tech-deals-discussion

[bold willow]

its the same years of support for both

just for $30 more i get an m1 and 4gb more ram

[torpid night]

That M1 might actually last longer than whatever A chip is in the base iPad

[bold willow]

also ipad air 5th gen has the better screen coat which is anti-reflective and better to write on

[torpid night]

People still buy M1 MacBooks. I don't see that M1 dying soon

[bold willow]

apple intelligence on air

[torpid night]

Yeah all of that

Just get the Air atp

[bold willow]

2nd gen pen and usb c pen, while 10th gen only does 1st gen

heres my issue

i kinda wanna move off apple ecosystem in the future and i feel that buying an apple device will just glue me further in

but tbf it seems like the best choice for support & cpu

only thing i could get better is an OLED with samsung

[fair moon]

current base ipad (10th gen) only has an a14 chip for some reason.

so the M1 will certainly outlast it

[bold willow]

11th gen will have an A17 pro, 8gb ram, laminated screen

but theyre also gonna raise the price to $400 msrp

I think imma just pull the trigger with the Air

I’ll be on Apple ecosystem for at least 4 more years

[uncut portal]

Send link to the one ur gonna buy, I might pick one up as well

[bold willow]

If you like purple, sadly I don't, this one is refurbished by Geek Squad Bestbuy in Excellent condition for $360 https://www.ebay.com/itm/326422705140?_skw=iPad+Air+5th+Gen&itmmeta=

[uncut portal]

Thank you, I mean I don't hate or like purple, as long as it doesn't break the bank I don't mind ig, what are you thinking of the pencil? Getting an apple one or a different one?

[bold willow]

Wish they did blue cause that price and seller beats everything else.

Blue costs $380

[uncut portal]

I mean if u really don't like purple, might as well spend that 20 bucks

[bold willow]

I could get blue for $350 open-box but idk if i wanna save $30 on a not as good seller https://www.ebay.com/itm/335810218950?_skw=iPad+Air+5th+Gen&epid=7052776194&itmmeta=

like open box means it would come with original packaging and stuff but its also bestbuy vs some guy with 2600 ratings

[uncut portal]

Best Buy is probably the move, ur saving 30 bucks but its not guaranteed to be the best

[bold willow]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/326185209997?_skw=iPad+Air+5th+Gen&itmmeta=

[bold willow]

NOOOO

i found another tablet

[tawdry dragon]

heheheha

[bold willow]

S9+

with pen

256gb too

$360 open box

im sorry but even tho its got a slightly worse cpu

bigger display, AMOLED, included pen, 256gb with sd expansion slot, and its android.

$20 less for open-box

which also the display on the s9+ is a lil wider which fits movies better

im sorry but this is a gg

BOUGHT IT!

sorry but i couldnt turn it down

yes m1 is better but ill take a 10-20% loss in performance for a better display, more storage, save $70 on a pen, better physical quality, and android OS.

[bold willow]

out of stock now lol

[daring depot]

nice lol

i only got the FE and im still pretty satisfied

[bold willow]

yeah FE practically the same except for the cpu

and ngl unless ur gaming or designing on a tablet, processor isnt super insane in new tablets

[uncut portal]

is it 120 hz

[bold willow]

yep

[uncut portal]

honeslty w deal then

legit id take 120 and worse specs any day of the week

and u also dont have to spend on pencil

[bold willow]

12GB RAM
256GB
12.4" 2800x1712 AMOLED HDR
microSD
10090 mAh
IP68 (ipad has 0)

[uncut portal]

really good then but for me i prefer ios since i just use for notes and stuff xD

but its gonna suck spending more for pencil :((

[bold willow]

I like iOS for its simplicity

[uncut portal]

same

[bold willow]

really takes any thought and work out from an OS

they really perfected how smooth, simple, and modern it feels

however, as a more technical user i enjoy being able to work on the OS more.

I'd prefer the higher degree of customization I can get with android.

In addition, I use a windows desktop which would work nicely with a android tablet.

[uncut portal]

i have a windows laptop and pc but apple phone so i would want a apple tablet

[bold willow]

This seller has a ton of open box, refurbished, and used tablets for great prices (many with 10% off coupons.

[bold willow]

I have an apple phone and watch.

But I don't see the need to use them with my iPad

I guess maybe texting from my iPad and using AirDrop is nice. But I don't see that as a necesity.

Spotify, discord, google, email, etc. all work across the devices fine.

Probably gonna use my tablet as a monitor when im on my desktop

[fair moon]

Great Airdrop alternative; has a windows app as well

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/localsend/id1661733229

Probably android as well but I don't have play store to grab a link from

[bold willow]

I don’t need airdrop

[fair moon]

I was just reminded and thought I'd share for anyone interested

[civic sun]

the problem with those solutions is that it's another app you have to download. The convenience of airdrop is that it's already there with no setup required

[azure pond]

Is a $180 m27q still considered good? I feel like there's newer comparable panels for cheaper

https://www.ebay.com/itm/126926796135

[bold willow]

Dell

[uncut portal]

ill check it out

[bold willow]

There’s the mini ips one too if u don’t mind smear / VA

[bold willow]

Reviews of the seller seem super promising

[uncut portal]

thats a cool feature

[trim pier]

https://tools.woot.com/offers/6-pack-led-exit-sign-with-light?ref=w_gw_zl_nd_14

Tech deal?

[cinder kiln]

@stoic crest @regal swallow Scam account

[bold willow]

still loving my $40 monitor

cant wait to use it vertical

itll be my first vertical monitor

[azure pond]

@bold willow there's this, 1440p for $150 but idk how it is
https://www.ebay.com/itm/156679447069?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=92chrSivS8C&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[bold willow]

idk

id say for 1440p just go with a dell g2724d

same price new

G2725D (slightly worse panel but higher refresh rate) was $120 recently new

[azure pond]

This looks interesting
https://www.ebay.com/itm/156670783631?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=92chrSivS8C&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[bold willow]

Already bought a tablet bro

[bold willow]

i7-8th gen
16gb ddr3

[azure pond]

Oh mb

[bold willow]

Samsung S9+!!

[tawdry dragon]

yayy samsung!!! personally I would've waited for a oneplus pad to depriciate in value (they always do) and buy one for 40% off lol

[bold willow]

I was debating the OnePlus Pad 2 but the aspect ratio turned me away

Good option tho

[tawdry dragon]

yeah that's a problem that makes me not want to consider it, but for basically anything other than video watching it's better ngl

[bold willow]

yep

but i plan to use the tablet a lot for movies and videos

so i went with s9+

oled, bigger, higher refresh rate

but oneplus 2 was in my top choices

[tawdry dragon]

true true, s9+ is definitely one of my top choices if I were ever to get a tablet

even an s8+ purely because i don't care about performance too much

s7+ also looks enticing, but Idk if I wanna go that far back

[bold willow]

yeah i think s7+ is close to end of service

at least my s9+ will have 3 more years

well the jump from s8+ to s9+ was $40

[tawdry dragon]

service isn't too big of a consideration for me, as long as I can still use the apps that I want to use for the next few years I'll be fine

[bold willow]

so i did it

actually lol

[tawdry dragon]

yeah that was a bit confusing when I first saw it lol

[bold willow]

it was more like -$30

cause i got a pen

[tawdry dragon]

pen was included with the tablet if you bought it new no?

[bold willow]

yes

but i got it open box

and it comes with a pen

[tawdry dragon]

I wouldn't buy without a pen lol

[bold willow]

the pens are cheap

[tawdry dragon]

If I'm getting a huge deal without it then maybe

s9 ultra is just crazy

[zenith lantern]

wonder how much i can sell an asus dual 3060 new in box

[tawdry dragon]

NIB would probably be $200, I wouldn't pay much more personally

what's really odd is that the gpu market isn't getting any cheaper whatsoever, the 3070 that I bought 3 years ago dropped $100 a year after, and stayed at $300-400 ever since

and the 3090's have only gotten more expensive lol

[bold willow]

theyre really good for AI stuff

consumer side

[tawdry dragon]

that's true, but still shouldn't be getting more expensive 4 years after release

[bold willow]

it went down

and now its going a lil back up

also like the reason it was inflated was cause bitcoin

[tawdry dragon]

$1100 is crazy price honestly

for used

[bold willow]

i see ones for $800

[tawdry dragon]

majority are above $1000, but you can find a few for lower

I was so happy that they got down to $700 at one point, but I wanted them to get cheaper honestly

my dreams were shattered :(

[bold willow]

i got a 7900xt

and im happy

[tawdry dragon]

I wanted a 6950xt since they got really cheap, but I couldn't justify spending it

[bold willow]

9070xt is hopeful

[tawdry dragon]

I'm not getting hopes up until I see benchmarks

we'll see come february 28, only 2 more weeks

[jolly inlet]

That's just the announcement day

[tawdry dragon]

is it? I'd guess that embargo lifts that day also, but who knows

[jolly inlet]

The alleged launch day will be March 6

Embargo typically the day before

Unless AMD wants to be generous and give us 2 days this time

[tawdry dragon]

doubt it

[jolly inlet]

lmao Forbes got the date as wrong as it could possibly be

[tawdry dragon]

lol

[jolly inlet]

There is no 29th

[tawdry dragon]

there'll be a february 29th, eventually

[jolly inlet]

In another 3 years yes

[tawdry dragon]

yayyy new gpu in 3 years

[azure pond]

Lmao

[vague pine]

is this a decent deal or no?
https://www.microcenter.com/product/5006968/amd-ryzen-7-7700x,-gigabyte-b650-gaming-x-ax-v2,-gskill-flare-x5-series-32gb-ddr5-6000-kit,-computer-build-bundle

[jolly inlet]

Yeah that's decent. The CPU alone goes for $270 right now.

[bold willow]

damn bruh wish i could of gotten that for my pc

i spent like $380 on a i5-14600k, b760m pg riptide, and 32gb ddr5 6000

although its not mATX

[tawdry dragon]

I spent $250 on a 13500 because I didn't want to change mobo+ram, but with microcenter I could've spent $50 more and gotten both

[pallid geyser]

Hmm that laptop actually isn’t too bad

[bold willow]

i got my samsung s9+

this is huge

[azure pond]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sku/6530356.p?skuId=6530356&sb_share_source=PDP

Idk if this is in stock for anyone

But $340 45" oled

[jolly inlet]

Shows in stock for me

No wait... I wasn't signed in

It's not

[bold willow]

damn

[uncut portal]

How is it so far

[trim pier]

Is there any good deals for headphones atm?

Or gaming headsets for Xbox, I need to find a birthday gift probably under 100$

I was told to buy the Astro 40s or something from Logitech? I thought it was a shoe originally so 💀

[sturdy swift]

So real 💀

But, I also need some headphones so I'm down for suggestions

[azure pond]

Nothing marketed towards gaming, something comfortable

Budget?

[brittle lagoon]

The classic gaming headset under $100 option would be cloud iii, but depending on your budget and what you want, you can get better audio quality for the same price or cheaper.

[tawdry dragon]

Best headsets would be pc37x/38x

[brittle lagoon]

Unfortunately they stopped stocking pc37x afaik and pc38x is $140 atm, but they are good options when they're cheap

[bold willow]

Big

I’m waiting on my screen protector and case to use it more

[trim pier]

@azure pond Either headset or good headphones with a built in mic around 100$ or less, mainly for gaming on an xbox. apparently the astros are really comfy? no clue tbh

[trim pier]

amazon has a cloud III as "like new" for 45$, might buy lol

is there any significant difference between cloud iii wired and cloud ii wireless other than wired/wireless?

[cinder kiln]

That's decent

Wired >>>>>> wireless

For all cloud

[trim pier]

what the carts looking like 💀

[cinder kiln]

Bottom one >>>> top two

It's not even a competition

Wired is just better

[azure pond]

I have the a40s

Hard pass

[uncut portal]

How is note taking?

[bold willow]

Haven’t tried yet waiting on screen protector

[uncut portal]

Oh alright

[zenith lantern]

[azure pond]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sku/6603395.p?skuId=6603395&sb_share_source=PDP

$510 snapdragon oled

[azure pond]

https://www.zotacstore.com/us/zt-d40720e-10m-o
Ew

[tepid furnace]

has starlink improved much since you wrote this message? have terrible internet but not sure if starlink will hold up to escape from tarkov. ive heard starlink goes out for 1-2 minutes switching satellites and that would kinda suck in tarkov.

for comparison. This is what im getting right now with nothing but 1 chrome tab and discord open. (2 chrome tabs if you count the speed test tab) Im paying for up to 50 Mbps down.

[trim pier]

@bold willow https://computers.woot.com/plus/samsung-galaxy-tablets-13?ref=w_gw_dd_3

Ik you've looked for tablets but any of these good?

Just saw the deal and well you've been looking for a tablet

[trim pier]

https://www.woot.com/offers/muscle-milk-protein-powder-vanilla-creme-30-9-oz-6?ref=w_cnt_wp_0_13 it's back ❤️

[lilac prawn]

S series are good

S8/S9/S10 I remember being good

S10 kinda was more of a spec bump tho iirc

[bold willow]

More expensive than eBay

[azure pond]

This looks good
https://computers.woot.com/offers/samsung-galaxy-tab-a9-11-tablet

[normal spear]

Its already sold out again

[trim pier]

It’s alright protein, just 2 scoops for 280cal, 32g of protein in only 8oz of milk/water is kinda disgusting though

But if your parents like it, I won’t hate too much

[normal spear]

My parents arent the wealthiest so theyd just grab whats cheap

[muted fulcrum]

https://www.newegg.com/512gb-1tb-2tb-4tb-8tb-orico-o7000/p/0D9-004U-00060?

This any good?

[fair moon]

Price wise it's fine. Thsi one is TLC instead of QLC and a simialr price
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Fd3NnQ/klevv-cras-c910-4-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-k04tbm2sp0-c91

[tawdry dragon]

batman games are on sale on steam rn, up to 90% off for those who care https://store.steampowered.com/sale/brucewaynebday2025

[bold willow]

@uncut portal Finally began using the Tablet. It's fun to write on and has excellent hand-ignoring-whatnot. It's got pretty good pressure control from what I see with basic notetaking and I haven't tried out hand gestures yet. The colors seem very vivid but haven't tried out any movies above 1080p yet.

[proper wagon]

@mortal blaze that deal is gone and Im not just tripping right

[fair moon]

Yooo who was looking for a 3080

@minor berry

Go fast, zotac refurb usually sells out quick

[brittle lagoon]

That is a very nice price

[cinder kiln]

Oh yeah

@minor berry

[minor berry]

Yeah me lol

[cinder kiln]

Good suggestion

Is it 12gb?

[minor berry]

I don’t think it makes a huge difference from the benchmarks i was seeing

[cinder kiln]

Ah 10gb

Still decent

[minor berry]

Where is the listing?

Found it

Hmmm

A refurb?

[cinder kiln]

Yeah zotac refurb is like old evga b stock

Pretty decent

Just be wary it's not always packed the best so film the unboxing

[minor berry]

Will it be there next Tuesday? Im not looking to buy at this exact second

[fair moon]

No

I would guess it will be sold out in the next 12 hours easy

[minor berry]

Hmm

Okay

[cinder kiln]

Do pay in 4 paypal if you're short

[fair moon]

I mean it's an official refurb for cheaper than an ebay used card

[minor berry]

I hate making super quick choices lol

[minor berry]

Yeah

[brittle lagoon]

just keep in mind zotac doesn't offer much warranty on these

if you run into an issue with it, contact support right away

[minor berry]

I’d be kinda stupid not to take that, but…what all does refurb entail?

[brittle lagoon]

It's either used and returned, open box and returned, or damaged and repaired

[cinder kiln]

Yeah it's brought back into full working condition

Put in an unmarked box and shipped

[minor berry]

I figured as much.

[cinder kiln]

It's a bit conspicuous but it's fantastic if it turns up in one piece

[brittle lagoon]

There may be cosmetic damages, chips and dents, but it should be functionally fine

[minor berry]

Im seeing these things OEM still in the box on ebay lol

I just checked the website and am not seeing it

I can’t access the link because apparently i need internet lol

Ill have a look when I get home in a few hours

[brittle lagoon]

already out of stock lol

[minor berry]

Sheeeeit

I didn’t have a chance

🥺

Welp, ill definitely keep my eyes peeled

Thank you so much for the heads up

[cinder kiln]

Damn

[minor berry]

So this is gonna sound strange but i like how the refrence cards look

So I’m aiming for one of those

[azure pond]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/356588563860?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=AjV-mDMRQta&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Bad model but its there

[fair moon]

Blower cooler is rough

Esp on a 3080, forget exactly how much they pull but cooling one with a single fan blower is gonna be loud

[minor berry]

Yeah the blower models are loud iirc

[bold willow]

Wish they made more efficient blower cards cause getting that hot air outta the system instead of recycling it to the CPU is awesome

[muted fulcrum]

if i can get a 4tb samsung 990 pro nvme ssd for like 240 before tax and shipping should i jump on that?

asking because the seller is also selling "untested" 4090s for a decent price, however with as many as they have its just weird. they have different serial numbers, but popping them off for around 1400

dont see any reviews about the gpus, and when i asked how they got so many they said consumer electronic auctions, anyone w any insight?

[minor berry]

This is the reference card i was interested in, i saw an FE pop ip for 450 on ebay

[muted fulcrum]

they also stated they dont have a pc to test the 4090's in

[fair moon]

Probably not, newer Samsung ssds aren't great iirc. Get a Klevv cras c910 or an MP44Q

[muted fulcrum]

I saw this

https://www.newegg.com/512gb-1tb-2tb-4tb-8tb-orico-o7000/p/0D9-004U-00060?

I like the write speed

[fair moon]

Speed doesn't matter too much unless you're doing heavy editing workloads

If you're just using it in a gaming rig I'd personally go for the c910 as it's TLC instead of QLC

[muted fulcrum]

Got recommended this cause it's qlc and not tlc what's the difference?

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Fd3NnQ/klevv-cras-c910-4-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-k04tbm2sp0-c91

Oh wait I didn't realize it was you lol I didn't wan a ping this early lol

[fair moon]

QLC is cheaper to manufacture, but is less durable and typically has slower sustained speeds

[muted fulcrum]

Gotcha. Id most def use that storage for gaming. I have a 2tb sk hynix, but I want more games and it's almost at max so figured I'd get a 2nd 4tb ssd to hold all my games on

[fair moon]

If it's not gonna have your OS on it, QLC would be fine. But personally I'd probably still go for the c910 cause it's about the same price

[muted fulcrum]

it will not has OS on it, that is on the 2tb one

[cursive sage]

The chairs look enticing

Too many options to pick from though

[bold willow]

Bro battery life on my tablet is insane

10% in 2 hours

10% lost

I am running low battery mode to get longer life tho

And my brightness is 1/3 of the way

[fair moon]

I'd maybe try non low battery mode and brightness at 50 before calling it insane lol

But yeah sometimes we take for granted the efficiency of modern mobile chips

I plug my phone in like once in the afternoon and once in the evening (try to keep it below 80% for better wear) and don't worry abt it otherwise

[torpid night]

@bold willow what did you end up getting?

[trim pier]

My phone loses that much in 30 minutes on low battery for YouTube 😭

How long is your battery “rated” to last for the day?

[bold willow]

up to 48 hours usage time or 15 days in standby

[bold willow]

Samsung S8+

and ngl this OS is way nicer than apple

i just need to get used to it a bit more

like how i used to find all my apps by swiping all the way to the right

but ngl i thought it would be clunky and ugly but its got nice animations

[tawdry dragon]

I rlly want a tablet exclusively for entertainment purposes

[bold willow]

Galaxy Tab S8/S9/S10 have AMOLED screens

[tawdry dragon]

Paying the price for it though

[bold willow]

whats ur budget?

[tawdry dragon]

not even sure rn

it's very much so on the "want" list, and ther are a ton of things on the "need" list before I can spend money on things like a tablet

[azure pond]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/116205245300?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=I8ORr0BxSt6&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

$35 24 core epyc?

[cinder kiln]

Wow

[tawdry dragon]

each core really sucks, but it's cool

[daring depot]

i just realized...should i test my cpu from aliexpress?

i dont have a mobo or any other parts besides a gpu, so do i buy a mobo?

[trim pier]

The holy grail

[trim pier]

Are you asking ahead of time cause you’re waiting for all your pc parts to come in, or did you just buy an aliexpress cpu on impulse? 😭

But either way, yes you should

[daring depot]

Impulse

[trim pier]

https://us-store.msi.com/Gaming-Gears/AUDIO/Immerse-GV60-Streaming-Microphone?srsltid=AfmBOoqhV-gNpH-SC-2c75hPqSF8vBlR0qlM_7-MUmTZOMuu-xSKqfJ1G94

This mic is 50$ on woot

#tech-deals ?

[tawdry dragon]

Don't get gaming branded mics

[fair moon]

Either get one of these, or that other mic I forget the name of

https://www.amazon.com/Microphone-FIFINE-Condenser-Indicator-Streaming/dp/B09JG62KDJ/

https://www.amazon.com/FIFINE-Microphone-Condenser-Streaming-Youtube-A6T/dp/B09Q2ZZGH2/

[torpid night]

Ass mic tbh

Condenser mic that’s quiet no matter what you do

[fair moon]

? I've heard it's great for the price

[torpid night]

I mean yeah but what kind of condenser mic forces you to touch it with your mouth?

I had to get way too close to it when I was using mine

And it's a condenser mic like how does that happen

Those should be able to pickup me dropping a feather from across the house yet it can barely hear me clapping from a foot away

Reverted back to my old FiFine and it's been serving me well

[fair moon]

Oh wait are the older fifines good but these ones bad?

Weird

[azure pond]

@daring depot i didn't see that nice find, imo a better deal

Especially because it's not corsair ram

[daring depot]

oh cool

wait i need help tho

i said earlier, I already bought a 7700 from aliexpress

do I return it and get this???

ITS SO GOOD

[azure pond]

Hm

One second

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/m27fxg

Thats the price difference if you kept it

$441 to $380

Cpus perform the same in games, obviously there's the two extra cores

[daring depot]

I suppose

there's a 40$ difference in cpu price already

[azure pond]

Oh was it $200?

[daring depot]

uh

160

[azure pond]

Oh ye

[daring depot]

which is like, really good, but also risky

[azure pond]

Id say it's a personal choice, can't go wrong either way

7600x bundle is better value

[daring depot]

ik, plus it already comes with ram

screw it im keeping the 7700

gonna check the mobo

[cloud hornet]

668 - 670 series were considered good value. Dont know about newer models now

I the have k670, it's okay enough

[bold willow]

Get the $16 Neat Bumblebee II Pro

i use it

it sounds great

[normal spear]

Idk the last time ive seen a really good assassins creed game 😭

Heres to hoping this isnt yet another bust

[tawdry dragon]

https://www.amazon.com/MAONO-Microphone-Recording-Voice-Over-Control-PD200X/dp/B0BSFG4SCW

https://www.amazon.com/FIFINE-Microphone-Headphones-YouTube-AmpliGame-AM8/dp/B0BMFQP2ZZ/

https://www.amazon.com/MAONO-Dynamic-Microphone-XLR-Podcast-Recording/dp/B0DQ5CWB2X/

https://www.amazon.com/MAONO-Microphone-Headphone-Broadcast-PD400X/dp/B0BBVY9L7C/

I'd take one of these over that one

also this one https://www.amazon.com/FIFINE-Microphone-Streaming-Headphone-Recording-AmpliTank/dp/B0CRYZMCT3

there's this condenser mic that was recommended for a while, but most people prefer the "podcast" sound in their mic, which this just doesn't do https://www.amazon.com/FIFINE-Microphone-Adjustable-Instruments-Streaming-T669/dp/B07Y1C6GDS

[fair moon]

OOS for me

[kind rover]

👀👀

[fair moon]

Not sure if regional or what

[kind rover]

Same here :(

I saw it on Reddit lol

[tiny heron]

Good deal yeah?

[daring depot]

i mean yeah

but unless ur a roblox only gamer, its not enough lol

[azure pond]

Yeah the 6550m is comparable to a 3050 ti if I remember right

Gaming is not fun on a 3050 ti, from experience

[thin bolt]

@tiny heron

[tawdry dragon]

I game on a 3050 ti, and at 1080p low/med it's completely fine

apex legends gets around 100fps on 1080p medium, for a laptop that's really good honestly (I paid $400 2 years ago)

[azure pond]

Maybe it's the two laptops I've used, but I can't get a stable 60 fps in a good amount of games

Specifically valorant

[torpid night]

Lore-accurate condenser mic

It's all I use and I’ve tried upgrading from it multiple times and I still go back to it

[tawdry dragon]

I prefer not picking up noise from across the house, so I don't use those type of mics

I currently have the fifine AM8 and it works quite nice

[torpid night]

I couldn't get it loud enough even when I was right next to it

My mouth was practically touching it

Couldn't stand that

I get that that’s how dynamic mics are but it was still too quiet while it was in my mouth

😋

Plastic

Foam yum

[azure pond]

@unreal coral

[unreal coral]

Wut

[azure pond]

Tech deals

[unreal coral]

I don’t have $600 monitor money rn lol

[tawdry dragon]

I can barely run 4k 60 😭 such a nice monitor though

[unreal coral]

Yeah

Honestly 4k high refresh is lost on me because I’m not gonna have a card crazy enough for that

At least consistently

[azure pond]

i think it's also the lowest 4k oled has been

refresh rate aside

[torpid night]

I saw the chat earlier but idk if you've made a decision. I hope this helps

[shut lava]

I saw that deal posted somewhere else last week. It was out of stock at most BB locations last week.

It was limited to store inventory.

[azure pond]

There was a $350 7950x on newegg refurb but it was oos before I even saw it

$450 7950x3d goes crazy tho

Aaaaand it's gone

Good few of the intel cpus are oos too

[torpid night]

mmmm but 16 X3D cores

Good thing I already have a 13700K I guess lol

(It's going into an mITX H610 motherboard)

[azure pond]

Or

[torpid night]

Like turboing my Focus

[azure pond]

$56 12100f

[torpid night]

I have one of those too 💀

[azure pond]

And give me the 13700k

[torpid night]

nah 😭

[azure pond]

Ill put it in my a320

Pga socket+lga cpu

Let's go

[torpid night]

As long as they make contact

"Let's launch this H610's BIOS" *7950X3D*

[azure pond]

I think that's the all time low price on the 7950x3d

Honestly most of those cpus

[trim pier]

@azure pond 580$, not 480

[azure pond]

Fixed

[normal spear]

@azure pond is that 4k screen not qled?

[azure pond]

Wait I'm blind

It was mini led thank you

[azure pond]

Yooo $120 1080 ti
https://www.ebay.com/itm/115758818440?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=I8ORr0BxSt6&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[tawdry dragon]

blower card!!!

[normal spear]

Already oos lol

[azure pond]

Yeah the seller seems to post a lot of gpus with 1-3 in stock but a good few are below average market prices

There was a $380 6800xt earlier and $480 6950xt

[normal spear]

Curious how they get their hands on em

[azure pond]

Theyre probably a repair shop or from a crypto farm

[normal spear]

Yeah that sounds pretty accurate

[azure pond]

so do you have a microcenter nearby, do you care abt aesthetics, and do you need wifi or do you have ethernet?

[fossil oracle]

hi can any one help me i have maybe 800$-1200$ can any one make build pc

Make in pcpartpicker

pc for playing 2k and study, programming,

[azure pond]

.

Gpu pricing sucks atm, this is ok
https://www.ebay.com/itm/115642642579?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=I8ORr0BxSt6&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qJh7MC

[cobalt moon]

Where can I buy a ryzen 9800x3d

[azure pond]

r/buildapcsales gets posts most of the time when they go in stock

It's almost daily atp

[thin bolt]

I’ve also seen some in the hws discord pop up

Might be bots because I don’t see them after a few hours though

[thin bolt]

https://www.jawa.gg/product/61250/b550-gaming-x-v2-16gb-ram-bundle

[azure pond]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/155985526159?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=92chrSivS8C&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

If anyone needs a 4080 build, $1600 ^^

[shut lava]

New RTX 4080 cards are selling for $1500 on eBay, so that's not a bad deal.

[high radish]

How they refurbish CPUs

[bold willow]

It’s called used but they wiped the rest of the thermal paste off the lid

They are not spending time to Delid CPUs

[fallen idol]

Just a heads up most 2K players are on console & there are alot of cheaters as well on pc.

[shut lava]

7950X price dropped to $338.99

[torpid night]

I need a 4080 Super without spending money

[azure pond]

$160 7600 if anyone's looking
https://www.ebay.com/itm/126120428861?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=I8ORr0BxSt6&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

$10 more for 7600x if that goes oos

[azure pond]

6500xt 8gb is a thing?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/116474509047

[fair moon]

Yeah looking at TPU, sapphire and ASRock each made an 8gb model

[cinder kiln]

Damn

That would be kinda cool

[thin bolt]

But how good is it

Seems to fail flat from the same issues that plague the 6500XT 4GB

[azure pond]

Yep it's barely better

[cinder kiln]

That would play like a mid point between 3050 and 3060 if you have a pcie 4 board

6500XT isn'ttoo bad if you have the right board

But in terms of value? It's always been meh

[fair moon]

For context someone earlier was asking for gpus that are pcie slot power only

So it was like 1650, a380, 6500xt, 3050

[azure pond]

Sadly the 8gb isn't pcie powered for whatever reason

[fair moon]

Oh

Rip

[azure pond]

Makes no sense

[cinder kiln]

Think the most powerful slot power card is a2000?

3070-ish perf

[fair moon]

Oh TPU shows the sapphire pulse cards (both 4 and 8gb) as 130W instead of 107w

[fair moon]

Rtx A4000 I think? And yeah it's 3060ti-3070ish

[cinder kiln]

It's something like that

[fair moon]

But it's also $600+ last I checked

[cinder kiln]

Oh yeah all that power in that footprint you're buying a specialist price

[azure pond]

4060 could've been pcie powered lol

[cinder kiln]

True

[azure pond]

Or there could've been a pcie powered version of it at least

[cinder kiln]

It only just crept over at 100W

[fair moon]

Ok the ASRock 8gb also has an external power plug

[azure pond]

F

[fair moon]

Also TPU says the rtx a4000 has a 6pin

[cinder kiln]

What about a2000

[fair moon]

So the a2000 is the one with slot power only

[cinder kiln]

A2000 even now really impresses me

Insane sff card

[fair moon]

It's def not 3070 level tho, that's the a4000

Both are pretty cool

Bad choice of words perhaps

Both are interesting

[thin bolt]

Gimme a Tesla k90

[tiny dirge]

@azure pond 800 is a deal for a 3090?

[azure pond]

Only if you need the vram for workstation use

For gaming it's bad value

[tiny dirge]

does it only hold its value because of its vram

cause my 6950xt was less than that and ik those were basically equal

[azure pond]

Yeah, specifically bc a good few tasks including ai like or need more than 16gb vram

And also need an nvidia gpu

Which means you're limited to multi gpu, workstation lineup, or xx90

[tiny dirge]

funny crossfire 6950

[bold willow]

Good deal? Wireless Computer Mouse - $33.02 - Free shipping for Prime members https://sellout.woot.com/offers/wireless-computer-mouse?utm_medium=share&utm_source=app

Like it’s probably got some crazy tech in there

[fair moon]

@bold willow technically that's a pcie to m.2, not m.2 to pcie

Only reason I say that is someone, I forget who, was looking into m.2 -> pcie adapters recently

[azure pond]

@slow cove that's a scam seller

[slow cove]

fard

[trim pier]

Ngl that microcenter laptop isn’t bad

But my cousin got a similar one, it was like a 7000 H or something like that but with ddr5

[stoic crest]

it's pretty good

you get 95w config 4050

cpu that's not the best but also not bad

(disable the e-cores and you'll suffer tho)

only 4 p-cores is a joke from intel

blergh

it has ddr4

my bad

[balmy lake]

Dam… post deleted because I said a “dirty” word.

[fallen idol]

https://tenor.com/view/haha-kid-laugh-laughing-naughty-gif-16857180

[balmy lake]

Let me “clean it up”. I don’t get, with all the prior anger towards Nvidia and the issues with the 50-series thats been reported already, why are there still so many people wanting to spends thousands of dollars that raffles are being held for a chance to buy? And even worse some of those chances being an extra thousand or more of bundled stuff you probably don’t want/need.

[azure pond]

Well one theyre some of the only new gpus available, two because people hate AMD

And three because certain people will always shill nvidia

Nvidia could release a $1000 5060 and people would still be buying it

[normal spear]

3080 ti and 3060 ti are now OOS

[high radish]

I wonder how's those CPUs

[normal spear]

Some really good deals ngl

That 7900x is 🫦

[pallid geyser]

7900x oos

[high radish]

I still thinking if it's worth to risk and buy epon box/refurbished stuff from newegg lol

[tawdry dragon]

12400f for that price is pretty decent all things considered

[pallid geyser]

Man it’s really really good

Considering the 12400f is about as good/better than my 9900k in gaming

[azure pond]

12600kf at $105 was better but cooler price adds $15-20 too

[balmy lake]

I know this to be true. I still don’t get it though, lol. 😂

[trim pier]

155$ 13600kf is a blessing

only thing is, "refrubished"

Like it meets neweggs refrubished standards, but that can simply mean 6 non essential pins are bent

[trim pier]

Can anyone look into this?

1tb for 64.99, then there’s 3$ off + 10% aswell

[brittle lagoon]

Sounds like a randomly generated brand name, don't see any good info, wouldn't trust it

If you want to try it, assume it's qlc with low native speeds, noticeably below peak advertised speeds, and assume no warranty support

Always a chance it's decent but I wouldn't risk it unless you're just that curious about it

[fair moon]

Just get this
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/99RwrH/klevv-cras-c910-1-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-k01tbm2sp0-c91

[trim pier]

surprised this is still for sale

[balmy lake]

Its out. So far looking good.

https://fxtwitter.com/amdradeon/status/1895467439296553421?s=46

[cursive sage]

Oh cool need to see what the estimated performance is though I haven’t done my research

At least it isn’t $699 for the XT like people have been suggesting

[odd heart]

Looks

Not as bad as I thought?

Maybe amd isn't completely insane?

[torpid night]

I might just get one lol

Time for a 4070 Super AI server finally

[bold willow]

9070XT makes sense but 9070 should drop another $50

[cinder kiln]

Yeah that makes sense seeing as it's projected some 14% slower

They may still readjust the price yet

They did that with the 7600

Lmao

[azure pond]

Whats the 9070xt perf looking like?

[normal spear]

Id trade my gre

[normal spear]

About on par to a 4070 super ti to about a 4080 from what ive seen

But supposedly a strong uplift in ray

Although from what i can see its still weaker than 4000 series ray tracing

[cinder kiln]

Literal XTX but less vram

Potentially mildly better after final drivers

[normal spear]

Yee 16 gigs

[cinder kiln]

9070 will be somewhat 7900XT

But less vram again

Both good but 9070 should be 500 tbh

[normal spear]

Its xtx but more optimized with less overall cores, as well as surpassing xtx performance when in ray tracing scenarios

[azure pond]

Ooh

Is that including frame gen?

[cinder kiln]

Nothing yet to show it passing in RT. Only suggestions

[cinder kiln]

Think XTX numbers.

That's-

That's it

[normal spear]

Ah ive been seeing mixed things

[cinder kiln]

[azure pond]

I wasn't sure if they were saying 9070xt matched the xtx because of the 9070xts frame gen

[cinder kiln]

I've seen nothing yet about RT actually improving, only architecture changes that suppose the idea that it did

[normal spear]

64 ray cores to gre's 80, 256 tmus, 96 rops, about 300 watts

[cinder kiln]

Nah

Yes in terms of actual counts

[normal spear]

This thing is looking to be a pretty efficient king

[cinder kiln]

The 9000 series is amazing

Even matching last gen price to price with less cores is great

[azure pond]

Maybe decently small?

[cinder kiln]

Let alone smashing it

[normal spear]

Maybe maybe

Same vram bus width but higher clock and bandwidth

As gre

It really does just look like a souped up gre

From what i saw boost clock is almost 3k

Overall this thing has stupidly efficient hardware

Im terrified of how they could beef up this thing

Its gonna be a pretty sweet 4k card for sure

Lets just hope they dont have missing rops

Although the vram might impact that a smidgen

Actually im really seeing a lot more simularities with the 7800xt

Im unironically tempted to try selling my red devil and grabbing one

At this point maybe even my pc lmao

(I say this but i never would because getting a card on launch just isnt possible)

[balmy lake]

Im waiting to see what Jay and/or HWJesus says but im cautiously optimistic. Also wondering what it will do to current gens pricing.

[fair moon]

Has AMD talked at all about a 9060/xt?

Cause even if the 9070/xt are great, some people can't fit $550/600 in the budget and the rest of the market is borked rn

I mean there's some decent used/refurb deals but new there's like nothing worth

[azure pond]

Yeah im hoping we get around 6800/xt perormance in the $350-425 area

[normal spear]

350-400 would be awesome

[bold willow]

$300 9060xt and they kill intels change of being a gpu

hopefully we see 9070 go down to $500

9070xt $600
9070 $500
9060xt $400
9060 $300

9090xtx $1000!

[high radish]

imagine being such idiot to steal naming scheme after that stupid move I honestly don't trust amd lol

it makes whole company look like Chinese company

[azure pond]

Lol?

[high radish]

I think that's why amd have 10% market share because their marketing totally sux

[bold willow]

actually amds marketing is really good thats why people keep saying theyre better than intel

its all just good marketing

read up on it

userbenchmarks

[high radish]

Stealing naming scheme from nvidia and intel ( with b series mobo and F series cpus) isn't making you look cool it makes you look like chinese company that do reverse engineering lol

I think they choose this because they want to be 2nd option all the time instead of being leading brand but yeah

[azure pond]

Maybe to you

I really couldn't care less what it's named

[high radish]

I do know about their products and I don't care either but it's exactly how it works . That's why not techie people chose Nvidia and intel . AMD making their company look like their reverse engineering Chinese copy

[azure pond]

I feel like 9070 is just easier to say than 9700

[stoic crest]

it honestly doesn't matter what it's named

[high radish]

if you want to be brand you need something to show you specific. Nvidia does that with its RTX Branding and it works amazing. Even they release sux products, people buys. Same goes to Apple. They release sux products and people loves it just because branding works well

in current makret , branding and marketing is more important than actually making good products

X3D branding is amazing and it looks original so that's one of reason it's successful line

Nobody even talking about like 9900x or 9950x while everyone talking about x3d

[azure pond]

Its successful because it's the best gaming lineup on the market

The 9900x and 9950x are silly for a gaming pc

[high radish]

Regular people in this server knows I building to sell for like years and I hear customers all the time . Because that stupid marketing, almost everyone sees amd as main intel and nvidia's cheap chinese version

[high radish]

So when does Chinese phone brands change their line up and OS naming to more cool when they have a place in global market ? Why Xiaomi changed Miui to HyperOS ? For example. Naming is very important point at market

[stoic crest]

that's just xiaomi being xiaomi

[high radish]

Shouldn't they keep MIUI? But they know it sounds more like chinese minor brand than one of.biggest.phone maker around

[stoic crest]

xiaomi went global long ago

they just wanted to promote a new ecosystem of smart devices and cars

hence it led to the renaming

[high radish]

Yeah and that's impossible with name MIUI

[stoic crest]

yes, because it's a name that resonates with their phones and tablets more than say

a whole car

naming it miOS would even work if they wanted

[high radish]

same thing goes to lots of Chinese companies. When they place good place in global market , They change namings more cool and original sounding stuff . Also big brands using more cool sounding rebranding all the time . Like they use XPG instead because when you say 'adata' people will think old lowend products making company

[balmy lake]

So, Jay just said in today’s video that when they announced at CES, they themselves said they named it like this so that it would be easier to compare similar tiers of GPU’s. So just from a naming standpoint, how do you compare 7600 to a 4080? WE know!. But the “average consumer” wouldn’t know just looking at it from a naming standpoint. But they figure, now you can be in a store and just know that a 9070 is gonna be on par with a 5070! That’s their thinking. And im not saying i agree with it, or that it’s the right call. Just saying why AMD said they did it.

[fair moon]

I do wonder what will happen to revisions like 6650xt and 6750xt

9075xt?

[balmy lake]

9070.550 lol

[clear jackal]

so where's my 9080

[azure pond]

Prob just no xt

Like 9050xt 9060 9060xt 9070 9070xt 9080

[fair moon]

so no revisions?

cause there was 6600, 6600xt, 6650xt

[high radish]

9090

I just wonder what will be next gen naming lol

Gt270 or something ?

[bold willow]

cant wait for my AMD 1080XT

amd might have been smart

to people who dont understand gpus

they literally thinking bigger number = better

so by naming themselves in the 9000s they look wayyy better than 6000

oooo 9070 points or 5070 points

9070 sounds better

although 7000 does that

but 9 just seems like a bigger number to the consumer

trust me when my friends think a 7600xt is better than a 6900xt since the numbers bigger

[azure pond]

Im not sure

[tawdry dragon]

wait and see :)

[balmy lake]

You mean its not?!?

/jk lol

[tiny heron]

I had a friend "upgrade" his 3080 to a 4060

[tawdry dragon]

???

what is the skull for, 4060 has frame gen it's an upgrade

(sarcasm)

[tawdry dragon]

yeah I was making a joke but thanks for the higher quality image

[bold willow]

do you think the reason they skipped 8000 is because 8000 is gonna be mobile gpus?

sorta like how they skipped 8000 with cpus but did release some 8000 specifically for iGPU

[fallen idol]

Why do I want a 9070xt even tho I dont need it

[bold willow]

same

and i have a 7900xt

[balmy lake]

Just to support the competition, lol

[bold willow]

If I wasn’t lazy

I would return my 7900xt and buy a 9070xt

1. cause it’s awesomer
2. I kinda want a smaller card

[cinder kiln]

How much was the 7900XT

[bold willow]

$650

[cinder kiln]

I'd wait a few months if you ever commit to doing that, cos minor uptick at best there lol

[bold willow]

Well like 7900xt is still a reasonable card since it’s roughly a 9070xt but with more vram

[cinder kiln]

Ye

It's somewhat negligible

[bold willow]

I don’t actually plan on returning

[cinder kiln]

Ye ik, just helping you think it through lol

Seen all too many times, even me myself

[bold willow]

Yeah if I were to build now

[cinder kiln]

"I'll never buy that"

3 weeks later

[bold willow]

I would of probably gone with a full AMD system

[cinder kiln]

"Guys I bought it"

Lol

[bold willow]

Rn I’m with 14600k & 7900xt

I would of probably gone 7700x & 9070xt

[cinder kiln]

Both basically parity tbh

14600K has quite a lot of headroom too

[stoic crest]

did his 3080 die

[trim pier]

https://www.woot.com/offers/clorox-disinfecting-wipes-fresh-scent-75-count-4? https://www.woot.com/offers/johnson-johnson-first-aid-to-go-kit-12pk-2?ref=w_cnt_wp_0_60 https://www.woot.com/offers/on-100-whey-gold-standard-2lb-3?ref=w_cnt_wp_0_76 https://www.woot.com/offers/sodastream-syrup-black-cherry-cola-14-8-fl-oz?ref=w_cnt_wp_0_18
Really good deals imo, just not tech deals :(

[azure pond]

I bought 3 of the med kits and clorox wipes lol

And they're already sold out

[trim pier]

😭

well i'm glad that I helped you

I just saw them sell out

I would buy that protein powder but I just bought muscle milk like a week ago

[azure pond]

We've got a house of 9 with 2 babies so the clorox wipes are useful and we have cars without medkits

[trim pier]

jeez

my parents buy colorox from costco in the 4 pk so I didn't need them but the medkits aren't bad at all for .99 a kit

just a simple bandage and cleansing wipe kit

[azure pond]

Yeah good to have for a car or a backpack or smthn

13 year old me wouldve been so happy https://home.woot.com/plus/magic-the-gathering-1?ref=w_gw_dd_1

[azure pond]

there's also a $5 500 count of ibuprofen

grabbed 1 of those

[torpid night]

I do this sometimes

"Nah I don't need it" (I’ve actually been wanting it for several weeks and then I just decide to buy it a couple weeks later)

[tiny heron]

No he just saw bigger number and new generation and assumed it was better

[stoic crest]

one of the unfortunately stupid buyers

[tiny heron]

He also had a prebuilt that came with the 3080 and had no knowledge of pc building 😭

[stoic crest]

he wouldn't even realize that he downgraded

[tiny heron]

I swear my friends always like to make executive decisions and then consult me after they already did it

[stoic crest]

typical sadly

[azure pond]

Exactly what half my family does lol

My dad buys some random gimmicky crap and tells me abt it after he bought it instead of asking about it first

[balmy lake]

Microcenter has 7800x3d’s back in stock @$379. and 9800x3d’s in stock at MSRP.

Neither of which qualify for free MH:Wilds…

[modern lark]

That last bit is

Wild
To me

[zenith lantern]

[balmy lake]

Ikr

[bold willow]

@azure pond
QLC drive, not TLC. TLC is higher performing and more reliable. Still a good SSD for most people, but the Klevv Cras C910 is $7 more & the KingSpec XF is $3 more (idk how good KingSpec is).

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/BvP8TW/kingspec-xf-2-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-xf-2tb-2280

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Q7kH99/klevv-cras-c910-2-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-k02tbm2sp0-c91

[azure pond]

There's a lot more that goes into a drive than just tlc vs qlc tho

I can't say which of the three is better

[opal flume]

Well, KingSpec claims the XF 2 has 2400tbw compared to the C910's 1400tbw at 2tb

And the XF 2 claims slower max sequentials compared to the claimed max sequentials of the C910

The C910 has a 5 year warranty and the XF 2 has a 3 year warranty

Actual real world info I've got nothing. Mostly because I lazy

[cinder kiln]

Both drives are decent iirc

[daring depot]

how does rebate work again?

that psu looks nice and im pretty sure it fits in micro atx

[bold willow]

You pay full price, you receive product and rebate form, fill form and mail back to sender, wait a week or so and receive either check in mail or digital rebate payment.

Basically, rebates are savings that require extra work so less people do it

[fair moon]

Sometimes a prepaid visa too

[bold willow]

Rebates are coupons for patient people

[daring depot]

i dont even know how to mail stuff. do i need stamps lol???

[bold willow]

No stamps I think

They give you an envelope and form and everything

Already has the sender address printed on it too

[daring depot]

oh the package comes with the rebate

[bold willow]

Yeah

orrrrr

You print it

[fair moon]

Some are virtual as well I think

[bold willow]

Sometimes they send you a pdf to print

[daring depot]

theres a pdf already

[bold willow]

Never seen one

[daring depot]

might bite, ill try

[bold willow]

They usually make it mail in so less people are willing to try but they can still show a sale

Although last time I did a mail in rebate was 5 years ago

[fair moon]

Yeah mail is common bc people don't wanna bother

[trim pier]

@daring depot it really depends, but my MSI 6650xt came with a rebate envelope “stamped electronically” just I needed to print and fill out the form.

It took them like a month to send back a 20$ prepaid card but imo it’s still worth it

If they don’t include an envelope, you can probably go to your local post office, fill out the envelope format, buy a stamp for .73 cents and that’s it

[azure pond]

This looks like a really good value workstation build
https://www.ebay.com/itm/156404739117?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=92chrSivS8C&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

$920 a4000 and 18 core cpu

Wait the specs say t400

[bold willow]

270% profit investment

[grave delta]

Not an awful deal given that the chip is selling for 600+ used ebay

I've got a few t400 myself, cheap-ish card that can do 4k without a driver, 3x mini-dp out

Wish it had an hdmi though

[trim pier]

Just get a display or vga to hdmi conversion port 😼(jokes)

[jolly inlet]

Joking aside, this does exist but you need an active (powered) converter to go between analog and digital

[balmy lake]

Wait… you’re not using composite RCA jacks??

[zenith lantern]

https://tenor.com/view/bocchi-hitori-goto-depressed-bocchi-the-rock-gif-27672004

[balmy lake]

I had no idea what WOOT was before joining in here. And only joined it because of looking for the “tech deals”. Finally bought something this morning. 6-packs of A/C filters so i don’t have to buy again for about a year and a half, lol.

[trim pier]

I was actually looking into those lmao

but I had to order 2 of them like a week ago so i'm missing out

[balmy lake]

I went cheap and got the MERV8

[trim pier]

MERV8 is good for winter imo, just sucks up dust. I wish they had the size in x4 though

my family does alot of heavy spice cooking and I can kinda tell with merv11 it smells a bit better

[balmy lake]

Yeah, we dont cook much anymore. Only 2 of us. One’s too old, the other’s too busy, haha. Lots of microwave and take out. Haha

[trim pier]

we should honestly have a woot ping/woot deals channel although it's a newegg server 😭

[zenith lantern]

No, are you an Amazon spy

[trim pier]

most of woots stuff is actually delivered by UPS 😔

we always keep a bottle of tylenol for amazon drivers

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/nzxt-z790-socket-lga-1700-intel-z790-atx-ddr5-wi-fi-6e-motherboard-black/6538046.p?

lowest i've seen it

[fair moon]

It's an Amazon company though

[high radish]

msi 1000w psu for 100$ from gpu scalper https://www.ebay.com/itm/197056197101

since it's only one I just link it here

[trim pier]

Such a good deal but I don’t wanna support a scalper 😭

[high radish]

I just bought mobo from him lol . he probably got those from combos

[tawdry dragon]

I want that 6950xt so bad 😭

[azure pond]

Lol

[bold willow]

you good @azure pond ?

you posted a hundred deals today

[daring depot]

Straight up bonkers

Either that or motivating the masses to buy refurbished parts that might break early and end up buying more in the process

[stoic crest]

warranty still exists for em

[trim pier]

So what if my refurbished acer monitor likes to make crackling noises time to time?

I still have 6 months of warranty left

[jolly inlet]

Depends on who refurbished it. Manufacturer refurbished is usually good, I've never had an issue with one of those.

At least, not PC parts

[azure pond]

Hm
https://computers.woot.com/offers/g-skill-aegis-16gb-ddr4-ram

Also hm
https://www.ebay.com/itm/167125164130?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=FD6px4KaRcK&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[bold willow]

ddr4 has gotten soo cheap

[torpid night]

Man I remember when I couldn't afford this because I didn’t make much money

[azure pond]

The downside is its slow

2666mhz

[fringe olive]

Is it really a deal just because a 5070 is in stock lol? We can't be that desperate.

[jolly inlet]

Yeah no. That GPU is barely worth the MSRP.

Just get a 9070 XT tomorrow that's cheaper and better

[bold willow]

well it is reselling for like $900 minimum

so i thought it was a "deal"

i know the 5070 sucks tho

4070 super duper

[fringe olive]

don't feed into the scalpers. They can sense the desperation.

[jolly inlet]

Just because it's listed at that price doesn't mean sane people are buying it at that price

[bold willow]

ebay recently sold

[jolly inlet]

sane people

That's probably bots buying from bots to make it look like they're selling

[azure pond]

Something a little funny right now

5700x and msi b550 gaming plus wifi are $289 together, decent discount on the mobo, and both come with a free 32gb vengeance kit

But its 4x16 vengeance from two different kits

[torpid night]

Two different kits are fine. Just don't try running them after the faster pair's speeds

[jolly inlet]

It's corsair though

[torpid night]

Ew

[jolly inlet]

It's entirely possible each stick has a different die

[torpid night]

Honestly just buy a different kit atp

[bold willow]

sell each 2x16gb

then buy a single 2x32gb

[normal spear]

2x is equivalent or better than 4x in pretty much every scenario for gaming performance wise

[azure pond]

Thanks zotac

[bold willow]

and u can probably resell two 2x16gb kits for more than u buy a 2x32gb

or just not get 64gb of ram cause thats crazy

[normal spear]

theres one person every time would be asking "is this ram good" and every time itd be a 64 gig kit for like a 6800xt or something, and internally i died more each time

like you do not need that its not future proofing i promise theres better ways to spend money 😭

[trim pier]

https://sellout.woot.com/offers/acer-predator-triton-neo-16-gaming-creator-laptop-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4060z-4?ref=w_gw_zl_nd_42 ?

actually nvm I read 4070 not 4060

[grand orbit]

Or just only have 32gb and sell the other

[jolly inlet]

It's corsair vengeance tho

[fair moon]

I mean if you're getting it anyways you could try it out and see if it works ok

Unless the resale value is a lot higher with sealed packaging which for ram I doubt is the case

Plus you get 2 kits so 2 chances for one kit to work and sell the other

[jolly inlet]

So what you're saying is if one kit isn't working you would sell it anyway and let someone else deal with it

[fair moon]

Ok good point, maybe not the most moral thing to do

[tough spade]

hey question

should i buy a 4tb ssd

if yes i was gonna get one for 280€

i need a better one but idrk if 4tb is good or if its overkill

[jolly inlet]

4TB is good for data hoarders like me

I don't like deleting things because I always end up needing it again later... You should see my downloads folder lol

[normal spear]

I wouldnt mind 4tb

[tough spade]

i never delete stuff

[normal spear]

Ive got 2tb atm and i have to delete stuff

[tough spade]

i mean i deleted some old stuff today

[normal spear]

But i also download bulk files

[tough spade]

but who cares

[jolly inlet]

Yeah I'm at 3TB total between 3 drives currently in my main machine, and I have 8TB used in my home server

[tough spade]

you have a home server

damn

my friend has a server cpu in his pc 😭

idk

why

hes rich asf

[jolly inlet]

Sure, you just repurpose an old workstation and throw a GPU in it

[normal spear]

Id love to

[jolly inlet]

Server CPUs are actually reall bad at gaming too so that's not much of a flex

[tough spade]

oh ok

[normal spear]

Server cpus arent designed for gaming moreso

Theyve got different things in mind

[tough spade]

AMD EPYC™ 7543P, Prozessor

this

[normal spear]

Take a rtx 4000 quadro for example

Entirely different purpose

[tough spade]

PNY NVIDIA RTX A4500 20GB GDDR6 ECC Workstation Grafikkarte 4x DP (Small Box)

his cpu and gpu

[jolly inlet]

Neither of which is meant for gaming

[tough spade]

yeah

idk it works for him

[jolly inlet]

That's something you'd find in an editing rig

[tough spade]

thats what i told him too

but he says he doesnt care

he paid 7k

[jolly inlet]

"I paid more for it so it must be better"
Yeah I know a guy like that too

[tough spade]

i mean hes not entirely wrong tho

its way better then my 1060

xD

[normal spear]

I paid 5000$ for my 710 rig guys boutta hop on mh wilds

[jolly inlet]

It's not even that modern tbh, 4 year old cpu and gpu

[normal spear]

Still plenty usable

But definitely not for gaming

[tough spade]

mhm

[normal spear]

Rich ≠ good at spending money

[tough spade]

yea

no hes decent tho

[jolly inlet]

Definitely usable, my home server uses a bloody E5-1650 and a 750 ti for transcoding plex

[tough spade]

hes investing, alr has 2 houses and stuff

[normal spear]

My broke ass sitting in the corner

[tough spade]

im broke too dw

[normal spear]

And considering the field i wanna go in im gonna need a miracle

[jolly inlet]

Says the guy with a better gpu than me 💀

[normal spear]

I have to get a doctorate, not even a masters 😭

[tough spade]

good luck bro

[normal spear]

I saved up like 4 years for it

[tough spade]

[normal spear]

My rig before that was a damn uhd620 laptop

Lmao

Connected to a 32" 720p screen

[tough spade]

i feel that

[normal spear]

[tough spade]

i built my pc for like 500 total

or 600 maybe cuz the gpu was my brothers old pc

i saved like a psycho

[normal spear]

My system with all my peripherals, desk and chair included goes for around 2000$

[tough spade]

im gonna steal all that

dw

[normal spear]

But that took a long time of building

[tough spade]

actlly wait ur in the us

not worth it

[normal spear]

Bro was actually considering it

[tough spade]

im paying some dudes to steal it then

50$

[normal spear]

Watch them take it for themselves

[tough spade]

they can keep it

[normal spear]

So its just out of spite

[tough spade]

lol

yeah

[normal spear]

I see how it is lmao

[tough spade]

nah im joking

id never

[normal spear]

Fine, 8tb samsung ssd minimum

[tough spade]

huh

[normal spear]

4gig stick of corsair ram

Thats what i recommend you

[tough spade]

4gb stick is sad

legit diabolical ass man in here

[normal spear]

An eye for an eye

[tough spade]

ok

i shouldnt send that here-

xD

[normal spear]

Insane choice of emotes lmao

Dw bout it

[tough spade]

you never know if someone is thinking about that stuff tho

[normal spear]

Just dont do it since theres some people who'd do something

[tough spade]

ye

[normal spear]

Dawg draining the energy in the room 😭

[tough spade]

idc if i get kicked or banned, i just dont want anyone hurt

[normal spear]

Its true tho

[normal spear]

Id lose my $0 dollars an hour pension

[tough spade]

id get an alt dw

i alr have 2

[normal spear]

Just be careful w/ what you say lol

[tough spade]

no worries king

i was bored so i gifted someone a game today