40 last year, now you can get a 1tb mid range ssd for $35

[obtuse sandal]

dont know much about ssd's but i thought the 980 pro was top of da line

[cinder kiln]

Nah

[tawdry dragon]

not anymore

[cinder kiln]

Hasn't been for a long long time

[obtuse sandal]

970 evo plus?

[cinder kiln]

I feel better about that one but it's not often on legitimate deals

Plenty of better options over that one too

[obtuse sandal]

i looked up the xs70 and it has its own heat spreader

$98 only for 2tb

[cinder kiln]

And it's equally as fast

Bit of a no brainer isn't it?

[obtuse sandal]

freaking amazing

[tawdry dragon]

That's what I told my cousin when he was buying parts for his new pc, but his dad has insane brand loyalty and only wanted a samsung ssd

[cinder kiln]

Samsung loyalty is a stigma in 2023

Those ssd's have issues which are still ongoing to this day

[tawdry dragon]

He also only wanted a asus gpu and motherboard

[obtuse sandal]

https://tenor.com/view/no-nooo-noooo-omg-omg-no-gif-12379692

[cinder kiln]

Heh, beyond saving 💀

[obtuse sandal]

i got an msi meg ace x570 and i dont even use its features

spent almost $400 on it

[cinder kiln]

Indeed. B550 makes sense for almost everyone

[obtuse sandal]

but the IO is nice

so many usb ports which i use all of them

[tawdry dragon]

since they're gonna be blender rendering they wanted an nvidia gpu, so I helped them find a good used asus 3080, and now he want a new 4070

They never bought the 3080 btw

[cinder kiln]

They're the same thing

He wha

[tawdry dragon]

they want the warantee

but it's over $100 more for the same thing, even $200 more

[cinder kiln]

Plenty of gpus still with warranties

Lol

The 3080 I have still has 2 years warranty left

[tawdry dragon]

THAT'S WHAT I SAID

[cinder kiln]

I feel bad

I'm echoing a lot

Poor soul

Probably tormenting watching them buy corsair as well

[tawdry dragon]

they're waiting for a sale in july for a 4070 to go on sale

[cinder kiln]

I bet they did

[tawdry dragon]

nah I convinced them not to

[cinder kiln]

LOL

Well you succeeded 50% then

[tawdry dragon]

they got some trident z neo ram, so not bad

It was on sale at microcenter near them for 32gb so

[cinder kiln]

The final straw would be the motherboard has armour

[tawdry dragon]

asus tuf b550 gaming wifi II, see for yourself

[cinder kiln]

Wow ok

But it's not in an o11 is it

[tawdry dragon]

nope

[cinder kiln]

Ok so they aren't going to enthusiast hell

[tawdry dragon]

some random bitfenix case they got from my other cousins

[cinder kiln]

Lol they were close

[tawdry dragon]

It's old and small, but they got it for $20

[cinder kiln]

That's not bad

||could've saved that on the mobo but anw||

[tawdry dragon]

$115 mobo iirc, so not super overpriced

especially since it has wifi

[cinder kiln]

Hm ok

Only $26 over the a520m tuf wifi

[tawdry dragon]

they got a $100 3700x, too

[cinder kiln]

That's a good price

[tawdry dragon]

They wanted pcie gen 4, so they got the b550

not very good reasoning but ig it's fine

[cinder kiln]

For the 980 pro ig

💀

[tawdry dragon]

nah pcie gen 4 for the GPU

[cinder kiln]

Well if you're getting a 4070 then that matters

Cos pcie 3 on Ada is disgusting for no reason worth salt

[tawdry dragon]

The best deal they got imo was a fully modular 80+ gold 850w psu for $50 barely used

[tawdry dragon]

This was when they were planning on getting a 3070 ti/3080

[cinder kiln]

[zenith lantern]

...

[tawdry dragon]

I can't really stop them because they live a couple thousand miles away from me

[cinder kiln]

You stopped them from touching corsair

That's a huge improvement

[tawdry dragon]

there was a low chance they were gonna go for it in the first place

they have brand loyalty for asus, GSkill, and samsung

[cinder kiln]

Imagine they bought zen 4 and the cpu popped

[tawdry dragon]

they're doing a somewhat budget build so they couldn't have done that

too expensive for them to care

[cinder kiln]

[tawdry dragon]

I'm decently sure this is the case that they have https://pcpartpicker.com/product/hTWrxr/bitfenix-case-bfcprm300ooxkkrp

ugly af

[cinder kiln]

[tawdry dragon]

but it was $20

can't complain

[light holly]

I'm complaining

[trim pier]

wtf

looks like a lunch box 💀

[tawdry dragon]

Orange lunch box

[jolly inlet]

Make it a half life theme with a stencil image on the side or something

Orange box

[trim pier]

change of convo but

what’s the ps5 specs

like i heard it’s got some pretty good graphics n stuff?

[jolly inlet]

It's got an 8 core, 16 thread Zen 2 processor (basically a clocked down 3800X) and a RDNA 2 GPU that pulls about 10 TFLOPS, which lands it around the 6600 XT in performance.

The fact that they can make that run 4k 120Hz is a miracle of programming

[azure pond]

@weary python you should add that that is refurbished and 144hz/180hz

[weary python]

also what does 144/180 mean? does it just mean that its 144 but overclocks to 180?

[jolly inlet]

Yes exactly that

[weary python]

why would you not overclock? just curious

[jolly inlet]

There's a potential for screen tearing or flickering running past the official spec

[weary python]

ah, that makes sense

[fair moon]

It's because it doesn't run 4k120. Pretty sure most games have a toggle between 2160p60 and 1440p120, with dynamic resolution scaling

[jolly inlet]

The console itself supports 4k120, game support is another story

Example, the PG42UQ
https://i.rtings.com/assets/products/wy3JI078/asus-rog-swift-oled-pg42uq/ps5-large.jpg

[fair moon]

Oh yeah for sure. On easy to run games (with support) you can hit 4k120

I just don't like the '4k120 console' marketing cause it isn't exactly true

[shut lava]

Are there any games where the PS5 actually does true 4K 120Hz? Everything I've seen that runs at 4K on the PS5 doesn't run anywhere near 120Hz when its tested to see the true framerate. Some of the 4K stuff is upscaled to 4K after being rendered at a lower resolution.

[cinder kiln]

@shut lava write that it's $800

That's a great deal

[stoic crest]

$800..

omg

it's amazing, no joke intended tho

cuz it's seriously good

[cinder kiln]

@stoic crest buy it

[shut lava]

updated

[stoic crest]

nyo

[cinder kiln]

Nyes

[stoic crest]

i don't hav moners

[cinder kiln]

Better deal than the other lappys

[stoic crest]

ik but i don't got 800 lying round

[cinder kiln]

Time to find some surprise sidewalk money

[stoic crest]

lol

[trim pier]

i wish i got that buildapc laptop deal from target

the 353$ 11400 or something + 3050ti

Anyways not a tech deal but, if you’re into manga https://www.rightstufanime.com/sale/viz-media-weekly-specials

[stoic crest]

jesus

[trim pier]

45% off viz media titles

[stoic crest]

you can buy that and resell it for more once it disappears

[trim pier]

ikr

it’s sold out

but what i’m hoping is i could back order it at my local target

“oh no it just sold out! no way!”

[jolly inlet]

Is that what you call sticking your hand in my pocket

[cinder kiln]

Call it what you want I just got $40

[jolly inlet]

[cinder kiln]

[jolly inlet]

You even got the contents of my wallet right

[cinder kiln]

That didn't pop up on the skyrim menu

[daring depot]

FOR THE LOVE KF GOD, I WANT THAT G14

[brisk sphinx]

Buy it

[quasi pasture]

@jolly inlet @steel sapphire @brisk sphinx
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235066094650? one of you buy this so i can talk to you about ddr3 OC more

[brisk sphinx]

My birthday just passed, you should buy me it

[marsh sphinx]

Bought it

[quasi pasture]

💀

[marsh sphinx]

$60 ain’t bad

[quasi pasture]

yea lol

well now you need decent ddr3 👀

[marsh sphinx]

LGA1150

[quasi pasture]

what

did you not know what you were buying

[marsh sphinx]

I haven’t quite bought it, but I’m on the payment page

I mean I can pull the trigger right here and now

But then I can’t get fancy keyboard 😔

I did buy those DIMM’s you sent earlier

[brisk sphinx]

Bruh I actually was going to buy it

I already have some DDR3 sticks

Is 4790k LGA1150?

[quasi pasture]

did they arrive

[quasi pasture]

yes

that board might need a bios update though

ask the seller what revision its on

[marsh sphinx]

Not yet

[quasi pasture]

how many did you get

[jolly inlet]

My wife would kill me if I started cluttering up the house with mostly useless computers. She barely tolerates the X79 Plex server.

[quasi pasture]

perhaps your wife should be more tolerant of your hardware as it's one of the things that brings you satisfaction and joy
(unless you do have a hoarding problem)

[fiery zephyr]

How much better is this board compared to my ud5 lol

[jolly inlet]

It's not a hoarding problem so much as a "we don't have enough space for the stuff we have already" problem

[fiery zephyr]

Just buy more storage fr

[marsh sphinx]

Four

Shipping from China takes FOREVER

[swift forge]

It took dhl 9 days to deliver my MacBook from Hong Kong China to San Antonio

They might change the estimate and give a more exact date which is sooner

[tawdry dragon]

DHL for AliExpress usually costs more then the product you're shipping

[swift forge]

Oh, I didn’t read the entire thing but that would make sense

[tribal wave]

Hi..can i get a latest list of table like which processor goes with which motherboard and supported/recommended graphic card and other info (including cooling unit) power supply
Thanks..

[azure pond]

what is your budget, and are you making an entirely new build?

and what country are you in?

[tribal wave]

I’m a tech enthusiast..this is for my knowledge …

[azure pond]

pcpartpicker shows compatibility

add a cpu to a list, and it'll show what mobos are compatible

[stoic crest]

pcpartpicker once you choose a board or cpu it'll limit to boards or cpu that will work

[azure pond]

gpus are compatible with any motherboard and cpu

[tribal wave]

Any other website
Thanks

[stoic crest]

No other better sites honestly

[tribal wave]

Thanks

[trim pier]

..

[jolly inlet]

No way, terrible deal

You can build a WAY better computer for that much

That thing is worth $400, 450 if it's in perfect condition

[azure pond]

ie https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fVdjPX

for $150 more https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BJz8W4

[jolly inlet]

If you did this and didn't want to build it you could use the extra $75 and pay someone local to build it, and you still get a WAY better computer

[azure pond]

i think they were showing a person who ridiculously overpriced their pc tho, to make fun of them

[jolly inlet]

That is entirely possible, I made a reflex response there lol

[azure pond]

understandable

[jolly inlet]

Here's my offer I'd send them:

$420 take it or leave it

Just for the memes

(I can't believe how close I was pulling that 400-450 out of nowhere)

[grave delta]

$420.69*

[jolly inlet]

Gah you're right

[trim pier]

it was just a horrible deal

[pulsar fable]

360mm rad for 55?

Wow aren't you generous

[marsh sphinx]

A 1060 for $30???

I mean single fan but still

[grave delta]

The 3GB model is weak

[marsh sphinx]

Oh just noticed that

No clue why they thought 3GB of VRAM would be a good idea

[pulsar fable]

This is the same company that made a 3060 "8gb" that had more than it's vram cut

[pulsar fable]

I'm willing to buy that rad if they won't >:]

Not that I need it tho, I just have a relatively wimpy 5600

[grand orbit]

Ram at that price is more expensive than new that's only 1x8gb wtf

[fair moon]

too be fair it was released in 2016

[marsh sphinx]

Well yeah but there's a 6GB version

[fair moon]

Though it may have had less cores than the 6gb version

[marsh sphinx]

Probably

[jolly inlet]

I had a 1060 3GB. It couldn't run Fallout 4, a game that came out a year before, without running out of memory and getting missing textures.

[swift forge]

It was somewhat useful in 2020

[trim pier]

No clue if i should be concerned if the 6900xt for 450$ is still for sale after a week of finding it

on fbm btw

[quasi pasture]

I could run FO4 on a GT 1030 lol

it really depends what settings

[high radish]

Why deals are so dry

[stoic crest]

it's one of those days

[trim pier]

what’s the difference between the aorus pro and elite?

also.. wtf..

parts are dog sh-

[jolly inlet]

"I paid too much for this so someone else needs to buy it at cost"

[fiery zephyr]

For the time it was really good lol most people dont know much about pcs so they just asume its still worth close to what they paid for it

Or

some just try to see if someone who doesnt know any better buys it

(I totally haven't done this before)

[trim pier]

idk if it helps the case but he has fortnite, twitch, rumble verse, fall guys, and rocket league on the desktop.

no other games.

also an alienware monitor 🤢

[tiny heron]

Aren't those all free lol

[trim pier]

yes

but he practically doesn’t play any worthy games ngl

also

😳

[tawdry dragon]

Decent deal

[stoic crest]

hope it ain't scam

only one pic lmao

[jolly inlet]

Run the pic through tineye and see if it's stolen

[trim pier]

dw

he has another post on his page

it's for 350$

but i'm hoping it's for 300$

[brazen prawn]

Do you guys think the 5700g would ever go down to $140?

[trim pier]

seems “samsung” to me

[cinder kiln]

5600 is already down to like 130

[brazen prawn]

I really want to buy the 5700g since I’m going to do AI upscaling, and I feel like it might finish the job faster than the 5600g

But I’ll go with the 5600g if in 2 weeks, the 5700g doesn’t go down a lot

And I’m turning it into a nas server after the upscaling, so a gpu won’t be needed

[cinder kiln]

Ah

I'm not too knowledgeable in this, but I believe vega isn't the greatest choice for ai upscaling

That said idk if we have anything other than zen 3+ mobile for anything better tbh

Arc igpu's are still on the way, and 710m's are pretty minimal

[brazen prawn]

Oh, I’m putting a 5700xt gpu from my other pc on it

[cinder kiln]

Oh then you shouldn't need an igpu surely?

[brazen prawn]

The pc that I’m using the igpu on will be used as an ai upscaler for the first part of its life, and then then into a nas server. My other pc will be for gaming/video editing, it’s on a ryzen 3600 so it needs the gpu back

[cinder kiln]

Oh ok

[brazen prawn]

I feel like it’ll just be a better value to buy the 5600g since it’s slightly better than the 3600 anyways right?

[cinder kiln]

Same chip tbh

One just has an igpu

Zen 3 apu's are essentially zen 2 with graphics

You could argue chiplet vs monolithic but the performance is basically the same due to cache

[brazen prawn]

Woah I paid like $180 for the 3600 back in 2020 lol

And the 5600 is like $130

[cinder kiln]

Ya

Das what I mean man

[brazen prawn]

I wish I didn’t buy all the newish parts for my gaming pc back then

[cinder kiln]

2020 wasn't bad

It was the end of 2020 when things started spiralling

[brazen prawn]

But now the 3600 is $94 lol

[brazen prawn]

Oh yeah definitely

[cinder kiln]

Ye

I mean look at storage and ram

New ddr4 32gb is 50$

And good m.2 storage is like $35 for 1tb

I remember paying like, $150 for 32gb back in 2020 lmao

[brazen prawn]

Jeez

It’s kinda like how my 5700xt was $400 when I bought it then I saw used ones for like $1400 at the end of 2020/around 2021

[cinder kiln]

You may be able to find a used gpu to go with the 5600 instead of the 5600g

/3600

And use the 5600 in ur main build

Might give you more graphics oomph tbh

[brazen prawn]

Maybe, but idk how to tell if a gpu has been used in a mining rig or not

[cinder kiln]

It being in a mining rig is more likely a good thing

Gpu's have calculated operation lifetimes, but mining rigs often involve someone running a card carefully and in a controlled manner

Gaming is more abusive to a card than proper mining is

Fans would be the only thing I'd really worry about if it was mining

And even then the card would have to be reaalllyyyy old

💀

Better a card spends its life* running close to the safe maximum operating temp than a card that someone has spent no time observing or understanding, throwing it at games without ever checking that their card is running too hot

Mining cards are also often cleaned and if you're lucky repasted

[brazen prawn]

Ohh I always thought that mining would be more intense than gaming since it was used 24/7

Wait you have to repaste gpus ??

[cinder kiln]

Ofc

Like CPUs, paste dries out and goes bad

Unless they use that amazing one time stuff like I believe it's honeywell?

[trim pier]

what are some good games on sale in steam, I alr got rust, terraria, and stardew valley.

[mint wedge]

Helldivers is a game I enjoy is a top down stick shooter, it is like 5 bucks for the standalone game, good to play with some friends

[marsh sphinx]

Halo Master Chief Collection

$10 RN

[daring depot]

Really?

[stoic crest]

getting fh4 for my bro

he wants it so much lol

[daring depot]

don't get FH5

it got mundane really fast

[jolly inlet]

I like fh5 though. Of course maybe I'm biased because I watch Donut on yt. That was a fun mission.

[fiery zephyr]

Yooo I just did it yesterday lol

it was cool

[jolly inlet]

It really felt like one of their crazy build series

[cinder kiln]

I enjoyed FH5 more than FH4 tbh

Oh man 10% off

[jolly inlet]

For the base model yeah, which you shouldn't buy anyway

[daring depot]

I unfortunately got bored too fast

although I didn't like Fh4 as much either, FH3 is my jam

not a bad game per se, just not as fun after 100 hours

[cinder kiln]

I mean

If you've played any of the 3, they're pretty much the same experience

FH2 is sorta there too

[stoic crest]

just bought 4 for bro woop

now imma try 5 with gamepass

then unbound soon

[daring depot]

i thought Unbound was really mid based on the reviews

[stoic crest]

it is mid

but updates have been improving it

[daring depot]

I have hope

[stoic crest]

mainly the endgame gameplay

aka multiplayer races

[daring depot]

never actually played Need for Speed tho

[stoic crest]

you missed out big time smh

[daring depot]

I have Heat, but never got around to it

[stoic crest]

need for speed has many gud games

[daring depot]

dude I missed out on everything

[stoic crest]

older ones that is

[daring depot]

my first PC was in 2020

[stoic crest]

fair enough

[daring depot]

my first game was Roblox

my first computer was a bloody mac mini

[jolly inlet]

NFS Hot Pursuit

[stoic crest]

my first computer was in like 2008

when i was around 4

but that one got flooded

[daring depot]

what the

[stoic crest]

so fast forward to 2013

[daring depot]

that took a turn

[stoic crest]

my first laptop, mom's hand me down

second in 2019 was a used lappy

now 2023, just a day ago

i got a new lappy kek

i can finally run any games i have and want

[daring depot]

nice

my timeline is a bit more different

[stoic crest]

back then there was a huge flood that basically had whole thailand submerged

so rip pc

[daring depot]

gotcha, man that sucks

actually my timeline is freaking weird

2017 - learned of roblox and tried it out

[stoic crest]

that thing had some celeron, and ran on win xp

i played lots of game from 90's to 2000's with it

[daring depot]

2018 - learned about fortnite, downloaded it on mac min- KABOOM

[stoic crest]

lmao

i learned of roblox since like 2015

minecraft 2013

[daring depot]

BY 2019 - bought at least 3 different laptops, all got malware

[stoic crest]

oof

[jolly inlet]

Roblox was after my time, it was runescape for me

[daring depot]

2019-2020 - Dell Inspiron with integrated GPU

[jolly inlet]

The day the school blocked runescape was the day I learned about VPNs

[stoic crest]

i lerned of vpn cause of ltt lmao

[daring depot]

fast forwarding to 2023, Desktop with 1660super and 9600kf, Dell G3 1660ti and 10300h, Acer Triton 300 with 3070 and 10800h

[stoic crest]

they had tunnelbear vpn ads all over

[daring depot]

oh boy, my generation had everything

we have Shellshockers, a literal fps for chromebooks

[stoic crest]

beamng looks great and runs amazing

whoa

200 fps peak LMAO

[daring depot]

new laptop or new game?

[stoic crest]

new laptop on beamng

[daring depot]

nice! what specs are on it?

im salty at how bad my laptop is

[stoic crest]

7735HS and 4050

[daring depot]

and 200fps

WHAT

[stoic crest]

200 fps beamng windowed at 1080p

in johnson valley

all normal settings

[daring depot]

that's great

at least in my eyes

[jolly inlet]

That's a physics heavy game so the cpu matters a lot

[stoic crest]

this is just rebadged 6800h

still great cpu tho

[jolly inlet]

Yeah that's not bad at all

[stoic crest]

8 core zen 3+

[cinder kiln]

4050 is a glorified 3060

[stoic crest]

yap

and im happ with the perf

turbo mode makes fans go loud

[cinder kiln]

Ehhh

[stoic crest]

damn man imma just run perf mode

[cinder kiln]

Not that loud

Put headphones on

[stoic crest]

fair nuff

im just testing it rn lmao

running beamng

[jolly inlet]

3060 8gb maybe

[cinder kiln]

3060 6gb

[stoic crest]

4050 has 6 tho

[cinder kiln]

So did 3060m

[stoic crest]

not 8 like 4060

6 is fine still, enough for many games

[jolly inlet]

Oh right laptop version, yeah

[stoic crest]

basically maxed out but optimized settings on beam gets peaks of 200

wew

im impressed

[cinder kiln]

Now do it on 680m

[stoic crest]

okie

first i gotta install latest radeon drivers

beam on 680m begins

gonna do same map same settings

about...

20-30 fps

lol expected

wait it's avg at 45

not too terrible

surprisingly decent

[cinder kiln]

That sounds a little under par

It may have reset the beamng settings

Some games do that to me on the mux

[stoic crest]

nope

it doesn't for me here

settings are the exact same i verified

man i really want an ssd now

512 gigs is easily eaten up with just two games

fh 5 is 135 gigs

[jolly inlet]

Some of these large games I wish they'd do what oldrim (skyrim) did and separate the high res textures into a free "dlc"

[stoic crest]

ya exactly

[jolly inlet]

So you don't have to download the max file size if you can't use it anyway

[stoic crest]

i have only 1080p

it doesn't matter if i have textures for 4k or nah

[keen marsh]

Fallout 4 and Far Cry 6 are two others that did that too. Should be more common. :/

[quasi pasture]

Fallout 4's 4k texture pack DLC is pretty underwhelming. its hard to actually tell a difference when playing. but its free so we cant really fault them

the community-made texture packs are MILES better. i love them

[pulsar fable]

Yeah, if I'm not mistaken most modders say not to download the 4k texture dlc because it's so underwhelming

[quasi pasture]

yea, they do

everyone does

ill send you the best texture mods if you want

[pulsar fable]

I'll pass on it for now, but thanks for the offer

[grave delta]

Some good info on the 20TB seagate https://www.google.com/search?q=ST20000NM007D+site%3Areddit.com%2Fr%2Fdatahoarder

[pulsar fable]

There is a 170 4tb mp34 and a $210 ($200 with mir)4tb msi spatium 461

https://tenor.com/view/thirsty-spongebob-i-dont-need-it-sweat-gif-5031443

[jolly inlet]

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

[trim pier]

amd apparently dropped a 5600x3d?

it’s on microcenter rn, 229.99 but how good is it

especially for an am4

[azure pond]

We don't know yet

[trim pier]

cause for that price you could get a 217.99 7700 + 16gb of ram i think

[azure pond]

But I doubt worth it over the $200-$220 7600

[trim pier]

ye

ngl i would want that cpu, for like a 5600 6950xt or even a 7800xt build if it comes out

😭 7/7 drop date

https://www.microcenter.com/product/667765/amd-ryzen-5-5600x3d-vermeer-am4-33ghz-6-core-boxed-processor-heatsink-not-included

but price comparison, the 5600x3d might have to drop in price to compete with this deal if it’s a microcenter exclusive supposedly?

[jolly inlet]

Reviews drop on the 6th

What's interesting about it is it still has the full 96MB L3 cache, so it has more cache per core. It might even be faster in some ways because of that over the 5800X3D.

[pulsar fable]

I was wrong. The mp34 is $169 (nice)

[high radish]

since its limited supply it probably will be oos in months

theyre just cropped 5800x3d so how many can amd have them in stock

[tiny heron]

What is the TDP on the 5600X3D

[stoic crest]

85w i think

it's an x chip

not worth getting anyway

7600 still beats it handily

[tiny heron]

It might be something I would buy years from now to replace the 5500 in my mini itx build. But def not worth the price now

[fiery zephyr]

If u want one get it now unless u dont mind buying used later on

[small token]

looks like TDP is 105W

[tiny heron]

Yeah ill do used later most likely. It's just a cheap asrock deskmeet build I use for traveling.

[brazen prawn]

Does anyone know if that $25 any CPU coupon from micro center is real? Because if so, I really could get a 5600g for my nas server for $95
But it’s 40mins away and I don’t wanna waste my time going there

[small token]

If it is the one I am thinking, the $25 off MC coupon is when you also buy a compatible mobo

[jolly inlet]

I see on the page for the 5600g "save $20 when bundled with compatible motherboard"

And they definitely do bundles like that all the time

https://www.microcenter.com/product/639744/amd-ryzen-5-5600g-cezanne-39ghz-6-core-am4-boxed-processor-wraith-stealth-cooler-included

[small token]

pretty sure it's always "$20 off when you buy a compatible mobo", I did it w/ my 9600K and a z390 board that was not on the listed bundles at that time

[brazen prawn]

It’s the one from Instagram ads, it doesn’t say anything about bundles

[jolly inlet]

Do you have a link? I'm not on that site

[brazen prawn]

This one

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/specialofferallprocessorstext.aspx?web=EMAIL OPT IN - DLA_GOOGLE_TEXT_CPU&utm_campaign=Google_Text_CPU&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&gl=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIq9LVxPjs_wIVBcWGCh2B7gK9EAAYASAAEgIg7vD_BwE

[jolly inlet]

That's a new customer deal, which they are known to do. They used to offer free SSDs just for showing up.

[brazen prawn]

Dang I wish I was close to one so I could go there weekly 🤣

[jolly inlet]

You'd need a new phone number every week lol

Which you can do if you know how

[brazen prawn]

There’s an app for that

[jolly inlet]

I'm sure someone has done that and eventually the staff will recognize you

[brazen prawn]

True

[jolly inlet]

You know, I wonder if they'll let you do the bundle deal on top of the processor coupon. It says one coupon per customer but a bundle isn't a coupon.

You could get a 5600g for $70 if you buy a $80 motherboard

[high radish]

I wish MC had shipping

[jolly inlet]

I do and I don't at the same time

If they shipped these they would have to deal with bots

[brazen prawn]

Frrr

[high radish]

MC bundles are good. I thinking to drive to one to see what they got at weekend .

[jolly inlet]

MC was a beacon of hope for people during the GPU shortages. No bots to beat them in line, one GPU per person per month.

[brazen prawn]

I regret buying a motherboard without a bundle now lol

[high radish]

can I fill my trunk with 13700k + mobo bundles ?

[jolly inlet]

Oh dang they even have A520 boards for $63

That would be a steal of a deal for a home server

Plus some used kit of DDR4 for $15, you have a full system for under $150

[high radish]

https://www.microcenter.com/product/5006461/intel-core-i7-13700k,-asus-z790-p-prime-wifi-ddr5,-gskill-32gb-ddr5-6000-kit,-computer-build-bundle

I like this kit

[high radish]

[jolly inlet]

"Scalper no scalping"

[high radish]

Closest MC is 30miles away from me

[jolly inlet]

That's a lot closer than one is to me

[brazen prawn]

Me too lol

[jolly inlet]

Fingers crossed one of the stores opening soon are in the SF bay area

That would be a logical place

[high radish]

But still I don't want to waste my working hours to drive to store at 2023 lol

Also pay sales tax

[jolly inlet]

Do you not pay tax on newegg

Because you're supposed to

[high radish]

My state is tax free

[brazen prawn]

I just bought stuff from Newegg the other day and paid taxes

[brazen prawn]

Like from every store??

[jolly inlet]

Ah right, a couple states do have no sales tax

[high radish]

I think only Oregon and Delaware

[high radish]

Yeah imagine paying sales tax

We have 6% income tax but

[jolly inlet]

My tax including local taxes is 9.5%

[high radish]

I will go to NYC at Monday so I may check MC there

Let's see if I can fill my trunk with parts lol