tech-deals-discussion

[fair moon]

if it's a laptop and you aren't experienced/ dont have the right tools, pretty low

[tawdry dragon]

I have plenty of tools and have fixed 4 or 5 laptops previously, but if it requires microsoldering then I won't be able to do it

Might do that ngl

[fair moon]

Looking at the seller they have a lot of electronics, plenty are for parts. I would guess it's more complex than a bad battery or display ribbon. Don't know a ton about fixing laptops though

[tawdry dragon]

If it was water damaged or something like that it's a problem, but if it's something stupid like they didn't charge it, then it's a steal

[fair moon]

yeah, def a gamble

[fair moon]

the seller has quite a few for parts laptops though so I don't think it will be as simple as not being charged

[tawdry dragon]

I've seen it happen before where it was just a small mistake, the only info that they provide is that it doesn't power on

And they don't provide a charger either

[forest prairie]

I feel like they never do

[tawdry dragon]

Ehh, sometimes they do

It could be fun taking a risk on this

Anyways, it's 1 am for me, I'm gonna head to bed

[marsh sphinx]

https://www.newegg.com/asrock-radeon-rx-6950-xt-rx6950xt-pg-16go/p/N82E16814930088?

6950 XT for $540 after ZIPFAN code?

[azure pond]

eh, does it work on any 7800xts?

[marsh sphinx]

I think

Gets them down to $450 about

[cinder kiln]

Both prices great

[trim pier]

step one: get approved for zip

[high radish]

Zip sux lol

[marsh sphinx]

Yeah, you’ve said that a hundred times already Jesus

[pallid geyser]

lol

[tiny heron]

My max zip credit line is $300 💀and I been using them for over a year. Does come in handy for smaller purchases though.

Also no more tiktok coupon?

[marsh sphinx]

Man was gonna say the monitor seems interesting but it's not ultra wide

[stoic crest]

that laptop is nice

[marsh sphinx]

Too poor 😭

[azure pond]

I've seen a few uw deals on tiktok

Not sure if they're still up but whenever you're looking to order one I can take a look

Though also a 6700xt at 1440p, 240hz is kinda pointless

Or anything less than a 7900xt for the matter

[marsh sphinx]

We'll see

I'm sitting around $330 in cash right now and GF is gonna pay me $200 for the rig I built for her because she kept insisting

[azure pond]

I feel that one, I've told my partner 50 times not to pay me for the pc I built for them

Theyre still going to give me 250

(Which I lied and told them thats what it would've sold for, prob more like 600 with the monitor)

[marsh sphinx]

Yeah she even looked up a price of a PC and said $200 was lowballing it 💀

[azure pond]

But they don't have to know that

[azure pond]

I mean she's not wrong there

Could sell it for $300 min

[marsh sphinx]

Yeah, I still gotta quirk out the RGB issue and make sure the PC isn't slow

[azure pond]

You could throw a quick oc on the gpu if you wanted and get 1660s perf outta it without too much effort

[marsh sphinx]

Probably, I'm just trying to figure out why applications are so slow

Might just be WIndows 11 being Windows

[azure pond]

+90 core +450 mem should easily be stable and would give a nice boost to perf

[marsh sphinx]

Any way I can permanently set that?

[azure pond]

Yeah if you just set it in afterburner it should auto start with that, my pc starts with my power limit from afterburner enabled without me changing any setting

Just run a bench to make sure that's stable, and probably a few games

Since an oc in a bench isn't always stable in games

I've heard overwatch is great for oc stability testing

[marsh sphinx]

I would run some games but I don't have any wifi for it

[azure pond]

Ah

[marsh sphinx]

I'm thinking about moving the PC next to the router with the monitor but I don't have an Ethernet cable for it

I mean I could also run to Walmart or something and see if that have something but I dunno

I just wanna get the RGB to cooperate and make sure it runs some games smoothly at 1080p

[azure pond]

As long as it's atleast wifi 5 it'll be fine

Wifi 6/6e is ideal but it shouldn't really matter for her

[marsh sphinx]

She has Ethernet I'm pretty sure

Do I need to install drivers for that?

Or does it just work out of the box

[azure pond]

I think it depends, I've never used ethernet

When I built my partners pc, I didn't even have to install wifi drivers. I just put the card in and I had wifi

And for the other two builds I've done I had an existing ssd from the last pc I had

[marsh sphinx]

Does the AX210 need antennas?

Well I should probably ask first if it'll work on a B450M Pro4

[azure pond]

Could you link it?

[marsh sphinx]

One sec

[tiny heron]

Ethernet should just be plug and play usually

[marsh sphinx]

https://www.amazon.com/Intel-802-11ax-Bluetooth-Adapter-Notebook/dp/B0B4T696W5/ref=sr_1_3?

[uncut portal]

For Ethernet it should work but after connecting download lan drivers from motherboard website

[marsh sphinx]

Hmmm alright

[uncut portal]

Check pictures

Nvm it doesn’t

You need them tho

You need antennas

[azure pond]

Yeah you'd need antennae

[tiny heron]

That board doesn't have a wifi slot

[azure pond]

I linked a card for technoxx earlier, wifi 6 and m.2 for $21

Comes with antenae

[marsh sphinx]

Hmmmm that's an issue

[azure pond]

https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Wi-Fi-Gig-Desktop-AX200-NGWG-NV/dp/B085M7VPDP/ref=mp_s_a_1_3

[uncut portal]

Use m.2

[azure pond]

Does it have a pcie x1 slot?

Yeah it does

You can do a pcie wifi card

[uncut portal]

Use on top

Yeah

[azure pond]

That small slot

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/zQqPxr/edup-ep-9636gs-bl-pcie-x1-80211abgnacax-wi-fi-adapter-ep-9636gs-bl

That'd work

[marsh sphinx]

Well I can sort this out later if it does turn up and she needs wifi, but until then I just need to get the RGB to work properly and find a simple game to test

[marsh sphinx]

Would it fit with the GPU below it?

[tiny heron]

Yes

[azure pond]

It should

[marsh sphinx]

Alright let me check the delivery time

[forest prairie]

It is a wifi card

1 slot wide

[marsh sphinx]

Wouldn't be able to get it soon enough

I need it here Friday or before

[azure pond]

Wb this? https://pcpartpicker.com/product/mMJgXL/edup-ep-9651gs-80211abgnacax-pcie-x1-wi-fi-adapter-ep-9651gs

[uncut portal]

Can I put the Wi-Fi card on the gpu pcie slot? Dumb question

[azure pond]

Or this https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7NXJ7P/edup-ep-9651-80211abgnacax-pcie-x1-wi-fi-adapter-ep-ep9651

[azure pond]

I'm not sure, howdy do you know?

[tiny heron]

That's why I have a cheap usb wifi card laying around for testing lol

And yes you can!

[forest prairie]

That slot isn't much use otherwise

[tiny heron]

But that looks like a tight squeeze

[uncut portal]

Cuz I have a mini pcie slot but covered by gpu

[uncut portal]

Oh

So it wouldn’t work?

[forest prairie]

It'll work

[uncut portal]

I could prob use m.2 then

[azure pond]

I think you could fit it

[tiny heron]

You can put a wifi card in the long slot too. Just looks a little silly

[uncut portal]

If it works it works

Idc lol

[forest prairie]

I've populated all of my slots

[azure pond]

Though also

[marsh sphinx]

Alright I’ll order it

[azure pond]

Would it be able to connect to the back of the case

It looks like it's too far, but might just be me

[uncut portal]

I mean there’s wires

For the antenna

[tiny heron]

Just make sure if you get one the top of it is flush so it doesn't hit your gpu fan

[azure pond]

Wdym?

[uncut portal]

I gotta check

[azure pond]

Oh that one I linked to you earlier is m.2, unless it has a pcie adapter?

Any of the three I linked to slovskii are pcie

[marsh sphinx]

Will the wifi card need drivers?

[jolly inlet]

M.2 WiFi cards would have a cable that runs to the back of the case where the antenna goes

[forest prairie]

Windows will probably give you some

[azure pond]

Yeah it did for me

[uncut portal]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8kp23Bb/

[azure pond]

If it doesn't you could download them to a USB from your pc and then install on gfs pc

[uncut portal]

Will this work for my gpu there

[jolly inlet]

I wouldn't count on that personally, newer chipsets like AX220 it doesn't have

[marsh sphinx]

Yeah just curious where I’d find them

[azure pond]

Yeah thats good tech

[azure pond]

That's actually a great question and I do not have a clue

[uncut portal]

But will it go until the gpu slot so I can like screw it and antenna in the back?

[azure pond]

Maybe the manufacturer of the cards website?

Should yeah

[jolly inlet]

Intel has the Intel WiFi chipset drivers

[uncut portal]

Until I wonder if it will be enough

[azure pond]

Ah so as long as its an ax card intel has them?

[jolly inlet]

Yep

[azure pond]

Yeah idt that would reach the back of the case

[uncut portal]

Alright I might pick that up then

I just hope it will work with gpu pcie

[tiny heron]

Sorry for glare. @uncut portal

[uncut portal]

I can’t see

[uncut portal]

What Wi-Fi card?

[tiny heron]

Think it's a tp link. I've also used a bunch of the Cudy branded ones and they all have worked great

[uncut portal]

Alright

[tiny heron]

https://a.co/d/9Rd3ET4

This one is a bit overpriced atm though. But also does bluetooth

[uncut portal]

The one I linked has Bluetooth and WiFi so I might pick that up

I just hope it fits lol

[tiny heron]

I just like the better antenna for the range lol

[marsh sphinx]

https://a.co/d/bHvPfbr

?

And I can just download the AX210 drivers off Intel’s website?

[tiny heron]

That should work. Also red one is $5 cheaper lol

[marsh sphinx]

God $10 for next day shipping

Whatever ordered it

Until then I’m just gonna have to figure out what’s wrong with the RGB, context is in #building-and-recc-chat

[jolly inlet]

WiFi https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19351/windows-10-and-windows-11-wi-fi-drivers-for-intel-wireless-adapters.html
Bluetooth https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/18649/intel-wireless-bluetooth-for-windows-10-and-windows-11.html

[marsh sphinx]

Really appreciate it

[azure pond]

@stoic crest @cinder kiln do you guys know anything about how that laptop is quality wise?

And any clues on the gpu wattage? It isn't listed on the product page, which is stupid as hell

Even if they're low wattage though, 12900hx and 4060 for $800, and you don't have to upgrade ram or ssd is pretty nice

12900hx just about matches 12600k for single core, and beats 13500 for multi

[cinder kiln]

No clue about those for build quality

I mean it's cyberpower

They lie on both the ends of horrible and good on the quality spectrum

Those prices are quite good though

The 850 one definitely a lot better

Since 4070 is a waste of a gpu

[pulsar fable]

Please elaborate. I know nothing about 40 series GPUs especially mobile

[tawdry dragon]

Yo, could someone help me? I'm looking for a around $700 laptop for my friend and I'm not sure what to get, used is ok but new is preffered

[cloud hornet]

@azure pond Deal has changed, 4060 laptop cant get coupon and 4070 is $1090 after coupon.

[fair moon]

Anyone know much about the 6800h and/or mini PCs?

Thinking of trying to buy this without the monitor to use as a 'home theater' pc kinda thing

Would mostly be used for couch coop games- ultimate chicken horse, Overcooked, older COD titles, Wii emulation, ect

[jolly inlet]

It'll struggle with emulators, anything more than a PS1 needs a dedicated GPU, but it should work for that overall keeping in mind the limitations of the 680m

[fair moon]

Thanks. I also might just use my own pc cause it's super easy to move and tbh I don't think I'd use the tv that often

[cinder kiln]

Wha

No a 680m is basically a gtx 1650

[jolly inlet]

Disregard previous ping.
The 1650 still beats the 680m by a fair margin. Even the 1650 mobile.
https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare/4078vs4090vs4884/GeForce-GTX-1650-vs-GeForce-GTX-1650-(Mobile)-vs-Radeon-680M-Ryzen-7-7735HS

[stoic crest]

it heavily depends on the laptop's ram tbh

[cinder kiln]

I wouldn't say that at all

[jolly inlet]

Laptop memory does impact it heavily since it's shared, yes.
25 vs 30 fps is a 17% difference

[cinder kiln]

Yes

It's not double tho

Lol

[jolly inlet]

That's where the "disregard previous ping" comes in, it defaulted to the nvidia 680m

[stoic crest]

translates to the bench results on passmark

[cinder kiln]

Oh I didn't see that

I am very tired today mb

If you tune the ram on a 6800h device though you will easily outstrip a 1650

Very easy to pull off cos the iGPU takes from ram

[jolly inlet]

Indeed, assuming the laptop (or other small device) allows memory overclocking

[stoic crest]

probs an msi only feature

but there's barely any amd msi laptops

[cinder kiln]

Nah iirc it's for any laptop

Ask @brisk sphinx

[stoic crest]

oh right

there's now a program that does that

[cinder kiln]

I didn't do it cos my corsair stick wasn't freaking hynix

[jolly inlet]

AMD laptops in general are fairly rare, thanks to the console market

[cinder kiln]

I thought it was, I was lied to

[stoic crest]

my lappy uses all samsung ram

[cinder kiln]

My first stick is hynix

Idk I might fix it later

I don't have a need enough to do so tho atm

[brisk sphinx]

Hmm?

Yeah, any AMD laptop can tune ram

[jolly inlet]

That's nice, what was the program?

[brisk sphinx]

It’s a UEFI program, forgot what it was called

Give me a sec

Universal AMD Form Browser

Only thing is, if you mess with the wrong settings in it, you can brick your laptop easily

Biggest one being messing with P-states

That’s an immediate brick

[jolly inlet]

Fun stuff

I wish I had a lappy to play with

I only have my ancient one with a radeon hd 4250.

[tawdry dragon]

deal? https://www.ebay.com/itm/276120270601?

nvm it's for parts

[stoic crest]

sounds like a bios/cmos problem

[azure pond]

This isn't bad, but after an extra stick of ram it'd be right on that $700 budget, before tax https://www.ebay.com/itm/305071515193?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=VbCS6q0NQ6a&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[tawdry dragon]

worse cpu tho

[azure pond]

This'd be fine https://www.amazon.com/KLEVV-PC4-25600-3200MHz-Notebook-KD48GS881-32N220A/dp/B08HQNR52D/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_sspa?keywords=8gb+ddd4+laptop+sodimm&qid=1698294592&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfYXRm&psc=1

[azure pond]

True, but you know it works

[tawdry dragon]

true, but I honestly want to buy some broken stuff and see if I can fix it. Although I'm flat broke rn so I can't really buy anything

[stoic crest]

700 for that is kinda sad

but ah well

45w 4050 isn't great

[marsh sphinx]

Wouldn’t take the gamble if you don’t know what’s wrong

No charger either

[quasi pasture]

I'd pass on msi laptops after how bad mine was build-quality wise

[mighty pagoda]

Hear Beyond The Limits

[quasi pasture]

Huh

[tawdry dragon]

yooo I just got a $5 headset off tiktok

(these ones) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09YHT473M/

[marsh sphinx]

That's... Actualy not bad for the price...

[fair moon]

For $5 pretty much anything with a decent mic is good

[umbral horizon]

$5 for 7.1?

thats a steal

[fair moon]

Omni directional mic so everyone can hear your keyboard 👌

[torpid night]

Just use Steelseries Sonar

[jolly inlet]

"7.1"

[tawdry dragon]

It's actually pretty decent sound quality after some eq from their software, but not as good as my pc37x

Discord certified

[forest prairie]

[umbral horizon]

"Yep its a mic"

[cinder kiln]

Pretty much

[mighty pagoda]

as long as its push to talk no one really cares

[cloud hornet]

I mean most noise "cancellation" is just a good noise gate filter combined with speaking close to ur mic
That alone gets you pretty decent audio isolation, combined with whatever algorithm/ML stuff should do quite well.

[fair moon]

well the hardware can make a difference as well

I just find it funny that they advertise omnidirectional mic on a headset

with proper noise suppression it will be fine but cardioid is more ideal

[marsh sphinx]

@azure pond https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=44632

Should I snag it?

$160 for 165Hz 1440p monitor

IPS panel too

[azure pond]

for the price, great

in terms of compared to other monitors I'd recc, I'm not sure how it compares

[high radish]

Was about to share that ssd

[umbral horizon]

Did they fix the firmware

[jolly inlet]

Supposedly

My personal opinion is that I wouldn't trust them any more even if it is ok currently. That wasn't the first time they had problems.

[umbral horizon]

Yeah maybe next gen

[jolly inlet]

Or other brands because they offer the same or better performance for the same or lower price

[umbral horizon]

I love my 970 evo

I do like samsung but if their stuff don't work then it don't work

[trim pier]

@azure pond how much is the 5600g?

and cl on the ddr5

[azure pond]

I think 38 on the d5 but not certain

I'm 98% sure it isn't hynix

I think 5600g was $106

Sorry, thought I got prices in all the screenshots

[tiny dirge]

@azure pond how much was this

[azure pond]

$100 before coupon

Sorry

[jolly inlet]

Dang that's a steal

[azure pond]

Yeah, depending on the coupon you get could be $70 too

I could get it for $75 rn but I'm broke and have no use for it

I mean I don't know, my B tier 850 might not be able to handle a 3060 ti /s

[tiny dirge]

honestly

might yoink that

i have the 750w version

but i could give that to my sister when i eventually help put a "new" thing together for her

[azure pond]

Yeah its very well priced, though the 750 could easily handle most systems

7800x3d and 4090 easily

[umbral horizon]

1000w seems like overkill

[azure pond]

Is that a general observation or replying to something

1000w can be needed, like i9 ln2 ocing with 3090/ti/4090

But for 99% of people yeah

[shut lava]

I must be doing something wrong with a dual PSU system and a 1500 watt and 1600 watt PSU.

[jolly inlet]

It would be an easy swap since corsair cables are standardized

[jolly inlet]

Yes what you're doing wrong is potentially tripping your circuit breaker if both of those get to 60% load each

[shut lava]

That's why they are plugged into two different outlets on two different circuits.

[jolly inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/kenjeong-community-pass-okay-acceptance-gif-4386864

[umbral horizon]

This guy electricities

[umbral horizon]

Yeah I suppose if both your cpu and gpu pull 400+ you'd need the headroom

That's a lot of ⚡️

[azure pond]

Yeah, but I'd say atleast 90% of the people buying 1000w+ psus have no reason to

No purely gaming pc could need it anyways

[jolly inlet]

But I need a second 4090 to offload my stream from my main 4090

On my dual epyc board

[azure pond]

@tawdry dragon

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-victus-15-6-full-hd-144hz-gaming-laptop-intel-core-i5-13420h-8gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3050-512gb-ssd-performance-blue/6535505.p?skuId=6535505

[tawdry dragon]

actually not a bad deal

[azure pond]

Its the 3050 6gb not 4gb, which is a lot better

In a lot of games it should outperform a 3050 ti, with the extra vram

[tawdry dragon]

true

[azure pond]

Im about to post it in tech deals, so if you or your friend wanna order it lmk after

[tawdry dragon]

nah I think We won't

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-g15-15-6-fhd-120hz-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-5-6600h-8gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3050-512gb-ssd-phantom-grey-with-speckles/6510327.p?skuId=6510327 I will probably get this once I get enough money

[azure pond]

Kk

[tawdry dragon]

It's not new, but for the price it's really good

might have to upgrade ram+ssd though

[azure pond]

Wait but this is basically the same thing but worse gpu, no?

Or is that 3050 6gb too

[tawdry dragon]

it's 4gb version

[azure pond]

Very similar cpu too

[tawdry dragon]

honestly only bad thing about it (from what I can see) is that it only has 1 m.2 slot

but reinstalling windows on a new ssd isn't that hard

[zenith lantern]

you ever just want to yell so loud

but it won't come out

[azure pond]

You alright theo?

[zenith lantern]

https://tenor.com/view/mha-evil-laugh-anime-laugh-my-hero-academia-gif-16364998

[jolly inlet]

Best tech deal of the day

[tiny dirge]

do they make a 950w

is that a thing

or does it go straight to 1000

[jolly inlet]

No it just goes to 1000

[tiny dirge]

https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-RM1000e-Modular-Low-Noise-Supply/dp/B0BYQHWJXC?th=1 is this it

if so 160 isnt terrible

is it reliable

[jolly inlet]

All of the RM series are top tier units

[tiny dirge]

within the next year i want to do a case swap and a xt/xtx upgrade i think

[azure pond]

It's good, but worse deal than the 850. Especially since you can use a new user coupon on tiktok too for the 850

The rm850e could easily run an xtx or 4090

So I wouldn't bother spending the extra on the 1000

[azure pond]

So could the 750 btw

Honestly I'd trust any rm series 650 to run an xtx or 4090 with a low power cpu like the 7600

[tiny dirge]

i'd rather have some headroom just incase

and also when i help my sister redo my old prebuilt system

a good rme would be good for it

theres some old 600w thermaltake thing in it i think

id prob give her my current case, cpu cooler, psu/extensions, just different ram and gpu/cpu

its am4 so i can prob fine something cheapish

and if i upgrade my gpu she'd be set with a 6700xt

[azure pond]

The 850 is headroom :p

[fleet marlin]

Well you did tell them "I trust even the 650w for such and such" is why their reply was such, lol.

[azure pond]

The 850 would be a good buy, the 1000w just doesn't really make much sense was my point with that comment

He needs another psu anyways so why not get an $80 A tier 850, that's a great buy

But twice the money for an extra 150w that isn't really relevant doesn't make much sense

[tiny dirge]

ik i was agreeing with your 850 idea

[azure pond]

Ah sorry mb

[tiny dirge]

its good lmao

@azure pond can you send me that link for the 850

[azure pond]

Just gotta search it on tiktok shop, it doesn't work sharing links it shows as full price

[tiny dirge]

mk all good

ty tiktok deal master bacca

[pallid geyser]

It’s up to $20 off for me

[daring depot]

https://www.microcenter.com/product/671196/hyperx-armada-27-2k-qhd-(2560-x-1440)-165hz-gaming-monitor
uh...opinions?

This looks too good to be true to me, something needs to be bad about this monitor and I don't know what

[jolly inlet]

It's good if that's the kind of mount you were going for. It doesn't come with a stand, only that desk arm.

[grand orbit]

Objectively the better mounting system

[fair moon]

Good deal if you can pick it up in store, otherwise it's $38+ to ship which puts it in line with other 1440p monitors

[tiny dirge]

189$ 6600 triple fan on Newegg it’s like 80 bucks off

Decent for a budget build

[azure pond]

Yeah ntb, generally I'd try for the 6650xt or 7600 though, it's a good bit better for not a ton more

But for as cheap as possible good price

[tawdry dragon]

Found a good prebuilt deal?https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJS51PQ2?

pcpp list that's similar https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RNvW9c

(with whatever parts I thought they were using

[azure pond]

If workstation/multi core use pretty decent, if gaming 7800x3d custom should be cheaper I think

Actually $30 more, but also better overall quality
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/cvdmL9

[tawdry dragon]

yeah honestly one of the best prebuilts I've seen in a while

[azure pond]

Skytech is meh so if you are capable of it I'd still do it yourself

For workstation could also do https://pcpartpicker.com/list/C8Pn28

Which spending $2500 atp, if able to build your own I'd spend the extra $116

Still a good deal for what it is though

Cheapest I've seen for a 4090 build aside from the legion a bit ago

[tawdry dragon]

yeah it's just for those people who absolutely refuse to build their own pc or pay someone else to do it

[velvet rock]

Best monitor stand? I have a 27” and a 24”

[velvet rock]

I plan to build my own. Is it super hard?

[tawdry dragon]

not really, just takes some time

[tawdry dragon]

depends on monitor layout

[velvet rock]

Wym

[tawdry dragon]

t layout, stacked, stuff like that

[velvet rock]

Both horizontal

[umbral horizon]

You want it on the table or on the wall?

[quasi pasture]

What's the current best deal for a 750W to 850W PSU? I'm too lazy to find it myself rn lol

[jolly inlet]

For B tier https://pcpartpicker.com/product/XNkgXL/super-flower-legion-gx-pro-750-w-80-gold-certified-semi-modular-atx-power-supply-sf-750p14xe
For A tier https://pcpartpicker.com/product/YRJp99/corsair-rm750e-2023-750-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020262-na

That's without going to tiktok

[quasi pasture]

👍

[uncut portal]

tiktok shop you get a a tier unit for around 70 - 80

[azure pond]

If its still live, rm850e for $80

I dont know if it's just me, but a lot if products aren't showing up on tt at all

[sick spade]

I wouldn't say hard, just tedious.

My favorite example of it was when someone said that it's like building with adult legos.

[steel wren]

i wouldn't say tedious, just time consuming, Using your analogy you can enjoy the whole ordeal as an adult building with big lego parts

big and expensive lego pieces xD

[tawdry dragon]

If you spend enough, Lego pieces that can destroy themselves (custom loop)

[fringe olive]

Or if you spend too little (psu).

[azure pond]

Heads up to everyone, looks like most of the tiktok deals are done for, I dont see any newegg listings on tiktok whatsoever

Seems like they were losing too much money so they pulled everything lol

Was great while it lasted

[tawdry dragon]

🫡

[tiny heron]

😭

[high radish]

[civic sun]

why is shopping on tiktok a thing

[umbral horizon]

They're trying to get people used to shopping out of apps that are similar to but aren't amazon

That way when the CBDC gets forced on you it's not an entirely new thing

The less tinfoil version could be that the app storefront is really popular in China and they're trying to see of it works in other markets

And steep steep discounts are a good way to get you to try it out

[tawdry dragon]

@compact lintel you can't post that there

Any also, any reason you're not going to build your own Pc?

[compact lintel]

My fault, it was technically a deal on tech (or so i thought) and was trying to figure out the better deal. As for why I am not building my own, I am a mess and worry about ruining a piece by mistake and being unable to replace it without paying again.

[tawdry dragon]

You should just be able to return it, and besides, building your own is way cheaper than just buying a prebuilt

[compact lintel]

I would save $300 if I built it myself, so perhaps ill think about it for a few days.

[tawdry dragon]

what are you going to be doing with the pc?

because the best gaming rig that you can buy rn is about $2600

[compact lintel]

Thats pretty much what im gonna be doing lol, PC master race discord mentioned the one I posted was a good deal for prebuilts and gaming

[tawdry dragon]

yeah don't trust them

[compact lintel]

So what can I get prebuilt for 2600?

[tawdry dragon]

(don't buy this) this was about $2500 a few days ago https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJS51PQ2

[compact lintel]

or lets say 3k

[tawdry dragon]

price went up by quite a bit, making it no longer a good deal

[compact lintel]

Wish I had seen it, i'd have bought it then and there

[tawdry dragon]

well better luck next time, I'll search for some prebuilts, give me a minute

[compact lintel]

Youre the best 👍 helping out a newbie stranger like myself!

[tawdry dragon]

You should see some of the other guys here, they go the extra mile for people they don't know

[compact lintel]

Really? Yeah, I just joined because of the deal I was recommended, it would be nice to meet some of these people and get more help!

[tawdry dragon]

yeah! the people here are really nice, some of the nicest and most knowledgable people I've seen on discord

Alright I can't seem to find anything good rn

[compact lintel]

Well, maybe more cyber deals will drop this month

[tawdry dragon]

yeah, black friday is coming up so maybe then

I'll ping you if I see any good pc deals

[jolly inlet]

This is the only reason I stuck around as long as I have. This has been one of the best online communities I've ever seen, especially in tech fields where people can get very elitist.

So many people come in expecting to get blasted for their question instead of it being answered because that's how they were treated on (insert forum here).

[tawdry dragon]

Yeah, I have to agree

I think that's one of the advantages of having a smaller server, you have a smaller people who know what they're doing, instead of having a large group of people who don't know what they're doing

[jolly inlet]

I hope you're not calling wegg small because we have over 4k members as of now, after some major trimming.

[tawdry dragon]

I said smaller, as in compared to some other servers with hundreds of thousands of people

[jolly inlet]

Yeah ok that's fair considering the midjourney discord is up to 15 mil lol

[tawdry dragon]

techsource is one example of a very big tech server

[jolly inlet]

I think the most I ever saw was 40k here

A lot of those were inactive accounts that discord deleted

[tawdry dragon]

Ton of knowledgable people there on almost every topic, but there are also a lot of people who give out misinformation

[tawdry dragon]

Really? I haven't been here long enough to have seen that

[fair moon]

4k active?

Cause discord says 181k total

[jolly inlet]

Oh yeah good call, I was defaulted to "recent" members

[fair moon]

But yeah anyways there are quite a few people here with impressive tech knowledge who are happy to share it and help others

Very based

[tawdry dragon]

Wait WHAT I saw 22k total when I joined

I only see like 20 people active

[molten halo]

They use to do giveaways pretty often, so it attracted a ton of people who aren’t active

[fair moon]

(Online /= active on newegg, just online on discord in general)

[torpid night]

Yeah so that means a lot it goofy and stupid people for a couple weeks but it's okay because they all go inactive afterwards

[floral arch]

This deal looks way too good there’s gotta be a catch

This is in Canadian dollars btw

[azure pond]

I'd say that's average pricing

[floral arch]

Really???

Just that cpu and gpu combo alone is worth over $1200

[azure pond]

One sec

[floral arch]

If it had a crappy psu or cooler than maybe

But it’s got in aio and nice psu so I’m just shocked

[azure pond]

I mean, just bc it's gold and 360mm doesn't mean they're good

The aio could fail in two months and the psu could still be a terrible model that's prone to catching fire

If you're looking for a pre built that's not bad, but you could do a lot better w custom still

This is a good bit cheaper and cpu games a lot better, gpu is a little bit better https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/jkq9KX

With the price diff though you could just pay someone to build it for you

[floral arch]

Very valid points

[floral arch]

Oh thanks but i already built pc a year ago. I was just surprised the pricing are getting this cheap nowadays

[azure pond]

I think pre builts were better price/perf before 40 series launch actually, atleast for the US

There were 3060 ti builds with 12400f/12600k/12700f around $1000

I'm not sure how pricing in Canada has been though

[velvet rock]

No

[floral arch]

It might be a little more actually

Unless you get it used it’s gonna cost that much

[velvet rock]

I’m building better for $400 less

I personally wouldn’t buy that

[azure pond]

it's also cad

but yeah it isn't as good as building yourself still, which is to be expected

[fossil valley]

they dont lose money unless they discount it. must of been another reason

[jolly inlet]

There were discounts, that's the problem. People were getting crazy deals, like a flat $20 off so they get a 1tb SSD for $15.

[stoic crest]

^

that and besides they're just promoting their tiktok

intentionally bleed money for exposure

[vague pine]

im not sure if this is a mistake or if canada is just getting a stonks deal but this is a 360hz 24.5" monitor for $132 cad

https://www.newegg.ca/raven-black-lenovo-legion-y25g-30-24-5/p/3D4-000F-00010

not sure what pricing is like for cad and taxes and stuff so not sure if this is a stonks deal or not

i assume so

its still $330 usd on wegg

[tepid oracle]

Would it be possible to order and ship to US

Or do u have to be in canada for the deal to apply

[vague pine]

not sure what wegg policy is on shipping to us through a canada deal.

oop, just realized its sold out

[cloud hornet]

CAN sales tax ranges from 5% to 15%. Also afaik wegg doesnt like shipping to different countries, kinda why they have seperate CAN site.

[radiant night]

https://www.newegg.ca/abs-sa13700kf4070ti-2-stratos-aqua/p/N82E16883360408?Item=N82E16883360408

Thinking of getting this, but should I wait to see if it goes on sale for Black Friday?

Cause there is no Protection Plan stamp on it

[stoic crest]

err

for 2.5k cad you're better off building yourself

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/t86H34

building isn't too hard, and do feel free to ask anyone here if you need assistance on how to build your own pc

this list is easily below 2000 cad

and it will perform the same in games

you get 32gb of ram too

[azure pond]

Can also do 7600 and 4080 in 2500 cad, or potentially 7800x3d 7900xtx

[radiant night]

Woah, thanks. My budget is between 2200-2800. So anything that runs just as good or even better is appreciated.

You got any other builds?

[stoic crest]

ya

i can do that for you

[stoic crest]

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/CZjzvj

faster cpu and gpu

2.4k or so

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/D6P4gB

this one's got inferior cpu and gpu, but if you really want nvidia

this is the best i can do

ofc can add more money to spend all of 2800 to get 7800x3d

but it's just wiser to get 7900xtx anyway for gpu

[azure pond]

If wanting 2tb could get 670p for iirc $90 or so?

[stoic crest]

true

[tawdry dragon]

NEWEGG IS BACK ON TIKTOK ‼️

Not as good of deals as last time, but still decent

[daring depot]

I refuse to download tiktok

any good 1440p monitors?

[stoic crest]

why so?

you're already using discord lel

anyway, there's m27q and g27q for easy choices

1440p 165hz

[daring depot]

i fear that more social media will consume my life

actually if I make a bvusiness tiktok account it might spare my time

[stoic crest]

oh lol

well you can ignore the social media part

disable notifications

only check once or twice a day for orders

[uncut portal]

Let’s goo

[plucky mauve]

Has anyone used this any of this cases on a build ? I've seen some videos but I'm not convinced, I'm looking for a dual chamber case

Diy Q1
Gamemax Infiniti

[azure pond]

Theyre cheaper o11 clones

[tawdry dragon]

hey, heads up on that q1, the motherboard will hang over the fans which makes it look weird and blocks some airflow

also makes it harder to cable manage

• pcie covers aren't replacable

• fans are molex

[jolly inlet]

Ah, the cheapout special

[plucky mauve]

Ok thanks for the advices, I think I'm going to go for the Nzxt H6

[sand marsh]

I got the real deal

[fleet marlin]

we have to guess what you got it for?

[sand marsh]

I got it for $189 but it wasnt under the blackfriday protection

but the Alpine White version has it for $199 with the protection

[fleet marlin]

Uh, normal list price isn't generally a deal, lol. Hilarious newegg calls their deal on the white one a $10 off coupon

[sand marsh]

ikr

[fair moon]

they mean real deal as in "not a knockoff"

oh no

why does everyone have anime role

[sand marsh]

but I liked the overall design tho

[fleet marlin]

It's good overall. I'm just partial to the Mini Air for obvious reasons, but a "taller" version of it would be great.

[sand marsh]

Yeah I needed something big enough to fit the fans that I bought for my case

right now it's open case because my cpu cooler fans are too wide

the radiator is just sitting on top spaced out lol

[tawdry dragon]

I thought it was just certain people

[forest prairie]

@spark grail doesn't have anime role

neither does @dense relic

[dense relic]

Must be something I missed, all good tho

[forest prairie]

now you do

https://tenor.com/view/assimilate-star-trek-picard-gif-14160230

[spark grail]

You're right, but I mean, I'll take it lol

[plucky mauve]

Gg, great case. I'm not from the us so I have some problems bringing it to my country

[high radish]

Why is that listing wierd lol

Theres rx 5600 non xt right ?

[azure pond]

Yeah, it's oem though

[high radish]

Ordered one anyways for testings

[marsh sphinx]

Need that laptop

Too broke though since I blew $500 on a 7800 XT

[tawdry dragon]

2050 kinda trash

[azure pond]

True, but with a pretty good cpu at $450 where normally you only find igpu laptops around that price, ntb

Though there's been other laptops on sale around that price

[tawdry dragon]

who knew that samsung tablets depreciate in value so fast https://www.ebay.com/itm/186121661407?

[fair moon]

Pretty much all mobile electronics depreciate fast. Apple typically holds a little more value for ipads and MacBooks but the phones still go down pretty fast

[azure pond]

That's because they release basically the same phone with 1 or 2 extra feature every year

[fair moon]

Yup

[azure pond]

And how much of their customer base buys a new one every year

[fair moon]

Every few years there's typically a bigger jump but yeah

[azure pond]

Meanwhile I'd say atleast 90% of android users keep their phones for at least 2-3 years

[fair moon]

I do a 4-5yr cycle on my iphones, I just don't understand why people buy them every year

Gotta have the latest and greatest I guess

People will buy the most recent base model just so they have the highest number even though last year's Pro is typically much better for the price

[azure pond]

Yeah idk, I just don't like apple products as a whole

But I can at least understand the people who buy their products and aren't upgrading every single time something new releases

I'm not a fan of apples OS, or prices

[high radish]

Ios sux lol and apple is typical scam US company

[tawdry dragon]

if iphones ran android but still had all the same features I would buy one, because the build quality, picture quality, value retention, long term support

Iphones have all the features to last a long time, I just hate ios

[uncut portal]

Honestly bro, I love iOS

It’s simple and nice, I don’t care much about features I don’t use and you gotta look for a lot

[high radish]

iOS sux lol imagine not using your phone as flash drive, wifi adapter etc

[tawdry dragon]

wifi adapter is the best feature on android

I've used it countless times

[high radish]

Yeah also you can upload file from portable drive via OTG

I use those futures frequently so

[tawdry dragon]

I don't have enough storage on my phone to do that so I don't use it often.

[high radish]

My phone is 256gb

[tawdry dragon]

Honestly If I need to transfer files I'll use one of my 15 different external ssds

[tawdry dragon]

128gb for me, and the os takes up 30gb of that

[high radish]

I keeping my 4tb portable SSD with myself and when I need something I can connect SSD to phone to grab files

[tawdry dragon]

I wish I could afford to just buy ssds whenever they go on sale

sadly I'm too young to get a job rn so I can't really do much

[light bay]

You can always do work for neighbors or something

That's what I did throughout middle and high school

And then picked up a full time gig when it was legal

[tawdry dragon]

been tryna do that for a while now

[marsh sphinx]

I can't seem to access the tiktok store, anyone know how? 🤔

[civic sun]

Same, so far I’ve only gone through iphone 6s and iphone se gen 2

[jolly inlet]

@tawdry dragon Link?

[tawdry dragon]

oh crap sorry

fixed

[tiny dirge]

bro that deal is amazing

i wish i did better research with my part list

thats only like an hour drive from me too

[tawdry dragon]

Just recently popped up I think

[tiny dirge]

ik

[tawdry dragon]

They have deals like this all the time

[tiny dirge]

but ik they have deals like that

when i eventually upgrade i def will be making the drive to microcenter

[tawdry dragon]

Sadly I live 1200 miles from one

[tiny dirge]

i have 3 in my state, nearest is an hourish

[tawdry dragon]

I really want to see a microcenter

I live in Washington state, closest one is in south California

At least I think so

[jolly inlet]

I'm hoping one of the ones they're opening next year will be near me. I'm a good 9 hours away with no traffic, 12 on an average day.

Our local retailer that did pretty much the same thing as MC went bankrupt a few years ago too, they got looted during riots. So there's prime real estate open

[high radish]

Lol I living in tax free state and no one likes it so there's no any local retailers in my state

[trim pier]

25$ lian li fans..

Hmmmm

[tiny heron]

You can always do virtual tour of the stores on the website

[tawdry dragon]

I've done that already, it's the deals that I'm interested in

my cousin lives next to one and goes there a few times a month, he says the deals there are really good. Especially the open box deals. He got a 2tb ssd for $50 (970 evo), and there were basically new cases for half the price they usually are.

[tawdry dragon]

These laptop deals are really good, sad that I can't afford them

[trim pier]

Idk why but I haven’t seen any good headset deals

Sure some float around but with they always have some sort of crappy feature and I haven’t seen anything with a good or better mic like the kraken tournament ed

[civic sun]

some of the sennheiser ones go on sale every now and then

[stoic crest]

or

pc38x

[civic sun]

yeah that's sennheiser xD

[tawdry dragon]

I have the pc37x and they're some of the best headphones I've ever used (after some eq bc I'm a gamer who likes bass)

[azure pond]

@uncut portal is your friend still looking for parts?

[high radish]

Pretty decent deals but I couldn't use TikTok shop lol

Probably skill issue

[uncut portal]

Ye

Cheap as possible, bro doesn’t wanna spend more than 500 😢

All new if possible

[uncut portal]

Sorry for late reply

[azure pond]

Check tech deals

[uncut portal]

Did I sent him the pictures let’s see what bro says

He just hesitant to spend 500 at one time 😢

[azure pond]

If he doesn't care about looks, the rosewill case with the 400w psu is good

[uncut portal]

I don’t think he gonna buy but whatever we’ll see

[azure pond]

Can run a 6650xt on that fine

[uncut portal]

400w too low

[azure pond]

Wdym?

[uncut portal]

Any gpu deals?

[uncut portal]

Might try getting 3060ti used

[azure pond]

Best was 6600 for $190 before coupon

[uncut portal]

Buyer said 200

[uncut portal]

Sadness

[azure pond]

But ssd, case, psu, and mobo are nicely priced

[uncut portal]

Yeah might buy those honestly

Thanks bacca I’ll check

[azure pond]

Just mobo depends on what cpu he finds though, b550 would probably be the best bet

Since used 3600/5600 and whatever else in-between

Or 12100f from tt

[uncut portal]

Yeah

I’ll let you know before we buy

[marsh sphinx]

okay...but how do i access the tiktok store 🤔

[uncut portal]

Or you just look up the item

It will show mostly

[vague pine]

@azure pond where the 2.5" 4tb ssd tiktok deals at 😔

[azure pond]

i think i saw vulcan z fairly cheap

but not certain

[vague pine]

new ssd thatll only be dedicated to black ops 3 and custom zombies maps

my 2tb ssd only has about 128gb left because of bo3 and custom zombies

[cloud hornet]

You arent a gamer unless you have a 16TB SSD
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16820985035

[vague pine]

on sale too

gotta wait till i get my mod pay before buying that

[cloud hornet]

Wonder when 16TB will get same Price/GB as 8TB.

Then again, I guess most 8TB dont have good Price/GB either. Only a few are close to 4TB, which is close to 2TB.

[vague pine]

with how these file sizes are with games now adays, probably in the next 2-3 years we'll be seeing 16tb at $300

[cloud hornet]

Basically 4TB is the limit for reasonable Price/GB rn, 8TB only sometimes.
Also lol, 16TB for $300 would be whack. Those will be cool days, when games are like 1TB.

[tawdry dragon]

hey, does anybody have some recommendations for an nvidia gpu with the most performance and vram for about $450? nvidia bc of blender rendering

currently looking at the 3080, but wondering if there's something that would have more vram?

[azure pond]

If you can go more around 520-550, 4070 is a good bit better in blender than 3080

[tawdry dragon]

thing is, 3080 is around $420 for a good model rn

[azure pond]

Might be able to find cheaper used, but obviously it's not been out for long

[tawdry dragon]

so Is it really worth $100 more

[azure pond]

Blender 40 series has a major increase over 30 series, but I'm not sure the exact difference between the two

[tawdry dragon]

https://opendata.blender.org/benchmarks/query/?compute_type=OPTIX&compute_type=CUDA&compute_type=HIP&compute_type=METAL&compute_type=ONEAPI&group_by=device_name&blender_version=3.6.0

[azure pond]

I'd say see if you can find a "cheap" 4070 used, otherwise 3080

[tawdry dragon]

yeah 3080 seems like the best bet at this point

[azure pond]

Though also what psu do you have?

D.f 850?

Or is this for a diff system

[tawdry dragon]

It's actually my brother's system

He got a 6800xt used but it was having too many problems

Rm750e for the psu btw

[azure pond]

Ah so either way it's fine

Just was gonna say if the psu couldn't handle 3080 but could handle 4070, then save the money on psu and then go 4070

[marsh sphinx]

whats a good price for a 4tb ssd

[cloud hornet]

Prolly around $160 excluding Wegg TT deals

[marsh sphinx]

so anything below that is a no brainer

including newegg tiktok deals

[cloud hornet]

Quick look, cheapest I could find outside of TT is Cardea Z44Q and MP34 at $170

On TT it looks like there is MP34 at $148-$20 (first buy deal iirc)

[marsh sphinx]

thank you hay

[cloud hornet]

I dont really know how the deals work for TT, all I can see is what Bacca posted in #tech-deals

Which shows raw price minus the sale, but no promo code deal stuff

[grand orbit]

Some of them deals are around normal price for those items

But the 6000mhz c30 for 78$ is

[cinder kiln]

Imagine if the TT in Audi TT stood for TikTok

[azure pond]

@grand orbit @cloud hornet price can come down further past what the list price is on all those items with coupon

[grand orbit]

Ob yeah true

[grand orbit]

Why hello there babes

I mean what

I'm not sus you're sus

[grand orbit]

Forget the apple car we already have the tiktok car

[dry flume]

I really hate being outside the US, those tt shop deals are insane 😭

[azure pond]

Ima leave this here for someone who knows about monitors to decide if it's worth posting https://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-32gq950-b-gaming-monitor

Bc I've no clue

[tawdry dragon]

I saw something like that for $500 iirc

[azure pond]

4k 32" nano ips?

[tawdry dragon]

wait what is nano ips

[azure pond]

Faster response time ips I think

[grand orbit]

Tt shop deals free healthcare potato tomato

[dry flume]

yeah us potatoes are smth else

[tawdry dragon]

WHAT HOW

[azure pond]

gah damn

[tawdry dragon]

no way to buy it tho

[azure pond]

ahh

can you link it?

wanna checek my local store

[tawdry dragon]

yeah sure hold on

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-tuf-dash-15-6-fhd-144hz-gaming-laptop-intel-core-i7-16gb-ddr5-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3070-512gb-pcie-ssd-off-black/6494644.p?skuId=6494644

[azure pond]

im too broke either way, just curious lol

ahh same here

[tawdry dragon]

I'd buy it regardless of if I could afford it

since I'm already looking at some more expensive laptops

[azure pond]

i just literally don't have money in my account until next week

haven't had a job in 7 months and haven't gotten my paycheck yet

[tawdry dragon]

no job=no money

[azure pond]

yep lol

i had money saved up, but not anymore lmao

[tawdry dragon]

My plan for now is to buy presents for Christmas, get some things I need (laptop, camera), and then just start saving for something like a car

[daring depot]

I might be making a mistake, but I'm downloading tiktok shop

[tawdry dragon]

no mistake there

I'm debating between a few different gaming laptops, and rn it's coming down to how much power I need.

[umbral horizon]

https://tenor.com/view/power-starwars-unlimited-power-gif-15939349

[tawdry dragon]

yeah hold on lemme just spend 3k on a 4090 gaming laptop

[umbral horizon]

I'll keep the house warm in winter

[silver shard]

will the 5600 or 5600x go on sale this time around?

[tawdry dragon]

I don't recommend buying it just because it's a dead platform at this point

[jolly inlet]

If it's for an upgrade from a 2600 or something then it's still fine to buy, it's just not really worth it for new builds unless it's super low budget.

As for if it goes on sale, who knows. It's been hard to predict lately.

[shut lava]

I decided to try the Newegg TikTok shop. I picked up the Asrock B550 motherboard for about $61 including sales tax and a 2TB MSI PCIE 4.0 NVMe SSD for $73 including sales tax. Both had free shipping.

[quasi abyss]

is the shop only on the app?

[shut lava]

I could only find it on the app. I still have my old phone, so I installed tiktok on there.

[quasi abyss]

ty

[fair moon]

Oh dang might have to try that tt deal for MW3

No way I'm buying that for $70 but $36 seems alright for a big DLC

Wait it's PS5 😭

@pallid geyser sorry for ping but do you know if TikTok has MW3 PC codes? (Steam or battlenet)

[pallid geyser]

I’m not sure, I wish ☹️

[fair moon]

Might download tt just to check

[jolly inlet]

I see what you did there

[fair moon]

Am I doing something wrong?

I don't see anywhere else to access a shop

[tawdry dragon]

at the very top there should be this (on the main page)

[fair moon]

Mine's just this

Is it not on the iOS app?

[tawdry dragon]

click the search thing top right

then just search whatever you want

then there should be this shop thing here

[tawdry dragon]

that's really weird

might have to wait a few days for it to show up

[fair moon]

Huh

[fair moon]

What emulator you using?

[tawdry dragon]

bluestacks

[fair moon]

I tried that but it said I needed hyper V or something

[tawdry dragon]

yeah you need to install it

[jolly inlet]

Huh indeed. Maybe they disabled it on the Apple market because there's a MUCH bigger cut that Apple takes than Google. It's like 30%.

[tawdry dragon]

I saw it on my 6s so i don't think it's apple's fault

[jolly inlet]

That's a Windows Pro feature, no Homies

[tawdry dragon]

me rn

[fair moon]

Might try the windows subsystem thing

[vague pine]

I’m on iPhone, shows just fine

[jolly inlet]

Weird. Guess it's just you Stevie.

[fair moon]

huh

[grand orbit]

Ik it is region locked, like it's not available in the eu yet

[trim pier]

@fair moon what country are you from and what iOS version

Also is your tiktok up to date

[fair moon]

US; latest version of iOS and app

[trim pier]

Create a new account, verify email

Use a vpn.

Vpn360 works, otherwise blue stacks use a vpn. I forgot which one I had on my ox

Pc*

[pine yew]

I can’t find the mw3 deal on my phone

[tawdry dragon]

I think proton is a better free vpn

[fair moon]

What country are you using the VPN for?

[trim pier]

Any but us

[trim pier]

On mobile?

[fair moon]

It only has Japan/Netherlands/US for free

But there is a mobile app

[tawdry dragon]

Works on both mobile and pc

[civic sun]

perfect

[tawdry dragon]

the servers also usually have a lot of people connected to them

[tiny heron]

Sheesh

[fair moon]

Pretty sure the q300 doesn't actually come with fans despite the first pic of every listing showing led fans

That being said, $29 is still a decent deal

[grand orbit]

3 c12c fans for like 15$ so still 45$ case with 3 fans

Or like 12$ for non rgb

[hybrid void]

do you use both vpn and tiktok via blue stacks or vpn on pc as some separate software?

cause I tried launching vpn360 in blue stacks, then tiktok but it still seemed like it found out I'm not from US

[azure pond]

W

[pallid geyser]

27” 1080p…and VA… but 240hz and only $94

M27Q-Pro @ $251 for me

[grand orbit]

I'd imagine you need the vpn on the pc not in bluestacks

Both pog deals

[tawdry dragon]

Yo quick question, 4060m or 3070m? (Laptop gpus)

[azure pond]

4060m

Though also depends on wattages

[tawdry dragon]

Alr I'll check real quick, just saying, I won't be using frame gen

[azure pond]

4060 is just plain better

Performance and feature wise

[tawdry dragon]

3070 is 125w and 4060 is 115

[azure pond]

I'd go 4060

[tawdry dragon]

Yeah, but honestly you can find really good 3070 laptop deals. I'm looking for something that's gonna last at least 5 years, and not overheat.

[azure pond]

4060 100%

[tawdry dragon]

Alr

[azure pond]

Though it does depend on price diffs

That's just assuming they're close or same price

[tawdry dragon]

Both are $800

I was gonna get the Asus tuf a16 (the one with a 7600s), but it is closer to the 4050 in actual performance

[azure pond]

Are the rest of the specs the same?

[tawdry dragon]

They're close enough, maybe 10-20% performance diff max for the cpu

It's a 12650h vs 12700h iirc

I think I'll just wait for black Friday deals to buy anything

[azure pond]

Yeah I'd say so, they're both not the best cpus. My brother's laptop is a 12750h and 2070s max q

I find it weird they're still using those cpus for 40 series laptops

[tawdry dragon]

Cpu is not something I really care about

[azure pond]

That's what I said when I bought a laptop but it mattered more than I thought it would

[tawdry dragon]

They haven't even released 14th gen yet

[tawdry dragon]

If I really need the cpu performance I'll remote into my main pc

[azure pond]

True, but 13th as well as 6000/7000 series amd has been out for a while, and 12th was terribly inefficient

[tawdry dragon]

11th Gen even outperformed it iirc in some things

[azure pond]

Yeah 12th gen mobile wasn't pretty

11800h was bae

Pretty sure sips oced his to beat his oced 5800x

Don't quote me on that, but I know he atleast beat stock 5800x

[tawdry dragon]

This is the website I've been looking at for laptop deals https://gaminglaptop.deals/

[azure pond]

Ah yeah

I like r/laptopdeals

[tawdry dragon]

I saw a 11800h/3070 laptop for around $750

[azure pond]

That's ntb

Same setup sips had on his

[tawdry dragon]

Not very good deals from what I've seen

[azure pond]

It's a mix

There's some great ones there's some awful ones, since it's all user posts.

[tawdry dragon]

Not actually a bad deal https://www.ebay.com/itm/386132154110?

[azure pond]

Some people see a discount and automatically go "omg guys it's $600 off it's a great deal" when in reality it's the normal price and is actually $400 more than many similar specced laptops

[tawdry dragon]

Just broken USB port and missing key

[tawdry dragon]

Yeah, but I've done my research, so I know what to look for

[azure pond]

Oh yeah I was talking about some people's on r/laptopdeals

[tawdry dragon]

Oh yeah, I've also seen reposts, a lot of them

I saw 5 different posts for the same tuf a16

[trim pier]

don't use vpn360 on pc

use protonvpn

vpn360 is for mobile

[azure pond]

Actually bm3 isn't on tier list yet, but I'd imagine it's at least C tier, potentially low pri b?

[tawdry dragon]

deal? https://www.ebay.com/itm/394963378282

also this one, https://www.ebay.com/itm/285540497965 Sure it has a worse gpu but everything else is better just no power adapter

[azure pond]

That's really nice

Great model too

[tawdry dragon]

yeah, just broken wifi (probably wifi card issue)

[azure pond]

Hmm

[tawdry dragon]

had the same problem on a dell that I bought, just needed to be taken out, cleaned, and put back.

[azure pond]

I'd say it's a toss up between the two. Ideally I'd take the second one, but with no charger and wifi it'd end up around $50-70 more

Ah, still looking at a decent amount for a charger

[tawdry dragon]

I have a spare wifi card as well so I should be fine on that part (wifi 6e), and for a power adapter I'd say it's worth the price honestly

[vague pine]

@pallid geyser dont think its available anymore as ive been seeing that and some say it was by accident or short time

still shows up as $10

[pallid geyser]

Ah dang

[cobalt oxide]

The be quiet! pure power 12 M is going for 150. Is this an A tier PSU?

[azure pond]

It's not on the tier list yet

What wattage is it?

[cobalt oxide]

1200

[azure pond]

And what gpu and cpu are you planning to run?

[cobalt oxide]

6900xt with 5800x3d, I know it is overkill. But I thought the price was good for a 1200w PSU

[azure pond]

It's OK, but id just get either
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7v3mP6/seasonic-focus-gx-850-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-focus-gx-850
Or https://pcpartpicker.com/product/6PsV3C/enermax-revolution-df-2-1200-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-ers1200ewt

First one is A tier second is B tier

First one can run a 4090 with a 14700k fairly easily

Obviously so can the second

[cobalt oxide]

Thanks, I will go with the first one

[trim pier]

@azure pond tha 3060 5600x image is outdated, says gtx

kinda weird ngl from amazon

[azure pond]

Price went up too, but considering s&s by Amazon I wouldn't be worried about that

[hollow mountain]

Is there any good pre built desktop build ATM?

[azure pond]

Budget?

[hollow mountain]

1500-2000

[azure pond]

https://newegg.io/0b40d29
With the ram kit https://pcpartpicker.com/product/WFVmP6/teamgroup-t-force-delta-rgb-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-ff4d532g6000hc30dc01

But you could do a lot better by buying the parts yourself and paying someone to assemble it

Could do a 4080 or 7900xtx in budget very easily

[hollow mountain]

Ok thank you for this.

[azure pond]

Also if you'd like, you could add a second ssd. 1tb isn't enough for a lot of people anymore

2tb p34a60 off of tiktok shop would be a good choice, if you're able to use tiktok shop. If not mp44l or a60 are good choices

[pallid geyser]

If anyone needs a real cheap ssd just for a flip build or anything…here’s a 500gb for $10 on tts

[trim pier]

is the 7800xt or 6950xt better to aim for this black friday? I mean if it EVEN goes on "sale"

marking it down by 10$ isn't a sale btw 😭

[jolly inlet]

The 6950 is a good 12% or so better performance so if they're marked down to within 10-15% of the 7800 XT that would be a good buy

[azure pond]

Kone pro air is a nice mouse, I had one. At $30 it's a steal

[flat junco]

Yeah, it's a steal, just be weary of the scroll wheel

[azure pond]

yeah that's what went on mine

[steel wren]

so far the black friday deals seem like normal deals T_T

[uncut portal]

I mean Black Friday hasn’t happened yet

[fleet marlin]

The 12600KF is a darn good value (for me if current cpu gets $70+. I'm pretty tempted.

[azure pond]

Wdym cureent cpu gets $70+?

Like selling it for 70 or more?

[shut lava]

That 2TB P3 $67 deal seems to have gone out of stock rather quickly. Amazon is only showing 3rd party sellers at higher prices now for me.

[steel wren]

yeah, i mean the pre black friday ones, the ones with the black friday protection xD

[grand orbit]

Homely 67 for a 2tb p3 is more what I'd call a normal price for a drive for that level tbh

[fair moon]

Might be the first time I've seen G27Q go below $219

[high radish]

I just being curious why people downwoting to z790 for 200$ lol is there any better price for them ?

[azure pond]

Not really, it also has wifi

There's cheaper but not white

If you're planning to ram tune and want a white mobo, that's ntb over a b760

Or cpu oc

[high radish]

I see only few options under 200$ and they're not really much better than any z690 lol

[jade prawn]

People apparently don't like the 4070ti finally breaking the $750 threshold either. I agree it still should be cheaper but it's going in the right direction.

[azure pond]

Yes but that doesn't make it a good price

It's still awful value, 4070, 7800xt, 7900xtx, 4080, 4090 without inflated price which it hasn't been at until a couple weeks ago, even 4060 ti at its discounted price now is better value

[azure pond]

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

[high radish]

yeah ordered this one as well

https://www.newegg.com/msi-z790-gaming-pro-wifi/p/N82E16813144629?Item=N82E16813144629 this one is trash

I can't even consider it as z790 lol don't even have pcie 5.0

[azure pond]

...

Pcie 5 does not matter whatsoever unless you're among the 2% of people that ssd speeds matters

[high radish]

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813162139 solid z790 I think cheapest Z790 with Thunderbolt as well

[jolly inlet]

More like less than 1%

Even most workstations can't use 5.0 speed

[azure pond]

My dude

[jade prawn]

It's sad too that new games are getting harder to run with these high end cards. I'm losing over 50% of my framerate in games running unreal 5 vs unreal 4.

[azure pond]

Yeah its a very unsustainable trend

[jolly inlet]

But upscaling

[azure pond]

Last year a 1070 was still fairly capable

Now there's a couple games I doubt a 1080 ti could run

[jolly inlet]

Alan Wake 2

Requires mesh shaders that 10 series doesn't have, even the GTX Titan doesn't get 20 fps

[azure pond]

How's it handle starfield?

[jolly inlet]

30-40 fps on 1440p medium

[grand orbit]

Yeah there are and there's z690s really low

[jade prawn]

Yeah I went from around 100-110 fps 1440p epic, to 40-50 fps medium going between unreal 4 & 5. With a 3070ti.

[fair moon]

I love having to stand still in order to see all the details

(this applies to developers using TAA as a crutch as well)

[fleet marlin]

Yes. I was in between 2 shifts. Hmm perhaps should watch for 13600K(F) deal actually for the z690 Force I still have, lol. (The $200ish white model like the Edge or Carbon ones. Not like a 6000ish limit on ram is big issue.

[vague pine]

@pallid geyser now seems half life actually is now free but its listed as on sale for $0.99 but when going to the page its 100% off

half life 2 is also on sale fo r$0.99

stream just be steam i guess

[jolly inlet]

Motion blur being on by default as a crutch also sucks

[daring depot]

I hope im right about that monitor

[daring depot]

Can anyone confirm if those monitor deals are legit gonna go that low in the 22nd?

[marsh sphinx]

Early Black Friday deal

[azure pond]

@lavish willow oled deal check?

In #tech-deals

[silent rampart]

what is tik tok shop

[azure pond]

A shop on the tiktok app

Everything posted is shipped and sold by wegg

[cloud hornet]

Clarification: Everything posted in Wegg's TT shop is shipped and sold by Wegg

[azure pond]

Yes sorry, what I meant by that is everything posted in #tech-deals is shipped and sold by newegg

Not everyone posted on tiktok, sorry for the bad phrasing ty @cloud hornet

[pallid geyser]

Dang that monitor deal

Not bad at all

Dude like a year ago I swear 4k 144hz was $800+

Or at the very least 600