tech-deals-discussion

[trim pier]

I’d never buy a bottle of water from any place unless it’s in bulk

The fact some places charge nearly the same price of a 24pk is crazy

Cold or warm

I’m not buying something from “Iceland” for 5$

[jolly inlet]

I buy water at $0.75 a gallon and use that to fill my tea pot and coffee machine

[trim pier]

^

[cinder kiln]

||And it's actually from your local sanitation plant||

[trim pier]

I’m from the land of “10,000 lakes”

The water quality isn’t the greatest

[cinder kiln]

We all are if you count the intel cpus

[trim pier]

If you drink straight from tap, either you got a good filter or wanna poison yourself

[trim pier]

😭

[cinder kiln]

Do you guys opt for carbonated a lot?

[trim pier]

Not really

Carbonated water is like when you choke on water

[cinder kiln]

That's what I do when I travel places where water is sketch

[cinder kiln]

I'd rather taste healthy static than unhealthy cholera tho

[trim pier]

True but at that point I’d drink hot water

[opal flume]

You haven't lived until you drank boil advisery water

[trim pier]

Not like scalding hot

But like literal garage temp during the middle of summer water

[cinder kiln]

You'd need a kettle tho but fair

I should invest in a kettle

A travel one

[trim pier]

You can also use a drop of blesch, let it sit in the sun for a day or so

[cinder kiln]

N-

NO?

That's literal poison DON'T

[trim pier]

???

[cinder kiln]

WAY TOO HIGH ON CONCENTRATION

DROP OF CHLORINE NOT BLEACH

[trim pier]

No I’m not saying leave a drop of bleach outside for a day and drink it 😭

[cinder kiln]

PPM IS TOO HIGH

AAAA

THAT'S A HORRIBLE IDEA

[trim pier]

Why am I not dead from the “scouts experience” then

[opal flume]

Clorox literally has instructions on treating drinking water. Chill

[cinder kiln]

Are you sure it wasn't the "cult experience"

[jolly inlet]

Microdosing on poison doesn't make it not poison

[trim pier]

Pop is technically poisonous

Just 45 cans of coke is the limit

[cinder kiln]

I would never put bleach in like that

Never ever

Never ever ever

[opal flume]

https://www.clorox.com/learn/water-purification-how-much-bleach-purify-water-for-drinking/

[trim pier]

^

[cinder kiln]

Everything has a safe ppm rating

[trim pier]

If you don’t have a kettle

[cinder kiln]

You'd need a LOT of water

[trim pier]

Or ways to use the sun

[trim pier]

Obviously not a 20oz bottle

[opal flume]

25 drops of bleach per 1.75 gallons

[trim pier]

Maybe a 2L or a gallon even

Oh

Then nvm

[opal flume]

Or 4 drops to a quart

[jolly inlet]

That's for emergencies only as a "lesser of 2 evils" thing

Bleach is less harmful than sewage contaminated hurricane water for example

[trim pier]

Plus no matter what

You gotta filter it through a cloth

Just as if you were going to boil it

Though Clorox says 30 minutes

If you need it now then sure

But a day would let the bleach dilute into nothing

[jolly inlet]

That... isn't how that works

[cinder kiln]

Quite literally

No suggestion for bleach

Boiling is the safest. I forgot about UV, that's also good, but you want a glass container

[cinder kiln]

That's probably where it comes from

[trim pier]

well ya, it's even recommended by clorox to do that if you can but this is what if you couldn't

this is for people without heat, electricity, or the possibility to make a fire ig

[jolly inlet]

If you can't get clean water or boil it then you have bigger things to worry about than bleach in your water

[cinder kiln]

Ya I would be boiling, if I was lucky, chlorine in maybe 1 drop for 2 litres

I wouldn't do bleach, it's extremely caustic

[jolly inlet]

My emergency kit has water purifying stuff in it, everyone should have that

[cinder kiln]

It's also a very complete compound

Albeit soluble

[opal flume]

You do realize one of the methods of purifying water with chlorine is bleach right? Otherwise known as Sodium Hypochlorite

[cinder kiln]

That's not chlorine

I said chlorine

Pure chlorine or a soluble dilution

No sodium whatsoever

Thing with chlorine is it's extremely reactive to two active valencies

[jolly inlet]

Chlorine bleach and regular bleach are different

[cinder kiln]

Ya

Sodium means it's less likely to break apart

Diluted pure chlorine forms more pure bonds with hydrogen and oxygen

It's much more pure

[opal flume]

Standard bleach is made of chlorine. Non-chlorine bleach is not made of chlorine

[cinder kiln]

Ya but standard bleach has sodium mixed into it

Which can lead to imperfect bonding

[opal flume]

The EPA literally say household chlorine bleach can be used to disinfect drinking water

https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/emergency-disinfection-drinking-water

Disinfect water using household bleach, if you can’t boil water. Only use regular, unscented chlorine bleach products that are suitable for disinfection and sanitization as indicated on the label. The label may say that the active ingredient contains 6 or 8.25% of sodium hypochlorite. Do not use scented, color safe, or bleaches with added cleaners.If water is cloudy, let it settle and filter it through a clean cloth, paper towel, or coffee filter.

[cinder kiln]

And the CDC doesn't recommend bleach

You literally can't have more than a drop per 1.2L by safe standards

Whoever came up with that 2 or 4 drops thing is informing someone to drink water to an unsafe standard

4ppm is the maximum safe

4ppm works out to be about 0.8 of a drop

Per litre

[fleet marlin]

"emergency disinfection of water", also the epa.

[cinder kiln]

Ya, as Fal said, lesser of two evils

1 drop of water disolved chlorine per 3L is an acceptable level

Not near a maximum safe

You just shouldn't do it

[cinder kiln]

Love how this says to use a filter which literally implicates household bleach being impure

[opal flume]

Yes, if your water is cloudy before you do anything you need to filter it

[cinder kiln]

Really hope you've been doing this to a big lot of water

[opal flume]

Just like you need to do when boiling

[cinder kiln]

You won't have this issue if you have pure chlorine handy

[opal flume]

You always have to filter cloudy water. Period

Regardless of method used to disinfect it

[cinder kiln]

Ofc but we're discussing bleach and chlorine

Cloudiness as a result of bleach

[opal flume]

No

[cinder kiln]

Bleach is not pure

[opal flume]

Cloudiness due to contamination beforehand

[jolly inlet]

Alright I think we've gone far enough off the rails here

[cinder kiln]

Lmao

[fleet marlin]

cloudy can be from a salt based filtration + a well setup

[jolly inlet]

It should be clear by now no one will convince anyone else

[opal flume]

Okay. But one last thing.

The CDC literally says use bleach to disinfect water too

That's it, I'm done

[cinder kiln]

Well alr, my last leg too, it still doesn't make it safe when suggesting up to 16 drops or 4 times the safe limit for water, only the lesser of two evils ☠️

[thin bolt]

Me when Newegg tech deal discussion goes into cdc recommendations for purifying water compounds

[opal flume]

Newegg Water Purification Deals

Flash Sales on bleach and iodine tablets

[fleet marlin]

1 hour water filtration yap-a-thon after drink deal. 🦅

[opal flume]

Deal so good it'll drive you to drink

[trim pier]

I wouldn't use anything smaller than a 2L or a gallon tbh

[balmy lake]

[pallid geyser]

the crew kek

[tawdry dragon]

what's wrong with the crew :(((

[jolly inlet]

Ubisoft is what's wrong

Sure the game is $1 now, but that's because of the backlash over them killing the original title and announcing the imminent demise of 2 and Motorfest

2 and Motorfest will have offline modes but the online servers will be dead. There's no return in sight for the original.

Oh and Motorfest only launched last year so it's a bit premature to call it dead imo

[daring depot]

havent heard any news about motorfest as of late

[torpid night]

Nah Motorfest released like a year or two ago. It's safe for now

[dull flame]

Why did people not like the crew 2 discount.

?*

[cinder kiln]

Idk tbh, it's only a dollar

Serves as a victory trophy to the people of the EU who rallied for the games to not be EOL'd with the stop killing games campaign

[tawdry dragon]

then again, it's $1, even if you only have online for a few months longer I'd say it's still worth it. The only thing that could give you that for that price is xbox game pass which costs more.

I have both motorfest and 2, and 2 is just better in almost every way in terms of actually playing the game (I hate storylines in racing games)

[fair moon]

I tried the crew 2, but for a 2018 release those graphics are pretty rough

[tawdry dragon]

I'd say they're pretty decent, you don't need a masterpiece to have fun. My one gripe with the game is how terrible the flying controls are

the driving is pretty ok, it's more of an arcade style of driving, but the map is better than forza horizon 5 imo since there are multiple large cities with many alleyways and small details that just make it so much better

[brittle lagoon]

Source:

Finally went to a grocery store and remembered that

[pallid geyser]

supposed to be 99c

😠

[tawdry dragon]

proof:

[opal flume]

A Last Stand video game? What is this, 2014? Hasn't that series been dead for like, 6 years now?

Wait a minute, they put the flash games on steam and put a price tag on them? The games that were free and can still be played free with a little tinkering?

What is this

Why is this

[fair moon]

Ok mine def didn't look like that, I wonder if I had a shader or texture issue

[cursive sage]

@azure pond I just opened the PC that I bought from eBay and it doesn’t even look refurbished

Hell it doesn’t even look used

They were even generous enough to include a keyboard and mouse god damn

[azure pond]

That's sick

Lmk how it performs

[jolly inlet]

Yeah because they're abandonware mostly, so any copyright would be void. Someone saw an opportunity for money and wrapped the games in a self executing flash container and sold it.

[opal flume]

Nah, this was put up by the people who made it themselves. Good ol' Con Artist Games and Armor Games. Their name spells it out for them

[torpid night]

10% off just isn't a deal idc

[jolly inlet]

The deal is that it's $513 for a 1440p 240Hz oled

Which is the lowest we've seen yet

[cinder kiln]

Wtf $513 for the KTC???

Thing has a KVM and usb-c pd

Insane deal

[brittle lagoon]

missed it ig

unfortunate

[pallid geyser]

The hell is jawa

[thin bolt]

US based pc parts/prebuilt site
Kinda like eBay but solely for pc/electronic stuff

[pallid geyser]

Ah

[grand orbit]

Think it's owned or affiliated with wegg?

Don't quote me on that

Expect jawa validates their stuff i think all of it anyway?

[thin bolt]

Nah

Jawa has a verification process

[jolly inlet]

They're basically just a consignment website. You send in the hardware for them to sell.

[thin bolt]

Wym

Most listings on jawa have already been built/are just parts

Trade ins are there for extra cash

[jolly inlet]

I mean in the way that any issues are resolved directly with the website and not the seller

[thin bolt]

Ah

[jolly inlet]

Unlike ebay where you have to go back and forth with the seller

[high radish]

Sounds similar to stockx

[azure pond]

Drk if this is worth posting
https://www.ebay.com/itm/156428651204?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=92chrSivS8C&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

$1100 7700 4070 super build but needs a ram upgrade anyways

[cinder kiln]

$110?

[light holly]

That'd be a steal if so

[cinder kiln]

Damn shipping might even make it worth for me if 110

1100

[azure pond]

Lol I wish

[tawdry dragon]

I can get it for 495 lol

not sure why but I can get really good deals on this monitor specifically

[jolly inlet]

Some people have better coupons than others we noticed

[tawdry dragon]

actually $484?

the 10% off is before the $100 off ig

I really want to get this 😭 but I'm using a 3070 and can barely get 120hz 1440p

[jolly inlet]

Probably better to save for a GPU upgrade once 50 series drops in December-January-ish

40 series will drop in price around then

[tawdry dragon]

Saving for a car so probably not going to upgrade whatsoever

[shut lava]

I ordered one of those ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE CPU coolers from Amazon back in July and it hasn't shipped yet.

They put it on sale at a disocunted price and don't have stock to fill orders?

[stoic crest]

I'd cancel that order

They probably forgot about it, somehow

Or did it on purpose

[cinder kiln]

Or hassle amazon to chase up the order

[jolly inlet]

If the seller was Amazon, complain to support and they might re-send the order.
If the seller was not Amazon, get a refund because that marketplace is a scammer haven.

[shut lava]

The seller was the manufacturer, ID-Cooling.

[jolly inlet]

Whether it was the real manufacturer or an impersonator, at this point it doesn't matter and I'd get a refund

[shut lava]

Lame excuse not to ship an item for 2 months. lol They couldn't ship it from a different fulfillment center?

I bought it on sale and ended up reusing an old heatsink that I had for another PC then I forgot I ordered that one.

[thin bolt]

https://www.jawa.gg/product/44503/sleeper-gaming-pc-rtx-2060-ryzen-5-4500-16gb-memory-512gb-ssd

[thin bolt]

https://www.jawa.gg/product/44305/lg-32-inch-2560x1440-165hz-gaming-monitor

[fair moon]

I'd probably just go for an Acer refurb

$142 shipped, 250nit ips
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276240245047

Or, $133 shipped, 400nit VA
I have 2 of these, the va smearing isn't too bad especially with games these days leaning hard on TAA and upscalers. Brightness is excellent.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/275913158509

[azure pond]

This looks pretty nice for a workstation
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

[jolly inlet]

Nah pass on that

You can get that RTX 4000 for $350 and DIY the whole thing for less than that asking price

It's the A4000 that's the good one

I think I'd rather get this one plus a GPU because extra memory channels
https://www.ebay.com/itm/395607713677

[azure pond]

hm alright, thought the rtx 4000 was still pretty valuable

[jolly inlet]

The 4000 is worth $350, but the a4000 is $550-600.

More confusing model names

[cinder kiln]

Omg I finally get it

Nvidia is going to do what intel is doing

A B C

Archmage, battlemage etc

Ada Lovelace
Blackwell
Etc

It makes so much sense

So a100 will be b100 next gen

Or B6000 Blackwell generation

Be crazy as hell if I got this right lmfao

Almost sunrise and I'm having revelations before work about the secrets of a trillion dollar company 💀

[tawdry dragon]

That's what intel was doing!?!!!!?!?!?!??!?!

[cinder kiln]

You can't write this stuff

[brittle lagoon]

Wait but a100 was ampere and lovelace was like L something

L40

It might be true but it's not lined up for Nvidia yet

[cinder kiln]

Foisted by my own petard

[brittle lagoon]

Also what'd be C for Intel?

[cinder kiln]

I used to remember it

Lol

It's already known

[brittle lagoon]

I can't think of a C mage lol

[cinder kiln]

Nah they're like

DnD references

Celestial

Then Druid

If Nvidia was following the same pattern

C could be Curie (Madam Curie)

Or maybe Cassini

[brittle lagoon]

ahh

makes sense

[jolly inlet]

Problem here is that Nvidia has done Ampere, then Ada, now Blackwell. It's not any kind of pattern yet. Good theory though, if they wanted to switch it up.

[pallid geyser]

https://www.amazon.com/i9-14900K-Desktop-Processor-Integrated-Graphics/dp/B0CGJDKLB8/ref=asc_df_B0CGJDKLB8/? 14900k is $462 on Amazon

[grand orbit]

At least the fire emoji is accurate

[shut lava]

It appears that 4TB SSD deal is dead already.

[high radish]

[tawdry dragon]

I'm still spoiled by the prices that tiktok shop once brang, now normal prices seem outrageous to me

I still wanna pay hdd prices for ssds

[cinder kiln]

I recognise that seller

Insane 7900xt deal

Who was it I was talking to

Mura that's it

@shell pendant check this out
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BNLT17XQ

$660 7900xt

Kinda insane value here, don't think you'll see much better for black friday

[tawdry dragon]

I need a reason to upgrade 😭 but I have no good reason to upgrade from my 3070

[cinder kiln]

Trade to 6800?

[tawdry dragon]

actually my sister's build has a 6800... you think she would notice?

[cinder kiln]

Market value puts them close but the 6800 is better for sure

Idk lol

It's arguably the better card in my experience

[tawdry dragon]

yeah I know that, but I got this card used 2 years ago (ish)

[cinder kiln]

I very much prefer navi 21 to ad104 lol

Idk man idk your sister

I'd be more worried tbh if I did know lmao

[tawdry dragon]

to be fair, she plays 1080p 60hz roblox

[cinder kiln]

Oh if that's all then she mightn't

But depends, does she notice little details

[tawdry dragon]

I don't think she'd notice if I swapped her to a 1660 super lol

[cinder kiln]

Swap her to 3070 lmfao

Man 1660s would be mean 💀

[tawdry dragon]

I mustn't, If I'm going to upgrade, I'm selling the whole system lol

[cinder kiln]

That'll be tragic ☠️

[tawdry dragon]

still using a 13500 on ddr4 💀

[tawdry dragon]

yeah, I'd never do something like that........

[cinder kiln]

Like giving someone a shot glass of coke when they order the extra large

TU106 is just kekw

[tawdry dragon]

but they would take only a sip of either.

[cinder kiln]

She will definitely notice 😂😂

[tawdry dragon]

It's like buying a Porsche 911 and driving it 20mph

[cinder kiln]

ya but you'd notice the engine going from a bloody 400hp burble monster to a lawn mower

[fleet marlin]

A viper with 4 bad cylinders

[cinder kiln]

You won't trade her the ferrari for the porsche but you'd give her the kia instead

[tawdry dragon]

hmm, my pc is aufully quiet today, eh who cares

[tawdry dragon]

She's getting the camry 💀

[cinder kiln]

Man treat your sister better

[tawdry dragon]

I built the dang pc for her lol

[tough veldt]

should be 560$ to be insane value

[cinder kiln]

No way

560 would be sold out immediately

660 for like better raster than an $800 4070 TiS is already wild

[tawdry dragon]

I'm having buyer's remorse for my 3 year old purchase

[cinder kiln]

It's halfway to 4080 raster

$660

[tawdry dragon]

:((((( why couldn't I have predicted that pc parts would get cheaper over time

[tough veldt]

but RT rip

[tawdry dragon]

could get 2x the performance if I would've just waited smh my head

[cinder kiln]

RT matters for 1 in 10 people

[tawdry dragon]

but what I do care about is the other features that nvidia provides that are surprisingly helpful

[tough veldt]

but compared to 7700xt double the price not double the perf

[cinder kiln]

There are statistical studies on this btw, maybe not 1 in 10 but definitely a minority

It's less than 35%

More people care about raw fps and latency

[tawdry dragon]

I think a lot more people care about dlss, but fsr is getting very good

[cinder kiln]

Which tips in the way of frame gen...until people learn frame gen is a huge latency hit

Most people don't know this yet

[tough veldt]

we will see ps5 pro rt benchmarks

[tawdry dragon]

I am a chronically competitive gamer so I just care about raw fps

I think most people just like seeing a higher number

[cinder kiln]

It's 7700xt performance. RT was never on the cards, 3080 was barely doable

[tough veldt]

so its a lie lol

low rt

[cinder kiln]

They will use frame gen and make people think it's better

[tawdry dragon]

ps5 pro is completely useless lol

[cinder kiln]

It is

It's fundamentally worse value than a ps5

At this time of writing

[tough veldt]

yeah

[tawdry dragon]

especially since you can get used ps5's for $300 ish

[cinder kiln]

Ya it's just a fallacy

Shrinkflation goes hard

4090s on that note climbed $200 the last couple months

Imagine everyone's faces when the 5090 is definitely not 1600 in the near future

The writing's on the wall there

[tawdry dragon]

5000 series release is perfect so I can finally get a 3090 lol

[cinder kiln]

Lol

[tawdry dragon]

for some reason used 3090's have NOT gone down in price over the past year ish

[cinder kiln]

3090 is still overkill for many people

Well yeah cos ML

They're the best ML cards period

If you want budget ML, 3090, no better choice

Otherwise you go ada gen quadro

[tawdry dragon]

smh my head, time to use my 3070 for another 5 years

[cinder kiln]

Fr

Use it for ai work lol

[tawdry dragon]

I'll finally be able to upgrade to a 3080 by then

[tawdry dragon]

Honestly I do not give a crap about ai, it's cool but it's not useful to me in anyway whatsoever

[cinder kiln]

Oh ya but people make money off it

So the cards that earn are the cards that stay costly

It's like a mini crypto shortage

[tawdry dragon]

there's an ai website that you can automatically pump out brainrot content 💀

with the reddit stories and minecraft backround and everything

[cinder kiln]

Maybe I should sign up for one of those

Just let my gpu earn

Lol

[tawdry dragon]

energy bill 📈

[cinder kiln]

I've got enough here for a small server

[cinder kiln]

Honestly my air con uses way more

It's not even remotely a contest lol

[tawdry dragon]

who need ac, 24/7 sauna all the way

[cinder kiln]

I've been keeping it off a lot lately except for the super cold days

Contrary to my pc specs I'm not made of cash

Lol

[tawdry dragon]

got your priorities straight

[cinder kiln]

Kinda 😂

[tawdry dragon]

there's an emoji for this?!?!?!

crazy

[cinder kiln]

Yeah man

[tawdry dragon]

I've actually been considering just selling my pc and using the money to build a better one

but not sure that's such a good idea anymore

especially considering that I got banned from fbmp

[cinder kiln]

Not really anything to make good money out of now apart from cheap repairs, custom build commissions or AI

Linus dropped the ball on showing off cheap mobo repairs so that easy money grab is gone

Ai bubble will also eventually pop so not worth throwing new money into

[tawdry dragon]

It's mainly because I like seeing more fps, and I eventually want to get a 240hz 1440p oled

[cinder kiln]

You could camp intel stocks ig?

[tawdry dragon]

Not old enough for trading lol

[cinder kiln]

Rip

[tawdry dragon]

I am but a youngin, with no car :(

[cinder kiln]

Meh, car is more worth it than a better pc imo

Even a rustbucket is a revolution over a bike lol

[tawdry dragon]

Logically yes, but I am a tech nerd who likes new and expensive tech

Always have been

[cinder kiln]

Bigger nerd says get a car lol

[tawdry dragon]

just recently moved and there's nothing for miles lol

[cinder kiln]

That makes me say it even more so

Lmao

Ah time for work

[tawdry dragon]

yeah, I know :( Now I actually have to be responsible with money

[cinder kiln]

Gotta go

[tawdry dragon]

alright, nice talking

[cinder kiln]

👋

[tawdry dragon]

cya

[shell pendant]

oh wow, thank you for the ping on this! I get paid tomorrow so hopefully the deal will still be there

[azure pond]

I'd say ping us when you're ready to buy, deals pop up pretty randomly so there could be some others too

[cinder kiln]

@tiny dirge you beautiful blonde man

That link is as long as the circumference of the earth

Remove everything after and including "Ref"

[jolly inlet]

It's also only about a $10 discount

[cinder kiln]

860 is great

They were 920 like 2 weeks ago

Amd is making big cuts, good signs

[jolly inlet]

It's a much better deal than the 4080 super at least, which is STILL $1k

[azure pond]

I want 7900 gre at $490 again

Ti super is down $50 but $750 is still very meh for it
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/jmvD4D/pny-verto-oc-geforce-rtx-4070-ti-super-16-gb-video-card-vcg4070ts16tfxpb1-o

Especially with the 7900xt at $660

[tiny dirge]

yes i know i dont know how to fix it

[cinder kiln]

^

https://www.amazon.com/XFX-Speedster-MERC310-Graphics-RX-79XMERCB9/dp/B0BNLSW23M/

[tiny dirge]

i knew someone was gonna say smth when i posted it lmao

[fair moon]

@void lance dunno if typo or account specific deals but that monitor shows as $153 for me

[azure pond]

Should have a $20 clippable coupon

[fair moon]

Not for me :/

Account specific I guess

[shut lava]

No coupon for me for that monitor

[fringe olive]

I have a coworker trying to sell me some parts:
14900KF (Sealed In Box)
Asus Z790-E (10 Months Used)
Vengeance RGB DDR5 7200 CL34 (10 Months Used)
What price would you guys say it would be be worth to buy it? I know there are issues is with Intel chips lately and intel will likely show there new generation soon.

[azure pond]

I'm unsure if you'd have cpu warranty with a second hand part

And that's the only way I'd touch that cpu

I'd pay like 600-650 for all that

[fringe olive]

Thanks for the insight. Yeah it is a bit risky without warranty. Seems like they would be fine with 500, which seems like decent value granted only if the cpu keeps performing.

[fleet marlin]

New means you can just instantly do the bios update, maybe self-tune some voltage/power limits, then not really worry about it.

[jolly inlet]

14900K keeps getting cheaper, can't imagine why

[zenith lantern]

https://tenor.com/view/arson-fire-anime-angry-gif-22586809

[azure pond]

That 5800x is interesting

On the one hand, not much more than 5600

On the other, needs a $35-40 cooler and is not much better for gaming

Wegg does also have 5700x3d for $195 with free 32gb ram

[tiny heron]

5700x3d a better buy with the ram. But cheapest ive ever seen the 5800x go for new.

[azure pond]

Yeah, just a matter of how it compares to the rest of the market. Def worth keeping it posted, good sale on it

[cinder kiln]

7500f has been $123

[thin bolt]

@azure pond any $350-400 pcs worth putting in my list? Something non-proprietary?

[balmy lake]

Anyone know of any good deals on EMP’s? 😂

[cinder kiln]

Ask a local military government official

[balmy lake]

I did. They only have large scale stuff. I need something more directed and only effective up to 100-200 yards. I don’t wanna fry everyone’s stuff. Just the jackholes playing music loud af all the time. Lol

[cinder kiln]

Fill some water balloons in a toaster with a long ass extension cord and throw it idk

Did I just come up with a diy tazer?

[balmy lake]

Thug takes AOE tazer damage for -33HP

And stun effect. Loses one turn

[jolly inlet]

Plus first strike bonus

[cinder kiln]

If you get charged with a felony I am not responsible for your crazy actions

[tiny heron]

Amazon got the 5800x on sale too

[thin bolt]

That is 100% a scam

[stoic crest]

even cheaper

no, it's sold by amazon lmao

[thin bolt]

O

Didn’t see that

Oops

[stoic crest]

yea

best am4 deal on earth rn

[thin bolt]

Why am I SO POOR

[tiny heron]

Just need a good cooler. My 5800x got HOT 😂

[stoic crest]

nothing thermalright can't solve

just add 30 bucks on top

still a gud deal if you ask me

[tiny heron]

Forsure.

This is still $196 and comes with 32gb 3200mhz

[azure pond]

Or as felix pointed out yesterday, 7500f is $125 on aliexpress

[tawdry dragon]

Then again, ddr5 is considerably more expensive

[cinder kiln]

The drop in am4 vs. am5 argument except it's not x3d this time

7500f is still the overall better pick for the same price imo

Especially when it doesn't need more than a stock cooler unlike the 5800x

Offsets the cost of ddr5 almost completely

But not the motherboard, not quite

[azure pond]

About a $35 difference

7500f fine with a $15 cooler, 5800x needs a $30-35 cooler so that makes up some of the diff

Oh

Felix said everything i was going to lmao

[cinder kiln]

7500f can go stock cooler if it's not a tray pick

Think the best picks for 5800x are for those still on like zen 2

[azure pond]

I thought it only came tray lol

[cinder kiln]

With a good board at that since 5800x challenges many ass am4 vrm

[azure pond]

B550m pro se at $75 rn

[tawdry dragon]

To be fair, I was referring to the 5700x3d as the comparison, but ig that's not a good deal either

[cinder kiln]

Ya that's still hella small difference especially with 12600k/f in the mix

110 pg riptide, arguably a lot better, closer to zen 4 perf for only a little more again

Or the ddr4 pro rs

The good pick to me rn for am4 would be and has been for a while, 5500

Like $80, told it's been as low as $42

No one picks it cos no one gets that it's just a better 3600

Makes the entry level a lot more clear cut

[tiny heron]

I mean if you were on an older am4 chip with an already decent cooler the 5800x would be a good upgrade for not a lot of money. More of a situational upgrade.

For new build just get newer architecture

[fair moon]

If you're doing something that really needs the cores maybe. For gaming I'd either go 5700x3d or make the move to am5

Week or so ago there was a (in my opinion) better 5700x3d deal that had a 1tb nvme bundled with it instead of ram

[tawdry dragon]

To be fair it was an nv2

[gusty willow]

saw that sapphire 7900xt earlier damn its tempting

[tiny heron]

thats the one i got. had for about 5 months no issues

[clear magnet]

Ryzen 5 3600 rn, is 5800x good upgrade

im not a serious gamer but I would like to upgrade my pc

[azure pond]

Yeah its a decent step up, around 20% better in games, bot sure what the multi core perf difference is

It needs a very good cooler, it runs very hot

Very bare minimum
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/pCrqqs/gelid-solutions-glacier-70-cfm-cpu-cooler-cc-glacier-01-a

Good
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/MzMMnQ/thermalright-phantom-spirit-120-se-argb-6617-cfm-cpu-cooler-ps120se-argb

5600x at $112, for gaming performs very similarly and is much easier to cool
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/g94BD3/amd-ryzen-5-5600x-37-ghz-6-core-processor-100-100000065box

Or 5700x3d is about 20% better, and comes with free 32gb ram from newegg at $194

[clear magnet]

I have the nzxt kraken aio cooler

[jolly inlet]

What size

I ran a 5800X on a good 240mm AIO and it was way too hot

It's also a pretty small upgrade over the 3600. One of the X3D chips would be more ideal. (5600X3D, 5700X3D, 5800X3D)

[thin bolt]

https://www.newegg.com/p/2AM-0022-00057?
tiny case

[daring depot]

which one is more worth, 7800xt or 4070gpus?

and if so, would now be a good time to buy one?

[jolly inlet]

Considering the 7800 XT is on average slightly better and a full $100 (19%) cheaper I'd go with that. Yes now is a fine time to buy, next gen upper midrange cards don't usually come out until a few months after flagships.

[daring depot]

cool. good to know

tho now i have to debate over a refurbished lenovo or build my own

[jolly inlet]

Tough call. I started my PC journey with a prebuilt personally and modified it from there.

[daring depot]

its incredibly tempting

limited chance that I break everything

[lilac prawn]

Not that the chance of things breaking is any less

[daring depot]

well...

less in the sense that limited experience will be the cause of failure

tho i would like to be the one getting the best parts for an pc, getting rid of parts after would be a pain

[lilac prawn]

Hence the ordering of the words lol

But yeah, self built is probably your best bet most of the time for that

[daring depot]

i suppose so

[lilac prawn]

Older parts could still be reused

If you had the extra hardware for an old computer

[cinder kiln]

Snow mini is interesting

Would've preferred the air but cheap entry into lian li brainrot is always welcome

[muted fulcrum]

Do we think any 4k oled monitors gonna be on sale for black Friday/cyber monday?

Prime day is an L

[jolly inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/8ball-bart-simpson-shaking-shake-magic-ball-gif-17725278

[cinder kiln]

Unless you're camping a 4090 I don't really recommend

Or you have full intent to go up to TV size

[muted fulcrum]

Damn. I got a 4080S, wanted to play cyberpunk at true 4k 😞 with oled

[cinder kiln]

You might get 60fps

Lmao

4K is just that heavy

[muted fulcrum]

Yeah lol It does really good if I don't turn on path tracing, once that's on GG lol and that's on my 1440 monitor 💀

[cinder kiln]

What monitor you got rn

[muted fulcrum]

Same thing with my TV

Ktc oled. It's not bad, I just wanted to see what 4k felt like lol

[cinder kiln]

What size monitor would you be looking at for 4k

[muted fulcrum]

Just a 27 preferably. The msi's i see are like 32, which would be nice too

Really just want it for my single player games. The 2k is nice, but some minute details are kind of lackluster vs the TV

[cinder kiln]

Yeah let's drop this back down to earth

At 27", 1440p looks almost exactly like 4k

Except it's 4x more intensive to run

Or rather, 1.5x

[muted fulcrum]

Really? It didn't seem to scale images as sharply as my TV did

Veryyyyy close though. But like I said minute details kind of ate at me

[cinder kiln]

On oled, 1440p at 27" is basically crystal clear

You won't make any improvements going to 4K, the ppi is so dense at 1440p as it is you need insanely good eyesight to see better

27" is not where 4k shines

It's when you go to tv sizes

32" is barely passable for a reasonable uptick to 4k

[muted fulcrum]

Gotcha so I'm like halfway there but tbh I don't wanna change my set up around to do alla that lmao

[cinder kiln]

Ya, lots of work, basically negligible upsides

Ktc oled is dope enough as it is, clarity is way too good

I went and made all these mistakes years ago by buying all this stuff and learning the hard way, saving you the trouble by teaching others not to repeat my accidents lmao

My 4K monitor looks worse next to my 1440p QLED, both 27"

[muted fulcrum]

It is surprisingly good for a no name brand tbh.

[cinder kiln]

It's an lg rebrand, that ktc

[muted fulcrum]

Just a Lil basic and some settings seem to be cutoff.

[cinder kiln]

It's literally an lg monitor

Got a kvm and usb power delivery to charge your laptop

It's pretty amazing imo

[muted fulcrum]

Yeah, butttttt Goodluck getting support for it I'm starting to realize. The website isn't even accessible lmao

[cinder kiln]

Amazon

Amazon any help?

[muted fulcrum]

No updates on it?

[cinder kiln]

They're pretty good in the sympathy department lol

[muted fulcrum]

I just feel like it needs a firmware update or something idk

[cinder kiln]

Hmmm

Maybe we revisit this later

I might have a quick look brb

Try emailing this @muted fulcrum

https://ktcplay.eu/pages/contact

[muted fulcrum]

Thanks ill ask

[cinder kiln]

If no answer, try a monitor reddit

Those latency freaks will know

💀

[muted fulcrum]

I appreciate your sacrifice for my sins

Also lmao it pulls up the eu site but not US? 😭

[cinder kiln]

I tried to find us

[muted fulcrum]

Lmaooooo

[muted fulcrum]

It says it comes with preset modes and mine most def doesnt??

[cinder kiln]

....interesting

Maybe it's a shortcut you haven't found?

Like monitors often have each of the directions on the nubbins give different menus

Left could be input

Right could be volume

Meanwhile up and down are like

Crosshair menu

Fps overlay

Maybe swap kvm mode

Lmao

And push in gives you a standard menu

[muted fulcrum]

Nah I'm definitely locked out of a bunch of features

Can't do presets

[cinder kiln]

That's really odd, I think you have a case to prove

At the least, you may even be able to earn a partial refund for not receiving advertised features

[muted fulcrum]

Can't do anything with brightness/contrast or literally anything with color lmao

[cinder kiln]

That's definitely unusual

See what they say soon

[muted fulcrum]

I can change my mode from standard

[cinder kiln]

Wait

Wait wait

Are you in hdr mode

Turn off hdr and try again if you are

[muted fulcrum]

Yeah I am lol

I was gonna say is it cause I let windows take over

Eh ill try next time I'm on lol

[cinder kiln]

Hdr stops a lot of monitors from.allowing changes

Could be that

Presets is definitely a common one

My own monitors do that

[muted fulcrum]

Gotcha I thought hdr was good??

[cinder kiln]

It is, but hdr for some reason has all monitors do that

Seems like it should be an option but I haven't worked out why this is the norm yet

[lilac prawn]

They lock HDR so that it meets the standards I guess

[cinder kiln]

Wtf that xtx

@shell pendant

[azure pond]

Dayum

[high radish]

luckily my 820$ order wasn't shipped yet so cancelled it lol

[azure pond]

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/comments/1fz5a6b/bundle_ryzen_5_7600x_gigabyte_b650m_gaming_plus/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[shell pendant]

Holy frick

Would my 850w PSU be good to handle an XTX? Ive read mixed reports on that on forums and such

Lots of good deals on 7900 XTs and XTXs right now so I'm probably going to snag one of them but if going the XTX route means having to drop an extra $100 on a 1000w PSU then the XT sounds more enticing

[cinder kiln]

What cpu again

[shell pendant]

7800X3D

[cinder kiln]

And psu

[shell pendant]

PSU I think is the ThermalTake GF1 850w gold, it's in the A tier on PUS tier list (not sure how reliable that site actually is)

[cinder kiln]

Would work yes

789 is a solid price for that

[shell pendant]

I've read that 7900 XTX has odd power spikes which is why people recommend 1000w, but I've also seen people with 750w PSUs saying they run fine so I wasn't sure

[cinder kiln]

It'd be better dollar value than a 4070 super which I'm dead sure is nvidias best value card

[cinder kiln]

550w spikes

I know it's behaviour very well

I've run it on less headroom

[shell pendant]

That's excellent news

[cinder kiln]

I would jump on that

Black friday is very unlikely to beat

Even if it did, it'd be by barely anything

[fallen idol]

Anyone know what tier the corsair rm750x 80 plus gold power supply is?

[cinder kiln]

It's great

Hangs with the best

[shell pendant]

yeah I think I'll slap an order on that in a few, glad I held put a couple extra days and thank you for the notice, amazing deal 🙏

[cinder kiln]

I don't use the tier list but it's a solid tier A, A+ if the rank existed

All g

Happy to help

[fallen idol]

Bet thanks

Damn $128 for 5800x

[cinder kiln]

Pass on that cpu if you aren't on zen/+/2

Better picks out there

[fallen idol]

Nah I was just lookin at the deals

doesnt seem bad for am4

I already have a 7600x tho

Which I also saw a 7600x + ram combo for like $210

cant remember if it was new egg tho

[cinder kiln]

That would be an amazing combo yeah

[restive siren]

Anyone got any decent laptop recommendations that can reliably run Fortnite and vr games? Maybe something on Amazon that might be on sale 500-700 is the preferred budget 👍

[fair moon]

VR on a laptop for 700 might be rough

I would reccomend a desktop for vr

Depends on the headset. You could probably run an older headset on a 4050 but for a quest 2 I probably wouldn't go below a 3060/4060

[restive siren]

I alr got a desktop, just wanna play saints and sinners with cheats or Pavlov on the go (I bought it on steam not quest )

[fair moon]

Quest 2 headset or something else?

[shell pendant]

officially pulled the trigger on this 7900xtx deal just now, very excited

[torpid night]

Basically A tier there's nothing wrong with it

[restive siren]

Quest 2 , ima get the 3 s when its out tho

[fair moon]

Yeah personally I wouldn't get a 3050 or 4050 then. 3060/4060 maybe but those laptops tend to be over $700

[azure pond]

The 3 has been out for quite a while

[restive siren]

3 S

[azure pond]

Oh mb

[restive siren]

Cheaper with similar specs and same features

[tiny heron]

Why does newegg and amazon always do tech deals before I get paid 😭

[marsh sphinx]

Does the b365M pro-vdh mobo have an SSD port? i have a solid state drive right now and i wanna fit an m.2 ssd in but i can’t find a port anywhere.

Also how would I remove my old SSD without getting rid of windows or any other important files? I’m replacing it because it’s old and making windows impossible to use

[jolly inlet]

It does have one M.2 slot, you probably can't find it because it's hiding under the GPU

[marsh sphinx]

ohhhhh

[jolly inlet]

And I recommend using macrium reflect to copy your data

[marsh sphinx]

macrium reflect?

how do i use it?

[jolly inlet]

https://www.macrium.com/cloning-software

They have a video on the page

[marsh sphinx]

got it, thanks

what ssd should i pick out for 1 TB?

[jolly inlet]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7tCFf7/silicon-power-a60-1-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-sp001tbp34a60m28

[marsh sphinx]

thanks

[jolly inlet]

You definitely don't need a drive that is known to die randomly

[thin bolt]

@tiny heron L

[tiny heron]

Oh I didn't know that 😅

I have a 980 pro in my main rig I assumed this was better

I guess that's why it's so cheap

[tiny heron]

I thought you didn't own a computer 🤨

[thin bolt]

I don’t

[jolly inlet]

Unless you're editing 8k+ video, no it's not better

[azure pond]

@cinder kiln if only it was on wegg

I cri

[thin bolt]

https://www.jawa.gg/product/42168/build-005-1080p-gaming-pc-or-rtx-2060-super-ryzen-5-5600-16gb-ddr4

Is this a deal

[tawdry dragon]

I'd consider this a better deal #tech-deals message

[pallid geyser]

Hmmm

[thin bolt]

Yeah
It is

It’s slightly worse than the 3060

[thin bolt]

https://www.jawa.gg/product/40966/strata-pcs-apex-ryzen-7-5800x-8-core-amd-radeon-rx6700xt-16gb-ddr4-1tb-ssd-wifi

This is a deal

[jolly inlet]

It's a good deal but no data on the seller, so a minor risk there

More of a yellow flag than a red one

I'd want to overclock the memory if possible on that too, 3200 is a bit low for ryzen 5000

Oh and it'll be a cold day in hell when a 120mm AIO can handle a 5800X

[opal flume]

Well obviously it'll be a cold day, the ambient will need to be really cold to help the aio

[bold willow]

14600K for $200 ENDS TODAY on NewEgg!

Imma grab it

Cause even with deals on the i9-12900k or i7-12700k… the i5-14600k still beats them.

[azure pond]

13600kf was 150 for a day or two

Not sure if that'll be back anytime soon tho

[bold willow]

Should I wait until I see a better deal, perhaps when the new intel lineup releases and they try to get rid of older models?

[azure pond]

Potentially, but at that point personally I'd rather get the new gen of cpus lol

[jolly inlet]

Maybe not since Intel is already admitting that there's a slight regression in gaming performance on the new gen

[tawdry dragon]

need some help finding a laptop if anybody's up for it
Budget is $250 USD, absolutely no more
Used is fine, as long as it has returns.
Going to be photo editing as the heaviest workload, nothing else too demanding.
NEED at least 16gb of ram and 512gb ssd, or at least have the option of upgrading them
Prefer longer battery life, so would prefer ryzen 5/7
integrated graphics are fine, as long as they have a decent amount of vram (last laptop had 512mb and it lagged like hell when doing anything)
no preference for brand, size, looks

[fair moon]

Over budget
https://www.ebay.com/itm/205036838489

Right at budget (no OS though)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/315838174524
There look to be a ton of these ^ HP Probook/elitebook's on ebay, so look around for others. I'd guess some company is replacing their 'fleet'

You can filter by ram, ssd, processor, and price on ebay

Not sure if Vega graphics in the Ryzen 4000/5000 laptops go over 512mb vram

Oh 4500u doesn't have Vega apparently? Idk laptop CPUs are weird

Ok, 56xxu is Vega 7, 58xxu is Vega 8

I have a 5825u and it works pretty well for photo editing with luminar neo

[jolly inlet]

Keep in mind the third digit represents the generation of architecture, so the 5625u would be Zen 2 (Ryzen 3000 on desktop)

That mostly affects the battery life, with newer gens being more efficient

[stoic crest]

4500U uses vega

[tawdry dragon]

probably going to get the elitebook 845, appreciate it! I was looking at dell inspirons and hp elitebooks and couldn't find anything decent

[fair moon]

5625u is zen 3

I think the new naming scheme is for 7000 forward

5600u also zen 3
5500u zen 2
5700u zen 2
5800u zen 3

[jolly inlet]

Did I mention I hate laptops

[thin bolt]

Me too

[tiny heron]

I just hate that when I turn on dedicated graphics my laptop it dies within 2 hours when idle

[fair moon]

So, same memory as a 6700

And no info about clock speeds/compute units

[brittle lagoon]

Supposedly there's one 6750 gre 10gb with 160 bit bus and another one with 12gb with 192 bit bus, with core count of the 10gb one matching 6700 and core count of the 12gb one matching 6700xt

So just a reskinned 6700 and 6700xt

[tawdry dragon]

pretty decent pricing

[brittle lagoon]

Is it cad or something?

[tawdry dragon]

usd

it's not "good" pricing, but it's alright

[brittle lagoon]

I mean 6700 MSRP used to be $300

Currently it's just no stock

Can get like 7600xt for $310 that performs ~10% better

[tawdry dragon]

it's a year old somehow

seems like it performs on-par with a 4060 ti according to a russian youtuber

maybe a bit worse depending on the game

[brittle lagoon]

That'll be the 12gb version, which is just a 6700xt copy with a slightly higher core clock

[tawdry dragon]

not really sure but I think it's the 10gb version? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmnkCsqticU

[brittle lagoon]

By spec, the 6750gre 12gb is a 6700xt, and that performance is on par with a 6700xt

[lilac prawn]

Greagle

[grand orbit]

Their naming schemes intentions from laptop cpus are for how much confusion can we possibly make

[cloud hornet]

Tbh it is a step forward from previously. They did the same stuff, mixing architectures in a generation, but didn't have any way to know about it.

Realistically tho, just shouldn't be hecking mixing stuff in a whacky ahh manner.

[bold willow]

Is this actually a good deal? https://computers.woot.com/offers/msi-aegis-zs-5dq-273us-r5-5600g-rx-6600xt-9

[azure pond]

It's not bad as far as pre builts go

If it were 5600/x instead it'd be better

But for $600 your choices are very limited, and you wont really do better unless you buy some parts or a full build used

Something like this
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tHP3z6

[pallid geyser]

why are there better deals on amazon when it isn't "prime day"

90% of "deals" on prime day are just items that are marked up right before the sale

[cinder kiln]

WHA-

@shell pendant

$430 1440p 240hz oled
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWN58YYP?tag=pcpapi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1

[shell pendant]

that is wild

Sadly I'm too broke after the 7900 XTX purchase to afford that even right now will probably have to wait until January or February to properly monitor shop

[high radish]

Extra 30% off for me tho

@azure pond idk if it's account specific or not but I see extra 30% . Ordered one for 301$

[shell pendant]

I just checked and that coupon doesn't show up for me.

[high radish]

Weird

Maybe prime specific?

[tiny heron]

$320 for me after coupon. but i have no money 😭

[azure pond]

Dayum

[high radish]

They nuked coupon already lol

[azure pond]

Crazy grab tho

I just bought this last night

[high radish]

yeah firmware is probably crap but otherwise it's oled so . since it's almost for regular 240hz monitor price it's worth it

[bold willow]

Might sound sponsored but if u just put ur email into capital one shopping plugin they give you 5% back in rewards for Newegg

Newegg advertised it to me

I used it

I should be getting $15 soon since they did “spend $100 or more and get $15 back”

[arctic stream]

What????

[torpid night]

What????

[pallid geyser]

What????

[thin bolt]

What????

[pallid geyser]

Dang 160hz 4k?

[daring depot]

that pc deal from acer is insane!!!

[azure pond]

@stoic crest i know the cpu sucks, but at $175 is this worth posting?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256195038210?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=IZv0H-iASTG&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[fair moon]

I think the $25 or so extra for a used 5500U or 4650U laptop with 12-16 gb ram is probably more worth it

Both get you 6c/12t instead of 4/8, and not sure about the 4650 but the 5500U has vega 7 which is a good deal better than the 610m in the 7320

[stoic crest]

nope

imo it's not worth it compared to what stevie said

[azure pond]

Is this good? I know nothing about mice
https://computers.woot.com/offers/logitech-g305-lightspeed-wireless-mouse-5?ref=mwj_sh_cp_136_bs

[cinder kiln]

yes

Non-hero is normally $35

So definitely

[azure pond]

Ty

[lilac prawn]

Oh nice deal

[daring depot]

oh ye

saw that just now. i thought they go cheaper than 25$ tho

[lilac prawn]

That might be the non hero version

[lilac prawn]

I meant the 25 dollar price

[fringe olive]

There is a non-hero sensor version?

[torpid night]

lol what's with the hype for the G305?

[vague pine]

just cheap decent mouse

at normal price its eh, but $30 or below its nice

[normal spear]

I have one, nothing special about it but for a mouse and the not insane price i paid for it, it performs like it needs

[lilac prawn]

Its just a solid mouse yeah

[stoic crest]

non hero?

i have not heard of g305 without hero

[cinder kiln]

Existed long before the hero variant

I nearly bought one years ago, glad I didn't

[lilac prawn]

In the time before time

They existed

[cinder kiln]

The land before time

[stoic crest]

ah

i bought mine like

last year

it's got the hero sensor

the hero sensor is pretty decent

just 1k polling rate

but still decent if the price is below 30

[lilac prawn]

16k polling rate when

8k is rookie numbers now

[stoic crest]

lmao

[daring depot]

Reduce the battery life to like 5 hours lol

Seriously tho, as cheap as the g305 is there are many more good options

[fair moon]

at $30 though?

[daring depot]

...i found one but it don't run on AA

Cheap Chinesium stuff so not really

[cloud hornet]

16m polling rate when

[torpid night]

#tech-deals-discussion be like "looking for a 1024 THz [terahertz] polling rate DDR67 SSD does anybody have one for $5?"

[bold willow]

weird but cool deal

if u want a second 256gb ssd with a 2tb one lol

[grand orbit]

How is it weird?

[bold willow]

i dunno

its a ssd with a bonus of an ssd

[grand orbit]

oh lol i didnt see that

[pallid geyser]

That is weird lol

[bold willow]

not a bad one. just a sata tforce ssd.

they just tryna get rid of useless stock

[azure pond]

yeah, and can def make the overall cost cheaper

can do 7600 w stock cooler and take out the h212

[jolly inlet]

I wonder how many 7800X3Ds they have in stock and if I can just roll in and grab 100 of them to scalp ||jk I don't do that||

[balmy lake]

I wouldn’t be mad if you did… but i’d hate you. 😂

[jolly inlet]

I'd save one for you

Would you hate me then

[tiny heron]

9950x3d when

[jolly inlet]

Next year probably

[thin bolt]

What about me:(

[jolly inlet]

For you? $600

[thin bolt]

[balmy lake]

Naw, we’d be cool, lol

[bold willow]

$10 shipping bruh #tech-deals message

No wonder it’s $0.01

[jolly inlet]

And a very bad seller to boot, probably another aliexpress drop ship

Yeah definitely a drop ship with it not arriving until late november

lmao

[bold willow]

Yep

Also like actual adapters, from actual brands, can cost like $3 to $8 free shipping

This thing will probably crack the minute you plug something in

[trim pier]

very interesting reviews..

oh

[jolly inlet]

Interesting indeed with a blocked word 😉

[trim pier]

let me scribble it out

[jolly inlet]

That would work

[torpid night]

Guys it's a joke lol

[bold willow]

I don’t get it

[torpid night]

Its not that deep bro

No need to be so dense

[azure pond]

No need to insult people

It's always either sarcasm or just being straight up rude

[torpid night]

I mean if it were someone else posting something for 1¢ I wouldn't take it serious either

[azure pond]

Ok

[tawdry dragon]

Actually I got a HDMI cable for 1 ¢ a while back, free shipping

[bold willow]

i bought the adapters and i got alerted my identity has been stolen

i blame motor

[thorny otter]

hey

i wanna go for a i5 13600kf

[cinder kiln]

I already love this guy

[thorny otter]

who>?

[cinder kiln]

Lol

[cinder kiln]

What you wanna know

[thorny otter]

just asking if its available under 200$

[cinder kiln]

Currently 211-ish

Not too bad

[thorny otter]

is it in good price?

[cinder kiln]

Pair it with a b760m pg riptide and that's a solid price overall

[thorny otter]

i have

lemme see the name xD

Msi b760m-a WiFi ddr5

i've alr purchased mobo

[cinder kiln]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6Hv8RK

Like this

[cinder kiln]

$170?

[thorny otter]

alr opened

i've purchased mobo a year ago

for 223$

[cinder kiln]

Ah, looks fine for 13600kf

Ah

[thorny otter]

i think i've messed up in this part

[cinder kiln]

Bit high but way late now so let's make it work

It's fine

[thorny otter]

yeah : (

[cinder kiln]

See the other parts I listed

[thorny otter]

lemme

[cinder kiln]

Whatever you need from there grab them

[thorny otter]

I'll share the link once im done with all the things

will be looking forward for ur approval

: )

[cinder kiln]

All good

Let us know if you need other suggestions for your budget

That's only half a pc there

Could save you a fair bit of cash in the process

[thorny otter]

sir

i dont live in us, it would cost me much low if i buy from us

one of my relative is in us currently and he'll be back in a week or so
so im gonna req him to buy me ssd, cpu, and ram sticks as no tax will be charged on them if he puts them in his wallet or you know...

cuz they can be placed in a wallet lmao

for other parts, i'll be buying them from my country, no issues with them

im just saving money as much as i can

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vxYc6D

[azure pond]

Diff ssd

M482 or g50

[thorny otter]

https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-Internal-Expansion-MZ-V9P1T0B-AM/dp/B0BHJGV9WR/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=nvme%2Bgen4&qid=1699474836&sr=8-3&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.006c50ae-5d4c-4777-9bc0-4513d670b6bc&th=1

this will do?

[azure pond]

Pls no

1tb at $120 is insane

One sec

[thorny otter]

ok guide me

[azure pond]

Any of these
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mRkc6D

There's other good choices too, those are just the bullet points id suggest with current pricing

M480 pro and fx900 pro are same quality as the 990, but you won't really notice a difference between any of the ssds in that list if you're just gaming

Other than storage size ofc

[thorny otter]

yeah i need good speeds

1tb will do the job

[bold willow]

Newegg had the i5-14600k at $200 recently, i grabbed it cause im doing the same thing as you.

Upgrading my cpu, mobo, and ram.

However, I'm waiting for a ATX motherboard.

[thorny otter]

I'm just concerned about the reports that i saw

about 13th and 14th gen intel cpus

they get malfunctioning without any reason, out of nowhere

[bold willow]

They fixed it yeah?

[thorny otter]

idk man

i hope they've fixed it

[brittle lagoon]

as far as we know, 0x12B fixes it completely

[jolly inlet]

Not all boards have that update yet, especially OEM ones and custom BIOS ones.

[bold willow]

$240 for an i5-13400f and a b660m board

eh

like $70 off

[brittle lagoon]

might take a while longer for everything consumer but I'd say 80% of consumer boards should have it available now

[bold willow]

this a good deal? https://www.newegg.com/msi-mag-z790-tomahawk-max-wifi-atx-intel-z790-lga-1700/p/N82E16813144633R?Item=N82E16813144633R

how do i know what could be missing from the open-box?

[azure pond]

It's ok

And you don't really know till you get it

https://www.amazon.com/MSI-B760-Motherboard-Supports-Processors/dp/B0C15THTK7/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?

https://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-Z790-Q-Flash-EZ-Latch-Motherboard/dp/B0BH9DXY38/ref=mp_s_a_1_10?

A lot of other good options on amazon warehouse too

[bold willow]

$120 used - good

[bold willow]

$160 is a bit too high for me

its either used/open-box or an eagle ax

[azure pond]

$111 for used good

[bold willow]

It does $120 for amazon renewed - b760

[fleet marlin]

My z790 tomahawk refurb was $106, for perspective. D4 version, but still a good deal for me. Finally see what my ballistix can do.

[cinder kiln]

Just get pg riptide

You can BCLK your K series chip, you get a wildly overkill motherboard for 109

It's a z790 in b760m clothing

[jolly inlet]

If that was in stock when you posted the link, it isn't any more

[bold willow]

But its micro and kinda small for my o11d

[cinder kiln]

Vertical mount hides the bottom of motherboards anyway in that case

[tiny heron]

Good deal yeah?

[cinder kiln]

That's quite decent yeah

At least I think it is

[bold willow]

So I should vertically mount my GPU

How much does that cost

EVGA 3070 TI Tuf Gaming OC