tech-deals-discussion

[cursive sage]

I only thought about it to get 32GB now and maybe another 32GB stick down the road if I needed one

[opal flume]

Iirc one stick of DDR5 usually knocks it down to DDR4 perf

Or rather dual channel DDR4 perf

[cunning flame]

it's like $250 for a 7900x

14700k is selling for about the same

considering you need board and ram for either platform, cost is at worst equal, more likely a bit cheaper since decent b650 boards are like $60 used

i'm a 265k stan but not really worth it in this scenario

tank the 2% worse gaming performance and 15% weaker multithreading to get a platform that stretches out to zen 7

[tawdry dragon]

I do game mostly, but I'm also doing quite a bit of photo and video editing. Multithreading is a big thing for me

I'm all for getting amd, but if it means downgrading performance over 10% then I'll just keep my current setup

[tawdry dragon]

yall think it's a good idea to buy a used psu?

[cunning flame]

yeah realistically this is the better plan. keep what you have and go all in on LGA1954 or later gen AM5 once Zen 6 and Nova Lake come out

[tawdry dragon]

why do intel socket names have to be so confusing 😭

anyways yeah I'll probably just do that then, maybe upgrade on am6? or whenever intel decides to make something worth upgrading to

[thin bolt]

Go for refurb Corsair

Same warranty

[tawdry dragon]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/326760607397

$80 for A-tier 1050W PSU with a 60 day return policy

[cunning flame]

it's literally what the socket is. LGA land grid array, 1954, number of pins

AM5 is a name, LGA 1954 is a descriptor

AM5 would be better called LGA 1718

[tawdry dragon]

to be fair, it doesn't indicate generation of cpu

[cunning flame]

in fact, it is in some docs

[tawdry dragon]

which is kinda what I'm looking for

If I see "LGA1700" vs "LGA1151" I have almost no idea which one is which

generation, what cpus it supports. ect

[cunning flame]

13/14th gen, 6-7th or 8-9th gen depending on revision

you simply have to no-life the hobby

[tawdry dragon]

:(

[cunning flame]

it's okay, we can't all be terminal scrollers. be happy you have better things to do than memorize socket support

[tawdry dragon]

unfortunately I don't have anything better to do

that's why I'm here

[cunning flame]

https://tenor.com/view/bornskywalker-dap-me-up-woody-woody-handshake-woody-toy-story-gif-26021440

[delicate lake]

[pulsar fable]

I dont need it, but it is tempting

Never thought I'd see one of these

[pallid geyser]

Oof that’s a pretty good price

The one time I’m near a microcenter and there’s no killer only in store deal that I just have to go get

Makes me wanna

https://tenor.com/view/bang-head-gif-14620899

[tawdry dragon]

To be fair, that's walmart

[pallid geyser]

Yeah just making that point lol

[cursive sage]

NZXT cases are on sale at Microcenter again. H7 Flow and the H5 Flow RGB…don’t know if they’re good cases though

Could probably price match with Best Buy

[cunning flame]

lol AXG got shot to pieces and now there are infinite cheap b580's on ebay

[delicate lake]

How

[cunning flame]

?

[delicate lake]

As in how did axg get clarted

[cunning flame]

one sec

[delicate lake]

alr

[cunning flame]

(copy-pasted from another thread)

releasing a high end GPU a year into the architecture's lifecycle does not indicate good things for Celestial

b580 is already very die space inefficient and more than likely loses money at MSRP, or at best yields such small profits that it is negligible. high end Alchemist scaled horribly compared to midrange and low end. if high end BMG is even half as bad as high end alchemist (Battlemage appears roughly 1.6x as die space efficient as Alchemist, so this is a generous example) then it will be lucky to compete with 5060 ti at like 500mm^2 of die area (double the die area of a 5070 mind you)

driver overhead is already an issue with b580, making a larger die with more shaders to feed seems extremely suboptimal until that is fully fixed

if this product actually releases it's basically DOA for Intel as a product that actually makes money

put that together with the fact that they're now partnering with Nvidia... even if Celestial turns out okay in like iGPUs and stuff, i seriously doubt Druid will go anywhere anytime soon, if anywhere at all

my impression is that Celestial will probably be the new UHD700 that gets put in every intel CPU for a decade

[delicate lake]

I thought the nvidia partnership was like what they tried back then where there would be nvidia gpus on the cpu

[cunning flame]

that is what it is yeah

but Celestial was going to be on soon-ish Intel CPU releases, so the fact that they're not just using Celestial looks not good to me

[delicate lake]

But what does that have to do with their next generation graphics cards

Oh

[delicate lake]

Well they can release it later

Being die space efficient takes a long time

Who knows, maybe they can be more efficient next generation

[cunning flame]

B770 releasing point to Celestial not coming out to desktop soon, otherwise they'd just release Celestial. plus now Celestial integrated supposedly being on Novalake or Novalake next, but also Nvidia IP is going on new CPUs. looks bleak. i am hoping/coping that Celestial pulls through with a low end die that keeps drivers alive for an eventual Druid, but i'm really stretching my copium lol

[delicate lake]

Not everything can work out during architecture development, like how amd just glued together two navi 33s lol

[cunning flame]

my whole thesis for the last couple months has been that B770 CANNOT be real because if it is then AXG is screwed, and AXG looks to be pulling things back a little bit. and now it seems apparent that B770 is launching, and at the same time Intel is partnering with Nvidia

bit of egg on my face that i was apparently the one huffing copium by saying that B770 is fake, when it does appear to be real and AXG is melting down worse than after Alchemist lmao

i have gone from Intel Doomer to Intel Stan back to Intel Doomer

i also don't know anything and i'm wildly speculating so who knows. but until things become clear i am full doomer mode

[delicate lake]

I think the partnership is to get some more money flowing and that they will continue their graphics card development regardless

Possible that they were having issues with bmg31 so it took a while to come out

[cunning flame]

i hope so

[cunning flame]

i agree that's definitely the case, my argument is just that if Celestial is launching even remotely soon then launching a higher end product seems like a waste of money. so either Intel has some craaaaazy wafer obligations to meet with TSMC, or Celestial is a long way out

[delicate lake]

Yeah I didn’t think celestial is coming as soon as we thought

Probably early next year

Rather than late this year

[cunning flame]

i hope so, byt i kinda doubt it would launch like 6m after Intel launches big BMG

that would be like if Intel launched the a380 first, then a580, a750, then launched a770 half a year before b580 came out

[delicate lake]

Mb i meant something like first half of the next year

[cunning flame]

i hope so

[delicate lake]

That should be enough time for them to iron out celestial

[cunning flame]

i'm seriously chugging all the copium because i think the Arcs are just so interesting architecturally and so fun to mess with

i want them to be able to keep producing them, i'm just dooming until we get better insight that indicates that AXG isn't melting down as bad as it seems to be

[delicate lake]

And about the driver overhead, it will one day be fixed, just that they have more important things like making things more stable and fixing those small bugs that people don’t think about

Stuff like that

You were talking about some gif crashing or whatever

An example for me is when overclocking the vram on rdna 2 with linux drivers

If I set the vram over 2000 mhz then the power state will go to a high one, but the oc vram speed is too high to be stable on the desktop so it goes down to the one below, and causes screen flickering

Looks like im more optimistic lol

I don’t think arc is going anywhere although it is in a not so good spot

Not bad enough to be doomed though

[cunning flame]

whether or not it is even fixable at all depends on what's causing it

Nvidia's driver overhead issues rn are a hardware problem

if Intel's is the same, then it's entirely likely it won't be fixed until Celestial launches with a hardware fix

i'm sure they can minimize it, but idk how much. i don't think it's possible to know how much

i'd be surprised if Intel even knew how much lol

[cunning flame]

i don't think it's going anywhere either, i just don't expect it to go where we want it to go if things are as dire as they appear to me to be

Intel needs iGPUs. so there will always be iGPUs. i'm skeptical if there will be more than that for a long time if AXG really is melting down rn

all signs point to bad news in my eyes, but i am hopeful that it's not as bad as it seems. i just don't really believe it

[cursive sage]

$90 mobo is enticing

I guess this really is a builders market aside from GPUs

[high radish]

Gpus are under MSRP recently as well

5070 for 500$ https://www.walmart.com/ip/15371260951

https://a.co/d/3wLB8qh 5060 ti 16GB 380$

Even 5080 is under MSRP. Inly 5090 staying scalped

[cursive sage]

Wow

I noticed that with the 9070XT but had no idea it extended to Nvidia

[high radish]

yeah . 5080 is for 930 as well

I mean it's funny how amd keeping prices inflated while nvidia lowering prices under msrp . with that stupid marketing , no surprise why AMD have under 10% market share

[delicate lake]

It’s because amd is not allocating enough supply to america and the 50 series stigma

I’ve said it multiple times, tsmc is completely booked and are charging more for their wafer allocations, so these companies get the most they can with their slice of the pie by catering to datacenters, and what they have left comes to us

Nvidia cut blackwell supply twice

Amd is not allocating more towards their cards and people keep buying them

These cards have gone below msrp in eu

[high radish]

yeah I heard they're not inflated in EU as much as US but I don't follow market there so I only follow eastern EU market which is sux anyways

[cunning flame]

tbf they cut consumer blackwell, they're upping Grace-Blackwell

[lament ingot]

they cut rtx 50 series already?

[delicate lake]

Yeah that’s what I meant

Consumer cut

[delicate lake]

Lmaooo yeah true

Brutal over there

[high radish]

Probably because overstocked them already because all cards are under msrp now

[lament ingot]

guh

we should force nvidia to bring back the 40 series fr

best cards ever

50 series is same or worse across the board

[high radish]

Yeah. Low power consumption, not heating up as hell and not x8 pcie lines at least

[lament ingot]

well, lower

picture this: 4090 with 3x pcie power connectors...

[cunning flame]

same node, so it would cost roughly the same to produce, or more depending on SKU for the same or less performance

also no GDDR7 support so no fun options for small bus SKUs

ie no 18GB 70 super refresh

[lament ingot]

wait same node?

[delicate lake]

Just do a small undervolt for blackwell and 40 series is no more

Yes

[cunning flame]

yes. custom TSMC 4N (NOT N4)

[lament ingot]

that means that their basically the same card right?

[cunning flame]

Grace-Blackwell is on N4P

[delicate lake]

No

The architecture is still different

[cunning flame]

architecturally Blackwell and Ada are very similar, but the dies are physically different

[lament ingot]

ah\

[delicate lake]

Mostly the same but still different

[high radish]

yeah

[lament ingot]

different nanostencils

[delicate lake]

Welcome back skylake

[lament ingot]

(if thats what tehyre called idk)

[delicate lake]

Kaby lake sorry

[cunning flame]

Blackwell is mostly just Ada but with a nerfed cache system to help support GDDR7, and additional registers on the shader (plus the requisite changes necessary to make the shader work) to support FP4

it's like Vega to RDNA 1, but in reverse basically lmao\

they made it bigger and worse, but so big that it's faster

[high radish]

I miss open source nvidia drivers

[cunning flame]

instead of smaller and weaker but still better

[lament ingot]

I wonder if you could just switch the ada memory controller out for a blackwell? like an ada chip with a blackwell controller

that might allow for higher capacity/speed

[cunning flame]

it's a monolithic die, not like Ryzen where you can mix IODs and CCDs as desired for the most part

[delicate lake]

Still waiting for chipler gpus

[cunning flame]

but what you said is pretty much what Nvidia did, just on a monolithic die, so it's its own separate design and die. it's pretty much just Ada but with the requisite changes needed to support GDDR7 and FP4

[delicate lake]

Amd was close

[cunning flame]

RDNA 3 is calling

[delicate lake]

Lmaoo

Well one that could meet expectations

Hopefully they can do what they wanted to do without having to pump power as a cope

[lament ingot]

yeah

[high radish]

intel promised chiplet cpus and messed up . probably amd will also

[cunning flame]

RDNA 3 was a failure compared to what was targeted, but i don't think it was a failure overall. it was just poorly thought out. it competed with Nvidia on die area adjusting for lack of acceleration features, even with AMD using a somewhat cheaper node for part, and a MUCH cheaper node for the other half-ish of the die. it was not a bad design technically. just didn't go as hard as AMD seemed to expect, and it was not remotely forward thinking enough

[high radish]

as we talking about power , 9070xt is crazy power hungry somehow lol . but somehow still staying cool

[delicate lake]

[cunning flame]

RDNA 4 is just Vega but if it didn't suck

[delicate lake]

Yeah because of how much they pushed the clocks on it

But you can save a lot of power with it

[cunning flame]

9070 xt (64CUs) is barely more performant than 9070 (56 CUs) but consumes 50% more energy because AMD Radeon was on m3th when they were putting together the V/F curve

9070 can exceed 9070 xt performance at like 200w very easily. 9070 xt is just boosting poorly

[delicate lake]

Thought to overtake it would be like 230 or 250

[high radish]

Reminding me intels old gen CPUs honestly

[delicate lake]

Welcome back vega

[high radish]

Which were everyone complaining

When Amd does it people not complaining. Weird tho

[cunning flame]

at stock PL mine was doing >9070 xt performance without really being dialed in. would be shocked if a few extra watts couldn't be shaved off. but either way it's a tremendous power saving vs XT

stcok PL as in 220w

[high radish]

I got 9070xt for my wife but since some games crashing on it , currently using it for myself till I sell it . even its not OC model it pulls over 300w

[delicate lake]

Yeah at stock pl you can get xt perf

With uv oc

[cunning flame]

ngl i never tested that game we were talking about, i sold my card like the following day

[delicate lake]

Its like a 10% gain at the same power

Crazy shit

[high radish]

Cyberpunk I think fixed with latest update. But Battlefield 1 Still crashing. And After latest update, Delta Force fps drops randomly

[cunning flame]

i think you might just be cursed bc i'm having better luck with Arc drivers than you are RDNA 4 lol

[high radish]

I mean cyberpunk was known issue it mentioned in release notes . It's still crashing sometimes when I load game but not in game. battlefield 1 bad performance is known for all AMD GPUs. Other ones I'm not sure

[cursive sage]

I wonder, is this motherboard even good or is it good for budget builds?

$90 is $90 but hey just wanna know

Not really good on mobo knowledge

[brittle lagoon]

Aorus elite ax is a good board

Good mid or upper mid range kinda board

[trim pier]

If anyone’s looking for a new phone atm

Amazon has a deal (no clue how long) on the S25 Edge brand new 256gb for 699.99, probably cause who buys phones off of Amazon & boycotting

https://a.co/d/fyANnNz

Like newest series phone, with all the stuff you could really ask for aside from it being an iPhone, I say it’s hella worth, plus Amazon accepts trade ins but it’s not an instant cash program, they unfortunately have you ship your phone with UPS to the mass hub in Kentucky & give you an Amazon gift card on approval of its condition

[fair moon]

^iphone 17 air competitor for anyone curious what the "edge" bit means

Seems to have a significantly better camera setup

[cunning flame]

even the really shitty am5 boards are fine to run a 7950x/9950x for the most part

there are like two or three models that i've seen that are meh, the rest have fine vrms, just weaker featureset

[cursive sage]

I keep telling myself that I don't need it because I already have a good PC

If I didn't buy this PC I'd get it

[cunning flame]

you need aliexpress waifu a die

it's peak

[cursive sage]

https://tenor.com/view/confused-stare-at-paper-gif-5257839294650729742

what is that sentence

[cunning flame]

PEAK

[lament ingot]

the hell is that and why do I want it

[cunning flame]

the best DDR5 on the planet (unironically it's really well binned a die)

[lament ingot]

weird

[cursive sage]

oh nah definitely not with the anime girl on it

How much is it though

[cunning flame]

it gives it +50% FPS

[lament ingot]

"nah thats crazy bro why tf" ''...how much is it tho"

[cursive sage]

If it’s cheap I’ll consider

I need RAM

[cunning flame]

rn they're OOS on the cheap ones unfortunately :/ usually it's about $98 for the high bin A die rolls that go into the waifu lots. the cheaper juhor A die kits go for as low as $75 when in stock (for 32GB kits)

but the cheap ones are rarely waifu heatsinks

[gusty willow]

id still buy the msi board over the gigashyte one

[high radish]

yeah but it was 20$ cheaper so idk

[cunning flame]

well that's a bit silly

[cursive sage]

https://www.microcenter.com/product/694732/zotac-nvidia-geforce-rtx-5060-ti-twin-edge-overclocked-dual-fan-16gb-gddr7-pcie-50-graphics-card

Imagine if it wasn’t in-store only

5060ti 16GB for this price is nuts

[delicate lake]

Damn thats pretty good

That’s what it should launch at

[high radish]

idk if its price changed but walmart have it for similar price https://www.walmart.com/ip/seort/16048419552

[pallid geyser]

Damn somewhat affordable GPUs? Must be dreaming

[high radish]

Yeah all Nvidia GPUs are under msrp now. Except 5090 ofc

[cunning flame]

Super soon ™ i guess

[torpid night]

I hope bruh

And there better actually be a good VRAM increase

[delicate lake]

Yeah people were saying late this year but it seems like they are getting pushed back a bit

[pallid geyser]

Cmon amd

[high radish]

Amd always finding a way to screw up

[torpid night]

It also comes down to the idiots who buy 5060s

People: AMD HELP THE MARKET
AMD: Y'ALL KEEP BUYING NVIDIA'S 8GB JUNK

[high radish]

AMD: we also release 8gb junk as nvidia

[torpid night]

AMD: We compete with Nvidia
The competition: (also 8GB junk)

[cunning flame]

CES mayhaps

[delicate lake]

Yeah im thinking late january

[bold willow]

Anyone know some good quality usb C to outlet boxes?

My current one has a static problem which makes an annoying buzz and interferes with using my tablet.

[torpid night]

You mean power supplies?

Just go lookup Anker USB C power supplies

[balmy lake]

Stop using it. If you are talking about a power supply. They should not be making ANY noise. If it’s making noise, its not an annoyance, its a danger.

[torpid night]

It's actually very normal for power supplies to make a coil whine sound lol

It's just annoying

It's the transformer inside of them that creates that noise

[torpid night]

I've had my eyes on this one for a while. Idk what it's like to use (whether it still has that coil whine), but it's definitely an option that I've been looking at
https://www.amazon.com/UGREEN-Charger-Charging-Compatible-MacBook/dp/

[bold willow]

Couldn’t find page

Also it’s gonna be used for iPhone and Samsung tablet so I don’t need anything insane

[fair moon]

Anker is the goat. This is a nice deal https://www.amazon.com/iPhone-Charger-Anker-AirPods-Included/dp/B0C8HHV9DK

There's also these which are nice if you have a lot of devices

https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Charger-Charging-Station-Included/dp/B0CM6V5GL2

[balmy lake]

Used to be. Modern power supplies, not so much. Unless its a large transformer. I don’t remember the last time i heard a small device’s power supply making noise. Especially in the USB power range.

[torpid night]

Not sure why the rest of the link didn't copy
https://www.amazon.com/UGREEN-Charger-Charging-Compatible-MacBook/dp/B0CYZ52VPX

[cursive sage]

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

[torpid night]

It just depends on the transformer that the power supply uses. It's not dangerous or anything

[delicate lake]

Yeah my sf750 makes some noise

At least the fan is quiet

Even when the computer is off there is still a quiet whine

Which isnt very common but is not inherently bad

[bold willow]

It's charging a samsung s9+ tablet. The box has no branding, it came with the refurbished tablet.

Probably come cheap bulk ps

[delicate lake]

He does not know about the cooler master v power supplies

Those sound crazy

[balmy lake]

I mean, you can keep using if you want. But if i hear a usb adapter making any noise, its going in the trash. I’m an electrician and have seen the after effects of stuff like that. Just offering a word of caution based on experience. If y’all think its fine, go ahead, keep using them.

[bold willow]

it gets really hot aswell

not painful but like uncomfortable to hold hot

[delicate lake]

You should prob get those ankers if you dont trust it

[bold willow]

yeah $10 for two seems good

those cables dont look great but i have my own

[fair moon]

Not sure about those bundled cables but in general Anker cables are solid, plus they have a great warranty

2 adapters and 2 cables from a top brand for $12 is kinda nuts. I hope they aren't cheaped out models

[delicate lake]

That would go hard if true

[fair moon]

Looking at reviews, it sounds like the cables might not be peak Anker quality, but the wall adapters are good

[bold willow]

maybe ill wait for an insane deal to popup

its bound to happen

[fair moon]

These are pretty good prices too and are def full Anker quality
47W https://a.co/d/4lzXnNN
20W 2 pack https://a.co/d/5WAuR4n

[bold willow]

I do kinda like the foldable ones

3 pack for $17

if there is a really good deal on a 4 pack im down

need 1 for each family member

[fair moon]

Ah, thought you just needed 1

Not sure if they do 4pk but maybe

Also for wall plugs you could probably go for a diff brand. The warranty is more helpful for cables tbh

[bold willow]

tbf usb c cables can be like $2 a piece in bulk

i got a three pack of nylon usb-c to usb-c cables for $10

[fair moon]

UGreen is also good, Belkin I think is good?

[fair moon]

Yeah I've had family who buy those and they seem to crap out or just not work well sometimes. Though those were lightning, maybe usbc is easier to make at a decent quality

[bold willow]

usb c is probably easier since its generalized more

isnt apple specific crap

i hope we stick with usb c for a while

all my devices now use usb c

apples next phone is just not gonna have a charger atp

[thick hill]

Is there good deals on Black Friday for amd cpus ? (Never looked at prices on this event)

[torpid night]

Actual Black Friday deals don't exist anymore

[cursive sage]

It should be illegal to raise the price of products right before Black Friday only for the price to drop to the original price, making it look like a “sale”

[fair moon]

Eh

It's not a great practice but I don't think it should be illegal

What's worse is the "black Friday models" that are meant to look just like the normal ones but are cheaped out and have a slightly different part number

[balmy lake]

Yep, the ”BLACK FRIDAY EXCLUSIVE!!” crap 💩

[cursive sage]

https://www.newegg.com/asrock-challenger-rx9070xt-cl-16g-radeon-rx-9070-xt-16gb-graphics-card-triple-fans/p/N82E16814930145

How’s this?

$650 9070xt

[high radish]

50$ over msrp

recently almost all Nvidia Gpus were under MSRP so I don't think over MSRP gpu worth it anymore

except 5090 maybe because they not staying in stock for long at msrp

[cursive sage]

It’s kind of hard to find the 9070XT at MSRP or lower for some reason though

Still cheaper than 5070Ti though

[brittle lagoon]

One product is selling through, the other product isn't selling enough

[ashen rune]

any good monitor deals? need a new main one, thinking 27" 1440p OLED

[cursive sage]

Right now? not really

might want to wait in a few days

[ashen rune]

ya no rush i got a backup

[cursive sage]

as long as it works

do you have the Reddit app on your phone by any chance

because what I do is I set it up so that new posts from r/buildapcsales pop up as notifications so that I can look at the deals faster

[ashen rune]

idk if i want phone notifications but I'll watch the sub a little more closely

[cursive sage]

to be honest i only did it because this random 4TB SSD at walmart keeps going on sale at random for $150

and it gets snatched up fast

[high radish]

Been watching this 9070 for a hours but I think waiting for msrp 9070xt is better it's 100w nore power usage and like 10% more performance but still it's only 50$ more

[tawdry dragon]

I got really lucky and got a 7900xt for $400

was eyeing a 6950xt for that same price but decided to wait a few more months

behold, after 3 years of upgrading and getting random gifts, my bargain pc build https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sNpmwY

[earnest storm]

dang

[cunning flame]

excellent deal

[tawdry dragon]

Indeed

[torpid night]

Wow a 7900 XT is arguably a better deal than my friend selling his 6800 XT about half a year ago at $200

[earnest storm]

I got my 9070xt at 370 🙂

[torpid night]

How

[delicate lake]

prob trade in

[fair moon]

Or used from someone who didn’t know how much it was worth?

[earnest storm]

secret

[torpid night]

Okay gate keeper

[fair moon]

Stole it but then felt bad and anonymously sent $370

[balmy lake]

He got it from the guy that found it after “it fell off the truck.” 🚛

[tiny heron]

I got my 7900xt for $142 by trading in abandoned phones to Amazon from my old job. 😎

[torpid night]

Yo I might do this

[pallid geyser]

Damn wtf

“Abandoned phones”

Bro a professional phone thief

[torpid night]

#tech-deals message

[high radish]

https://www.amazon.com/b/?_encoding=UTF8&node=16931835011 only prime day deals are Amazon Resale discount . 35% off for everything listed here

Resale things are mostly e-waste but sometimes they comes in like new condition . especailly mobos comes with bent pins , lost ssd heatsink and liquid metal spilled all over it

[cunning flame]

yeah

[bold willow]

I ended up buying this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D72DWLZ1?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

$10 right now, 25W, suprisingly heavy

$13 Two Pack of Belkin 25W Blocks if anyone is interested: https://www.amazon.com/Belkin-USB-Charger-Block-Pack/dp/B0F6462N5K/ref=

[odd mortar]

hoping someone can help me I am in need of a new PC but don't have big bucks for a decked out system right now so I wanted to go with a mini pc. So I have been looking around and wanted some things like at least 32gb of ram, usb4 and an occulink port. I found one here but not sure if this is a good deal or if I can find something better for this price? Please send me a direct message because I am not on here much. check it out and let me know if I can do better - https://www.amazon.com/AOOSTAR-GEM12-PRO-8845HS-OCULINK/dp/B0F8BKP9PH?crid=1C4VJ6KMWW1ML&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.kxIX2Bd4MzQGPldB4SDIQzxoE2VzGnuocNAVV1fmD7DE7w7uYatad6ylH_q5nnXnbG5LlPCmr1Uxf1i3WOWBGCzbq0V1pZEqaF_DZOi2EC3E3qOzD8gzKpyFcS1ahidmlULyPtuSsNgAuCrqiXDhT-TQSBKsysHmhhr9fuDLBYmD1Bl79HqjF3mqVqrGN-j2OaBpIuXfCuCJK9zdbFpDYotAy-2Z1xWrOi1ecEiHOSY.RqoL6VWcfMWOxbCoYTgcyLc142FtwCD7n3udqaciloY&dib_tag=se&keywords=mini%2Bpc%2Bwith%2Boculink&qid=1759872128&sprefix=mini%2Bpc%2Bwith%2Bocculink%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-12&th=1

I like newegg and yes I can purchase here.. I just want to know if there was a better deal.

[bold willow]

Why a mini pc? What are you using it for?

[fair moon]

Seems like by the time you did that+ram+storage+egpu, a laptop might be better

[fallen idol]

Does nobody like the 9070 😂

[fair moon]

xt tends to be better value I think?

[cursive sage]

to be fair when the price difference is $50 you would typically go for the more powerful one

when 9070XT is above MSRP i can understand though, easy $100+ difference there

[delicate lake]

I like the 9070 because im a sff guy and care about power consumption more

To me, it is cheaper while using less power, even if you increase the power limit

Even at stock power you can hit reference xt performance by spending some time tweaking

Most 9060 xt models use 182w and you can increase the limit to 200

Max oc 9060 xt is approaching 9070 power

[delicate lake]

That won’t apply everywhere because of model differences and how low you can push the voltage offset

I saw a techpowerup review of a card getting xt performance because of a -100mv undervolt

The hellhound has a power limit a few watts less than the one in the above screenshot

[cunning flame]

at msrp. street pricing i've literally never seen the XT at better value than non XT

[cursive sage]

seems like a good deal right now considering that microcenter deal is still up

just don't know if best buy would price match something like this

[delicate lake]

Yeah there is only one msrp xt in the past half year

Rn that’s the reaper

At micro center

[cursive sage]

#tech-deals message

Okay so I’m not really knowledgeable about motherboards but what’s the difference between these other than the price difference

[fair moon]

tomahawk has more heatsinks and more USB it looks like

[high radish]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DSWJJRQX MSRP 9070XT , but only visible to my business account. might be YMMV . Shows OOS in my regular account

[fair moon]

shows $600 for me, normal Amazon account

[high radish]

Weird . Maybe it's region based but it still doesn't show up in my regular account ( east coast)

[fair moon]

Colorado here

[opal flume]

I am East Coast, I also see it with a normal account

[high radish]

Weird

[cursive sage]

Works fine. Just posted it on #tech-deals so that everyone can see

[high radish]

Yeah I didn't post it because it doesn't show up for everyone

[cursive sage]

can you see if this deal for a cheap gaming headset works?

https://www.walmart.com/ip/HyperX-Cloud-III-Wired-Gaming-Headset-Gray-Red/15940312019

i wonder if it's just me

[high radish]

Shows 39$ to me

[cursive sage]

good

can't post the deal though because cooldown so

[delicate lake]

Not sure why fellas are downvoting the 6800

It is a 9060 xt with worse ray tracing at the price of a 6700 xt, if not even slightly cheaper than one

[cursive sage]

I think it's because you have to do a deep scrub of it + disassemble the GPU

[cunning flame]

real lmao, they're just haters smh my head

[tawdry dragon]

also because you could get a used 3080 for like $20 ish more

[earnest storm]

@fallen idol wow that laptop is an insane deal

[tawdry dragon]

OOS

duuude I wanted that

[earnest storm]

still in stock for me

[tawdry dragon]

unfortunate

try buying it

[earnest storm]

ah rip

[tawdry dragon]

yeah they lie :((

[fallen idol]

Did you try apple pay?

[tawdry dragon]

it just doesn't let me get to checkout

[fallen idol]

on phone or computer?

[tawdry dragon]

Computer

and phone

[fallen idol]

Oh damn. It doesn’t let me check out with card or paypal but Apple Pay seems to be good.

[tawdry dragon]

I'll try with the app and google pay

damn bestbuy really doesn't wanna send me a password reset code

on both email and text

[coral jay]

Damn

[hybrid stone]

Yea that would be a steal if it worked

[torpid night]

Wow this is nuts
#tech-deals message

[thin bolt]

Yeah that’s a great deal

[fair moon]

Open box, there was probably like 1 available lol

I did try to buy it in a couple zip codes but no luck

[balmy lake]

Meh, no 10-key

[earnest storm]

Sadly it sold out

Otherwise I would’ve bought it

[hybrid stone]

I know this is a VERY different tier than that 4070 open box- but what do you guys think here? 640$ to my door, ram and SSD can be upgraded. Just want a basic 1080p travel laptop that’s not bottom of the barrel - just play WoW classic and CoD primarily.

Other option is the 900$ legion 5, which I know is overall a MUCH better laptop, but I’d rather not spend the extra 240$ if I don’t have to.

[torpid night]

$618.99 is a steal for a 5060 laptop

I'd definitely upgrade the memory and storage though

[hybrid stone]

It’s the 5050- that’s really the big difference here but I still think 645$ OTD for that laptop is a strong value proposition.

I would add another 16GB and a second SSD day 1

[torpid night]

Idk how I missed that

I also just woke up

I would just go for a basic laptop with integrated graphics instead of going for a laptop 5050

[hybrid stone]

And it feels like the 5060 is no doubt worth the extra money, but performance close enough for my use (wow classic and COD) @1080p. I’d rather have a cheap competent gaming box today vs trying to ride this thing out long term

But again- I’m certainly open to other perspectives!

[torpid night]

"Cheap" and "competent" is hard to find these days for gaming lol

I mean at 1080p, maybe?

[hybrid stone]

That’s true. And yeah, at 1080p

[hybrid stone]

I have my main systems and rigs, M4 air for actual laptop
Stuff, this is purely an attempt for cheap mobile gaming for travel.

Spent about 2 years with a Legion Pro 5I with a 4070 before it baked the CPU, and spending a lot of money on a laptop just isn’t appealing anymore lol

[hybrid stone]

lol then this wildcard @727$

[torpid night]

I personally would go for something like that tbh lol

If the Ryzen Core Ultra AI Pro Max+ XR XS RTX 395 Super released before I got my Lenovo Legion 5i, I would've gotten that

Honestly the perfect daily laptop if you need a little more power and don't mind spending a little more

[stoic crest]

great deal

[tiny heron]

I know this cpu is meh in today's time. But ive never seen it this cheap

[hybrid stone]

That PCIE 3 detail really kills it. And terrible cache.

[tiny heron]

If you have a ryzen 1600 or something would be decent boost. 😂

[tiny heron]

I might put this in my friends pc ive been working on for example. Has a b450 and a rtx 2060. His ryzen 2600 took a 💩. So would be a cheap replacement and slight upgrade. This cpu is only good in a very specific circumstance.

[hybrid stone]

That’s a great use case

[fair moon]

its pretty close to a 3600 because of the cut down cache

would work fine for a 2060 but if he plans on upgrading at some point, a 5600 might be the better play

[cunning flame]

iirc the 1% and 0.1% lows are also better on 3600 bc moar cache

3600 is also only like $30-40 used

[delicate lake]

[thin bolt]

$50-60 on eBay

[delicate lake]

Would still cop

[thin bolt]

Worth yeah

[cunning flame]

there is one $40 obo shipped rn

in box too, but no stock cooler which is whatever

[delicate lake]

This bot is pasting messages people are sending

I sent that a few hours ago and it also pasted a message in cars from a while ago

@vague pine

@stoic crest

[stoic crest]

ok

[delicate lake]

[earnest storm]

@lavish willow mr oled

this is the wrong chat

[lavish willow]

yes..that is I

[tawdry dragon]

Facebook marketplace is so cool :) could build a top-of-the-line PC for under $800 if you wait a little bit

[earnest storm]

except where i live its all old people so i cant find anything

[tawdry dragon]

Lol

An old guy sold me a 7900xt for $400

[thin bolt]

I’ll buy it from you for $4

[torpid night]

I can do you better and buy it for $3

[tawdry dragon]

I'll take no more than $2

[torpid night]

$1

Better yet 0.5¢

Can't beat that

[thin bolt]

.4

[torpid night]

0.04

[lament ingot]

1/ℵ_0

[balmy lake]

Can’t go cheaper than .05. We’re not making pennies anymore.

[bold willow]

Anyone know any good wireless (magnetic) chargers for iPhone?

Good deal

Cause ngl im not willing to spend $100+ on the anker crap

[balmy lake]

I have both of these. One at work, one in home office. Have had them for 1yr and 3yrs respectively. Maybe not fastest but fast enough for me and my then 13 pro max and now 17 pro.

INIU Wireless Charger, 15W Fast... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08LVSFN4X?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

INIU Wireless Charging Station,... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09G9C3Y1N?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

[thin bolt]

Would these work for an iPhone 11? I know it’s only rated for 7.5w

[cursive sage]

It should be, but it’ll just charge slower due to the iPhone 11’s limitations

[civic sun]

wireless charging from what I've seen is pretty universal. as the guy with no gf said the device will just limit how fast it can charge

[balmy lake]

Yup what they said.

[fair moon]

good
wireless
Doesn’t exist imo

Slower, less efficient, more heat and thus degrades your battery faster

[bold willow]

really degrades the battery faster?

hm

guess ill stick to normal charging

[fair moon]

Charging while hot degrades them faster I think

[delicate lake]

Yeah the heat that comes from the charger

But that is if it even gets hot enough to degrade the battery in the first place

Maybe if you charge your phone in the car every day, yeah it would degrade more

[gilded zodiac]

I heard the iPhone 17 has upgraded cooling, so this may help w/ wireless cooling

[sick spade]

I won't pay more than 1 Rupee!

[pallid geyser]

Cheapo

[kindred portal]

How much was this ?

[fair moon]

it was like $500 I believe

[kindred portal]

WHAT

HOLY MOLY

[fair moon]

Don't expect any similar deals, that was definitely a stock clearing thing and there were probably only a couple available in total

[kindred portal]

ye

[trim pier]

Microcenter removed the ram from their bundle deals & kept it same price or a little cheaper

RAM is getting so expensive 😔

[delicate lake]

I wasn’t a big fan of their bundles because they didn’t really save you much tbh

Almost more of a convenience thing

Not having to pick anything yourself

[hybrid stone]

Eh, they all went down 50-100$. It just shuffled things a bit. People alway complained about the CL36 anyway, and the Ryzen 5 coming with only 1x16 was just silly.

They honestly are better across the board now. Esp the 7600X3D @329

[trim pier]

https://www.microcenter.com/product/5007215/amd-ryzen-5-7600x3d,-msi-b850-pro-gaming-wifi6e-am5,-cpu-motherboard-bundle

yeah I saw this

I recently got ram from woot for $50

so thank god

https://www.microcenter.com/product/5007221/amd-ryzen-7-9800x3d,-asus-b650e-e-tuf-gaming-wifi-am5,-cpu-motherboard-bundle
https://www.microcenter.com/product/5007206/amd-ryzen-7-7800x3d,-asus-b650e-e-tuf-gaming-wifi-am5,-cpu-motherboard-bundle

These bundles are alright

[hybrid stone]

Yeah. Solid board too. 7600X and 7600X3D value kings now. 7700X still with a strong offering @ 299. Rest is fine but less of a banger

[delicate lake]

At my store there is a 9700x combo and 7600x3d combo for $350

Many games x3d is like 10% ahead, but there are also games where they tie and even some where the 9700x will beat it

I guess it depends on what you play

[tawdry dragon]

for most people it'd be GPU dependent anyways

[delicate lake]

Yeah and my theory is that by the time it does become cpu bound, games will be using more cores

[tawdry dragon]

hopefully

speaking of cpus, I really need to get a cpu cooler 😭

[tawdry dragon]

combo being what, just cpu and mobo? or ram included

[delicate lake]

ram is not included anymore

so just board and cpu

[tawdry dragon]

RIP

[delicate lake]

i wonder how overclockable that gskill ram was

[tawdry dragon]

I doubt you could even run it at rated speeds lol

[trim pier]

My question is, with the 7600x3d + b850 mobo at 330$, is there any better bundle compared to that aside from the 7800x3d or 9800x3d?

I haven’t been in the loop for a little bit, so no clue if the 9700x can outperform now

[delicate lake]

I would say on average it is a little faster but it depends on what game you play

Typically it is 10% faster but there are games where they tie and some where even the 9700x beats it

Those are more rare cases though

[mortal blaze]

DA Offer 9600X +´240mm elite AIO es good for resell!!!

[tawdry dragon]

Is ok for resell

[delicate lake]

fr

[tawdry dragon]

probably wouldn't make any money considering ebay fees

[mortal blaze]

na, bc im sellin a other country for 40 bucks extras

[sour raptor]

https://www.amazon.com/Technics-Reference-Wireless-Cancelling-Multipoint/dp/B0DSCN2KPR/
i just saw these go from 6% to 11% to 17% to 16% to 13% off

in the span of 2 days

The az100s

any idea why the price fluctuates so much

[earnest storm]

@kindred portal btw those bundles are in store only

And the am5 bundles are better anyways

[kindred portal]

ahh

[cursive sage]

There was a microcenter “deal” on a Samsung SSD where they messed up the pricing, so they were selling 2TB at $22 and 4TB at $60 and i missed it

Damn

Was about to post it too

[pallid geyser]

Yeah I saw that, sucks man

Not close enough to go to one really but man id drive the 4/5hrs lol

[cursive sage]

Some of them were shippable

[hybrid stone]

I think that’s the best all around value option they have right now.

But with the 7800X3D at 280$ new right now from them, + an 100-120$ open box motherboard they certainly have, 400$ for that combo sounds real nice.

But 70$ savings is 70$ savings and fine for most scenarios and gamers esp at 1440p

[kindred portal]

what was the most insane tech deal ever

[fair moon]

Counting price errors and stock clearing or nah? There was that $500 oled 4070 laptop recently which was pretty crazy but realistically not available to many people

$30 crucial P5 Plus 1tb was pretty wild when it happened; SSDs in general have had some crazy deals

$165 1440p mini LED

Sub-$400 1440p OLEDs were pretty good

[balmy lake]

Nothing like the good old true Black Friday deals. Lining up outside Fry’s at like 4am to get a $300 LG top load, direct drive, with “smart diagnostics” washer that i still have. I know there’s probably better examples but thats the best i can remember specifically for me.

Fry’s always had the best deals. It’s a shame that a combination of corporate mismanagement and covid killed them.

[delicate lake]

Yeah

In a way kinda funny tho

They are a tech company and yet they chose to not adapt and change

[balmy lake]

Actually, changing is part of what did them in. Because they went about in a wrong way.

I can’t guarantee the accuracy of what i was told and I haven’t checked online. But my friend, that was a department manager, told me was that unlike other “department stores” that sold primarily by consignment, fry’s sold primarily by buying a stock of products to sell.

In ‘19, they decided to change from a reseller to consignment like most everyone else. So, THEY started pulling product from the shelves to send back to manufacturers and were expecting credit. With most of the larger companies it wasn’t such a big deal and that’s why for the most part, they always seemed to have appliances and TV’s, though at reduced capacity. However, all the smaller and/or foreign manufacturers, they had trouble with. So, they missed out most of Black Friday/Christmas of 2019. Then covid hits in ‘20 and they still can’t get shelves restocked for Black Friday/christmas 2020. So, they pulled the plug in 2021.

[cursive sage]

Were they even doing good before 2018 though?

[balmy lake]

That, i cannot confirm or deny. I know i did my part, lol. I was in there at least once a month, if not more.

[thin bolt]

@kindred portal you gotta shorten your links lmao

[cursive sage]

Can do this by removing everything that starts at the ? btw

[tawdry dragon]

$30 2tb p41 plus

$18 p44

[pallid geyser]

[torpid night]

Can we have a mod get this crap out of here? I mean what is this 💀
#tech-deals message

[fair moon]

when you can give all your data to the Chinese for some TikTok shop deals: 🤑🫱💸
when PayPal is offering 5% cashback (on top of any other deal): 😡🤬👎

[torpid night]

Because it's not a tech deal 💀

Also, get a DNS blocker if you're concerned about data theft

[fair moon]

I mean it can easily apply to tech.

Could be argued it's more of a tech deal than videogame deals which occasionally get posted

[thin bolt]

PayPal does this kinda stuff often
It’s not really a deal

[fair moon]

I have been a longtime PayPal user and not seen 5% cb before (other than certain stores or categories)

[ashen rune]

any thoughts on the B650 Ice board posted on saturday? im thinkin it would be a good choice for an upgrade, I was looking for white anyways. not sure how much of a loss it is without the X chip, and no wifi 7

[fallen idol]

What’s your current mobo?

[ashen rune]

its gonna be a whole system upgrade. im on z390 aorus master rn. but i have the budget for some higher end parts right now, so if this discounted mobo will hold me back i dont mind spending a little more

also I'm in no rush, planning to spend a couple months collecting parts so i can wait for good deals

[sick spade]

The main difference between X5X and X7X boards for AM5 is mostly naming, sometimes extra pcie slots, and more usbs.

Find whichever board looks the best and has what you want rather than going for the XXX naming scheme.

Pretty much all X5X and X7X boards perform the same on AM5 except for true top end boards and ones aimed at overclockers.

[fallen idol]

Right now it’s a top contender for White/silver motherboards. It’s really between this & Asus B650e Max gaming. Both have pretty much the same things. Maybe different Pcie 16x slots & USB/Fan connections. I actually picked it up aswell. Going to switch my A620M board out.

[pallid geyser]

$330 57X3D seems crazy

[delicate lake]

Yeah thats 5800x3d prices

I think the only move for 57 is ebay

[opal flume]

Almost as if the stock of new ones has dried up and the only sellers left are scalping and overcharging

[delicate lake]

Correct

Ali also has bad prices

[ashen rune]

thats good to hear, I wasnt sure if I was giving up more than the overclocking capability by picking B650 over X870

[fallen idol]

B650e boards are still capable of overclocks. This board in particular didn't go crazy on VRMs though, so keep that in mind. I'd say over go X870 if you make some type of content or intensive ML because they usually come with more ports, m.2s and better VRMs. If you want a more premium board but don't want to spend too much. The Asus Tuf Gaming B650e-plus wifi is a solid choice but it's not white.

[earnest storm]

@sick spade those deals are uh... not great

[sick spade]

Not the best, but it's better then what's currently available new.

[earnest storm]

not really

7900x3d sucks, 9950x for nearly 600$ sucks, 5700x3d for over 300 is really really bad, the 13600kf is ok

[sick spade]

The 9950x is still $100 below MSRP. The 7900x3D I was clear that I didn't recommend it unless you'd benefit from extra cores. The 5700x3D is for people that don't want to move up to AM5. The 13600KF is reasonable.

[earnest storm]

9950x is more expensive than on amazon either way

7900x3d is dual 6 core ccd, its really not good for anything, and a 330$ 5700x3d isnt for anyone

[sick spade]

Oh damn, I missed that.

Appreciate that note.

[sick spade]

Games still don't use 8 cores, and 12 is better than 8 for productivity. I have no arguments regarding the 5700x3D.

Removed the 5700x3D.

[earnest storm]

that 7900x3d price is the same as a still overpriced 9800x3d which is better and doesnt deal with dual ccd nonsense

[sick spade]

Dual CCD nonsense in regards to using the wrong ccd?

Or are you referring to the latency.

[earnest storm]

those among other things

[sick spade]

Haven't had issues with programs using the wrong ccd since the 9950x3D launched.

Latency is an issue for gaming, if the game forces all cores (cough cough damned Fortnite).

[earnest storm]

yes but youre on dual 8 zen5, 7900x3d is dual 6 zen 4, its just not a good buy

the 7900/9900 are avoid cpus for the most part

[sick spade]

Still good productivity cpus though.

[earnest storm]

better to go to intel for that

[sick spade]

Fair.

I am really hoping the next XX950X cpu features 12+12 cores.

[earnest storm]

that would be great

or maybe ditching the dual ccd

[sick spade]

And ideally a better way for the ram to communicate with the memory controller like Phoenix (8000 series) has which would mean we can start running +10,000mhz on SR 2 dimmers granted unsynced but that will beat 7000 synced.

[sick spade]

Issue is cost.

[earnest storm]

sadly though 8000 series are all god awful

[sick spade]

sudden thought, I wonder if it's possible to replace the ccds and memory controller on a delidded 9950 cpu.

[earnest storm]

thatd be something

[sick spade]

So a person can buy a few of them and frankenstein the best ccds and memory controller onto one chip

[earnest storm]

TR CCD

KappaHD

mc

idk why i said ccd

8 core ccd with a tr mc

[sick spade]

IIRC, this was possible on DDR4 modules with the right soldering tools and I forget the name of it but it was a Heatspreadder with essnetially hatches/trapdoors to keep the ram modules in place for quick testing.

[sick spade]

TR being threadripper?

[earnest storm]

yup

doubt its possible

but itd be funny

[sick spade]

Send the parts to some tech repair shop in brazil

They will find a way to frankenstein the stuff together.

[earnest storm]

yeah

[sick spade]

Back onto the whole CCD thing.

While I'd love to see a 24 or even a 16 core single CCD XX950 class cpu from AMD, the issue is that will cost way to much to purchase since those are harder to produce and they will have a lot more failed wafers.

[earnest storm]

yeah

[sick spade]

Unless they go Nvidia style and make small batches charging $2,000 a cpu lmao.

[earnest storm]

https://tenor.com/view/all-roads-lead-to-rome-time-rabbit-gif-9497165517404307883

[sick spade]

I want a compact All In One cpu cooler that can do sub-ambient.

Put a mini chiller into the thing.

[earnest storm]

thatd be kinda expensive

[sick spade]

If it's cheaper then a good custom loop (around $500-600 for a delidded AM5) I'd happily fork over $400 for something like that.

[cunning flame]

tbf you can do a loop for like half of the upper estimate

not a good one, but a loop's a loop

[earnest storm]

@zenith lantern that case is on sale by itself for 100$, better to get that and a century II 1050w

[hybrid stone]

And honestly, I was not impressed at all with the new 4000D

[cursive sage]

This Rosewill 1000W PSU has a pretty good deal at $89 but I'm hesitant to actually put it in #tech-deals because it's a speculative A-tier on the PSU tier list, instead of a definite A tier. Thoughts?

[earnest storm]

dont

[hybrid stone]

All I can say is I’m very impressed with the VMG850

[hybrid stone]

I’m not sure why someone would buy the 5060TI at 400$ over the 5070 at 450-475? Not ragging on the deal just generally curious

[cursive sage]

Well, it's just the 1000W that's speculative I'm pretty sure

oh wait no, 850W is speculative too

it's kind of funny, 850W is speculative B but 1000W is speculative A

[hybrid stone]

Yeah I guess I would not run it with a 5090 but 5080 way lower chance of melty connections

[hybrid stone]

I grabbed the VMG 850Ws on sale during that last 63$ deal so it is what it is lol. I’ve just been impressed is all.

When we are talking 80$-110$, there are so many unquestionable reliable units it’s not worth the risk

[delicate lake]

Pricing of the ti is strange yeah

Wait 450

I guess that is on sale then

Supposed to be 500+

[hybrid stone]

The 5070 is just so easy to get for 500$ or less otherwise I would get the gap

[cursive sage]

so would this PSU be considered unreliable

[delicate lake]

I see some for 470

The one on newegg is 480 after a rebate, so to me it is still 500

I can't believe this card is undercutting the 9070

Amd did the thing where they push the prices as high as they can while trying to undercut nvidia

Look where that got them

[hybrid stone]

I would trust it. Just not with a 5090. I’ve used at least 5x of them and they crushed on my 3-5 hour bench run HWINFO wise

[cursive sage]

Not like I'll ever get a 5090

What about a 5080

or something like that

[delicate lake]

I think a 5090 if you undervolt it, which you should do under all circumstances anyway

Thing uses too much power

[earnest storm]

only that 9070xt is a good deal

you can get a s880 4tb for 240 and that 5060ti price isnt good

[delicate lake]

It is below msrp so for a 5060ti, so it actually is

[sick spade]

I wanna overvolt for perf.

Power limit with a overvolt.

[delicate lake]

The performance gain is smaller than you think

The card can get pretty close to its power limit

You can save 100w and have no performance loss

[sick spade]

Around 3% iirc for the average card with good bins going the 5-8% range.

[sick spade]

I hear ya.

In any case I plan to get a 5080 because I am not paying 1.5x MSRP for a 5090 which is also over priced.

[torpid night]

iBuyPower = iBuyProblems
https://discordapp.com/channels/500085440221806603/500102969702875156/1436714872581787699

[lament ingot]

https://tenor.com/view/salem-techsperts-gif-2188270028763501949

[torpid night]

I'm glad somebody knows this pull

[kindred portal]

i mean

you can get the prebuilt

and remove every single of the compontents

[torpid night]

And then send it back because it's Walmart and they'd have no idea 💀

[kindred portal]

💀

[torpid night]

That GPU looks like an ROG Strix, but not a 5070 ROG Strix. Old photos? Kind of a weird listing tbh (not that you shouldn't trust it. Just weird that they used an older ROG Strix GPU for the image)

[kindred portal]

Asia horse AIO

Seems to be a Asrock mobo ?

actally no

[torpid night]

It might be some OEM motherboard

[kindred portal]

my b

[kindred portal]

ye

[torpid night]

More than likely it's OEM

yep

[kindred portal]

that GPU is a oem one

so basically

there's no value

[torpid night]

That GPU totally looks like an ROG Strix GPU of last generation lol

Wait, maybe I'm wrong?

[kindred portal]

no

it`'s not a rog strix

[torpid night]

Idk lol. I see one image of an ROG Strix 5070 that looks like an ROG Strix 4070 Super lmao

It just looks like it I guess 💀

Copiers fr

[kindred portal]

the side does not seem the same

that side

is all the same

[torpid night]

Lmao the image they used is totally a 4060 ROG Strix 💀

It has the same shroud of that 4000-series generation of the ROG Strix cards, plus it has an 8-pin. 70-class and up have the 12-pin connector

(Learned from this Amazon listing lmao)
https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Graphics-DisplayPort-Axial-tech-Technology/dp/

[kindred portal]

i see

[torpid night]

I wouldn't doubt they actually put a 5070 in that system though

Either it's OEM and they used an ROG Strix-like shroud, or the photo of the system is outdated and they forgot to take a new photo lol

[fair moon]

I would guess the model you receive can vary, so the photos of it have the branding removed to look more nondescript

[cursive sage]

I would've comped that 5070Ti even though it's supposedly noisier than the other models

A 5070Ti for $644 is basically onpar with the 9070XT

[stoic crest]

just undervolt it for cooler temps ngl

[lament ivy]

These Newegg gift cards. Can you use multiple gift cards on a single purchase?

Like if you want a GPU, can you use $100+$100+$15+$15 =$230.00 on one purchase?

[pallid geyser]

Should be able to

[lament ivy]

Would like confirmation if possible please.

[fringe olive]

I have used two in one order.

Never have had 4 gift cards at one time, so I can't confirm that.

[cunning flame]

yes

it acts like a credit and deducts from your total at purchase

i have like $350 in credit rn with $50 of that promotional free stuff

[civic sun]

usually those limitations only apply to coupon codes but I can't say for sure

[gleaming night]

I'm looking at 2 pcs and not sure if the brands are trustworthy or what one is better

https://www.newegg.ca/abs-flux-ii-aqua-gaming-desktop-pc-geforce-rtx-5060-intel-core-5-120f-32gb-ddr4-1tb-nvme-ssd-fa120f5060/p/N82E16883360917?item=N82E16883360917&_gl=1*k6xx85*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE3NjI1NDc0MzMuQ2p3S0NBaUF6cmJJQmhBM0Vpd0FVQmFVZFdnVjA5T1RHNTdpT0FJdWN1SkVSbU50TVVlMkRoQ2ZwQkl3THVzdUYtazNqTUpJTXZKWUdCb0NDSDhRQXZEX0J3RQ.._gcl_auNjM1OTE5NDYzLjE3NTgzNDAxNDE._gaMTEzODkwMTIwNC4xNzU4MzQwMTQy*_ga_F2QP10CXSWczE3NjI3MjkyOTMkbzI0JGcxJHQxNzYyNzI5NDM1JGo1JGwwJGgxMzE2NTkwNDEy_fplc*R21UbURZMGE5cHNxYlBoOEJqb3RPJTJCWWJxbER6NFZpTUdjRDl5SWklMkZpc0tzZklCV0ZzdTlGM3JZMkZlaDJRJTJCWTQwWWQ1VVJycUswazVoRWZ5cWIyaU1RMTZaM0xSRG5LN0tzOGJlaWdBQzJZeldHSnJ0Q2RBNkJEdlV6TlpRJTNEJTNE

First one

https://www.newegg.ca/azza-gaming-desktop-pc-amd-radeon-rx-9060-xt-intel-core-i5-14400f-32gb-ddr5-1tb-ssd-carmel-lite/p/N82E16883989025?item=N82E16883989025&_gl=1*1pjq27c*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE3NjI1NDc0MzMuQ2p3S0NBaUF6cmJJQmhBM0Vpd0FVQmFVZFdnVjA5T1RHNTdpT0FJdWN1SkVSbU50TVVlMkRoQ2ZwQkl3THVzdUYtazNqTUpJTXZKWUdCb0NDSDhRQXZEX0J3RQ.._gcl_auNjM1OTE5NDYzLjE3NTgzNDAxNDE._gaMTEzODkwMTIwNC4xNzU4MzQwMTQy*_ga_F2QP10CXSWczE3NjI3MjkyOTMkbzI0JGcxJHQxNzYyNzI5Mzk1JGo0NSRsMCRoMTMxNjU5MDQxMg.._fplc*dERFVm1kRmE4SGRncUhKa3hhVCUyQmxTJTJCa1cxYXN4TEVxNHlod0FNMnFPWWJETiUyRjhSWGlEb1hqbXhsR0ZBYUhVaXgzVzhNbE1PdDVPamZsWldXTk9TbHFsN3JOa01YV3l1dkUlMkZteHBpTHNwem5DUmVpc1NsZGlZclN6WWxWQWclM0QlM0Q.

Second one

[thin bolt]

@gleaming night what’s your budget

[gleaming night]

1500 with tax so around 1300

[thin bolt]

Hold

Does it need to be on Newegg @gleaming night

[gleaming night]

No

[gleaming night]

I'm heading to bed if you have info feel free to dm me

[kindred portal]

wow

crazy

[cunning flame]

yeah i considered buying it and flipping my XT, but i'm pretty sure my waterblock is incompatible unfortunately

and i'm not buying another waterblock just for a 15% faster GPU lol

[thin bolt]

Sorry, I crashed as soon as I said hold

If anyone else can help him find a better pc in CA$, do that

[sick spade]

Maybe don't use the waterblock?

[cunning flame]

my blocked 7900 xt is faster than i could get an XTX to on air. no point in it, i don't need the extra 4 gigs

[delicate lake]

If it is the same model from the same board partner then it should work

[sick spade]

Ahh gotcha.

[hybrid stone]

Man aside from the fact this is ugly and it’s a stock cooler, this price is hard to beat. ~1060$ after tax.

[fair moon]

Yea the powerspec pcs are some of the best price/perf I’ve seen before

[tawdry dragon]

I've been on the used side of the market for so long that something like that looks like a horrible deal

Just today I saw a 12700kf/5070 PC for $750

[kindred portal]

💀

Used deal LMAO

god some people are dumb lmao

[ashen rune]

is the x870 ice board better than the b650e board I was asking about last week? similar price and both gigabyte so idk

[cursive sage]

https://tenor.com/view/beer-gif-3080179580444295005

[dense pond]

Anyone know any good monitors on sale?

[fallen idol]

what are you looking for? 4K, 1440p, Oled?

[fringe olive]

Razer makes an AIO?

[dense pond]

240hz mainly

[cursive sage]

https://www.microcenter.com/product/702248/pny-xlr8-gaming-epic-x-rgb-32gb-(2-x-16gb)-ddr5-6400-pc5-51200-cl36-dual-channel-desktop-memory-kit-md32gk2d5600036xrgb-black

is this a good deal, despite being in-store only? $94

nvm sold out quick, damn

[fallen idol]

so a Esports monitor? 1080p 240hz?

[dense pond]

yes

[fallen idol]

The new AW2525HM was $199.99 on dell website. Not 100% sure if it is still but doesn’t seem too bad.

If you want something more cheap im using the Msi Mag 255XF 300Hz Monitor. It’s $150 right now. Color Accuracy & Pre calibrated colors are pretty bad. Terrible ghosting at 60hz & mid ghosting at 120hz. No ghosting 144hz+.

If you have more of a budget then BenQ Zowie monitors are the best of the best.

[dense pond]

What does ghosting mean?

[fair moon]

Fast moving objects have a "trail"/"ghost" behind them

[shut lava]

FYI: Only 1 PCIE 8 pin connector with that PSU. its meant for newer GPUs with the new 🔥 connector. #tech-deals message

[fringe olive]

1 connector to burn them all

[lament ivy]

Think that 9070XT worth snatching? Havent seen one that low yet, but it's also not Black Friday yet.

[fallen idol]

I'd say so

I don't think it gets much lower than that tbh

[zenith rose]

hey does anyone know if a 4070ti super is worth buying for 700? Tryna see if I can get the best value for my buck

[fallen idol]

Not really when a 5070 ti is available for $730

or a 9070 xt for $580

[zenith rose]

ah i see

ty for letting me know, i saw a used 7900 xtx for 560 and i thought of that too, only because both are white (unfortunately prioritizing aesthetics)

[cunning flame]

you can get open box 5070 ti's for less than that sometimes. 700 is common for them

[earnest storm]

No

[earnest storm]

Xtx for 560 is a good deal, I’d get that if you wanna play in 4k, 9070xt for 580/600 if you wanna play in 1440p, care about rt or upscaling

[zenith rose]

I see, yeah definitely wanna be able to play 4k but 1440p doesn’t hurt so might go for that. I appreciate the advice 😊🙏

[dreamy burrow]

Saw on the Black Friday ad they have a 9800x3d bundle but it’s listed as a Ryzen 5 9800x3d. Anyway to confirm it’s for the Ryzen 7 and not another Ryzen 5 processor?

[lament ivy]

Can you link please? Also interested in a 9800x3d

[dreamy burrow]

It’s in the Black Friday ad - really good deal too if it’s a 9800x3d.

https://www.newegg.com/promotions/black-friday/2025/index-all-products.html#allDeals

[fair moon]

Says Ryzen 7 for me

[dreamy burrow]

The picture is a ryzen 7 box but the text says “Ryzen 5 9800x3d”

[dreamy burrow]

I can’t figure out how to attach a picture but you’re looking at just the CPU. I’m talking about the bundle. Your picture shows a 7800x3d

Here is the text from it

Valid 11/23-11/29
After $553.99 instant savings
SAVE
40%
$824.99
$1378.98
AMD Ryzen 5 9800X3D with ASUS ROG X870E APEX and CORSAIR CMH32GX5M2N6400C36
Free MSI MAG Coreliquid A15
360mm AIO ARGB Black Liquid Cooler, Limited Offer, Additional Savings w/ Promo Code

[fair moon]

Ah, I see the bundle further down

I think it's safe to assume they will include the r7 9800x3d

[dreamy burrow]

Just seemed like a really good deal especially with the motherboard they included.

[fair moon]

I don't think it's that crazy of a deal

You can build your own for $850 with better ram and slightly better cooler

Not quite as good of a motherboard

[earnest storm]

why apex

[thin bolt]

Why is Temu selling this

[cunning flame]

6750 gre
look inside
it's an rx 6700

[earnest storm]

@sick spade 204$ 7600x is like really expensive

oh wait it has the cooler too

[sick spade]

Still a 30% discount not even including the cooler.

[earnest storm]

well 7600x is normally 180 or less

[sick spade]

Haven't seen them that cheap outside Refurbs. Anyways $204 with a cooler is decent.

[earnest storm]

just look on amazon

[delicate lake]

It’s aight

9600x was 180 for a while

Oh this is the dual tower

That is a good cooler

Ok I see why the price is like that then

I thought it was that single tower with one fan

Never mind, this is good then

[leaden onyx]

Does anybody know how I get the Black Friday price of $89.99 for the Corsair RMe 850W power supply? It rings up as $109.99 when I chack out. https://www.newegg.com/corsair-rmx-series-atx-3-1-compatible-850-w-cybenetics-gold-power-supply-black-rm850e/p/N82E16817139336?Item=N82E16817139336&Tpk=N82E16817139336&cm_sp=BlackFriday-_-eflyer-_-2025-_-1120-1129

Ahh, nevermind. Sale doesn't start until Nov 20.

[fair moon]

looks like the promo code isn't taking off quite as much as it should yup sale hasn't started yet

[leaden onyx]

Yeah, they got my hopes up lol

[burnt prawn]

Yo that guy just posted his own GPU on the tech deals 😂

And in the bio it says “no refunds” 💀💀💀

[delicate lake]

That is not his

[cursive sage]

hey @kindred portal can you start adding descriptions to the links so we dont have to click on it to see what it is

like for your most recent one could do like "$699 5070Ti"

[kindred portal]

Yeah sorry

[cursive sage]

its all good

[sick spade]

@kindred portal affiliate links are fine so long as it's a deal.

At the end of the day, we all go there for discount parts, we aren't going there to avoid paying commissions.

[burnt prawn]

But a eBay link to a random seller who is only selling 1 item and it says “no refunds” is pretty sketch, right? I understand we are going for deal but sketchy deals aren’t something that should be put onto the deal channel imo.

In that case I think there should be a “sketch tech deal” channel 💀. Cuz it’s one thing to buy refurb from Newegg/Amazon where they could potentially take out parts cuz there r refunds on most (if not all) of those.

[fair moon]

The seller has a lot of sales and good reviews

As for the "no returns", I don't think that being in the description voids you being covered by the ebay guarantee or whatever they call it

[stoic crest]

Ebay guarantee ignores the no return policy, yes

You either get refunded or return the product and get refunded

[cunning flame]

that XTX 'deal' is worse than what they sold for when they were new lolol

but MSRP 9070 xt is always nice

[fair moon]

@keen marsh see PSU linked in tech deals, great buy for the BC-250 if you don't have a PSU already

[sick spade]

I do agree with avoiding sketchy sellers in general though as others have Mentioned eBay does refund if there is an issue. What they do is hold the money till you receive the product. This goes double if paid with PayPal.

.

[sick spade]

While true you gotta keep in mind the current market. As it stands it offers 9070xt raster performance with 50% more Vram for those who want/need that.

[burnt prawn]

Tbh, I’ve never had to do a refund on eBay before (I don’t buy too many things) so when I saw “no returns” it just instantly made me do a double take and wonder why their post was still up. Mb 🫡

[cunning flame]

it's 'no returns ((for silly reasons)),' you still get a refund for the usual DOA/damaged/not as described stuff

[sick spade]

Absolutely no need to apologize.

[lament ivy]

Question about the ram in tech deals. What makes it so good as a CL46? Just trying to learn

[earnest storm]

The die can run much much higher speeds and voltage

[cunning flame]

overclocking

A die scales incredibly well, and can run at super low latency even while pushing frequency very high

[bold willow]

Damn the Corsair cases are still $50

I really want one

But then I’ll have 3 cases

I have a O11D and A3 rn

[cunning flame]

buy one and give me the case you replace

[bold willow]

Currently running the A3

I just wanna know if the corsair case would make cable management and space easier

Since it’s a lil wider

Rn I’m kinda annoyed about my A3 since it’s hard to work with, can’t see the inside, and it’s messy

The Corsair kinda looks nicer

My A3 has a custom printed front panel

I got the O11D on hardware swap for $50, yeah all the screws were in a single ziploc but it was perfect condition

[crisp marten]

🥹 i need help choosing a gpu to upgrade to with amazon/newegg deals

gpu i was gonna choose 9060xt 16gb which was 350$ and woah whopping sale... 350$ (down from "370$")

[gilded zodiac]

https://www.newegg.com/powercolor-reaper-rx9060xt-16g-a-radeon-rx-9060-xt-16gb-video-card-double-fans/p/N82E16814131880

Like this one?

Prices are good for budget/Mid range gpu's ish

budgets prices are going well right now

[crisp marten]

yes that one im looking for a good priced 16gb gpu rn, found it on amazon for 340$

https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-RadeonTM-DisplayPort-Axial-tech-Technology/dp/B0FLHBFFX4?crid=3BUGGKGL6LTH0&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.fG2II2qpMjoKm3EWOO1Vpg.me3V2Omy_aGP8v_dh0TPNFsdzN2PTg4gD_colXOLWts&dib_tag=se&keywords=9060%2Bxt%2B16gb&psr=EY17&qid=1763654851&s=black-friday&sprefix=9060%2Bxt%2B16gb%2Cblack-friday%2C195&sr=1-1&th=1

probably best deal possible?

[gilded zodiac]

If the difference is around $20-30 (which this is), I would really look into where you get the products from. If something goes wrong, who do you want to deal with? Which platform do you feel most comfortable using? Where can you talk to people about the platform?

Some people love Amazon for their Prime or familiarity with it.
Some people love Newegg for the support and community build around it.

If the prices are so close, there's other factors worth considering

I'm not telling you one is inherently better than the other, but I'm giving you more information so you can make an informed decision.

And you know why to choose one or the other

@crisp marten

hope that helps :3

[crisp marten]

ooo alr alr ty! :3

[thin bolt]

@cunning flame not sure why your deals are getting flagged

[cunning flame]

neither am i lol

[thin bolt]

Try one more time

Oh wait it worked now

[cursive sage]

#tech-deals message

So for this deal, there's an MSI OLED sold for $20 more. Not sure which one is better bc I'm not an OLED guy

[balmy lake]

Also make sure you’re actually buying from amazon or newegg instead of a third party reseller. Or if you are buying third party, make sure you check their reviews/ratings.

[fair moon]

Chat do I snag this for $311?

https://www.newegg.com/msi-mag-271qp-qd-oled-x24-27-qhd-240-hz-metallic-black/p/N82E16824475469?tpk=1&item=N82E16824475469

Oh there's this too that I could get for $295

https://www.bestbuy.com/product/aoc-27-qd-oled-qhd-240hz-g-sync-compatible-03ms-gaming-monitor-black/JX9GSKP9H6

I think the msi is better value

[cursive sage]

What you mean by $311 and $295 for those monitors

is there some sort of deal I'm not seeing?

[fair moon]

20% Cashback via paypal

I have a feeling it's either for longtime PayPal users or those who have high credit but I'm not sure

[pallid geyser]

Wonder if that 20% cashback works with Walmart

Also it sucks cos it’s for purchases $30-$1500 and the pc I wanna buy is $1699 lol

[cunning flame]

from what i've seen the AOC probably has better HDR, and besides that the panels seem pretty similar. just snagged the AOC one haha

[fair moon]

I saw the MSI one had better hdr lol. Maybe they're just really similar

[fair moon]

Wonder if you could convince a salesperson to split the purchase into $1500 + $199 lol

[delicate lake]

[fair moon]

https://versus.com/en/aoc-q27g4zd-27-vs-msi-mag-271qp-qd-oled-x24-27

Not sure if the numbers it's pulling are correct

[cunning flame]

AOC should have significantly greater max and peak brightness, which is why i assume it would be superior despite both panels supporting different, sorta non-comparable HDR ratings

[fair moon]

MSI:
SDR: 250nits
HDR: 450-1000(peak)

AOC:
SDR: Not listed
HDR: 450-1000

From manufacturer sites

At the end of the days they're both gonna look great because they're oled lol

Rtings doesn't have either one unfortunately :(

[bold willow]

The apple AirTag is $17 rn

Is it worth it

Was thinking about getting as a gift for someone

They have an iPhone, iPad, watch, and MacBook so like it’ll fit into their ecosystem

[civic sun]

they are nice to have for keys, backpacks or other expensive items

I have like 3 or 4 for my equipment cases, backpacks and keychains

[worthy crown]

Where

Wrong channel

Also it’s Amazon

[bold willow]

Ordered one AirTag

I think it’s a pretty practical gift

All I want for Christmas is a phone holder on my e scooter lol

One handing a scooter at 20 mph is not very safe

[plain sphinx]

Anyone have a suggestion for a laptop deal. My wife currently has an old Mac air. I see at Costco they're on sale for 749.

Shes willing to switch to something else if we got a good deal. Basic internet, streaming, video editing, and other basic apps.

Don't want to go over 1k (us based)

[stoic crest]

macbook air

it'd easily fit your budget and your wife will upgrade seamlessly

something with m1 chip or newer works

any m series, can't go wrong with them

brand new m4 mba is available on best buy rn for $750

https://www.bestbuy.com/product/apple-macbook-air-13-inch-laptop-apple-m4-chip-built-for-apple-intelligence-16gb-memory-256gb-ssd-midnight/JJGCQ8RH7G

[earnest storm]

Look on eBay for a 512gb+ m series Mac air, I saw a m3 512gb for like 600 the other day

[civic sun]

macbook air is nice, id just recommend getting something with at least 16gb ram

[plain sphinx]

MacBook Air Laptop (13-inch) - Apple M4 chip, Built for Apple Intelligence, 10-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16GB Memory, 256GB SSD Storage
Is at Costco for 750 currently. Which isn't bad (I have external hard drives set up already)

[stoic crest]

you can also save 100 more by going for one with m3 chip

[plain sphinx]

Oh that's the same as bestbuy

[stoic crest]

they're both pretty fast

m4 and m3

[plain sphinx]

Is there any benefits to buy from beatbuy or Costco?

[stoic crest]

reliable warranty and ease of making returns

[plain sphinx]

I just like the 2+4% cashback at Costco haha.

[stoic crest]

if costco has the same deals

then i would go for it

[plain sphinx]

Yea last day. Might do it, was trying to see if there is anything near the MacBook air in stats and price. But not seeing anything

[stoic crest]

yep, it's hard to match the air

[fair moon]

Closest you'll get is one of the snapdragon laptops

Occasionally there will be a 16gb model with oled for $500 or so

[simple mulch]

Hi all, is this a good deal? Listed cons? If so, why be concerned? Planning on getting my very first gaming pc

https://www.newegg.com/p/3D5-006G-00042?Item=9SIC01CKMH7710

[simple mulch]

Its for esports shooter titles mainly

[earnest storm]

oh god no not at that price

[earnest storm]

just build it yourself

prebuilts are all bad rn

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TXLWxg

[fallen idol]

add another $200 for the ram price

[uncut plume]

https://www.newegg.com/doorbuster Scroll down to 11/24, sales go live at 9AM Pacific time, noon Eastern. Based on the other similar prebuilts they had on earlier weeks that will probably be like 600 or 650 if you can snag one at that kind of price it would be great. If it is that cheap it's going to sell out quick. Would normally be 800 and I'd probably take that price over the one you linked too.

[earnest storm]

14400f? 5060? nah

[uncut plume]

For esports? And well under $1000? What could you get that's significantly better?

[tacit mantle]

Does anyone know if this will eventually restock if it doesn't have an auto-notify option?
https://www.newegg.ca/azza-gaming-desktop-pc-amd-radeon-rx-9060-xt-intel-core-i5-14400f-32gb-ddr5-1tb-ssd-carmel-lite/p/N82E16883989025

In time for me to buy it with the black friday deal

[earnest storm]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/f8Y6Yd this

like

infinately better

for about 1k

dont have to deal with crap quality components from prebuilts either

[uncut plume]

That would be a better cpu and more vram. Rest of the stuff will be pretty comparable. I generally don't bother telling people to just spend more.

[earnest storm]

better cpu, better gpu, better ram, better everything

[uncut plume]

I don't think it's a bad list or anything. Would be pretty close to where I'd point someone if they wanted a build for $1k.

[earnest storm]

still

14400f sucks

ddr4 also sucks

that board is iffy at best

5060 sucks

[uncut plume]

I'd take a 14400f over a 5700x all day. Prime boards usually do suck but it's not like it's getting paired with an unlocked i7/i9.

[earnest storm]

no the board just sucks

wifi5, no features

its just not a great build

[uncut plume]

If you're looking at prebuilts there are always going to be things you don't like unless you want to pay out the nose for a custom one but at that point you likely know what you're doing well enough to just spend the time and build it.
Your self configured list there has no wifi at all btw. 😉

[earnest storm]

wifi card for a solid 5$ or ethernet

[tacit mantle]

Does anyone know if this will eventually restock if it doesn't have an auto-notify option?
https://www.newegg.ca/azza-gaming-desktop-pc-amd-radeon-rx-9060-xt-intel-core-i5-14400f-32gb-ddr5-1tb-ssd-carmel-lite/p/N82E16883989025

In time for me to buy it with the black friday deal

[fair moon]

unlikely. It's the 8gb 9060xt though so not that amazing of a deal anyways

[tacit mantle]

its canadian

so its around 780$ usd

[fair moon]

oh totally missed that

yeah better deal then

[tacit mantle]

dad insisted on making me buy it over the weekend and now its out of stock 😢

[fair moon]

are you open to building your own?

[tacit mantle]

yeah

from what ive seen prebuilts look alot cheaper rn tho

especially with the ram prices