tech-deals-discussion

[balmy lake]

Everyone’s allowed a mistake or two or three…

-hundred.

[thin bolt]

The free game is giving errors when checking out

[fair moon]

Same lol

[lilac prawn]

Not so free now

[pallid geyser]

Odd

It let me with no issue

Give it a bit and try again, it did just drop a bit ago so everyone prob trying to grab it at the same time

[pallid geyser]

Welp

No hot wheels for you Mr roomba

[jolly inlet]

No hot wheels for me either apparently

That's the epic app even, which I now have to close completely to reopen it because there's no back button on that screen

[pallid geyser]

Good catch on dlcs

[vague pine]

sigh. i have to open epic games a second time?

[fair moon]

sigh I have to claim more free stuff

Looks like most of the dlc is just individual cars

[vague pine]

lot of the dlc is also 0.59$

time to use my epic rewards that i get for buying vbucks

got $6 in epic rewards

[raw inlet]

is this used hardware good for 100€?
16gb 2666mts + whatever this itx lga 1151 mb is + tht cooler + i5 7500 + metallicgear neo mini v2 (what i care most about, seems like they can sell it separately for €30)

anyone's able to identify the mb?

maybe a gigabyte h310

[pallid geyser]

Tiny mobo? Humongous cpu cooler? World may never know

[torpid night]

idk man look slike a motherboard to me

[bold willow]

That cpu cooler has a motherboard on it

[proper wagon]

Is $100 worth an upgrade from a 12400f to a 12600kf? Mostly for future proofing and getting higher ram speeds

[cinder kiln]

not really no

[proper wagon]

I was wrong on the ram speed upgrade too :v

[cinder kiln]

If you're gonna upgrade go to like a 13th or 14th gen

13600K or higher

If the board can handle it of course

[proper wagon]

Even with the stability issues?

[cinder kiln]

Which does not mean it's compatible

[cinder kiln]

Those have been fixed for months

[proper wagon]

I think mine can handle 13th gen if I remember correctly

[cinder kiln]

Name the motherboard and I'll tell you

[fleet marlin]

recent ish bios and could even do 14th gen probably, but of course 13th gen might have a better sale/deal.

[cinder kiln]

Again, if the board can handle the power

[proper wagon]

Asus b660 plus d4

Might need an upgrade there

[cinder kiln]

TUF or prime

Ok let me make this easier

Is it silver or is it black

Lol

[proper wagon]

Silver :p

[cinder kiln]

Only upgrade path is probably a 13600K/F or 14600K/F then

Actually

Yeah

That's the limit

If you put a fan over the top left hand corner of the motherboard

You will be able to run these with ease

If you're using a dual tower then that motherboard is out and you may as well just change altogether

12700 is roughly about 13600K/14600K power

Just for context

So it can work but it'll look jank

Prime is uh

To say the least poor lmao

[proper wagon]

Ive noticed plenty of quirks with the setup I have rn so im not shocked

[cinder kiln]

What cooler does the 12400 use

I actually have a brilliant idea rn

[proper wagon]

I'm using a peerless assassin but I'm also rolling the lancool with the two giant fans so I do have room for a fan on the top

[cinder kiln]

Ah damn

[proper wagon]

In fact I had one up there but it was overkill for the 12400

[cinder kiln]

Yeah it makes more sense to change altogether here

That vrm is just ass

Sell board, ram, cpu altogether for a reasonable price, not cooler

Then go to a new board, ram, cpu

[proper wagon]

Ah well not like I need it for any reason rn anyway. Just saw the processor for cheap on marketplace and wondered

[cinder kiln]

Wait the 12600K is 100?

[proper wagon]

Yeah

[cinder kiln]

That's not bad

Sorry I had the wrong take

That will run but it's your current board limit

Any higher you're throttling hard

You could sell the 12400 for like 70 and get that

Doesn't sound too bad if you can trust the seller

Though will still say'

Albeit a small change of hands

It's not really an upgrade

Almost a sidegrade

[proper wagon]

Turbo is nice haha

[cinder kiln]

Really doesn't do much

The real uptick here is e cores

[proper wagon]

Feel like I should just wait and get x3d when it gets cheaper

[cinder kiln]

It's not a bad idea honestly

Just not world changing

It'll be a long time yet I think before new x3d gets cheaper

[proper wagon]

I mean no upgrades are really world changing for gaming at this point

Unless you get a 4k monitor

[cinder kiln]

I mean

You're kinda right tbh? Lol

But not 4K

OLED*

Lol

[proper wagon]

Tru

Oled just so expensive

[cinder kiln]

Oh yeah cos it's actually game changing lol

[proper wagon]

It is... fiance got the gpd duo and it's screens are so damn nice

[cinder kiln]

Oooo GPD

Based

[fleet marlin]

$30-40 net for a 12600K, I'd do it.

[proper wagon]

Think those massive fans is enough to offset the heat or still add the top left fan?

[cinder kiln]

Don't need that fan for 12600K

You should be (Just barely) fine lol

You could add an exhaust fan up top yeah

That will help a little

[jolly inlet]

13700K never had these issues and it was rare on the 14700K. Nothing less than that had any concerns.

[cinder kiln]

They did

It just was less common

But it's not an issue anymore

Sips RMA'd his 13700K last week for instability

And that's just last week I've seen a few examples

[jolly inlet]

Huh. Well it was rare enough that with the recent fixes I'd be willing to run an i7 again at least.

[cinder kiln]

The fixes would warrant any tier imo now but not doing stupid things

Never know what the next big break could be lmao

[jolly inlet]

Eh, I'm still leery about i9 because not every motherboard has a good implementation of those fixes

[cinder kiln]

Mmmmm

Some disobeying ACLL DC LL?

Maybe

I'd say it's definitely not a common issue tho

[jolly inlet]

Not even that, if you touch the power settings at all it acts like the update never happened on some boards

[cinder kiln]

That's if you don't stick to intel default yes

You have to manually do that tho

I haven't seen a board that just does that

[raw inlet]

motherboard is a gigabyte h110n. not sure how much thats worth but i would assume less than 50€ new

it has wifi and gen4×4 m.2 slot

which is great

[pallid geyser]

990 evo already on back order, still available but won’t get it for a while

[azure pond]

I need more ssd storage but I'm unemployed until January

So I'll be waiting

[balmy lake]

2 days, lol

[azure pond]

Fair but idk when in January I'm getting hired

So im saving what I have to make sure I can eat lmao

[civic sun]

Is this something you just had lined up and youre just waiting on them?

[azure pond]

Yeah

They had to fire the last dude they hired bc he kinda sucked, and they have to wait to hire me bc legal stuff

My last job i quit when my front end manager told the security guard to watch me on the cameras for anything to fire me for

[azure pond]

@pallid geyser smh should've put the game name

[fair moon]

... chat is this legal?

[jolly inlet]

In the US, technically yes

Unless it's in retaliation for whistle blowing, then it's illegal

[azure pond]

Oh yeah 100% it just wasn't worth dealing with

I was alr waiting to leave, had about $1500 saved, and hated that job

Grocery stores suck

[pallid geyser]

Dang. That’s awful

[normal spear]

You get so little yet there are customers expecting 5 star grade A michelin star service

[azure pond]

Honestly I was a great employee and the customers weren't too bad, at least from my experience

I had maybe two or three customers unhappy with how I treated them the year I worked there and that was bc they were rude as hell first

[normal spear]

Thats cool, im so used to the people here sucking lol

[trim pier]

honestly that's amazing with only 2-3 people being upset, just sucks that your management is kinda crappy like that

working at a ups franchise, it's atleast 2-8 people a day who walk out upset

[jolly inlet]

And it's usually because you can't help them with their ridiculous requests right?

"This package said it was due tomorrow so that means you have it in the back, so give it to me now!"

[trim pier]

Ya where my store is located, we’re between the 3 major hubs/warehouses, and there’s like 0 communication between them. Sometimes we get a package delivery for customers or whatever, but they don’t bring all the packages. So we have to sign this release form that also sends an email to all customers expecting a package

So they come in, no package for them because the truck didn’t have it

But 90% of the time it’s Amazon returns and people just don’t want to read the instructions, then we give them an option to pay a small fee at the store or come back, and they get upset over the fact they have to pay

Like we charge for tape, or shipping bags/boxes, but for some reason people think everything is a no box no label item

[azure pond]

My manager just didn't like doing her job

[jolly inlet]

Sounds like UPS has even more logistics issues than we had at USPS

[azure pond]

Id be working on self check out, and then she'd dissappear while a cashier goes on break and have me running the front end with one cashier

[trim pier]

I don’t know how busy your grocery store was but if it were something like a target, I just know that’s going to be hell itself

[azure pond]

I was a supervisor so I had same permissions she did and all that, but shed always leave me understaffed and to cover way too money positions

Im tired

Typos

[trim pier]

All good

You should sleep if you got to 😭

[azure pond]

Honestly very slow, and I worked in retail for three years, 2 of those as a supervisor so I was able to handle it decently

[trim pier]

USPS has it worse, we got a driver from USPS making his rounds every day by the store and he tells us some stories about it

[trim pier]

well that's good atleast, just now finding a new job is crappy

in this job "economy" too?

[jolly inlet]

The issue I've seen with the job market is that most job listings are fake, intended to either make it appear that they're hiring or to hold the door open for the rare unicorn applicant

[trim pier]

I applied for 9 places including target and I got denied because either the job was "taken" or well ya something like that

target wanted me to apply again when school was back in season although they always understaff

[azure pond]

I've got a job lined up fortunately

Working with computers too

Potentially a life long career if I like it, and college goes as planned. Starting $20-25 /hr which is alr a pretty big raise from my old job

[cursive sage]

It’s all about the money

[balmy lake]

Well, put me on the list as a pissed USPS customer. Shipped out a package on the 6th. Hit Indianapolis and disappeared. Hasn’t had a scan in two weeks. Was supposed to be delivered on the 27th. Waiting the 7 days to file a missing mail request.

[jolly inlet]

Might have fallen off the sorting machine at the plant, who knows

Just a case of bad luck more than likely

[balmy lake]

Seems to be a continuing run of luck unfortunately. Its a 24”x24”x24” and weighs 35lbs, do im guessing pretty hard to miss. Probably From now on its fed ex, ups, or maybe even dhl. Which i think might be the most expensive?

[jolly inlet]

DHL is expensive for domestic packages but they have more reasonable rates for international

[balmy lake]

I have a bad feeling someone saw how large it was and at Christmas time figured it was something expensive. Which it was. It was my Haslab Unicron.

[jolly inlet]

I severely doubt that because there's literally hundreds of cameras at these facilities

Some of which are hidden

And they do bait packages regularly

And there's a catwalk with two way mirrors for inspectors to walk over without anyone knowing

No one is slipping a big package past all that

Even the small ones it would be tough

[trim pier]

FedEx is the cheaper choice, UPS is the more expensive, but I don't know how FedEx claims work exactly.

UPS we "insure" the first 100$ of your item + the rough estimate that you gave for let's say the unicorn

it sounds confusing, but if the unicorn was valued from 1-99$, no extra charge to shipping, + that 100$ insure from UPS. Now we charge an extra 3$ per 100$, so if your unicorn was for some reason valued at 300$, we'd probably insure you 300$ (maybe to 400$ if it was fragile) and you'd be charged an extra 6$ to shipping

And so if you filed a claim and everything pans out well, like in this case where you shipped out your item perfectly and hit the big USPS facility, then just disappeared, if you were to do that example of a 300$ unicorn, you would of gotten the 300$ (that you gave for an estimated value of the item) + 300-400$ (depending what UPS put) from UPS themselves.

though fair warning, a 24^3 + weight like that going somewhere that isn't 1-2 states nearby is going to cost ALOT.

[jolly inlet]

USPS usually defaults to $50 insurance unless you do pay that extra fee

[trim pier]

i'm going to look into USPS insurance real quick

but we say "insure" for a reason, it's like some business gimmick

I think cause when people hear the word insurance it means like promised? I forgot

[trim pier]

Ya that's the crappy part about USPS, and it's usually business days after it was supposed to arrive. Unless they said it was just 7 days in general, but I counted to the 7th or 8th of January till you can put in a claim

[trim pier]

Honestly it isn't bad, idk the rates for shipping with USPSbut I think it's way cheaper than UPS

once you get to like the 400$+ value for items in USPS the insurance is cheaper than UPS's insure prices

[trim pier]

also nobody would steal your package, likely what happened to it is it got lost, damaged, or misplaced. It happens, the label could of gotten ripped off, might be on the wrong pallet, so many possibilities

[jolly inlet]

Yes USPS is cheaper because it's a not-for-profit government-run agency

[trim pier]

Like falcie said there's so many cameras inside a federal warehouse

[fair moon]

USPS is based cause they can't open packages without a warrant. Pretty sure the only exception is for hazmat or weapons

[jolly inlet]

Having handled hazardous packages there, even in those cases they're not opened, just destroyed.

[fair moon]

Even more based

[cinder kiln]

Can we keep discussion in #tech-deals-discussion lol

[pallid geyser]

Yall quit all this chit chat in tech deals

Imma come to your house and fill your mail box with instant mashed potatoes

[balmy lake]

Ok. But just to clarify real quick, UniCRON. Not Unicorn 🦄 lol

Ebay only let me insure for the actual purchase price. Not including shipping (~$300) nor their fees.

[fair moon]

Bro please tell me you didn't spend $3000 on a transformer

Unless it's like metal and 6ft tall or something

[jolly inlet]

Insurance will be the responsibility of the seller if it's an ebay purchase

[balmy lake]

I was the seller. I had it insured. No. I only spent $750 for it. Only 12k made. Largest official transformer ever made. It was crowd sourced for 35th anniversary in 2019. And In robot mode he measures roughly 36 x 27 x 22 inches in dimension (including the base tripod). -In planet mode he measures roughly 44 x 33 x 27 inches in dimension

Now, lets cut the chit-chat before @pallid geyser fills our mailboxes with mashed potatoes!!

[pallid geyser]

That’s awesome actually. No you can talk in here as much as you want, just not in #tech-deals

[balmy lake]

Actually, now that i think about it. I did spend almost $40k for a transformer, lol. But it is metal and life sized!

[trim pier]

any flagged hazardous materials or boxes with hazardous labels

but I shall keep this tech deal from now on

[thin bolt]

https://www.adorama.com/us1798979.html

[jolly inlet]

Nah bro the 2060 beats the 3050

By a LOT

[thin bolt]

Hmmmm

[jolly inlet]

You can probably find a 2060 super (8GB) for the same price as that 3050

And it'll beat it by 20%+

The 2070 would also be a good one to go for, I just looked at that second link

[lilac prawn]

Yeah the 3050 is pretty sad

[bold willow]

If they made the 3050 way cheaper it would be cool

[light holly]

That Kingdom Come: Deliverance game in tech deals is

[pallid geyser]

Good one

[opal flume]

Man, they are being really heavy on trying to hype up the sequel. Steep Steam discount during the sales followed by being free on Epic

[normal spear]

Funny joke

[daring depot]

would yall call the 6800xt future proof?

dumb idea ik, but like, im sick of running games like Helldivers2 with crap performance at even medium

[fair moon]

"future proofing" tech typically isn't the way to go

Well

Maybe to some degree if you're in the US and the the Trump tarrifs end up actually happening

[azure pond]

What gpu are you on, and what are you ok with spending?

6800xt should be around $350-375

[daring depot]

crappy 3070ti mobile with really bad thermals

[azure pond]

Ah alr

[daring depot]

also 350!?

i paid like 400 for mine

[azure pond]

So looking to build a pc?

[daring depot]

yeah ill build it pretty soon

[azure pond]

Ah

[daring depot]

ok im straight up returning this gpu then

[azure pond]

Well it doesn't really matter what we think if you already bought it lol. Where'd you buy it?

[daring depot]

Amazon lol

i can return until the 31st

[azure pond]

$400 isn't horrible horrible, but it isn't being produced anymore, meaning it's typically overpriced from first party retailers

[daring depot]

wait damnit

375 ish

[azure pond]

I assumed you were talking about used, which was the $350-375 price tag

[azure pond]

Thats pretty solid

[daring depot]

brand new btw

[azure pond]

It's the 6800xt, not the 6800?

[daring depot]

yeah

[azure pond]

Shipped and sold by amazon?

[daring depot]

16gb vram, xfx speedster

yep

[azure pond]

Nice

Yeah you got a solid buy

[daring depot]

alright cool

[azure pond]

Any idea on what you want to spend for the rest of the build?

[daring depot]

i was thinking around under 1400 total

[azure pond]

Oh that's super easy

[daring depot]

but my deal on this gpu made it all easy

[azure pond]

Any aesthetic preference?

[daring depot]

someone said micro itx was nice tho so imma keep looking

[azure pond]

And wifi or ethernet

[daring depot]

wifi likely

[azure pond]

Small matx is much nicer than mitx, and that's only if you need a small build

If you dont care about it being small then it's irrelevant

[daring depot]

its a strange thing

i kinda wanna put it below my desk

but i have room

[azure pond]

Super easy too, give me like two min

[daring depot]

small itx is what, pretty mid?

i can probably do it ig.

also is the 7600x a good cpu?

[azure pond]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jjTJnp

7600x is fantastic

Can pair it with up to a 7900xt without it meaningfully limiting the gpu, so a 6800xt is a walk in the park. Do you also need a monitor?

[daring depot]

oh dam

no i have a 25in 240hz

sweet. im set ig

thanks!

[azure pond]

Alright, id suggest 1440p with a gpu this capable but thats always something you can do down the line

Enjoy!

[daring depot]

(kinda sucks that i main valorant.)

gonna attempt ray tracing tho which is why

appreciate the build suggestion!

[azure pond]

Lol I was on a 3060 ti and went from 1080p to 1440p and was SHOCKED by the difference in valorant especially, which was my main game back then

The monitor was also an upgrade quality wise, and VA to IPS so that was probably part of it too

From what I've seen and experienced rtx is very overrated (any game i go to play i turn it off immediately because of the fps difference) but when implemented right, especially single player or slower paced games it's nice

[daring depot]

i actually have both, but my cousin convinced me to downgrade to 1080p

[azure pond]

My 3060 ti didn't like living so im on a 2080 ti now

[daring depot]

https://tenor.com/view/big-oof-size-small-medium-switch-gif-17355313

[azure pond]

It cost me that 3060 ti+$90 so not horrible

10% performance boost and 3gb more vram

[daring depot]

not bad

later on im thinking aboyut trying miniled or OLED

but id rather be able to enjoy my 10 year old tv a bit longer

[azure pond]

Im on a mini led now

It's amazing

[daring depot]

im sure it is, but i fear the worst for my eyes

also mone

[azure pond]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/kJP8TW/aoc-q27g3xmn-270-2560-x-1440-180-hz-monitor-q27g3xmn

[azure pond]

Wdym?

Brightness wise?

[daring depot]

people dont go back from oled or miniled

[azure pond]

Ahh

I love it for the colour accuracy and HDR with games, especially valorant. Yknow on tiktok, if you use it, and you see someone's game that looks super over saturated and insanely good?

Thats good HDR

[fair moon]

Well sometimes they're also either using a filter or color grading in post

[opal dock]

Definitely try it out first

Cause some people see flicker on some oleds

[daring depot]

later, waiting for my current monitor to go bad first

[lilac prawn]

I got a solution for that, punch the monitor

[silent rampart]

What's the cheapest good 1080p 144hz+ monitor rn?

[normal spear]

Panel type?

[torpid night]

One of them idk

[silent rampart]

thx

[torpid night]

np

[silent rampart]

forgot i made this post because the guy who responded to me didnt ping me

[torpid night]

Yeah he does that 💀

@normal spear that’s why you don't disable pings goober

[normal spear]

Q

[torpid night]

Turd

[thin bolt]

https://tenor.com/view/what-seems-to-be-the-trouble-q-star-trek-star-trek-the-next-generation-whats-the-problem-gif-23536602

[thin bolt]

@azure pond are you okay
There’s only been 2 deals from you since the new year

[azure pond]

prices are just dry lmao

or i suck

one of the two

[thin bolt]

https://tenor.com/view/dr-strange-it-is-what-it-is-sad-day-gif-18737703

[azure pond]

@civic sun

[balmy lake]

Can’t the man take a break for the new year?? So demanding!! Lol j/k

[civic sun]

ikr

[bold willow]

Don’t worry I gotchu

[daring depot]

new year, new products to overcharge customers

im praying for good deals

[tiny heron]

Its a good time to check marketplace. People selling their old parts

[bold willow]

Yeah

I just sold my first ever gaming pc I made back in 2018

[trim pier]

@azure pond sold and shipped by who

Oh nvm, there’s a scammer set up rn that’s hiding the Amazon seller one

[azure pond]

Weird, must've just popped up

Amazon one is now $474 though so I guess this counts as a $6 sale off msrp?

[high radish]

reordered it lol

[molten halo]

sold by some random "putianlichenggaoleilaimaoyiyouxiangongsi"

[high radish]

That 9800x3d is for 465$ sold by Amazon now

[normal spear]

Hows the debt looking now

[torpid night]

Chris Kempczinski got nervous

(yes I googled "CEO of McDonald's" to find that name)

[jolly inlet]

Back to $479 sold by amazon, I'm amazed it's still in stock

[high radish]

Still like over 50k

[lament ivy]

Excuse the ignorance, is this like some once in a lifetime deal or something?

[jolly inlet]

No it's just we haven't seen it in stock at that price for such a long time before. That's the MSRP, but scalpers were buying them and reselling at $700.

[tawdry dragon]

It's the best gaming CPU out rn, and people were hyping it up a ton, so there were many many people who wanted to buy it

[trim pier]

Apparently the SAMA's XP shell is made out of aluminum? no clue if that's any good or what

Like these SAMAs have been popping up so much recently, i've seen like good reviews made by people who bought it and just one small youtuber who did a review on the 1200w

[jolly inlet]

It can be hard to pick through which "reviews" are sponsorships in disguise so I tend to ignore any source I don't know to be reliable

[balmy lake]

Just FYI Best Buy sent me an email this morning. 9800X3D’s are in stock there as well apparently, so if your BB rewards card is burning a hole in your pocket, you can check that out. At MSRP obviously.

[trim pier]

@azure pond that monitor any good?

For a second monitor atleast or whatso.

[jolly inlet]

Build quality on KTC is usually pretty low but at least their panels are good

[trim pier]

Then if should be fine for a second monitor right?

[jolly inlet]

Yeah it's probably fine for a secondary

[trim pier]

Well I just bought it

Hopefully no 100hz 2k workspace monitor goes for like 60$ now otherwise I’d cry

Been waiting for something like that for about a month now

[azure pond]

I haven't seen any semi decent 1440p options under $90, and that's one of the best I've seen for $120

There have been a few better sales but nothing that's far better value, especially for a side monitor

[burnt prawn]

Which is better for the price?
https://www.microcenter.com/product/685639/msi-aegis-z2-c8nue-1059us-gaming-pc
https://www.microcenter.com/product/684527/powerspec-g719-gaming-pc

[azure pond]

would you be open to having microcenter build a pc for you?

[burnt prawn]

Yea

Idk they did that tbh 😂

[azure pond]

what microcenter are you near?

nvm

[burnt prawn]

Houston

[azure pond]

so mc has some great prices for some parts, but others don't really have great choices. Would you be willing to order some parts online, and bring them in when you buy the rest for them to build?

or would you rather just get everything at microcenter

[burnt prawn]

Yea I can build it myself if needed

[azure pond]

oh dope

that'd be ideal, they charge to build it anyways

[burnt prawn]

I built my pc like 3-4 yrs ago and this is for my brother 😂

So I’m just really, really slow

[azure pond]

any chance yall want to wait to buy the gpu till 50 series or amds new gpus?

ofc theres the chance tariffs will screw gpu prices

[jolly inlet]

Honestly next gen is a skip for me

Unless AMD surprises us

[azure pond]

9070xt depending on price seems decent

[fair moon]

9070xt leaks look promising

[azure pond]

and pricing on current gen gpus is just meh atm

7800xt is $520 and 7900xt is $680

[fair moon]

Oh true 9070xt price is up in the air

[jolly inlet]

Leaks are all over the place though so it's hard to tell what's what

Alpha drivers and all that

[burnt prawn]

Nah I wanna buy it asap

Cuz I think I fkd up his pc and idk how to fix it anymore 🗿

[azure pond]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fLJtC8

[azure pond]

what happened? also could prob reuse some parts depending on what happened

[burnt prawn]

I think everything works but the MOBO

And GPU

Which both need to be upgraded so it’s alright 🗿

[azure pond]

the mobo is part of the bundle with the cpu and ram

and it's a solid board, nothing wrong with it

gpu you can do what you want

[azure pond]

good vrms, 3 nvme slots, plenty of usb ports, multiple pcie slots

[fair moon]

I think he means on his old build the mobo and gpu are busted

So could potentially reuse PSU and case

[azure pond]

im very smart

[fair moon]

Maybe storage

[azure pond]

sorry you right

did the psu die?

[burnt prawn]

I don’t think so cuz the mobo, gpu and everything else runs

But it’s a stupid cheap prebuild so it has one of those PSU’s u can’t take apart

[azure pond]

you should NEVER take a psu apart

[burnt prawn]

I didn’t

[azure pond]

that can kill you incredibly easy, even not plugged in for 5 years

[burnt prawn]

I mean like

One of those where u can access the sata cables that r connected to the PSU

And all the other cords that connect to the psu

[jolly inlet]

Modular?

[burnt prawn]

Yea

[azure pond]

ah alr

thought you were trying to physically dissasemble the psu and was very concerned

[burnt prawn]

Nonono im not 😂

[azure pond]

do you feel like finding out what the parts are to see if anything is worth reusing?

specifically storage, maybe case if it looks like it has decent airflow

[burnt prawn]

None of it is good as the case is one of those small ones

I gtg thnx for the help!

[balmy lake]

#tech-deals message

Think it would be worthwhile upgrade from a x670e MSI Tomahawk?

Or just buy the CPU

[shut lava]

Just buy the CPU. That motherboard might actually be a downgrade.

[azure pond]

This 100%

A regular x870<x670e most of the time

Although it's a negligible difference anyways

[balmy lake]

Lucky thanks yall, lol

[cinder kiln]

Scam

Also scam

Just gonna put a psa up for that, we saw them earlier but thought they were gone

[fair moon]

Oh I thought it was from xfx's store

[cinder kiln]

Nah it's from some guy named luinguagin- etc etc

Lol

It's a typical scammer name

Usually you click on the profile and it either has like 1-5 good reviews that are bots, or a ton of bad reviews for no delivery, and a CN shipping address

Those are accounts that usually take the money and run

[pallid geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/exploding-cybertruck-cybertruck-fireworks-new-year's-day-cybertruck-go-boom-gif-10348634700939825235

[jolly inlet]

They'll also ship you a cheap pair of sunglasses with the slowest shipping method possible so they have time to cash out and can show tracking info

[fair moon]

Thoughts?
https://www.newegg.com/sama-80-plus-750w-750-w/p/1HU-02S6-00029?Item=9SIB41TJT33758&tpk=1

[trim pier]

It’s a B tiered PSU

I’d recommend going with the XP version cause that looks like their newest version, though apparently made out of an aluminum shell

Plus it’s platinum rated, has a few other neat features, etc etc

[fair moon]

$50 for 750w b tier modular seems pretty good

[cinder kiln]

Revisions can be wildly better or worse

Just a caution

GF1 went from amazing to awful in the latest model

As an example

[trim pier]

That’s true but I’m also going based off psu tierlist

And it was somebody here who said it can’t always be so accurate

I mean I’ve only seen one review on the XP version

And that’s the 1200w, never the smaller wattages

[fair moon]

Felix how do you think this one compares the the Corsair rme we were looking at yesterday?

The Sama one is 140mm so it would fit nicely in my case

[trim pier]

I think Corsair still has refurbished psus

[fair moon]

Yeah it was $70 for the 750w

[trim pier]

Mhm

I mean what are you running

With 750w

[fair moon]

I have a 5700x3d and soon-to-be 4070

[trim pier]

Oh then you should be completely fine with the XF Sama

[fair moon]

Currently have a 600w unit that might work but it's non modular so might not fit the new gpu well

Tight case

[cinder kiln]

Only review I can find is from LTT labs which says it failed (I don't take them at their word though)

It has no cybernetics cert

Which is questionable

It is unusually cheap but it does have a 10 year warranty

Since there's limited info, the standout part for me is no cybernetics cert

Which, albeit it could do well, I consider that a "wait for reviews" type of pick

I would play safe with the RMe

Yeah idk if I can trust LTT labs yet

Both psus failed. One is known to be excellent in the past and gets a recommendation (Also a channel sponsor), the other doesn't get a recommendation at all

It doesn't feel clear cut

I wouldn't trust the XF until better reviews emerge

[jolly inlet]

They're still in the "taking feedback" stage of setting that up aren't they?

[cinder kiln]

Idk, I'm giving them a lot of flack, but it doesn't read well side by side

I trust aris more than anyone, he became the gold standard (He is cybernetics lol)

[bold willow]

is this a good laptop deal? https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-yoga-7i-2-in-1-14-2k-touchscreen-laptop-intel-core-ultra-5-125u-with-16gb-memory-512gb-ssd-storm-grey/6571362.p?skuId=6571362

feel decent although idk how the new intel cpus perform

but a 2k touchscreen with half a tb of storage

[azure pond]

I think I've seen an oled laptop with a 120u at that price but I could be wrong

[bold willow]

125u is slightly faster

but yeah id trade oled for a 5% loss in performance tho

but is the oled a touchscreen

[normal spear]

I only get the point of it being touch screen if you can fold it wrap around and use it like a tablet

[fair moon]

$250 bumps you to the snapdragon elite & 3k oled

Though I know a lot of laptop buyers like to be closer to $500

[bold willow]

It’s a 2in1

[hollow otter]

What ways can I make my wifi any better?

More specifically, we have AT&T but it just really sucks in our house, and especially down in our basement

I can’t run an Ethernet cable to the router either

I’ve thought about a booster but i’ve been told they don’t help as much

I tried running VRC with a link cable and my entire home internet started to tweak out. Been trying to run it for a while

It struggles even connecting to my PC with the cable, could just be the cable and i’m getting a new one just in case but right now I just need to find a better solution to my internet problem

Any solutions?

[jolly inlet]

Powerline Ethernet to get a second router in the basement in bridge mode

[shut lava]

I'm guessing you will find more experienced people to answer that question in #networks-security-and-home-servers Maybe a power line networking kit. I was in a situation where the Wifi signal wasn't great in a rented home and the powerline networking adapter gave me download speeds that were nearly the same as directly connecting to the router.

[hollow otter]

i’ll see if i can do that

[hollow otter]

I wasn’t sure if i should ask there lol

[jolly inlet]

I get about 160Mb download and upload through my powerline kit, which is plenty. Your speed will vary.

[hollow otter]

My only issue is that what if my home internet just sucks

like not my connection

but just the home internet entirely

[jolly inlet]

Then the powerline connection will suck equally

[hollow otter]

should i have my parents switch to a new plan or should i get a new router

[jolly inlet]

Depends on the specific issue

But the ISP router is usually good enough

[civic sun]

The problem is the amount of walls and floors. Repeaters do not usually work well because they are wireless, the signal will just continuously degrade the further down the chain you go. Most people would say find a better place for the router that reaches a middle ground or wire another antenna/router to other parts of the house to act as a ap

Say if you were to draw a straight line from your router to your pc. Every object the signal has to go through will weaken the signal strength until there isn’t much of a signal left. So if you have a router on the top floor and a pc in the basement it’s not going to be a good time

[hollow otter]

i hope this doesn’t sound stupid, but would a 2nd router be best then?

also what would be a good brand of powerline connection

I had some but i remember them sucking even though I had google fiber

[fair moon]

If the base internet connection sucks, a different router probably isn't going to help much

[jolly inlet]

What kind of budget would you be working with?

[hollow otter]

Whatever will work best tbh

I can afford it

I’m just sick of bad internet

[jolly inlet]

https://www.newegg.com/netgear-plp2000-100pas-up-to-2-0gbps/p/N82E16833122967
https://www.amazon.com/GL-iNet-GL-MT3000-Pocket-Sized-Wireless-Gigabit/dp/B0BPSGJN7T?th=1
I think this would make a decent setup

[hollow otter]

how do i set it up?

[jolly inlet]

The adapters are easy, just plug them both in, press and hold the sync button, and they'll be ready to go.
The router you'll just need to plug into it and go to 192.168.1.1 to adjust the settings and enable wireless bridge mode and set up the wireless. Bridge mode will enable/disable all the other settings you need.

[fair moon]

New router doesn't magically upgrade your plan just FYI. @hollow otter I would find your internet plan details first before buying new hardware

[azure pond]

@shut lava i think that's 32gb

[fair moon]

Lol

Was about to say the same

[shut lava]

You are right. It shows up as the lowest priced 64GB option when I pick 64GB(2x32GB) in newegg's search.

Newegg's search is broken.

[azure pond]

Thanks newegg

[fair moon]

pcpp > Newegg search 💪

[jolly inlet]

Meanwhile Amazon search returns results for arc welders when I search for fuses

"You meant to say 'tools for fusing metal' so we fixed it for you, you're welcome"

[thin bolt]

https://www.jawa.gg/product/55540/amd-wraith-stealth-cooler

$1 stealth cooler($5 shipping)

[pallid geyser]

The heck lol

[azure pond]

Alright guys

6500xt is $60 on newegg combo builder

I'm posting a deal with it don't kill me

[trim pier]

Such a good deal but at the same time like if you have a microcenter, around same price for a 7800x3d

[keen gust]

@azure pond #tech-deals message there's $0 on the gpu, which is why its so cheap no?

[azure pond]

The pcpartpicker list is just there to show the parts, it's not the prices they're at on newegg

Sorry I could've edited the prices

Gpu is $100-$40 with the combo savings sale

[keen gust]

oooohhhhh gotcha

[brittle lagoon]

Should prob set it to override with Newegg, a bit confusing otherwise

[azure pond]

Fixed ty

[brittle lagoon]

The combo seems a bit funky, gamemax m60 case isn't showing up

Only the vista

Unless it's the same case?

[cinder kiln]

Vista is basically a montech xr without fans afaik, not terrible

Oh wait it's matx, ok slightly different lol

I can only think of this vid now when I see the name 💀
https://youtu.be/AHfmA1zlGZU

As long as it has mesh intakes it should be relatively functional tho

Better than glass

Or just solid panel lmao

[bold willow]

Btw this monitor is highly rated by rtings.com

everything is excellent except for constrast with HDR https://www.ebay.com/itm/276278326455

i would say this is a buy now for a second or cheap primary monitor

[trim pier]

that's a #tech-deals worthy

[civic sun]

Huh?

[stoic crest]

Huh

[trim pier]

what do you need help with my friend

[cinder kiln]

hi bot

[grand orbit]

Hmm

[stoic crest]

We all got pinged

[cinder kiln]

[stoic crest]

Yeah

[trim pier]

oh boy what a bot

[stoic crest]

I'm gonna ban this bot

[cinder kiln]

It should be obvious guys

[stoic crest]

Begone

[cinder kiln]

LOL

[stoic crest]

I was utterly confused

[cinder kiln]

"WAIT!"

[trim pier]

😭

[stoic crest]

My brain took a MINUTE

[trim pier]

"please join us"

[stoic crest]

To register it all

[trim pier]

like in what

[torpid night]

Man what

[grand orbit]

Thanks i was in the middle

[foggy coral]

[cinder kiln]

Hahaha

I've never seen the service dm even react

[stoic crest]

Weirdest bot encounter ever

[civic sun]

Im glad you feel just as confused mr wegg

[cinder kiln]

Fr

Haha

[stoic crest]

I was awestruck

[trim pier]

"please join us"

i'm still wondering what it meant by that

[grand orbit]

Dude deff in a cult

[cinder kiln]

Draws demon circle

[grand orbit]

I had to check wasn't in vc or something

[cinder kiln]

Hahaha pat I was just getting to that

[grand orbit]

Dude you think you're bad I'm tipsy so was like wtf 😭

[stoic crest]

Demon summoning ritual

[grand orbit]

Literally mr rn

[balmy lake]

Its fine if its a cute anime demon you summon

[civic sun]

[normal spear]

Honestly probs gonna buy it, for 50 bucks with some hdr capability thats pretty hard to beat

Bacca pulling through per always

[cinder kiln]

Mr who

[grand orbit]

https://tenor.com/view/slap-gif-25249881

Me

[normal spear]

mr me who rn

[bold willow]

i got it for $40 with capitalone rewards

ngl $40 to update my 32" MSI Curved 1080p 165hz monitor

[normal spear]

On rtings it says its 165hz which is funky

[bold willow]

• No HDR --> HDR
• No Adaptive Sync --> Adaptive Sync
• Low pixel density --> High pixel density

[bold willow]

might be because hdmi is limited to 144hz but DP is 180hz

so they could of taken the average XD

[normal spear]

Considering the mean of those unironically thats probably it lmao

I didnt check, can you rotate the monitor vertically?

Im thinking having it vertical next to my 1440p

[bold willow]

looks like it

the back seems to have a circle on it

@normal spear

ngl for $50 it might be a "buy now think later"

[brittle lagoon]

btw I think this isn't the same panel as the one RTings reviewed, it's a tiny difference but its the XF243Y M3 in the listing, with part number UM.QX3AA.303
While the one that RTings reviewed is XF243Y Pbmiiprx, with part number UM.QX3AA.P01

[bold willow]

whatever

its $50

[brittle lagoon]

so I don't think you can rely on the rtings review for the features

[bold willow]

i dont care if it starts a fire or sends my data to tiktok

this is what ebay shows

nearly identical

except the ports are not on the back

but the bottom

unless they blurred it out

it kinda looks like theres something there but they covered it

seems like the same back

[brittle lagoon]

The original one is actually 165hz
https://store.acer.com/en-us/23-8-nitro-xf3-gaming-monitor-xf243y-pbmiiprx

the one in the listing, the m3, is 180hz
https://www.acer.com/us-en/monitors/gaming/nitro-xf3/pdp/UM.QX3AA.303

still good for $50 but don't trust the rtings review to be accurate for the one in the listing

as usual, acer's crappy naming scheme is crappy

[normal spear]

Fr

Also apparently

Theres no hdmi?

From what i saw

Oh nvm idk what i read

Regardless, fitty bucks 🙏

[cinder kiln]

Just pay a little caution there

While yeah it's cheap af, Acer has a reputation for selling models as the same code

But underneath the internals between the same code (The initial part code bit, eg xv271u) are completely different

We found that just recently with the XV275U

The initial part of the code was the same, the jibberish second half was slightly different

[normal spear]

Thanks acer

[cinder kiln]

So you had one that was great from B&H for 190, mini led

Then like 3 others almost identical names

VA

IPS(?)

TN

Not saying $50 isn't worth it but don't expect the exact same from $50

Especially when the back panel doesn't match in the article, that's immediately telling from my (recent) experience

Value likely there still but yeah

[normal spear]

So what youre saying is dont buy acer until you know exactly what youre getting, and then still have a grain of salt

[cinder kiln]

I'm basically saying yeah, if it doesn't read perfectly identical, carry doubt for sure

[brittle lagoon]

Only get it if you can copy the entire name and finding it on the page

[cinder kiln]

It's not like say MSI or gigabyte where a slight amendment isn't worse

[brittle lagoon]

At least when MSI or Gigabyte changed the panel they add or change something to the recognizable part

Like they add a E2 or something

[normal spear]

Acer moment

Poor naming scheme aids them as a company, not the consumer

[cinder kiln]

You got it

Cooler master is like a halfway house for this

They tend to have ambiguous names, but you can often discern them in some capacity

LG can be pretty bad at times too

[normal spear]

What i imagine acers marketing team looks like

https://tenor.com/view/cat-keyboard-smash-gif-15394889

[cinder kiln]

Like the specs are often obvious but with LG they can change like 1 letter and it's absolutely a new version lol

[normal spear]

Itd be fine if there wasnt an entire dialect of stuff next to it

Also me when cpus

[cinder kiln]

Well it's like, are you actually going to read all 15 digits? Cos most won't

You'll see the first like 8 and it visually looks the same

"Here we go"

Type deal

It wouldn't be nearly as bad if more brands were conscious of that (In favour of the consumer I mean)

Social engineering is a very real thing

[normal spear]

All i hear is "scam, scam scam, scam scammity scam scam"

[cinder kiln]

I'm slowly turning boomer 💀

It's happening

[normal spear]

Slowly?

[normal spear]

Nah felix youre hip with the kids

Spry and young

[cinder kiln]

Cashies keeps me cool

[normal spear]

Dude i wish we had cashies here

Damn aussies

[cinder kiln]

I bought my cablemod from there

It was like 1/5 the price for bnib

[normal spear]

I can hear the faint tortured screams of an ipod being frankesteined with pkcells

[stoic crest]

monitor names: 24gbxiivszyghau

[torpid night]

yeah and somehow it means it's a 1080p 360Hz OLED display

[bold willow]

but still even if its not exactly the same

$40 is $40

[jolly inlet]

Not to be confused with the 24gbxiivsyghau which has a TN panel and half the refresh rate

[bold willow]

i love the 28sdfjknsdfernijosdfiohujfsdauhpnoji

one of my favorites

[brittle lagoon]

Not to be confused with 28sdfjknsdfernijosdfiohujfsdauhpmoji, which has an early tn panel at an astonishing 30hz

[balmy lake]

Pfffttt the 32uhdrqtfftmrixrayfbiciausajimmycrkcrn will decimate all, after, you put about fifteen grand in it or more. If we have to, overnight parts from Japan.

[pallid geyser]

man the LS55CG970NNXGOSKU6559078 is actually the best cos it's 55" and 165hz while still retaining 1ms. it's also 4k and curved

[azure pond]

Don't forget it's TN mini led

[molten halo]

The m27q has way too complicated of a name I think I’m gunna pick up a LS55CG970NNXGOSKU6559078

[cinder kiln]

That's old news

Haven't you seen they've brought out a new one

The LS55CG970NNXGOSKU6559079 is the new one

[thin bolt]

But make sure you don’t get the LS55CG970NNXGOSKU6559079 75hz version

[azure pond]

I guess they're just bundling the 6500xt to clear stock bc of how badly it sold
https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails?ItemList=Combo.4756919&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-Combo.4756919-_-01182025

[jolly inlet]

Wow, you know that price almost makes it worth getting a 6500 xt

That's even a refurb 6500

[pallid geyser]

Well it is pretty dooky butt

[jolly inlet]

Considering it's beaten by the 1660, yeah it's pretty much below minimum for a lot of games

It's like, 1650 super level

[dreamy gyro]

Guys im looking into getting a prebuilt from newegg. I was just curious as to whether or not there is a coupon I can apply to some of the ABS systems. If not, how hard is it to get a targetted coupon?

[jolly inlet]

There's no general coupons I'm aware of. It's pretty rare for there to be anything that's not already on the product page.

[trim pier]

Hmm

Sometimes reddit has like direct links or old links for coupons, no clue if they still exist/expire

plus I doubt it'd be anything great

like 25-100$ off depending on the price

[dreamy gyro]

Even 50$ off would be nice on a 1490$ purchase 😭

[trim pier]

imo I would just build your own pc then. could get way better for what you'll be usually be paying for in a prebuild

but I don't know if your USD or CAD

[dreamy gyro]

I want to send the one im looking at but it doesnt let me send images here

[trim pier]

got a link?

[normal spear]

Prebuilds not only cost more than they should to begin with, but they usually find skimps on part quality too

[dreamy gyro]

Yeah let me get one, one sec

[trim pier]

build redux for an example, upcharging you on even windows installation

[normal spear]

Me when actual windows enployees just grab it off github

[dreamy gyro]

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16883360573?item=N82E16883360573&cm_sp=SP-_-2729005-_-0-_-6-_-83-360-573-_-Gaming+pc+ABS+ruby-_-abs|gaming|pc-_-5

This is the one ive been looking at

[normal spear]

Its not even piracy, windows just doesnt care about that, it only cares about office and onedrive mostly tbh

[trim pier]

actually it looks like build redux "rebranded" so they stop getting hate from customizing PCs

[jolly inlet]

M$ very much cares but it's hard to prove. God help you if you try it on a server though.

[dreamy gyro]

Im also a university student, I dont know if I can get any kind of student discount on it?

[trim pier]

ehhh no

i'm a student too

[normal spear]

Well between that and buying a key that was probably stolen anyway

[trim pier]

the only discounts you can really get are through HP and dell

and half the time they don't even qualify

or let alone the coupons do not work

or a cash back program

[dreamy gyro]

Yeah I got a good alienware monitor from dell earlier with the discount

All I need to get is the pc now

[jolly inlet]

The $5 ebay keys are from stolen CC numbers, the legit exchanges that it costs $20-25 are real OEM licenses that anyone can set up a corporate account for.

[trim pier]

#building-and-recc-chat i'll ask you a few questions

[dreamy gyro]

Ok

[trim pier]

I realized some corporations around me were throwing away spare window 10 keys in room for windows 11 and managed to get a free one 🤑

this was like 3 years ago

[jolly inlet]

I'm still riding a free key from the side of a scrap Win7 machine

Pro for that matter

I've got like 3 more keys stashed somewhere, I might have used them already

Advantages of being a tech, people don't want to deal with their old machine so you get to keep it

[torpid night]

lol I’ve been pirating Windows lmao. Won't say how here though due to the rules

[cursive sage]

I guess all of you were correct about the bad acer monitor naming scheme because I clicked on the 27” 1440p monitor and wanted to see how it’d compare to another 27” 1440p monitor also sold by the same seller, looks like same model

what is this logic

[torpid night]

$250 nit 1440p monitor is crazy. No thanks

$110 is a justifiably low price just for the brightness if you asked me

[azure pond]

https://computers.woot.com/offers/hp-victus-15-fb2063dx-gaming-laptop

[bold willow]

I really want a 2in1

Sadly barely finding deals

[cursive sage]

i was able to get on my computer to compare both, turns out same model but one is certified refurbished ($30 more)

was hard because the way ebay sorts the specifications

[azure pond]

@cinder kiln

I wonder if there's gonna be a lot of laptop sales with 50 series laptops somewhat on the way

[bold willow]

I just need a 2 in 1 😦

Cmonnn

Random good deal please

[azure pond]

I'm keeping an eye out I'll ping you if I see one

https://progamerstech.com/product/acer-aspire-5-a515-58pt-50uj-15-6-laptop-16gb-lpddr5-slim-fhd-1920x1080-ips-touch-intel-core-i5-13420h-intel-uhd-graphics/

[azure pond]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/196305942747?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=ANTB-InmQOe&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

This looks fantastic

$450 oled touch display ultra 5 125h

[bold willow]

Looks nice

Maybe I’ll cop it

Can it do RT Cyberpunk 2K native? /s

Oh my god

The IO

It’s beautiful

HDMI 2.1, USB C, USB 3.2 A

[bold willow]

It folds?

Like into a tablet?

[azure pond]

Oof no

I thought you just needed touch

[bold willow]

Damn

It was soooo perfect

I wanna get a 2in1 instead of an iPad basically

1. My current gaming laptop is super heavy and has a terrible battery life
   2)tablet mode to use for notes and probably watching movies and such
2. maybe a tiny monitor

[azure pond]

Hmm
https://www.ebay.com/itm/204950440258?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=R-4VvHPiTDq&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[torpid night]

I'd still get an iPad if you're just taking notes

[bold willow]

No I want windows OS

I need a laptop replacement

Replacing my gaming laptop with something lighter, longer battery life, but would also like the 2in1 to use as a tablet too.

Basically “2 birds with one stone”

[azure pond]

This is 780m

As good as it gets igpu wise

[bold willow]

Use age: movies, notes, coding, Roblox possibly lol

[azure pond]

Oh lmao

Well you have something like 1050 ti gpu performance

[bold willow]

Thats good enough

[azure pond]

Maybe closer to 1060 3gb

[bold willow]

I have a desktop pc

[azure pond]

I read this as replacing my gaming pc

Mb

I'm tired

[bold willow]

Me too

I tried marvel rivals today

I have a headache

It’s overwatch but with a migraine

[azure pond]

I enjoy it with friends

[bold willow]

Why do they feel the need to flashbang me

[azure pond]

Solo queue is pain

[bold willow]

I play with a friend but he kinda hates overwatch so it didn’t work out well

But it was very nice on my new 7900xt

Finally ran upscaling for the first time

Don’t see much of a difference between native 1080p and quality FSR 2.0

[cinder kiln]

There's gonna be coz bak 2 skool salez

[azure pond]

You're a skool

[cinder kiln]

Also god damn that laptop you posted is awesome

Nani

[bold willow]

Uhh bruh doesn’t school start in like 9 months

[bold willow]

Same I’m debating to give up the 2 in 1 for it

[cinder kiln]

School starts whenever you want to

[cinder kiln]

For good laptops I'd pick between that or a snapdragon elite ultrabook from bestbuy

Bacca is pretty good at finding sales

But the snapdragons are generally pretty good if you aren't interested in gaming (Sacrificing a lot comparably tho)

Today is basically the last day I'd be shopping around as well. Tariffs tomorrow

[bold willow]

Actually?

Well they won’t effect eBay sellers immediately

[cinder kiln]

It's to their discretion yes

But it's imminent

[cursive sage]

-# I wonder if it’ll raise prices on every tech product

[bold willow]

This is gonna suck

Thank god I have a pc setup for the next 7 years

i5-14600k & 7900XT

Don’t gotta replace anything

[cinder kiln]

Ye just chill with that, grab a deal while you can before everything hikes

I'm hunkering down meself

[bold willow]

I don’t think I’m ready to buy a laptop today

But I’m scared

[cinder kiln]

Do it as soon as you can

[bold willow]

Intel is a U.S. manufacturer, they should be fine

[cinder kiln]

Yes

Intel has a home field advantage

And tbh ultra 200V laptops are kinda great ngl

[bold willow]

Gonna see intel comeback for price performance against amd

[cinder kiln]

Lowkey intel w

[cinder kiln]

They already did

[bold willow]

I mean gaming

Like we can’t beat the X3D chips

[cinder kiln]

200v is great for igpu gaming

Oh that

[bold willow]

I mean for pcs

[cinder kiln]

Yeah that'll be a while

Their latest updates to their cpus made them all faster

So even 14th gen 13th gen are quicker

Despite saying they'd make the ultra chips better

[bold willow]

Man idk if to do a 2in1, normal touchscreen, or normal laptop.

Like if I’m not getting a 2-1 laptop, touchscreen isn’t even worth it

But all I can think about is having an iPad on my 4 hour long bus rides

[cinder kiln]

Imo the snapdragon elite ones for like $500, or that deal bacca posted

[bold willow]

It was $500

[cinder kiln]

Good ipad with a phone plan could also work

Stream to pc

[bold willow]

I don’t want apple

I really prefer a windows OS

I want something to use as my daily laptop too as fore mentioned reasons

[cinder kiln]

Ok used galaxy tab

[cinder kiln]

Ah I didn't see those

[bold willow]

Ye

[cursive sage]

i was about to say "doesn't ipad have a keyboard attachment?" but i didn't read the not wanting apple part

[bold willow]

I want a laptops OS basically

Welp Gn for now

[cursive sage]

cya

[cinder kiln]

Baiiiieeee

[cursive sage]

i do wonder if windows laptops have gotten better lately

especially in terms of allday battery life

[cinder kiln]

The 200V ultras and the snapdragon elite x's basically have a full 16 hours

They're kinda insane

[cursive sage]

amazing

[cinder kiln]

You can use them like a mobile phone man

Like an actual laptop for once

[cursive sage]

the one i had in 2021 would throttle on playing games in a browser

cpu usage would ramp up and the fans would spin

and then the battery quickly died

[cinder kiln]

Fr

[cursive sage]

imagine talking about games that are demanding on the CPU with some other tech enthusiasts

"RDR2 is running pretty bad because of my CPU"
"CS2 runs okay but if I had a better CPU I could get better frames"

"My CPU hit 100% on playing a flash game"

[cinder kiln]

3rd guy is just some x79 dude in the corner frothing

https://tenor.com/view/dead-fish-imitate-copy-parody-resemble-gif-15499903

[cursive sage]

x79

?

[cursive sage]

clearly i didn't get the joke

[bold willow]

Guys 1 hour until no more pcs

No more pc parts

It’s over

[cursive sage]

why

the tariff?

[bold willow]

We’re gonna have to result to using the leftover RTX 4050s and DDR4

[bold willow]

Idk what’s gonna happen

I don’t think tech is gonna be the sucker of the tariffs

Avocados 🥑 🪦

[cursive sage]

hm

im about to buy the 1440p monitor but dont know if i should tack on allstate insurance on it

you know what? it's just one year anyway and i trust that it should work fine because it was in #tech-deals

[bold willow]

I think those monitors include a 1 year warranty

Check if I’m wrong

[cursive sage]

don't think it does

alternatively i could spend $40 more on same model except it's certified refurbished instead of used

[azure pond]

dell g2724d at $150 would be better

those monitors are mainly targeted at cheap, passable options when you can't afford better, if youre considering $40 more id get the g2724d

[cursive sage]

hmm

slightly less refresh rate

[azure pond]

very nice panel

[cursive sage]

hmm

theoretically i could do a thing where i keep my old monitor and use the new one alongside it, can use dual-monitor setup but need mounts for walls

benefits of both

yeah i'll consider it

[bold willow]

does oled burn in on laptops?

I think i might get this laptop - but i kinda hate the outline on the keys

https://www.ebay.com/itm/204950440258?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=R-4VvHPiTDq&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[jolly inlet]

Short answer, yes

Longer answer, if you follow best practices you don't really need to worry about it

[normal spear]

Oled burn in happens on any oled screen, just different devices are less likely to get them due to difference usages

[glacial narwhal]

https://www.newegg.com/p/3D5-006C-00001?Item=9SIBV1MK713275

is this a good deal?

[jolly inlet]

Could be worse

You can almost definitely build a better PC for $800 but for a prebuilt it's not too bad

[tawdry dragon]

It's bad

[daring depot]

i agree, and i bought a terrible pc for the same price back in 2018

[azure pond]

as an example https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rNWp3w
would want to add a second stick of ram later on for this one https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wM6wqH

[sick spade]

My laptop stocked working back during the GPU shortage so when I made the transition to desktop it was painful. After taxes $2,000 for my 10700F/3070 prebuilt

[daring depot]

Pain

I'm cheap so rather than put it all into a reliable single pc, I'd rather keep waiting and buy the cheapest and most powerful stuff i could find

Leading to my 3070 piece of junk laptop I use today

[trim pier]

https://a.co/d/iZKJ8gt

Tech deal?

[bold willow]

idk seems normal for most ram

unless that ram is special

[fair moon]

I would say probably not, considering that you can get 6000cl30 for $75
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/4cCCmG/patriot-viper-venom-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-pvv532g600c30k
or 6400cl32 for $88
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/NZhv6h/silicon-power-xpower-pulse-gaming-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-6400-cl32-memory-sp032gxlwu64afdjad

[brittle lagoon]

Crucial is back? I guess micron has a better die now

[azure pond]

The 6000c36 kit of this is hynix A die from what I've been told but I could be wrong

Idk about the other expos

Id imagine they're all the same die

[brittle lagoon]

Really? Micron's brand is selling hynix dies? Lol

[azure pond]

Lmao I didn't know crucial was owned by micron

[sand kettle]

https://www.jawa.gg/product/56301/gigabyte-eagle-rtx-3060ti-8gb?page=1
is this a good deal?

[azure pond]

id say average, if not slightly above market price

6700xt should be around the same price and id rather have the extra vram

[thin bolt]

You can often find cheaper on fbmp.

[fair moon]

Yeah if you're planning to use it for 1440p I'd reccomend something with more than 8gb vram

imagine if 3060Ti was 10gb and 3070 12gb

[azure pond]

lmao nvidia could never

[fair moon]

tbh 8gb isn't gonna hold the 3060Ti back tooo much cause it's nearing the point where it's more of a 1080p card

but the 8gb 3070/Ti was criminal

[fair moon]

If you are totally set on a 3060Ti, this is at least a better cooler for the same price https://www.jawa.gg/product/56388/gigabyte-gaming-oc-rtx-3060ti-8gb

6700xt for same price, much better deal
https://www.ebay.com/itm/135511240187?

6650xt for $188. Little sus on the seller but to be fair, everyone's gotta start somewhere. Ebay does have buyer protection but i like using Paypal on top of that

https://www.ebay.com/itm/126892137897

There's also https://www.reddit.com/r/hardwareswap/
Make sure to only do local cash or PayPal Goods and Services with an invoice. A good seller will also have timestamps or give them on request.

Oh also use the Universal Scammer list to lookup reddit usernames

https://www.universalscammerlist.com/

[long matrix]

hey guys i found the alienware oled screen AW2725DF at 488usd before taxes, i think its a good price, does anyone have a better oled screen for cheaper?

[azure pond]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DQVP7TNH

[long matrix]

ok ill look it up thx

[long matrix]

well thats a pretty damn good price but, i think im willing to pay for the extra feature of the alienware thx a lot tho