tech-deals-discussion

[light bay]

@pulsar fable smh the Newegg 11400 is ONE CENT cheaper

[pulsar fable]

a whole cent? Woah

[light bay]

Yeah crazy

I wonder if Newegg did that on purpose so they show up first on pcpp

[pulsar fable]

Maybe xD

[light bay]

Pretty smart strategy tbh

[pulsar fable]

and thus started the cent wars

[light bay]

Yes

[thick locust]

Wow that’s a good black friday deal

[vapid hound]

question is there a way to claim a discount if you have already bought a item without a discount?

[vague pine]

if youre talking about Newegg, if the product is BlackFriday Protected which you can check on the listing of the product, then you can contact Newgg and youll be refunded the difference. if youre talking about other sites, cant tell you much

[vapid hound]

ok thanks ill do that

[vernal zephyr]

https://www.newegg.ca/abs-ali571/p/N82E16883360206?Item=N82E16883360206&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-83-360-206-_-11242021

Is this a good deal for a pc? It’s CAD fyi (1.2k USD)

My budget is 1500 CAD

[jolly inlet]

Not a bad option but you might want a different case

[sweet cove]

hello everyone

could someone help me find a ram compatible with this laptop

https://www.newegg.com/global/il-en/core-black-msi-gp-series-gp66-leopard-11uh-032-gaming-entertainment/p/N82E16834155852?Item=N82E16834155852

[lofty moss]

what are you doing where 16gb isnt enough?

[sweet cove]

i want to get 64 gb

gaming and graphic works

[lofty moss]

what kind of graphics work?

[sweet cove]

3d modeling

[lofty moss]

ahh

laptop has 2 sodimm slots

so you can get 2x32gb sodimms

@sweet cove https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-64gb-260-pin-ddr4-so-dimm/p/N82E16820374025

[vernal zephyr]

Would this be better? https://www.newegg.ca/abs-ali569/p/N82E16883360199?Item=N82E16883360199&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-83-360-199-_-11242021

[grand orbit]

Definitely worth the extra 50$ for the better case

[fleet marlin]

@vague pine those modern mice* have crazy dpi, is it just for certain games? I run 1600 max for FPS games. I'm digging that Viper one. 8k hz polling is interesting. 1k hz used to be plenty.

[waxen raft]

I’m trying to find a good deal on 32gb rgb ram

[grand orbit]

Check #tech-deals i just posted one

[waxen raft]

Not rgb though

[next kindle]

Whats looking to be the best monitor deal for black friday

[grand orbit]

M27q at 280$

[next kindle]

amazon?

[grand orbit]

Amazon, newegg and best buy

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/k8GnTW/gigabyte-m27q-270-2560x1440-170-hz-monitor-m27q

[next kindle]

oh wow awesome thanks

[grand orbit]

Np

[worn hedge]

https://www.newegg.com/tacklife-f4-blue-mini-fridge-4-liter-ac-dc-portable-personal-fridge-energy-saving-cooler-and-warmer/p/0EZ-00EA-00003?Item=9SIAWR7FM80964&cm_sp=Dailydeal_SS-_-9SIAWR7FM80964-_-11242021

The real question.

is how pog champ is a 30 dollar mini fridge.

[fair moon]

more micro than mini

[vague pine]

mice always tend to advertise the highest dpi setting it can do, otherwise it can range from 400dpi - highest the mouse can do so youre fine and can switch to the dpi you want

[fleet marlin]

@vague pine Oh I get that, but using 1600 dpi max is why I went w/ a 6k dpi deathadder. I am eyeing the Viper model though. Seems neat w/ optical switches & such.

[brittle lagoon]

I'm tempted to get a rvu

[fleet marlin]

@brittle lagoon link? I'll check in a bit, got some work now

[brittle lagoon]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YPC3BQC/

[vague pine]

even though i dont use mine anymore, i recommend the viper ultimate when its on sale vs its normal price

pretty good mouse, main gripe with it is the rubber side gripes but theyre not that much of a bother compared to the rubber gripes steel series uses

[stable marsh]

How are prices determined here? For instance, why do prices generally seem higher here vs. Amazon and Best Buy? Most of the “deals” and sales aren’t as low as the others charge for products at regular price, let alone discounts when they have sales.

[fair moon]

@stable marsh are you talking about Newegg?

I find that it generally has similar prices to other retailers but also gets some spicy rebates you don't see elsewhere

[stoic crest]

^

[gloomy birch]

My luck the rebates would expire

[stoic crest]

Rebates are most of the times uh

Slow as molasses

Or never arrive

[gloomy birch]

Ya it's why I never trust rebates besides it means you can only use it at the company

I lost all my rebates when I built my pc so I never used them

[jolly inlet]

Newegg does price matching at certain times of the year

Ask @foggy coral about price matching on Friday during business hours

[slow sluice]

Are they able to price match the third party sellers?

[jolly inlet]

Not to my knowledge

[stable marsh]

I guess the expectation at this point in time would be that everyone is nearly the same price, or businesses wouldn’t be around that long. It doesn’t add up for instance with WD hard drives where every single one is priced between 20-60% higher than the others. It seems like the NE pricing folks aren’t able to be realistically competitive. Agreed with rebates…what year is it again? Help us help you!

[jolly inlet]

Drives are weird. Because of the naming you might be looking at 2 different year model drives with the same name and specs, and the only way to really tell is if the listing gives an exact model number or manufacture date.

[stoic crest]

^^

[stable marsh]

That was a general example but before you go into the weeds on that example, no, not for what I took the time to look up and cross reference by product #s. There’s no acceptable reason for Amazon and Best Buy to have a drive for $236.99 and $239.99 respectively, and the exact same model on NE is $319.

[fleet marlin]

@stable marsh I hear ya. It's why we have to go through the hassle of checking multiple sites. If prices are similar, Amazon is my go-to for shipping speed & the 5 or Sometimes 10% cashback.
--The "monthly" payment setups are neat too. I'm not familiar w/ newegg's Zip thing.

[brittle lagoon]

Do keep in mind Newegg doesn't directly sell a lot of products, so that price might becoming from some random third party seller that happens to sell on Newegg.

And well, using a tool for comparing external drive prices, Newegg prices don't look out of place
https://shucks.top/

[marsh sphinx]

Hey man do you know any more such websites for drive prices (not being 8TB+) 🙂

its awesome

[brittle lagoon]

Unfortunately, no, this is a website ran by someone for high capacity external drives for shucking in use in Nas and such

[marsh sphinx]

okok

[fleet marlin]

btw I did check. The wired Viper is only $40 right now, but the newer Hypespeed is tempting. 10% back doesn't hurt. My year or 2 old Deathadder is still going strong. Perhaps I should just get a modern wireless model for kicks.

[stable marsh]

I think that’s the problem - people come to the site expecting super deals, but once you pass the silly fonts and stickers, it too often is another version of eBay

[brittle lagoon]

I mean, half the things on Amazon are sold by third party sellers, and they're not eBay, I don't think there's anything wrong with just another marketplace that might have better deals

[stoic crest]

^

It's competition

And choice

[marsh sphinx]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GCL6BR4?coliid=I28ERF3WXSYCQ6&colid=2P0ZCORB0LAAL&psc=1 this a good deal?

https://www.newegg.com/enermax-uctba14p-case-fan/p/N82E16835214086? supposedly free fan but enermax rebate sucks fyi

[grand orbit]

Nah

[jolly inlet]

Also max of 1200 rpm which is really bad unless you need total silence

[grand orbit]

Tbf for 1$ what do you expect lol

[brittle lagoon]

It's also limit 1 per household

So don't plan on buying many

[grand orbit]

True true that's the biggest catch tbh

[jolly inlet]

@loud sandal Is that Hulu deal valid for current customers or new customers only?

[loud sandal]

I'm not sure sorry I think it is for all tho

I went into my Hulu account and pressed resub and that deal popped up

[jolly inlet]

Looks like it's only new and returning subscribers

[grand orbit]

Cancel sub, reactivate

[loud sandal]

Okay so it says you need to not have Hulu for 1 yea

Tbh I would say cancel make a dummy email and sub on that

FbI gunna come knocking on my door

[fair moon]

So there's a best buy deal for a free 6 months of Apple music but I can actually get it

Says this but it's free

So there's no place to put in card details

[loud sandal]

You need a credit card

[fair moon]

I have one in my account

[loud sandal]

You need to enter the CCV code on back it's 3 digit

[fair moon]

^

[light bay]

@olive lance 970 Evo plus 500 is 55 aswell tho, I'd say it's quite a better ssd too

[olive lance]

oo

[light bay]

Samsung direct even has it for 55

[jolly inlet]

What that translates to is "free with purchase"

[fair moon]

Yeah I ended up just buying something cheap

[grand orbit]

@west coral you forgot to add a link to your deal btw

[west coral]

reception is too bad to find the link

[grand orbit]

Fair enough lol

[jolly inlet]

That SD card is A1 rated so it's going to have pretty good speeds. A1 means certified for Android with a minimum read/write.

[crystal wave]

https://www.newegg.com/enermax-liquid-cooling-system-liqmax-iii-argb-version/p/N82E16835214109?

https://www.newegg.com/enermax-liquid-cooling-system-aquafusion-240-white/p/17Z-00B8-00005?Item=17Z-00B8-00005&nm_mc=AFC-RAN-COM&cm_mmc=AFC-RAN-COM&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=afc-PCPartPicker&AFFID=2558510&AFFNAME=PCPartPicker&ACRID=1&ASID=https%3A%2F%2Fpcpartpicker.com%2F&ranMID=44583&ranEAID=2558510&ranSiteID=8BacdVP0GFs-IdEDVPRsKBjtsf.OHqldxA

not sure which aio to go for?

or neither?

[azure pond]

wwhat cpu

[crystal wave]

intel i5 12600k

[light bay]

Don't get the leakmax iii

[crystal wave]

lol

[azure pond]

this is prolly fine for a 12600k https://www.newegg.com/arctic-cooling-liquid-freezer-ii-240-liquid-cooling-system/p/N82E16835186247?Description=artic freezer 2&cm_re=artic_freezer 2-_-35-186-247-_-Product

maybe the 280mm

[light bay]

Or check out Galahad/ek aio

If you want better looks

[crystal wave]

Yea trying to go for a white pc build

[light bay]

Galahad then

[crystal wave]

should i get the sl120s? my case is also LIan Li. I have a lot of glass, so i liked the idea of them just connecting and no wires. Or are there cheaper case fans that can do same thing?

[crystal wave]

thanks

[crystal wave]

thanks as well

[azure pond]

check out the artic p12s

tho im not sure theres a white version

https://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-ACFAN00135A-Value-Pack-Pressure-Optimized/dp/B081VQBB6G/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=artic%2Bp12s%2Bwhite&qid=1637890344&qsid=134-9676822-6363907&sr=8-6&sres=B098XP1Y38%2CB08WPDD6GD%2CB07WP6M7P7%2CB07H25DYM3%2CB07WSDLRVP%2CB07HC7P3HJ%2CB07WNJCVNW%2CB08SVVJ1VS%2CB08HLPFXWM%2CB07VSQ27NQ%2CB07C5VG64V%2CB07CG2PGY6%2CB0842YK4L5%2CB07PN4RDW3%2CB07CNXHYJ2%2CB082DYR132&srpt=ELECTRONIC_COMPONENT_FAN&th=

[crystal wave]

will i end up with a lot of wires? i might have like 3 120s on the bottom 3 on the top. 2 on the radiator and 1 in the back lol.

[azure pond]

im not sure

[jolly inlet]

There's really no way to have a bunch of rgb fans and not have tons of cables

Even the lian li uni fans have a lot once you start connecting hubs together

[crystal wave]

ok ill probably get cheaper ones than. ill still be able to make it look nice if i cable manage properly right?

was really debating making a white pc cus I wanted to. But at this point ill probably just save money if i just make a black one

[jolly inlet]

Yeah there's a white tax for PCs, they tend to be 10-20% more expensive

[fair moon]

Black is more popular by far, so white components are more rare and less varied

[jolly inlet]

True, and white is a lot harder to keep looking clean

[fair moon]

I had a white gpu in an otherwise all black build

White goes nice with lighting

Like rgb looks nice cast onto white components

[minor lava]

@jade pilot plz no talk in #tech-deals talk here instead

What’s your budget?

[jade pilot]

Ideally under 500

Not for me

[stoic crest]

are you in the us?

[jade pilot]

yes

[stoic crest]

okie

lemme find some deals

https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/ConfigureView?langId=-1&storeId=10151&catalogId=10051&catEntryId=3074457345619903818&urlLangId=&quantity=1&jumpid=ma_black-friday-sale_product-tile_laptops_17_2k3t2av-1_hp-laptop---15z-ef20 @jade pilot

Get this one but with options as following

Silver color, 512 gb ssd, second choice for screen

Leave the rest alone and this should cost 509.99

If you want backlit keyboard, it's 30 extra

[jade pilot]

actually looks pretty good

it's for my grandma tbh

[stoic crest]

It would still be great for her, yeah

[jade pilot]

thanks btw

[grand orbit]

Damm 0$ after rebate they really tryna get rid of those fans

[stoic crest]

free fans

IF the rebate ever comes

[fleet marlin]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08DK2FB7G
sk Hynix P31 500GB Currently $56 also, lol. It's close or better than the Samsung. 👍

[grand orbit]

Nice deal

[fleet marlin]

Says Black Friday Deal Includes $14.00 Prime savings, so no doubt limited time. WIsh I had nvme/m.2, lol. It's awesome seeing most's ssd's around $100/GB nowadays.

[fair moon]

yeah its awesome how quickly ssd prices have dropped

[pulsar fable]

I wish I got that MSI SPATIUM while it was still in stock. $75 for a 1tb nvme is something i wish i could have taken advantage of

[grand orbit]

Not only any ssd, it's an A tier ssd

[pulsar fable]

yeah, pcie 4.0* x4

[grand orbit]

Yeah but pcie 4 doesn't actually mean much, i mean an actual a tier https://github.com/windshields/stoRAGE-consumer-SSD-buying-guide

[pulsar fable]

where have these guides been my PC building carrier ;-;

trick question. I just didnt know where to look
Edit: Now i know where to look

[grand orbit]

Pins on #storage-devices

[vagrant ember]

Quick Question: this prebuilt is 1600 but as of right now it’s out of stock. So I jus need to know if I back order the pc will I be changed 2200(original amount without Black Friday deal) or 1600(the time of the backorder placement)

[grand orbit]

I'd say its 1600 but not 100% confident

[civic sun]

Should i wait to see if there is a deal on elgato key light airs or should i just get 2 key lights

[grave delta]

But neewer lights on Amazon

[civic sun]

True xD

[grand orbit]

@split vale m27q on like Amazon newegg and best buy i believe

[split vale]

[void whale]

[light bay]

Ye just gotta keep bgr weird subpixel layout in mind

[split vale]

If only 2k gaming was supported on ps5

[light bay]

Shoulda gotten a series x smh

[split vale]

They're ahead of the curve man...

big brainers over there

[teal anvil]

Anyone know how to get free shipping on Newegg?

[normal tiger]

@west coral woah there’s no limit to how many 2xl you can get? I wanna get 2 but dont wanna have to pay for a 2nd one

[stoic crest]

get stuff that says shipped by newegg

newegg does have third party sellers around

those can charge shipping

things marked with "shipped by newegg" are sold by newegg

[teal anvil]

I want to buy item ship and sold by Newegg but seems they have restrictions on free shipping "Shipping Restrictions

Additional fees may apply for shipments to APO/FPO, AK, HI and PR."

Anyway to bypass this? Amazon, Best Buy etc has free shipping no issues

[stoic crest]

Nope

[gloomy birch]

nope i have free shipping on 1 item and have to pay for the other 2..

[jolly inlet]

@gusty vector Ask your question here or in build chat, #tech-deals is just for links

[gusty vector]

ty and ma bad lemme move it here

do u guys have any external hard drives deals/recommendations for the following problem:
I have a bunch of 2.5" and 3.5" eHDDs that are all near full
I may need another drive to properly reorganize/transfer/ back them up

I'm seeing a bunch of 5TB deals around the same price
WD Element vs Easystore vs My Passport vs Black
vs Seagate series

[jolly inlet]

What's your budget for this project?

External drives are going for $15-20 per TB lately

[gusty vector]

I'm fine with around 100, which seems to match the current deals

is WD Black considered best among their models/series ?

[jolly inlet]

For some purposes. If it's just mass storage speed doesn't matter much.

[gusty vector]

oh right, I think my priorities are on capacity and reliability,
as long as it's not USB 2.0 / slower than 30MB/s I think I'm good xD

I'm guessing it's hard to tell a hard drive's reliability/failure rate

[jolly inlet]

You can get 6TB for $110
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/RJvqqs/western-digital-elements-6-tb-external-hard-drive-wdbwlg0060hbk-nesn

Failure is uncommon among known brands primarily for external drives. They're typically used infrequently.

[gusty vector]

thanks someone just recommended me exactly that drive too hah

[jolly inlet]

Sweet, $18.30 per TB is about as good as it gets right now

Unless you find some crazy deal in newegg email or something

[gusty vector]

but if u were to be presented with a bunch of 5TB eHDDs deals between 90-100,
for a bunch of those models, Black, My Passport, Easystore, Onetouch
which one would u pick ?

[jolly inlet]

Personally? None, 5TB isn't enough for me. I've nearly filled 16TB already on my home media server.

Better prices can be found on higher capacity drives. I got a 10TB for $140 a couple years ago.

[fleet marlin]

wow

[west coral]

no

dont order like 100 of them though

[stoic crest]

spatium deal went outta stock

[gusty vector]

oh right I got the 8TB Easystore $130 3-4 years ago

[stoic crest]

dang it

can only post deals every 5 mins

[jolly inlet]

Send me and I'll post

[stoic crest]

i'll send it to dm

[west coral]

you have to open 2 different portals for the rakuten and paypal cashback, 10% from agent YMMV

with the same process you can get the 980 pro for less than $200

[grand orbit]

Ye but that's fine tbh

[light bay]

ye just sometimes text hard to read

[grand orbit]

Cleartype mainly fixes that

[light bay]

yeah but still may be there for some ppl, ymmv

[grand orbit]

@light bay lol weggs maths on your deal makes no sense lol

They should be paying you .01$

[light bay]

sips thinks it may be paying you 1 cent but it cant display negatives or somethin

im thinking they cant sell anything at lower than 1 penny

[grand orbit]

Maybe

Probably crap chip on it but still lol

[light bay]

lol cant complain for a penny and a loan of 10 bucks ig

[grand orbit]

Oh yeah i mean it's free but if they can't sell them they're probs just tryna have 0 stock so no shelving fee anymore

[grand orbit]

@silent solar abs on newegg

[grand orbit]

Stop talking in #tech-deals reee

[oak sentinel]

@silent solar @opal flume @wet hull @pearl torrent Please dont talk in #tech-deals

[hasty herald]

How do u get that

[grand orbit]

intel posted it in tech deals

[hasty herald]

Says $19 for me mate

[grand orbit]

us only probs

[opal flume]

Yes, I realized that, which is why I edited my message to include "Oh, this is tech deals, not discussion, can't talk here"

[oak sentinel]

But thats still sending a message there

A delete option for messages is also available

[rose wadi]

need a

pc

my budget is 1k

genuinely don’t have much of an idea

wait does

newegg have coupon codes?

[grand orbit]

what use and what country?

[rose wadi]

usa

gaming

[grand orbit]

lemme see

@rose wadi https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-legion-tower-5i-gaming-desktop-intel-core-i5-11400-8gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1660-super-256gb-ssd-1tb-hdd-raven-black/6476720.p?skuId=6476720 and replace the ram with this https://pcpartpicker.com/product/P4FKHx/silicon-power-16-gb-2-x-8-gb-ddr4-3200-cl16-memory-sp016gxlzu320bdaj5

[rose wadi]

oooo

you think you could find something even better with like an extra 100 or

[grand orbit]

uhh probs, lemme see

[rose wadi]

my budget is a little bit more linient so

i should say 1.1k

[grand orbit]

https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali524/p/N82E16883360129 thers this which is a bit better, value isnt as good tho and the case is worse

[rose wadi]

yeah i saw that one

that’s like my last resort option

if i genuinely cannot find anything better

[grand orbit]

id personally go for the lenovo and replace the ram tbh

[rose wadi]

let me

send u one

[grand orbit]

i wouldnt go cyberpower or ibuypower, their build quality is badd

[rose wadi]

alr alr

i’ll send you another one in a little bit

[slow sluice]

Cyberpower is actually pretty good usually. Not as good as abs, but still good

iBuyPower is usually hot garbage

[grand orbit]

Really? Didn't the gpu legit get ripped out of GN's cyberpower? I kinda only recommend if cheaper than abs, it was same specs but oven case anyway

[slow sluice]

That was a while back, they pack with an expanding foam bag to keep that from happening now

[oak sentinel]

Remember that gn has a test size of 1

[grand orbit]

Oh good

[grand orbit]

Yeah but you don't forget the expanding foam lmao

Either that or ship gpu separate

[oak sentinel]

Fair

[slow sluice]

Most recent purchase from cyberpower was 16 systems, all functional out of the box

[grand orbit]

Nice

Am glad they could step up a bit

[slow sluice]

We were missing a screw, not sure if that was our fault though

[grand orbit]

I mean you only need 2/4 screws anyway

[slow sluice]

I have a minor complaint that all the fans are exhaust, but it's a low to mid power system and it does look better

We still switched it to 2 in, 1 out

[grand orbit]

From the inside it looks better?

Because looks worse on outside lmao

[slow sluice]

Yeah, they're RGB fans and the little support arms look weird

It's a back intake case

[grand orbit]

Odd....

[slow sluice]

Looks kinda like a wanna be O11D

[grand orbit]

Ahh, still confusing how it would would with back intake tho

[slow sluice]

Oops

Not like where io is, opposite the glass side panel

[grand orbit]

Ahh a side intake

[slow sluice]

Yeah, my brain is apparently sideways this morning

[grand orbit]

Lol dw yesterday felt like a fever dream to me, the lack of sleep and antibiotics probs didn't help tho

[rose wadi]

yeah i think this https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali524/p/N82E16883360129

abs is the best value i can get out of it

[grand orbit]

Best value is the 1660 super lenovo pc and a new kit of ram imo but 2060 will get you a bit more perf ye

[rose wadi]

yeah but at the same time i think the leap

is somewhat worth it too

[grand orbit]

Not a 150$ leap imo, especially since worse case too, for around 8-9% more performance my opinion tho

@wicked token you got scammed my guy should have gotten a 3060 ti or 3070 with what you have for 1500$, highly consider returning it and get this https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali559/p/N82E16883360189

[wicked token]

Idint really a scam

I knew j wasn't gonna be able to get a 3060 ti

I'm waiting for them to go back in stock

So I want a graphics card to hold me off

[grand orbit]

For 1.5k for a 5600x, 1tb nvme 32gb ram and no gpu is a scam lol

Absolute rip off

[grand orbit]

But you literally can if you return the pc without gpu/parts and get the pc i linked above lol

https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali560/p/N82E16883360190 or this if you want, would advice cooler change tho

[wicked token]

Its a custom built

[grand orbit]

Then you scammed yourself bud

[wicked token]

Not really

When the chip shortage is done

Il have one of the best pcs on the market

[grand orbit]

Yeah you did

[wicked token]

Bruh

I know what I'm doing

I judt need a cheap gpu to hold me off until they come back in stock

[grand orbit]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dWn4RT

Wait forgot psu

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GTbQ8J

[wicked token]

Is that American?

[grand orbit]

And that has a 5800x

Ye

[wicked token]

Yea it would be an extra 500

For me

[grand orbit]

Cananda?

[wicked token]

Yea

[grand orbit]

Still not an extra 500 but you can do better for cheaper and fit a gpu in

[wicked token]

Not really

[grand orbit]

1.5k cad isn't as bad but still bad

[wicked token]

My motherboard is like 200

Bucks

[grand orbit]

So

[wicked token]

Cpu is 375

Ryzen 5 5600x zen 3

Best seller

For gaming

32 gb ddr4 ram is 140

140 for 850 watt psu

Pc cases won't got lower than 100 for a good one

So mine is 120

Water cooler is 150

Its gonna be a rly good pc once its done

Just need to wait on a 3060 ti

[grand orbit]

@wicked token https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/Rry2gt this is why i was saying that fyi

[wicked token]

Lol

Trust me

I didn't get scammed

[grand orbit]

Not as bad but definitely overpaid and you're not getting a decent gpu for 250 cad

The 32gb ram isn't needed either

@wicked token @tropic agate please don't talk i tech deals, that's what this chat is for

[tropic agate]

oh sorry, didn’t realise what chat I was in

[wicked token]

Rx 560?

Thats what I'm looking at rn

[grand orbit]

Yikes

[spiral quiver]

Yo everybody what's up? I wanted to share that Newegg sent me a Black Friday marketing email this morning even though I'm only supposed to get emails regarding purchases I've made. I created my account yesterday to use PC builder and work on my Christmas list. I never bought anything.
I'm reporting this bug(?) here in Discord because I don't think it warrants a weekend phone call rant. Please don't kick me from the server, I have memes, I'm valuable I promise!

[light bay]

Was prolly in hidden terms and agreements when you signed up with your email lol

[spiral quiver]

ehh probably. That's why I called it a "bug(?)" instead of a mistake.

[light bay]

I mean if you think contacting Newegg support would be more worth your time than just deleting the email, dm @foggy coral

[lilac prawn]

big oof

[grand orbit]

It was 1.5k cad so not as big oof but i still made a sub 1200$ list with same specs but a 5800x 😳

[lilac prawn]

yeah no still an oof for sure

maybe a medium oof

[light bay]

@jolly inlet is there a way to instantly delete any message in #tech-deals that doesnt have a link using the bot?

May be worth doing

[jolly inlet]

It's been discussed by the mods but I don't think a decision was made

[light bay]

Hmm interesting

Would save a lot of time for the mod team

[jolly inlet]

Either that or it was decided that slow mode would discourage people enough

[light bay]

Guess it didn't lol

[opal flume]

Honestly it would be helpful for when dumb dumbs like me don't bother checking the channel before replying to other non-link messages at 3am

[slow sluice]

That's a bit of a bummer

[grand orbit]

It helped a bit but people still ignore it

[boreal monolith]

What’s wrong with that AIO I linked? Is it rlly bad?

[grave delta]

For the price, not great

[boreal monolith]

I just wanna know so I can return before I open it lol

[jolly inlet]

Master liquids are loud and can leak

[jolly inlet]

It's $50 after rebate

[grave delta]

yes

[slow sluice]

Also bad cool plate iirc

[boreal monolith]

Yea that’s why I got it, I never owned a liquid cooler

Thought it was good deal damn nvm then lol

[opal flume]

I've got a ML240 v1. It be bleh

Loudest part of pc besides the coil whine from derpy 1080

[boreal monolith]

Alright I’ll look up less noisy ones

[jolly inlet]

Yeah I've got the 240v1 also. Fans got really bad when horizontal. Very grindy.

[boreal monolith]

Thx for the info :)

[slow sluice]

What CPU do you have?

[boreal monolith]

I have a r5 3600. It doesn’t really need it but it was on deal so I figured why not

[slow sluice]

Aight

[grand orbit]

I'd rather get a frost spirit 140 or peeerless assassin 120

[jolly inlet]

Yeah true, decent air cooler > meh water cooler

[slow sluice]

Definitely this for air cooling, if you want to go liquid I'd take a look at the arctic liquid freezer II 240mm

[boreal monolith]

That’s the one gamers nexus recommended. I kept my eye on that one for a while

[slow sluice]

Dang it, LFII is having stocking issues again

Just make more of them arctic please

[grand orbit]

Is it?

[opal flume]

Did the EK AIO 240mm D-RGB go up in price? I swear it was usually $100

[grand orbit]

Rip out of stock on wegg

[grand orbit]

Nah was like 120$ or something

[slow sluice]

And scalped on Amazon

[opal flume]

Hmm

[marsh sphinx]

dangit i missed out on a board

and i was probably gonna buy it too 😔

[desert kestrel]

is AMD Radeon RX 5500 Graphics or NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1650 SUPER better

[opal flume]

If I remember correctly, they are pretty much the same, so whatever you can get cheaper I guess

[desert kestrel]

i dont care about the price

[light bay]

Then get a 3080ti/6900xt

[desert kestrel]

i just want to know which one is better for Fortnite Comp

[lilac prawn]

62% off bose headphones

holy crap

if u be needin a new pair

now's maybe the time

[opal flume]

Wait, weren't the 5500 and 5500xt the ones that got a rather good performance increase from drivers? Then I am thinking the 5500 might be better

[wide lintel]

I wish every bitminer a very good stepping on lego brick in their near future.

[light bay]

Why?

[wide lintel]

Seeing pictures of warehouses full of expensive video cards is triggering the crap out of me.

[light bay]

So?

[merry void]

What if I use my card for gaming but when I’m not gaming I mine on it 🤔

[light bay]

I'll have to confiscate it from you, sadly

[merry void]

😔

[wide lintel]

Warehouses of graphics cards rigged for mining, mind. Bitminers have put a demand on these cards beyond gaming and research, and now the price will never go down until bitmining phases out. They've basically bullied people from buying a card for gaming purposes.

[lofty moss]

the price didnt go up because of mining

and you're delusional if u think the price is ever going back down for any reason lmfao

[light bay]

Yeah lol

Ppl have been bitmining for years, it never drove up prices before lol

It's more to do with supply

Nvidia can hardly make gpus

[lofty moss]

altho mining used to be able to be done on common hardware pretty efficiently

[light bay]

Taiwan is super screwed up rn

[grave delta]

Mining definitely can affect prices. If an msrp $800 card can make $8 a day, people are going to be willing to pay more than $800 for that card.

[rose wadi]

https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/pdp/omen-17t-ck000-laptop-2y4b1av-1

i dont think i could find anything better than this

for a laptop

[heady jasper]

SSD storage is a little low. You'll probably want an external drive to use with it.

512GB with Windows on it, you might get 2 or 3 big games on it and you'll already feel the squeeze of space.

[fluid socket]

I don’t want to be so quick to assume malice, but Nvidia absolutely would do that too

[stoic crest]

with that logic amd would be doin it too

cause look at them

insane gpu prices too

[teal anvil]

Anyone know if NewEgg will allow ShopRunner again for free shipping?

[fair moon]

yo why is the 3050ti only 4gb vram?

would it not be logical to give it 6

[teal anvil]

3060 has 6gb, the 3050ti is a dud imo unless you can get a great deal for it

[light bay]

@sick grove please do not ask questions or do anything not related to #tech-deals in that dedicated channel, to ask a question, go to #building-and-recc-chat , and to discuss a current tech deal, please use this channel.
Thanks

[sick grove]

UH OK...SORRY

[west coral]

@teal anvil yeah

[teal anvil]

so no purchase is needed?

[west coral]

you do, just like a dollar or a few cents from tax

[teal anvil]

how likely are the points to be awarded for doing the tasks

[west coral]

100%

lol

[teal anvil]

I have an old lenvo account and none of the tasks show up for me :/

[west coral]

i’ve already made 5 accounts and all of the awards work

maybe because you didn’t activate the lenovo rewards

@teal anvil

you have to sign up for it to appear

[teal anvil]

they suppose to show up on the MyLenovo Rewards page right? can't post screenshot or link to it for some reason

[west coral]

yeah

https://bit.ly/3DUk5Q9

[teal anvil]

yeah I see Earn points, Sweepstakes but nothing under them

oh wtf, its because ad block

you use ad block?

had to turn mine off

[west coral]

no it does say that on the page though

[fair moon]

lenovo thing worked for me 👍

[steel sapphire]

@lone nebula don't post anything except tech deals in #tech-deals . that's what this channel is for

[lone nebula]

Okay

but lenovo thing doesn't work for me. it only applied the discount for 13 $ when checking out

[steel sapphire]

...how is that not working?

i just did it myself and copped a $1 backpack

[lone nebula]

I did all the steps and now I have 13.10 in my rewards account.

[steel sapphire]

...yes? so how is it not working lmao

[lone nebula]

so lets say I have added a backpack and mousepad to my cart and went to checkout

[fair moon]

ok

[lone nebula]

total value - $21.98. when checking out, only 13.10 gets deducted.

so, can have more than 1 account? and still make it work?

[fair moon]

you only get $13 of credit

[oak sentinel]

Heres a crazy idea

[steel sapphire]

it says $13 free not $21.98 free lmao

[oak sentinel]

Just buy something thats 13$

[fair moon]

you could make another account and purchase another item separately

[lone nebula]

my bad then, I thought the word free meanst it will get checked out for free for real.

[oak sentinel]

It clearly says any item under 13.10$

...

[steel sapphire]

💀

oh yeah hey newegg i got this $15 gift card anyways why can't i check out a free 3090 it is not working

[teal anvil]

wait when does the $13 off apply? as I am not seeing it in cart

[steel sapphire]

checkout

i still had to pay $1 sales tax

bought $12 backpack only allowed me to apply $12 rewards

sales tax $1

[teal anvil]

oh during payment method selection it shows

[steel sapphire]

yes

[fleet marlin]

10400 on Newegg someone mentioned, it's also on Amazon for the same price. Thing is, using amazon prime card is $8 back later 🤘

[wicked token]

Any cheap graphics cards on sale for cyber Monday?

[rose wadi]

do any of you know if i can put a second internal ssd into the new omen 17?

the 2021 variant

[fleet marlin]

@rose wadi This it?
https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/pdp/omen-laptop-17-cb1097nr?jumpid=cp_Omen_us/en/ps/gaming_omen_lt_17/sub-nav/OMEN-17-Laptopidk
--I saw 3 options for the omen 17 though. Idk how similar they are but 1 came w/ an nvme(m.2) ssd & sata HDD. If they all have both drive spots, then yes you should be able to add a 2nd drive, either sata or nvme depending on which you already have in there I think.

[teal anvil]

Does Newegg give any student discounts?

[rose wadi]

https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/pdp/omen-17t-ck000-laptop-2y4b1av-1

this the one

[fleet marlin]

hmm, on the specs page it says
512 GB PCIe nvme m.2 SSSD
512 GB Intel SSD + 32GB Intel Optane memory
1TB pcie nvrme m.2 ssd.
I can't tell if it allows 2 or 3 at once, or if these are just options. Sorry. can you open "computer"? I guess it'll only show 1 drive that you might have though.

[rose wadi]

i plan on purchasing it

so i genuinely don't know either

[fleet marlin]

omg, checking the customize and buy spot now... didnt think of that

[rose wadi]

i looked at the customize and buy and the only showed an option for 1 storage slot

and the dude said if i got the m.2 variants id get 2 storage slots?

i genuinely dont know how credible that is

[fleet marlin]

maybe? Seems like 1 slot + maybe the octane memory I'm not familiar with.

[rose wadi]

because i planned on

getting the 512 gb one

and just adding another slot in it

[fleet marlin]

i know, wish I could find a pic of the slots.

Well sort of found a couple reviews and it really seems to only have 1 slot, which would be inconvenient.

[rose wadi]

is it of my model?

because i saw a youtube video of some dude upgrading his omen 17

[fleet marlin]

idk, just says HP Omen 17 (2021)

[minor lava]

hp laptop ew

[fleet marlin]

The 2020 model has an ssd & HDD, that's what I found out.

[rose wadi]

okay update so apparently it does

can you send me where you got those reviews from that said it only has 1

[fleet marlin]

https://nanoreview.net/en/laptop-compare/hp-omen-17-2021-vs-dell-alienware-x17-r1

[rose wadi]

because the dude said as long as i get the PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD

did u just

click on

HP Omen 17

but yeah im just tryna cross reference and see if these people just got a regular 512 GB ssd

[fleet marlin]

m.2 is so small most laptops should also have the normal spot for a 2.5" drive, but idk.

[rose wadi]

i cant find where you got the reviews from

but hey best case scenario is

if it doesnt

[ebon stratus]

Exotic#9403 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[fleet marlin]

actually just googled "OMEN Laptop 17t-ck000 storage" and checked a few pages that matched

[rose wadi]

i just send them their stuff back and they HAVE to give me one with a second slot

since at that point that'd be the sale rep's fault

for misinforming me

so i have the entire conversation on my email

[fleet marlin]

bingo. I found 1 place selling the laptop and their specs say 2x m.2 slot, it's a toss up.

[rose wadi]

send me the link

[fleet marlin]

https://xoticpc.com/products/omen-laptop-17t-ck000

that's the same model number i think.

[rose wadi]

alright yeah

since they're literally reselling that

and just slapping on like over 500 dollars more

im pretty sure mine should come with one too

[wispy wren]

Hello, is anyone here familier with Tobi I ?

familiar

[teal anvil]

anyone know if there is student discount or coupon for ram? really want this but its $30 out of budget https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-64gb-260-pin-ddr4-so-dimm/p/N82E16820374025

[grand orbit]

Nope, try honey tho

[teal anvil]

tried honey, no dice. If it was free shipping it would have been in my budget

[grand orbit]

Says free shipping for me?

[teal anvil]

sadly newegg terms are "Additional fees may apply for shipments to APO/FPO, AK, HI and PR."

[grand orbit]

Maybe go with a retailer in your country instead?

[teal anvil]

newegg only one with that ram at that price, seems no other ram at that price too

[grand orbit]

Ahh shame

I mean it is 64gb for 180$ tho v nice

[teal anvil]

Does Newegg not allow other retailers to sell Newegg gift cards? Seems no one else besides Newegg sells them

[west coral]

anyone looking into the lenovo thing, you can get $15 xbox gift cards for $2 each and use them for physical MS store items, meaning you can buy an xbox series s for $40 (20 $15 gift cards) but i cant assure you that it works because nobody has tried it yet (stacking all of the $15 gift cards)

you just gotta figure out how to buy that many gift cards without freezing your cc

[opal flume]

This counts yeah?

[west coral]

what

[grand orbit]

Lmao imagine

[west coral]

oh wait it is possible, all of the gift cards will be redeemed into your account balance so it has no limit

[grand orbit]

Lmao

[teal anvil]

I know ebay has a limit of 4 gift cards idk about Xbox

20 is a lot of gift cards

[west coral]

worth the hassle imo

trying to do it rn

[teal anvil]

you can also do rakuten to get 12% back

$36 off

[west coral]

i almost forgot rakuten has a $40 cashback bonus for new costumers, so technically you can get it for... free

22 gift cards needed for it including taxes so $44 xbox

$4*

[rose wadi]

hey yall do you guys think omen is the best choice to go in terms of laptops?

[teal anvil]

I think they have the biggest power supply

[rose wadi]

they have three-sided venting and five-way airflow

so in terms of cooling

they're pretty good as well

alongside value i think id get the best thing from them

[teal anvil]

I personally passed on it because I didn't like no numpad and the screen and portability seemed meh, but other than that it seemed solid

[west coral]

soo I ran into a problem, the exclusive codes were removed from the lenovo store, they were the ones that gave you the most money ($10), i’ll see if theres any way i could get the same amount of points

[teal anvil]

damn, how many were you able to get before the removal?

[west coral]

nobody is probably interested other than bossk but i’ll just do it lol

1, from last night

I have $13 on my first account

[rose wadi]

is winter10

the best code

to use for the hp website btw?

since it takes 10% off

[teal anvil]

yeah I think that + student discount + raktuen cashback

[marsh sphinx]

#tech-deals message nice, i have this PSU in my main system

i got it 2 years ago for like 70 bucks i think

[west coral]

exclusive codes back up on lenovo but no deals listed work

thinking there will be new codes for christmas on december

[teal anvil]

anyone know any coupon list or student discount for GameStop? Only found 1 irrelevant coupon

[polar terrace]

is that most recent laptop in the deals actually good?

[fair moon]

the ryzen cpu aint gonna like single channel memory

@polar terrace ^

unclear if it's 2x4 or 1x8 though

[oak sentinel]

Its not a gaming laptop tho...

Its for office work and stuffs

And its a VERY good deal for that

@polar terrace

[covert cipher]

is this a good deal? ive been wanting a second monitor for a while
https://www.newegg.com/p/0JC-00HU-00009

[stoic crest]

suspiciously cheap

[marsh sphinx]

whats good pc stores in aus

[grand orbit]

Yeah nice b tier unit for dirt cheap if you don't mind rebate

[grand orbit]

I'd look for a 1440p 27" monitor instead

[covert cipher]

alright thanks

[teal anvil]

So today is the last day of discounts, Cyber Monday. Please share the best NewEgg coupon or discount methods you know

[marsh sphinx]

My 4k monitor was 180 new lol

[tacit current]

what monitor

[marsh sphinx]

Linus made a video on it a while back, only a few weeks after I got it actually lol

It's the Spectre U27

I'm pretty sure it's still being sold, but for around 240 or something like that

[tacit current]

oh yeah

i can see 180 for that one

I was overestimating what monitor it wouldve been

[marsh sphinx]

Reason is so cheap is because they're made with Samsung displays that didn't pass qc

[tacit current]

yeah

[marsh sphinx]

Lol yea, the only good thing about this monitor is the red

res

[tacit current]

I wanna get a high refreshrate 4k

I want the 4k res but still smooth

[marsh sphinx]

It's got pretty bad ghosting and latency issues, and the display glitches every now and then

Yea I love the high resolution

[tacit current]

I had a samsung display for a while

forget what it was

[marsh sphinx]

I didn't need high hz since I didn't really play fps games at the time. I played fallout 4 and forza horizon 4

And division 2 and minecraft

[tacit current]

BLack mesa i played at 4k

[marsh sphinx]

I think I've heard of that game but I forget what it is

[tacit current]

Half life 1 remake

[marsh sphinx]

ohhhhh yea now i remember

i saw a dev video on it like a year or two ago

[glacial wadi]

hey guys, 1k budget (its rly 1.2 if its just that much better) for a high workflow laptop. got any recommendations?

[azure pond]

They prolly meant 128gb

There isn't a 64

Wrong listing then?

Idk if that's even possible

Oh rommy do you have a quest?

I haven't been able to figure out what that little plastic and rubber thing are for and where they go

Well I think I do

But i have no clue how to put them in

The little plastic and rubber thing that are shaped the same as the foam thing on the actual headset

[glacial wadi]

that exists it was with the original listings on the official website (i think) been a long time since i bought mine

[azure pond]

Glasses spacer?

Ohh

[glacial wadi]

it extends the facial interface to fit glasses

[azure pond]

I have glasses but I'm far sighted so I won't need it then

[glacial wadi]

and the rubber thing is probably a nose piece

[azure pond]

Ty

[glacial wadi]

to prevent light leaking

[azure pond]

It's been driving me crazy lmao

Wait what happened to the first two lmao

Oh

Fun

[glacial wadi]

are you sure the quest doesnt have a nose piece stock?

[azure pond]

I'm debating buying a pro strap when Christmas sales happen, because the stock one is so uncomfortable

Oh rommy

Have you used the headset at all before returning?

After I started using it my body feels fake sometimes, or it feels like I'm back in vr

And I was wondering if that goes away after a while or if my brain is weird and doesn't work with vr

[glacial wadi]

im pretty sure mine came with one

i have the elite strap and love it

id also recommend getting a vr cover facial interface

the new one is really good and has the most ventilation so far but im yet to test it

bacca how old are you? if you dont mind me asking. actually make that a rhetorical question. if youre young enough you can experience VR like that

you dont sound 13 though if youre buying your own stuff

so maybe a case of needing some VR legs

its an extra 10 bucks or smthn yeah

apparently halo straps are SUPER comfy

so if your arent worried abt cases and portability id look into those

[azure pond]

I just use my phone cable

[glacial wadi]

okay yeah the link cable is just insane

[azure pond]

And I wouldn't mind that link

[glacial wadi]

the elite strap isnt too bad

[azure pond]

Well

I'm using my brothers phone cable

[glacial wadi]

rommy means for playing

[azure pond]

It's like 8ft

[glacial wadi]

dang thats so short

[azure pond]

Mine is 3ft

[glacial wadi]

HALO!

[azure pond]

Ty

[glacial wadi]

looks p good

hows it better

oh

[azure pond]

I'm 16 but always buy my own stuff

[glacial wadi]

have you tried both?

[azure pond]

Paid for my own pc too

I bought one off amazon and it's on its way

I think it gets here today actually

Lemme check the size (my brother needs his cable back lmao)

It's only 10ft but my room is small anyways

I won't have more than 10ft to move anyways if I'm docking iy

Unless I use my brothers laptop

My room is very small

Especially with how big my desk is

17x12ft and my desk

I have maybe 5ft of open space without having to go by my desk (L shape)

:p

I also am kinda scared to move around in my room for fear of punching my monitor lmao

If I was home I'd show a picture

I'll prolly just use my brothers laptop and find an open place to use it for now, otherwise it's not like the standalone headset is bad

So far I've bought Pavlov and superhot

Planning on buying blade and sorcery and beat Saber

Other than that idrk what games are good

Any suggestions?

I'll wait for Christmas steam sale

I've heard good things about half life

Oh rommy

I already beat superhot

In two days

Good game

Phas is vr?

[gusty vector]

oh btw in case u have this one yourself,
and shucked it, what bare drive was it and did ur PC run into any issues recognizing it?

[azure pond]

Never paid attention to it so didn't know lmao

Ty

Rec room is a sandbox right?

[timid acorn]

hi everyone, was looking to buy another laptop for school and want to get a macbook air...Ive seen some refurbished ones listed as A grade and B grade, can anyone explain what exactly that means as well as your thoughts on them?

[jolly inlet]

I didn't get that specific one, but I did shuck a similar 10tb. My server had no issues with it, but it supports all the weird standards so can't say if a regular desktop will work.

It was some white label drive

[gusty vector]

ic thanks from Amazon reviews the 6TB ones seem to be Blue underneath

I had some concern about white as their 8TB easystore had them back in 2018 and there were issues connecting

if u shuck and it doesn't work can u put it back ((:

[torpid night]

Don't get a MacBook. You'll eventually run into compatibility issues that a professor requires (such as specific lockdown browser programs)

You'll be lucky if you don't get a professor that requires specific programs throughout your whole college/university career

(I'm a junior in college btw)

[timid acorn]

more for grad school

im done with undergrad in the spring

[torpid night]

ah. I wouldn't know then

[timid acorn]

im so not tech savvy

[gusty vector]

do u know who the refurbisher is

the grading prob depends largely on the seller u'd have to check with them

but if refurbished by the manufacturer, or a manufacturer-certified refurbisher (if that's even a word) then should be fine

I've owned multiple refurbished phones/laptops

no issue, often times look brand new

[gusty vector]

he can always install Windows with parallel or bootcamp no ?

[torpid night]

Lockdown browsers can detect virtual machines

lol

[gusty vector]

dam
so then bootcamp it is xD

[torpid night]

does Bootcamp load Windows as the host operating system?

[gusty vector]

I'm not into Apple stuff myself tho luh
just going with his choice
any reason why u need a Mac instead of Windows laptop ? @timid acorn

[gusty vector]

I've no idea never tried ((:

[torpid night]

iirc I don't think it does

otherwise I'd say why not lol

[gusty vector]

shouldn't schools/prof choose solutions that cover most users tho ?
seem like a lot of students use Macbooks

[pulsar fable]

you would think that, but i have a professor that uses a piece of software that only works (yes there is a Mac download, but students proved it was unreliable) in windows

[gloomy birch]

[gusty vector]

oh ya I get it that some teaching tools are rather old with no good Mac alternatives
I meant exam proctoring software tho

[gusty vector]

if u want I can link u to a dedicated server (for laptops)

[timid acorn]

@gusty vector I’ve had windows up to now, was just thinking of switching it up

Yeah that’d be cool

[gusty vector]

sent

[gusty vector]

all boils down to ur studies software/hardware requirement ig,
unless u have a Windows machine on standby

[torpid night]

yeah but professors also hate students

[gusty vector]

lolol tru

[marsh sphinx]

Yup.

[pulsar fable]

Sadly

[pseudo wharf]

Whats up @thick locust

[thick locust]

Oh I just put the wrong emoji

[pseudo wharf]

oh ok

yeah i been looking at the q2u for a while now and especially the one with the crane arm

hell of a deal 60$ off

apparently they come with monitor headphones too

[grand orbit]

Q2u nice

[pulsar fable]

@pseudo wharf I don't know much about audio equipment. Why is the more expensive Q2u kit better? (Or even then, what makes the Q2u kits good?)

Actually, scratch that first question

[pseudo wharf]

It's just what comes with it IMO

the boom arm that comes with it is nice

though B&H has their own proprietary kit the boom arm alone that they supply is $30 so that would be $99 in total if you got the Q2U at regular price

[marsh sphinx]

My school is 100% Chromebook

[desert kestrel]

yo guys my pc runs 144 fps but this is my monitor(75hz)(3440 x 1440) rn For Fortnite COMP
https://www.amazon.com/Acer-CB342CK-smiiphzx-UltraWide-Technology/dp/B07ZL57G3Z/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Acer+CB342CK+smiiphzx+34"+UltraWide+QHD+(3440+x+1440)&qid=1638224347&qsid=131-8050559-6646632&sr=8-1&sres=B07ZL57G3Z%2CB07FBS36W2%2CB0812DKDD9%2CB07XZNXWGS%2CB07ZB2TNZZ%2CB07YGZ7C1K%2CB08BG4GWRL%2CB078GSH1LV%2CB07L9HCJ2V%2CB089G7W56D%2CB0876DBCBX%2CB08DWD38VX%2CB08BCR1SJS%2CB08623SZH9%2CB08SW1H6V2%2CB084ZLWJTY&srpt=MONITOR Should i sell this and buy a 144hz monitor for like $150 or should i just stay on it

[fleet marlin]

Especially adding a bit more to a $180 budget. Personally some $250ish displays that have the 5payments plan on Amazon, lol.

[dark notch]

https://evga.com/products/productlist.aspx?/type=8&associatecode=X30KOT59GPA4GPV
b stock 3070 and stuff

[sleek gorge]

Best printer for college student under $150 ?

Thank you

[minor lava]

The printer in the library 🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠

[polar terrace]

how much printing do you actually do?

[teal anvil]

Is this a good deal for 32gb single stick of ram? $93 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09277VF4X

[stoic crest]

for laptop ram

i guess?

best to just get a kit

like 2x16

[teal anvil]

I want 2x32 so thinking of buying 2

[stoic crest]

hm

rather get a kit of 2x32 then

if there's one

there's chances it wouldn't work

[teal anvil]

why wouldn't work?

[stoic crest]

well, single stick kits are only tested to be 100% working when there's only one installed

if you pair each into two, it can cause issues in rare cases

[polar terrace]

why do you need 64 gigs of ram in a laptop?

[stoic crest]

there's some people that actually uses that much

[teal anvil]

yeah I have 32gb, too little for my VMs, servers and chrome tabs/browsers. I do a lot of testing

[polar terrace]

wow, surprised you are managing all that on a laptop

[teal anvil]

gotta be portable lol

[polar terrace]

impressed

[stoic crest]

laptops are much faster these days

they can manage that stuff

provided they have enough ram

[fleet marlin]

mobile parts have come a long ways. pricey still for top stuff, but not far behind most desktop models in perf.

[stoic crest]

yep

[stoic crest]

it's a compromise im willing to make myself

[marsh sphinx]

can someone help me get a pc in dms?

[oak sentinel]

Ask here

No need for dming

@marsh sphinx

[marsh sphinx]

cant post links

/photos

[oak sentinel]

Send pc part picker link

Pretty sure you can do that here

Or build chat

[fleet marlin]

$10 price increase to $100 on the wireless razer viper ultimate hyperspeed mouse

[teal anvil]

Just bought a used Razer viper mini for $14. Prices for the mini seem to be dropping $29 new amazon

[minor ice]

Isn't $29 the standard price point though?

[teal anvil]

Razer official site is $40

[minor ice]

Are the $29 value from 3rd parties then?

I remember wanting to get a Viper mini but I just settled for a Hyper X mouse I found on Best Buy

[teal anvil]

best buy has the viper mini for $30

[minor ice]

Must be Black Friday/Cyber Monday stock they didn't sell yet.

[teal anvil]

I wanted the Viper 8KHz but it was like $40ish on sale

[still falcon]

very good mouse

[vague pine]

retail is $40, sale rn is $30, lowest its ever been was $20 for the mini

[teal anvil]

$20 new?

[still falcon]

i only like certain mice because my hands are poopy

[minor ice]

Yeah I remember seeing it for $20.

[teal anvil]

$20 new?

[vague pine]

ye

[still falcon]

yeah

its 21 for me but its in pounds cus im from the uk

[minor ice]

I said $29 because of taxes and fees in my area.

[teal anvil]

maybe they are getting rid of it as I heard they got new switches

[minor ice]

I'm not sure, I don't follow much on Razer.

[vague pine]

wouldnt be for a while for them to get rid of their stock entirely but theyll probably eventually come out with a v2 of the viper lineup to put the new switches into them

[brittle lagoon]

prob new sensor too

[vague pine]

the orochi and all the hyper mice that came out all have the new switches

[teal anvil]

Viper 8KHz has the new switches already, seem to get good reviews

[minor ice]

So what's the retail price for that mouse? You said it was on sale for $40 but I don't think I could purchase it right now.

[teal anvil]

Razer has it for $80 but its still on sale at other sites I think for $40

[minor ice]

Well I hope I can get it for $40 still. I don't think I want to pay retail for it

[teal anvil]

yeah imo its the best wired mouse out

at least spec wise

[lofty moss]

😋

[grand orbit]

Yum

[lofty moss]

brother needed a decent chromebook for work, so i used my free 13 dollars in rewards towards it lol

[teal anvil]

I used the free $13 credit towards new headphones, was around $7 total. Best free credit ever lol

[normal tiger]

are you talking about the lenovo deal? Cuz none of the codes worked for me

[teal anvil]

yeah, think they stopped it as people could get like 5+ free stuff, it was insane lol

[fleet marlin]

well cyber Monday "extended"

[marsh sphinx]

When Monday is 5 days long

[fair moon]

At this point black friday and cyber Monday together end up being about 1.5 weeks of deals

The really good stuff is still only around for like 4-5 days but there's tons of other deals that last longer

The really good stuff is still only around for like 4-5 days
*If it doesn't sell out

[fleet marlin]

Yep. For me, I just noticed a bunch of stuff kept their price and just maybe disabled the 5 mo of payments deal. 0% int is awesome so I can stretch out the cost of some items. Ended up ordering an Asus AX88U. not cheapest, but not $300+ either. --I did miss out on the THermalRight PA140 being $40ish.

[normal tiger]

I've been on the fence of getting that one. I'm definitely getting an Asus router and setting up Aimesh. Though I'm stuck on Asus AX82U, 86U, 88U, or the famed AX11000. Funny enough, they're all on different price scales and pricey already from the lowest cost. I just want to be future proof. Not thinking of wifi 6e anytime soon anyways

I've been patiently waiting for good deals on them, but so far only the 88U seems to be on sale for a pretty good price. I managed to cop a Moto MB8611 on lightning deal a couple days ago, best price in last 120 days according to Honey

[sinful terrace]

hi, can anyone gimme the cheapest laptop with 3060?

[fleet marlin]

Funny spread of $220ish-260 (300 for 86U). I researched AC as well, but not as future proof. bit of overkill, but pssh. 88U isn't newest or has 2.5g, but 8 ports & great specs overall. An extra 50-100 vs good AC router isn't much in a few years. ---How much paid for that 8611? My Arris 6190 has been fine I think in a year or so, but I'm still eyeing the 8200 or the Moto 8600 non-2.5g port model.

[fleet marlin]

idk really, but the OMEN 17t-ck000 is $1150.

Ah, still had Apex minimized lol. Each start, HDD is going at 80+ MB/s for a good 2-3 minutes, so I just alt tab until that's done.

[normal tiger]

Ah I see, thanks for the info. Yeah I’m liking the 8 ports for the 88U. I agree lol, they’re all overkill for my current internet plan. I got the 8611 for $135.18 before taxes and $147.01 with taxes. That was a few dollars cheaper than the 8600 with the 1 Gig LAN

[fleet marlin]

Oh yeah, nice score! guess I need to check my wishlist more often or something haha. 4 ports is ok, but sort of old school. Easily fill em w/ Roku, PC, Console, Flex or 2nd roku. Plus, might hardwire a roommates pc or 2 when I feel like running more ethernet under the house. -- currently a netgear r6400v2 so quite an upgrade anyways. Lately the 5ghz band is acting up during the speed tests. Only 11-12 total device incl my pc but who knows.

[normal tiger]

Ohhh I see, hmm 11-12 devices but already losing some speed? Yeah 4 ports is kind of small these days lol

Tbh I had the mb7621 in my wishlist and I came to the mb8611 lightning deal by chance when I was scrolling through the deals page haha 😆

[fleet marlin]

idk, it's a pretty normal AC1750 router that's a bit aged. Fine time to replace. 6190 seems good, but I'll do some latency tests soon to find any actual stuff. Puma 6 chipset is some what infamous about that.

[thick locust]

Lemme guess you spent 269 dollars for food

Just get a 95 dollars 18 inch subway sub

18 inches is alot of food

[marsh sphinx]

95 dollars?

[west coral]

https://slickdeals.net/share/iphone_app/t/15467392

[light bay]

😳

[supple beacon]

Need advice replacing graphics card. Upgrading GTX 760 to GTX 1650

[grand orbit]

What's the question?

[stiff veldt]

oiee

quero falar com alguma menina

[azure pond]

what

google translate might be wrong here

but

[grand orbit]

Uhh

[wooden saffron]

I'm from Canada. Any sites recommended to find pre build's under $1200 using a 1650 super or 1660(any variation)?

[grand orbit]

https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/lenovo-legion-tower-5i-gaming-pc-intel-core-i5-10400-1tb-hdd-256gb-ssd-8gb-ram-gtx-1660-super-en/15309485 it only has 8gb of ram tho, you'd want to highly consider upgrading that to 16gb with a kit like this https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/P4FKHx/silicon-power-16-gb-2-x-8-gb-ddr4-3200-cl16-memory-sp016gxlzu320bdaj5

[azure pond]

damn, there used to be a 1660s pc on adorama for 850

[wooden saffron]

what is recommended SSD

[grand orbit]

That's 1200 cad btw

[azure pond]

oh

right lmao

[grand orbit]

It already comes with an ssd

[wooden saffron]

wait just read the stuff

nvm

is it a good case or would i have to swap cases or something eventually?

[grand orbit]

Item a good case, and all the parts are standard, not proprietary

[wooden saffron]

ok thx

[grand orbit]

Well not good, decent

But it shouldn't sound like a jet engine

[wooden saffron]

lol

[azure pond]

wait they arent proprietary?

i always thought they were

[grand orbit]

Lenovo legion aren't the other oems are

[marsh sphinx]

you can get 3060 prebuilts for 1200 usd

[wooden saffron]

ya but with conversion and then tax it comes out to 1600+ anyway

[rotund karma]

Found this trying to find a version with 3060 ti though but if not available would this be worth it?

Or this?

[wooden saffron]

if thats in canadian and not USD than ya for my budget

lol

i play valorant mainly so i would only really need a 1650 super or 1660 (any version) for now

i would maybe upgrade later in time

[vagrant ember]

Hey I just wanna ask. If a Prebuilt is labeled as "open box" Should I expect there to be any sort of major missing item

like the gpu or cpu or aio

[brittle lagoon]

No

[teal anvil]

make sure returns are possible and you do intensive testing on day 1 imo

[teal anvil]

for the lenovo ExclusiveCodes, any new codes working for December?

[west coral]

nope

dont remember if i told anyone but inviting 'friends' can give you 2000 points ($2), but only 1 per day 24h

create 23 accounts, insert accounts in a note pad to remember the emails + passwords, invite 6 'friends' aka temp mails in the span of 7 days, do they december poll, add date of birth and zip code ($15 after all this) buy the 23 $15 xbox gift cards for every acc, stack in microsoft store, boom, free xbox series s covering all taxes

takes longer than the exclusive codes but hey, a free xbox is a free xbox

oh @teal anvil

[light bay]

that all still works?

[west coral]

yeqy

[light bay]

and its a lenovo thing?

[west coral]

lenovo store yeah

[light bay]

epic

has anyone actually bought an xbox with it?

[west coral]

nope

in the run to be the first

[light bay]

how much in gc you got?

[west coral]

currently just $15 because i just found out about how many friends you can invite per day

[light bay]

ah ok, neat

will the promo stay up a while prolly?

[west coral]

yeah i dont doubt

[light bay]

epic

and the gc can be used for just random ms store stuff right?

[west coral]

unless it's presented to the masses and reaches a lenovo employee/representative

yeah

[light bay]

cool thx for the info

[west coral]

ig you could get a laptop with the same thing but doubled

some extra info cuz it was a little confusing to me but to register your gc you go to https://microsoft.com/redeem

mine took about 2 days to come in

[teal anvil]

Another thing great about that Lenovo deal was if you use Rakuten cashback, they cashback me for the full price of item. Even tho I paid around $7 total($13 free credit off) I got cashback for the full $19.99 amount which netted me $2.40 cashback so in total I paid only around $5 for the headphones 🙂

[west coral]

too bad ms cashback is 1% for consoles lol

$40 for new users though

if that’s still up

tbf im just gonna try and sell the series s for msrp through CL and get the $40 from rakuten

[light bay]

the gc's are are showing as temp unavailable for me

or at least the $15 is

i wonder if a ton of ppl are doing the same thing rn

[west coral]

hopefully not...

weird for the online cards to be oos though

I’d only think physical stuff would go oos

[light bay]

thats what im thinking

codes should be infinite

[west coral]

oh well

[light bay]

i bet theyll be back soon

[west coral]

as long as the points don’t expire before they restock it’s ok

[light bay]

yeah

so 6 months haha

[west coral]

lol

[light bay]

i legit wonder if lenovo is this dumb

id think theyd start to wonder things when you have a rewards system like that

[west coral]

doesn’t hurt their million dollar empire, owned by motorola, though they did deactivate the exclusive codes after all

[stoic crest]

lenovo actually is the one who owns motorola

not the other way around

[void whale]

couldnt even see the $15 ones on the website

so I guess they caught on

[light bay]

They're still showing for me

Just unavailable

[azure pond]

FE GPUS IN STOCK AT SELECT BEST BUYS

[hollow tundra]

Ya

I announced that in gpus chat a couple mins ago

[azure pond]

Brooo

I got through on a 70 ti

I'm debating it

[brittle lagoon]

doit

[azure pond]

I currently only play val and mc tho

I dont think I really need the perf boost

If i buy it it'd be to sell at msrp+ tax

[light bay]

Mc shaders + rtx

Boom, you need a 30 series now