tech-deals-discussion

[bold willow]

EDU5 works on this

[normal spear]

If price is awful then why 😭

[bold willow]

I get 5% ($14) off

But also it says its going on sale in 2 days

[cinder kiln]

Lmao

[high radish]

Maybe it goes for sale

[bold willow]

So imma wait 2 days and see if the sale + my education discount makes it better

like that monitor at $200 would be very good

they sell it on aliexpress to but i dunno if i trust that

[high radish]

This one I tested and it's one of most accurate colors

[normal spear]

Thats concerning

[high radish]

Would check Dell G2724D as well

[bold willow]

$150

i would kinda prefer a higher refresh rate tbh

[cinder kiln]

Ooo that's a good one

[high radish]

Umm it have low contrast as well

Not decent for dark rooms

Local dimming sux as expected for price

[cinder kiln]

150 G2724D is pretty competitive to a 190 XV275U P3

[normal spear]

I hope oleds some day get to these price ranges 😭

[bold willow]

G2725D was another one i was looking at

[cinder kiln]

CM had an OLED for $300 a couple weeks ago

[bold willow]

$200

[normal spear]

What kind of oled?

[cinder kiln]

Unfortunate but the newer pick isn't as competitive at 200

[cinder kiln]

The 1440p 240hz one

[high radish]

Like this one ?

[normal spear]

I didnt see that jesus

[cinder kiln]

Yep that's the sale

That's probably the best monitor sale of the year

Can't think of anything that beats it

[normal spear]

How much money do you spend on pc stuff a year 💀

[high radish]

Yeah woled panel tho but still amazing for gaming and movies

[cinder kiln]

Woled is fine

As long as it's the LG panel you only have small text smudging which is a pretty non-issue

[high radish]

HDR isn't that good and firmware isn't upgradeable . Everything is fine other than that

[cinder kiln]

I feel like everyone on OLED has said windows hdr sucks

In fact @muted fulcrum even said so earlier

Not sure if it's a specific panel issue hearing that

[normal spear]

if windows HDR sucks whats the alternative

[cinder kiln]

Linux

[normal spear]

sounds about right

[cinder kiln]

(dies)

[high radish]

yeah maybe . I don't think like I'm moving to oled panel soon honestly . for work miniled panel is better

[muted fulcrum]

Working from a computer? Why didn't I go to college 😭

[high radish]

I mean all my work relying on PC so lol

[high radish]

I'm fashion designer xd

[cinder kiln]

Me 100%, QLED is King

[muted fulcrum]

Standing on that, cause I spent like 3 hours trying to "troubleshoot" my monitor before I just threw in the towel and blamed windows

[normal spear]

lol fair

plus it gives an excuse to buy cool stuff

[muted fulcrum]

Also the job i wanted to do when I was a teenager. I loved swag lmao

[normal spear]

im waiting until i can afford to splurge on an oled

[muted fulcrum]

Now I build bucket trucks for a living and my back hurts

[normal spear]

as much as i respect blue collar work i could never

[high radish]

I design dresses , building it with parts at CAD systems , printing it with plotter , sewing it , taking pics and vids on model , editing etc everything relying on PC lol

[normal spear]

thats cool

[muted fulcrum]

It's rough fr. Especially if you're not all right in the head. It sucks trying so hard to feel like you're not accomplishing anything. Hard to explain. But def not for the weak. Money is pretty decent tho. If I lived anywhere else making my current salary I'd be in a much terrible place financially and probably not in this discord lol

I had a nice hairline before I got my job, 5 years later and it has robbed me of said hairline lol

But we do offer like a college program where I pay a fraction of the cost of school to get a degree. I really may take up becoming an engineer

Which sucks cause I hate those guys because they cause a lot of my stress but I feel like I could attempt to deviate that

[normal spear]

honestly you should try for that, its good to mix up things especially if you feel like you arent getting anywhere in the field

[muted fulcrum]

Just where I work at you can only do so much grunt work til you gotta start kissing butt to get a sit down job. Or have a degree. And my back hurts way to much for being in my late 20's

And to top it off I'm not a butt kisser, I'm a hard worker. Like me for that or fire me lol. They've put up with me for this long atleast 🫡

But yeah, windows hdr is cheeks lol

Tbh the only time I know it's on is in cod because my afterburner settings look incredibly better lol

[normal spear]

i have too much pride to kiss a**, which is why im trying to get into community college atm so im not paying off loans until im 40

my act scores are great but i kinda went into a very rough spot past three years and have a miserable gpa, in my senior atm

[muted fulcrum]

The older games that windows says it's projecting in "hdr" most def aren't but do look better. The OG bioshock remastered felt like it came out 10ish years ago and not 17 😭

[muted fulcrum]

This would be nice. I'd also consider an actual trade school for myself as well. I don't mind the blue collar work at all, it's just to much bs at my job to deal with it.

[muted fulcrum]

Could do army if you got a good asvab and down to throw away ur early 20's which i would do in a heartbeat given i had the chance again

My little sister joined the air force and it's done so much for her. She went to Prague i guess just to see a band. She's been all over from Alaska (her pick) to like Germany and stuff. We are from Missouri lmao

[normal spear]

i took the ASVAB and got an 84 average (all my scores were good but auto rip), i thought about the airforce and actually got in contact with a recruiter. apparently peanut allergies were enough for them to say no lmao

[muted fulcrum]

I was a degenerate in high school but I'm a Lil smart, only choice was army cause I threw my life away or roll the dice and see what the real world had to offer. I would go back in time and pick army hand over fist if I could've just put the stuff down

[high radish]

idk if it worth to share at deals but refurbished 3060ti for 200$ https://www.zotacstore.com/us/zt-a30610h-10mlhr-r better than rx6600 at least

[muted fulcrum]

Awe, allergies are a big killer

[normal spear]

i was surprised too, didnt realize itd be an issue but it makes sense

i just wanted to pay off college lol

[high radish]

3070 for 240$ as well https://www.zotacstore.com/us/zt-a30700f-10plhr-r-1

[normal spear]

26 act hopefully will get me scholarships for community, preferably i walk away without any debt

loans are a mf

[muted fulcrum]

26 act is pretty decent

[normal spear]

theres a lot of regrets with anyone, but best you can do is make do with what you got

[normal spear]

i feel i could do better but adhd really makes focusing on a 6 hour test miserable

[muted fulcrum]

Was fun just my back hurts and lonely cause I kind of de socialized the older I get

[muted fulcrum]

That's why you do it in 4 💀

[normal spear]

my school made it stretch out

[muted fulcrum]

But fair, I don't know what it's like to have adhd

Oh yeah you're locked in in act that's right lmao

[normal spear]

my first two scores were great, 28 and 29, and then by the time i was worn out i got two 24s on my latter tests

[normal spear]

wish i was born without it, i tried adhd meds but they make it harder to think so it likely counterbalances it rip

[muted fulcrum]

They're just practice test tho?

Just lock in on the one that matters lol one time for the one time

[normal spear]

ive already taken the actual, but because im on a free lunch program (aka broke aa people program) i get to take it again for free next year

since i graduate 2025

[muted fulcrum]

I was on free lunch program cause my mom was single w 3 kids lmao

[normal spear]

same here but 2 kids

lol

[muted fulcrum]

Now that I'm older, I feel so bad for that woman and idk how she did a fraction of what she did for us

[normal spear]

i remember seeing america invests about 500 dollars per child TOTAL on the national average for childcare

childcare funding systems are barebones here

[azure pond]

It would be great to have people in charge who want to invest in our future with education and kids

[normal spear]

i sense bacca pulling a #general-chat here soon lol

[normal spear]

it would certainly be nice

rip

[azure pond]

Hahahahaha

(If I don't laugh ill cry)

[normal spear]

its why im doing college internationally 🙏

because i want out of this place before it entirely goes to the ground

[azure pond]

I have free state college atm but a certain someone would get rid of that

[normal spear]

im planning to split rent with a friend in oshawa ontario here in a year after i graduate

i want to eventually get actual citizenship, canada still has a slew of problems but its not as bad as the US

biggest thing is really just housing and taxes

[azure pond]

I find it hilarious this is a sentence when growing up were all told that America is #1

A single bedroom apt in my state is around $1200 lmao

800-900 if you're lucky or if its bad

[normal spear]

here in tennessee its honestly just as expensive despite the fact this place is NOT that well put together

[azure pond]

I completely thought you were Canadian

I've got a friend from tn

I might be going down to visit them next year

[normal spear]

im in TN as we speak lmao

kodak

i hate this place

everything about it sucks (besides the nature, the hiking and mountains go so hard)

ignore the fact its google AI

[azure pond]

I live in CT and there's just nothing to do here

[normal spear]

oh theres plenty to do here

[azure pond]

It's better than the south but God it's boring and expensive

[normal spear]

just dont get kidnapped and stay away from pillheads 💀

[azure pond]

So any big city

[cinder kiln]

Fr

[normal spear]

except for the fact the cities ARENT big

its just

icky

the people here are horrible

working customer service is just dealing with cranky old people and middle aged soccer moms

could just be my city

but

thats my experience here

florida was a bit better in the north, but in the south people were.. something else

i lived there about 6 years

[lament ivy]

Is there a limit per person on the $10 gift cards for $5? Also, can you use multiple on a single purchase?
Tried to look through terms not seeing much about that.

[normal spear]

apparently you can get only one

[normal spear]

Insane

[lament ivy]

Booooo

[cinder kiln]

I think it goes without saying

Everything at half price would be pretty fatal to any store

Least you can avoid any unnecessary purchase knowing another dingus tried it first

[muted fulcrum]

I just learned too ktc monitor doesn't have uniform brightness

[kind rover]

I assume the gift card is 1 per custemer?

[fleet marlin]

#tech-deals-discussion message

[tawdry dragon]

Man apple is really doing some good and bad things at the same time, I might've gotten that mac mini if they didn't charge for an entirely new mac mini for a small storage upgrade

[normal spear]

Apple math

https://youtu.be/LiAzrco8wsk

[tawdry dragon]

I need qualcomm to catch up soon so they have some competition

I despise mac OS

[normal spear]

We need monopolies to stop being so easy to stay at the top

[tawdry dragon]

capitalism exists, if some other billion dollar company cough intel, amd, qualcomm, nvidia wanted to make an efficient and high performing chip, they absolutely could

it's not a monopoly so much as there's no competitors wanting to compete

[normal spear]

Tbf it can be rough competing when brand recognition controls half of apples market

[tawdry dragon]

that doesn't stop them from innovating, or even copying what apple's doing

[opal flume]

Apple is half brand recognition, half trapping you in a closed ecosystem

[normal spear]

Absolutely

[tawdry dragon]

they still make the best laptop chips out rn (for productivity anyways)

[normal spear]

There is quality to it, its just overpriced in very specific places to take advantage of the user

[tawdry dragon]

they overprice it because they know that people will still pay for it

[normal spear]

Great tech, awful AWFUL pricing

[normal spear]

Thats my issue

[opal flume]

Yes but that doesn't change that there is a significant cohort that thinks anything other than Apple will always be inferior because of Apple branding

[tawdry dragon]

yeah even within my own family there's that notion

[normal spear]

But people will still buy it because "everyone else has one"

[opal flume]

We aren't talking tech guys who know how to shop around for deals and stuff, we are talking your average Joe who thinks iPhone makes you better as a human

[normal spear]

Want fancy text features with your friends who all have an apple and dont want to get left out? Get an iphone (ive legitimately had someone tell me thats why they got an iphone)

[tawdry dragon]

my family can't tell me a good reason for why they bought an iphone

or any reason whatsoever

[normal spear]

They dont need to tho

And thats what apple wants

Unconditional loyalty

[tawdry dragon]

that's what makes me mad, at least have some reason for choosing them

[jolly inlet]

God forbid you have the wrong color bubble in a text conversation

[opal flume]

Every brand wants unconditional loyalty, some companies are just willing to take it further with their actions than others

[normal spear]

Yeah guys id hate to be stuck on an android, glad im not

[tawdry dragon]

I have never been loyal to any brand ever, I just choose whatever's the best at the time (for the price mostly)

[normal spear]

I honestly wanna look at some other phone brands, oneplus maybe

[tawdry dragon]

I personally have had 2 oneplus phones

just because they deteriorate in value so quickly lol

[normal spear]

If samsung takes away my ability to use EXE files and similar i might be getting off the android ecosystem entirely

[tawdry dragon]

what else is there?

[normal spear]

Im sorry but i refuse to use the regular youtube app, i want my cracked version with sponsorblock and adblock

[tawdry dragon]

huawei?

[tawdry dragon]

revanced 💪

[normal spear]

All ive heard from them is "theyll steal you data" dunno much on validity

[opal flume]

There are quite a few Android phone companies

[normal spear]

Yurp

[tawdry dragon]

but actual operating systems that aren't android

[normal spear]

Google wants to crack down on adblockers, just means ill crack down on their crack down

[tawdry dragon]

they've been doing some pretty cool stuff on their newer phones

[jolly inlet]

OnePlus was a good option, when they had flagship features for half the price. But now they're just another brand with similar pricing and features.

[tawdry dragon]

unless you go used, then you can get last year's phone for half the price

[normal spear]

Rip

[normal spear]

I have an s23 i got a bit after s24 released

This is the 3rd phone ive ever owned 😭

[tawdry dragon]

got my oneplus 9 for $200 when oneplus 11 came out

[jolly inlet]

As for Huawei, they're banned in the US because they send all your data to China. It's fact.

[normal spear]

I use phones until they DIE die

[tawdry dragon]

my s20fe completely crapped out on me 😭 that's the only reason I got rid of it

[azure pond]

Hey same phone

[tawdry dragon]

I've had 2 lg's, 1 samsung, and 2 onepluseses, and a slew of other cheap ass phones that lasted a few months

[azure pond]

Mine was a free upgrade from an a71

[normal spear]

Ah sick, i used to have the a line too

Before that i had moto lol

[azure pond]

I had a Motorola z2 and z4 and I am never buying a moto phone again

[jolly inlet]

My last phone decided to go sledding down my car's back glass as I was closing the trunk and it got smashed. RIP LG G7.

[normal spear]

Theyre.. so outdated

[azure pond]

The z2 battery expanded bending the screen (my brothers and dad's z2's also had the same issue)

[normal spear]

But i do love that hello moto sound on restart

Its iconic

[azure pond]

My z4, the lcd (led?) Display under the glass broke from absolutely nothing

Right after I paid $200 to replace the screen too

[tawdry dragon]

RIP LG in general 😥

I was so ready for the lg v70 to come out with a 120hz screen, but it never did :(

[normal spear]

I still have my old phones

[azure pond]

My phones getting close to 2yo, so I've got 1-2 more till I swap. I cracked my screen and really don't want to pay to fix it

[normal spear]

I have like a small chip

But ill use this thing as long as i can

[azure pond]

The cracks aren't horrible but they're still there

[tawdry dragon]

My back glass cracked even with a case on 😭

I will always have a screen protector on since I'm terrified of cracked screens

I cannot live with it

[jolly inlet]

My wife wants me to upgrade my phone in a strange twist. I didn't get her texts or calls and was late picking her up as a result.

[azure pond]

Yeah now I do. I had a good case but it broke, and got a cheap case temporarily after that

And never replaced the cheap one. Wasn't my smartest idea

[azure pond]

Ooof

Could also be a sim issue

[tawdry dragon]

Happens to me pretty often and just goes back to normal without any issues

[pallid geyser]

If you all see any really good prebuilt deals hit a brother up pls

[jolly inlet]

I got spam calls but not her calls for some reason

[opal flume]

My old phone had to have the cache cleared every couple days in order to not drop outgoing calls

[jolly inlet]

What price range?

[pallid geyser]

It’s for a friend who says $15-2500

[tawdry dragon]

I read that so wrong lol

[opal flume]

I read that as $15 to 2500

[pallid geyser]

Pretty wide range

[tawdry dragon]

anything below 15 is too cheap

[normal spear]

Really? I preferably pay 4 dollars for my 4090 7800X3D prebuilt

[tawdry dragon]

sorry I have to pay $15 or more, 4 is too cheap

[opal flume]

Can't accept free

Too free

[tawdry dragon]

sadly the oled tv that I got for free I wasn't able to fix

the fix would be another $120 and I don't feel like paying that

[opal flume]

But it is more than $15

[azure pond]

This isn't bad
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16883360542?tpk=1

[tawdry dragon]

my price range is 15-20 dollars

[tawdry dragon]

reviews

[jolly inlet]

One quick check later
https://www.newegg.com/p/3D5-000Z-001M6?Item=3D5-000Z-001M6
https://www.newegg.com/p/1VK-005B-00181?Item=1VK-005B-00181
https://www.newegg.com/p/3D5-000Z-001P2?Item=3D5-000Z-001P2

7800X3D goodness

Which one to get depends on target resolution

[tawdry dragon]

7800x3d and 4070 is a crime

[jolly inlet]

For esports that's a great combo on a budget

[pallid geyser]

He’s got a 1440p oled 240hz lol

[jolly inlet]

Ok that's relevant info here lol

The ti super or 4080 then

[pallid geyser]

Perfect perfect

He had asked me about this one: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gamer-supreme-gaming-desktop-intel-core-i9-14900kf-64gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-ti-super-16gb-2tb-ssd-white/6575110.p?

Prob trash psu tho

[jolly inlet]

14900K
Avoid in general

[tawdry dragon]

agreed

[pallid geyser]

at least it outperforms 285k

[tawdry dragon]

idek what intel was thinking with this gen 😭

[pallid geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/what-if-they-weren't-morty-rick-and-morty-imagine-if-they-were-not-adult-swim-gif-151470287265122880

[tawdry dragon]

that would explain many things

not sure about this one https://www.newegg.com/p/3D5-000Z-001W9

also https://www.newegg.com/p/3D5-000Z-001M5

[jolly inlet]

Just imagine if Intel had launched Meteor Lake on desktop like they originally planned instead of Raptor Refresh, and how bad that would have been. Keep in mind Error Lake is technically their second gen on that architecture, and they still haven't figured it out.

[azure pond]

Any chance of you building it for him? Or a local pc shop?

Could see if he has an mc nearby

[pallid geyser]

Unfortunately no mc nearby, closest is a little over 4hrs from us. He was planning on grabbing a prebuilt on Black Friday/cyber Monday

[azure pond]

Alr

[tawdry dragon]

should probably wait until then to ask no?

[azure pond]

Ima be deal hunting around then so just keep an eye on tech deals

[jolly inlet]

Sales often start early but the majority will start hitting around Monday

[pallid geyser]

I check tech deals like a crackhead so bacca is a savior

[azure pond]

If i remember to ill ping

[pallid geyser]

Ty all

[azure pond]

Also

r/buildapcsales goes ham when sale events hit

[pallid geyser]

Awesome will do

Gonna be hard not to get one for myself smh

Waiting on that next gpu gen tho

[jolly inlet]

You'll be waiting at least another 2 months for that

[pallid geyser]

Yeah that’s fine I’ve got a 3080 doing pretty alr for now

[jolly inlet]

We're still expecting 5090 Jan-Feb, maybe 5080 with it, and likely a paper launch since Nvidia would rather charge $5000 for the same thing on a server card.

[azure pond]

Smh no buy a 4070 and send me the 3080 to dispose of

[pallid geyser]

3080 paperweight nowadays smh

I wonder how AMDs next gen is gonna be

[jolly inlet]

You know a funny thing happened to me yesterday... I RAN OUT OF VRAM and my game crashed. 12GB isn't enough now, I need moar.

[azure pond]

Supposedly matching their current gen while being much cheaper

One can only hope

[azure pond]

Damn. What game?

[pallid geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/hmmm-thinking-batman-gif-6153870554148391864

[azure pond]

Hilarious that my 3060 ti was running cold war almost max settings with 8gb at 1440p

[pallid geyser]

Minecraft with shaders

(Jk but not really)

[azure pond]

And now we're running into issues with 12gb

[jolly inlet]

Heavily modded skyrim lol

[azure pond]

I just moved to a 2080 ti since my 3060 ti decided to not live anymore

[pallid geyser]

My Doodoo 3080 only has 10gb smh

[azure pond]

Hah! I have 1 more gb than you

I should mod the 2080 ti to be 22gb

[jolly inlet]

Double density chips... Hmm. You'd need to do a vbios mod too which is a paaaain.

[azure pond]

Oh yeah no I'm nowhere near that level of expertise or knowledge

I've never even soldered or sautered anything before

[jolly inlet]

Nvidia requires very specific security and encryption on their bios so it's difficult to even decode now

[jolly inlet]

what about sautéed

[azure pond]

I have!

Ill go sautee my gpu

I'm back, it does not taste like onions

[tawdry dragon]

what does it taste like

[jolly inlet]

Add some mushrooms instead of thermal pads and it can do the sauté for you

[tawdry dragon]

how do yall pronounce soldered

soddered or souldered

[jolly inlet]

It's a regional thing, option 1 for me

[tawdry dragon]

yeah same here

[jolly inlet]

English folks tend to pronounce the L

[tawdry dragon]

which flavor of english

[jolly inlet]

English English

[tawdry dragon]

american english or british english

[jolly inlet]

English from England

[tawdry dragon]

ok ok

yeah they tend to mispronounce things

[jolly inlet]

Funny, they say the same about us

[normal spear]

What mods do you got?

[pallid geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/xqc-slam-gif-23917579

[jolly inlet]

yes

[normal spear]

Sounds about right

[jolly inlet]

Last I checked I had about 3200 with 2000 active

[tawdry dragon]

JEEZ

I've had 500 mc mods on at once and that was laggy

[normal spear]

3200 is crazy lmao

What card?

[azure pond]

Wait

Wait wait wait

You're telling me they're not two different things?

[tawdry dragon]

no?

i don't think so

[azure pond]

#1 best techie

[tawdry dragon]

we can always trust you bacca

[azure pond]

That was your first mistake

[tawdry dragon]

and my last

[jolly inlet]

My PC is in my bio

It runs pretty smooth for me

[normal spear]

i had no idea the 3080 ti only ran 12 gigs of vram wtf

[jolly inlet]

"only" lol

I have managed to fill 10-11GB before but this is the first time it did all 12GB, started dumping to system RAM, and crashed

[normal spear]

compared to the 3090 thats half the amount

i mean 12 isnt low by any means

but i just thought itd be more lol

[jolly inlet]

That's Nvidia for you

[normal spear]

trueing

AMD spoiling me fr ❤️

[jolly inlet]

It's almost enough to make me want to sidegrade to a 6950

Almost

[normal spear]

i dont think that would be enough to convince me personally

a 3080 ti is still a beast of a card

[jolly inlet]

Yeah I'll just remove a graphical mod and it'll probably be fine

[normal spear]

sounds about right

[jolly inlet]

I guess 8k textures was asking too much

[normal spear]

lmao yeah maybe

[bold willow]

yoo i might actually get the oled monitor

[bold willow]

you got a 7600x and 7900GRE? What games do you run and how well?

[normal spear]

as a reference i play cyberpunk on max graphics with raytracing (no path) at 1440p for about 50fps, turn off ray i get about 100 average (my system is overclocked and slightly undervolted)

no fsr

or frame gen in any way

[bold willow]

huh

cool

im doing a pc for my friend

chose 7700x cause i thought open-world games would need more cpu power

but maybe 7600x aint too bad

also its like $60 less and a free 1tb ssd

[normal spear]

it has really good single core performance

if theyre just gaming id absolutely recommend it

[bold willow]

do you think the 7600x limits the 7900GRE?

[normal spear]

for things that like 8 cores id def recommend the 700x tho

[normal spear]

hardly, compared to a 7800X3D on benchmarking theres not too much of a difference in games

it "technically" limits it but its very minimal and quite frankly unnoticable

good 1% lows

at 1080p id say it could make a more reasonable difference tho

since being more cpu bound and all

what gpu is your friend getting?

[bold willow]

7900GRE probably

[cinder kiln]

7500F bops for that

[bold willow]

lol

well tbh i told him to wait on cpu mobo ram

cause we wanna see what bundles are available for black friday

[normal spear]

you should actually try and snag a bundle

[normal spear]

yee exactly

[bold willow]

yeah

[cinder kiln]

7500F is basically a 7600/X without an iGPU and stupid cheap

I think I've seen it as low as $110 at one point

[normal spear]

thats actually insane

[bold willow]

$108 on aliexpress

[normal spear]

i love having an igpu but not 100 more dollars love it

[cinder kiln]

It's one of a handfull of things I'd suggest off aliexpress yeah

[normal spear]

i got my 7600x at 180 and i still think thats a steal lmao

[cinder kiln]

Can also get top spec DDR5 for $73 off there too

[bold willow]

7600 non-x is $160

and free ssd

idk we will see what happens

[cinder kiln]

Free SSD kinda makes that endearing if it's a good one

[bold willow]

kingston gen 4 1tb

[cinder kiln]

1TB of some decent kind I'd take that

Oh god

[bold willow]

at least its gen 4

[normal spear]

i got my x about a year ago lol

[cinder kiln]

Which

NV2

?

[bold willow]

NV3

so not incredibly bad

[cinder kiln]

I don't trust any NV

NV series have a horrendous history of part switching

So it'll say like, gen 4, gen 5

[normal spear]

my SSD is so mid lmao, i regret getting it so badly

[cinder kiln]

What you get is basically trash tho

[bold willow]

i swapped my 500gb samsung 970 evo plus for a m482 eco pack

i love having 2tb of storage

i literally took out the hard drive cause i dont need it

[normal spear]

i also have 2tb

[bold willow]

hard drive now a paper weight

i used to put all my games on my hard drive

this is soo much faster

[normal spear]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/yGZ9TW/crucial-p3-plus-2-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-ct2000p3pssd8

[bold willow]

especially downloading and updating

WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE

HOW DARE YOU CUSS

[normal spear]

ikr

scrotum

[bold willow]

this is a christian discord server

[normal spear]

this thing is SO mid

i hate it

i wish i never got it lol

[bold willow]

im waiting for 50 random ssds to showup in my amazon packages

why cant i be blessed

i wanna order a 7900GRE and get a bulk order of 4090s

[cinder kiln]

4090s aren't all that exciting

[normal spear]

200mbps throughput

pain

[bold willow]

ill take $20,000 in 4090s for free

[normal spear]

i love free 4090s

[bold willow]

you can sit back without free 4090s

[cinder kiln]

So would I but I'd sell all of them

[bold willow]

you will be 4090less

[cinder kiln]

I already have one

I'd just sell them

[bold willow]

no i wanna do quad sli 4090s

[cinder kiln]

Lol

[normal spear]

gimme a bakers dozen of 4090s and im paying off college lmao

[cinder kiln]

No SLI slot

[bold willow]

id sell half and pay nvidia to make it possible

[cinder kiln]

Gotta put them all on 3090Ti PCB's and hand write drivers and firmware

💀

Actually I don't think even the 3090 TI pcb works

It'd need to be specific 3090 PCB's and I don't think they're compatible

3090Ti iirc had the wiring but no actual SLI slot

[bold willow]

easy once i sell my million 4090s

[normal spear]

all i hear is all the money i dont have

[normal spear]

i dont think even close to a fraction of those exist

[cinder kiln]

The more you turn down your graphics the more 4090-esque fps you get

[bold willow]

Cause i own them

[cinder kiln]

It's ez

[bold willow]

bro my monitor is 165hz

i cant see anything that my 3070ti does

i could literally go back to my 2060 and get the same fps

can you believe in my second pc i upgraded from a 1070 to a 2060

[normal spear]

but i need to count all the individual hairs on an npcs head at 300fps 😠

[normal spear]

i have 180hz with my card lol

[cinder kiln]

Cities skylines ah comment

[normal spear]

i love that game lol

[cinder kiln]

Render the individual teeth in every human in the map

[normal spear]

bacca carrying #tech-deals as usual

[azure pond]

I find it funny how differently I see posting deals compared to yall see me posting them

I just see it as me spending way too much time on my phone lmao

[balmy lake]

You should do this professionally, some how. Lol

[azure pond]

I wish

That'd be great

Even as a side hustle It'd be nice to make money from

[balmy lake]

Well…. Bacca Buying Club! $4.99/mo get the best deals emailed directly to your inbox daily! 😂

[azure pond]

Lmao

Maybe I should just become a tech influencer

Like carterpcs on tiktok but better

[balmy lake]

FR. The next Marquees. Or whatever his name is

[azure pond]

I'm starting a job early next year working with tech and that will be the start of my real education with computers

[jolly inlet]

Better yet, make an AI do the heavy lifting, have a vtuber avatar, so all you have to do is ping the AI and it does the rest with the deal

[azure pond]

And im going to school for comp sci

[jolly inlet]

24/7 vtuber bacca stream that you leave open in the background to hear when the deals drop

Just like the good old days in 2020 trying to get a 3080

[azure pond]

Thats a fantastic idea

[balmy lake]

[azure pond]

I just quit my job so I'm about to have some free time on my hands, why not

Fal if this becomes a thing you're getting 15% royalties

[normal spear]

where do i sign up 🙏

[balmy lake]

In line behind me!

[normal spear]

D: no fair

i want the best deals

[balmy lake]

There will be plenty to share!

[fair moon]

Better yet, have a bot scrape Slickdeals, r/buildapcsales, etc for the top few posts each day then forward them to you for a quick manual review

[bold willow]

Ngl you could probably make tons of money by running an ai vtuber who announces deals they find on tiktok and then use referall links

You just let the AI read reddit posts and have it just ramble the rest of the time.

[quaint trellis]

@azure pond

Steal?

[azure pond]

Is the front mesh?

If so that's fine

[quaint trellis]

Yea the front is a mesh and it max length for gpu is 410 which is more than enough

[bold willow]

AOC 1440p Mini-Led 180hz is on sale tomorrow on Newegg

super excited to see if i get it or the other one

[bold willow]

Imma stay up til midnight to see it

[fair moon]

just make sure you're in the same timezone as newegg (US Pacific I think?)

[knotty flame]

Does anyone know the criteria for the zip75 promo code? I tried to use it and it says I dont meat the criteria but theres no other promos attached to the item and idk what other criteria there is.

[bold willow]

Ngl that top AOC monitor is $550 rn

If it goes down into $400s it’s probably the best thing I can get

[thin bolt]

Do you own the zippay app

[knotty flame]

Yes

[thin bolt]

Go to Newegg through the app

That might work instead.

[knotty flame]

It just says the promo code can’t be applied to the current order

[azure pond]

The current items are probably not valid for the sale then

Or neweggs just being stupid which wouldn't be a surprise

[knotty flame]

Yeah that’s what I was guessing but I wasn’t sure since the zip75 code is supposed to work store wide

[azure pond]

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/comments/1gvw2ru/monitor_27_ultragear_oled_qhd_480hz_003ms_99999/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[jolly inlet]

There's always exclusions to every promo code

[torpid night]

@azure pond link borked

[azure pond]

Just oos

[bold willow]

3 hours til monitor sale

[torpid night]

:(

[fair moon]

Do the sales not start at 12am pacific?

[bold willow]

Idk

It says tomorrow

Tomorrow is in 2 hours

I hope it’s based on me

Cause I’m importanter

[fair moon]

maybe it's location based but I kinda doubt it

[bold willow]

At what price would either of these be worth it?

[cinder kiln]

Top 200

Bottom 550 or lower

KTC variant of the AOC is cheaper and better tho

[bold willow]

Let’s say AOC hits $400s then obviously get it?

[cinder kiln]

The OLED one? Yeah I'd get behind that

[fair moon]

I don't think I've seen a new oled under $500

[cinder kiln]

If the KTC is same price tho the KTC is better

KTC has a KVM and USB PD

It's just way better on the IO

[cinder kiln]

KTC has been $480

CM OLED has been $300

[fair moon]

I stand corrected

[cinder kiln]

It's happened, just rare

[fair moon]

well I guess me personally didn't see those. $300 seems nuts though

[cinder kiln]

It was like a flash sale

One off thing on Amazon

@high radish got one

[bold willow]

Mini led under $200 good
OLED under $450 (for me) good

[cinder kiln]

Ye

[bold willow]

Watch it be one of those “free game with purchase” deals

[torpid night]

Man should I just get a mini LED panel instead of an OLED panel?

[azure pond]

Depends on black Friday and cyber Monday

If oled sales are good, oled is fantastic

If they're still expensive, you do you

[torpid night]

I spent too much on a Mac Mini M4. I'll probably just get a mini LED tbh

[azure pond]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7QsV3C/acer-nitro-xv275u-p3-270-2560-x-1440-170-hz-monitor-umhxxaa302

[torpid night]

Kinda looking for 240Hz lol

[azure pond]

https://www.amazon.com/KTC-OLED-Monitor-Built-DisplayPort1-4/dp/B0CRDRL92Z/ref=mp_s_a_1_3_vs_ar?

[azure pond]

Then you're not going mini led lol

[torpid night]

oh is that not a thing yet? 💀

f

[torpid night]

bruh going OLED atp 💀

[azure pond]

And is 70hz really that big of a deal

[torpid night]

A nicer IPS than what I have now doesn't sound so bad then lolll

well I mean I already have a 170 Hz display

[azure pond]

But do you have a mini led 170hz display

Lol

[torpid night]

it's a 1440p 170 Hz IPS display

[fair moon]

I believe mini LED is VA not IPS

So you don't get great pixel response times, but you do get better contrast and local dimming

[torpid night]

hmmmm

I already can't afford OLED. It might as well just be another IPS for me

[azure pond]

https://youtu.be/XbQ8Pe4WVxc?si=h7N1V2Lv2jgdb3Ba

[torpid night]

I really just want a good excuse to take my secondary monitor (1080p, 165 Hz, IPS) to my office job lol

[torpid night]

HDR gaming sounds nutty

[azure pond]

The acer is compared in this video and is very similar to the one in the title

[jolly inlet]

It's the good VA though

[torpid night]

Wait I was just looking at the monitor lolll

VA can actually be pretty good lol

I've had a couple VAs, neither of them were bad

[azure pond]

I have that aoc monitor

To be honest it's not too different from my hp x27q

[fair moon]

Yeah I personally use VA. smearing is really only bad when its black on white

[azure pond]

But i also don't use it at high brightness/with hdr most of the time

Since night gaming and I don't like blinding myself

[fair moon]

Actually after comparing the mini led to a couple ips panels on rtings I might take this back, the motion clarity is pretty similar between the two

[bold willow]

Bro I dunno anymore

It’s either $200 for a 240hz+ 1440p IPS, $200 for a 180hz 1440p mini led VA, or $500 for a OLED

[azure pond]

What monitor is the 240hz

[cinder kiln]

<Me with QLED

[bold willow]

There’s a bunch

AOC, asus, ASRock, etc.

Btw deal didn’t happen

So I guess it’ll happen at 3am

[fair moon]

At the same price 100% take the mini led over ips, ignore what I said earlier

Yeah, 12am pacific like I said

[bold willow]

Stupid California

What about us Floridians

Im not staying up til 3 am

[jolly inlet]

As a Californian I agree, stupid California

[azure pond]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/vyqrxr/dell-g2724d-270-2560-x-1440-165-hz-monitor-g2724d

[fair moon]

that's the ips version just fyi

[azure pond]

Yeah, but $40 cheaper than the p3 isn't not a bad choice

Value wise it tracks

[azure pond]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sku/6593370.p?skuId=6593370&sb_share_source=PDP

@bold willow

[brittle lagoon]

$400 OLED sounds so tempting but at the same time I only have a 3060ti so I doubt I can drive it well

[high radish]

I Grabbed one

[azure pond]

If my 3060 ti didn't die I was planning to run it with an oled

Now I'm running a 2080 ti with a mini led

[bold willow]

THE OLED IS $400!!!

Buy buy buy

And guess what

I got 5% more off with my student discount

Yay

Now I get the best of every world

OLED

No worrying about a VA panel

No low hertz

No bad contrast

[high radish]

congrats

[bold willow]

Going from 1080p 32” 165hz IPS without HDR or Adaptice Sync to a 27” 1440p OLED gonna be amazing

[high radish]

welcome to 2024

[bold willow]

Im going back to bed

It’s 5:00am

Im confusing the hell outta my roommate

[high radish]

Lol I slept early to get up at midnight to check deals

[pallid geyser]

Whoa $550 sn850x is wild

[high radish]

I tried adding that mobo+ram combo and 7600x together and got 330$ but never tried adding all one by one . nice find

[pallid geyser]

That’s awesome

[high radish]

my bank account is not happy lol

[azure pond]

Really wish I could justify some of these sales

[high radish]

it's not black friday yet but I almost maxed my credit card limit lol

[azure pond]

But I'll hopefully have a full time job $20-$25/hr starting January or February

[high radish]

I grabbed lots of things already lol

already used my 32 of my 40k limit on amex

[normal spear]

That sounds like youre gonna be paying a lot of interest holy 😭

No wonder i see you buying so much crap

Hope you have a means of paying all that off so you arent paying it off 20 years later

[jolly inlet]

That sama power supply appears to be a new model, but their other models are B tier. Could go either way but I might take a chance on it for a 4070 or less build.

[azure pond]

Yeah at $30 its hard to say no lol

[normal spear]

Unless

https://tenor.com/view/gigabyte-psu-explodes-gamers-nexus-power-supply-gif-23202345

[high radish]

https://tenor.com/view/gigabyte-psu-gamers-nexus-pc-bomb-planted-gif-22845602

[azure pond]

The 1000w is $85

I'm curious but weary

10 yr warranty, and Sama is ran by lian li

100% Japanese capacitors according to specs

It looks trustworthy

[normal spear]

Sounds trustworthy

[jolly inlet]

Companies have lied and used fake ones before, so I always look at a teardown instead of specs

[azure pond]

That's fair

[trim pier]

Debating if I should buy the mouse for competitive Minecraft block placement.. 😭

[tawdry dragon]

stop playing minecraft while you still can

I've wasted thousands of hours for skywars and bedwars grinding man

[opal flume]

Meanwhile I can barely handle doing a playthrough in SP for more than a couple hours

[trim pier]

Bedwars is fun though

Petition for this emoji

Cause that’s how I feel about bedwars

[torpid night]

Delete this

Tf is that

goofy ahh emote

Uncle Grampa type emote

[normal spear]

Steam moment

[fair moon]

Both shortened amazon links work fine for me

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZ42BYCX

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0977DG15L

not sure why the 6950xt description is in German but it is amazon.com

[fair moon]

@wind hinge do you happen to know if a $550 4070Ti is better value than a $500 4070

I think it might be, ~20% perf for 10% money

[azure pond]

Yeah it is

Imo not as good as $620 7900xt tho

That extra 8gb vram ensures it'll last

[lilac prawn]

Yeah, I'd still get the 7900xt

it's just better than the 4070

[fair moon]

Friend is building and pretty set on nvidia

I did convince him to stay away from 4060 and 4060ti though

[azure pond]

I just try to recc 16gb+ cards typically

But at $550 ye it's good value

[lilac prawn]

550 is nice tho fr

for a desktop 4070

[normal spear]

why exactly is he set on nvidia

ray tracing?

or apple aa moment

[lilac prawn]

Maybe the latter

[jolly inlet]

Apple made an anti aircraft gun?

[lilac prawn]

50mm pro Max artillery

I think that's a mortar

Is there a grenade launcher aa gun

Technically they fire flak rounds which are roughly the same

[jolly inlet]

Flak cannons fire flak

AA is different, they often use incendiary armor piercing rounds

Though technically flak cannons are a type of AA

[lilac prawn]

Hm

I figured since it's easier to hit with flak aa guns would be that

But also now we have like, miniguns and stuff as anti air

[jolly inlet]

It doesn't need to be easy to hit when you can send hundreds of rounds at an aircraft, any one of which can set the fuselage on fire

[lilac prawn]

True

[jolly inlet]

You ever play war thunder?

[lilac prawn]

Not really

I'm pretty bad at it lol

[jolly inlet]

They have AA guns on some of the vehicles

[lilac prawn]

Isn't there a "tank" that's just a huge cannon on treads

[jolly inlet]

There's a russian half track that'll ruin your day with one well placed round

[lilac prawn]

And it's barely got armor to protect the people in it

[jolly inlet]

Isn't that most tanks? But you might be thinking of the tank killer ones

[lilac prawn]

I think so

Its like open top and back

I think

[jolly inlet]

Open tops were mostly to save on weight, and airburst rounds weren't a thing yet. A single shot from that will KO the whole crew.

There's still plenty of armor surrounding the crew area

[lilac prawn]

For sure

[opal flume]

Flak cannons are supposed to be by default AA. The term flak literally came from a contraction of the German word for air defense cannon

And flak munitions are specifically designed to target airplanes

[high radish]

Lol yeah I selling them to overseas

[high radish]

That ssd sold by 3th part seller tho

Has a good rating so probably legit seller

[covert apex]

Im looking for a deal on a gaming laptop.
I have a mod that mods on a phone and games on a switch and im hoping to help them to a better gaming experience 😅
Any 'steals' out there that anyone is aware of? Maybe something 30 series?

[fair moon]

I'd keep an eye out here
https://www.reddit.com/r/LaptopDeals/comments/1gwiauf/official_black_friday_week_2024_laptop_deals/

Nothing amazing there gaming wise but we might see Walmart drop another $500 4060 laptop which was a great deal

[covert apex]

wow they did that? Thats crazy

[fair moon]

Actually looking back it may have been a 4050, not sure

[covert apex]

yeah looking on the thread of that redit post, looks like someone is talking about an hp victus?

[fair moon]

Yeah that was the model

[stable knoll]

Check this out on @Newegg:AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D - Ryzen 7 5000 Series 8-Core 3.0 GHz Socket AM4 105W None Integrated Graphics Processor - 100-100001503WOF https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-7-5700x3d-ryzen-7-5000-series-vermeer-zen-3-socket-am4/p/N82E16819113812?Item=9SIASGMKBA6155&tpk=1

so someone bought this and said in comments didnt work with his computer due to shipped from china

was thinking to get it but is this fake cpu? does anyone know?

[azure pond]

it's fine, but are you upgrading a pc or building a new one?

[stable knoll]

upgrading a pc

[azure pond]

this would be far better if you don't have anything

ah alr

[azure pond]

if you're open to buying these and reselling your current parts it would work out about the same price, but i understand if you wouldn't want to

[stable knoll]

lemme check these actually

[azure pond]

that was from yesterday but the sale should still be live

even if you don't need the storage could resell it for $35-55

[stable knoll]

feel like 5700x3d slightly better than 7600x, no?

[azure pond]

nah, they're about equal and you have the option of dropping something like a 9800x3d or next gen equivelant in later

[fleet marlin]

Something change?

[fair moon]

There are a ton of legit 5700x3d chips in China. One possibility is that his bios may not be updated.

[fleet marlin]

If it was a 1600, 2600, 3600, then indeed quite likely just needed a bios update.

[pulsar fable]

Ordered one at the beginning of the month. Can confirm its legit

[fair moon]

I also ordered during the 11/11 sale. Slow shipping and hasn't arrived quite yet

Mine was from a different seller, maybe SZCPU has better shipping

[whole mirage]

does anyone know if the 9800x3d deals are actually in stock while the 9800x3d itself isnt in stock? like if i buy the deal with the 9800x3d be shipped with the order or will i have to wait for it to be restccked

[pallid geyser]

That’s a pretty typical price on 12900k

Actually a little higher than avg lol

It’s cheaper on Newegg anyways but I wouldn’t go with the 12900k over other options you’ve got

[high radish]

it comes with extra 1tb ssd so

still not best price

[cinder kiln]

13600KF be like

[high radish]

https://www.newegg.com/intel-core-i5-14600k-core-i5-14th-gen-raptor-lake-lga-1700-desktop-cpu/p/N82E16819118470?Item=N82E16819118470

you can get 14600k for 215$ with 1tb ssd too

[bold willow]

and also the b760m pg riptide is $110

[high radish]

that LG oled is so temting lol

[stable knoll]

why micro center has so few stores all around the country

they have a great deal but they dont even ship

[brittle lagoon]

They do great deals because they do in store only

[normal spear]

price is higher on my end?

oh after code

lol nvm

[thin bolt]

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Yeyian-Yumi-Gaming-PC-Desktop-INTEL-Core-i5-12400F-Nvidia-RTX-4060-1TB-NVMe-SSD-16GB-DDR4-3200-650W-Gold-PSU-AC-Wi-Fi-Window-11-64bit-YPI-YU24F0B-460/3425493778

is this slightly a deal?

[azure pond]

You were looking for thr pre built right?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/266989280998?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]

it does look like non oem poarts which is nice but also it's ddr4

[pallid geyser]

Correct. Thank you!

[azure pond]

Np!

We could see better options but that's pretty solid

Upgradability and temps aren't fantastic

[torpid night]

Wow a green role actually finding a good deal

Honestly impressed

[cinder kiln]

Whoa

That's a banger

[torpid night]

My mom recently got that for my brother's office space at $109.99 :/

[cinder kiln]

$110 is still solid

[trim pier]

My boss just bought a 140$ curved samsung monitor from costco for a "back office monitor"

after many many recommendations to buy smth else (cause it had that crappy plastic stand)

i'd be greatful anyday if my mom were to buy that msi monitor without any tech knowledge

[bold willow]

great deal

[strange anvil]

If I were to be looking for an android tablet this Black Friday, would it be better to go for a oneplus pad 2 for $450 or a used samsung tab s9 for $400?

[jolly inlet]

@azure pond Where's the link

[azure pond]

Lmao my bad, ty

Oh its oos now anyways

[fair moon]

I'm a mind reader

Went to pcpp and searched for cheapest 3080. $720

"oh knowing bacca it's a zotac refurb then"

[azure pond]

Lol

[fair moon]

This I assume
#graphics-cards message

[azure pond]

Yeah

Just sadly went oos within 20min

[pallid geyser]

[bold willow]

Bro someone’s selling a 5800x, 32gb ram, lían li lancool 207, deepcool dark rock pro 5, ssd, mobo, and Corsair RM850e for $100 total

On Facebook marketplace

[pallid geyser]

damn

get it

[bold willow]

X570 aorus elite

[pallid geyser]

if you dont i will

idk where its even at ill drive there

[fair moon]

I'd bet on scam

[pallid geyser]

lol prob so. or messed up cpu

[fair moon]

Or you show up and theyre like "err I actually meant $1000"

[fair moon]

Dang, does the name on the paper match the account name?

Or maybe it's parted out in the desc?

[bold willow]

Damn where did the link go

He’s selling it as one I think I remember

[fair moon]

Even without cpu that's worth more than $100

[pallid geyser]

true

[bold willow]

https://www.facebook.com/share/1BHVPQCaJd/?mibextid=79PoIi

It’s all as one

@pallid geyser

50/50 you get a cool pc or you end up dead

[fair moon]

Name matches and account has been around since 2022

[bold willow]

Let us know which

[pallid geyser]

i'd do it. meet them somewhere public.

even if you don't use it

you can sell it for profit

[bold willow]

The psu alone is $100 lol

[pallid geyser]

just check on the parts and stuff before leaving and make sure it isn't empty boxes lol

[bold willow]

You gonna do it?

[pallid geyser]

me? naw. if it were a bit closer possibly but that's a 15hr drive or so and I gotta work

[bold willow]

Im an hour away

I don’t think I’ll do it

I already have 2 pcs I needa get rid of

[pallid geyser]

darn. I'd jump all over it lol. crazy deal

[bold willow]

Seriously

[pallid geyser]

r/hardwareswap

[bold willow]

Hopefully someone who’s building a pc sees it

It’s basically an entire build for $100

Should I post in #tech-deals

Meh

It’s local do not really

[thin bolt]

I have $200

You got any builds?

https://tenor.com/view/is-it-gif-20766212

[bold willow]

Ehhhh

9700K + 32gb corsair + corsair 240mm AIO + NZXT H510
No PSU & GPU

Alienware Aourus R7 Prebuilt

Neither I think would be $200

[forest apex]

Thoughts on current cart on newegg: 7600x, 1 tb ssd, sv02 case, thermalright aqua elite aio, corsair vengeance ram cl30 6000mhz, msi mag A750gl msi b650 gaming plus wifi, for 693 currently

should i wait or just buy it rn?

[bold willow]

I would go an air cooler, unless you really want the AIO for aesthetics

[forest apex]

im also trynna like budget this tbh

[bold willow]

Make it into a PCPartPicker list

[bold willow]

Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE

$35

[forest apex]

yeah but this witha gpu im buying seperate comes out to a 1000 dollar build

which seems a little on the high side but im still trying to get the cheapest i can

[fair moon]

I'd put everything into a pcpartpicker.com list to let people look over it

[bold willow]

Please do

[tawdry dragon]

Just found a 3080 laptop with a broken hinge for $400, really wish I could buy it honestly

[daring depot]

you could learn how to fix a hinge

how hard could it be

[azure pond]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KpV6sp

Ssd is free with the cpu

And if the free ssd thing ended
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pv29Jn

[bold willow]

Imma fix that for you

[azure pond]

Wait yeah there's another $100 idk what I was doing

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9bK4qH

[bold willow]

Also cheaper when u newegg bundle

also 7600 comes with cooler, not great, but it will do the job on a 7600

i would say run 7600 with stock cooler until you wanna spend another $30 on a phantom spirit

[azure pond]

the 120 evo dark is great at $20 and the 7600x is only if it has the free ssd on wegg

[bold willow]

yeah but its a $40 different for a cheap ssd

id say get a 7600, free cooler, and buy a better ssd

[azure pond]

ok

[bold willow]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7tCLJn

This is like the build meant to be upgraded when time comes

[azure pond]

except mobo

[bold willow]

why not

[azure pond]

the bundle pricing is good but vrms are far worse than the hdv

[bold willow]

No overclocking 😦

[azure pond]

also im pretty sure thats cheaper with teamgroup ram

[bold willow]

The ram makes the mobo $67

[azure pond]

7600 b650m gaming wifi and a certain 6400mhz teamgroup kit is $340 all together

i dont feel like doign the math

wait thats with the 7600x

i think it's a bit cheaper with the non x

[bold willow]

7600 + b650m gaming plus wifi + 32gb 6400mhz = $313

ngl maybe intels a better option with the pg riptide mobo at $110 and it includes a free 1tb mp44 ssd

[azure pond]

even less of an upgrade path than the b650m gaming wifi

id rather am5 personally

[bold willow]

i prefer am5 too (even though i own a 14600K), but intels got an okay upgrade path

we dont even know if @forest apex is just gaming or doing workbench tasks.

[azure pond]

?

there will be no new cpus on lga1700

[bold willow]

14900K exists

[azure pond]

ok

[forest apex]

Mostly gaming

[bold willow]

ok

amd probably then

[forest apex]

Yeah fs

[bold willow]

you like white or black

also maximum budget and which country r u in?

[forest apex]

I mean currently white pc builds pricing have been like the exact same but black is prolly easier

Maximum budget is like 1000 but I’m trying to minimize as much as possible and US

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BJgJ8Q

[bold willow]

so you prefer white if it doesnt cost more?

[forest apex]

I made this one with a micro center deal

But like

It’s still mid as hell

[bold willow]

you live near microcenter?

[forest apex]

It’s whatever

[azure pond]

that's solid, but you can do a better gpu if youre fine w spending more

other than that looks great

diff psu isnt a bad idea

[bold willow]

yeah 7900GRE waves in the distance

[forest apex]

Go full modular spend like an extra 10 bucks?

[azure pond]

just a better quality psu

[bold willow]

7600X3D is awesome.

[forest apex]

Or like 750w

[azure pond]

the 750w in the link here is good

[forest apex]

How much even is the gre

[bold willow]

Corsair C750

NZXT

not corsair

[azure pond]

the cooler master is just as good w atx 3.0 compatibility

the gre is $550

i was moreso thinking 7700xt or 7800xt

[forest apex]

Damn

[bold willow]

i would go gre to use that 5600x3d

Spend $200 more on a GRE trust me

[forest apex]

My wallet crying

[bold willow]

you could also wait a little until new gpus release and current prices drop (hypothetical)

although we could also see another shortage or the effects of a tariff on prices.

What games do you play?

[forest apex]

https://www.newegg.com/sama-black-hole-series-850w/p/1HU-02S6-00055?item=9SIB41TK6R0433&source=googleshopping&nm_mc=knc-googlemkp-mobile&cm_mmc=knc-googlemkp-mobile-_-pla-sama+official+store-_-power+supplies-_-9SIB41TK6R0433&utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid+shopping&utm_campaign=knc-googlemkp-mobile-_-pla-sama+official+store-_-power+supplies-_-9SIB41TK6R0433&id0=Google&id1=20786504522&id2=167900325546&id3=&id4=&id5=pla-2309950306238&id6=9060012&id7=1023022&id8=&id9=g&id10=m&id11=&id12=EAIaIQobChMIuO2z5uD3iQMVkV1HAR1avQB_EAQYASABEgJmlfD_BwE&id13=Y&id14=Y&id15=&id16=715898562602&id17=&id18=&id19=&id20=&id21=pla&id22=492307220&id23=online&id24=9SIB41TK6R0433&id25=US&id26=2309950306238&id27=&id28=&id29=&id30=944520330148176680&id31=en&id32=&id33=&id34=&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD-YhmMCMzykCFhWGMbclZd0CckBB

Oh butt

Uh yeah but that psu is like what brand even is that but the specs are kinda good

[azure pond]

cheap and high wattage doesnt make it good

[forest apex]

Some Elden ring but mostly shooters

[bold willow]

Monitor?

[forest apex]

I’m planning on going to 1440p but I’m going back sort of on that decision depending on this build

Current 165 hz

[azure pond]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sVf9Jn

[forest apex]

60 bucks is 60 bucks

[azure pond]

yeah and a bad psu can cost you $500

[bold willow]

1440p should get a 7900GRE

[azure pond]

by killing your pc

[azure pond]

????

ive been running 1440p on a 3060 ti and now a 2080 ti

your standards are not everyones standards

[bold willow]

what games bacca?

[azure pond]

bo6 most recently, but wz, bo cold war, val, ow

[bold willow]

ok

[forest apex]

Is the 6750xt not the greatest bang for the buck currently ?

[bold willow]

its pretty good but theres better

[azure pond]

it's not bad, but 1440p is more gpu intensive than cpu focused

[bold willow]

7600X3D yearns for more

[azure pond]

7700xt or 7800xt would make more sense

oh

there's 6950xt used for $400 on amazon

and we just had a $340 3080 12gb sale, lemme take a look at used/refurb option

[bold willow]

yeah i think refurbs or used is ur best bet

HardwareSwap would be good to check out

[normal spear]

A bad psu can cost you a lot more than 500

[azure pond]

true i just meant in this specific build ~500

oh

house fire

[normal spear]

Lmao

[azure pond]

lmao

[forest apex]

Yeah ig

[forest apex]

I’ll see

[normal spear]

https://tenor.com/view/gigabyte-psu-gamers-nexus-pc-bomb-planted-gif-22845602

[azure pond]

https://www.newegg.com/asrock-radeon-rx-6900-xt-rx6900xt-ocf-16g/p/N82E16814930057T?tpk=1

[bold willow]

also u can probably find a bunch of people selling their cpus too since the 9800X3D came out

[forest apex]

Where should I go to like a marketplace or eBay?

[normal spear]

People selling their outdated unusable 7950X3Ds

[azure pond]

This is a new option, matches the 7700xt w more vram
https://www.newegg.com/xfx-speedster-swft319-amd-radeon-rx-6800-16gb-gddr6/p/N82E16814150896?Item=9SIAD2CKAG1769&tpk=1

[normal spear]

But what about that raytracing capability!!!1!

[bold willow]

you gotta have the 9800X3D for 1080p gaming

how else am i supposed to play roblox

[normal spear]

At 240p

9800X3D should run roblox at about 240p 5fps with low graphics

Ong ong

[bold willow]

nah 9800X3D is bad, just wait for next gen