tech-deals-discussion

[dark notch]

buying new at that budget simply doesnt make sense

might as well save 6 pounds and buy a much better board used

and then smth like a 10600k

or:

get an even cheaper b560 used

[grand orbit]

Sure technically up until ~2k level you're better off getting some used parts but like cmon?

[grand orbit]

That's also £12 more expensive btw

[fleet marlin]

LG already has their "nano" ips models, but they're of course at least $100 more than 1 like you linked. Yeah, I'd say go ahead and get if you need/want a fairly good 1440p 144/165hz display.

[dark notch]

nothing personal :p

i just dont think paying

$100 for a b560 motherboard is a good deal

[fleet marlin]

Rocket Q, eh.

[jolly inlet]

Rocket Q is meh
Regular rocket is good

[azure pond]

Coulda just had a 2080s from evga b stock, but not spending 680$ on a gpu that's not an upgrade and I dont need

[oak sentinel]

2080 super isnt an upgrade from a 3060ti for gaming

[azure pond]

I know

Thats... what I said

[oak sentinel]

i misread

my bad

[proven chasm]

What would I choose Samsung 870 evo vs Samsung 860 pro?

[azure pond]

gt 1030s are 70$ from evga b stock

not exactly a deal but 🤷

[jolly inlet]

Neither, samsung is "good" but priced like higher performing drives

https://github.com/windshields/stoRAGE-consumer-SSD-buying-guide/blob/main/SSD tier list.md

[proven chasm]

What should I choose Samsung 870 EVO or Samsung 860 Pro? Suggestions guys.

[jolly inlet]

Do you have a m.2 slot?

[proven chasm]

No

I don't have slot for M.2 in the motherboard

[jolly inlet]

Crucial MX500
Cheaper and performs just as good

[proven chasm]

I read articles they're telling number 1 is Samsung and number 2 is Crucial

[light bay]

S31 is also a great drive

May be on sale rn

[jolly inlet]

Consider that Samsung is about 20% more cost, for maybe 3% more performance

[light bay]

Samsung is definitely number 1..... In price, lol

[proven chasm]

What should I choose Samsung 870 EVO or Samsung 860 PRO?

[light bay]

S31/Mx500

[frail axle]

Just use your s21 as external hard drive

[light bay]

?

Where'd he ever say he has a s21?

[frail axle]

It was joke cause phone has to much storage

[light bay]

Oooook, alright

[cobalt anvil]

Phone as hard drive it's only 1tb

[gloomy birch]

Any good?

[jolly inlet]

The drive itself is good, but why do you need gen 4? Is it for a PS5 or something?

Gen 3 drives are just as good for the majority of desktop use cases. 4k video editing is an edge case where you could use more speed.

[gloomy birch]

No computer mainly open world games

[jolly inlet]

P31 gold then

You want mixed and random performance, not sequential

That 980 pro actually loses to the P31 in those metrics

[gloomy birch]

SK hynix Gold P31?

[jolly inlet]

Yes

[gloomy birch]

Huu thanks I seen it but wasn't sure 100% it's one of the brands I never heard of

[jolly inlet]

Hynix is best known as one of the suppliers of DDR4 memory chips

SSDs are right up their alley

[grand orbit]

honestly i would save the money and get an adata s70 blade if you needed a S tier drive

[gloomy birch]

it's only $45 more

[pallid geyser]

If anyone sees any good deals on a cooler (9900k) that’ll fit in 220t, feel free to @ me, please

[gloomy birch]

here you go

[pallid geyser]

Perfect thank you

[grand orbit]

Not worth it if you're just gaming or something

[gloomy birch]

so then i go back to the P31 gold then?

[grand orbit]

I would

[gloomy birch]

i'm mainly using it for more open world games like Microsoft flight sim, older classic games im just using a hdd since zone loading speed doesn't really matter

[grand orbit]

P31 then

[jolly inlet]

@tropic agate Sold out

[tropic agate]

that was fast

[jolly inlet]

Bots run rampant on Amazon

[tropic agate]

huh

that’s dumb

oh wait

[jolly inlet]

Weird, it said unavailable for me

[azure pond]

prolly region?

[tropic agate]

probably

[azure pond]

says same thing for me

[tropic agate]

interesting

[jolly inlet]

Lemme vpn over to uk and check

[grave delta]

That link tho..

[tropic agate]

lmao aight

[grave delta]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B098PCG79R

[tropic agate]

idk how to do small links

I can find 3060’s for that price tho

3070’s are still like 700+

[jolly inlet]

To shorten links you can basically delete anything after "ref=" or "?"

[tropic agate]

ah, okay

[jolly inlet]

Yeah vpn lets me see it in stock

So good if anyone is in the UK cough cough @grand orbit cough

[grand orbit]

Amazon do that region specific it annoying

[grand orbit]

Already snagged an FE one for rawr also customs but thank

[azure pond]

@marsh sphinx tech deals isnt for talking, ask here or #storage-devices

as for 2tb, im not sure

been good sales on 1tbs tho

[ebon stratus]

m00kie!!#7398 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[marsh sphinx]

Damn it

[azure pond]

F

[oak sentinel]

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE @grave delta
#tech-deals message
NOT A TECH DEALLLL

smh

[pallid geyser]

Worth?

[marsh sphinx]

Yes

Worth

[jolly inlet]

Totally, even if they're trash drives

Shuck 'em and raid 'em and you've got a half decent 1tb drive for $50

[pulsar fable]

500 for $25? Heck yeah that's worth it

[jolly inlet]

That's going to be a very local deal with a clearance like that, might want to specify which store. Or not if you want to hide your area.

[hollow sentinel]

i had to pay 80$ for mine so ya those are good value

[azure pond]

what ssd did you buy for 500gb that cost 80$

you can get a 1tb mp33 for 80$

[jolly inlet]

External drives are often overpriced for garbage performance

[azure pond]

oh theyre external

oh yeah it says it right on the top right

[hollow sentinel]

because i got an internal nvme ssd

[azure pond]

mp33 is an internal 1tb

and costs 80$

[hollow sentinel]

nvme

m.2 slot

[azure pond]

yes

google mp33

[brittle lagoon]

76$ atm
https://www.newegg.com/team-group-mp33-1tb/p/N82E16820331417

[pallid geyser]

Rip

[jolly inlet]

Dang intel, dropping price bombs on us already and 12th gen is barely out. They really want that market share back.

[pulsar fable]

I mean, I'm not complaining. Would give me an excuse to make yet another computer

[dire shuttle]

I been watching the Newegg shuffle for about a year now and was wondering why it is always nvidia cards and never AMD from the AIBs?

[jolly inlet]

AMD is in regular stock and not shuffle now. AMD cards aren't as high demand.

[grand orbit]

Also usually priced a bit higher

[pulsar fable]

Damn I wish I could be a new microcenter customer again just to take advantage of that laptop deal

[jolly inlet]

You can still get a 6900XT for under $1400 pretty easily

Beats the 3090, just doesn't have the extra goodies

[grand orbit]

On the 2nd hand market i assume? Cheapest buying from retailer is ~1600 iirc

[pulsar fable]

Yeah probably 2nd hand. At least that's what they are at my local micro center when found used

[azure pond]

nitro+ is in stock for 1490$

im not sure if its consitently in stock tho

wait

nvm

pcp is just stupid

showed it listed at 1490, click on it and its 1600

[grand orbit]

Yeah

[azure pond]

oh waity

wait*

its 1600 + 120$ rebate

[dire shuttle]

I've seen newegg have 6900xt around high 1400's. Still a bit too high for me. My gut tells me prices will bottom out just above msrp in a couple of months. But I been wrong before and it will happen again.

[grand orbit]

For 1600 just get the asrock formula oc honestly

[azure pond]

ofc

its 1480 tho after the rebate

[grand orbit]

There hasn't been 1 at that price in a while tbh

[grand orbit]

Oh that's decent i misread

[azure pond]

idk how big of a difference there is between the nitro+ and formula oc

[grand orbit]

For 1480 there's no comparison

[azure pond]

i know miners love the 5700xt nitro+

the nitro+ actually has higher tdp

[grand orbit]

Why? Was it just binned well or something?

Ohh

[azure pond]

well

stck tdp

stock*

formula oc has 3x8, nitro has 2x8 and 1x6

heres the full comparison between the models https://www.gpu-monkey.com/en/compare_gpu-sapphire_nitro_radeon_rx_6900_xt_se-vs-asrock_radeon_rx_6900_xt_oc_formula_16gb

[fleet marlin]

Laptop deal expired.

[grave delta]

Anyone looking for top tier 2x8 b-die - these just dropped in price https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820374182?quicklink=true

I hate the heat spreader, would definitely delid these.

[marsh sphinx]

Gucci ram

[grave delta]

really though, anyone looking for some b-die for a 3080 and up setup, that's the pick for 2x8

Then again, 2x16 is probably the play for daily gaming, and those $330 44c17 trident z sticks tolerate 55c

[dim bay]

rich people ram

Yeah 16 gb is still fine I think but 32 or more would make more sense for a high end build

[grave delta]

You'll get a performance benefit from dual rank as well

[daring depot]

what does higher speed of ram do?

[light bay]

Has the possibility to move more data

[daring depot]

ah ok. in that case would MORE RAM or faster ram be better?

[light bay]

Depends on what you're doing with the computer

[daring depot]

I guess Id better look into it

[light bay]

If you're the average gamer or overclocker, faster is gonna be better usually. If you do a bunch of productivity or stream, then more is probably better

[grand orbit]

I was like wow 220$ for 32gb of 4800c17 sheesh then i looked again 💀

[azure pond]

Never buy skytech

they are a terrible company with terrible customer support, and completely ripped me off

[grave delta]

https://kingfaris.co.uk/blog/intel-ram-oc-impact/

[grand orbit]

Also just bad price/perf in the listed one

[vague pine]

dont know if its been said but looking around wegg, saw the samsung 870 1tb at $104 with 25% off with promo so roughly around like $80~ish? was wondering if thats worth or not to put in tech deals

dont know much about samsung drives

[grand orbit]

The 870 qvo? If so it's like meh afaik, not on windshields list and you can get Vulcan g /mp33 for 3$ more

[vague pine]

ye the qvo, was wondering before i posted. if its meh then i wont post it if the mp33 is better

[cloud hornet]

I'd only get 4tb+ 870QVO. <=2tb QVO is pretty close in price to others and is pretty low end in comparison to other SSDs. Pretty budget quality SSD.

[fleet marlin]

Rocket has been $85 for 3-4 days already, so might be changing price soon. P31 was also $93 last I saw.

[marsh sphinx]

thinking of getting i3 10100F and 1650

[grand orbit]

At what price tho? Would want to be like ~$500

[marsh sphinx]

the i3 10100F costs 125 and 1650 is 350

[grand orbit]

I meant for the whole pc

What country are you in and whats your budget?

350 is way to much for a 1650

[marsh sphinx]

its aud

its 250 usd for america

[grand orbit]

Ohh that's not as bad, still not great

What's your budget?

[marsh sphinx]

i have the ram motherboard case etc for 2nd pc

just need gpu and cpu budget is 500

[grand orbit]

Oh you already have everything else?

What motherboard you got?

[marsh sphinx]

b560m pro

[grand orbit]

This is probs your best bet then
https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/RkZjQD

If you could go 50$ over budget
https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/KwT9Tn

[marsh sphinx]

apparently the 6500xt was bad?

[oak sentinel]

it is

[grand orbit]

It is terrible if paired with a i3 10100 because it's running in gen 3, if it's running in gen 4 with the 11400 then it's better than the 1650 and you get better CPU and gpu

[marsh sphinx]

oh ok

[rose ocean]

I was hoping to hold out for a Samsung 980 Pro 2TB. But i went ahead on the WD_Black SN850 2TB for $232.49

[brittle lagoon]

Neat sale, makes the e18 drive actually reasonably priced

[fleet marlin]

I paid $44 for sn550 & actually wish I just waited & got a (1TB) P31 or similar. Sn570 & Sn750se $50/500gb right now.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B095H8XDXP

[light bay]

the p31 is a great choice for those

its like $93 and super super efficient

oh rip p31 up to $110 now but still a good price for it

[fierce python]

So does anyone know if this particular PC is a good deal for my business need? Dell Vostro 3000 3888 Business Tower Desktop Computer 10th Gen Intel Hexa-core i5-10400 16GB RAM 512GB SSD Intel UHD Graphics 630 DVD-RW Wifi5 Bluetooth Win10 Pro Black

I am not tech savvy so I do not know about the processors, storage, operating sysytems etc??

[proper wagon]

Should be plenty for most basic business uses

[marsh sphinx]

How much is this?

Feel like something around that would sell for $400-$500

I probably wouldn’t buy that for more than $400

[light bay]

@grand orbit did you get that gammax 400 tech deal after seeing me suggest changing someone's list to a gammax 400?

Lol

[grand orbit]

Nah i made someone a list before but got distracted

[light bay]

O lol

Yeah it's a pog deal

[pulsar fable]

Damn $16?

[grand orbit]

Yeah its nicee

[jolly inlet]

Totally worth that price if you have a i5/R5 processor

@azure pond EVGA getting DDOS'd right now from load requests lol

[pulsar fable]

lol

[azure pond]

I was gonna grab a 3080, but exlcusive members only sadge

What is exclusive members anyways?

[jolly inlet]

Yeah I only see a 3070 that's not members only rn

[azure pond]

Is it similar to totaltech?

[jolly inlet]

https://www.evga.com/member/elite/

[azure pond]

Only 3070 I'd pay for is FE at msrp, I don't feel like going through the trouble for that small upgrade

[jolly inlet]

Nah it's free, you just need to have registered EVGA hardware or be active in the forums/livestreams

[azure pond]

What products are eligible? It doesn't say

I've got a 750 bq at home I could register

[jolly inlet]

If you enter the part number on that page it'll tell you if it's eligible

GPUs, PSUs, mice, capture cards, just about any EVGA branded hardware it looks like

10 series or newer GPU

[pulsar fable]

Well there goes my attempt to get membership with my old 8400 gs* xD

[azure pond]

Looks like it does, thanks

[grand orbit]

You might have or know someone with an evga psu they might let you use the product number on or something

[pulsar fable]

Wait

I have an evga ga 550w

That might work

[grand orbit]

Should do

[jolly inlet]

220-GA-0550-X1 is the part number, and yes it qualifies

Come to think of it I have a 650 GQ

[azure pond]

sorry, question about registering evga products: does the date have to be exact?

because ive got no clue the exact date i bought this thing

i might be able to find out via some odd searching

[jolly inlet]

Probably not. But finding the receipt/invoice would be helpful.

[azure pond]

no clue where either of those would be, didnt have my own credit card then so it was on my dads, but before i decided to rebuild i had made a reddit post on hws selling the parts (didnt end up selling any), so just gotta find that and fast forward a day or two after that

signed up now, thanks for the help

[marsh sphinx]

wow that 10k rpm drive sure is great 🤓

[fleet marlin]

Decent $/GB but 8 yr old used hdd is a no from me, dawg. An x300 probably almost matches the raptor's seek times.

[marsh sphinx]

Yea Im gonna ask how many hours they have

[grand orbit]

Fact that they're used and almost the price of a 7200 2tb

[marsh sphinx]

but performance 🤓

obviously its not the best fit if you just need generic storage

Good for servers with SATA backplanes

get those things in raid 10 and have some pretty good performance

[jolly inlet]

Not bad. Try to find one with a 10400/11400, they're usually the same price and better than that cpu

[light bay]

The 10400 in a abs prebuilt probably won't be better than a 3600

Since it'll usually be on b460 so 2666

So actually probably near identical

[jolly inlet]

Memory, of course what was I thinking

[marsh sphinx]

Anyone familiar/know if the below media converter is compatible with a Lumen circuit with "Single Mode fiber with SC connectors"? Need this for work.

https://www.newegg.com/p/2AS-003C-00162?Item=9SIA9Z9BPZ9037&cm_sp=SP-_-971843-_-Pers_ProductAlsoView-_-4-_-9SIA9Z9BPZ9037-_-9SIA9Z952A6868-_--_-1

[warm thicket]

It should work

[marsh sphinx]

Thanks homie

[marsh sphinx]

people still stuck in 2017 be like https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/397493375302295/

6950x for nearly 500 dollars 🤡

[stoic crest]

yikes

also inb4 someone mistakes it for ryzen for who knows why

[marsh sphinx]

i can see that happening tbh

[light holly]

Is this a good version of the 6900 xt? There are only 2 reviews so I'm not sure.

https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-radeon-rx-6900-xt-gv-r69xtgaming-oc-16gd/p/N82E16814932414

#tech-deals message

[grand orbit]

It's decent, great for 1300 tho

[light holly]

How long will this deal last? Typically? I am waiting for my taxes before I can get some of the stuff I need for the build.

[grand orbit]

https://tenor.com/view/8ball-bart-simpson-shaking-shake-magic-ball-gif-17725278

[jolly inlet]

@thorn yacht Rebates work like this - you pay for an item, take the serial number for the rebate form, send in the rebate, then between 6 weeks and never you'll get a visa gift card with the rebate on it.

[thorn yacht]

💀💀

Amazing

Truly

[sturdy notch]

can someone help me with macrium reflect

[daring depot]

I need an opinion, what should be my next goal, phone, SSD, or mouse and keyboard

All of mine are slowly deteriorating

[pulsar fable]

I would say phone or ssd, whichever one is in worse shape at the moment

[azure pond]

depends on what you have and what you use often

if you dont currently have an ssd, id buy a small one for boot and then start saving for a phone

[daring depot]

I mean i have an ssd, portable, for my 500gb laptop

i guess ill find the best deal for the ssd

[azure pond]

mp33/sn550

[light bay]

P31 is also highly recommended for laptop because of efficiency

[pulsar fable]

Not as cheap as it was earlier
https://www.amazon.com/SK-hynix-Gold-500GB-Internal/dp/B08DKB5LWY?th=1&psc=1

But the 1tb is $110

[light holly]

I haven't been able to find mp33 in stock, however I can find the mp34

[azure pond]

i didnt even know that existed

500gb sn550 prolly

[grave delta]

The 2TB P31 at 208 is still decent, but I'd go for the 970 evo plus 2TB at $180

[fair mauve]

used rx 580 for 200 worth?

[grave delta]

Nah

Maybe if it's 8GB, but I'd get something newer

[pulsar fable]

4gb of vram aint enough to run modern aaa games beyond low settings

[fair mauve]

compared to a 1050 though

its what i have rn and im hoping it should fix my input delay issues

[pulsar fable]

input delay issues?

[fair mauve]

long story short i think my integrated graphics are causing input delay with my mouse (not my mouse cause i used it on my old pc)

i've tried disabling it in the device manager, i've attempted to disable it in bios but can't find it

i really have no clue what it could be at this point other than my cpu

but maybe buying a gpu might fix it or something

plus my games lag a lil too

[pulsar fable]

what games do you play?

and so you intend on playing anything more intensive on your system in the future?

[fair mauve]

i currently play csgo and fortnite and both have the same issue, when i first built my pc siege also had the same problem and so did tf2, i'll install this chipset driver thing and it goes away for about an hour before reverting back with seamingly no changes

[pulsar fable]

if i may ask, what do you have? (besides the 1050)

[fair mauve]

r7 5700g, 16 gb of ripjaw g.skill ram, b550m-k and a 550w power supply

[pulsar fable]

hmm

wait, you have a 5700g and a 1050?

non ti?

[fair mauve]

non ti

[pulsar fable]

isnt the 5700g integrated graphics as good as a 1050?

[fair mauve]

i just plugged it in to see if i got more frames

i have no clue if the integrated graphics are better or not

[jolly inlet]

1050 has more stable lows

[fair mauve]

so then would having the 1050 in my pc hurt it

[pulsar fable]

i wouldnt think so, although I do not know what could be causing input delay

[jolly inlet]

Motherboard drivers installed?

[fair mauve]

._.

lets find out

[jolly inlet]

Easiest way to find out is open device manager and look for exclamation points

[fair mauve]

i dont see any

[pulsar fable]

dont pay attention to me, just typing my own question

[jolly inlet]

No yellow triangles? That's good

[pulsar fable]

when troubleshooting on your end is over

[jolly inlet]

#building-and-recc-chat is usually better for tech support

[fair mauve]

yeah its where i went in the first place

and they tried their hardest

we can't figure it out whatsoever

i've tried searching and searching but i can't find it

so my last resort is hoping this gpu would help, it'd be about 275 cad for my friends used one

the best deal i can get on it

it's 8gb of vram too

[jolly inlet]

That'll be quite a good upgrade over the 1050

[fair mauve]

275 cad?

[jolly inlet]

A bit high but I know the cad market is still really bad

[pulsar fable]

id go for it

[fair mauve]

its also at most 275 we haven't decided cause im ofc paying for shipping and we don't know how much that is

but he said 200 usd and thats 254 cad

[pulsar fable]

i mean, $215 usd is what that translates to. My brother got his rx580 for $190 (usd) pre crypto/chip shortage

so youre getting a bit ripped off, but better to be a bit ripped off then very ripped off

[fair mauve]

i also have no real rush for it rn cause its my buddy and he has a 3090 or something rn

3060 i think

[marsh sphinx]

How do older cards like the 390X compare value-wise to newer ones like the RX 580 in the current market? What's the best option for a GPU around 150 dollars? Just curious

[jolly inlet]

Maybe a gtx 970 would be that low

[lofty bone]

Should I get an rtx 3050 for $370

[opal flume]

@lofty bone I think you should not spam the same message in multiple channels and not use #tech-deals for discussion

[lofty bone]

Sorry

[west coral]

@pallid geyser use brickseek for deals in store, they are highly ymmv https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker/?sku=814409146

[pulsar fable]

Found a Corsair h100i (unopened) for $60 at a used videogame store of all places. Worth it?

[dim bay]

😳

[south grove]

👍

[pulsar fable]

Well, I already have an a500 I got for $30 last year. It it worth it to get this aio for $60?

[tropic agate]

Yeah

[marsh sphinx]

Can you haggle? Try asking 50

[pulsar fable]

If anyone here lives in Massachusetts, there's an old videogame store. It has that cooler and these monitors (on top of the old videogames, but this isnt the discord for that)

Also no, I didn't buy the cooler. No need at the moemnt

[marsh sphinx]

Oh alright

[pulsar fable]

It's fine, my a500 is still doing me just fine

If anyone wants the name I can dm it

[pallid geyser]

Man, could use it

Only 18hr drive

[pulsar fable]

Hey, great excuse for a road trip

[fleet marlin]

So forks, that ddr5 is same latency as 3000c20?. 💩

[grave delta]

[fleet marlin]

exactly. Is that actually a deal?

[jolly inlet]

DDR5 timings don't compare to DDR4 like that. There's other improvements that make the true latency better.

It's probably more comparable to 3000c16

[grave delta]

Mainly the burst length is halved

[shy oasis]

No

[grand orbit]

Ntb but you can get the evga 280mm for 10$ more, id get that instead, assuming that's a 240mm aio
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N16CAKN

[light holly]

How is the evga compared to arctic liquid ii?

[grand orbit]

Arctic wins, evga is okay tho

[oak sentinel]

Not as good but still nice

[light holly]

Gotcha. Ok

I'll stick with arctic then.

[pulsar fable]

Dang, thanks for the find

[grand orbit]

Np

[grand orbit]

Btw @kind rover wouldn't have been good even if it was fhr, just acceptable, also all non FE cards that are new are LHR

[grand orbit]

@dim dagger don't forget the price

[dim dagger]

oh ok

[grand orbit]

Just to make it clear 👌

[jolly inlet]

The 5600X at that price is a good upgrade to hold you over for a few years while DDR5 matures, but only if you already have an AM4 motherboard.
It gets beaten by the cheaper 12400 if you're doing a new build.

[azure pond]

can get a meh b550 that can support it cheaper than b660 prime tho

at that price its basically a toss up

[pulsar fable]

The price is almost even in some cases

[azure pond]

b550 pro vdh is 20$ cheaper than b660 prime, and theyre about the same quality iirc

but b660 prime would have more of an upgrade path tbf, with 13th gen i5s maybe running fine on it

[grand orbit]

Yes at least 12th gen has upgrade path, 13th gen and 14th gen if we're lucky and intel finally breaks their cycle

[azure pond]

idk if 13600k would be fine on it though, unlike the 12600k

we wont know till it happens

[grand orbit]

Looks like 13th gen is gonna be same p more e cores could be wrong tho

[azure pond]

im not sure, havent been paying much attention to it

[grand orbit]

I mean leaks so could be wrong but b660 prime is decent board

[azure pond]

i know 13900k is going to be ridiculous tho

[grand orbit]

13900k supposed to be 8+16 core iirc

[azure pond]

yeah, 24c 32t from what leaks say

ima run 13900k on b660 prime

[pulsar fable]

Now, I dont need a 4k monitor. I will probably never need a 4k monitor. But I have never seen a 4k monitor go for as cheap as in the photo I've sent above (say for that $180 4k monitor shown on LTT from 2018, which isn't $180 anymore). Is it worth considering the purchase as an ordinary user or should I keep my sights on a more manageable 2k display?

Granted age is also a thing. The 4k in the photo is an HP Dream color Z32x, so it's at least half a decade old

[pulsar fable]

The one I'm replying to

I can repost the image down here if need be

I really should have just taken an image of all 4 monitors separately rather than all 4 in one

Eh posting it down here again anyway in case someone else chimes in

[pallid geyser]

For me personally, 2k 144hz > 4k 60hz all day

At least for gaming

The smoothness is so worth it

[pulsar fable]

Noted

I mean, in a perfect world, I would have both a 1440p 144hz gaming display for gaming and a 4k 32in for content consumption or having a bunch of programs on in the background (discord, internet, Spotify, etc), but that perfect world doesn't exist

[jolly inlet]

4k60 is only good for editing and watching videos really. And photos.

[lofty moss]

4k 32in? bro just get a tv

and a couch

[grave delta]

Different use case tbh, and I'd say 32" is ideal for a 4k monitor

27" is definitely cramped on windows

[marsh sphinx]

I have that monitor, the one you mentioned that ltt did a video about. It's ASS.

[pallid geyser]

What’s so bad ab it?

[marsh sphinx]

Mainly the ghosting, latency, temporary burn-in, and actual freaking glitching that the monitor does every now and then, where it's like it can't display part of the image the GPU sends to part of the display for a few frames

[pallid geyser]

Christ

Yep

Bad

[ebon stratus]

Far#2171 has been warned

Reason: Duplicated text

[marsh sphinx]

Ok sussy weggbot

[pallid geyser]

Lmao

[cloud hornet]

Haha. Get wegged

[pulsar fable]

Alright, now all I need is the money for a couch
... and the money for an apartment for the couch ;-;

[azure pond]

I hate to call a 600$ 3060 ti a deal

Surprisingly, it's been in stock for nearing 20 minutes

[marsh sphinx]

why would you buy it new when you can just buy it used lol

ez

[azure pond]

True

[azure pond]

Was just about to link that lol

[dire shuttle]

+if it costs more, it has to be better. Right

[azure pond]

Not sure on reviews of the monitor, but 1440p high refresh rate at the price of a 1080p is sick

[pulsar fable]

I cant see it, no amazon account

Anyone got a name I can Google?

[fleet marlin]

That HP is normally $260-300. Posted deal a couple hours late & it's been sold out for a while.

[marsh sphinx]

Need help

I just built my new pc rn

And it doesnt detect the display port

What should i do

is your displayport cable plugged into your GPU @marsh sphinx

[marsh sphinx]

Bruh

I didn't

I plugged it in my mobo

Lmaoooo

Now its working thanks a lot 😅

[marsh sphinx]

Yeah figured that was your issue

Happy gaming or whatever else you’re doing

[fleet marlin]

Darn , the 2070S is gone for me. Nearly cheapest gpu they have now besides overpriced 1080 Ti is this:

[grave delta]

The 1080 ti kingpin for 600 something sold in < 20 mins

I was tempted, but have enough non-current gen hardware to bench

[marsh sphinx]

i still really need an upgrade from this 1070

even considering im going down to 1440p from 4k when i get my new monitor

actually im still gonna use my 4k monitor for some games anyhow so nvm

[oak sentinel]

@torpid night might be better to link the website he talks of instead of the video

easier to access

[torpid night]

posted

[oak sentinel]

cool

[uneven void]

What is bdie?

[grand orbit]

samsung b die is a the best ram chip(IC)(die) for overclocking, everything scales with adding more voltage

[uneven void]

Oh so b die wouldn't matter if you run stock then

[brittle lagoon]

If you get b die, you should overclock it, but if you're just looking for ram with no intention to overclock, you don't need to look for b die

[uneven void]

Understood

Thanks for the info y'all

[grand orbit]

although thats a pretty decent price

[cloud hornet]

Yeah bdie for non-OC is 99.999% of the time is really overpriced comparative to basic options.

[marsh sphinx]

Is regular oloy ram a good buy for non OC then?

Or like the warhawk thingy

[jolly inlet]

It depends

Some oloy kits are great and others won't even hit xmp rating

[marsh sphinx]

Hmm

[grand orbit]

the only brand with consistent die's in their ram was crucial ballistix line

[marsh sphinx]

Yes

sad to see them go

[light holly]

So, should I go for 4 of those oloy 8gb ram instead of the 2x16 ripjaws V?

[azure pond]

what cpu you got?

[light holly]

12700kf

[shrewd aspen]

I'd stick with the ripjaws

[azure pond]

imo i would do the 2x16, the imc might struggle with 4000mhz ram

well

im not sure how that would work actually

since it is meant for ddr5

would have to ask someone who knows more than me lol, im not sure if the imc acts like previous gen when on a ddr4 motherboard or what

[light holly]

Alright. Thanks guys

I was curious because 4 sicks of that oloy would be same price as the ripjaws

Plus they have rgb lights.

[shrewd aspen]

Iirc doesn't some ddr5 not post with xmp if running 4 sticks but will with 2 sticks

[light holly]

Not sure. I am using the ddr4 variant of msi pro z690

[shrewd aspen]

Yeah but also I'd suggest the ripjaws still as the oc capabilities are a little better than oloy but I could be wrong there but say down the line if you need more ram for any reason you have two more open slots for more ripjaws

[light holly]

Gotcha. I was wondering about oc capability on the ripjaws.

[shrewd aspen]

I can't remember which dies they use but you can research it

[light holly]

I'm not sure how to go about doing that. A Google search for what die they are just yields results to buy them lol

[shrewd aspen]

Well one the techies should know

[jolly inlet]

It depends on luck. They use different dies on a single sku, it's rare you can tell just by looking unless it's b-die.

[light holly]

Ah ok

[jolly inlet]

At least once you have them it's easy to decode the 042/043 number to tell what you have

[pallid geyser]

Sorry bud, no selling/buying is allowed in the server.

[fair badger]

dont call me bud

im not ur bud

[pallid geyser]

k

[light bay]

@marsh sphinx hmmm 3060ti prebuilt cheaper, but open box... https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali475-master/p/N82E16883360070R?true

also a $100 cheaper abs 3060, only difference is down to a 10400f from a 11400f, not huge diff tho https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali564/p/N82E16883360194?

[marsh sphinx]

That’s what i posted

[light bay]

nah

you posted the $1200 3060 abs

[light bay]

oh lol

[marsh sphinx]

😂

[light bay]

you edited it

[marsh sphinx]

Thanks for the deal

[light bay]

may wanna throw open box on there btw

[marsh sphinx]

9&

[oak sentinel]

@grand orbit dont discuss tech deals in #tech-deals smh

[grand orbit]

@grave delta that's a 5900x not 5950 btw

[grave delta]

lol oop

[oak sentinel]

The breakage of rules smh

[grand orbit]

Uh kinda important to the deal

[oak sentinel]

Ask him to edit instead of discussing it the smh my head

[grave delta]

[grand orbit]

If he edited i would have deleted message

[oak sentinel]

Badtokav

[marsh sphinx]

same reason i didnt edit lol

[grand orbit]

I'll unsend then

You edit

[marsh sphinx]

alr

[frosty gate]

4k 60 is the most beautiful thing ever.

[marsh sphinx]

4k 60 is also good for games if you dont need a high refresh-rate lol

4k is gorgeous

[pulsar fable]

Yes, but is 4k good on a screen made half a decade ago?

[marsh sphinx]

depends on the panel

[grand orbit]

1080p 144hz and smaller panel over 4k 60 any day of the week

[marsh sphinx]

ew 1080p? 🤮

4k gang.

https://www.mediafire.com/view/ce4kyejenplymad/2021-03-27_17.20.14.png/file just look at this epic minecraft 4k screenshot

and yes i was quite literally getting 5 fps.

[grand orbit]

4k my ass

[marsh sphinx]

the texture pack isnt 4k but everything else is shhh

[grand orbit]

Lollll

[marsh sphinx]

https://www.mediafire.com/view/9l740uibabo5lio/12TheDivision2.png/file division 2

[grand orbit]

But the screenshot took like 7 seconds to load lmfao

[marsh sphinx]

division 2 is actually gorgeous, easily one of the best looking games

this game gets overlooked too often

[grand orbit]

That looks better

[marsh sphinx]

https://www.mediafire.com/view/i03gu686ee87bg8/11TheDivision2.png/file

the subsurface scattering 😳

I havent played Div2 in ages though. They kinda ruined the loot progression and gear system with title update 8

then the community was basically split in 2 when the dlc released, real bummer

[fleet marlin]

1080p + maxed Anti-aliasing ftw. Also, that ballistix isn't exactly on "sale". Actually feels overpriced when the (white) 3200c16 kit is only $115 or less.

[grand orbit]

no but when you look at 3600cl16 32gb

igore the last kit, actually 19's but doesnt matter

[fleet marlin]

Haha, thnx. I guess wanting that guaranteed extra 400MHz just means $50 on top of $115ish.

[grand orbit]

yes but you can clock yourself if you want but like yea

[grand orbit]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-nvidia-geforce-tuf-rtx3080-12gb-gddr6-pci-express-4-0-graphics-card-black/6501113.p?skuId=6501113

Best deal

[cloud hornet]

What a steal. Wish I got it when it was in stock

"3080i but no T" best deal

[broken ridge]

Only 525,000 a month for 12 months with that financing. Decent deal tbh.

[grave delta]

That ballistix is pretty meh, b-die for only $30 more

[light bay]

@azure pond already sold out lol

some people mustve been thirsty for those 1660s cards

[azure pond]

yeah i figured itd be quick

[supple kernel]

Ohh oops would you day a vega 64 for 350 is a good deal?

[fleet marlin]

Yea I'd say decent in the current market, but only in the current market mind you.

[supple kernel]

Ohh oops would you day a vega 64 for 350 is a good deal?

[oak sentinel]

@supple kernel @raw inlet Dont chat or ask questions in #tech-deals

It is only for deal links

delete ur own messages

[grave delta]

I really wouldn't buy a vega or hbm anything to daily, those things tend to die easily

[grand orbit]

Have you checked recently? Prices are going up again on ram :(

[grave delta]

https://www.newegg.com/team-32gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820331801?quicklink=true

personally, I'd probably buy these oloys or a 4000c16 gskill bin https://www.newegg.com/oloy-32gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820821441?quicklink=true

These are usually $310, but would still be my current recommendation for a mid-top tier dual rank daily bin https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-32gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820374187?quicklink=true

[grand orbit]

Oh dam okay

[azure pond]

That 3080 is still in stock

I really think this shortage is coming to an end

[jolly inlet]

And it's only a 50% markup over msrp

But that is one of the better models so mostly forgivable

[azure pond]

Yeah, unfortunately I doubt the msrp of any models will come down before next gen, they've been selling so why would manufacturers bring the price down if they continue to do so

And not like FE demand will go down

[dim bay]

Either the 30 series and 6000 series cards will inflate back up with the rtx 4000 release or they'll drop in price who knows

[light bay]

@azure pond holy, must have only been 1 in stock

[azure pond]

bruh

[azure pond]

just went back in stock again lol

[light bay]

lol

[haughty lance]

I need help looking for a cheap pc pre built with a 3060 ti or 3070

[jolly inlet]

How cheap is cheap? And what country?

[eager sphinx]

Russia 💀

[oak sentinel]

falcie look dms when u have the time btw

[jolly inlet]

Yeah I've been busy today, about to head to bed. I'll have time tomorrow for some edits.

[jolly inlet]

If in the US https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali568-master/p/N82E16883360198R
You might want to change out the memory and case, or at least take off the front panel and add some fans

Or there's one with more airflow for $1400, so just better memory is needed https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali605/p/N82E16883360270

[pallid geyser]

^ 11400f in this one too

& 1tb ssd

[oak sentinel]

aight aight cool

[haughty lance]

I already have a set up I’m just looking for a pre built to steal the gpu off of and maybe the power source

[oak sentinel]

that hasnt been worth it in a while

get just what u need

seperate

and ull be off cheaper

[haughty lance]

Was planing on keeping components for back up parts and give some to a family member so they can start a pc build

[oak sentinel]

still cheaper to buy what u need and then what they need tbh

ud get a better board and more flexibility as well

[haughty lance]

Already got a board I’m running a rog strix z590-A

[oak sentinel]

im talking about the parts u want to give to family

[oak sentinel]

also id return this if u can

[grand orbit]

No need
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/RVH7YJ/asus-geforce-rtx-3060-ti-lhr-8-gb-tuf-gaming-oc-v2-video-card-tuf-rtx3060ti-o8g-v2-gaming

[earnest finch]

https://www.newegg.com/titanium-blue-msi-ge-series-ge66-raider-10ug-039-gaming-entertainment/p/N82E16834156023# is the price scarily low or am i tripping

even for a refurbed

[pulsar fable]

2 things.
1: it's refurbished.
2: it's an msi laptop, so the gpu on there may not be as good as it looks on paper. Their gf63 laptop has a 3060, but it's only a 75w. This may have a similar story. Lemme Google it

Well their website says it's 130w, so youre probably good there

https://us.msi.com/Laptop/GE66-Raider-10UX/Specification

You'd have to ask people who know more about laptops specifically, but from the looks of it's spec sheet it doesn't look bad at all

[grand orbit]

It's also out of stock lol

[pulsar fable]

The laptop? Still seems in stock to me. I can even put it in my cart

Oh wait you're talking about the graphics card. My bad

[grand orbit]

Nah i was talking about the laptop, it showed oos and now it's back in stock for me

Now oos

Now in wtf

[earnest finch]

tysm for the help, im just worried cuz its refurbed

[grand orbit]

But yeah that's a good deal

[pulsar fable]

Well that's odd

[grand orbit]

That's fine just means MSI had it sent back to them and they fixed it

[grand orbit]

Yeah it was oos then i sent back into link, in stock, then back into again, oos, then in stock

[pulsar fable]

That's even more odd

[grand orbit]

@plain wolf btw that's just marked up artificially pretty sure that's the normal price, not even a good one

[pulsar fable]

Adding that laptop to the list of "man, I wish I just waited X amount of time to get this better thing/thing that costs less"

And I don't think Dell will allow me to return my 3 month old g15 with the reason "found a better one for less lol"

[cloud hornet]

Returns I find are limited to one month

But can usually be returned for accidentally purchase if you're still within return window

[grave delta]

That crucial is nice if you want to bench for max ddr4 valid freq on hwbot - but honestly just get a kit of b-die for daily, lol.

This is $8 more https://www.newegg.com/team-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820331800?quicklink=true

[marsh sphinx]

There are also the oloys 👀

[grave delta]

Yeah, but those are a bit pricier, and actually the 3200c14 selection isn't great right now - flarex's have been on sale for $91 before iirc.

I want to see what the 2x16 3200c14 oloys do, tempted to get a kit myself

[marsh sphinx]

The oloys are 85, that tc one is 99

https://www.newegg.com/oloy-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820821411

The 4266 cl18 ones

[grave delta]

Oh damn, didn't realize that was still in stock

Absolutely get those, lol

@distant rover Ready to ascend to the master race?

[grand orbit]

@pallid geyser might want to link

[pallid geyser]

Got it

[grand orbit]

Sheesh

And white and are gee bee

[marsh sphinx]

Honestly I actually think those dimms are fugly

But performance is performance lol

[grave delta]

I wonder if I can...

?reactionrole make

!reactionrole make

@opaque sparrow plz

[opaque sparrow]

:8ball: | Outlook good, RAWR

[grave delta]

I think it'd be nice if we had an opt-in pingable tech deals alerts role for really good stuff like that $85 b-die kit

Or that $98 2x16 crucial not long ago

[grand orbit]

Yeah that would be nice

I mean we could have so only mods/techies can ping it maybe?

[grand orbit]

Really? I think they look cool

[marsh sphinx]

🤨

[jolly inlet]

One man's trash I guess lol

[distant rover]

https://c.tenor.com/OYR61scwIyEAAAAM/george-lopez-confused.gif

[marsh sphinx]

master race = x79

[azure pond]

My ancestors rolling in the grave at me reading this

[marsh sphinx]

@azure pond why the downvote ?

i wanna hear your insight

[azure pond]

ventus 2x is a bad aib, i wouldnt pay that much when a similar build with better cooling is the same price from abs

[marsh sphinx]

i see

thx i updated the post

[jolly inlet]

Ventus is honestly one of the worst cooler designs in the 30 series. They went so cheap no matter what you do, even mx5 paste, it'll still thermal throttle. (you can't put liquid metal on aluminum, it'll eat through it)

[marsh sphinx]

Should i just remove it then? (is it not worth buying)

[brittle lagoon]

3x still does fine afaik

from the reviews I saw earlier on

[jolly inlet]

On 3070 and below the 3x is good enough, but not the 2x

Anything 3080 or higher throttles hard

[brittle lagoon]

fair

[brittle lagoon]

Thought problem for 3080 ventus 3x was vram not core though?

[jolly inlet]

With the light, cheap aluminum heatsink the core gets high too

[brittle lagoon]

Fair, thought I saw 3080 ventus 3x reviews, might've just been 3070 ventux 3x reviews

[marsh sphinx]

@marsh sphinx those PCs are dumpster fires

They get hot

All of them?

this one is mesh at least as well

@marsh sphinx https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TpTrrIsMGXU

Oh

https://www.newegg.com/pny-32gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820177108

is this ram good?

32gb 2x16gb 3600mhz ddr4

18-22-22-42 💀

It probably isnt bad for regular use, but there's almost definitely something better for a similar or lower price

[grave delta]

Not terrible for the price

Honestly pretty decent if you want $116 32GB plug and play 3600 mhz xmp

8/10 deal

[light holly]

I'm trying to figure out just how good of a deal the 1080 monitor is that @marsh sphinx posted earlier today. I wouldn't be using it for gaming (except maybe Runescape 3), but i would like to have the option to do so. So I feel like it could be a super great deal, but I have no experience in this type of thing. I'm trying to decide if I need to jump on this opportunity tonight or not. I would appreciate some insight/advice please.

https://computers.woot.com/offers/msi-optix-g271-27-fhd-esports-gaming-flat-monitor-12?ref=w_cnt_lnd_cat_pc_5_1

[grand orbit]

If you would be a secondary just get a ~100$ monitor

[light holly]

Ideally it'll just be a secondary, but I'd also like the option to use it for gaming if I so felt the need. That's why I'm curious if this is a super good deal or not. Like will I find anything around the same price for the quality this one is?

[grand orbit]

Well for 1080p for main monitor anyway you don't really want to go above 24"

So msi g242 or something

[light holly]

Yeah I figure 24 would be the way to go if using as a main, but I will be getting a 27 1440p so I feel like a 24 would just look to wierd sitting side by side.

[grand orbit]

It's not

[light holly]

Alright I'll just wait for a good 24" to go on sale.

[kindred bear]

i run 31' 1080p 165hz

so i have almost no opinion here. but its really not that bad

[oak sentinel]

@tawny walrus the thing u posted in #tech-deals isnt a deal and also read rule 3 in #rules

[cloud hornet]

I've done 32" FHD before, IMO pretty bad for desktop gaming where monitor is decently close to face.

[fair moon]

monitor size doesn't really matter, resolution does

You can move a 27 or 31 inch monitor further away and it will be like a 24in

[grand orbit]

yes it does lmao

[fair moon]

Obviously it would suck to push a 4k 24in up to your face but within a certain range it doesn't matter

Especially for 1080p 24vs 27

Though actually for a 2 monitor setup you probably want them the same distance away from you

1080p 24in is definitely preferable but if there's a good deal on a 1080p panel I wouldn't let 27in dissuade someone

[jolly inlet]

I think it would be more accurate to say monitor size isn't the only thing that matters

https://i.rtings.com/images/optimal-viewing-distance-television-graph-size.png

[cloud hornet]

Thus why I said desktop gaming, where the monitor is usually on a desk not that far from the face. Here is a site with cool PPD info (pixel per degree).
http://phrogz.net/tmp/ScreenDensityCalculator.html

[fleet marlin]

Actually now I was gonna say Reorxist give that 1080p 27" a try(gonna be 2nd monitor eventually). It's a solid $50 less than "new" options. For me idk if I'll take the effort to return my 24" 1st 😅 . -- As for the 12600K on NE, that's sort of a screaming deal.

[grave delta]

btw there's a 3dmark advanced edition for $5 more with those oloy sticks
https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails?ItemList=Combo.4475053.20-821-427

[pallid geyser]

Oh nice

[azure pond]

Is that crucial 3200c16 32gb kit that kept going on sale Rev e or b die (what voltage can it handle?)

[oak sentinel]

Rev e

[azure pond]

I'm very unfamiliar with ram, what voltage can Rev e handle?

[oak sentinel]

I wouldnt daily past 1.55

I personally run mine at 1.53

[light bay]

i wouldnt take voltage advice from rawr smh

rawr, what did you daily your 3600x at?

[oak sentinel]

Shut up that wasnt my fault

Blame 1usmus

[light bay]

smh

[oak sentinel]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/407572808227356682.png?size=48

[oak sentinel]

No bully

[light bay]

look at gpu temp reduction

this has been open since i made the sag bracket

thats a good reduction

at least 3c

[oak sentinel]

Owo repaste gpu when

[light bay]

never

sapphire did decent with the stock stuff

[oak sentinel]

Yeah but it gets old

And becomes cement

[light bay]

true but its undervolted so it should bake out slower

[oak sentinel]

Ehhhh

[light bay]

someday ill mx5 it, but whatever

[oak sentinel]

Id still do it after a few years

[light bay]

gonna sell it next year prolly

[oak sentinel]

I repasted gpu last month

[light bay]

before i go to college, since imma bring my lappy there and roll with no pc

[light bay]

smh

ive only has this card for nearly 2 years

i can get another year out of it

[oak sentinel]

Same

I got it end of 2020

Q4

It helped quite a bit

Repasting that is

[grand orbit]

To the voltage thing, uhh yes

Safely 1.55v is good tho

Could probs do more i wouldn't know my boards lock at 1.5v

[grand orbit]

Ngl that game bundle is not 6.5k worth of games I've never even heard of a single game in the pack

[marsh sphinx]

well, it has superhot

lol

[fair moon]

Superhot and Celeste are both pretty good

Cloud Gardens looks cool, it's been on my steam wishlist for a while

[marsh sphinx]

@azure pond the seller is a scam

[jolly inlet]

@azure pond The seller of that gpu seems iffy. Sold and shipped by "Adding gift wrap can prevent shipping damage"

[marsh sphinx]

And the seller is brand new

[azure pond]

Ah damn

[jolly inlet]

Prices are never that low on Amazon for legit sellers lol

That's the scalper paradise

[pallid geyser]

Tbf, $6500/991 is around $6.50 per game, so they’re not like the most amazing games to ever exist but I’m sure a fair amount of them are enjoyable

Superhot alone is like $25 lol

Celeste is great too, and apparently Towerfall

[topaz cargo]

Hi, somebody speak french here?

[grand orbit]

I'm sure the games might be worth that desperately but i meant like value wise

[jolly inlet]

This is an English only server

[cloud hornet]

There are also assets and GameDev tutorials in that bundle

[jolly inlet]

Itch.io is just an indie site for small developers. There's a few gems worth digging out.

[jolly inlet]

Slap a custom waterblock on that ventus and you're good to go

[azure pond]

that 3080 still in stock

surprising

[jolly inlet]

Sold and shipped by wegg too so not a scam like the last one 😉

[azure pond]

lol

[azure pond]

How bad would the Temps be on that 3080 without changing anything on it

I've got 3 intake two exhaust in a decent case

[jolly inlet]

If you've got bottom fans blowing on it then it's acceptable at about 50 degrees above ambient

Otherwise it's about 60 degrees over ambient

[azure pond]

No bottom fans unfortunately

More worried about the vram Temps personally

I might keep holding out for best buy, there's supposed to be one in the next two weeks from what I've heard

[jolly inlet]

I'm seeing anecdotal reports of up to 90 on the memory during gaming, also acceptable

[azure pond]

Not as bad as I would've thought

Thanks

Yeah nvm fhr 3060 tis have shot way down in price wow

Under $900 on ebay

[polar field]

rev. e can do north of 1.6 or 1.7v, also why would a micron kit use their competitor's chips :p

[grand orbit]

Tbh it's not an uncommon thing in the tech world if they cannot meet supply, e.g. samsung using Snapdragon and exynos chips in their phone

[fleet marlin]

Idk, perhaps using a certain brand in a phone is a bit different. As for exynos, is that not basically Samsung

[grand orbit]

Yes that's my point, samsung make exynos but have to subsidise with Snapdragon

Micron are also the only desktop ram makers who sell (at least retail) their own dimms

[fleet marlin]

Ah gotcha. As for ram, yea would be weird if say we saw random samsung ic's on a crucial kit. Rip ballistix. I keep watching out for another good sale.

[azure pond]

I didn't know bin of the die depened on brand

[oak sentinel]

Micron makes a b die

Lol

Theres 3 different b dies

[grand orbit]

Tbf calling rev b, b die is cursed

[oak sentinel]

It is a "b" die tho

Nanya makes a b die literally called b die too

[grand orbit]

More like having b die is nanya business

[oak sentinel]

Well guess ill cope in micron e die

[grand orbit]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-no-you-didnt-no-way-pout-upset-are-you-serious-gif-16120464

[polar field]

rev. b is not called bdie

bleach yelled at me for it

[brittle lagoon]

It is very different

[polar field]

micron/ballistix=micron chips, any other brand and big chances its SK Hynix or Samsung

every sing eone has ups and downs

[brittle lagoon]

It's just a matter of micron owning the ballistix brand so they put their own dies in their own products

[polar field]

for rev e’s case its the high voltage and not sensitive to temps

bdie also likes high voltage but it will cry at temps north of 45C

[azure pond]

Overpriced 30 series other than 3080 tis and one 3060

Well

Only other ones are 3090s and an 820$ 3070 ti

Which is pretty meh for b stock

I was late on a 3080

High msrp doesn't make it a good price

[grave delta]

The last letter there on samsung IC's indicates the die, BCK0 is the speed bin

tbh - I'd avoid posting single item listing to tech deals

(I just bought it)

But the same seller has other similarly priced listings at the same density and speed https://www.ebay.com/itm/275191768903

[marsh sphinx]

😔

tbh that was probably a good thing for me

[grave delta]

haha I needed an 8GB kit for an r420

[light holly]

Darn, that g6 psu isn't listed anymore.

[stoic crest]

b stock goes outta stock fast

[azure pond]

Terrible best buy drop today

Best priced card was a 680$ 3070

And a 1000$ 3080 that sold out instantly

[marsh sphinx]

Chinese New Year shakes up supply during this time of year thats why

[azure pond]

Oh I didn't see that one

[marsh sphinx]

my cat's name is ramen

almost 11 months

[grand orbit]

YOU'RE NOT ALOUD BUY FARS CAT

[marsh sphinx]

lol

cats are the best

i have tons of pictures of my cat on my phone

none of me

lol

[granite comet]

What's a fair price for a used 2700x?

[azure pond]

do you already have a motherboard?

[granite comet]

Yea

[azure pond]

id try for a 3600 over 2700x

much better for gaming

[granite comet]

True. I have this budget build and I see a 2700x for 150$ though

[azure pond]

could def get a 3600 for that or under

whats the gpu in it?

[granite comet]

My buddy had a 1060 laying around

[grand orbit]

100$ max

unless you need cores on cheap

[azure pond]

pretty much any cpu around a 3300x, 2600x, 3600 works then unless you want to leave more room for a future upgrade

[granite comet]

Cool thanks y'all

[pulsar fable]

Depending on location you could also get a 5600x for $160

[grand orbit]

Where are you living

[pulsar fable]

Near a microcenter

They're $210 and "new users" get an extra $50 discount

...wait why am I not doing that?

[grand orbit]

Ahhh micro center

[pulsar fable]

Oh wait I'm not a new user

[arctic crater]

Could anyone try and help me figure out what is wrong with my cooling aio?

[pulsar fable]

I can't, but I feel like the ones who can may need more info

[pulsar fable]

$160 is dirt cheap, but if I already have a 9700k is it worth getting the 5600x or waiting to upgrade to 12th gen Intel/7th gen Ryzen

[grand orbit]

What's wrong with it?

[grand orbit]

Not worth the 5600x, get a gpu upgrade first

[pulsar fable]

Thanks

[arctic crater]

@grand orbit there is bubbles in the tubes i believe. It is making a pretty loud buzzing type sound coming from the radiatior

I think the cooling system could be dying but i just want to know if i need to get a new one or if i can fix this one

@grand orbit

[grand orbit]

Gently rock the pc a bit

[arctic crater]

@grand orbit okay i just did that ima going to turn it on and see if the sounds stops. I did the rocking thing last night and the sound didnt go away though.

[grand orbit]

Indeed

[pallid geyser]

Man I just bought cities skylines not long ago dang it

[pulsar fable]

How long ago? Maybe you can get a refund

[jolly inlet]

If you have less than 2 hours on steam they'll refund it

I've seen them refund up to 4 hours too, but don't count on it

[cloud hornet]

<=2.0hrs is no questions asked, >2.0hrs is questions asked

[jolly inlet]

What... Is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

[azure pond]

about 3

about 6

[jolly inlet]

Well I don't know that!
dies

I tried making my wife watch it. She didn't get the humor lol

Probably with our sponsor, glasswire

Are you specifically looking for sata or would m.2 work?

[jolly inlet]

Fair enough. So it'll just be a network storage drive.

[light bay]

@brittle lagoon you think this could be legit or nah?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TCBG8X6?

[brittle lagoon]

65-35 imo

[light bay]

yeah

[brittle lagoon]

seller seem okay-ish but price sketchy

[light bay]

yeah for sure

[brittle lagoon]

Makes it seem like they mispriced 1tb as 512gb price

[light bay]

maybe

hopefully

[brittle lagoon]

Or they made the 512gb drive listing 1tb

[light bay]

i doubt that

they put 1tb in title and 1000gb in desc

seems weird they could screw both of those up

[brittle lagoon]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

we'll see

[pulsar fable]

I mean, even if it is a misprint for 512gb, it isn't a terrible price for 512gb (not great either tho). Think it's worth playing the Amazon roulette?

[jolly inlet]

Worst case you just get refunded and the order canceled. Just make sure to take a video when you open the box lol.

[oak sentinel]

@crystal dagger #tech-deals is not for asking for tech deals

ask what to buy in #building-and-recc-chat or here

whatever suits u best

[grand orbit]

Lol @merry void that's already been posted by bacca, someone beat you xD

[azure pond]

Muauahaha

[merry void]

Unfort

[marsh sphinx]

@azure pond the laptop is oos

[grand orbit]

Not surprised

[marsh sphinx]

It was a really good deal

[marsh sphinx]

@grand orbit I posted that already

[grand orbit]

Oh nice well it's a good bit up so I'll leave it there, doesn't take up to much room anyway

[marsh sphinx]

Hello all

New too here and looking for advice

I need a fairly new refurbished desktop that can take 4 hard drives

[marsh sphinx]

K

[marsh sphinx]

what is your budget, what region are you in (US, Canada, etc), and what will you be using it for(office work, gaming, etc)

[marsh sphinx]

US, $800 roughly and most I play is older COD type stuff....Older graphics

I am huge film nut and all my DVD's have been transferred onto hard drives. Hence reasoning behind 4 bays

I don't care if it a refurb or its latest and greatest. I have i5 2330 3G 4 core Intel now but problem is Graphics port is screwed.

[clever olive]

hey anyone know of a good deal on a motherboard that supports i5 intel core, 4 slots of ram 2888.

looking for a good deal but new

[light bay]

what core i5

theres over 10 generations so were gonna need a generation

[clever olive]

thought about that after I sent it. Trying to find it again now. But want to say it was 7th gen

[fleet marlin]

They'll all be used most likely. Intel z170/z270 mobo, or similar B/H models. 👍

[clever olive]

Thanks, but was mostly looking for any sales I hadn't stummbled upon yet because this is hit initial build don't want to turn him off from pc gaming due to the upfront cost immediately type of thing lol

his*

[normal tiger]

Is there much of a difference between the 2 6700xt's that were listed today?

[azure pond]

no

not major

[fleet marlin]

I hear ya. It's just 7gen cpu is 4-5 gens old at this point. GA-Z270-HD3P is a good mobo, but there's so many to try to search idk what else. gotta scour ebay and stuff (if cpu isn't a K model, really dont need a Z chipset mobo, I just have always them)

[grand orbit]

Don't bother or look used and it would have to be very cheap for it to be worth it, would be equal or beaten by a i3 10100

[grave delta]

@marsh sphinx List what the item is

[marsh sphinx]

No embeds?

[grave delta]

yeah, I disabled them to keep is neat

[charred plinth]

so am trying to buy the 3050 and i use a promocode to get 10%off and it says my email is not eligible for my account

[brittle lagoon]

Promo could either be for something else, or the promotion is region locked.

[charred plinth]

ZPMADNESS.

thats the code

[brittle lagoon]

You might've used the account before already

*Only valid for new Newegg customers on all orders up to $3,000.

[charred plinth]

well this my first purchased on new egg

is ther another code i can use or no

[brittle lagoon]

The promo is also only for zip

Don't really know zip, promo info here
https://www.newegg.com/promotions/nepro/22-0407/index.html

[oak sentinel]

@chrome ridge #tech-deals is not a channel to ask questions. Only to post tech deals. Ask in a suitable channel.

[fleet marlin]

P31 is pretty near it's common price. Remember when it was $93? Amazon list prices just stay high & mind boggling (to make current price seem better)

[marsh sphinx]

Yeah whatever i upvoted anyways

Good ssd

[jolly inlet]

#rules

[pulsar fable]

For those asking about the cooler I posted in #tech-deals, no I do not have high hopes for it

but it does take the crown for "cheapest cpu cooler" from the gammaxx 400 ($16 down to $10)

@marsh sphinx wait why is the 11600k cheaper With the cooler i mentioned? Even without the promo xD

[marsh sphinx]

how tf would i know

[pulsar fable]

Whatever

with mobos for the 11th series going for cheap, getting these might not be the worst recommendations. Not the best by any means, but they could do a lot worse

[marsh sphinx]

its a good deal though

Ye

[pulsar fable]

i mean hey. $123 for H570 and 3 NVMe slots
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813157997

one being 4x4

[grand orbit]

It's normal price is 130, that 93$ sale was insane

[grave delta]

New normal is more like 100 to 110

It's been 110 for weeks though

[grand orbit]

Ohh really? V nice

[grave delta]

Since that 970 evo plus is still stupidly good for the price at 2TB, I think we should keep that posted

[grand orbit]

Yeah like 170 with student discount or something?

[grave delta]

Yes, insanely good deal, $180 with a discount

It runs hot - plan to use some kind of heat sink, passive is fine

[grand orbit]

Sabrent is only a b tier drve, that's A tier

Sabrent q is c tier

[grave delta]

They don't check - if you consider yourself a student in some way, I say go for it

[marsh sphinx]

lol

[empty basalt]

what would be a good 1900$ desktop?

[jolly inlet]

Built or prebuilt?

[empty basalt]

prebuilt