tech-deals-discussion

[high radish]

Price error lol

[cinder kiln]

WHERE

[high radish]

Newegg

https://www.newegg.com/team-32gb/p/N82E16820331987

[cinder kiln]

WTF IT'S ON AUSTRALIA TOO

[high radish]

Search for ddr5, filter 32gb and sort by lowest price

[cinder kiln]

OMG I WANT THIS

[high radish]

I ordered few . Let's see if they ship

[cinder kiln]

I ordered a kit too

OMGGGGG

7000 C34 WTFFF

POST IT POST IT POST IT

@marsh sphinx #tech-deals

Best DDR5 for cheapest DDR4 prices

[high radish]

Or if they send out DDR4 and we get to experience Newegg's HASSLE FREE RETURNS

[jolly inlet]

If they send 5600 DDR4 I'd be ok with that lol

[cinder kiln]

Honestly? I can't disagree lmao

Praying it's the real deal tho

That was a fire sale and a half

[jolly inlet]

I don't need DDR5... but I really want to find a reason to buy that

[cinder kiln]

6000c30 for $53

7000c34 for $53

If I had more parts and a wider budget I'd have bought more

[jolly inlet]

Ok I'm not buying now because by the time I plan to upgrade in a couple years that will be the normal price for those kits anyway. I don't need it to sit on a shelf in the hopes I need DDR5 at some point.

I will now commence plugging my ears and not listening to the voices saying I should buy it

[cinder kiln]

But you could sell your ddr4 now for more @jolly inlet

With the board and cpu

And be net more moneys

[jolly inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/im-imnotlistening-notlistening-lalalalala-cant-gif-14244638

[cinder kiln]

It's widespread now, they might be all oos

[jolly inlet]

There's a few left

I don't even want 5600. Again by the time I actually need to upgrade, better kits will be this price.

[cinder kiln]

They're almost gone

YA BUT MORE MONEY FAL

UR DDR4 WORTH MORE NOW

Reeeeeee

[jolly inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/shut-up-shut-up-be-quiet-funny-gif-19370091

No one wants 4 mismatched sticks of ddr4 anyway

They won't run above 3600 together

And selling separately means trying to convince people that 16GB is good

[cinder kiln]

Wow they still have a die jedec kits

https://www.newegg.com/global/au-en/team-8gb/p/N82E16820331949

https://www.newegg.com/team-8gb/p/N82E16820331949

[pallid geyser]

Damn rip

[marsh sphinx]

All sold out

[cinder kiln]

Sadge

[azure pond]

I was thinking about grabbing the first kit, but I'd have to buy a new mobo too

So decided against it

[trim pier]

damn

i missed the ram sale

I would of bought a kit to never use it tbh

[brazen prawn]

Would 16x2 and 8x2 ram sticks work if they had the exact same timing?

[grand orbit]

Work yes, be stable? Ehhhhhhhh

[high radish]

Packaging

[trim pier]

the only time I don't hate europeans (i'm an american with a bedtime 💤 )

[winter sedge]

i got this today and installed windows 11 on it

the funny thing is, i got it from newegg, but not newegg website,
newegg selling it on walmart platform for 15$ cheaper

[stoic crest]

nice

[winter sedge]

do you have the ebay link for the ram sticks?

[jolly inlet]

They do that on eBay a lot too

[winter sedge]

newegg?

newegg on ebay?

[jolly inlet]

Yeah

[winter sedge]

[jolly inlet]

That was a completed listing, already sold, paid, shipped

[winter sedge]

lol i have honey and capital one shopping plugin
if it wasn't for those two i wouldn't have known this thing was on walmart.com for cheaper

[winter sedge]

rip, wanted to cop the ram

[winter sedge]

anyone has a recommendation for a wifi+bluetooth usb adapter ?

https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Nano-Bluetooth-Archer-T2UB/dp/B0BJ7XJ27X/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=usb+wifi+and+bluetooth+adapter&qid=1688282010&sr=8-3

i found this one

idk if there's better ones

[surreal cliff]

A Gigabyte Gtx 1070 Gaming OC with 2 of 3 fans defective but still working for $63.
Is it worth it?

[surreal cliff]

Had that, hella weak on recepting signal unless you're that close to the router or fine with low speed.

[jolly inlet]

You can get 3 new fans for $15-20. They're easy to replace. That would be a good deal.

[surreal cliff]

Alright, I hope it wasn't sold yet. Thanks!

Nvm, someone got it already lmao. They're so quick

[jolly inlet]

Dang and here I was getting ready to send a link to the fans lol

[winter sedge]

what do you look at to see that

what figures

[surreal cliff]

The... Wi-Fi icon ?

[winter sedge]

?

how does that tell me anything

you said the signal wouldn't be strong

what numbers or description did you read that says that

for example,
if a person weighs 200 pounds and another weighs 120 pounds
it's safe for me to say the 200 pounds is stronger,
and if i were i asked why i said that, then i'd say 200 pounds is more than 120 pounds

i don't think i had to explain it

but now that i did

what description of that products alludes to say it won't be strong enough ?

i'd appreciate sharing! thanks

[tawdry dragon]

There is no specific number on the wifi signal, it all depends on where the router is, where your computer is, how many and how good the antennas are, ect.

If it says "up to 480mbps, that's not gonna be the speed, because it depends on the plan you have with your ISP and the limit they set if there is one. And the router wifi standard also plays a role in how fast it can be.

The way you want the answer, in one simple number, just doesn't apply for electronics since there are just so many other variables that make it almost impossible to show it in one number.

[fair moon]

"had that" at the beginning of the message implies they owned and used it for some time

[fair moon]

^

[jolly inlet]

There's no standardized, documented number that will tell you how strong your signal will be. Higher gain antennas will help but that's only one factor of many.

[grave delta]

You could use the wifi-man app on your phone to help troubleshoot.

[jolly inlet]

That helps with one variable, signal strength from the router. Your phone antenna will have a different signal strength than any desktop device would.
If you have excellent signal from the router, then a cheaper, smaller USB device like the one above would probably be fine. If it's below about -70dB something bigger would work better.

[grave delta]

Yeah, just useful to check for walk around the house and look for problem areas, also check for channel overlap.

[tawdry dragon]

This a deal? XPG 1TB GAMMIX S70 Blade - Works with Playstation 5, PCIe Gen4 M.2 2280 Internal Gaming SSD Up to 7,400 MB/s (AGAMMIXS70B-1T-CS) https://a.co/d/bl1drPu

[jolly inlet]

Depends on what you need it for because you can get a 2TB gaming drive for just a few bucks more.
If you need it for 4k video editing or a ps5 it's a good drive for that.

[tawdry dragon]

Yeah, I want to edit in 4k, but I don't want to pay $300 for davinci resolve studio

[jolly inlet]

How long of a video in 4k?

5 minutes or less it'll all fit in memory and the drive won't matter

[tawdry dragon]

10-20 minutes on average

[jolly inlet]

Eh you might get some use out of it. It might save you a few minutes of editing time per video.

[tawdry dragon]

True

[quasi pasture]

if anyone wants to get into X79 platform for cheap. excellent deal
https://www.ebay.com/itm/295796531755?

[quasi pasture]

@molten halo bruh.

@molten halo NO YOU GOTTA EXPLAIN

[fleet marlin]

$128 Torrent - https://www.newegg.com/black-fractal-design-torrent-atx-mid-tower/p/N82E16811352143

[jolly inlet]

Back order

[kind rover]

bruh i just speant $168 on the torrent bruhuuhhh

[wheat hornet]

Anyone know cheap gaming laptops under $1000

[light bay]

What are you looking for in a laptop? Good display, better cooling, better performance, better build quality?

[swift forge]

Asus g14 zepherus when it’s on sale

[stoic crest]

gigabyte g5 with 3060/4050

[cinder kiln]

GF65 thin or katana 15 if you can still find them

Oh wow, Newegg CA had a new Corsair Voyager laptop for 1300 CAD with a 6800HS and 6800M

That's stunning

https://www.reddit.com/r/bapcsalescanada/comments/14pcgn9/gaming_laptopcorsair_cn9000003na_gaming_laptop/

[high radish]

They shipped

[grand orbit]

Sweet

[mighty otter]

What are the issues with the regulat samsung 980s?

[jolly inlet]

Besides being overpriced garbage? There's way better drives for the money these days.
The drives may also have a bad firmware version that leads to premature death of the drive.

[quasi pasture]

i thought the death thing was with the 990's

and im sure they would all be shipping out with fixed firmware at this point

[cinder kiln]

980 pro was the most common denominator

I remember seeing the stacks of them from returns

[mighty otter]

Im questioning it because it's on sale on Newegg for 39.99

For a tb

[fair moon]

Probably worth it as long as you update firmware

[azure pond]

Meh

670p, mp33, a60, m450

[grand orbit]

Get msi m450 instead for 1tb yeah

[near igloo]

13900k amazon $409

[grand orbit]

980 non pro is just a mediocre drive

[swift forge]

It’s from an unknown seller

[jolly inlet]

Red flag #1: The CPU is listed cheaper than the 13700k.
Red flag #2: The seller has few ratings, and one rating says they didn't get what they ordered. Common drop ship scam.
Red flag #3: The seller address is a mall in Shenzhen.

[fiery zephyr]

Red flag 3 💀

Seems legit

[brisk sphinx]

Hmmm, maybe I should gamble on it

I want a ITX build

Someone put an ITX build together for me, I’m bored

Only requirement is I want a MSI Z790I Edge

And don’t worry about GPU, might slap my 6950 into it

[azure pond]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/t8xmVw thermalright frozen notte 240 for $54 on amazon for the cooler, doesn't show up on pcp

[brisk sphinx]

Oh, this is tech deal discussion, thought this was general

[cinder kiln]

Those $53 DDR5 sticks shipped for me too

Damn

[near igloo]

Did samsung fix the 0E issue?

[cinder kiln]

0E? Firmware?

[stoic crest]

It's the report of drive status

yeah it's fixed, thru firmware update

[cinder kiln]

Ah

[quasi pasture]

uber bin-reject dimms

[cinder kiln]

But what if they weren't tho

[quasi pasture]

(they are)

[cinder kiln]

Like imagine they boot 8400

[quasi pasture]

(they wont)

[cinder kiln]

But just imagine

[quasi pasture]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1092599811401863299/1116912975417188393/togif.gif

[cinder kiln]

Hynix ddr5 for basic ddr4 prices sounds nice

It's rated for that much anyway

Being A would be a bonus

[fiery zephyr]

I'm so pissed I missed that mobo

[brisk sphinx]

I’m pissed I missed that ram

[azure pond]

Yeah, crazy deal

I was debating ordering one just to have, but as I won't use it right now the annoyance of the rebate dissuaded me

[fiery zephyr]

Yeahh that's true

Rebates are anoying

[quasi pasture]

[fiery zephyr]

Damn

[jolly inlet]

Drop shipper ftw

Technically against eBay ToS but hey

[marsh sphinx]

What's that?

[jolly inlet]

They'll order something and have the package rerouted to another person. They're selling things they don't physically have in hand is the problem.

[marsh sphinx]

Oooooooh

Okay okay

[brisk sphinx]

These tech deals do be tempting me

[fiery zephyr]

U alr have multiple pcie5 ssds

Chill

[brisk sphinx]

I don’t have a PCie 5 SSD

I ain’t that stupid

[shut lava]

Adorama just raised the price of the 22TB drives.

[fiery zephyr]

Oh I thought u were talking about buying them a while back

[high radish]

Theres few 12th gen combos at newegg but they're meh

Maybe there will be better combos at coming days

[fiery zephyr]

@marsh sphinx #tech-deals message

[marsh sphinx]

Shows up as $320 for me

OOOOOH

There's a promo code

Dude I need it but I dunno if I'll have the money

It'd take a bit for Amazon to refund the money to my card and I only have like $150 on hand right now

[high radish]

[brisk sphinx]

Never actually bought them

[kind rover]

i bought 2 of them and will be configuring them in raid0, stay tuned

[kind rover]

opsie pinged wrong person

[fiery zephyr]

lol

[fair moon]

Dunno if I've seen a monitor with wifi antenna before

[marsh sphinx]

@azure pond https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16824028005

Damn you...

I have a paycheck rolling in tomorrow and if I get a small loan I could get this...

Though I don't have any 1440p capable GPU's unless the 3060 Ti or 2080 Ti can do that stuff

[azure pond]

I run 1440p on a 3060 ti

[kind rover]

maybe not 165 but easily 90

depends the game tbh

[azure pond]

Just imo though, personally I'd rather wait for other sales and try for an IPS panel

With prime day and fantastech right around the corner I'm sure there'll be some ips 1440p high refresh monitors around $180-200

[marsh sphinx]

What's the difference?

[azure pond]

Better color accuracy, better quality

[kind rover]

oled ❤️

[marsh sphinx]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Pt2WGX/asus-tuf-gaming-vg247q1a-238-1920x1080-165-hz-monitor-90lm0751-b011b0

This is the monitor I got for Christmas, I didn't pick it

But the refresh rate is stupid high for 1080p

Screen needs cleaned, probably should get around to that here soon...

[azure pond]

Id just keep that

And how is 165hz stupid high for 1080p?

[marsh sphinx]

Dunno

I feel 144Hz is like the most I'd need

If not lower

I see no difference in all honesty

If I do get a 1440p monitor I'd probably just use this as a secord monitor, never have ran two monitors before

[azure pond]

144 and 165 are basically the same

[marsh sphinx]

Oh?

[azure pond]

Most people won't see a difference between 144 and 240

Let alone 144 and 165

[jolly inlet]

I guess @azure pond saw the list I made a bit ago with that board. It's currently the cheapest DDR5 board that isn't just... bad.

[fiery zephyr]

My 2070super does 1440p fine

And if a game has dlss its even better

[marsh sphinx]

Oh cool

War Thunder has DLSS

Need a 2060 minimum

[fiery zephyr]

I was getting 180fps at movie settings

I think maybe more

[marsh sphinx]

Oh I'm getting a little less with my 5700 cranked at movie settings 1080p

Might have to consider a 2080 Super

Though I kinda want the 2080 Ti

[fiery zephyr]

Yeah well 1440p makes a big dif

[fiery zephyr]

I wouldn't go super

Ti imo

[azure pond]

2080s same as 3060 ti

[fiery zephyr]

Also

2070super is just a cut down 2080 lol

That's why they don't like to oc very far on the core

[marsh sphinx]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/134642327175

Would it be worth trying to win a bid on one of these in the future?

[azure pond]

Sure, if less than a used 3070

Some early 2080 tis have issues though

Power issues mainly

[marsh sphinx]

I'm seeing some undesirable 3070's at like $300

MSI Ventus 3X, Asus Dual, and such

Seeing a 3070 Ti $360, unsure if that's a bad price or not

Just for refence and such anyways

I'm prioritizing getting my rig up and running by the end of the month hopefully

[azure pond]

3070 ti not worth over 3070 unless same price or cheaper

[stoic crest]

^

[marsh sphinx]

Well I guess if we're going by that, a 2080 Ti or 3070 Ti under $315 is worth grabbing

Though if there's a 3060 Ti for $275 brand new again when I have the money on hand I'll probably snag that

[fleet marlin]

Back in stock, $110+18 shipping. Compact steel-sided one is $10 cheaper. Great air cases for $118/128.

[jolly inlet]

Great for air and custom loop yep. AIO may have some difficulties.

[cinder kiln]

Wao

[trim pier]

im wondering if i should just buy a used 6800xt tbh

cause I have a cheap 6900xt (450$) in my area but 3 8 pins, and I need to upgrade my psu in order to use it

[jolly inlet]

Or, power limit the 6900 xt and it'll still beat the 6800 xt

Undervolting helps a LOT too

[grave delta]

I'd wait for a decent 750-1kw psu deal, it'll last you 10 years anyway, probably won't have to wait long

[trim pier]

i got a 750 gt, but 13600k so..

also they got the syncro 850 for 60$, just it needs a literal case to work with it..

doesn’t mean i can’t use it. though I don’t know much about undervolting and etc, plus I have no clue if the gpu would turn on with 2/3 pins filled

[jolly inlet]

You can use one of the daisy chain connectors. It should work fine with those specs tbh. AMD cards don't spike as much as Nvidia 30 series and that was the real issue for a while.

[fiery zephyr]

From the wall with my 750gt 💀

[jolly inlet]

925W
And that's only the PC? Not the monitor or anything else?

[cinder kiln]

Good lord

Bros running integrated graphics at 1kw

[fiery zephyr]

Monitor is like 30w or so

So around 900w from the pc

Prime 95 (320 on cpu) and furmark (350 on gpu)

Brrr

[jolly inlet]

Instead of a 980 Pro I'd do this. It's basically a S70 blade S tier drive for $85 but not as pretty, and marketed for PS5 but works great on PC. https://www.newegg.com/adata-2tb/p/N82E16820215443

[cinder kiln]

Sure enough that $53 DDR5 deal was held up. No shenanigans. 🔥

Batch 2302 if anyone is curious as to what I got. Will check if A or M later

[fiery zephyr]

Ddr3 4 life

[cinder kiln]

Keep coping

[quasi pasture]

Okay 2400c9 user

[cinder kiln]

Can't tell if nice

[fiery zephyr]

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ON MY SIDE

[cinder kiln]

[quasi pasture]

If you actually had good DDR3 yea

[fiery zephyr]

But

I dont wanna spend the money

[brisk sphinx]

LOL

This any good?

[quasi pasture]

you only need literally like 18 bucks.

STOOPID

[quasi pasture]

is this dimm dual rank

[brisk sphinx]

Yeah

It’s a 4Gb stick

[quasi pasture]

looks like some jedec pcb as well

[brisk sphinx]

It is JEDEC

[fiery zephyr]

RAHHH

[quasi pasture]

not good not garbage

id OC it for fun

[brisk sphinx]

Better than Danny’s?

[quasi pasture]

maybe LOL

[brisk sphinx]

I don’t have a board that can OC

[fiery zephyr]

I'm gonna send a pipe bomb to your address

[brisk sphinx]

I’ll deliver one personally to you if you send one to him

[fiery zephyr]

Ok

[brisk sphinx]

I’m literally related to good ol Ted

[quasi pasture]

you send him what if i give him what?

[brisk sphinx]

That Polish blood goes strong

[brisk sphinx]

Nah, I deliver Danny a you know

[fiery zephyr]

Pipe bomb

Or another 2070 please

[brisk sphinx]

I’ll send you my 2070

[fiery zephyr]

The stinky one

That artifacts

[brisk sphinx]

🙂

[light bay]

Forks already posted the 980 pro 2tb a few days ago but yeah it's still a decent deal

[azure pond]

ah mb didn't know it was for $100

[cinder kiln]

Didn't fal post that $84 2tb xs70 yesterday

[jolly inlet]

No that was a 4TB

[cinder kiln]

Was it?

The white one ye?

[jolly inlet]

Is this what you're thinking of?

[cinder kiln]

Ye that's the one

94$

[jolly inlet]

-$10 coupon

[cinder kiln]

The S70 is also $99 rn

Oh $84 still

Both alternatives to the 980 pro

[jolly inlet]

ofc it's a mech 2x

[marsh sphinx]

GARBAGE

Obviously my 5700 Challenger OC is better by a mile

💪

[high radish]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/304833007090?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=Iwxb4-aTQyG&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=QikrwtJhTda&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY hmm

Looks like good price idk

[jolly inlet]

What price because it doesn't say until you're at checkout

[high radish]

50$

[jolly inlet]

Yeah that's not bad for JBL. I got a more generic set for that price before that were pretty decent so if it's at least as good as those then I'd be happy.

Hmm https://www.rtings.com/headphones/reviews/jbl/tune-230nc-tws-true-wireless

[high radish]

Why neutral sound score is low lol

[jolly inlet]

Bass heavy

[high radish]

Which I don't like lol

[jolly inlet]

Me neither tbh

The app has EQ which would help at least

[high radish]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/325721946325?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=UX6OqnVoTYm&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=QikrwtJhTda&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY expensive but I heard Jabra have good sound

[jolly inlet]

Better but I'd expect more for that price https://www.rtings.com/headphones/reviews/jabra/elite-7-active-true-wireless

[high radish]

[jolly inlet]

Oh wait I goofed, that's the pro version on ebay https://www.rtings.com/headphones/reviews/jabra/elite-7-pro-true-wireless

[high radish]

yeah but still no aptX or ldac codec

for that price I would expect one of those codecs at least lol

[light holly]

Is there something glaringingly wrong with the Mech2x before I buy it?

[jolly inlet]

Just make sure you have good airflow and it's fine

[fleet marlin]

jbl 230nc 1/2 price does seem like a decent deal. Could put my current set to backup duty.

[jolly inlet]

The heatsink is cheapo aluminum so if it's starved for air it heats up fast

[light holly]

4000D Airflow with three front C12CW fans?

[jolly inlet]

Should be good

[light holly]

good

[light holly]

@jolly inlet I was looking and this thing dropped a good bit from the $200 sale it was last week... is there anything comparable?
https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-radeon-rx-6600-gv-r66eagle-8gd/p/N82E16814932481?Item=N82E16814932481

[jolly inlet]

What do you mean by comparable? Price or performance?

[light holly]

price and performance?

I mean something in the same ballpark that could be the same price

[jolly inlet]

If you don't mind used a 5700 XT would beat that for less money

[light holly]

Where can I get it new?

I'm looking for something with a warranty. This build is for a customer.

nvm I just seen that you said used

[jolly inlet]

Don't bother with new, they want more money than the 6650.

[light holly]

I'm not sure what you mean. The 6600 is $30 cheaper?

[jolly inlet]

I mean the 5700 XT

[light holly]

oh gotcha

[jolly inlet]

They wanted $230 for that which is dumb

[light holly]

Yeah, I'll just nab this 6600. He mainly wants to play Valorant anyways so it'll be more than enough for him.

[jolly inlet]

Yep it's between that and the 6650 for best value right now

[light holly]

Thank you. I was finally able to finagle a bit of $ around to get this PC built so I can get rid of all these parts I've been sitting on for a while.

[fair moon]

especially on a lower tdp card the mech shoud be fine

[jolly inlet]

Let it breathe and yeah it's fine

[light holly]

I went with the 6600 eagle since it's 3 fan and looks cooler for a 19 year olds first PC. Plus it's slightly cheaper, thus putting a little more $ in my pocket.

[fair moon]

ah

yeah eagle is a nice looking card

[light holly]

I just hope 8gb is going to be enough...

[fair moon]

oh yeah $180 for the 6600 eagle is great

[light holly]

considering I almost bought it last week at $210.. yeah this time I'm jumping on it

[fair moon]

assuming the eagle's cooling is comparable to the Windforce 3x that thing is gonna be super quiet

I had a 3 fan 2060 from gigabyte for a while an the 6600 has an even lower tdp

[light holly]

The listing says it has the WINDFORCE 3X Cooling System

[fair moon]

yeah it's a bit confusing cause they had gpu models named 'windforce' with a different heatsink & shroud design but the fan system is also called windforce

[light holly]

ah ok

[fair moon]

the eagle also has passthrough for one of the fans which is neat

[light holly]

You keep making me feel more and more good about the purchase xD

Thanks haha

[trim pier]

ya I wouldn't be worrying about a 3 fan gpu

[cinder kiln]

It's basically dead silent even at full power
Source:

I own one

[trim pier]

I gotta worry about my msi 6650xt with loud coil whines and issues of it connecting to my pc :/

oc mech btw ^

[cinder kiln]

The 6600 cooler is comparable to the 6700XT one, but aluminium fins and less heat pipes, same size

Also smaller power envelope so still doesn't matter, especially cos 3 fans lmao

Even the 6700xt one is just about dead quiet

This is supposed to be the cheap gigabyte btw

[trim pier]

isn't there like a very overpriced aorus version of gigabyte GPU's

[cinder kiln]

Yes

[trim pier]

only cause it's got like a mini lcd or whatever

[light holly]

stop attacking my aorus master

[cinder kiln]

And it's exceptionally good

And exceptionally overkill

[trim pier]

hey, i'm not complaining tbh

[trim pier]

anything better than a stupid 6650x-

[trim pier]

I love builds with like those screens incorporated inside them

[cinder kiln]

I haven't seen this card for many a while

My god it's so freaking thick

[light holly]

thanks bb

[trim pier]

you should look at the 6900xt red devil ultimate

90% cooler, 10% board

[light holly]

I can't bring myself to pull the protective film off the lcd screen on gpu lol

[cinder kiln]

Pull itttt

PULL ITTTT

[light holly]

oh btw, their budget totally went into the whole cooler.. not ont he sticker

look at this

that's the sticker that goes around the fan

[cinder kiln]

WHAT

NO

[trim pier]

lian li fans..

[light holly]

been like that since the 2nd week I installed it

[cinder kiln]

WHAT??

[light holly]

I've tried to stick it back on

but it just unsticks itself when gpu heats up

[cinder kiln]

Eagle ftw

[trim pier]

where am i supposed to be looking? 💀

[jolly inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/unacceptable-adventure-time-lemongrab-freakout-armflail-gif-5515437

[fair moon]

huh

they have a 2 fan eagle variant but its only for nvidia also 6500xt and 6400

3050 3060 3060ti

[trim pier]

OH

[cinder kiln]

Eagle 3080 12gb exists

[trim pier]

I see it

[cinder kiln]

And it's a nice card tbh

[trim pier]

nothing a little gorilla glue can't fix 😏

[light holly]

I thought about just using double sided tape.

but at the same time.. I like the defect. I've gotten so used to it.. I'm attached xD

[trim pier]

meh, it would work but just like it's gonna fall off again

[cinder kiln]

Rest in piece gigglebit

[light holly]

yeah fr.

I got aorus engine to work only once

[cinder kiln]

I might have to retract this a bit

[trim pier]

what you could do is install the card upside down and fix the issue

[light holly]

xD

This dudes brain is to big for me

[jolly inlet]

Inverted case layout time

[light holly]

ahhh

xD

[cinder kiln]

Lmao

[fair moon]

pretty much the same here lmao

[trim pier]

god i saw a tiktok of the cooler master cases

where it's like those tri wall posterboards

like who'd want a pc like that

[jolly inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/uhm-me-raise-hand-hi-nick-jonas-gif-16491413

Not that one but others

Open bench cases like that are great for benchmarking

[trim pier]

🤢

[light holly]

I could see that mounted on my wall above my monitors

[trim pier]

mounted onto a wall ya that'd be cool

but having it like sit on your desktop..

[light holly]

tbh, I custom built my PC stand. So I could probably build something cool for that type of case.

[jolly inlet]

Only overclockers with a benching table would do that, they're really meant for wall mount. All the better to view it.

[light holly]

I wouldn't mind a desk with glass top that has my PC IN the desk.

[trim pier]

honestly if I was really caring about getting those extra FPS by having a case like that

I would make sure to atleast have some style to it

[light holly]

My PC just blue screened after installing aorus engine lol

[trim pier]

anyways I got that a201 I think it's called stuck in my head

ap201 and the north

two good looking cases

[jolly inlet]

Fractal north? That one has gotten a lot of hype

Personally if I wanted a wooden case I'd make one

[trim pier]

mhm

I wasn't a big fan at first but it's grown on me

the nice black metal look, walnut colored wood and gold accents make it good

what's crappy is that they don't have any fan power hubs for the glass ver. 💀

[jolly inlet]

I will give it this, they managed to rediscover something I thought lost long ago... side fans

I have no idea why tempered glass became the meta when it's objectively worse than having either a vented side panel or, even better, a fan, over your GPU.

Well, I have some idea. aesthetics

[trim pier]

I think mainly cause of that

[jolly inlet]

I'd rather have the 220mm fan

[trim pier]

cause you look at some old cases, they went from solid metal boxes/towers to glass

then people found out that glass wasn't really good for air flow

then it moved onto mesh, but nobody wanted a cursed all mesh pc

so I think it's just a lingering thing is all, only cause people wanna see their build from the inside

[jolly inlet]

Acrylic isn't that much worse looking than glass, and it's easier to make and have a vent on.

[jolly inlet]

I disagree https://ssupd.co/products/new-meshroom-s

[trim pier]

true.

god that is beyond ugly

[fair moon]

No budget mesh cases though

That i know of

[trim pier]

ap201

it's microatx tho

[fair moon]

yeah sama im01 also matx

[trim pier]

not great for overclocking sadly

[jolly inlet]

It's for the SFF crowd, they eat it up since this is the only way to have good airflow in such a small case.

And it still fits a full ATX motherboard/psu

[trim pier]

I wish that could happen with the ap201 or something

cause I really like the tower designs like lian li 205 mesh type c, or mini towers you can just unplug and throw inside a suitcase.

it'd be big enough to hold an atx, but also small enough to fit inside a suit case or something, but what would be cool is a pc inside an actual suit case 💀

and it's got like a retractable psu cable just like a vacuum cord or something.

[jolly inlet]

There's someone here that's actually doing a suitcase PC. He's using a pelican case.

[trim pier]

oh damn

it'd be cool if there was like some pc convention with custom built cases there n everything

[jolly inlet]

Check out some of the PCs people bring to LTX for the LAN party

[trim pier]

ranging from sleeper builds, guitar amp cases, or even legos

[fiery zephyr]

Yoooo that lappy tho

@polar field how much did u pay for yours

[trim pier]

I found out the guy who was selling the 6900xt for 450$ on facebook marketplace took the post down and put it up on ebay for bidding :/

[polar field]

184

[marsh sphinx]

https://www.gamestop.com/products/msi-spatium-m480-pcie-4.0-nvme-m.2-play-2tb-internal-ssd-sm480n2tbp-for-playstation-5/20001486.html

MSI 480 2TB for $90

Out of stock though 😔

[fleet marlin]

A worthy alernate:

[shut spoke]

1200w A tier psu for $170 on Newegg (super flower leadex)

[daring depot]

I am forever iffy on whether or not the 980 pro or 990 are good ssd's

[fair moon]

If they're on deep sale and you update the firmware, sure

Firmware issue is only the 980 I think

[jolly inlet]

It's an issue on the 990 too

Just no one gets those so it's less commonly seen

[cinder kiln]

970 evo plus also uses the 980 pro controller so it's suspect as well

[grave delta]

Takes only a few minutes to download magician and see if you even need to update. non-issue, but I'd still mention it in all #tech-deals posts

[silver shard]

https://www.amazon.com/KOORUI-FreeSync-Compatible-2560x1440-DisplayPort/dp/B0B1B3VZLD/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=E10CZVWP6VOX&keywords=1440p+144hz&qid=1688797443&s=electronics&sprefix=1440p+144hz%2Celectronics%2C162&sr=1-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1

ive never heard of this company this seems like a good deal although

anyone have any experience?

and the 165 hz version is 1080p yet 40 dollars more seems weird to me

[light holly]

@silver shard Well, it's VA, so if you can handle that then it looks like a good monitor. Minimal ghosting. Performs at claimed specs.

[silver shard]

do u think this might be a better deal? https://www.ebay.com/itm/293710324100?epid=11040489340&hash=item44627fe184:g:HqEAAOSwcddfrR0J&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA8InXIre0RM4Kazwbp4%2BioKGnfiIiYUwUnn%2FnGhHJoKi30L%2BGOxvPRK72q%2Ftt2wdao8ArxxhleHHIvFofZdsz%2BEJThe6GgOvZTYUT6jE%2BmyF5fzCHbmb03zc50TbJJGz%2BEf9Whw72nARIxRvWWR1F4aTC9WYS2KluOfGzGBix0U9F2oam3dQh23nA1%2FbUFhWEP4q9La0x0n2y60Dq6drore7Tjkx3sH%2BXZv3Mcuy72MjJhJPeet7grXxhAl5oFf04feWRML21W0sWBDSzXdB71Xb2HpMRa%2FLCITAx2LJKjNtEUl4%2FSgEqMyQXu6WOBn%2BwcQ%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR8jv3MimYg

sorry for the long links

[light holly]

I have 2 of these monitors. Can confirm they are good.

[light holly]

I would buy it from this link instead though. I know the ebay listing is from Newegg too, but this link will guarantee that if the price drops during fantastech, you'll get the difference back as a refund.

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16824012015

[fair moon]

$20 for 15 bottles almost seems suspicious

Oh plus shipping I guess

Looking at sold/completed listings I'm seeing bottles going for $10-30 each

With shipping they would cost me $2.44 per bottle

I feel like it's gotta be $21 per bottle not the whole lot

[jolly inlet]

WTAF WALMART

[high radish]

[jolly inlet]

I guess it's a good thing I was never really a fan. I like hot sauce but this was never hot enough for me, and I didn't like the flavor as much.

[high radish]

https://www.newegg.com/black-asus-rog-z11-mini-itx-tower/p/N82E16811173043 this is hella good looking case

[swift forge]

Good price too

[high radish]

Yeah I built one recently and it looks amazing

[swift forge]

That case would make a good living room pc

[grand orbit]

Classic rog case like 0 airflow

[swift forge]

Y’all think a 4080 can fit in that case?

Nvm, it prob won’t fit bc of the cable

[high radish]

Idk much about airflow but temps wasn't too bad for 5700x + 3060ti

[azure pond]

It's got terrible airflow

Even if a 4080 fit, I would not subject a 4080 to that

[torpid night]

@mighty pagoda price went back up

[mighty pagoda]

for the 6650xt?

[torpid night]

yes

either because I’m in America or because they’ve actually fixed the price. but the URL is a .ca URL

[brisk sphinx]

Sriracha shortage

[stoic crest]

actual sriracha from thailand, not vietnam tastes a lot better tbh

cheaper too

[silent rampart]

just bought all of the valve games

lmao

[fair moon]

Every valve game except Half Life Alyx

[brittle lagoon]

I think that hot sauce is 21$ for one bottle lol

Lot of 15 seems like 15 separate bottles considering it's 12 sold 3 remaining

[knotty cedar]

Any thoughts on the Fairphone?

https://shop.fairphone.com/

[azure pond]

I am not clicking that link

[shut spoke]

😂

[stoic crest]

fairphone is legit tho

it's also their actual shop url

frankly the fairphone 4 is expensive for the specs it gives

but the big selling point is that every part is easily replaceable

battery and so on

[jolly inlet]

It's Framework but a phone. Could be a good investment if you can just swap out the motherboard later for an upgrade instead of getting a whole new phone.

[stoic crest]

Problem is that fairphone uses different body each release

So yeah boards aren't interchangeable

[jolly inlet]

So much for that then

Their only gimmick is repairability then

[stoic crest]

It's honestly a big flaw

lol

What puts me off is that fact

And it being pretty expensive

I would happily pay tho if the boards were to be exchanged with ease

I still like their fairbids xl tho

I think it's $249, but has pretty decent sound signature and anc

Parts are replaceable

No soldering used with cables

They actually use usb-c to connect two drivers together

Absolutely no glue too

Just screws

[civic sun]

that level of repairability in a phone doesn't work imo. too small a device you either sacrifice in price for the cost of engineering such a small form factor device to be fully repairable or you sacrifice in the size of the device

[stoic crest]

fair

[jolly inlet]

It will be thicker yah

But at least it's not so thin it bends in your pocket (iphone 12 moment)

[stoic crest]

then i shall remain using other brands

zenfone 10 just came out

and it's only 700

[civic sun]

what I want is a decent phone where the manufacturer isn't actively trying to make it more difficult cough cough apple

[stoic crest]

sd 8+ gen 1 i think

but 700 for that and good software is a steal ngl

past flagship prices

nvm it's got gen 2

so latest soc in 700 bucks package

fun color choices too

[fair moon]

For the new pixel fold I think Google partnered with iFixit which is definitely a step in the right direction

[fair moon]

I gotta agree with this. I think repairability and upgradability is great (and my next laptop will most likely be a Framework or something similar), but phones are a whole different beast when it comes to space efficiency

[jolly inlet]

Yeah they get to sell you new screens direct from ifixit when you accidentally leave a tiny pebble in your pocket and it gets between the screens and kills your phone

The parts aren't in stock yet so if you bought one and it broke after a few days like several reviewers have reported you're screwed until they are

[cinder kiln]

Man seeing all these decent cases so cheap gives me

[grand orbit]

I can't believe it's not butter flies

[dry flume]

I've wanted that nr200 for so long

I hate that it has a rebate and not a discount 😭 }

[tiny heron]

It shows me an additional $35 off coupon for the NR200. So get it for $10 after rebate

[azure pond]

Only one of the $30 rebates is valid

Can't do both of them

It was $10 earlier, like super early in the morning my time, but unfortunately not anymore

Sorry just realized what I typed in the deals channel, I fixed it

[light holly]

Leave it to Amazon to claim that it's a total of $60 off lol

[oblique sky]

Anyone heard any rumblings of 4060's on sale for Prime Day by chance?

[stoic crest]

no

and i would not buy 4060 at all

it's worse than 3060

you get dlss 3 but that's it

no benefits. it even has less, slower vram

[trim pier]

what should I be looking for on fantasale

cause im gonna stay up at 2 am for this bs

[naive wedge]

is this a 6500XT moment

[stoic crest]

yes lol

pretty much

[naive wedge]

💀

[plucky crescent]

I’m looking for a friend but what’s the best sub 1k prebuilt deal right now?

[stoic crest]

it has better rt i guess

but that's it

8 gigs 128 bit lol

[naive wedge]

efficiency?

[stoic crest]

yeah it's more efficient

[naive wedge]

that's something i guess

[stoic crest]

but doesn't justify the choice for 4060

[naive wedge]

but you have to cope a lot to justify

[stoic crest]

might as well buy something like 6650xt

[naive wedge]

fr

[stoic crest]

or 6700xt

[naive wedge]

I have a 3070 and I barely use the RT

but that's just me

[stoic crest]

try checking abs systems on newegg

[plucky crescent]

The hp omen 3060 ti deal looks like the best to me atm

[stoic crest]

which omen?

like is it 15L, 25L or something

[plucky crescent]

40L

[stoic crest]

ah so the big one

if you have a link i'll be the judge

[plucky crescent]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-omen-omen-40l-gaming-desktop-amd-ryzen-5-5600g-16gb-hyperx-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3060-ti-1tb-ssd/6535731.p?skuId=6535731&extStoreId=163&ref=212&loc=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD-ORIj9MhjHzw3WemShQkS1A5nFd&gclid=Cj0KCQjwtamlBhD3ARIsAARoaExj93oOXVg3fFxykT1LRXcEi8xztwuEh1xnr0k2IL4YInh3t_57QR0aAuFsEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

[stoic crest]

hmn

not bad, but better on newegg

https://www.newegg.com/skytech-st-arch4-0558-w-ne/p/3D5-000Z-000X2?item=3D5-000Z-000X2

5600x is faster than 5600g by a big chunk

[naive wedge]

600W gold psu

[stoic crest]

skytech is fine enough

[naive wedge]

to be fair it's only a 3060ti so

should be fine

[stoic crest]

besides these are low power parts

combined would probably be only like 300w lol

[plucky crescent]

Thanks

[marsh sphinx]

Any good 650W/750W PSU deals this week?

[light holly]

Not that I've seen. What tier are you looking for?

[marsh sphinx]

A or B

Fully or semi modular

Outside of that not too picky

[light holly]

Apevia has a $50 600w C tier

[marsh sphinx]

Oh?

[light holly]

Ope, just saw this

[marsh sphinx]

I have a CX650M

It would technically be a B tier but because of it’s coil whine it’s a C tier

[oblique sky]

I'm not super well versed... I have a 2070s and was considering getting something newer. Sounds like the 4060 is a waste.

[azure pond]

Wasn't it moved to b tier?

[azure pond]

4060 is a downgrade

[stoic crest]

Oh ya it will be a downgrade sadly

[azure pond]

The cheapest gpu id consider going to is a 6700xt, 6800xt if possible

[stoic crest]

For similar price you could pick up a 6700 maybe

[azure pond]

Or if you really want nvidia, used 3080

[azure pond]

6700xt same price as cheapest 4060s

Or $10 more

[stoic crest]

damn

[azure pond]

It's hilarious

[oblique sky]

Really glad I asked.

[azure pond]

It's the exact same thing as the 4060 ti situation

[light holly]

Which one?

[azure pond]

Cxm

[light holly]

Ah

[stoic crest]

cxm got to b tier?

it was c before

[azure pond]

I thought so, I could be wrong

[light holly]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07NWZQX1J?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

I've used 3 of these in builds so far and they are solid.

But they are not mod/semimod

[marsh sphinx]

Yeah I was gonna say

Seems nice outside of that

I suppose I can’t have everything

Would there be any concerns running this with a 2080 Ti/3060 Ti and 13600K/13600KF?

[naive wedge]

I'd usually go with stuff on the PSU tier list

[azure pond]

2080 ti possibly, depending on the revision, early revs had power issues

3060 ti I'd trust on it, but tbh if I were the one buying I'd go for the cxm 650 or rme750

[naive wedge]

yeah the 3060TI should be fine

golden rule

anything higher than a 60 series then consult psu tier list

[marsh sphinx]

Was thinking about the RM750e but seems tad bit pricey for only 750W

But it’s fully modular and A tier IG

[naive wedge]

I mean

[azure pond]

Ehhh, definitely plenty of psus I wouldn't trust a 3060 on

[naive wedge]

that thing can last you years

[azure pond]

Cxm 650 then

[marsh sphinx]

So paying for the quality

[azure pond]

Or 750 if you'd like

[naive wedge]

fair

I always use the tier list

I'm super paranoid about psus

[azure pond]

This is also a thing https://pcpartpicker.com/product/RXCFf7/apevia-prestige-1000-w-80-gold-certified-atx-power-supply-atx-pr1000w

[naive wedge]

how much is it?

[azure pond]

Arguably safer with the same gpus since much more overhead

$75 for the same C tier psu

[naive wedge]

oh

that's not bad

[azure pond]

Oh $100 B tier 850 https://pcpartpicker.com/product/tWMTwP/cooler-master-mwe-gold-850-v2-850-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-mpe-8501-afaag-us

[marsh sphinx]

I feel like I was gonna ask about a Segotep PSU but I forget the model

[azure pond]

Gp?

[marsh sphinx]

I think

It was on Newegg’s pre-sale stuff

[azure pond]

Yellow label is B tier I think

The other labels are worse

Don't quote me on that

[stoic crest]

segotep also has a line of modular psus

[marsh sphinx]

$30 off on Newegg

[stoic crest]

speculative b

[marsh sphinx]

So $70 actually

[azure pond]

The 700w used to be $50, I would recommend that in budget builds a good bit when it was

[azure pond]

Nah its $100 after $30 off

[stoic crest]

^

[azure pond]

Pcp just stupid

[stoic crest]

hydro g pro was good tho

shame it's gone

[azure pond]

My pick of any psu right now would be that one though, or wait for prime day/fantastech

[naive wedge]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/9GLdnQ/thermaltake-toughpower-gf-a3-750-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-ps-tpd-0750fnfagu-l

[marsh sphinx]

Yeah I misread my bad

[naive wedge]

what about this one?

[azure pond]

Spec b tier

[naive wedge]

oh

[stoic crest]

Also speculative b

[azure pond]

Well, assumed b tier

[stoic crest]

so good enough

[naive wedge]

kinda mid then

[azure pond]

It could be worse could not be

[naive wedge]

but like for that price

[stoic crest]

it can be c or b, but it won't kill your pc

[naive wedge]

🤷

honestly a decent psu for the price

[azure pond]

Meh, cxm 750 same price

[marsh sphinx]

At this point all I’m asking for is a semi/fully modular PSU that isn’t a bomb

[azure pond]

Or $10 more for the known b tier and 100w more

[stoic crest]

this is for if you want mod

non modular has lots of options

[azure pond]

This is the best option atm
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/tWMTwP/cooler-master-mwe-gold-850-v2-850-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-mpe-8501-afaag-us

[naive wedge]

I mean

if you're putting a 2080ti in it

yeah that's decent for the price

[marsh sphinx]

I guess I’ll grab that when my paycheck comes around this week and the AIO I’ve been wanting

Z790 should be coming here soon too

[light holly]

The one I linked is on the tier list. 😘

[naive wedge]

oh

i must have missed it

[marsh sphinx]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/6JLFf7/teamgroup-t-force-vulcan-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-5600-cl32-memory-flbd532g5600hc32dc01

[naive wedge]

spec tier c tho

[marsh sphinx]

This kit is fine, yes?

[light holly]

Good ram.

[naive wedge]

yep

[marsh sphinx]

I know Felix recommends it often

[light holly]

Having used 3 in builds with no issues. I'd say it should be c tier

[marsh sphinx]

So just was double checking

[naive wedge]

yeah

it's probably spec because it's not really that popular

or rather

not much testing

[marsh sphinx]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/xXxRsY/gigabyte-z790-ud-ax-atx-lga1700-motherboard-z790-ud-ax

[stoic crest]

and no reviews

only just looking at internals

[light holly]

@light holly it's getting popular for sure though because of the price

[naive wedge]

well

[light holly]

I'd imagine it'll be one of the next ones they do.

[naive wedge]

I'd still trust the ones with more testing done on them

but hopefully they'll get around to testing it

[marsh sphinx]

Ordered this Saturday and hoping it’s not gonna come damaged like last time

[naive wedge]

maybe it's a hidden gem

[stoic crest]

thermaltake hasn't been making bombs now tho

as far as gold psus goes

[naive wedge]

thermaltake smart 💀

[stoic crest]

but ofc don't trust brand over model

smart gold, some of em is fine

[naive wedge]

I meme on the thermaltake smart so much

[stoic crest]

but smart white ew

[naive wedge]

smart RGB

[marsh sphinx]

What’s the difference between UD AX and UD AC

I forget

[stoic crest]

wifi

ax wifi 6

ac wifi 5

[marsh sphinx]

Was scared for a second

Not loosing anything by going wifi 6 am I?

[naive wedge]

link the boards

[marsh sphinx]

One sec

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/xXxRsY/gigabyte-z790-ud-ax-atx-lga1700-motherboard-z790-ud-ax

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/8ncG3C/gigabyte-z790-ud-ac-atx-lga1700-motherboard-z790-ud-ac

I ordered the UD AX

[naive wedge]

it just looks like the AX is using up more pcie lanes

not much different

[fiery zephyr]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-27-odyssey-fhd-ips-240hz-g-sync-gaming-monitor-black-black/6507926.p?skuId=6507926

[shut spoke]

Fantastech kinda trash this year ngl

[mighty pagoda]

yea

[shut spoke]

Other than some small psu discounts, everything is hella expensive still

[mighty pagoda]

ima hope that prime day isnt a big of a flop

in canada gpu/psu prices have barely changed

[shut spoke]

Yeah my hopes are up for prime day

At this point I’m just looking at peripherals for prime day

There have been some good deals there in the past but don’t wanna get my hopes up

[mighty pagoda]

i need a good ram deal they are hella expensive in canada

[shut spoke]

Like fantastech prices are either worse than Amazon for some or are just the presale deals

[mighty pagoda]

i mean when ram sales go from C$160 to C$140 and C$20 tax really makes no difference for me

quality ram (6000mhz cl28) in the us is like C$100 i have to pay C$40 for that

[trim pier]

wtf are these fantastech deals 😭

[mighty pagoda]

lol

[trim pier]

gpu’s in lower tier are on sale but that’s from before and during presale, mainly mid tier is mainly out of stock while some are in stock, and high tier is just at their all time lows

[mighty pagoda]

4060 ti had c$10 off

i didnt think it would be this bad

[trim pier]

10$ off e waste?

bro you might aswell buy it USED in 1-2 months

[grand orbit]

4060 ti's pricing is hilarious

[trim pier]

I thought I saw a 1440p IPS monitor for 200$, just mislabeled in buildapc and it’s va :/

[mighty pagoda]

got a 4060 gonna come in abt 10 days

[trim pier]

WHY

[mighty pagoda]

C$350 wasnt bad price for it

[trim pier]

buy a 6750xt 😭

[grand orbit]

It itself is not ewaste but it's really a 4060 non ti and performs worse than a 3070 and slightly better than a 6700xt

[grand orbit]

Or 6700xt

[mighty pagoda]

the 6750xt is C$400

its like the us price

[trim pier]

ag

ah*

[grand orbit]

That's terrible you should refund

[mighty pagoda]

but im broke

[trim pier]

ya, 6750xt’s are same price as 6700xts rn in US

there’s some exceptions to like.. 2 gpus

[mighty pagoda]

?

[grand orbit]

Last i checked there was about a 40-50$ diff

[mighty pagoda]

i feel like the a750 has potential but the a770 rlly is getting the better driver updates

for C$330 it aint bad

amazon.com had a pretty good intel deal we dont get that in canada though

[grand orbit]

Okay it's not terrible but this is 10$ more and better
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/6jn9TW/xfx-speedster-swft-210-core-radeon-rx-7600-xt-8-gb-video-card-rx-76pswftfy

[high radish]

That Samsung buds deal came after I ordered JBL Tune 230NC for same price

[mighty pagoda]

id just get a 6650xt lol

7600 is a glorified 6600xt

[grand orbit]

Or that if they're cheaper i forgot to check them

[mighty pagoda]

i saw one for C$300 which was a great deal

[fair moon]

https://www.microcenter.com/product/666625/powerspec-g715-gaming-pc

[grand orbit]

That would have bee a lot better yea

[mighty pagoda]

i wanna get the starfield bundle tho

[fair moon]

(In-store only) 5800x3d & rx6950xt for $1200

[grand orbit]

They still are actually
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/rfLFf7/msi-radeon-rx-6650-xt-8-gb-mech-2x-oc-video-card-radeon-rx-6650-xt-mech-2x-8g-oc

[mighty pagoda]

it gets released tommorow but as per usaual canada prob wont have it

[grand orbit]

Dayum

[trim pier]

i’m just watching motherboard prices rn and i need to know which would be best https://pcpartpicker.com/products/compare/JJRYcf,wBfnTW,N6nypg/

they’re all practically the same, dunno if there’s any better options for same price.

[azure pond]

unless you awnt to oc, the experience would be pretty much the same

[trim pier]

z690 then?

[azure pond]

do you care about ddr4 vs ddr5?

[azure pond]

yeah, do you care about cpu ocing?

[azure pond]

atp I'd go ddr5 9 times out of 10, as it's only about $25 more for a decent kit of ddr5 over cheap ddr4

[trim pier]

this is just a future reference build, but planning ocing, ddr5 and so on.

[azure pond]

this is pretty decent, just needs wifi https://pcpartpicker.com/product/pTbTwP/asrock-b760m-pro-rs-micro-atx-lga1700-motherboard-b760m-pro-rs

great for the price

[trim pier]

i mean isn’t that just the same thing as the z690 or other b760

wait i didn’t see the price

[azure pond]

oh you do plan to oc, sorry didn't read that part

[trim pier]

lmao dw

ik b760 limits the ocing, but idk what exactly.

[azure pond]

the aorus elite is the cheapest option right now then, and it's a pretty decent mobo

[trim pier]

I think it’s the ram hz or something?

[azure pond]

and can't cpu oc at all

except for some b660s and b760s have bclk oc, but that's meh

there'll probably be some mobo deals on prime day

[trim pier]

ya that’s what i’m primarily looking for

cause i could possibly snag one, keep it in my storage for 6 years and…

[azure pond]

?

[trim pier]

I don’t know how long it’ll take for me to upgrade is just what i’m saying

[azure pond]

ah

why do you want to upgrade from your current mobo?

[trim pier]

I mean, it’s ddr4.

asus tuf gaming z690

I plan on getting a new psu soon (used for 50$) then a gpu, might aswell upgrade to ddr5 unless I wait till black friday

and i’d spend a little less, if I resell my parts

[azure pond]

sounds like a good plan

what psu?

[trim pier]

the tough grandpowef

power*

it’s the 850w hold on

[azure pond]

ah yeah

good psu

[trim pier]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/h7Nypg/thermaltake-toughpower-grand-rgb-850w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-ps-tpg-0850fpcgus-r

I think it’s B tier?

no clue.

[azure pond]

thought it was A tier, ill check in a bit

[trim pier]

issue is that the guy who’s selling is missing all peripheral cables and the 2 out of 3 pcies

otherwise he’s got cpu and motherboard, with one pcie

issue is I have no clue what he had before he upgraded to a 1000w, and on his seller page there’s a 3080 for sale

[cinder kiln]

B tier

[azure pond]

3080 would be fine on that psu

[cinder kiln]

It's a fine unit tho for 850w

[mighty pagoda]

yo guys would u get a refurbed corsair plat psu?

[azure pond]

model?

and how much

[mighty pagoda]

sf750

C$130

they dont specify which part had issues but it still has 5 yr warrenty

[trim pier]

not planning for a 3080, just saying he had one on his page. i’m thinking 6800xt/6900xt used

though that gf1 850w for 100$ looks pretty good

[azure pond]

there's this https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/3ZzhP6/lian-li-sp-750-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-sfx-power-supply-sp750

[cinder kiln]

The lian li probs better

Iirc cables braided

So worth the $12 anyway

Grab a pack of combs for like $10 more you're decked out

[mighty pagoda]

damn i was wrong they are selling a 7900x for C$470

thats such a steal

[cinder kiln]

If you run it in eco mode?

Kinda

[mighty pagoda]

the 7900?

[cinder kiln]

You can run both in eco

One just comes eco stock

[mighty pagoda]

oh

[cinder kiln]

Eco = 88W limit (or 65W for non X)

Ye, new thing for ryzen this gen

Heh, "new"

[mighty pagoda]

bro im actually soo sad they literally have everything but the parts i need

and like on amazing deals

[grand orbit]

really no point in paying extra for a new board unless you really wanna oc and by that time you might as well go ddr5

[trim pier]

uhm that’s the point in buying a new board? 😭

ocing + ddr5?

[grand orbit]

honestly i wouldnt even

[trim pier]

i see

[grand orbit]

not worth the money

thats literally the only benefits going up a board yep

[mighty pagoda]

yo felix should i return my 7700 and get a 7900 for C$70 more? idk i dont feel like it tbf but i still have time

[azure pond]

I wouldn't personally

[trim pier]

alr

[grand orbit]

not unless youre doing rendering or something

you should spend that on a better gpu than the 4060

[cinder kiln]

You trade off core scheduling for multi core power

[mighty pagoda]

i compile but i mean still 7700 should be good

[cinder kiln]

Imo it's still an upgrade but fps won't be better if you wanted to

[mighty pagoda]

lol why do hate it soo much
idk besides i got it on a good deal dont wanna go over the whole thing with newegg again

[light holly]

Because it's overpriced for what it offers compared to last gen. It's literally the worst value.

[grand orbit]

unless you absolutely need cuda for cheap it doesnt make sense

[trim pier]

it’s like what.. 5% better at almost double the cost of a 3060?

[azure pond]

worse in some scenarios iirc lol

[hard creek]

@azure pond 4k 144hz IPS, downside is 27", $427 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09X9KWXVS

I Love this deal! Why would 27" be a downside, though? Would it be too much pixel density? In my experience, 32" leads to 4k looking grainy and blocky (or at least being able to see pixels more than 27")

[azure pond]

27" it's hard to see the difference between 1440p and 4k

so imo it's kinda not worth going 4k at 27"

[hard creek]

Woah, I never realized that! How so?

[azure pond]

just hard to see the difference in pixel density at that screen size

[hard creek]

Which scren size would you recommend for 4k?

[light holly]

32+

[azure pond]

seconded

[fair moon]

Yeah I gotta get pretty close to my 27in 1440p to see pixels

[azure pond]

about 16 inches away I don't see any pixels on mine

[light holly]

Same

[hard creek]

woah, 32" it is, then!

wait wait wait

I think I've gone through my entire life without realizing why 4k is actually better

[azure pond]

better is objective

[light holly]

It's better?

[hard creek]

I recently switched from my 4k monitor to my 1080p 240hz monitor for cyberpunk purposes and can't really see that much of a difference besides massive peroformance gains

[azure pond]

it requires a better gpu to get the same frames, or causes lower frames with same gpu. For some people it's worth it, others it isnt