tech-deals-discussion

[burnt prawn]

good or ass?

[azure pond]

Amd cpu naming is lost on me

7320u is ass

I know that much

It's zen 2 architecture which can't be good

[fair moon]

Yeah the 7000 laptop chips are practically a scam

Maybe not all of them but certainly the lower spec ones

[high radish]

You can lower it down to 72$ if you buy z790 mobo

[burnt prawn]

wait

its that bad?

[cinder kiln]

If it has a 1 or 2 in the 3rd number it means it's really old ryzen

It's not real 7000 series

Some are still good with a 3 in it

The naming scheme is really dumb, it's "7000" but it's not "Zen 4"

They can't even follow their own scheme properly, even they themselves get confused about it

I will say tho, for 400 you won't do a whole lot better than this tbf

I would consider a used laptop personally

It's not until about the 700-800 mark that new ones get truly worth it

[burnt prawn]

so i bought this for $480

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-inspiron-16-0-2-in-1-touch-laptop-amd-ryzen-5-7530u-16gb-memory-512gb-ssd-dark-river-blue/6539906.p?skuId=6539906

i thought it was a steal......

its a 7530... if its a scam lmk

[cinder kiln]

It's a bit better, though not 200 better than the other one imo

I wouldn't call these scams btw, just I wouldn't call them full desktop worthy cpus

[burnt prawn]

im only using this for studying while in school

[cinder kiln]

For 150 more you can often afford a 4050 laptop

4050 = 3060m

I guess I should shift gears a bit here. Calling it a scam is wrong @burnt prawn however I would rarely call those all in one laptops worth it

It's really hard to justify the hardware performance in something like that

They're business laptops, great for basic work for years, not for exploring the bounds of what a pc can do though

You could probably find something like an old zephyrus or gf63 for 500 with a 3060 in it

The low range gaming laptops hold up really well

[dry flume]

where?

pairing a 12400f with a z790 is funny tho

[dry flume]

thats quite a nice deal

[high radish]

Yeah but I gonna pair it with B760 mobo which I bought in another combo and pair that z790 with 12700k that I bought with b760

[dry flume]

I am so tempted, so many good deals these days

might flip my b660 and i3 since local market is so inflated

[high radish]

Yeah 12th gen CPUs are decent nowadays. Microcenter have better combos usuallybut it's local only so . We have newegg combos to save day

[dry flume]

Microcenter doesn't ship internationally, rip

I don't complain, amazon puts some good deals every once in a while

bought my 2060 almost two years ago brand new for 140$

[burnt prawn]

yea, i have a nice gaming pc and just need to get done with school, so I decided to get a touch screen laptop that i think will last for years cuz i probs got 2 yrs of school left to knock out

thanks for the info! i appreciate the heads up and if i regret not returning my laptop...

o7

xD

have a good night!

[azure pond]

12700kf b760 ds3h was $215 last week lol

[high radish]

Yeah I have that combo so I will switch mobos

[azure pond]

5700x a520m plus wifi is $265, and comes with a free 1tb sata ssd

[high radish]

it's really hard to resell them so I ignored it

[fair moon]

with a good sale 600 can get you something pretty good imo

[tawdry dragon]

this deal still going on at microcenter

[tawdry dragon]

I got my acer nitro 5 with an 11400h/3050ti for $400 off of ebay

[fair moon]

Used gaming laptops are a play, sometimes it's harder to find good general use lappys used cause people hold onto them for longer

[tough veldt]

https://www.techpowerup.com/323569/aoc-presents-27-u27b3a-and-u27b3af-affordable-4k-monitors-with-ips-panels#comments @high radish good deal ?

[azure pond]

I wouldnt bother with 4k at 27"

Negatives heavily outweigh the benefits imo

[tough veldt]

Negatives like ?

[high radish]

27 inch 4k would be weird

[tough veldt]

Whats the minimum for 4k ?

32 ?

I want one for blender

[high radish]

yeah . 32 inch alright for 4k

I still hanging on with qled panels

ultrawide 4k oleds wen

[tough veldt]

Nothing in computex ?

[high radish]

g9 oled is still 2k

[azure pond]

The benefit of 4k is higher pixel density, to give clearer and more defined images

At 27", it's hard to tell the difference between 1440p and 4k

The downside of 4k is that it requires much more out of the gpu to run, as it's rendering a lot more pixels

This means you either turn settings down, or lose fps

Or both

[tough veldt]

Yeap i want to use it in 3d modeling so no benefit ?

[tough veldt]

Yes i agree with you in gaming but maybe for blender its better

Seeing clearer images

[cinder kiln]

Zero benefit if that's what you're hunting for

Just do 1440p

If you need a higher fidelity, go 32" 4K

[tough veldt]

So 4k minimum 32 ?

Right ?

[cinder kiln]

You can if you can run that

[tough veldt]

Nice thanks

[azure pond]

M28u or 32"

[cinder kiln]

It still doesn't add a whole lot to modelling beyond some finer detail

Nothing that zooming in can't do

[azure pond]

28" is the absolute bare minimum, and even then it's hard to see a difference

[tough veldt]

I will invest in that

[azure pond]

You'd have to be sitting very close to your monitor

[tough veldt]

Better than a 4k tv

[cinder kiln]

Like face pressed against the screen

[tough veldt]

Lol

[azure pond]

4k at 32" has higher pixel density than 1080p at 24"

[cinder kiln]

Honestly sitting at a desk, 4K at 42" looks really sharp even up close

[azure pond]

1080p 24" was pretty much the standard till a few years ago

[cinder kiln]

Like that's how much I'm emphasising how little 4k will help here

[tough veldt]

Bigger desk 😄

[cinder kiln]

My desk has two towers and a 42" tv

It's pretty big lmao

[tough veldt]

Wow

[cinder kiln]

I sit about 2 feet from the screen

So looking at it takes up a good 30 degrees-ish of my field of vision

It's honestly really sharp

Like 32" I would say is still 1440p territory in it's own right really

Why am I being pedantic about this? Cos only 2 or 3 gpus can even moderately handle 4k if you do anything gaming lol

[tough veldt]

Yeah agree

[cinder kiln]

Cos otherwise you'd be buying a 4k60 right?

[tough veldt]

But photoshop/blender

I Can Do it

[cinder kiln]

I mean if you're still prepared to do it, alr

But I'd consider oled imo

For that sort of money oled will have a bigger impact than 4k

For editing and modelling

[tough veldt]

500$ max budget

[cinder kiln]

Colour accuracy >>>>

[cinder kiln]

There was a $540 one like 2 days ago

#tech-deals message

Very good one too

I would 100% take that over m32u

Oled is just OP af for colour work

Rip the sale seems to be maybe gone

This is $600 tho

[tough veldt]

Yeah

[cinder kiln]

https://www.amazon.com/KTC-Monitor-Speakers-FreeSync-DisplayPort1-4/dp/B0CF2FD5P4

Would be worth stretching imo

Oled is literal endgame for colour work

For gaming too, for that matter

[tough veldt]

So just invest in one single monitor that

Do everything

[cinder kiln]

Ye

[tough veldt]

Thanks for your help

[cinder kiln]

Use a throwaway secondary

[tough veldt]

I will waiting for a good deal

[cinder kiln]

Like literally anything with a hdmi for second screen imo

[cinder kiln]

Shame we weren't two days earlier haha

[tough veldt]

Yeap hh

Also this IS the first year for oled

[cinder kiln]

Nah

Oled came out in like

2010? Lol

We are seeing the first monitors of eventual maturity here

They've come a long way

[tough veldt]

Thats what i am saying hhhh

[tough veldt]

So Oled now IS better than apple monitors retina ?

For cheap Price

[cinder kiln]

Ooo I'd have no idea

I haven't seen a current day retina

I have seen retina and it's good but idk about the apple pro ones

[high radish]

https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-9-7900x3d-ryzen-9-7000-series/p/N82E16819113792 7900x3d for 325$

why 7900x3d getting cheaper

[tough veldt]

https://tenor.com/view/the-rock-rock-gif-21708339

[high radish]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/904073551957614703/1003165002196340786/hattip-resize.gif

[cinder kiln]

People shying away from 6 core dual ccd probably

"7800X3D is the fastest" is convincing enough for most people lol"

[high radish]

7900x3d more capable for people who work and game on single pc

[stable knoll]

Check this out on @Newegg:Yeyian Gaming Desktop Tanto NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070- AI Integrated Intel Core i5 13th Gen 13400F (2.50GHz) 16GB DDR5 1 TB PCIe SSD Windows 11 Home 64-bit YPI-TA34F0B-4701U https://www.newegg.com/yeyian-ypi-ta34f0b-4701u-tanto/p/N82E16883630033?Item=N82E16883630033&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-83-630-033-_-06132024

It looks like a good price with ZIP

what yall think?

[jolly inlet]

After the zip discount that's about what it would cost to build it yourself

[stable knoll]

yea after tax it goes for 1115, pretty decent

[jolly inlet]

I'd make sure to read the terms of zip to see if there's things like fees or interest and what the payment structure looks like

[stable knoll]

Do you think it will bottleneck? checked on a website it says %20

[jolly inlet]

Bottleneck calculators are useless

It's fine

The only issue I see is the memory

2x8GB is worse than 1x16GB on DDR5

[stable knoll]

it says Memory Spec 16 GB x 1 so need to buy another one to make it better 16 x 1 right?

[jolly inlet]

The pictures show 2 sticks so who knows what you'll get

If you do get a single 16GB stick you can toss another one in there to get 32GB total. We can help pick the right one out once you have it, it should be under $50.

[stable knoll]

oh gotcha, appreciate it I'm about the check this ZIP, it looks like doesn't charge fees nor interest compared to affirm

[trim pier]

https://www.techpowerup.com/323572/us-government-sanctions-deepcool-over-supplying-to-blacklisted-russian-firms If you've bought deepcool, you support Russia!!

jk

Hold on

I should run to my microcenter

[jolly inlet]

Deepcool more like Deep State amiright
||don't take that as an invitation for a political argument||

[trim pier]

I wonder

does this also mean Thermalright?

Considering it said 13 other companies

16*

[jolly inlet]

The 16 companies it's referring to are Chinese companies that are recently sanctioned

Here's those 16 companies https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/932936/download?inline

One of which is a category that basically says "anyone we missed"

[azure pond]

Deep state? More like Atlantis

[jolly inlet]

Because water cooling

[azure pond]

That wasn't funny but I spent a solid minute trying to come up with something funnier and couldn't

[jolly inlet]

u rite

[azure pond]

So you get that

[jolly inlet]

@azure pond You really should trim those links

[pallid geyser]

Miss the $60 2tb ssds

[high radish]

Yeah

[fair moon]

Not sure if this is account locked or what but I'm not going to use it

[daring depot]

I swear I just saw this thing available on Amazon last night

why?

[high radish]

i wonder why everyone selling 7900x3d for cheap lol

[shut lava]

They didn't sell well to begin with and I have a feeling the new AMD non X3D CPUs will have nearly equal gaming performance. So they have to clear out inventory.

[balmy lake]

Worth an upgrade from 7600X? Or wait for a 9000 series? Or wait to see if prices fall for 7800X3d later? I’m in no need for it. Purely a ‘want’ situation, lol.

[cinder kiln]

Wait imo

Can jump to 9000x3d

Though frankly 7600x doesn't really struggle with any hardware yet at 1440p

[balmy lake]

Yeah, im only really playing 1 game right now and it doesn’t even hardly register on either cpu or gpu, on max settings. But it is a 20+ yr old game originally developed for consoles, lol.

[jolly inlet]

It's the black sheep of the family. Most people would either prefer to have all 16 cores or have a single X3D CCD.

[pallid geyser]

I mean shoot if they’re that bad just give it to me smh

(/s)

[warm coyote]

7900x3d games fine still preferable over vanilla zen4 parts

Also one time it was almost same price as 7800x3d

I would take the better multi core performance and just use lasso to direct games on what ccd to use

[jolly inlet]

I agree, to a point. The 7800X3D does still beat it in games, and so does the 7950X3D.
Though after the latest chipset driver update most of the stuttering issues I've seen have been fixed.

[cinder kiln]

Yeah the new scheduler seems to have made things a good degree better

Like it wasn't bad before, but you could definitely tell what struggled more easily

Everything just feels more smooth

[high radish]

built that 7900x3d recently and it's amazing pcu for its price . handing both gaming and workload great

just have to configure bunch of things to get good gaming performance

[jolly inlet]

I haven't needed to use process lasso as much after that last chipset update. Make sure you're up to date, it dropped a few days ago.

The worst offender I had was Forever Skies where it would hang for a good half second every minute or so, even with process lasso. That's basically gone now, except when it's loading into a new area since it's a "no loading screens" game.

It was even worse if I alt tabbed out of the game and came back but that's also fixed.

[marsh sphinx]

what could 100-115 USD get me for a monitor?

idk if i already asked this

[cinder kiln]

Koorui 24E3 or whatever it's called is basically the only option

[azure pond]

G255f too

G244f e2 at microcenter

[daring depot]

It's almost prime day, you could wait and get a decent 144hz 1080p monitor

[marsh sphinx]

interesting

what day would that be?

[balmy lake]

Actually, I believe i heard today is the start of ‘Walmart Plus’ day. Idk what they have. It’s basically walmarts version of prime day.

Yep! Also seems to be all week. Not just a day or two.

[azure pond]

You already can

Without special sales

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Wbgrxr/msi-g255f-245-1920-x-1080-180-hz-monitor-g255f

Good monitor too

[fallen idol]

There is big sale on Radeon GPUs (via amazon) sold by baseball cap-shop, 10,500 reviews 4.6/5 stars. Is this legit?

[azure pond]

Mmmm

[fallen idol]

$300 (usd) for ‘new’ rx 6800 is kinda crazy

paid like $380 for mine

[cinder kiln]

That shop itself has a CN address and 8 reviews

I saw that shop, tread with caution, I suspect big scam

[fallen idol]

Thank you

[lilac prawn]

Baseball cap shop definitely sells gpus

Definitely don't buy from them tho

[thin bolt]

@azure pond would that build work for this guy

[azure pond]

Ye

There's also
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hPdhHG

[azure pond]

^

[thin bolt]

Hey uh

That cpu is $100

Not $283

@azure pond

[azure pond]

It includes mobo, psu, and ssd

[daring depot]

I wish that cpu were stronger just a bit

HD2 burns cpus

[warm coyote]

helldivers 2?

even a ryzen 5 1600 gets 60fps in that game iirc

[torpid night]

It's more of a graphics game lol

[lilac prawn]

Dunno what settings you're running helldivers 2 at but my CPU never reached past 65% utilization

On all low except for render distance

[fair moon]

Utilization isn't the entire story though, not all games can use all the cores/threads

I wouldn't be surprised if Helldivers is cpu heavy because of how many "ai"/cpu/non-player enemies there are

[daring depot]

Dude im maxing out my cpu every time

11800h

idk what the issue is, it also could be the fact that my laptop has horrible power usage

[daring depot]

not really. My taskmanager sees it more as a cpu heavy game

[torpid night]

The issue is that you're using Task Manager

[daring depot]

also that

but my laptop also crashes the moment I try and Tab out for anything

*Game crashes

damnit maybe it is just my computer

[jolly inlet]

That's also a laptop CPU

The desktop 12400F would be about 15% better at gaming when only looking at CPU data

I would bet your laptop has a poor power limit for when the CPU and GPU are both in use

[daring depot]

very likely

its this thing
https://www.acer.com/us-en/predator/laptops/triton/triton-300/pdp/NH.QDQAA.003?

The battery life is already horrid so i wouldnt doubt the power usage is just as bad

[jolly inlet]

You can delete everything after the ? in a link like that, it's just metadata like tracking and promos

Yep like that

[daring depot]

cool. didnt know that

I wonder if Amazon is the same

[jolly inlet]

Amazon you can delete ref=

Same concept

So you've got a 45W (max) CPU and a 95W (max) GPU but a 230W charger

Nice Acer, real nice ||/s||

[daring depot]

would you mind explaining in noob terms?

cause it seems decent

[jolly inlet]

You'd think based on raw specs

But the issue is twofold, that's PEAK power draw, not sustained, it reduces the limit after a short time, and when both the CPU and GPU are in use the limits are much lower. Probably 25W and 65W.

Which you'd never know by looking at the charger wattage alone because it provides double the power you'd ever really use

[daring depot]

wait the issue isnt the actual charger??

I mean, i would assume the actual frame of the laptop is at fault, being a "thin" computer

it heats up quite fast actually. There is TURBO mode to increase fan usage

[jolly inlet]

That's the issue. It can only hold the peak power for a little bit of time before it has to cut the limit down to prevent overheating. That in turn reduces your clock speeds, which can make it appear like you're maxing out the CPU when in fact it's just a gimped CPU

[daring depot]

ic

[torpid night]

I didn’t scroll up earlier but this is also probably the issue

The game is typically heavy on both (depending on the specs of the PC)

[thin bolt]

Is this a deal?

@cinder kiln

[jolly inlet]

I wouldn't trust that seller

[stoic crest]

It's a scam attempt I bet

Amazon LLC lol

Oh wait

Quick googling tells me it's amazon

Just the amazon global branch

Still something smells off

[grave delta]

legit

[stoic crest]

[warm dagger]

What do you guys think of this windows 11 pro offer in sweatcoin?

[fair moon]

If it's $40 that's meh, if its $5 then it's good

[warm dagger]

Its 40

[jolly inlet]

It's easy to find legit keys for $20, the sketchy ones are $5

Due to server rules neither shall be linked

[fair moon]

Petition to allow linking to oem keys

[tough veldt]

Its amazon for me !?!

Where

You Can see that ?

[warm coyote]

the price changed to where it should be hence shows amazon now

[tawdry dragon]

I just realized that the last 2 words are 公司 which means company, so it's literally just xxxxxxcompany

[trim pier]

seen it cheaper

[balmy lake]

Hold out as long as possible. H8 win11. Started with a new company and their machines are all win11. I wanna throw mine out the window.

[jolly inlet]

You can make 11 look like 10 but probably can't on an office PC if the IT guys have any brains

[lilac prawn]

That's still a lot

And imo, with what they're doing to windows I don't know if it's even worth paying for a license at all but that's a separate issue

[dry flume]

Been a year since I made my first build and I still have no active windows license

[marsh sphinx]

Our wi-fi is gonna come with some booster routers for me and my parents. Would connecting my PC to ethernet on it be better than getting a better WiFi card?

Also, having a weird issue where sometimes my taskbar goes blank and my mouse starts to kinda look like it’s processing something when I click it. I think it might be a processor issue but what do you guys think

[light holly]

Connecting via ethernet is in almost every way better than connecting via wifi.

[marsh sphinx]

i figured lol, takk

[daring depot]

Is 10gb vram gonna hold up for 5 years?

[prime crow]

no

[daring depot]

Fek

[prime crow]

most studios want over 16 now as standard for new games

AAA's that is

[daring depot]

I'll just splurge next year then and save

By then, older high end gpus are bound to be cheaper

[prime crow]

Ive got 10 and I see games nearly chew all it up at only 2k resolution

[daring depot]

Lol, I have 6 and 2k resolution

[prime crow]

ouch

[daring depot]

I'm lucky my computer still runs

I really need to downgrade

[azure pond]

7900xt for 350 used when

[daring depot]

Pls bro. I'm depending on it

[warm dagger]

Then studios will want 24 gigs as a standard

[jolly inlet]

Yeah to run those LLMs in the background so you can talk to NPCs

[grand orbit]

Better than mining in the background xD

[azure pond]

@cinder kiln

[cinder kiln]

Wuh ping

I told you about that case months ago bacca lol

Oh wait

No maybe I didn't

Nvm

I know this case and yes it's great

[warm coyote]

seems like a great case in tech deals

the front seems mesh or not doubtful

[fair moon]

Front holds the PSU, But you can intake plenty of air elsewhere

[tawdry dragon]

Kinda like smaller ap201

[cinder kiln]

Pretty much, but it's invertible and a lot smarter with the space

[torpid night]

I like this case tbh. I have it and I’m using it as my server case

[tawdry dragon]

makes me kinda regret getting my pc case, but then again I regret my entire pc

[torpid night]

What's your PC specs? (And case lol)

[tawdry dragon]

i5 13500, 32gb ddr4, 3070, 5tb in ssds, and ap201

It's really the cpu/mobo/ram combo that I got that I regret

[torpid night]

Definitely could've gotten better specs if you had like 2-3TB less in storage lolll

The AP201 isn't that bad

But the specs aren't too bad either tbh

[tawdry dragon]

it's not bad, but it's massive for an matx case

[torpid night]

It is lol. I think Lian Li collaborate with another SFF case manufacturer to make basically a smaller AP201 (I could be way off on that collab)

[tawdry dragon]

My problem is that I upgraded to the 13500 when I could've gotten my cousin to ship over a microcenter bundle for the same price.

next pc I'm getting is either going to be massive or tiny

[torpid night]

https://a.co/d/05RivJK8
Yeah, Lian Li and DAN

[tawdry dragon]

at that point idk why you wouldn't just get an itx case lol

[torpid night]

You'd be surprised by how difficult going small would be. I did this for my gf and now it's a pain trying to upgrade her

[tawdry dragon]

I don't upgrade all that often, I just get a pc and use it for a few years

[torpid night]

I’m basically going to have to get her a new PC atp just to upgrade her how I'd like

[tawdry dragon]

lol

I'd rather just get a good pc now, and keep it for 5 years

[torpid night]

Around every two years for me lol

[tawdry dragon]

I really want to upgrade to a 1440p 240hz ultrawide monitor, but my pc can't handle it and I have no reason for it

[torpid night]

Wait for this year's (next year's?) GPUs and get a new monitor around the same time of getting a GPU

[tawdry dragon]

If i'm going to upgrade at all, I'm going to sell my entire pc and just get a new one

just buy an ssd and keep the 3 that are in my pc already

I'd upgrade to the 7900xtx or similar (whatever comes out) and keep that build for a while, that way I can upgrade my monitor without worrying about performance problems

[fair moon]

Because both itx motherboards and sfx psus are typically much more expensive than matx

$505 for itx
7600/a620itx/nr200/500w sfx
$365 for matx
7600/a520matx/sama im01/550w atx

[strange anvil]

Hey so I've been searching around for a bit, but I'd like to ask for a little help from the techies here for recommendations on laptops (or where to find them). My hope is to find a laptop within the <$600 range that can play modded minecraft and modded terraria comfortably. 16gb, >=1080p, >=60fps, and hoping for a ~3 hour battery life. Finally, the laptop MUST be new. Please just trust me, my luck with pre-owned electronics is atrocious.

[tawdry dragon]

do you want to play modded mc and terraria ON battery?

and what mods specifically on mc

[strange anvil]

For modded minecraft we can assume medium sized kitchen sink modpacks, ~200 mod range or thereabouts. As for on battery, the hope is yes, but not all the time

For refrence, this is what I'm currently eying
https://www.microcenter.com/product/676307/acer-nitro-v-anv15-51-54ul-156-gaming-laptop-computer-platinum-collection-obsidian-black

[tawdry dragon]

it's not the best thing I've ever seen

this is one of the newer acer nitros so I'm not too familiar with them

[thin bolt]

@stoic crest is the expert

[tawdry dragon]

I do have a acer nitro myself, its a slightly older model, but it has the same gpu

(possibly the 4gb vram model idrk)

and I can tell you that it will NOT last 3 hours

[strange anvil]

I'm dumb, and didn't word it properly. I hope for 3 hours on casual day to day actions (YouTube, Chrome tabs, word, school work), not for gaming applications

[thin bolt]

If you’re not gaming, nitros aren’t for you

[tawdry dragon]

I don't really pay attention, but when I do school and such online on my laptop, it will last around 2-3 hours ish

[tawdry dragon]

He did say it's for gaming, but he wants 3 hours of battery for other tasks when he's not gaming

[daring depot]

oh

he gonna need a beefy laptop

probably just needs a big battery tbh. Most newer laptops have strong enough systems to mod games

heck I modded skyrim on my 1660ti Dell G3 perfectly fine. that thing lasted me nearly 8 hours on battery

(light gaming on roblox tho)

[tawdry dragon]

afaik this is a better laptop overall compared to the acer nitro @strange anvil https://www.microcenter.com/product/663873/lenovo-loq-156-gaming-laptop-computer-onyx-grey not an expert though

[daring depot]

wait

[tawdry dragon]

cpu is worse, but only by about 9%

[daring depot]

dont 12th gen intel stuff have bad battery drainage

[tawdry dragon]

not sure

[strange anvil]

That laptop is $10 less

[daring depot]

I was told to avoid 12th gen intel stuff due to that fact

[strange anvil]

I'll pay the 10 more for the upgrade from 12450 to 13420

[tawdry dragon]

the model of laptop is better

in terms of everything else

[daring depot]

honestly acer stuff isnt too good

i recomend an ASUS laptop personally

battery life on those is great

[tawdry dragon]

acer nitro and msi gf63 laptops are meant to have the best specs for the lowest money, and that means sacrificing on everything else

anyways, the only info that I have for laptops is when I was buying my own, therefore I am NOT an expert

[strange anvil]

So I may be dumb but I've looked on the specs for both laptops... how is it better in every other aspect? It seems equal in most other aspects?

[cinder kiln]

LOQ my beloeved

Boeleveled

Be-

Boeing

[tawdry dragon]

What

[cinder kiln]

[tawdry dragon]

Skill issue

[cinder kiln]

Ur about to be silenced by big aviation

[tawdry dragon]

Noooooo

[cinder kiln]

https://tenor.com/view/evil-laugh-gif-25608698

[tawdry dragon]

Whatever have I done noooo

[cinder kiln]

You've spoken out for the last time RAAAAA

[cinder kiln]

No

[tawdry dragon]

I AINT DO NOTHING NOOOO

[cinder kiln]

LOQ is bae

Best value laptop 2023

(No this is not a joke)

[strange anvil]

Look, assume I have some (but not a lot) of tech knowledge... how is the loq better than the acer nitro in this example of 2 laptops?

[cinder kiln]

Bigger number is not better

In fact a lot of 13th gen cpus are based on 12th gen arch

So they're often not even upgrades

Intel is deceptive

They are in fact, after a google, the same cpu

One has a slight clock boost, however, as far as overall fit and finish of both laptops

iirc the Acer was ok, but the LOQ was one of the best from last year

Nothing special, just functional and plain good

Only drawback I remember is the LOQ has a relatively slow display vs others

But it's in the realm of something unnoticeable to the naked eye

So it's still perfectly fine

I would also opt for the loq tbh

3050 is a bit lackluster

Like for 550 you could probably find a used 3060 laptop or 2070 laptop

But LOQ is usually a good buy

[strange anvil]

Used is out of the question

No ifs, ands, or buts. Please don't ask

[cinder kiln]

Hey man, I gotta say it

The jump to those other two would be enormous

Like 40%+

Huge performance leap

[strange anvil]

As per my original inquiry

Look, I've been currently debating the loq vs the nitro and will continue to until maybe the end of the week when I'll bite the bullet

Who knows, maybe a better deal will show itself

[pulsar fable]

So, the LOQ is recvomended by one guy because it was a good laptop, but someone else says to avoid it because 12th gen drains battery

[strange anvil]

'Appears to be the long and short of it, yeah

[trim pier]

For a pc that looks like an old camcorder

idk how to feel about that one

120-130 fps on CSGO.. First that's CSGO, then is it on low or what 😭

[stoic crest]

780m igp

no, 680m

it's competent

[proper wagon]

680m was definitely good, it's what the 6800u gaming handhelds all had, which could play cyberpunk albeit at console fps

[warm coyote]

lol the top does give camcorder vibes

if it has a thunderbolt port could hook a discrete gpu to it

320$+300$ 4060=620$

my bad forgot to count in the enclosure price

[proper wagon]

Too bad it doesn't have oculink - would be a serious sleeper deal

[shut lava]

That $648 XFX Speedster MERC310 AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX is a little sus. It ships from an unknown seller with only 2 ratings and one of them was something to keep cupholders clean.

[jolly inlet]

@dull flame I had to delete that, too many signs of scam. Amazon is full of them.

[dull flame]

It's okay. I had no clue.

Sorry, didn't mean to post a possible scam.

[high radish]

Yeah I almost fell to that scam once too lol

[normal spear]

We've all had our bad calls

[pulsar fable]

Way too "mileage may vary" to put in #tech-deals , but if you live near a micro center it may be there

[jolly inlet]

Only certain stores have open box/refurb CPUs

[warm coyote]

239 for a 5800x3d does not seem like that great of a value when the 7600 is cheaper

[jolly inlet]

It's an option for someone that already has AM4, since that would be a cheaper upgrade than buying a whole new platform

[warm coyote]

ig but although a bit late for in platforms upgrades for am4 because b650 and ddr5 is cheap enough imo

[jolly inlet]

That's still a good $200 more, and someone that's still chugging along with a 2700X probably doesn't have all that much money

[warm coyote]

i think windows snappiness is also much better with the 7600

[warm coyote]

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-cuts-ryzen-7-7700-price-to-247-making-it-the-cheapest-am5-8-core-cpu

if someone has some weird 6core allergy

[high radish]

Newegg have decent 12th gen combos again

[warm coyote]

link some

[jolly inlet]

The newegg combos are weird, you have to build it yourself usually. It's hard to link properly.

[high radish]

Yeah that sux

Still I love newegg combos

Good alternative to MC combos

[pulsar fable]

More motherboard combos 👀

[high radish]

[daring depot]

GOOD GOD

[daring depot]

dude is this worth it?

how long is the 12700 gonna last

[jolly inlet]

The answer to that is always and without exception "it depends"

If you always have to have the latest thing, the most powerful GPU, the highest settings, then it won't last you as long as someone that's ok turning it down from ultra to high occasionally.

[daring depot]

yeah good point

I dont really have a way to compare it tho. As long as I can boot a crap ton of programs reliably im ok

[jolly inlet]

It can definitely do that

[daring depot]

how do you check what GPU's are supported by any motherboard again?

dumb question actually ill just look it up

[jolly inlet]

Every GPU that uses the standard PCIe interface will work on any motherboard with the appropriately sized PCIe slot

You can put a 4090 into a motherboard from 2010

It would be heavily limited by the bandwidth, but it would function

[swift forge]

anyone have any newegg promo codes they can give?

[jolly inlet]

Those are typically either item or account exclusive

[warm coyote]

Not that much better then vanilla zen3 like 5600x soo I would say an upgrade within 2 years would be needed if you target 60fps or more

If you need 60fps or more even in unoptimized games like dragons dogma 2 imo
An upgrade is needed immediately

[thin bolt]

Why do I not have $550

[prisma mortar]

quite a distance

[jolly inlet]

Prime example of one of those people that always needs the highest settings and the latest hardware

[lilac prawn]

2 years?? Broski I've had my 3600 on stock for 7 years

I'm still running well over 60fps

Maybe not 7 but you get the idea, well over 2 years

[lilac prawn]

It's from Ohio of course it wouldn't ship to Canada-

[warm coyote]

that is still good to see

also sometimes depends on how excited someone is for a game

for me whatever star wars outlaws demands later this year star wars outlaws gets

[azure pond]

Prime example of someone not knowing wtf they're talking about

[lilac prawn]

???

Confusion

[azure pond]

Rafsan

Not fal

The message he replied to

[lilac prawn]

Oh no I figured haha

Charitably speaking that made the most sense

I'm confused as to how the game could ask anything above recommend specs

Which I can safely assume is way below whatever he has

Almost no game would ask for a 4090 and a 12900kf

Or whatever

Apparently except starfield

[warm coyote]

slowfield

[lilac prawn]

Sadfield

[warm coyote]

hopefully by the dlc launch they speed up the game performance further

[lilac prawn]

How is a dlc going to do that?

Better off relying on the mods to do that anyway haha

That's how they intend the game to be fixed after their own patches

[warm coyote]

elden ring with the new dlc patch also saw performance improvements soo you never know

[lilac prawn]

I doubt they'd do it

[warm coyote]

but still saw stutters time to time though

[lilac prawn]

Elden ring is made by fromsoft

Starfield is made by todd howard

Mr It Just Works ™️

[swift forge]

what are the chances of this getting restocked soon? I was going to buy this but it went out of stock

[thin bolt]

Probably within a few days or weeks

[stoic crest]

nand price is dropping again

so it might come back cheaper even

[balmy lake]

How about this deal?https://nextdoor.com/for_sale_and_free/3d5c9e73-cd39-48ca-8805-30e90d118f87?utm_source=share&extras=MTMzMDU2NzQ%3D

[pallid geyser]

Equally as good as 5090

[balmy lake]

The collector side of me wants it.

[vestal needle]

Both on sale which should i get?

I don’t know how hp is but i figured msi is better

[brittle lagoon]

By only those specs the HP one is better, but it is refurb

[vestal needle]

Since its refurb and from microcenter is that better than refurbished else where? Or do you think it would be better to spend more for new but less specs

[azure pond]

I'd def take the victus personally

[brittle lagoon]

Dunno if it's microcenter refurb or HP refurb, just keep in mind the usual isrefurb usually having less warranty, usually some cosmetic damage, sometimes missing accessories

[vestal needle]

Hmm im so torn on which one to get lol.. what would you do

[azure pond]

Victus is a good model, 4060 in that cheap of a laptop is a great deal too

Plus 32gb ram to boot

[vestal needle]

I guess i could take a chance with refurb i appreciate it

[stoic crest]

victus is better

in all ways

[warm axle]

I see a gaming PC with i7 8700k, 32GB RAM, and 1080ti for 250

Should I get it? I think it’s a good deal. What do you guys think?

[daring depot]

not that powerful

but I have basically the same thing and it runs even RE4 on medium ok

[warm axle]

Lol he felt like he was selling it for too cheap and changed his mind

He said he willing to take 200 but he then changed his mind

[stoic crest]

hey

that's not bad

250 for all that is pretty good in its own right

normally

people ask 500 outta these

[thin bolt]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/116231750114

https://www.ebay.com/itm/145784520960

[warm axle]

He changed his mind about selling it at 200 something lol

I shouldn’t have bought that earlier cause another guy was selling the same thing for just 50. I’ll just buy the other as well one because these cases are kind of rare on the used market at such a price

[shut lava]

This isn't the spam-scam-discussion channel

[frosty gate]

One of these couldn't come to completion sadly

[balmy lake]

Is there a spam/scam discussion channel? Lol

[thin bolt]

#general-chat usually

[trim pier]

So from what I found with the deal

Reddit actually made this helpful w r/buildapc

Basically you can take the 7800x3d with ANY ram and ANY motherboard, and it comes out to the price.

That price would be the discounted CPU + the prices of the mobo and ram.

so even if you added a 120$ motherboard, 98$ ram kit, and the cpu, comes out cheaper than microcenters bundle.

downside is, you pay for your parts that you get.

It might be possible to buy the parts, then price match the motherboard as microcenters prices are MSRP OR you can buy the parts, return it a day later and buy it cheaper online.

Even used if you want, ngl this may be the cheapest way to get a high end pc aside from brand new gpu and trash ssd prices

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6HcJL9

1300-1350 give or take after tax + white cable mods & possible part changes?

[fair moon]

just FYI you often lose the savings when returning any part of a bundle deal.

[trim pier]

How so? You'd return the ram and motherboard at it's original price + the split within tax

And you keep the discounted CPU

[fair moon]

Just make sure to read the fine print if that's your plan

[azure pond]

i wouldnt do gf1 2024

much worse than old gf1

nice list otherwise

[jolly inlet]

Most places only price match what you can buy online

[thin bolt]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/285916939732
Can’t remember if I asked here

Would this be a decent grab

$315 would be the price

$415 after taxes and stuf

[grand orbit]

seems kinda mid tbh

[thin bolt]

Just wondered.

[grand orbit]

cant remember where but i remember a brand new 4060 11400f build or something in some shop for like 500 or somehting

[thin bolt]

Ah yeah, forgot about that

The legion one

[tiny heron]

If anyone is near the philly area this is a steal https://www.facebook.com/share/cXCDTaaXxHkGpKyv/?mibextid=kL3p88

[thin bolt]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/156046813385

[torpid night]

Refurbished. No thank you

[zenith lantern]

Bought from same seller. Had 18 power on cycles and 3.5 years power on

[pulsar fable]

Got a 6tb in a similar manner. 50k hours 🫠

[stoic crest]

that's like

a 6 year old drive at least

[pulsar fable]

A quick search shoes the drive to be a 2014 model. I got this a year ago

So yeah, I guess that checks out

[stoic crest]

2014

That's 9 years old by the time you got it

[high radish]

I respect whoever dare to buy refurbished HDDs lol

[azure pond]

My 2018 hgst 4tb is going strong

No idea how many hours or cycles

[zenith lantern]

If it craps out the eBay seller will honor their 5 year warranty

For this seller anyways

I just put anime on the drive and use it to back up other junk

[hidden viper]

Hey if I buy the parts off new egg can new egg build the pc for me and how much would that fee be ?

[pure ingot]

I don't believe that is an option. I think you'd have to buy one of the prebuilts.

or build it yourself.

[hidden viper]

Oh ok

🥲

[pure ingot]

They do have a PC builder section on the website that will help make sure PC parts are compatible but I believe PcPartPicker is more popular here for putting together a list. Building a PC isn't that bad and you can learn how on youtube, or have an experienced friend help you. You could also find local PC shops and see if they could do that for you, but some of them charge exorbitant fees, so keep that in mind. Of course, we here on this discord are also here to help if you need it with any part of the process. Many users here will chime in and help with issues/questions you have while designing or building a PC.

[hidden viper]

Yea I have a place near me that can but they want to charge me over 300 bucks to build it for me

So I’m stuck doing it my self I just nervous about messing up something

[brittle lagoon]

Should just try to build it yourself at that point

[hidden viper]

Mostly on the cpu

[brittle lagoon]

Microcenter offers building for around $100 if I recall if you really need it

[thin bolt]

CPUs are not that easy to mess up

[brittle lagoon]

Don't use too much force and you won't damage it

[thin bolt]

Just take it slow and careful

[pure ingot]

Learning to build one is great imo because once you learn to build it, upgrading it later on is easy. It's basically like adult legos. The only part you have to need to be really careful with is the CPU and all you do is lign up the triangles or dots and you shuoldn't have to force it in at all to put it in the slot. You do have to use some minor force to close the clasp over it though.

after that the rest is pretty easy as long as you pay attention to the labels.

[brittle lagoon]

Just never push on the CPU and you won't damage it

[pure ingot]

most parts can only go into certain places and in a certain way

[brittle lagoon]

Just drop it in place

[thin bolt]

Directions are pretty straight forward.

Everything has a certain place.

[brittle lagoon]

The only thing that takes a good bit of force is the 24pin power, don't use force on anything else

[pure ingot]

minor force on those cpu clasps. Everyone always thinks they're going to break em lol

[hidden viper]

Alrighty and what’s that lol I’m new to all this

[hidden viper]

I would lol

[pure ingot]

24pin is the large PSU wire that feeds power to the mobo

[brittle lagoon]

Oh yea the latch can take a bit of force too

But as long as the CPU was oriented correctly it won't do any damage

[brittle lagoon]

Thicc cable

[hidden viper]

Ok I’ll remember off thicc 😂

[pure ingot]

I promise it seems scary the first time, but afterwards it's pretty easy. Just dont drop things and don't force things together lol

[thin bolt]

The only thing that took a little force for my fiancés pc was the nvme slotting

But it was a very janky drive

[pure ingot]

and read the mobo manual while doing it, and I usually recommend people follow a good youtube guide and ask questions here.

[brittle lagoon]

Everything wants to work together, if it ain't going in, it's probably not meant to go there

[hidden viper]

lol I can see my self accidentally trying to put the gpu in a ram slot imagine😭😂

And I hope my case is big enough for the 4070 super

[pure ingot]

there's no way. They are completely different sizes and oriented in the complete wrong way

what case?

[hidden viper]

Ik lol that’s why I said imagine 😂

[hidden viper]

Lianli lan cool 216

How every spell it

[pure ingot]

I mean I have seen people force in the wrong power wires to the wrong ports and fried components, even though they are keyed.

[hidden viper]

Don’t scare me like that lol

Do you think that’s a big enough case ?

[pure ingot]

what gpu did/are you buy/ing?

you have 392mm of gpu space.

[hidden viper]

4070 super

[pure ingot]

yeah but what brand? they can be different sizes, although the 3 fan one I'm looking at is 261mm so I think you will have plenty of room

[thin bolt]

@hidden viper make sure you’re getting the best deals on everything. Don’t buy everything from one spot because of ease.

[pure ingot]

largest I can find is 307.

[thin bolt]

Same. Can’t find anything bigger

[hidden viper]

This is my list

And I’m getting the ram off Amazon

[thin bolt]

This is exceptions

[hidden viper]

Look at my list

What ya think

[hidden viper]

Here

[brittle lagoon]

Would recommend using pcpp when possible

Can grab a 2tb drive that has similar practical performance for a pretty similar price

[pure ingot]

all of those would still fit his case though so he good

[hidden viper]

So it’s called pcpp?

[pure ingot]

pc part picker

[hidden viper]

Ohh

[pure ingot]

it's a website to lay out the PC parts you wanna buy and make sure they're compatible and you can compare prices and parts and stuff

[hidden viper]

I’m slow lol

[hidden viper]

And are my parts compatible together ?

In my list

[brittle lagoon]

It's useful for getting cheaper prices from other storefronts

List is compatible so far

[pure ingot]

yeah they are

[hidden viper]

What ram yall recommend?

Is that good ?

Or is there better for cheaper ?

[hidden viper]

Is this ram good or is there better for cheaper price ?

[pure ingot]

https://www.amazon.com/TEAMGROUP-T-Force-6000MHz-PC5-48000-Desktop/dp/B0B3HGJ4V7/ref=sr_1_9 same brand, lower CL

[azure pond]

6000c30 is the sweet spot

[pure ingot]

thats the cheapest cl30 I can find

[azure pond]

Also gauranteed hynix, 6000c36 or worse is likely samsung

There's $93 non rgb 6000c30 atm

Both black and white from silicon power

[pure ingot]

where at

[azure pond]

One sec

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ypRwrH/silicon-power-xpower-zenith-gaming-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-sp032gxlwu60afdg

[pure ingot]

yeh I'd go with that ^^

unless you really want RGB on the ram which is unnecessary imo

[hidden viper]

Alr bet

[pure ingot]

Just so you know, to use that CPU with that Mobo, you might have to update the bios. So make sure you have another PC and a usb flash drive on hand just in case.

[azure pond]

What cpu?

[pure ingot]

7800x3D

[azure pond]

Any of 7000 series it's highly, highly unlikely

[pure ingot]

the 3Ds have that problem sometimes

[azure pond]

Yeah you'd have to be getting very old stock for it to not be compatible bios

[pure ingot]

but it's still possible, so good to have on hand. He will likely need a USB for the windows installation media anyways

We just had someone recently had to do that lol

[azure pond]

That's true, I haven't heard of it from any of the dozens of 7800x3d build lists I've helped make just to give an idea of the odds though (not trying to argue or anything just giving an idea)

[azure pond]

Damn really?

What mobo was it if you remember

[pure ingot]

ik what you mean. But people were saying that about the 2600x too when my cousin got it and his mobo was old enough to not support it even though mine (bought from the same place and it's the same mobo) supported it out of the box lol

[azure pond]

Tbf did your cousin alr have the mobo or did he buy a new one?

[pure ingot]

uhhhhh idr but i think it was an asus board? it had the bios flash on the left side of the I/O with a flash button to make it super easy

he bought all his pc parts new

mine were for upgrades lol

[azure pond]

Ah

[pure ingot]

but we ended up with the same mobo but I had the 2600 and he got the 2600x to try to slightly outdo me

I had to put my cpu in his pc to update the bios.

im glad they've added the bios update usb port to motherboards, it seems as a standard?

[azure pond]

That's funny

[azure pond]

Not necessarily standard, just a lot more common than it used to be

[pure ingot]

alr, the last few i've looked at have had it lol.

[azure pond]

Yeah it's nice

[pure ingot]

Another thing that's becoming more common that I love is the LED post debugger.

[azure pond]

A lot of lesser used features have become very common

[pure ingot]

I'm deaf so using those toners are hard lmao

[azure pond]

How many boards have 3-4 m.2 slots now lol

Most b450s only have 1

[pure ingot]

bruh someone mentioned that to me earlier today and I was like wtf gimme

mine has 2 and I thought I was ballin

[azure pond]

Mine has 4

I have 3.5tb in ssd storage and 4tb in hdd storage in my pc

Just going to sell the hdd atp I don't need this much storage

[pure ingot]

I got 4tb in hdd storage, 500gb in m.2, 500 in sata SSD.

although one of my 2tb hdds is apparently on it's last leg. Like it still reads healthy and works fine, but...

people keep telling me it's gonna fail any minute lol

[thin bolt]

I have nothing

[thin bolt]

Grab that one I posted in tech deal discussions

Obviously used but everyone was talking about how their drives are still going strong

[pure ingot]

I would love to, wanna gimme the money cause I got a whopping 5 dollar in my bank account and a baby on the way 😂

[hidden viper]

I have another pc incase that happens

[thin bolt]

We can combine our wealth

[pure ingot]

Yo that's some mighty fine savings you got there

[hidden viper]

When I get all this stuff in for new pc it bout to be a huge upgrade from what I’m on rn I’m on a i39100f and a 1650 😭

[pure ingot]

I think that's an upgrade from my specs lmao

[thin bolt]

I’ll take your spare parts

I’m on a 550w PSU

thats it

[pure ingot]

How do you connect to the Internet and use discord on a 550w PSU by itself

[thin bolt]

I’m not sure, but I’m doing it

can this 550w PSU run doom?

[pure ingot]

Using your phone is cheating

[thin bolt]

Fr

[hidden viper]

lol

[pure ingot]

ok so your cpu is slightly better than mine but somehow the 970 is better than a 1650? weird.

[hidden viper]

Yeah

[thin bolt]

Slightly

[pure ingot]

i mean both are slight

but an edge is an edge

[jolly inlet]

The issue with the 970 would be the lack of driver support, so it'll be hard to run modern games since there's no driver optimization

[pure ingot]

I mean I don't really have that many issues with it at all. I do wanna upgrade it again though. I gave my 2070 to my brother a couple years ago for christmas lol

[thin bolt]

@jolly inlet what gpu do you recommend that isn’t bad for modern games and has support for things like dx12/rtx, but isn’t too expensive

[jolly inlet]

The 1070 should be easy to find for $120

[thin bolt]

What would be a single step up from that, do you reckon?

[jolly inlet]

2060 super maybe

[thin bolt]

That’s pretty reasonable

[high radish]

Where the heck is 4th deals lol . I was looking for some but theres Literally nothing

[thin bolt]

I saw a few 40% off

on Amazon basic stuff

[pallid geyser]

Fireworks are BOGO

[high radish]

Yeah at least we can watch fireworks

[balmy lake]

Everyone is waiting for the real (/s) holiday to compete with Prime Day

[azure pond]

@cinder kiln is this worth posting?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/166852801032?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=FD6px4KaRcK&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Gpu is basically just a display out

[cinder kiln]

That's kinda nice tbh

Basic pc, basic things, but six core ryzen

Seller checks out

[thin bolt]

What’s the difference between the 2600 and the 2600 pro

[cinder kiln]

Oem

[zenith lantern]

@cinder kiln i bought the alphacool stuff and parts to make a drain port in loop

☠️

[thin bolt]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/335471621982

It surprises me that this stuff still gets hella views

[trim pier]

No clue if you’re able to stack Newegg giftcards

Especially the digital

Cause if you are, theoretically you can get a 7900 gre in Minnesota for only 300$.

Pulse model btw.

Cause you’d pay only with gift cards and since you’re getting $10 for only $5, basically cut the price in half. 580.3/2=290.15 and you’d need only 30 gift cards to finish the purchase.

Well more like 29 and just pay the 15 cents

[thin bolt]

https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m86315500818?sv=0

[proper wagon]

Limited 1 per person purchase looks like

[trim pier]

Ah dang

[proper wagon]

Gotta sign in to buy too otherwise I was like maaaybe?

[azure pond]

Unfortunately limit of one per customer

Oh that was alr said

[stoic crest]

@cinder kiln that's basically how much i paid for my mp33 back in 2023

[torpid night]

Might go pickup that SSD later lol

[balmy lake]

Yay, just in time for no funds and no time. Gotta prep for a dam hurricane. 🌀 😝

[stoic crest]

life gets in the way of deals

[balmy lake]

Aye. More often than not.

[daring depot]

Oof. Hurricane season

One of the benefits of the West Coast is no hurricanes but the heat...

[jolly inlet]

Except for that time California had 2 hurricanes

Which was last year I think?

[shut lava]

No hurricanes in exchange for forest fires, earthquakes, and landslides.

[thin bolt]

NorthEast coast supremacy
No earthquakes, forest fires, landslides, or tornadoes

Just some hurricane

[jolly inlet]

Don't forget our monopolistic utility company that neglects to inspect and repair gas lines, resulting in an entire city's destruction

[balmy lake]

Every place has its issues.

[opal flume]

And occasional flooding

[pulsar fable]

We get flooding?

Oh right the NYC subway seems to flood every so often

[opal flume]

We did in NE NY and Vermont

Rivers get too high and suddenly bridges are just gone

We had an entire road blocked off for a month once due to prolonged flooding.

[thin bolt]

Not in PA

[opal flume]

No, you guys just have contaminated water supplies. Susquehanna go brrrr

[daring depot]

America Ya!

Land of extreme weather

[opal flume]

Also, PA isn't inspiring the no flooding vibe, the one year I lived there the Lackawanna flooded

And then the roads flooded after getting six and a half in snow and one and a half inches of rain within the span of five days

I rember that one. The road right beside my dorm was a slurry so when I went to get pizza it just went everywhere

[high radish]

7600x is same price at amazon too

[azure pond]

$390 13900k is pretty good as long as you get a non z board or limit the voltage

[swift forge]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/logitech-g-pro-x-wireless-gaming-headset-for-pc-black/6420879.p?skuId=6420879&extStoreId=235&utm_source=feed&ref=212&loc=19589784206&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwnK60BhA9EiwAmpHZw4qBp2Q_duyeJWgGjO4rKO_-76rSuK5NxFBRYKfimG74WyJCZGnRhhoCockQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Is this a good deal?

[torpid night]

Logitech
$120 for a headphone/mic combo
Audio is wirelessly transmitted
$25 headphone audio quality

[high radish]

Got some z790 board for 110$ from newegg earlier too

[pallid geyser]

So what you’re saying is yes

[torpid night]

I'm saying the exact opposite 💀

$120 for $25 audio quality is crazy

[pallid geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/buy-buy-now-buy-it-now-gif-25006426

[torpid night]

You must be dyslexic

Or you're being ironic

can't tell 💀

[proper wagon]

It is a pretty good deal

[pallid geyser]

(sarcastic)

[cinder kiln]

Kinda meh. Not the worst gaming headset. Meh tho

Pc38x beats it same price, hell koss porta pro would too if you just want accurate sound

Those are $40

iirc on that one audiophile tier list

They're like

C-

Or D+

Lol

One of the few I remember

[trim pier]

Is there any tech deals for students atm?

[jolly inlet]

Prime Day is soon, so naturally many other retailers will be doing similar events

[frosty gate]

I needs me some new storage, lets go HDD deals!

[fair moon]

2.67 million TBW? huh?

[jolly inlet]

Just a casual 2.67 exabytes written

[shut spoke]

Darn

The everest max that was $80 arrived in my city and was supposed to be delivered today but was canceled due to a pricing error

I might reach out via chat to see if they will honor their original price

Was going to buy the 65% for 20 but got the max instead. Now I missed out on both deals

[jolly inlet]

If they refuse you can sue them since you're entitled to the lowest advertised price of a product

[shut spoke]

Seems like it was canceled for everyone who bought the product

From reddit, it seems like only some of the deals were honored. $10 keyboard from mountain arrived for some but $20 version after initial sale was canceled

[jolly inlet]

I smell class action

[shut spoke]

😔this might be why many say they avoid shopping from newegg now

[tawdry dragon]

yeah my friend got it really bad from newegg

he ordered a 7900xtx from there, and it came with a broken pcie connector.

newegg refused to refund it, and deleted his acc

[shut spoke]

The supposed new date of delivery is the 12 and they arent connecting to the chat so i will wait until then and actually call them

[shut spoke]

Dang thats basically evil lmao

[tawdry dragon]

yeah it's really bad, I'll see if he can use the warrantee

[jolly inlet]

Might be worth contacting GN, they'll chew out wegg again

[tawdry dragon]

saying that while in the newegg discord

kinda ironic lol

[jolly inlet]

Exactly. I'm not a Newegg employee, I can criticize them when it's warranted.

[tawdry dragon]

true that

I never really liked buying from newegg, since the first purchase that I made with them ended up getting shipped to an address in texas when it was supposed to arrive in minnesota

[high radish]

honestly my newegg experience is good lol bought tons of things from wegg without issue

[shut spoke]

Reaching out through their reddit support seems to be working so far

Ill see what they can do

[thin bolt]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/405076618996

https://www.ebay.com/itm/276498151453

[shut spoke]

Honestly their reddit support is really good. The reds were out of stock so i got the more expensive silent reds and was given $70 worth of eggpoints. Paid $5 more bc of the extra tax but that giftcard deal from before canceled it out. I even offered to do a satisfaction survey😂

[shut spoke]

If i wanted to be scammy i prolly could have used those eggpoints elsewhere lol

[fair moon]

I hate how nowadays you often have to go to social media to get support. At least reddit is better than twitter/X

[jolly inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/dumpsterfire-flooding-fail-gif-13031064

[shut spoke]

Newegg has a deal for a $100 GC for 85

I think only one per account though

[pallid geyser]

Still not the old TikTok deals but pretty good nonetheless

[azure pond]

3x the price I got my p41 plus for lol

The cpu and mobo are great deals

Could do a good value am5 igpu build with that

[azure pond]

Ooh

There's teamgroup t create classic hynix for $60 after coupon

[pallid geyser]

[tawdry dragon]

I don't think they'll bring back that price though, it's sad.

[azure pond]

@marsh sphinx not a deal

12900ks was just 245, and 13600fk matches the 12900k in multi core, and slightly pulls ahead in single, and is $220

[high radish]

@void lance 405$ after code ztudiscord2024

Code works with open box producs only I think

[azure pond]

W

[soft sleet]

how many times can you use the newegg buy $100 gift card, get $15 gift card? it says one per user customer, but it seems to load again

[soft sleet]

that's what i thought...also, if anybody missed yesterday, that $100/$85 link is back up and good (if not already noted)

[thin bolt]

@azure pond any ~$50 higher than 75hz monitors around?

[azure pond]

no

you can find solid monitors high refresh around that price on fbm

[thin bolt]

Ah true true

[stoic crest]

i wonder why the victus deal got a downvote

if it's hp's reputation of crappy laptops

no, the victus is fine

[desert ruin]

hot garbo

[stoic crest]

you can't find a 4060 prebuilt for that little

let alone one that's not an oem rig

cpu is def very old tho, oof

overall it's a meh proposition

[desert ruin]

AT THIS POINT build it yourself

used 5600 + 6700xt = perfection

or a 3600

[stoic crest]

im aware as much

but ig if you're that desperate for a pc, it can sorta be worth it

but otherwise just build it yourself

[desert ruin]

no its not

js looking at the 4060's i7 that doesnt say the gen's pc

you can immedieately say its still on ddr3

[stoic crest]

it has 6th gen i7

so something like i7 6700

[desert ruin]

yeah

😭

and the i3 14100f on the another one is booty ass cheeks

4 core in 2024

[stoic crest]

that's why i said it was meh

[desert ruin]

correction: Booty ass cheek

s

[stoic crest]

also can you explain the downvote on the hp victus?

i really wanna hear your opinion

[desert ruin]

8GB of ram.

[stoic crest]

you can always upgrade the ram

[desert ruin]

512gb SSD.

[stoic crest]

and 4050 isn't all that bad

512 gb ssd is also standard for cheaper gaming laptops

[desert ruin]

there are people that cant do that, end up wasting 100 dollar on replacement, 100 dollar on shipping and 100 dollar repair

[stoic crest]

i own a laptop with 4050 myself, and it's fine

100 bucks gets you 32gb of ddr5

[desert ruin]

still a pretty garbo card

[stoic crest]

and opening up a laptop isn't hard

[desert ruin]

remember there is also the ssd

buh

[stoic crest]

you can still live with 512gb

[desert ruin]

its also incredibly thin which Is sure going to have great thermals!

[stoic crest]

please, check reviews before commenting on laptops

[desert ruin]

also, poorly mounted hinges!

[stoic crest]

the victus has decent thermals

hinges that are solid enough

etc

with decent batt life due to zen 4

other laptops with 4050, 8gb of ram and 512 gigs ssd are 699+ atm

but in the end the opinion is yours, i merely wanted to hear it after all

[desert ruin]

Also its 979 original price what the fuuuuuuuu

[stoic crest]

4050 isn't a bad card, especially for laptops

[desert ruin]

there are no bad cards

omfg

[stoic crest]

it's fairly efficient for the kinda perf it offers, and according to 3dmark time spy, it churns out scores matching 1080 desktop

[desert ruin]

there are no bad cards

js badly priced

[stoic crest]

which matches 3060 laptop

[desert ruin]

do you not see the gigantic red flag

[stoic crest]

no

i don't

[desert ruin]

6gb of vram

and still

loses

to past gen.

[stoic crest]

because honestly 6gb is fine

and 4050 is a lower tier than 3060

so like it performing like a higher tier card while being on cheaper laptops

it's great

[desert ruin]

3060 laptop is like 400 used