tech-deals-discussion

[jolly inlet]

You can grab a used 3080 and that'll do the job nicely. They're $400-500 right now.

[cedar patio]

360

but is 10gb enough

[jolly inlet]

12GB would be better but 10 would do in a pinch

[cedar patio]

what about the a770 tho

it exists

is it good at vr tho

[jolly inlet]

Not really

They're between the 3060 and 3060 ti in performance

[cedar patio]

in vr?

[jolly inlet]

In regular gaming

[marsh sphinx]

i estimate ill get everything within 7 months

[cedar patio]

then just wait lol

[marsh sphinx]

yeah

[cedar patio]

new cards will be out soon

[jolly inlet]

VR doesn't like them at all, some games refuse to start

[marsh sphinx]

theyll be overpriced/hyped as hell though wouldnt they?

[cedar patio]

yea but normal gpu prices will go down

[jolly inlet]

Any recommendation will have changed by then, and previous gen will be cheaper

[marsh sphinx]

fair

but yea my main question was how to pick a combo without needing help

ik when it comes to price and case fitting

but knowing whats good with what

[cedar patio]

umm

do alot of research

[marsh sphinx]

is there anything specifically

like specs of a gpu or a cpu

[cedar patio]

if you dont you can still pick a combo its just gonna be not good most of the time

[cedar patio]

?

[marsh sphinx]

like yk how theres like

"L2 CACHE" "TDP" "MICROARCHITECTURE" etc

[cedar patio]

most of that stuff doesnt matter

performance does

price does

and thats it

tbh

[jolly inlet]

Like I said, in your case you want a very strong CPU since FPS games love that, with at least a 4070 to push the VR

[marsh sphinx]

to push the vr?

[jolly inlet]

Yes

Since your headset effectively is 4k

It takes a lot of power to push that many pixels into the pipe

[marsh sphinx]

is there any other headset youd recommend

[cedar patio]

what headset are you planning to get

[marsh sphinx]

i have a quest 2

i just dont wanna have to spend so much for a gpu

[cedar patio]

quest 2 is decent

[marsh sphinx]

since im gonna have to push it

[cedar patio]

i got it

what i dont like about it is that the usbc connection on it is slow which sucks

[marsh sphinx]

i dont like cords

but if i have to then i will

[cedar patio]

theres air link

[marsh sphinx]

it sucks

for me at least

[cedar patio]

its sketchy but it works most of the time

[cedar patio]

it depends how good your wifi is

bad wifi = bad experience

which is what i get with it

[marsh sphinx]

im planning on AT&T

[cedar patio]

router*

it depends on the router

[marsh sphinx]

well i cant just change our router

its like drilled into the wall or something

its one of those plans

quantum fiber lowkey sucks

[cedar patio]

whats your router

[marsh sphinx]

well idk, my parents got it

and idk much about that stuff so i wouldnt be able to tell

[cedar patio]

if its wifi 6 or better then its good enough to max out the quest 2

[cedar patio]

eh ok

well i would just see how it feels on the quest 2 when you get your new pc

[marsh sphinx]

i mean ive used it on my current one before

[cedar patio]

if you dont like it then umm too bad? ig

[cedar patio]

whats your current pc specs

[marsh sphinx]

its just that yk, google fiber is extremely good and now we cant use it lol

[marsh sphinx]

youd be surprised

1050 with a core i3 9100f

16 gb ram and 1 tb ssd

[cedar patio]

nice

[marsh sphinx]

and now it doesnt work tho, faulty hard drive so windows doesnt work properly and we have crappy wifi

[jolly inlet]

You said you were looking at around a $1300 budget down the line right? Here's an example build https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mBFC34

[cedar patio]

i got the 1080ti with 12100f

[marsh sphinx]

i already have a basic build idea

i just wanted to know how to figure out a good gpu/cpu combo lol

which i just know now as do a lot of research

and now hes helping me with wifi

[jolly inlet]

Yeah I just wanted to quell the concern that a 4070 wouldn't fit the budget

[marsh sphinx]

im going with a mini ITX build since ill be traveling a lot

[jolly inlet]

ah

[cedar patio]

8/10
list nice

[marsh sphinx]

here ill send what i have so far

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8fJkh3
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/wTxxFT/arctic-liquid-freezer-iii-a-rgb-4882-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-acfre00142a

i haev the AIO Seperate since it technically fits, but pcpartpicker says no

the gpu and cpu are bound to change definetly

[cedar patio]

3/10 list

only thing you got right is the mobo

so more like 2/10

[marsh sphinx]

i found it off someone elses pcpartpicker post

[cedar patio]

that guy got scammed

[jolly inlet]

Liquid freezer has thicker than normal radiator and fans so it might not fit without modifications

ITX https://pcpartpicker.com/list/X9nXTY

[marsh sphinx]

im talking a bit more tiny

mini itx

im gonna be traveling via an airplane for a straight year or two

[cedar patio]

lemme make one

[marsh sphinx]

budget is 1200-1300

actually, it can go ITX if it has to

i also kinda wanna make it look a bit tidy

which is hard lol

kinda like a black with white RGB or a white with some random RGB

[cedar patio]

jk i wont

i dont know my way around itx cases

[jolly inlet]

If you're traveling then I don't recommend glass side panels, so RGB would be pointless

[cedar patio]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/cFQKHx/gamemax-spark-mini-mini-itx-desktop-case-spark-mini-black

yes or no

[marsh sphinx]

i can swap

[cedar patio]

oh wait glass

no glass ok

[jolly inlet]

Even if you carry it on someone else could shove their suitcase next to yours and break it

Maybe look at the fractal ridge

[marsh sphinx]

i can just have it shipped

[jolly inlet]

That's even worse

[marsh sphinx]

even with good packaging?

UPS?

[jolly inlet]

I worked at USPS and we would literally chuck your box across the room

[cedar patio]

ok well i cant find any case

ill just add the rest of the parts

[marsh sphinx]

lol fair enough

maybe ill just have glass for now, hell i have until next august

then i can just leave the glass one here and buy some replacement

[jolly inlet]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Jgn9TW/fractal-design-ridge-pcie-40-mini-itx-tower-case-fd-c-rid1n-12

[marsh sphinx]

my gosh thats a thin case

[jolly inlet]

16L

GPU goes on a riser, that's how it gets so small

Plenty of speed holes

[marsh sphinx]

maybe something wider

it does look a bit ugly

[cedar patio]

doesnt that case

kinda suck

or was it that big tower one

[jolly inlet]

https://youtu.be/0vIL0MG-NwY?si=Bqi-92Gz3a-FYiqU

Canucks is a reliable reviewer

[marsh sphinx]

i still kinda wanted to have some aesthetic to my build

despite me going around

[jolly inlet]

And yes that case fits a 4090

[marsh sphinx]

the case looks like a wifi router lol

[jolly inlet]

It's about the size of a PS4

[marsh sphinx]

yeaaa

[jolly inlet]

Just a bit thicker

[marsh sphinx]

here one second

[cedar patio]

prob not gonna happen

hard to get aesthetic when you cant even look in

[jolly inlet]

You'd need a little more budget to get better aesthetics too. Not much.

[marsh sphinx]

well i mean im gonna buy a seperate cover

[cedar patio]

what if the seperate cover gets damaged

when the slam

suitcase

[marsh sphinx]

here, screw the idea of traveling for now

just a small case

[jolly inlet]

This one comes with both a solid (vented) side panel and a glass panel so you don't need to change cases later when you travel https://pcpartpicker.com/product/GwfxFT/cooler-master-masterbox-nr200p-v2-mini-itx-desktop-case-nr200p-v2

[marsh sphinx]

miniITX

[jolly inlet]

20L

[marsh sphinx]

yea this one is perfect

i like that case

[jolly inlet]

A little over budget but prices should go down a bit by the time you're ready to buy
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mLqNRK

[marsh sphinx]

eugh that will suck saving up for

but i guess if itll run vr smoothly ig

are you absolutely sure i cant go just a little bit lower on either GPU or CPU so I have room to add some fans for better airflow?

or, fan

yeah scratch that theres no room for another fan

[cedar patio]

alot

[marsh sphinx]

ill have to see if i can make this a bit cheaper

[cedar patio]

i meant big

idk about price

[jolly inlet]

They'll both be cheaper by the time you're ready to buy most likely. New models come out over the next few months, we expect the new 5070 around February and that'll tank the 4070 price.

[marsh sphinx]

oh good to know then

off topic: found this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Qrs_J-NmY

im not buying it, but interesting af

ill have to convince my brother to do this when i help him buy a pc

[cedar patio]

dont

[jolly inlet]

They're super expensive since it's the latest thing, but hopefully more budget things come eventually

[cedar patio]

it 1000% costs a fortune

[marsh sphinx]

no yea im fully aware

it looks cool, but serves no use to me

[jolly inlet]

Physically speaking it doesn't cost much more to build or even design the cable-less stuff so it should eventually balance out to a little above the normal price once the novelty wears off

[marsh sphinx]

i think it would just be a good setup if you wanna get something aesthetic rather than performance wise

[azure pond]

I'd spend the $30 extra for a 4070 super

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/WHKscf/pny-verto-oc-geforce-rtx-4070-super-12-gb-video-card-vcg4070s12dfxpb1-o

[marsh sphinx]

its still a little overboard for my budget, im a high school student

i can't make much

plus i need to get a new windows key

which is +$115

thats like 200-300 above my budget

[azure pond]

That's it being used for again?

[marsh sphinx]

VR

[azure pond]

Please don't spend more than $20 on a windows key

[marsh sphinx]

no idea where i can get windows keys that cheap

ive always thought they were that expensive

but anyway, i still wanna stay strict to that budget

[azure pond]

One sec

Lemme get links

https://www.ebay.com/itm/387061242318?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=_WbF24AfQmC&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WrgZsh

[marsh sphinx]

this will run VR on a quest 2?

[azure pond]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MtTFcH

Yes, either one. I didn't see what your time frame for a build was tho

[marsh sphinx]

eh just depends on how long itll take to save up

i estimate about 7 months since ill be putting in 100 every week

[azure pond]

If its a couple months out or more prices will be fairly different

[marsh sphinx]

more or less

[azure pond]

Yeah should be new parts out bt then

[marsh sphinx]

i got told i needed a much more powerful gpu/cpu combo for good quality on a quest 2

[azure pond]

Not really

[cedar patio]

who told you

[marsh sphinx]

i think it was either Fal'Cie or someone from another server

but i dont trust the other server as much since they tried to get me to get like 15 dollar surprise computers off facebook marketplace lmao

[cedar patio]

they didnt say that tho

[marsh sphinx]

lemme double check

[cedar patio]

they also recommended the 4070

[marsh sphinx]

idk what im saying, i meant the cpu

[cedar patio]

the 7800x3d isnt needed yea

but its nice

[marsh sphinx]

i mean

i dont need that much

it seems a bit overkill

300 dollars

[cedar patio]

the 7600 is def enough

[marsh sphinx]

no yea the 7600 is a good cpu

[cedar patio]

yea

its noice

[marsh sphinx]

@azure pond here, i adjusted the list a little bit to add some aesthetic, i made it just a bit above my price range too https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xTcB89

its the exact same gpu just not the one from ebay

[cedar patio]

thats not aesthetic

thats a waste of money

[marsh sphinx]

wdym

the aio?

[cedar patio]

yes

[marsh sphinx]

ive been wanting to get an AIO that showed the temp

[cedar patio]

the 7600 is the lightest weight most efficient cpu ever

and that aio sucks

so does the price on it too

[marsh sphinx]

do you have a better recommendation?

[cedar patio]

you can get a 50$ aio that gives better temps

[cedar patio]

yes

the peerless assasin, phantom spirit, the stock cooler, or

[marsh sphinx]

well im willing to spend a lot more so i can get that extra little screen on my aio

[cedar patio]

sort by lowest in aio

[cedar patio]

oh

why 😭

[marsh sphinx]

nice little aesthetic

and looks nice to me

i really like it personally

[azure pond]

Ok so hold up

You're worried about budget but you're willing to buy a $260 aio.

This isn't my conversation, peace

[cedar patio]

imma leave too

[marsh sphinx]

[balmy lake]

I’ll drop a morsel for you. If you must have a screen, Ditch the AIO and get something like these 8.8” screens. There’s different sizes available but looking at the case you have picked out, looks like a 7” or 8.8” might be best. And mount vertically to that flat area toward the front. These can connect directly to the usb header on the MB and dont count as another display for your GPU. And you can customize them to show whatever you want well over and above CPU temp.

I use a 5” beada panel outside of my case that plugs into an exterior USB panel and use HWInfo64 to read the sensors and InfoPanel to set up the screen. Of course, theres other software and configurations. And not all screens are compatible with all software. So pay attention to what you’re getting. In most cases, though it works, the bad chinese stock programs aren’t very user friendly.

[marsh sphinx]

i’ll look into it

i wouldnt know what to put on it lol

[balmy lake]

Some of the software has premade templates. Or you can find a Reddit or discord community for whatever software you use that share templates.

Obviously CPU temp, GPU temp, fan speeds, utilization percentages, stores speed/temps, etc you can figure that all out once you figure out your software situation.

[cedar patio]

no

thats garbage

negative airflow + you can basically build your own pc for 600$ with those specs

[stoic crest]

that's good for the price

that thing is at least all atx parts

the case being closed front like that doesn't matter too much for the hardware

[thin bolt]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/375478427082?

[cedar patio]

even worse

2070 super is 3060 with less vram basically

10700 way too old

for anything

the mag codex would be better

or the 7700 3060 legion for 630

bc that actually has a really good cpu

[azure pond]

?

2070=3060 12gb, super around 10-15% better iirc? The cpu is a fine pairing. The 7700 one is still much better value

[cedar patio]

ok ig the 2070s is slightly better

i think its less than 10% tho

idk tho

[thin bolt]

I’m just finding stuff on eBay or Newegg and just flinging it here

[cedar patio]

someday youll find something

[azure pond]

Iirc the 2070 super chip was the same as 2080, which is why it's more noticeable than the other supers

[cedar patio]

all the game tests ive found shows its less than 10%

imma go check another benchmark

time spy its 12%

[azure pond]

Oh maybe I'm imagining things, sorry

[cedar patio]

@azure pond

what is woot

[tawdry dragon]

It's Amazon's side company

[azure pond]

Returned/open box afaik

[cinder kiln]

@trim pier not worth in 2024

In 2021 sure

[trim pier]

is that not the good thermal from grizzly

[cinder kiln]

It's their best, but their best is like

MX-6 but it evaporates faster

[trim pier]

ah

deal is evaporated

[cinder kiln]

And for $6 you can get 4g of MX-6 so

All g

They used to be good

Competition got better and derbauer is slackin'

[cursive sage]

I swear I keep seeing #tech-deals highlighted white, but when I go to check there's nothing new posted

must be developing schizophrenia

[jolly inlet]

Because that channel only allows messages with links. Anything without gets auto deleted because discussion is supposed to go here.

[cursive sage]

fair enough

[pallid geyser]

Ah I actually wondered that too

[thin bolt]

https://www.jawa.gg/product/42821/be-quiet-bn513-pure-performance-power-12-m-1200w-modular-quiet-performance-power-supply

[jolly inlet]

Not a bad deal at all

[cursive sage]

I wonder if it's worth it to get this power supply considering it's twice the wattage of something else I found

would a psu like this run constantly at 1200W or at whatever the parts pull, i'm confused (and a bit rusty)

[thin bolt]

Usually just pull

But it’s usually seen as a waste

[cursive sage]

so considering this is about the same price as a 650W psu I found, should I just pick this out instead

[jolly inlet]

It will only supply as much power as the PC asks for. Typically the most efficiency is around 60-70% load.

You might as well pick it up, it might use slightly more power at idle but you can keep it for a long time, even with a 9950X and 5090

[cursive sage]

long time is what, several years?

[jolly inlet]

It's hard to predict the future of PCs. There could be some new standard that comes out in 3 years like ATX 4.0 or something that uses a totally new connector, making all units obsolete

Barring something unforeseen like that, up to 10 years is a good life for a high quality unit

[cursive sage]

nice

looking at the product listing, i didn't see the shipping cost

it's $14 lmao

[jolly inlet]

Still a good deal imo

Up to you in the end

[cursive sage]

fair enough

[jolly inlet]

Considering that's a $160 unit normally iirc, that's a good bit off retail

Yeah $166 rn

[soft ingot]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gamer-xtreme-gaming-desktop-intel-core-i5-14400f-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4060-8gb-1tb-ssd-black/6575072.p?skuId=6575072
Thoughts for a user who primarily wants to play rainbow six siege and similar intensity games while on discord/watching twitch?

[jolly inlet]

WTF is BB smoking

[stoic crest]

that's not a great price

bb is wack with marketing

[soft ingot]

That made me chuckle too

[stoic crest]

ebay has a 12400f+3060 msi prebuilt for less than 600

or something

[soft ingot]

How much of a downgrade in parts is that? Also is eBay alright for buying computer stuff?

[stoic crest]

it's only a downgrade in cpu

ebay is good for pc stuff too

just gotta be careful with sellers

https://www.ebay.com/itm/126342645033

refurb but this is worth it imo

[jolly inlet]

This is basically what they're selling https://pcpartpicker.com/list/HNHjfy

[thin bolt]

eBay is great for buying stuff

[jolly inlet]

It's a $200 build fee basically, which is on the high end

[soft ingot]

See normally I build my own stuff but this isn’t for me so I’m basically being strong armed into prebuilt. You’re right that is a bit of a high fee though

[soft ingot]

Maybe I just have some out of date biases, they came off as Amazon but more likely to get ripped off to me

[jolly inlet]

As long as you're careful about the sellers ebay is perfectly fine. I sell on there myself. If you have concerns we'd be happy to check out specific items/sellers for red flags.

Amazon is a sinking ship at this point, many reputable brands have jumped overboard so it's chock full of no name garbage and Chinese sellers that disappear as soon as they make a sale

[stoic crest]

ya

newegg is ironically better than amazon somehow

[soft ingot]

Is Newegg still reliable?

[jolly inlet]

Sold by Newegg is good, marketplace same rules appy as ebay

[soft ingot]

Is that cpu really like 11% worse than a 5600x? Obviously it would be fine for 1080p gaming but I’m not as familiar with Intel CPUs and that seems crazy to me

[stoic crest]

it's honestly not too far apart

[jolly inlet]

12400 is about equal to the 5600 yes

[stoic crest]

5600x has a gain because of higher tdp by default

[jolly inlet]

The 13400 is a 12600K but without overclocking.
The 14400 is a 13400 with a few scratches buffed out.

(+100MHz is a joke)

[soft ingot]

Ah, so K is similar to X on the AMD cards. And yeah that’s not a noticeable difference for most people

[jolly inlet]

Sort of, the K denotes that you can overclock the CPU on a supported Z series motherboard

The X on AMD generally just means higher default power limit

Since all* AMD CPUs can be overclocked

(notable exceptions exist like the 7800X3D)

[cinder kiln]

*X is just basically a slightly better bin

Where did my X go in that sentence gboard

Jfc

[jolly inlet]

It thought you meant twitter and tried to autocorrect but failed

[soft ingot]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/ibuypower-scale-gaming-desktop-pc-valorant-vcta-amd-ryzen-5-7600-16gb-memory-amd-radeon-rx-7600-8gb-1tb-ssd-black/6576680.p?skuId=6576680
Out of morbid curiosity is this a good deal for a prebuilt?

[jolly inlet]

No

[cinder kiln]

I can't even access it

[soft ingot]

Better or worse than the first one I listed?

[jolly inlet]

Worse

The 7600 is even cheaper than the 4060

So it's more like a $275 build fee on that one

[cinder kiln]

Pretty meh

You can make something a good...30%? Faster for the same price via diy

[soft ingot]

Ahh, that’s where they got me.

[thin bolt]

@soft ingot bestbuy often sucks

[soft ingot]

They’re the only local option unfortunately

Closest micro center is like 4 hours away

[cinder kiln]

My usual opinion for prebuilts is you may as well get a laptop at the low end

[jolly inlet]

Closer than mine... I'd do a 4 hour drive for that. Would cost me $60 in gas round trip to save hundreds on parts and get better parts.

[cinder kiln]

Similar performance and price but screen keyboard and portability

If you wanted to strictly go best buy some of their laptop deals are good

[soft ingot]

Oh I’m getting so much complaining about the laptop from the user I’m hunting for desktops for. I wish I could save the money that way. In his defense it’s an integrated GPU but it’s about as nice as I can get and it should run easy games fine

[cinder kiln]

Not saying you're complaining lad, just giving my outlook of the prebuilt market

[soft ingot]

Next time I build I’m defintily checking there since I do travel there semi frequently

[cinder kiln]

Good choices are rare in the prebuilt sector

[thin bolt]

@soft ingot eBay refurbished is gonna be your best bet

Or Newegg refurb

What’s your budget

[soft ingot]

No I’m dealing with the complaining from the person I’m trying to buy for

No worries there

[cinder kiln]

Sad

Well you came to a good place to ask anyway

Bacca is the boi who knows all the prebuilt sales rn

[soft ingot]

I think anything under a grand is fair game

[jolly inlet]

Their open box parts are fantastic values, and they offer the same return policy as new in case of missing parts/failure

[cinder kiln]

If you become a member they also do no questions asked returns

Best buy is a good place

(Wait, this is newegg server, right?)

[jolly inlet]

Yes but we're under no obligation to promote Newegg since they don't pay us

Besides no admin would be on right now, even if they did read the chats

[cinder kiln]

I miss being paid

Lol

[soft ingot]

I will say Best Buy is pretty good for laptops, especially since the other option is like Sam’s club or Costco which tends to have their laptops fail pretty early even if the parts are decent

[cinder kiln]

Ye bestbuy are relatively good or ebay for refurbished

But a good pre-built sale just isn't very common

If the person wants something that's good quality but not necessarily good value, starforge has been consistently a good choice for a while now

They put proper care into the pre-built, survived a GN torture test twice with flying colours

Which no other company has done in my memory

[thin bolt]

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16883151492?

[jolly inlet]

Wasn't their build fee like $75 and good cable management in both secret shopper vids?

One of the few SI companies I'd recommend tbh

[thin bolt]

Cheapest decent I can find on Newegg

Unfortunate that it’s a 4060

[jolly inlet]

That's basically the same as the first BB PC link but $100 cheaper, ntb

[thin bolt]

Good ram though

[soft ingot]

I was just gonna say that’s still a huge improvement

[thin bolt]

Ddr5 4800
For a sub $800 build

Not the best obviously

But for a refurbished build

[soft ingot]

And hey, I’m rocking a 1660 super in my build lol, I’m not allowed to talk smack about 4060s

[jolly inlet]

I'd swap that memory tbh, half banks kill performance

[jolly inlet]

I'd take the better CPU in this case for R6S

Those ones have better GPUs, more balanced I think

[cinder kiln]

Agree

[soft ingot]

So I know the 4060 is kind of a meme but is a 3070 better/better value?

[azure pond]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/166375151132?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=FD6px4KaRcK&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY maybe?

[thin bolt]

Would just caseswap that

[jolly inlet]

Yes it's a fair bit more powerful. The 4060 is sometimes worse than the 3060 thanks to the cut down memory.

4060 should have been called 4050

4060 ti should have been the 4060

[azure pond]

3070>=4060 ti

[jolly inlet]

This way they also don't have to have the meme ti super

[soft ingot]

Duly noted for my own purposes lol. That looks like a really solid option! I have to head to sleep, thank you for all of your help, I might be back tomorrow

[jolly inlet]

g'night

[thin bolt]

https://www.jawa.gg/sp/239904/phoenixfranchise

[cursive sage]

~~https://www.ebay.com/itm/315720585581?~~

This one I found looks cool, but the bid ends in a few minutes

huh, didn't see it was mined on nvm

[jolly inlet]

Mining is fine, it doesn't impact the life span at all

[cursive sage]

and a 3060 ti at this price is good?

hmm

i guess i'll pass this one up

[jolly inlet]

For reference https://youtu.be/UFytB3bb1P8?si=lSnXxjyCQMln0IMF

[cursive sage]

thanks for the advice. very rusty to this sort of thing

never bought used before either

[fair moon]

280 is a bit steep imo

[cursive sage]

You're looking at what eBay picked out because the original listing ended

if you look closely there's a button that takes you to the OG listing

[fair moon]

oh

195 shipped is good

[cursive sage]

i decided not to get it because i haven't picked out any parts of my pc yet, nor do i know what my budget should be

should probably set everything up first

[azure pond]

Overpriced

Very overpriced

[fair moon]

read ^^

[jolly inlet]

It sold at 185 + shipping

[azure pond]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/387296500969?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=_WbF24AfQmC&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[fair moon]

(It got me too)

[azure pond]

Ah

Lmao

[cursive sage]

this is the one you posted in tech-deals right?

[azure pond]

probably

[cursive sage]

it looks nice

you must be some sort of wizard to find all these deals

im serious

[azure pond]

i just have way too much free time on my hands and computers have been my special interest for the last three and a half years

ty

[cursive sage]

well

you're good at what you do and it's actually helping

[azure pond]

thank you

[jolly inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/youknow-you-gif-19056787

[pallid geyser]

We all simp for bacca

[cursive sage]

For the 4070 prebuilt posted, is there a possibility of there being anything proprietary

don’t wanna make the same mistake again lmao

[azure pond]

Afaik you can swap any parts out, but mobo doesn't allow xmp

I'd double check though, I've not looked into it past surface level

[cursive sage]

Honestly don’t know what mobo it even is

proprietary?

[azure pond]

as far as i know no

[stoic crest]

it's atx but

not an off the shelf board

[azure pond]

Is 10900k rtx 4000 64gb ram 1tb ssd at $1200 a deal?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/156401614948?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=92chrSivS8C&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

I don't know workstation well enough

[fair moon]

I don't think so. Looks like rtx 4000 is a very cut down 2080 with 8gb vram

The a4000 is the cool one

Ampere, 16gb vram, single slot, 6pin, can game close to a 3060ti/6700xt

Idk how it is for workstations but Nvidia claims it's the best single slot gpu for professionals

[azure pond]

Ah ok

Ty

[thin bolt]

@azure pond https://www.jawa.gg/product/40218/intel-i7-9700k-rtx-3060-ti-or-32gb-ram-or1tb-nvme-ssd-win10-pro

Replacing the cpu, how’s it look?

[azure pond]

I wouldnt

I'd rather get a build that only needs a gpu replacement rather than cpu mobo ram and psu

Fairly sure it's a thermaltake smart white

[thin bolt]

Still keep this then?

https://www.newegg.com/p/1VK-0053-00V34

@azure pond

Forgot to reply to message

Trying to find a $500-600 pc that’s good enough to be a birthday present if someone elected to get it for me instead of me buying

But not one that someone else is gonna get in the month that it is until my birthday

[azure pond]

There's that 7600 3050 one on ebay for like $460?

[thin bolt]

that ain’t a 3050, I ain’t stoopin that low

Sorry, I just do not want anything 3050

[azure pond]

Why?

It gets you on am5, and an ok gpu until you can upgrade

Someone who was considering a 6th gen i3 with a 980 shouldn't be against a 3050 lol

[jolly inlet]

The 3050 is better than the 980 anyway

https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare/4495vs2953/GeForce-RTX-3050-8GB-vs-GeForce-GTX-980

Mostly because the 900 series is out of driver support

[thin bolt]

Doesn’t it get beat by a 1660s

?

Oh wait

I didn’t see the cpu mentioned

Maybe I’ll snag that

[thin bolt]

I cannot find that

[azure pond]

its posted somewhere in tech deals

or i can find it later

[thin bolt]

Ah, it’s $519 now

[azure pond]

Extra 8% off at checkout

[thin bolt]

[thin bolt]

https://www.jawa.gg/product/43163/ryzen-3-2200g-no-box-cpu-only

[jolly inlet]

Hmm. Might be worth picking up for a server.

Never mind, single thread speed is the same as the e5-1650

Super ultra budget box only

[marsh sphinx]

just practicing picking out parts, some1 give criticism? https://pcpartpicker.com/list/yrnHkJ

[cursive sage]

why the hell is the 3060 costing $450

[marsh sphinx]

prob the RGB and having 3 fans

ill change it

changed it for a RX 7800 XT 16 GB https://pcpartpicker.com/list/yfjywg

[thin bolt]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mcvnWt

My take
I don’t like Nzxt products

[cursive sage]

you still included an nzxt case

[thin bolt]

I assumed they wanted one
I’ll always default to the 903 max

There

[marsh sphinx]

its just practice

i dont actually want this

im still crappy at making stuff so im just making stuff to get better

[marsh sphinx]

nothing changed other than the case

[thin bolt]

I changed the AIO, gpu, PSU, and case.

[marsh sphinx]

Oh i see oops

what was the difference between them all?

[thin bolt]

PSU is a bit safer(I believe, I could be using the wrong model)
Case is just better outright
Gpu is better than the 3060 as well by a good margin at the same price point
AIO is just cheaper

You don’t really need an AIO for am5 CPUs
They run cool naturally

[marsh sphinx]

interesting

[thin bolt]

Pretty sure the 7800x3d can be cooled pretty well by the stock ryzen cooler

As well as most other am5 CPUs

[cursive sage]

when you were picking the parts, did you have a budget?

or were you just picking for practice

[thin bolt]

Practice they said

[cursive sage]

fair enough

[thin bolt]

@marsh sphinx are you just getting into pc building?

Or have you been in it for some time now

[marsh sphinx]

i’ve been into building pc’s for a while but i’ve never known how to do it myself

@thin bolt

i know how to build a pc and i can determine when some stuff is overpriced but only if it’s obvious

[thin bolt]

Good advice Felix taught me is to take it one part at a time
Focus on studying a particular part of the pc

Like I’ve gotten good with gpus, storage, and ram, but I still gotta get my head around psus, mobos, and CPUs

Like, go take some time to learn about ram, the die timings, and the CL stuff

[thin bolt]

https://www.jawa.gg/product/43004/rtx-3090-24gb-founders-edition-wadapter

[cursive sage]

I've looked at that one a lot too

[marsh sphinx]

i’ve actually asked about how to but i’ve only gotten part lists back to me lol

“how do i know what gpu’s are good and which ones aren’t?”

“hush my child and take a part list”

:ssadge:

[thin bolt]

Reviews
Reviews
Reviews

Gamernexus, LTT, and those guys

[marsh sphinx]

well i mean like how good it is compared to price, and what i’m pairing it with

[thin bolt]

Common stuff:

1. AMD gpus are often better value
2. Nvidia gpus often have better RT
3. 7900 gre best gpu

[brittle lagoon]

Look at reviews, once you know relative performance and price, you can interpret price to performance yourself

[marsh sphinx]

alright

[thin bolt]

@marsh sphinx take a loot at charts as well
Like pay attention to the GPU comparison charts pinned in #graphics-cards
Or the PSU tier list in #cases-psu-and-cooling

Cases are usually case by case, but the most common are usually the Montech air 903 max, or the Corsair 4000d airflow.

[marsh sphinx]

what about picking PSU’s or cases? i’ve been a really big aesthetic guy too but i don’t wanna pick a dookie case

and PSU’s i just know give power i have no idea what the difference is between them

[brittle lagoon]

Prices can change on a daily basis, a random sale can make an overpriced part good

PSU tier list should be pinned in build, cases depend on reviews

https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/

[thin bolt]

@marsh sphinx https://youtu.be/s1fxZ-VWs2U?feature=shared

This is a great video to sit down and take some knowledge from.

[marsh sphinx]

just tried to watch a video on what single/double rail is and i cant help but think linus is rivers cuomo from weezer

[marsh sphinx]

wow 2 hours long ok

ill have to watch this

[thin bolt]

It may seem daunting, but the Destiny 2 timeline videos are 10+ hours long
So if I can watch one of those, you can handle a 2 hour video

Take some notes

Don’t shy away from learning like it’s a school class

[marsh sphinx]

listen if its school ill take notes

but if its a youtube video is kinda already soldered into my brain

yt videos are just superior

which is why i only use yt for studying lol

[thin bolt]

AS YOUR INTERIM TEACHER
TAKE NOTES ON THE VIDEO

[marsh sphinx]

[marsh sphinx]

did another build, r8 pls https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rqmgRK

[thin bolt]

Don’t need 64gb of ram but otherwise looks fine

[marsh sphinx]

dont ppl need lots of ram for video editing?

also what else would you change

[cursive sage]

If you're getting 64GB ram you should try getting it in sticks of 2x32GB instead of having 4 16GB sticks

[thin bolt]

You’d also want maybe a larger ssd to tag along with your nvme if you’re gonna have a lot of content

[marsh sphinx]

oh yea i shouldve put the money into that instead

eh was worth a try

[thin bolt]

It’s all good
You did pretty well with that list

[cinder kiln]

With a high end cpu yes

You can also do such without but you're kind of, in a way putting the cart before the horse

You'd need to be justifiably working at a sample size or bit rate that requires it

[thin bolt]

^

[marsh sphinx]

wdym sample size

[cinder kiln]

File size if you will

And the rate of which you work with said size

So like once a week isn't really justified

4+ hours a day though, justified

[marsh sphinx]

i see

[azure pond]

Hey

https://www.ebay.com/itm/156381843243?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=92chrSivS8C&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

This seems very cheap

Am I crazy?

[cinder kiln]

Pretty solid ngl

[thin bolt]

Isn’t that a 4GB gpu?

Or is it the 8GB variant?

Too vague to tell

[cinder kiln]

That's gonna be a workstation laptop

[thin bolt]

Yeah

[tiny heron]

Free on Epic Games
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/rugrats-adventures-in-gameland-737402

cant let the homies know i F with this

[keen marsh]

Get new homies who let you be you

[azure pond]

Real

[soft sleet]

nice deal on memory...white kit is $79, too

[daring depot]

are refurbished desktops really worthwhile?

rather than simply building one on my own? (possibly with refurbished parts)

[azure pond]

It depends on pricing

Those two are very great value

[daring depot]

I mean I agree with that

[azure pond]

Say you're doing a custom build around $700

[daring depot]

it just feels more dangerous since I have less understanding of what might break down

[azure pond]

You're stuck with at beat 7500f, $130 mobo, $80 ram, $60 ssd, $50-60 psu, $60 case, and rest of budget for gpu

[azure pond]

It does have 2yr warranty

And as far as pre builts go, there's far worse than lenovo legion builds

[daring depot]

i mean in that case

the 4080 alone is above half the price of the desktop entirely

first one not second one

[azure pond]

Yeah

You would want to replace the ram and add more storage tbf

But with a warranty, imo there's no reason to avoid an open box/refurb product

Looks like the 4080 one went oos sadly

[daring depot]

eh

theyll come back

maybe not lenovo tho

[azure pond]

That's lenovos ebay page, so they come and go pretty often

It's fairly rare for 4070 and higher builds to come into stock but id say it's a few times a month

They've had a 4070 build in the 700s before and 4070 ti around 1100 iirc?

Both on am5

[cursive sage]

Next time something like this happens im swiping it up

Just saying

normal retail price for 4070 brand new is I think $500

[azure pond]

I'll ping you if I see one

There's been some 3080 ones in the 800s

[cursive sage]

that 3060 ti one looks really tempting

But I think I could pull it off myself DIY with this other microcenter bundle I saw the other day + get a used 3060ti

maybe I should try, for fun

[azure pond]

No upgradability whatsoever but there's this
https://www.ebay.com/itm/375473044726?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=FD6px4KaRcK&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[azure pond]

It's pretty solid value

There's 12600kf, mobo and ram from newegg for $260, which is better value than any mc bundle

Comes with 32gb ram vs the 16gb in the mc bundle

So $260, gpu is $200, leaves you roughly $200 to get the rest of the parts

[cursive sage]

Tempting

But after being with my prebuilt pc for some time with no ability to upgrade cpu

Don’t want to risk it to be honest

[cursive sage]

okay nevermind, didn't realize they were in-store only

closest one is four hours away but still

[thin bolt]

https://www.jawa.gg/product/40280/850w-fully-modular-psu-or-be-quiet-pure-power-12-m-80-gold

[tawdry dragon]

idk if anybody cares, but I just got this speaker for $80 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09PMYTJD2 small win for me since I don't find many deals :)))

[muted fulcrum]

https://www.amazon.com/KTC-OLED-Monitor-Built-DisplayPort1-4/dp/B0CRDRL92Z/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_vs_ar?

I just got $100 off plus an extra 12% off i think?

[jolly inlet]

I see the $100 coupon making it $550 but not the 12%

[tawdry dragon]

I see the extra 10% off, not 12%

[fleet marlin]

I'm same as Fal, where's the 10% off 550? As good as oLed is & prices getting decent, I'm still content w/ the hp X27Q & the Asus that's even better.

[tawdry dragon]

this is actually a monitor that I really want to buy, but have no reason to spend $500 on a monitor

[fleet marlin]

Promo code is by location or something. I tried to type it on and nothin.

[muted fulcrum]

Gotcha. Figured I'd toss it in here. Coupon was for $100 off then the brand promotion stacked on top.... I thought for an oled monitor at 240hz that's about as good as its gonna get til black friday

[azure pond]

Yep definitely a good deal

We've seen the ktc oled down to an all time low of $380 once I think?

But that's far from the norm

[muted fulcrum]

Dang wish I could've got it for that. I jumped on the 480 one cause it seemed good

[azure pond]

Can't win em all, but $480 is still a very nice price for an oled

[crystal lichen]

Pimax Crysal Light VR headset preorder on Newegg now!

https://www.newegg.com/p/37P-009S-00014?item=9SIAZG6KD50861&recaptcha=pass

[lilac prawn]

That's not a deal

That's just a pre-order

[azure pond]

@cursive sage

7900 4070 ti build

I think you wanted me to ping you?

[cursive sage]

Yeah you’re right

[cursive sage]

Thanks for remembering by the way

Damn, I missed it

[azure pond]

Oof

That 3080 one is still pretty nice

Not on am5, but value wise it's good

[azure pond]

Oh it still shows in stock for me
https://www.ebay.com/itm/155886326726?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=92chrSivS8C&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[cursive sage]

now this one is really tempting but my wallet is internally screaming in agony

aaand it’s out of stock again

wow these sell out fast

[azure pond]

Rip

Good for your wallet at least lmfao

[cursive sage]

yeah

I don’t have a lot in there to begin with

[thin bolt]

@azure pond start checking Jawa.gg for used/unopened parts

[cursive sage]

The 3060ti build sounds a lot better for my wallet even tho it uses a slightly weaker cpu

could theoretically take the graphics card and buy a 3070

[thin bolt]

I’d take the ti build personally

3060ti sells better than a 3060

[azure pond]

Meh

Too much effort

[thin bolt]

[cursive sage]

I feel like I’ll never see a 4070 prebuilt drop to $800 like it did that one time

[azure pond]

The cpus would be near identical side by side

And the 7700 runs cooler

That 3060 ti build is def solid value

[thin bolt]

https://tenor.com/view/thanos-gif-25117042

[azure pond]

You'd want to upgrade the ram, since it's either single channel or 2x8gb of ddr5

And 8gb ddr5 sticks suck

[cursive sage]

I’ll do a stick of 32

either that or 2x16 which I don’t want to do

[azure pond]

2x16

For sure

I don't know if these builds support xmp or not

[thin bolt]

https://www.jawa.gg/product/24532/evga-bp-610w-psu

[azure pond]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/H9CZxr/teamgroup-t-create-expert-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-ctced532g6000hc30dc01

[thin bolt]

610w????

[azure pond]

You can always do ram later tho

[thin bolt]

https://www.jawa.gg/product/43151/nintendo-switch-animal-crossing-new-horizons-edition-32gb

Is this a deal

[cursive sage]

Honestly anything is better than this 1060 6Gb I have

I guess I got greedy by looking at 4070 builds because “muh future proofing”

[azure pond]

Solid

[azure pond]

I definitely get it

I'm on a 3060 ti and feel the itch to upgrade

[thin bolt]

can I have your old build

[azure pond]

It definitely handles what I need it to, I just need to get some help repasting it

[azure pond]

Ask me again in 15 years

[thin bolt]

!remindme 15years

[azure pond]

Lmao

[cursive sage]

Can I have that build in another 15 years

[cinder kiln]

!remindme 45years

[cursive sage]

this is going to be the build within ten years

[thin bolt]

Sure
!remindme 30years

[cursive sage]

@azure pond I did it

Ordered the 3060ti build

It’s a shame that for the 8% off coupon that was applied, eBay gave me back 8% in tax

[thin bolt]

[cursive sage]

If I built it myself it’d probably be around $1000

[thin bolt]

You gonna resell your old build?

[azure pond]

Nice

Enjoy!

[cursive sage]

I don’t know what it would sell for

Not much anyway

It’s an Alienware prebuilt and I didn’t like it

it was good but no upgradability

they capped my cpu at only 8th gen when it can definitely support 9th

Hopefully this Lenovo is a lot better, and hopefully cheaper than DIY with used parts

[thin bolt]

I’ll give you $6 and a tale about spiders

[thin bolt]

https://www.jawa.gg/product/43329/gaming-pc-or-rtx-3060-or-intel-i5-10400f-or-16gb-3200mhz-corsair-or-512gb-nvme-or-windows-11

[jolly inlet]

Not bad, but don't expect to upgrade that at all

[thin bolt]

100%

[azure pond]

Idt I'd pay $550 for that

[tiny heron]

You could rehome it in a new case though right?

I feel like it's a good deal for someone who doesn't know how or doesn't want to build themselves

[jolly inlet]

No, OEM parts

HP doesn't ever use a standard ATX motherboard

Let alone power supply

You can tell just by looking at the pic of the back

WTF is that form factor

[azure pond]

Check #tech-deals

There's better value pre builts out there, and those lenovo builds aren't as bad quality

[jolly inlet]

Me neither, but that's mostly from the lack of being able to do PC things like swap parts. It takes away a lot of the value for me, as it should for many people.

[tiny heron]

Ah then maybe not 😂

Other than a laptop I haven't even looked at prebuilts in a good while

[light holly]

Is the acronym being used like.. What The French? Or is that an actual acronym for the form factor? Lol

[jolly inlet]

lol, there's no name for that form factor. Even HP doesn't have one since they use a different one for almost every model.

[azure pond]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/156413937495?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=92chrSivS8C&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

@cinder kiln

Hmmm

That's actually a pretty solid cpu for a xeon

It's basically a 5600

[jolly inlet]

A2000 games like a 1660 tho

[azure pond]

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/3831vs4811/Intel-Xeon-W-1290P-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-5600

[azure pond]

Any idea on market value? I could check rq if not

Could sell it and replace with something like a 6700xt

[jolly inlet]

Quadros hold value pretty well, they just don't game well.

Looks like they go for $350-500

[thin bolt]

There’s a large market of sub $200 builds on Walmart and Amazon with quadros

Old quadros*

[azure pond]

That seems like a pretty great value build then

[jolly inlet]

Yeah flip the GPU and get a gaming model that far surpasses it

[azure pond]

Get a 6700xt, keep $150, that's a $500 build overall

[jolly inlet]

More like $300-400 now that I look closer but still decent

[azure pond]

Oh lol I read that as $350-400 initially anyways

[jolly inlet]

6750 XTs are selling at 150-200 so that's a nice difference

[azure pond]

Oh damn

That's great value

[molten halo]

Pc part picker has the 7900x3d cheaper then the 7800x3d

[shut lava]

Because the 7900X3D is worse in games.

[azure pond]

nah

stock issues

[cinder kiln]

No

Price inflation

[azure pond]

yeah mb

artificial stock issues*

[cinder kiln]

AMD is making the golden child expensive cos they know it wins

Yes

CPU version of a 4090

[jolly inlet]

Third party sellers with a scarce product be like

[deft dew]

hi does anyone know a good mouse i can buy? or maybe a good brand i could buy one from.. max like 60-70$?

[cinder kiln]

Op18k

Viper v2 pro

DA V3

What was that other one

M3...?

[jolly inlet]

M4 A1?

[cinder kiln]

Keychron m4 a1 yeah

Lemokey m3?

There's a few others

https://www.eloshapes.com/

Use this to compare the shapes

You can see if you like it vs what you have

Rtings also has reviews for a lot of these

[jolly inlet]

It helps to figure out your preferred grip style and weight since there's so many options

[thin bolt]

Isn’t there like a “perfect mouse”?
The G502 or something along those lines

Not too into mouses outside of the $30 range

[jolly inlet]

G502 is on the heavy side but it used to be top tier

I love mine personally, a heavy mouse suits me perfectly

[thin bolt]

I used a $10 Logitech mouse most of my life

[jolly inlet]

I bet the tracking on that was horrible for snap shots

A good mouse can make a huge difference

[thin bolt]

I only used it when I couldn’t use my controller

[jolly inlet]

Please tell me the controller wasn't a F310

Or F710, of submarine fame

[thin bolt]

Xbox

I’ve always been an Xbox guy
That includes on pc gaming
Me with my old HP playing fallout NV at 25fps

[jolly inlet]

That's fair enough since the button layouts will match on screen

[thin bolt]

Ye

[tawdry dragon]

M4A1 is a rifle lol

[jolly inlet]

It's also a mouse

[tawdry dragon]

Need to cop that

[jolly inlet]

https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-m4-wireless-mouse?srsltid=AfmBOopAJMjSQLJQ7yxqbfM70vA5vkcA8kuvpTgU7szHUHH6UAmKfV3X

That's the M4-A4/A5 but you get the idea

[tawdry dragon]

Quick problem I'm having if anybody could help rq, my mouse keeps losing tracking and not sure why

[jolly inlet]

Either the sensor is dirty or the surface is

[tawdry dragon]

It's not the mouse since it's on both my g pro wireless and attack shark x6, not my mouse pad

Since I also swapped the mouse pad

[jolly inlet]

USB issue then

[tawdry dragon]

That was my guess yeah, might be overloading a USB controller

Alr thanks, gn

[jolly inlet]

g'night

[torpid night]

Thanks Carvana 💀

[lilac prawn]

1700

A fortune to be sure, carvana says

[torpid night]

Didn't even realize that I posted this in this channel lol

Technically a tech deal lol

Who wants a 2014 Focus for $1700? Basically the price of a 4090 but it does more. Might have TCM issues but that just makes it more fun of a project

[lilac prawn]

❌Cant run games at max graphics

[torpid night]

Yeah but you can plug in a PS2

Technically you can put a PC in it but it uses RCA so you'll need an adapter lol

[high radish]

My car have bigger screen so

[cinder kiln]

My 4090 didn't start breaking after 2 years tho

[torpid night]

Yeah but what about four years?

[cinder kiln]

Ur right, I wouldn't know that

But Ford already lost at the 2 year mark

Also they're putting advertising in cars now so they'll never see a cent from me 'til death as long as I continue to breathe air

[jolly inlet]

lol the 12100 mops the floor with the 9500 and you can build a pc with a 12400/5600 for less

[pallid geyser]

So good it should be illegal ha ha ha

Someone arrest him

[terse pine]

I actually got 1 dollar

For my accord they said one dollar

Mb 100 dollars

[jolly inlet]

Carvana is actually evil though

They've been caught selling stolen vehicles kind of evil

[torpid night]

I'll buy that tbh 💀💀💀

[jolly inlet]

Yeah I'd double their offer take it or leave it

[torpid night]

I'll give you my $1700 Focus for it

[terse pine]

😂

Literally 73k miles the car is brand new

[torpid night]

Lmaooo that thing has at least a decade and a half worth of life left 💀

[jolly inlet]

It's an accord so it'll run right past 300k if you take care of it

[fleet marlin]

Heck, My manual F150 is only at 206K because of sitting a couple years sometimes for certain issues (combines with job/money issues, haha). Accords are great

[azure pond]

My camry is still running at 282k

Soon to no longer be mine though

Thought it was dead but it's still chugging along, selling it for $1150 I think next week

[tawdry dragon]

Good ole days of TikTok shop deals

[cinder kiln]

God damn

[molten halo]

Huh

[warm dagger]

What in the f

[torpid night]

W TikTok moment

[tawdry dragon]

Sadly those are deals from last year :((

[pallid geyser]

Yup rip

Now TikTok shop sucks

[torpid night]

You can almost tell when the reviewer reviewing the product doesn't know how to review lol

I watched this guy say stuff like "y'all should really buy this desk" when you could see his actual desk setup in the background and this TikTok desk he was reviewing was in the middle of the room and had nothing but a laptop on a stand and a single monitor. Looked way out of place for "I’ve been using this TikTok desk for a couple weeks"

[cinder kiln]

"I tried this desk out for a few weeks, I rented out this empty apartment"

"Guys in ski masks came to help me"

"I love the feel of this desk, you know a good quality desk when you touch one and this is one of those"

"$799, link in bio"

[torpid night]

yeah 💀

Only the desks on TikTok (which tbf they don't look too bad) are like $30 lol

Like if there was an equivalent to my IKEA Malm on TikTok, it would probably be like $50-$60 lol. If I got my desk new, it would be like $220 straight from IKEA

[limpid lava]

Crew 2:Even though its $1. FPS is capped and I had trouble playing with friends in the crew. Better off buying an arizona to drink

[brittle lagoon]

unfortunately even a can of arizona is over $1 at many places

[jolly inlet]

Not to mention Ubisoft's track record of killing games

Like the original Crew

[brittle lagoon]

$1 is still pretty decent for a game, even if you're probably going to have a deadline for when you can play it, and even if it's kinda bad

[jolly inlet]

That's one of the few things that has stayed constant for my area, you can get them for $0.68 if you go to the right store

[brittle lagoon]

huh

[brittle lagoon]

they're usually $1.5 near me

[jolly inlet]

You aren't at the right store then 🤷‍♂️

[brittle lagoon]

yea, it's store dependent, suggested is $1 but not always the case

[cinder kiln]

Classic techie server

"It's not $1 here"

I'm so guilty of this too

[fleet marlin]

Must be some thing about some cans not having the 99 cent label. Plus, pro move is finding a can in 1 of the chilled areas or fridges for the same sub-$1.

[brittle lagoon]

some have the label and gets marked up at the store

[brittle lagoon]

I'm just annoyed at my area tbh

everything expensive

[jolly inlet]

They have a trick for that. There's 2 different UPC codes, one for chilled one for shelf. Pepsi and Coke have done that for ages.

And they send people to the store to stock their own products so the store people can't mix them up

That's part of why the 16 oz bottle on the shelf is cheaper than the 12 oz bottle next to the register in the fridge

[cinder kiln]

Could be worse, water here is about $2 (~1.33USD)

I'm not a drinker so couldn't tell you what arizona is or if it's even available

[jolly inlet]

My local grocery store stocks a chilled vending machine with water bottles that fell out of the packs of water and sells them for a quarter.

Especially the store brand bottles

[cinder kiln]

Ya these come from 24 packs

[brittle lagoon]

the sweet tea

[jolly inlet]

The arnold palmer tea/lemonade one is good

[cinder kiln]

Well I'm a coffee guy too so there you go lmao

[brittle lagoon]

yea arnold palmer is great

[brittle lagoon]

You should try it sometime if you ever see it in store

also report back what the price is lol

[jolly inlet]

If you were curious you can buy them at Coles
https://www.coles.com.au/product/arizona-green-iced-tea-1.5l-3806350?srsltid=AfmBOopX1-PdSTcNUkhvww9YpOOyMgB1VOH7T3NQRd7pBk0O1FvXxrk_

[cinder kiln]

💀

I was gonna have a look next time I was there but cheers lol

There you go 4.70

The crew 2 here is $1.50

So 3 times the price

Am I cooked chat

[brittle lagoon]

that's 1.5L though, usual can is like 20oz? so like half a liter

[jolly inlet]

It's 4.70 for the 1.5L bottle

Yeah the usual is 20 oz

[brittle lagoon]

by that logic it might actually be equal in price

$1.5 for can and $1.5 for crew

[jolly inlet]

2.5x size

[cinder kiln]

[jolly inlet]

Plus premium for AUD conversion

[cinder kiln]

@limpid lava WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

[limpid lava]

xD

[jolly inlet]

4.70 aud is 3.21 usd so that's not bad

[limpid lava]

we are all avid arizona enjoyers it looks like

[brittle lagoon]

except @cinder kiln who should start buying arizona

[cinder kiln]

[fleet marlin]

Fal, it's the same $1 22oz canned teas but somebody felt like putting it in a certain chilled fridge or area. Cheers to the employees or store policy. ---Not the small fridges near checkstands though. They're always expensive stuff.

[jolly inlet]

Ah nice

[opal flume]

Where I'm from we drink the water we pay for monthly from the utility company we are forced to use

[cinder kiln]

Yeah but you've surely been in a situation where you've found yourself buying a cold bottle of water right

Really hot day, the taps aren't giving out anything cool enough

Reach for the shop fridge and grab something

[jolly inlet]

Where I'm from people die doing that

You need to filter it

If you've never seen your shower put out brown water consider yourself lucky

[opal flume]

Nope

I bring a metal water bottle anywhere I feel like I'll need a drink

[cinder kiln]

And when it runs out...?

I'm sure you've done it at least once

Unless you live in alaska

[opal flume]

I fill it up at the closest water source because I put ice in my bottle. Or I wait patiently like a good little boy who just polished off 40oz of water

[cinder kiln]

I'm sure you've done it at least once

Like maybe not water, maybe a coca cola

It's easy enough to be tempted by refrigeration

Lol

Forgot your water bottle maybe one day in your life

[opal flume]

If I'm really desperate I'll go to a fast food place with infinite refills and drink as I need after buying a drink. That has only happened once. 6 years ago when I walked 6 miles to the eye glass place because I was socially awkward and couldn't handle the concept of buying a bus ticket

[trim pier]

I still have 1$ Arizona teas but gas stations and Canada gas stations aka circle K are the real devils

[cinder kiln]

Yea see

Everyone gets tempted by the cold drink once in a while

Lol

[trim pier]

Cold?

Nah.

[cinder kiln]

Not u

[trim pier]

I get my arizonas off the shelf at dollar tree

And drink it

[cinder kiln]

Ur just less than human

Smh

[opal flume]

My man I'm an obese man who walked 6 miles during the height of August heat. And I was stupid and was wearing a spring jacket the entire time because I was uncomfortable being in public

[cinder kiln]

Ya but you still did it

[opal flume]

Yes. Once, 6 years ago after nearly passing out due to heat stroke

[cinder kiln]

Last time I bought bottled water was 2 years ago

It still counts lol