tech-deals-discussion

[bold willow]

am6 supposed to be 10 fps

[gusty willow]

i miss evga

[tiny heron]

Me thinking bout evga b stock

[gusty willow]

thats what im sayin

[azure pond]

There's where i got my $50 850w gt

[tiny heron]

i got a $60 rtx 2060

[azure pond]

W

[tawdry dragon]

The guy has 40 reviews 4.6 stars

[jolly inlet]

Suspiciously low I would say

[tawdry dragon]

Very suspicious, he says he's selling for his brother, and he also has a 4090 for $1200

[normal spear]

Def suspicious

[jolly inlet]

Re: LTT screwdriver - https://youtu.be/845HUaWYSQA?si=0pPU1EKSd853_Si7

TL:DW - It's an excellent screwdriver with tight tolerances and the best ratchet he tested. It's weak when doing high force work, but it's intended for electronics use so it fits the use case. Not recommended for automotive work, construction, etc.

[zenith lantern]

Should I buy one

[normal spear]

I want to

Might

[pallid geyser]

Use Theo join to purchase it

[jolly inlet]

[zenith lantern]

$10 shipping

Reeeee

[tiny heron]

[jolly inlet]

Just buy $250 worth of stuff to get free shipping, ez gg

[molten halo]

I own a ltt screwdriver thing is super nice

[thin bolt]

https://www.facebook.com/share/1XweL2KxMq/?mibextid=79PoIi

anyone need an 18tb HDD for $149

[light bay]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/196667290253?

Anyone think a refurb good pixel watch 2 for $86 is good?

[civic sun]

actually might just snag screwdriver on impulse. needed compact but actually decent screwdriver anyway

[trim pier]

Is the screwdriver actually that good

[molten halo]

I like it

Magnet is strong as heck maybe a little too strong tbh and it’s a great fidget toy

[daring depot]

is that open box 4070 worth over a 16gbvram 4060?

im debating options rn and nvidia seems like a basis

[cinder kiln]

The 16gb 4060Ti is like the worst value new GPU on the market rn

Anything is better than that

7700XT, 7800XT, 6800XT all brand new, compete with that 4070 deal tho

[daring depot]

lol just wanted to ask, i dont know why they offer a 16gb 4060 in the first place

thanks

[grand orbit]

That's some solid girlmaths right there

[cinder kiln]

One tech youtuber started a panic in Early 2023 and the result was a snap decision release of a gpu that shouldn't exist

[daring depot]

really

[cinder kiln]

Everyone was panicking "GPUs won't have enough vram to run games in a year!" and buying high vram count cards to futureproof

[daring depot]

wasnt there a 3060ti with 16gb too?

[cinder kiln]

Yes you can look him up

Hardware unboxed

3060 12GB

[daring depot]

there it is

i do know people still bealieve that tho

[cinder kiln]

Same dude reversed his comments a couple months ago and finally admitted 8gb was plenty for 1080p

He started the whole dumb trend

[daring depot]

i asked someone once and they said just get as much vram as possible

[cinder kiln]

Ya

That's because of that one guy

[daring depot]

fun

hey he honestly must feel proud of himelf for the mayhem and profits

[cinder kiln]

The 4060 Ti 16GB maxes out vram usage btw at about 12 and a bit

It doesn't have the bandwidth to run 16

In like, anything that makes sense

So you actually get a 4060 Ti 13GB

[daring depot]

PURE POWA

(coolant needed)

like a dodge challenger with supermarket tires

[cinder kiln]

Ya like the demon that comes with the drag kit and no crew on hand

Spend 40 minutes to do a 1 mile drag run like Richard Hammond cos you gotta change the filter, ecu, drag tires, weight reduction

Then put it all back together after

[daring depot]

https://tenor.com/view/nyoom-neil-tyson-degrasse-speech-gif-13933547

while avoiding crashing for the nth time

[cinder kiln]

Real

If you ask me, Nvidia has 1 card worth buying rn

And even then it's a little sketch

If you specifically want Nvidia tho, 4070 Super

[daring depot]

? theyre all overpriced man

i was gonna settle for a 7700 for basic raytracing

[cinder kiln]

Ya, the 4070S has been ok priced

7700XT is honestly a good pick imo

[daring depot]

and then i fell into a rabithole

[cinder kiln]

360 for a 7700XT is a good price

[daring depot]

i saw

i also saw a 7800xt for 430 tho

[cinder kiln]

That's also great

[daring depot]

if it goes back or even cheaper, snagging

[cinder kiln]

This will be one of the best overall to buy rn

Ironic this

The mid range for AMD is overall the best value

7800XT/7900GRE/7900XT

7700XT as of recent as well

[daring depot]

Black Friday offer good #### please

[cinder kiln]

We're pretty much there rn so don't wait too long

A lot of the sales are already underway

[daring depot]

ive waited this long already

i can wait a bit longer. My wallet is already suffering from my peripheral addiction

[cinder kiln]

This is usually the best time of year to upgrade tho

Best sales

[daring depot]

i havent quite found a 7800xt yet for te 430 price

[cinder kiln]

We are at the foot of a new GPU gen too, before everything goes up a little again this will be a good time

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7WWJ7P/xfx-speedster-swft-210-core-radeon-rx-7800-xt-16-gb-video-card-rx-78tswftfp

440

Close

Lol

[daring depot]

not enough

i need those 10 dollars for...

stuff

[cinder kiln]

Homework?

[daring depot]

things

mouse tape

[cinder kiln]

Actually

Scratch that

v

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7WWJ7P/xfx-speedster-swft-210-core-radeon-rx-7800-xt-16-gb-video-card-rx-78tswftfp

[daring depot]

oh!

[cinder kiln]

Dumb keeb

This

400

Wait

[daring depot]

eh

[cinder kiln]

KEEB

[daring depot]

where

[cinder kiln]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/vKZ9TW/xfx-radeon-rx-6800-xt-16-gb-speedster-merc-319-core-video-card-rx-68xtalfd9

[daring depot]

OH

fergot about that

[cinder kiln]

That's a genuine sale

Really good one

[daring depot]

i can really

jesus nice

[cinder kiln]

Put it this way

[daring depot]

should I!?!?

[cinder kiln]

7800XT is like

8%?

better

At most

So this is about, 8% cheaper than 430

Ah?

Ahh?

[daring depot]

i like them numbers

ngl

[cinder kiln]

RDNA 2 has had good drivers since early 2023 as well

So I can vouch this pick

Only thing you need to remember is the card is a lil' bit noisy at times

But it works well

[daring depot]

im watching comparisons and all I see is like a 2fps difference

[cinder kiln]

Ya

[daring depot]

SCREW IT

[cinder kiln]

6800XT is really close

[daring depot]

I GOT MY REFUND CHECK

[cinder kiln]

WOO

@daring depot quick double check

What cpu and psu

[daring depot]

working on it..

like I said, was gonna wait till next year

[cinder kiln]

Ah

This is a good sale tho honestly

[daring depot]

not in my book

always can go cheaper

always.

[cinder kiln]

💀

Whoa

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B6GKX8MD

👀

It's back

[daring depot]

what are you looking at

the 6950?

[cinder kiln]

Ye

[daring depot]

hu

[cinder kiln]

2022's best sale was this exactly

[daring depot]

oh forgot this existed

[cinder kiln]

For a long time there we only recommended this card to so many people

It was ridiculously well priced

You'd later have the 4070 Ti and 7900XT out

But this would still beat both in value

[daring depot]

btw look at this

always cheaper

[cinder kiln]

💀

I mean if you like man

[daring depot]

nah im getting that 6800xt

[cinder kiln]

To me that 6800XT matches that value

I would yeah

Then scrounge up a 7500F build to go with it

[daring depot]

but imma do the same stingy spending for everything else too

[cinder kiln]

Follow my list

One sec

Either

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Fs9yXR

Orrrr

Wait

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XYMmqH

That

CPU via ali express

[daring depot]

um

[cinder kiln]

That'll do most of all 1440p games

[daring depot]

you trust that???

a cpu from ali

[cinder kiln]

Yea?

[daring depot]

i mean ive bought furniture from there

[cinder kiln]

I know a lot of people that got theirs

[daring depot]

but a CPU???

[cinder kiln]

I'll link the specific article

Ok rn it's 127

Not 120

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805937115185.html

This specific article

[daring depot]

oh my god they have tons of em

[cinder kiln]

https://www.tiktok.com/@zachstechturf/video/7365910970054528302

[wraith panther]

zach's computer is slow

[cinder kiln]

I learned this from him on YT

And he's totally right, the article works

[daring depot]

bruh specifically from aliexpress

[cinder kiln]

Yup

[daring depot]

thats hilarious to me

[cinder kiln]

You save like $60 for the same cpu doing it

[daring depot]

good to know. seems sketchy but i dig it

[cinder kiln]

The only way you can match that is with a newegg or MC bundle

Ya it does you're right

It just takes a while

But they've sold many of them from specifically there lol

It's just a 7600X but budget edition

Like the KF of an Intel CPU but bought from strange Chinese shop

Idk when you're able to jump on any of this but the sooner you manage it from now the better

Cos now's a really good time of year for pc building

[daring depot]

i getcha

thanks Felix!

[cinder kiln]

Np

[thin bolt]

@cinder kiln

[bold willow]

There’s a cool gpu bracket going on sale tomorrow that’s argb and shows pc temp

Imma grab it

[torpid night]

yo definitely send it if it's gonna be more than 20% off

[bold willow]

Currently it’s $22

Check this out on @Newegg:ARGB GPU Support Bracket, Universal GPU Bracket with Temperature Display, Graphics Video Card Brace with Height Adjustable https://www.newegg.com/p/1DW-00M6-00001?Item=9SIBT2UKA83548&tpk=1

If it goes below $20 that’s hell of a deal

[tepid oriole]

I personally wouldn't purchase an AliExpress CPU

[jolly inlet]

I have done so previously and it was fine. It's the same as any other marketplace, watch out for bad sellers. The difference is that Ali actually removes scam listings, unlike scamazon.

[tepid oriole]

heard only bad things from my friends who bought off it, but they prob got a scam listed product or smth so I'm not one to judge

and yea amazon is not good right now with all of the scam listings, lots of ppl getting fked over if they don't check on those things

[stable knoll]

i have a question, why is 3600mhz model cheaper than 3200 one?

[brittle lagoon]

Ddr4 is one generation behind by now so prices can be weird in general, and the latency on the 3600 kit makes it roughly equivalent in terms of general performance, although infinity fabric would benefit from higher ram freq

[cinder kiln]

Also please don't buy vengeance ddr4

Single most doa/faulty ram part in all of PC history that wasn't put to a recall I swear

[tiny heron]

I must have gotten lucky with my 4x8gb 3600mhz cl16 kit. Never had an issue with it on my old build 😅

[thin bolt]

https://www.jawa.gg/product/49441/geforce-gtx-1070ti-ftw2

[cinder kiln]

That's not one of the cursed SKUs so yeah

[cinder kiln]

Not saying it affects everyone

The "It doesn't affect me" comment means nothing compared to the mountains of Vengeance DDR4 kits me and many others I've seen had to diagnose as faulty, doa, or plain old unstable out of the box

It is, by far, the most unreliable pc product I've dealt with

My own kit never had issues

I actually had 2 kits of M8E Vengeance

But that still doesn't compare

Compared to literally any other brand selling the same stuff?

[pallid geyser]

[cinder kiln]

I think Corsair is just bad at it

Buildzoid has agreed with this publicly

It's a "Cursed" sku

You can even get kits that are mislabelled versions that use mixed chips

So they will never work

Not to mention I haven't even begun to talk about the iCue problems involved as well

Ram not being detected 50% of the time

Settings not applying to 1 or more sticks

Constant bloody headache

That just validates my point more though cos I still see it come up often

Once in a blue moon I might get another brand like G.Skill

Or something much rarer like SP

SP sell a LOT too

Corsair is also the only brand with the history of locking the PMIC on DDR5

So you can't even use normal voltages on some of their DDR5 kits

One's marked with a C rather than an X in the SKU part code are susceptible to this issue

You can't unlock them so you are bound to <1.435V VDD

Which many XMP's, or even OC can't work properly even on AM5

[tiny heron]

i went with g skill for my new build. 2 x16gb 6000mhz

ripjaw

[cinder kiln]

Good kits

[covert apex]

okay so I need to get parts for a desktop that would be an upgrade from a 1080 graphic card laptop. Not trying to break bank, but would like it to be in a good place for upgrading.
My lovely masterminds, how much would something like that estimated cost? Using deals to my advantage hopefully LOL

[jolly inlet]

$800 gets you a solid PC with room to upgrade in the future

$600 gets you something that can still play current games, but don't expect too much for the future (3+ years)

$1000 gets you 1440p high settings without upscaling

[covert apex]

hmmm, what kinda build we looking at for $800?

[cinder kiln]

6750XT/7700XT-ish

6800XT-ish at a reach

[jolly inlet]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bt6Ft3

Future upgrades to this could be CPU to a 14600K (don't go higher tier than that) and/or a GPU of your choice up to about a 4070 ti without worrying about bottlenecking or a new PSU

[covert apex]

is this.. graphics card good? I havnt seen PowerCooler before

[jolly inlet]

They're primarily an AMD brand, yes they're good

[covert apex]

ohhhh okay. I dont keep up with AMD cards at all so that makes sense

So that card is similar to the 3070 from the looks of it on google?

[stable knoll]

thoughts on this ?

[jolly inlet]

Sometimes better depending on the game

[covert apex]

sheesh W

[jolly inlet]

It'll get the job done

[covert apex]

Well if thats what I should get for that budget, thats what ill roll with. thank ya!

[torpid night]

Wow, yet another good deal in #tech-deals by a green role

Genuinely impressed. Good find @lean briar

Normally like $250 so $153.99 is pretty good. Just get these instead of the AirPods 4

[lean briar]

Thanks

[azure pond]

https://www.amazon.com/KOORUI-Monitor-240Hz-Gaming-Mini-LED/dp/B0D9J5KTD6/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_vs_ar?

[torpid night]

yoooo

How reputable is Koorui though? I feel like they're kinda underdog-ish but not many people know about them

idk though

[azure pond]

It's a good monitor

They have one of the best sub $150 1080p panels

Personally I'd take the acer p3 at $80 cheaper, but if you want specifically 240hz that's the only mini led option

[torpid night]

Man I wish I had money

I don't think I have the GPU for 1440p 240 Hz rn, especially given the amount of money I currently have

Thanks but the moment will come. At least I know this exists

[azure pond]

$50 g502 lightspeed?
https://sellout.woot.com/offers/logitech-logitech-g502-logitech-g502-lightspeed-wirel-1?ref=mwj_sh_cp_78_bs

[torpid night]

ehhh

I think it's normally at that price now, is it not?

Also, it'll start bounce clicking in about half a year anyways lol

[jolly inlet]

Mine took 9 months and it was heavily abused while I played ESO constantly. I was able to fix it for another 3 months but got it warrantied when it happened again.

[tepid oriole]

didnt they fix that issue on the newer models

[torpid night]

Yeah

Optical switches now

But somehow still mechanical

[amber kelp]

Are there any good deals out for tvs? I just don’t know what to look for when it comes to tvs

[pallid geyser]

There’s the $228 65” 4k tv at Walmart lol

[marsh sphinx]

will this be good enough to run VR?

or this

[thin bolt]

Too should be solid

[marsh sphinx]

it’s 8 GB compared to the bottom one which is 12 GB, idk which one i should get for performance

top one is TI but the bottom one isn’t

[azure pond]

Is this cad or usd

Oh usd

Thats horrible pricing tho

3060 tis should be in the $180-220 range

Id try r/hardwareswap or ebay if there's nothing better priced on fbm

[marsh sphinx]

eh i couldn’t find anything else

[marsh sphinx]

alr

[azure pond]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/356316973773?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=x2c3codzruk&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[lilac prawn]

Evga damn

[marsh sphinx]

that one is 8 gb

[azure pond]

And also 30% better than the 3060

[marsh sphinx]

the other one that was up here is 12 gb

[azure pond]

A gpu with more vram would be nice, but not by sacrificing that much performance

[marsh sphinx]

but wouldn’t less vram be worse for vr?

[azure pond]

The 3080 12gb was just $340 from zotac, and has gone in and out of stock

[azure pond]

Maybe, but the drop in performance would be just as noticeable. You could also consider a 7700xt

I know rdna1 and 2 had issues with vr, I believe driver updates helped with rdna2 but I'm not sure how it holds up against nvidia still. Rdna3, 7000 series I've been told doesn't have any major issues with vr

[marsh sphinx]

isn’t that a $200 dollar difference though? or is it around the same used

[azure pond]

It's a step up in price, but
https://www.ebay.com/itm/196855867314?

7700xt is $370 atm new

It was recently down to $340

There could be some sales tmrw, over the weekend or on Monday (or anytime really, but obviously black Friday and cyber monday)

[marsh sphinx]

https://tenor.com/view/shut-up-and-take-my-money-gif-13250127

i’ll have to see if there’s gonna be anything around the 7700xt that’s a little cheaper when cyber monday comes around

$347

[tiny dirge]

black friday bacca is about to go crazy

[torpid night]

Bacca is always crazy

[cinder kiln]

Yeah not me

I'm the anchor that saves this place from the crazy house

[lilac prawn]

He sold his soul to the tech deals long ago

[analog merlin]

not really a tech deal but wondering what desk measurements are yall rocking

i don’t want a desk too small or too huge

[high radish]

And I left looking for deals because of him I just checking if bacca shared something or not that's it

[shut lava]

Two part L shaped 96"x24" and 72"x24" made from butcher block workbench tops. My previous desk was 60"x24" and fit two monitors with room to spare.

[analog merlin]

sickk

[cursive sage]

#tech-deals message

This doesn't show up as $110 for me. Is it just something on my end or?

[jolly inlet]

Looks like they had the wrong price set for the preorder and it's been corrected to 189.99

[marsh sphinx]

https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-gv-n4060aero-oc-8gd-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4060-8gb-gddr6/p/14-932-627?Item=14-932-627&cm_sp=product-_-from-price-options was snooping around newegg and found this. Worth it?

eek ok

how come?

oh well i did find this

https://www.newegg.com/msi-rtx-3060-ventus-3x-12g-oc-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3060-12gb-gddr6/p/N82E16814137631

wait one sec oops

ah crap i lost the link

oh found it https://www.newegg.com/asrock-steel-legend-rx7600xt-sl-16go-amd-radeon-rx-7600-xt-16gb-gddr6/p/N82E16814930120

the rest of my build is white, so i might as well for the aesthetic

plus ive been dreading a vr ready gpu for a long time and nows my chance so

an upgrade after like 2 years from a 1050

should i wait until cyber monday to buy it?

or i could get a used option for like 310 USD

not sure if that answers my question

[marsh sphinx]

this one

specifically

should i wait until cyber monday? or will the price change at all

alr

im impatient 😂

i might as well

[azure pond]

@pallid geyser
https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/comments/1h2y7cj/prebuilt_ryzen_9800x3d_gaming_pc_32gb_ram_6400mhz/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[high radish]

There was cheaper 7600x combos at newegg few weeks ago but still this one isn't that bad

[azure pond]

I think this mobo is slightly better but not by much

Ram is worse

[high radish]

Yeah . They had teamgroup 6400mhz rgb ram instead. This ram have bad Samsung chips which isn't OCable

Oh ssd is better tho .they had nv3 instead

[fleet marlin]

btw, walmart z790 coupon gone a couple hours ago. Now it's just $200ish like newegg.com

[high radish]

Probably was listing error . They put 200-50 instead 250-50

Z790 mobos are cheap nowadays so no big deal

[thin bolt]

@azure pond the first link is OOS

[ashen rune]

im tryna get my hands on a Phanteks NV9 case (white), if anyone sees any good deals lmk

[thin bolt]

https://us.computerorbit.com/products/phanteks-nv9-d-rgb-full-atx-tower-case-white

[azure pond]

@cinder kiln quantum dot mini led?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09Z6HV9LF

[high radish]

Used to see that on samsung first time seeing someone else using quantum dot

[normal spear]

Reviews look rough

[thin bolt]

Yeah.

[broken token]

Hello, I heard that its a good idea to buy new PC in like January but that it can be a good idea to pick some parts for cyber monday. Thoughts pls?

[thin bolt]

Depends on what you’re looking for. And your budget.

[broken token]

I was thinking of getting like a strong-er gaming set up that can last a while? I was thinking between 2500 to 4000

[thin bolt]

Need peripherals in that budget too?

Monitor/kb&m/etc

[broken token]

I already have most of it... Well, my monitors are older... so technically just the case, (but if there are any decent monitors you could recommend outside the budget that would be awesome) ❤️

[jolly inlet]

Do you live near a microcenter? Some of the best CPUs are very hard to find right now but they have good stock in store usually.

[cloud hornet]

#tech-deals message ~$575 7840HS/4060 Dell laptop seems expired? Starting price needs to be $800 for it to work out to ~$575 but it shows as $1100 for me.

[broken token]

Hmm I dont think (not sure what that is lmao) the only similarly sounding thing around here is Micronet, PC Station,inc, and OfficeMAx lol

[jolly inlet]

This is their website, you can check if there's one near you https://www.microcenter.com/

[broken token]

238miles away the closest one based on what i see 😦

[jolly inlet]

Still closer than the one nearest me lol

Oh well, guess you'll be waiting for the 9800X3D stock to normalize like the rest of us

It's currently being scalped for double the MSRP

Because it's the single best gaming CPU that currently exists

[broken token]

rips

what is the "normal" price of that? so i can keep an eye on it

[jolly inlet]

480

With a budget like yours @broken token, there's quite a bit of room for aesthetic choices without compromising performance. Do you have any preferences, like RGB, white theme, liquid cooling?

[broken token]

So my previous setup had RGB fans and stuff in it but later I literally replaced them with "basic/flat" quiet fans because the lights drove me nuts. But it was like 4/5 years ago and there was no option to turn them off unless the computer was off 😀

[jolly inlet]

Ok, so minimal RGB? What about the color theme? Black or white?

[broken token]

thats hard lol! Hmm white!

[bold willow]

White might cost more “white tax”

[jolly inlet]

I didn't expect it to be so hard to find white fans that don't have RGB but here's my suggestion. You could upgrade to a 4090 but the cheapest white one is currently $2800 and very much not worth it. The case is just one suggestion as a popular choice. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZmWtpK

[broken token]

thank you!!
Yeah, id rather have any color really without having to pay extra 😄

[jolly inlet]

I could shave about $150-200 off with a blacked out build but I think this would look nicer

[broken token]

whoa the difference between 4080 and 4090 is like 1700? 😵‍💫

[jolly inlet]

If you go by MSRP the 4080 super is $1000 and the 4090 is $1600, but the 4090 is horribly priced right now at an extra $1000 over MSRP due to lack of competition (same as the 9800X3D actually)

@broken token Here's what a comparable build in black looks like too https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3BWtpK

[cinder kiln]

https://tenor.com/view/vietnam-flashback-cat-gif-18770750

WHERE AM I

@broken token allow me to compete with these by providing a small sized PC with the same-ish performance
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MXpBZc

$800 less comparatively

[jolly inlet]

I'm not denying that is a cheaper build but with a 4k budget I thought a few aesthetic picks would be in order

[cinder kiln]

I'm aesthetic too

[jolly inlet]

A micro ATX case with no glass panel, aesthetic that is not

By most people's standards at least

[cinder kiln]

You don't know she might like a tiny mesh box

It's an alternative I didn't reject what you said I was just having fun with it

Lol

She may prefer less, she may prefer the aesthetic, that's what alternatives serve

Though I really did have to double take when I got here

[jolly inlet]

lol yeah I normally wouldn't suggest anything like that so I can see the confusion

[cloud hornet]

Ye, was smth I tried looking into. Prolly a good thing it ended cuz I shouldnt be spending money on a laptop upgrade when I use my laptop like once per year lol

[tacit talon]

https://www.newegg.com/p/1FT-0004-00849T?Item=1FT-0004-00849T

is this legit?

sold and shipped by newegg but isn't the price a bit low

[jolly inlet]

It's out of stock

[tacit talon]

if it goes back in stock

[azure pond]

Its not going to, they've been out of production for years

And no, it's overpriced at $270

It should be $180-230

[tacit talon]

damn :(

i haven't been in the gpu market for a while

that's the lowest price 3060 ti i've seen for a while

[azure pond]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/4RrRsY/xfx-radeon-rx-6750-xt-12-gb-speedster-qick-319-core-video-card-rx-675xyjfdp
This is ok value

Little bit better than the 3060 ti and has more vram

[tacit talon]

ooh okay thanks

is newegg refurbished worth a shot for other gpus?

[azure pond]

Depends on the price

[azure pond]

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

If i hadn't gotten a 2080 ti I'd be hopping on that 7700xt myself

[daring depot]

that 7700xt looks kinda sketch imo

is the seller refutable?

[azure pond]

I didn't check that, hmm

[normal spear]

Whos that?

[bold willow]

They're the official tiktok of the gpu manufacturer powercolor

[bold willow]

ngl tryna figure out what amd gpu i should get

7700XT, 7800XT, or 7900GRE.

i think for $100 less a 7800XT will work fine for 1440p

gonna snag that 7800XT at $420

• amazon 6% benefits

[thin bolt]

GRE is great value

[bold willow]

i know that

but is it worth $100 more than 7800XT

it has the same vram

will it last much longer than the 7800XT?

[jolly inlet]

It's a 7900 XT with the VRAM of the 7800 XT

The core is stronger

And sometimes they use the same memory as the 7900 XT but reduce the clock speed, so you can overclock it to perform nearly as good as the 7900 XT

[azure pond]

Around 12% iirc

[azure pond]

5600/x plus 32gb ddr4 is still around $150 though

[azure pond]

I disagree personally i don't see the need for 16gb builds anymore with how close they are in price

16gb is like $28 32gb $43

[thin bolt]

Check this out on @Newegg:KingSpec DDR4 RAM 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM Memory Module 3200 MHz 288-Pin UDIMM with Heatsink for Computer Desktop PC Memories Module Gaming https://www.newegg.com/kingspec-16gb/p/0RN-00FW-00030?Item=9SIB1V8K570184

Hella cheap ddr4 16GB

[tawdry dragon]

It's alright

[stable knoll]

ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AMP - $649.99 - Free shipping for Prime members https://computers.woot.com/offers/zotac-gaming-geforce-rtx-4070-ti-amp-3?utm_medium=share&utm_source=app

guys is this a good deal?

zotac is pretty good

4070 super is 600-700 bucks

and I know 4070ti is way better than super

[azure pond]

4070 ti has been $550 recently refurb/open box, $650 is what it should be priced. 7900xt at $625 was better, but 650 isn't bad

$60 over a 4070 super for 10-15% more perf

[daring depot]

is that 2tb ssd a good deal for a boot drive?

[azure pond]

Yes very

$10 cheaper than the recent go to recc and its better, although the difference won't be noticeable for 99% of users

[daring depot]

ha

im refcommending it to friends, but they dont have the budget

[azure pond]

Lmao that's how I feel

Although it basically cost me $180 so I shouldn't complain

I got the aoc mini led

Hdr on it is so nice

I didn't realize how vibrant colours could look

[stable knoll]

whats the brand

it seems that at 1440p ti and ti super deliver very similar performance when ti super announced ppl were exaggerated ti super’s performance

[azure pond]

Oh dayum

Anything about the 4k one?

Maybe good for a media consumption monitor?

Idk

Nope hard pass apparently horrible quality control and has back light failure issues

Just dies within a year very often apparently

[pallid geyser]

Man BF and CM suck

[torpid night]

I read that as Battle Field and Cooler Master

[uncut flint]

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

How reliable would this be if I also back it all up on backblaze?

[trim pier]

Is there any decent TVs for sale? Not for gaming just for watching in good quality

Cyber Monday atm has really good “sales”

[jolly inlet]

Still correct with that interpretation imo. Battlefield used to be fun, and cooler master was never good to begin with.

[torpid night]

I've seen Walmart practically giving away TVs. Some crazy stuff like a 4K 55" for sub $200

Just a normal 4K 60 Hz, but I guess that's basically what you want

[trim pier]

That or 120hz, but I think it’s only OLED that has anything over 60hz

[torpid night]

I'd be surprised if it was only OLED

And in that case, those sales would be more like "sales" than actual sales

4K 120Hz TVs exist that are like $500 (normal price. idk about today though)

[trim pier]

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Philips-50-Class-4K-UHD-2160p-Google-Gaming-TV/10507211544?classType=REGULAR&athbdg=L1800&from=/search

Surprisingly

[jolly inlet]

I would not put those in the same zip code as the word "decent"

[trim pier]

For 300$? Not that bad but I don’t know how a TV from a toothbrush company (I think) is in general

[torpid night]

nah I believe that for sure. But if all you want is "TV" and that's it, it's not bad. That's basically my setup and I can't complain tbh

[jolly inlet]

Philips is a big electronics brand in general. They're really big in light bulbs.

[torpid night]

But I mean I see Philips, 144Hz, 4K all in the same title as well as it being $298 and I'm thinking that's not too bad at all

Last Christmas my parents gave me some Westinghouse that originally costed like $280. It's a 4K 60Hz TV. The screen is okay. Nothing crazy. A few dead pixels but honestly I'm not complaining

[trim pier]

I might buy that tbh, my parents need a new TV cause they bought a curved from from 2016

And it isn’t even that curved

My only issue is that they don’t have that in store, shipping a TV kinda scares me

[torpid night]

Man buying into the curve hype lol

[normal spear]

Curved screens just feel derpy to me

Unless that thing is wrapping around half my body i dont see the point

[jolly inlet]

They're only good for sitting close to large screens

[torpid night]

^ this exactly

[normal spear]

And this only happens with a large screen

[jolly inlet]

Yeah if you can see the whole screen without moving your head there's no point to it at all

[trim pier]

I don’t think it helps when the couches are positioned to the sides of the curved TV

Instead of in front

[torpid night]

it's even goofier when you realize that curved TVs came out before curved monitors. It's almost like TVs helped monitors innovate for once lol

[trim pier]

Well I was looking into more TVs, and I mean ALOT.

Apparently some are VA panels? Aren’t they usually IPS + with some VA being on the Hisenses at like 200$ is that really a deal or not?

[fleet marlin]

VA often has better black levels and/or contrast, and curved stuff was usually VA. It's just funny TV did curves earlier and more often even though generally a TV is for 2+ people, somewhat negating any curved benefit.

[torpid night]

It really depends on the aspect ratio. Like yeah you can have a 16:9 curved panel. Does the curve matter? Not much. But then you go to 21:9 or 32:9 and then you have a genuine reason for needing it to be curved

I'll also say though, a 27" curved panel is super nice if you want a vertical monitor that's that big

Would also depend how far the monitor is from your face

[jolly inlet]

Higher end VA like micro-LED tends to be comparable to IPS but with better contrast

[azure pond]

I've only got good things to say moving to mini led from good IPS

Only downside is viewing angle. Everything else is either better or no worse

HDR is MILES better, colour's look very similar without HDR but with it its like a night and day difference

[fleet marlin]

I'm not surprised.

[trim pier]

But slow but are we talking about mini leds as in like qled or whatever they call it?

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hisense-50-class-qd5-series-qled-4k-uhd-smart-google-tv-2024/6594978.p?

Ohhh so they’re separate alright

[flat junco]

Petition to name #tech-deals into #truebacca-deals

[azure pond]

https://computers.woot.com/offers/acer-nitro-16-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-5z

[bold willow]

found some insane deals on woot

check #tech-deals

$230 3060!!

and a $73 o11 mini white

[stable knoll]

from what website?

is it woot

[bold willow]

newegg

[stable knoll]

oh

[torpid night]

Thanks @bold willow you're the best green role

[bold willow]

np

$73.00 is crazy

[torpid night]

For Lian Li fr

Like why not atp

[bold willow]

sadly my lil bro wants a black case

[azure pond]

Sky two gx is $75 and looks sick

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/CrbRsY/montech-sky-two-gx-atx-mid-tower-case-skytwogxb

[bold willow]

I don't think he likes the perforated front.

He preferred his H510 over my NR600

(not letting him swap back due to terrible thermals and "unethical choices")

Corsair 4000D might be cool

not perforated in the same way

nvm its $100 againb

[azure pond]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/NcRwrH/corsair-3000d-airflow-atx-mid-tower-case-cc-9011251-ww

[torpid night]

Goofiest opinion I’ve heard all day and I’ve heard quite a bit already

[bold willow]

I was thinking 4000X Icue since it does come with the icue hub and fans already

and we do have 5 other icue fans we can reuse

although i think 3000d would be good

maybe fractal design meshify c

3000d rgb airflow is $77

[azure pond]

Icue is a pain to use

[bold willow]

might force a friend to get this https://us-store.msi.com/Sale/promotions/Combo-Deals/MPG-Kit-AMD-B650

it would free up like $200 extra

going from a 7700x 7900GRE to a 7700 7900XT or XTX

[normal spear]

Getting 7700x over 7700 is honestly pointless if you dont overclock your cpu

[bold willow]

Exactly

[normal spear]

I only got the x version for if my cpu needs that boost in the future

[bold willow]

tbh its am5

if he needs a boost he can buy a 7800X3D

[normal spear]

True lol but thatd entail spending

[timid mist]

https://www.newegg.com/ipason-s7-zhanjing/p/3D5-001U-000W5 can't figure out how long this is on sale for can someone tell me ;-;

[jolly inlet]

Message the seller, it's a marketplace item

I'm guessing it's permanently on sale since if it ever goes back up to $1000 that would be the biggest ripoff today

It also says they won't have any stock for another month

Oh and do note that PC has no GPU, just integrated graphics

[azure pond]

Smthn like this would be better
https://www.ebay.com/itm/165837789704?

[jolly inlet]

And you would get it in less than a month too

[timid mist]

Could that run stuff like RE4 remake smoothly? My dad is getting me a computer as a holiday present and I'm scrambling for a good one after the last pc we ordered had an error in shipping and had to be refunded

I'm not that good with tech stuff...

[azure pond]

What's the budget?

[jolly inlet]

The 1660 ti does meet the minimum GPU spec but not the recommended spec for RE4. It will probably run at 1080p high pretty well.

[timid mist]

Pcbenchmark says it meets recommended though

Unless I entered info wrong

[jolly inlet]

Steam says the recommended GPU is one step higher, the 1070

[timid mist]

Okay what about granblue fantasy relink

[jolly inlet]

It meets the minimum again but it's not even close for recommended, which is a 2080

1080p low for that one probably, maybe medium

[timid mist]

But it's a better deal than the pc I showed before still, yes? Better computer?

[jolly inlet]

Correct

[timid mist]

Alright I'll show my dad

[jolly inlet]

The first one would only run easy games like fortnite

[timid mist]

He was also wanting to get me a display and keyboard and the like from newegg, so I'll need stuff in these ranges:
https://www.newegg.com/asus-vy249hgr-27-fhd-120-hz-ips-black/p/N82E16824281334
https://www.newegg.com/p/32N-04SA-00002
Mainly the second one

That second link is entirely different thing

[azure pond]

Honestly
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266612226728?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=IZv0H-iASTG&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[jolly inlet]

Sold by Acer's ebay store so definitely reputable ^

[azure pond]

At $63 crazy good value

[stable knoll]

where did u get this?

oh nvm

[torpid night]

lmao yep

[stable knoll]

its sold out right :(((((((((((((

[timid mist]

And what about that keyboard/mouse/headset bundle link

[azure pond]

Ok mouse but this is really heavy
https://sellout.woot.com/offers/redragon-rgb-wired-gaming-mouse

[stable knoll]

also this damn..

[azure pond]

Better mouse
https://computers.woot.com/offers/logitech-g403-hero-25k-gaming-mouse-4

[jolly inlet]

No filter dodging please

[timid mist]

It's not the mouse I'm worried about I need a keyboard

I already have a mouse

[azure pond]

Fal what do you think about this keeb
https://sellout.woot.com/offers/koorui-gaming-keyboard-60-percent-1

[timid mist]

I don't think my dad is wanting to order stuff on multiple different websites

[azure pond]

Id def do the pc and monitor on ebay

Rest ig find a bundle on amazon

[timid mist]

I refuse to order on Amazon right now

[azure pond]

Fair

Whatever website you want to use

[tiny heron]

I have this mouse. Not bad but i agree on the heavy.

[azure pond]

I used to use it and it was pretty good

The wireless version is horrible

[bold willow]

@azure pond, lord and saver of tech deals, mind checking this out? #tech-deals message

I think its an incredible deal, lowest its been on camelcamelcamel, sold by amazon.

An A-Tier 1000W SFX

ATX 3.0

Pcie gen 5

[azure pond]

Yeah thats good

I think sfx 1000w are normally $20+ more

[bold willow]

Off sale lol

that was short

[timid mist]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/165837789704?var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY is there anything similar to this? I was sent this yesterday here but it's now out of stock

[timid mist]

Nvm, the shipping issue with my original order has been kinda fixed

[thin bolt]

@azure pond can find something

[azure pond]

Nah not anything as good value as that one near the price

[timid mist]

I don't need help anymore, thanks for the offer tho

[fair moon]

Have a relative looking for a laptop to mostly be used as a mail/browsing machine. Has used windows laptops in the past, was asking about Chromebooks but I think those are probably just too slow to reccomend. Would there be anything worth reccomending that's cheaper than an M1 MacBook air at $510?

[bold willow]

Mail/browsing? Basically any modern laptop can do that.

Any other things you look for in a laptop?

[fair moon]

If it was a windows laptop I think minimum 12gb ram and a processor that won't choke with browsing (ie Chromebook/Celeron stuff)

And probably new, not used or refurbished

[bold willow]

Lol my $30 chromebook from ebay

[bold willow]

Touchscreen?

Screen size?

[fair moon]

Probably don't need touchscreen

Not sure about size. I'd have to ask if they prefer 13 or 15in

[bold willow]

Perhaps https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-vivobook-s-15-15-3k-oled-laptop-copilot-pc-qualcomm-snapdragon-x-plus-16gb-memory-512gb-ssd-neutral-black/6585180.p?skuId=6585180

[fair moon]

Any idea how the snapdragon X compares to apple M1?

Oh Passmark has it tied with the M4, wow

Anything closer to like $300-400?

^^ that does seem like a pretty good deal, just want a range of price options if possible

[bold willow]

like its an oled 3k display

[azure pond]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/155638367336?

[bold willow]

and the snapdragon beats the i7-1255u (competitors)

Geekbench 6 Single Core

[fair moon]

last one 😅 but yeah that's more what I think they'd be looking for.

[bold willow]

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

OLED display

[azure pond]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/156187836896?

[fair moon]

not sure if they'll go for refurb

we'll see

[azure pond]

Oh this is pretty nice
https://www.ebay.com/itm/156341458113

[bold willow]

You want cheaper than $500?

[azure pond]

And there's a 6650u one for $400, for an rdna2 igpu option

[fair moon]

I just wanna offer a range of prices, so the decision is something other than : either $500 or chromebook

[bold willow]

7520u new $330 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-ideapad-1-15-fhd-laptop-ryzen-5-7520u-16gb-memory-with-256gb-ssd-storage-abyss-blue/6588662.p?skuId=6588662

[fair moon]

don't think igpu matters at all, they don't game whatsoever

[bold willow]

well when u run the whole pc off of it, the igpu is a good plus

gotta load those emails in 4k

ngl i might get the snapdragon laptop

[azure pond]

I think that's still zen 2 igpu

Am5 laptops are very weird

And zen 2 architecture

[fair moon]

yeah 7520 is gonna be good deal worse than 6650

hence the lower price

[azure pond]

120u is pretty nice iirc

[fair moon]

ooh

120u scores similar to 6650u

[bold willow]

does 7520 beat 6650?

[fair moon]

no

25% slower cpu and worse igpu as well

the 7xxx mobile amd cpus are kinda sad

[azure pond]

120u is really efficient too

13w lower than 6650

[fair moon]

scores higher than apple m1 too

[bold willow]

opinion on the snapdragon?

personally

[azure pond]

I've no clue genuinely

[bold willow]

3K Oled

[fair moon]

im watching this rn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5h_1Buf54I

[azure pond]

Felix supports it so it's probably great

[bold willow]

is that a good linus video or bad one?

[azure pond]

But idrc about laptops enough to be educated on them

[fair moon]

Haven't seen the whole thing yet but seems positive so far

[azure pond]

I know enough to get by

[bold willow]

Apparently Snapdragon X Plus beats M3

[fair moon]

passmark has it real close to an M4

[bold willow]

10% boost over M3 actually

I heard things about snapdragon

[cinder kiln]

Qualcomm ties with Intel 200 series for best battery rn

They're up to something like 16 hours

Which is as good as a phone

[fair moon]

better battery life on the X than M3 too???

holy

[cinder kiln]

Yes

By a lot

Need to turn off autocorrect

[bold willow]

AND NEW AI TECHNOLOGY /s

[fair moon]

So then this is basically a windows macbook but better?

[bold willow]

guys its an AI chip

it must be the best ever

[bold willow]

perhaps

ngl the display is selling it for me

i swapped to an oled monitor and it was amazing

[cinder kiln]

Exactly that

[bold willow]

having that 3K will be nice, and u can turn it down to 1080p to save battery

[cinder kiln]

There was a really good snapdragon book for 500 around recently

[bold willow]

ngl i might sell my Acer Nitro V for this lol

[cinder kiln]

I was recommending it and I never recommend thin n lite

[fair moon]

any non-refurb options $300-400 👉 👈 or does going under $500 just not worth it at all?

[cinder kiln]

So should tell you something, the market hasn't woken up to how good a snapdragon book is

Idk

Ask @stoic crest

He the laptop guy

[bold willow]

I met a snapdragon employee person in a bestbuy once

[cinder kiln]

Was he a dragon

[bold willow]

she actually ☝🏻

[fair moon]

fr. I've been hearing how the $500 mac mini with M4 is a steal but this comes with a keyboard and nice display as well. and more storage

[bold willow]

I heard her giving keyboard advice - she doesn't work at bestbuy and wasn't mean to do anything but sell their laptops.

She said "a keyboard is just plastic, pick whatever plastic you like, they're all the same"

[fair moon]

https://tenor.com/view/breaking-bad-walter-white-bryan-cranston-sad-oh-no-gif-17379933

[cinder kiln]

She was a dragon??

[cinder kiln]

The M4 will win in performance but the battery goes to Qualcomm/intel200 by a mile

[bold willow]

She spoke fire, not breathed it.

"Plastic is all the same 🔥 "

[cinder kiln]

Yoooooo

[fair moon]

Oh i mighta mispoke, the m4 is a good deal ahead of the X

[stoic crest]

with the amount of ram macbooks now have

they're genuinely

worth the money imo

but since the sd x plus oled lappy is on sale rn

by all means, go for it

[fair moon]

Yeah i was taking price into consideration

[bold willow]

I wonder what the battery life is on that laptop with a 3K display on.

[fair moon]

cause cheapest M3 air is 999

[fair moon]

anything?

[bold willow]

SD X has 2 more cores. 32% higher memory bandwidth, and supports 64gb of ram.

All of SDX 10 cores run at 3.4 GHz, while M3 has 4x4.05GHz & 4x2.75GHz

[stoic crest]

should still be good enough tbh

[cinder kiln]

Pat?

[bold willow]

Whos pat?

Im EzStudioz

[stoic crest]

it's an oled, so run dark themes to save on even more batt

[bold willow]

oh yeah

I'm sad I spent $1200 on a gaming laptop.

What was 3-years-ago me thinking.

1 hour battery life with GPU disabled and low brightness.

[cinder kiln]

Gelsinger lol. Big little cores

[bold willow]

I think M3 would probably beat SDX at single core due to higher clock, but lose in multi-core due to less cores and half of them being efficiency cores.

I would get the SDX anyways cause MacOS = ew

[cinder kiln]

In the context of thin n lite, if it works well enough but wins by a mile in battery then it's a win for Qualcomm imo

[stoic crest]

i agree with felix

[cinder kiln]

You buy these laptops for basic work

So longer battery is +++

[stoic crest]

they just happen to have a bit of gaming perf on the side

efficiency

[bold willow]

Qualcomm coming to steal intels laptop market

AMD stealing intels gaming market

[stoic crest]

outright stealing? not really

but heating up the market, in a way yes

[bold willow]

AMD literally doesn't have competition for purely gaming desktops.

[stoic crest]

cuz the few days ago i checked sales figures

[bold willow]

Intel still my favorite for workstation.

[stoic crest]

only 720k units of qcomm laptops have been sold

[bold willow]

That's just because less tech-savy people don't recognize AMD as much.

oh

well yeaahh

QComm is only sold at Bestbuy I think.

[fair moon]

intel has an insane amount of brand recognition that for everyday laptop consumers will be hard to work against

[stoic crest]

but im all for this competition regardles

just being realistic :p

[fair moon]

yes competition good

[bold willow]

I want intel to explode in the budget GPU scene.

[stoic crest]

everyone was surprised by intel's 200V series

[bold willow]

I don't want intel to lose desktop CPUs tho

[cinder kiln]

Don't forget, the Intel 200 laptops look competitive to SD

[stoic crest]

it was such a glowup for intel mobile segment

[cinder kiln]

AMD lost big time in this new round

[stoic crest]

16/32gb memory config

big efficiency gains

higher igpu performance watt per watt (in lower power limits)

[bold willow]

Hear the rumors of the Nvidia CPUs

[stoic crest]

sure amd is faster, but it needs more juice to run up to said perf

[bold willow]

AMD is good for gaming laptops tbf

[cinder kiln]

Themoreyoubuythemoreyousave

[bold willow]

but purely efficient laptops is intel/qcomm

[stoic crest]

nzxt flex program should use this slogan

[bold willow]

When can i buy the Nvidia9-4090KF

[stoic crest]

im sadge pat gelsinger retired

[bold willow]

Ngl I saw the nzxt thing before the video and thought oh thats interesting.

[stoic crest]

but he had no choice alledgedly

[bold willow]

Like it didnt seem to scummy on the surface

[stoic crest]

intel board told him he could either retire or get laid off

[cinder kiln]

This was what everyone thought

[bold willow]

$100-$300 a month for a pc that will be kept up to date and you get a free monitor.

[cinder kiln]

Me included

[stoic crest]

yeah

until gn dug deeper and blew nzxt's walls up

[cinder kiln]

Then we dig deeper using GN's vid and WOW

[bold willow]

For people who could'nt afford a full rig, it seemed nice.

[stoic crest]

rental pcs

[bold willow]

Renting takes advantage of those less fortunate.

[stoic crest]

if you rent an nzxt flex pc for 5 years

you can get a car

relatively new used car

[bold willow]

Tbh if you have to rent a pc for $300 a month, there is something else you should be doing.

[stoic crest]

imagine renting a pc for as much money as leasing

[bold willow]

like who has $300 a month to rent a pc but not build one.

[stoic crest]

there's still people who are dumb enough to still defend nzxt for it

with the excuse of not having to deal with the burden of pc problems

[bold willow]

like this would only make sense for esports players or gaming complexes who need pc upkeep

[stoic crest]

except.. if the pc has a problem and you threw away the original package

[opal flume]

They are literally targeting young teens and gullible folks

[stoic crest]

nzxt won't take it back

[bold willow]

If you cant afford $600 or more for a PC, get on facebook marketplace.

[bold willow]

Granny wanna hit those fortnite clips for the fam groupchat

[opal flume]

Some of the ads literally had "you could win a fortnite tournament and buy a pc" as a selling point

[stoic crest]

259 a month for

a pc wth a 4080

bro you can save up for a year and get the same pc for less

or building one

[bold willow]

Like $300 = Dell Optiplex + B580

[stoic crest]

or actually be able to build a 4090 rig out of said money

[bold willow]

btw the intel gpus just came out

[stoic crest]

cuz 259 for 12 months is 3.1k

[bold willow]

https://www.newegg.com/asrock-challenger-a580-cl-8go-intel-arc-a580-8gb-gddr6/p/N82E16814930131?nm_mc=AFC-RAN-COM&cm_mmc=afc-ran-com-_-PCPartPicker&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=afc-ran-com-_-PCPartPicker&utm_source=afc-PCPartPicker&AFFID=2558510&AFFNAME=PCPartPicker&ACRID=1&ASUBID=&ASID=https%3A%2F%2Fpcpartpicker.com%2Fproduct%2FbYcBD3%2Fasrock-challenger-oc-arc-b580-12-gb-video-card-b580-cl-12go&ranMID=44583&ranEAID=2558510&ranSiteID=8BacdVP0GFs-afFIfhwgNv9Ac5ck2EmnNw

[stoic crest]

that's

an arc a580

first gen

[bold willow]

B580?

[stoic crest]

the ones we're waiting for are B for battlemage

ya

huh

[bold willow]

whut

[stoic crest]

the link said a580

ooookay

ma bad

i looked

[bold willow]

it says release date 12/13

[stoic crest]

eta 1/3/2025 for me

weirdly enough

[bold willow]

but seriously

if you can afford a couple hundred a month to rent a pc

you can afford to save for a few months and build a cool rig

[tiny heron]

i dont think ive ever been too a best buy where any worker in there knew what they were talking about

[stoic crest]

pay as much as a gpu for renting a pc you wont own!!

[tiny heron]

https://tenor.com/view/ron-i-know-more-than-you-superior-gif-11274878

[bold willow]

It wasn't a bestbuy employee lol.

It was a qualcomm rep doing the wrong job

[opal flume]

B580s aren't even out yet, the Intel LE listing for it is already OOS

[bold willow]

She was meant to be just selling their laptops but ended up in the keyboard section.

[bold willow]

Preorder sorry

was on pcpartpicker and saw them

[opal flume]

[cinder kiln]

YO?

[opal flume]

Maybe they got too many preorders

[bold willow]

in stock for me

I don't wanna be the first wave of B-line gpus

ill wait to see the bugs and benchmarks

but oh my asrock makes some beautiful cards

[fair moon]

and some ugly ones

[bold willow]

beautiful on the inside

[opal flume]

[bold willow]

now how much can i sell my acer nitro V for lol

i want that oled laptop

[fair moon]

oh that's small

[bold willow]

i would say its average

[bold willow]

they forgot the rest of the backplate

[cinder kiln]

Intentional

[bold willow]

probably better at cooling ngl

[cinder kiln]

The card is small they just added bigger fans and gave it passthrough ventilation

Ya

The only thing is

They work but the paste QC on them is stupid

Very inconsistent

[bold willow]

"What lacks in beauty excels in cooling"

I think washington said that

[cinder kiln]

"Nothing beats a good ASRock."
-Washington, probably

[fair moon]

Even some of their higher end cards have heatsink stickin out

^this arguably looks a lot nicer tho

[opal flume]

"Remember boys, the British are asleep yet and we shall catch them by surprise. Also ASRock rocks"

[cinder kiln]

Almost all high end cards do this now

[bold willow]

"Heatsink sticking out is cool and cooler"

Cool and cooler

that would be an excellent slogan

for like a cpu cooler

[fair moon]

not really to the same extent tho

[bold willow]

Can you stop sending all this nsfw please

i have a roommate

[fair moon]

tell em i say hi

and that *certain asrock gpus are goofy

[bold willow]

aint nobody wanna see ur backplates or radiators

[cinder kiln]

Asus, evga, gigabyte all have some much more aggressive ones

NVIDIA FE

[bold willow]

Freaking Expensive

[cinder kiln]

Fr

[fair moon]

FE is a class of it's own in terms of looks

maybe accompanied by this one MSI card i saw a pic of the other day

[bold willow]

Why is my homepage covered in NZXT now

[cinder kiln]

The MSI fe looks interesting

Yeah that one

[bold willow]

AI generated looking GPU

[cinder kiln]

Creator or whatever

[jolly inlet]

Youtube algorithm at work. You watched a video where they say NZXT a lot so you must like NZXT.

[fair moon]

https://us-store.msi.com/Graphics-Cards/NVIDIA-GPU/4080-SUPER-16G-EXPERT

[cinder kiln]

Expert that's the one

[fair moon]

blowthrough 7900xt anyone?
https://www.newegg.com/asrock-creator-rx7900xt-ct-20g-amd-radeon-rx-7900-xt-20gb-gddr6/p/N82E16814930128

Asrock did cover the full heatsink on this one but not the PCB

[cinder kiln]

That looks like the passive cooler isn't it

Also

4090

Lol

[fair moon]

nah

[cinder kiln]

Oh the turbo

[fair moon]

Creator

for creators who like fan noise in the background

[cinder kiln]

Wait no it is the passive

Same backplate

[fair moon]

huh

[cinder kiln]

Both the turbofan variant and the passive probably share parts

[fair moon]

would make sense

[cinder kiln]

I mean it makes sense, both don't use passthrough they use server style cooling

[bold willow]

do not send me your gpu pics

[stoic crest]

gpuhub

[bold willow]

High graphics & framerates

[stoic crest]

right on your screen

for zero cost to you (other than 4090 ads)

buy this usb drive to install drivers to upgrade your 1650 to 4090 now

[tiny dirge]

https://tenor.com/view/sun-tzu-tf2-tf-team-fortress-team-fortress-2-gif-4990748573268306430

[tiny dirge]

microcenter deals in your area

[stoic crest]

hot single gpus on the shelves

[balmy lake]

Naw, dont do this one. All the GPU’s are pre-owned, all the Refurb is cosmetic only, and tend to come with extra parts you don’t need. And if you dont keep spending money on it, will slow down and lose FPS. Better to get a nice new one you can install for the first time yourself and tune it the way you like it.

[normal spear]

Dont get caught browsing gpus guys, be careful

Your motherboard would be very disappointed

[bold willow]

Hey @azure pond do you trust either of these sellers?

[azure pond]

Wait it said shipped and sold by Amazon when I checked

[celest dune]

https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/alienware-27-gaming-monitor-aw2724hf/apd/210-bhtm/monitors-monitor-accessories?tfcid=43590050&gacd=9685798-5551-5761040-270826046-0&dgc=ST&SA360CID=71700000111081763&&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD77IkfA3Um-V7ufVQBnfOQ9_ejTM&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7NXHgfCQigMVU5tQBh30HDVIEAQYAiABEgLvPvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

is that good?

[normal spear]

pretty average price, but do you play FPS at a professional level?

because otherwise theres not really that much of a point in that high of a refresh

i pretty much guarantee that monitor was marked up to be put on sale

[celest dune]

i dont mind paying that price as its ips and 0.5ms

[celest dune]

but soemone said i should get a 1440p

[azure pond]

Are you making a new setup or just upgrading monitor

What type of games do you play, and what gpu and cpu do you have if you're just upgrading monitor

[celest dune]

i be buyuing all the parts i need in feb im getting a RX 7900 XT and ryzen 7600

But apparently there's going to be new graphics card coming out around that time