tech-deals-discussion

[empty basalt]

what do you think it would be a good one

?

would this be a good one?

https://www.microcenter.com/product/637907/asus-rog-strix-ga35-gaming-pc-platinum-collection?ob=1

[jolly inlet]

https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali603-gladiator/p/N82E16883360268R

12700KF and 3070 ti

[azure pond]

keep in mind it is open box lcm

[empty basalt]

yeah true

[empty basalt]

This one is really cool only problem the 1912 price is for a used one.

[grand orbit]

oof open box and too much for a 3070 ti

[jolly inlet]

That 12700KF tho, and Z690

[grand orbit]

this is super overpriced and not cool those cases are ovens

[grand orbit]

eh not worth like 400$ + open box

[empty basalt]

Aight I'm reviewing them don't one to make another mistake about helping friends at the time of buying prebuilts since one of my friend already bought one and he has a problem with overheating

however, I already told him pre buying it that the main reason why he was buying it was for the graphic card which is a 3060 with 12gb of VRAM.

[grand orbit]

if you dont mind open box https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali479-gladiator/p/N82E16883360074R
if you dont want open box https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali586/p/N82E16883360221?Item=N82E16883360221

[jolly inlet]

Yeah a lot of these cases look nice, until you feel it and it's super cheap plastic with no airflow

https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali597-gladiator/p/N82E16883360232R Maybe, open box with 3080

[grand orbit]

3060's/6600xt are pretty easy to buy nowadays dont need to get prebuilt if they dont mind building themselves and getting better parts, if they were wanting a prebuilt tho, I'd go ABS, you can get a 3060 prebuilt for 1k

also 3060 having 12gb ram is pointless

could have easily had 6

8 if they wanna be generous

[jolly inlet]

The had some BS reason about it being meant for budget workstations

And then marketed it for gamers

[grave delta]

That rgb tax is really getting out of hand https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09V4VFP2Y/

[jolly inlet]

Oh is that all? I can pay 2k a month for 4 years and pay that off no problem

I'm quite convinced people use listings like that to artificially inflate the market and/or launder money

[empty basalt]

https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali586/p/N82E16883360221?Item=N82E16883360221

https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali479-gladiator/p/N82E16883360074R

so this 2 are open box

right

?

I found this 2 to be the best options

since their price will stand in less than 2000 dollars over the next week, my friend is buying his computer this weekend... so I am doing more research as to what he should gets.

[grand orbit]

just this one, the first isnt

[grand orbit]

for your friend : if the dont mind open box https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali569-master/p/N82E16883360199R
if not heres a non open box option https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali614/p/N82E16883360279

@muted geyser btw theres a cheaper 11600k for 169 after 20$ rebate and has cooler that manny posted above

[empty basalt]

Anywya

can you get a desktop with a monitor, mouse and keyboard

in less than 2000 dollars

Because I am talking with my friend and I also realize he will need to buy those things separately. which will raise the cost over the 2000 dollar budget.

[muted geyser]

Thx Pato, didn't notice. Good find Manny.

[marsh sphinx]

Thanks

[grand orbit]

yes especially for open box https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali565-master/p/N82E16883360195R - doable without open box too with this PC https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali565/p/N82E16883360195

• https://pcpartpicker.com/product/k8GnTW/gigabyte-m27q-270-2560x1440-170-hz-monitor-m27q or https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16824012015
• mouse and keyboard of their choosing, for rec's id ask in #peripherals-and-displays

[dim dagger]

Not really a deal i would say

[light bay]

id give that a score of "pretty bad"

oh its cad

[dim dagger]

yep

still bad though

[light bay]

3050 is the killer

thats like nearly 400usd

[dim dagger]

yeah...3050s are awfully priced here

like its actually painful

[light bay]

itd actually be decent if that 3050 was cheaper

[azure pond]

Yeah, doing the math that's a $520 3050 (pricing the rest at msrp)

Except the ram, used $60 for that since you can get a 3200c16 kit for that easily

[grand orbit]

Its canadian not usd

[azure pond]

Ah

[grand orbit]

@loud sandal nice find

[loud sandal]

Thanks

[light holly]

If only that 5000d was the airflow model.

Cant seem to find a front mesh plate for it thats in stock.

[grand orbit]

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Accessories-|-Parts/5000D-AIRFLOW-Front-Airflow-Panel%2C-Black/p/CC-8900501

oh wait not in stock

you could try order from can and pay couple $ extra in customs or something

5000d stock isnt horrible tho

can always run no panel

[light holly]

Sadly, the 4000d airflow already shipped so I can't cancel the order.

[grand orbit]

[light holly]

Could I maybe just do a return once I get it?

[light holly]

How would I go about doing that?

Nvm. Its oos in Canada too.

[light holly]

I am seriously thinking about it. Not like I'm showing it off to the friends I don't have lol

[grand orbit]

Personally I'd do that

[azure pond]

@marsh sphinx needs a price in the message, but good deal

[marsh sphinx]

Mb too caught up in forgetting about embeds 😂

Thanks

[jolly inlet]

You can refuse the package on delivery and it'll go back to the sender

[grand orbit]

Think they meant ordering the airflow panel from Canada, but for most returns don't you need to include a piece of paper they tell you to print

[jolly inlet]

Not if it's unopened

It'll have the original invoice inside

[grand orbit]

Ohh i see

[light bay]

@true agate newegg has it for cheaper

[true agate]

Oof

[light bay]

So do like 3 other retailers

[civic sun]

but its 1 cent cheaper

[light bay]

Exactly

actually that 11 cents

atleast get it right

oh wait youre looking at walmart

i was looking at bh

Actually wait no im right

its 11 cents more

[pulsar fable]

Also, obligatory microcenter shill
https://www.microcenter.com/product/630282/amd-ryzen-9-5950x-vermeer-34ghz-16-core-am4-boxed-processor-heatsink-not-included

$550

[light bay]

Yeah but thats cheating

[pulsar fable]

Yes

But counterpoint

...yeah I I don't have one

[true agate]

i think its still a good deal

regardless of the small price differentials

200 off is 200 off

[pallid geyser]

Actually a really need price on that 5000d

Tempting

[marsh sphinx]

Lol

not airflow tho

[azure pond]

@rustic ridge that chat is not for discussions or convos, and you can talk here or in #building-and-recc-chat

Asking someone to specifically dm looks suspicious asf

[oak sentinel]

pato did it

he good boi

[marsh sphinx]

Fast boi

Unlike jp

[loud sandal]

Lol you know how many people do that on a daily

It's non suspicious anymore lol

[azure pond]

The last time I did it I got "offered" a 3090 build lol. I dont trust it at all

[loud sandal]

[azure pond]

Best buy just did a weird drop

All 3080 12gb from what i can tell

Mostly anyways

Yeah, all 3080 12gb, 3080 tis, and a few 3090s

[oak sentinel]

sheeeesh nice deal @loud sandal

[loud sandal]

Thanks

[pulsar fable]

aaand it's gone

[grand orbit]

Nots uprising

[loud sandal]

Lol

[normal tiger]

crippling depression, missed out on it lol

[heady jasper]

Clicked as soon as this was posted. Not $300 but $485.93 #tech-deals message

[azure pond]

@grand orbit it doesnt atc properly

its putting protection plans into my cart

[grand orbit]

Can you not remove them?

Damm that's weird

[azure pond]

no, it just doesnt put the gpu in as well

only the two protection plans

[grand orbit]

Tbf it did actually say 300

Bruh

Must be some error

[azure pond]

prolly

[grand orbit]

Ohh devil said it worked for them, bust have been oos or something

[azure pond]

why does evga always drop when im away from my pc

i stepped away at 5:20 they drop at 5:25

pain

[grand orbit]

rip

[azure pond]

@normal tiger

[raw juniper]

Thoughts? https://electronics.woot.com/offers/razer-blackshark-v2-gaming-headset-3?utm_medium=share&utm_source=app

[undone bronze]

I got a bundle blackshark v2 with mousepad and deathadderv2 recently for 85$CAD so I wouldn’t 100% recommend getting just the headset.

[frosty gate]

Follow up, I got the Wireless Blackshark V2, connection is solid with a 360 range of about 25-30 ft

[undone bronze]

good headset for sure

[outer gull]

What type of wireless headset can I get for cheap

That's also good

[grand orbit]

#peripherals-and-displays would give you the best answer

[outer gull]

okay thank you bro

[marsh sphinx]

A little over priced

For a 3070 laptop

Wait wrong one

https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/legion-laptops/legion-5-series/legion-5-gen-6-(15”-amd)-gaming-laptop/82ju00mvus?

there

Wait lmao it’s like the same price

The pro is not shipped and sold by Walmart

So

Avoid

I see

thanks

@marsh sphinx let me see if I can find other laptops with a 3070

What is your price range

And preferred screen size

@marsh sphinx https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-rog-zephyrus-15-6-qhd-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-9-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3070-1tb-ssd-eclipse-grey-eclipse-grey/6448848.p?skuId=6448848

Way better priced

Has ryzen 9

50 more dollars

i was just sending a deal but i realized the price was kinda high

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079HGN5QS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_1FMPC87GZ8A25MWC9MQK

This is a good deal tho right

https://www.newegg.com/asrock-radeon-rx-6800-xt-rx6900xt-pgd-16g/p/N82E16814930052? 6900xt in stock as well for $1300

little on expensive side tho

[marsh sphinx]

Sent that already but yes good deal

[marsh sphinx]

Idk if this good or not

[marsh sphinx]

ah

It’s tier A on PSU tier list i’m pretty sure

[light bay]

Honestly, for a 6900xt, I'd rather pay 100 more for a formula oc and get an actual xtxh

Yeah rmx is great

Esp for that price

[marsh sphinx]

Nice i don’t really study psus

[grand orbit]

@marsh sphinx sheesh

[marsh sphinx]

SHEEEESH

[grand orbit]

That's not any 6900xt that's gaming x trio too

[marsh sphinx]

Yep

[light holly]

To bad I don't have a microcenter anywhere even remotely close to me.

[azure pond]

that 6900xt

pain

[marsh sphinx]

Same

[grand orbit]

Why pain?

[azure pond]

bruh, i missed the evga b stock drop and now best buy drop

more pain

[azure pond]

nearest microcenter is 3 and a half hours away

[grand orbit]

Ahh right

Well micro center is like 8 hours away from me so shut

[azure pond]

fair

[marsh sphinx]

I thought you were in the eu

[azure pond]

also no fe cards

[grand orbit]

Exactly

[azure pond]

thats the joke

[marsh sphinx]

Nearest micro center from me is 11.5 hours

Nearest is like 20 day walk

[azure pond]

F

[marsh sphinx]

Micro center too far

[grand orbit]

Yes but mines by plane

[marsh sphinx]

Rip

[azure pond]

how do i buy something open box from best buy

theres no open box option but it says theres an ob 3050 for 280

do you have to select it in cart?

im in line for an xc3 3070 instead now

wouldnt mind it

[grand orbit]

Think it's store specific

[azure pond]

oof, verification loop i think

[grand orbit]

Rip

[light bay]

It's not a xtxh thi

*tho

So it's not crazy

Gaming z trio is xtxh tho

[grand orbit]

Oh is it ?

[light bay]

Yeah

https://www.overclock.net/threads/a-list-of-different-types-of-6900-xtxh-gpus.1794330/

[grand orbit]

Never said it did tho lol just meant it was good cooler

[light bay]

And it's the same price as gaming x

So very pog

True

[grand orbit]

Both. Still v good

[azure pond]

Holy ** that's a thick card

Is that the actual thickness?

[stone stratus]

Hey guys. I've a hard drive with 10, vista and xp on it. Looking for a motherboard that will work with all three. Any suggestions?

[grand orbit]

Literal any motherboard with a sata port, most boards come with 4-6 usually, if you're still using a hard drive you should really consider a boot SSD and for motherboard compatibility cpu /ram is really the thing that matters as they aren't universal slots

[light bay]

A 6900xt isn't a 6900xt tho

[azure pond]

nah 6900xt is a 3050

[light bay]

@marsh sphinx smh reposting Pato's deal

[marsh sphinx]

Bruh I didn’t see it

[light bay]

Smh

[marsh sphinx]

No need to be mad

[light bay]

I'm not mad xD

Just gotta defend Pato's glory

[grand orbit]

@south grove pretty average deal, and sure it can oc 3600 bur c18 and not so easily most likely

[south grove]

alr

[azure pond]

pain

evga 1650 210$

on b stock

diy not b stock*

[azure pond]

@grand orbit any opinions on that monitor?

[grand orbit]

no idea wont load

ohh it loaded

probably decent

[fleet marlin]

That Tforce is only for white and/or rgb. Ballistix is still $113 on amazon. Obviously since it stopped being made stock and prices will be highly variable. The 3600 stuff is basically normal price. . Good price on that big 1440p screen. Funny enough, that size pretty much has same ppi as 1080p 24" has. 👍

[light holly]

Out of stock :(

[true agate]

where is tyhe ark servedr?

[marsh sphinx]

ask a mod

JP maybe

forks

rommy

[burnt sage]

I have a friend who's asking me what the best laptop he can get for $800-$900 is.

He wants to play War Thunder and Wargame Red Dragon on high settings.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

[jolly inlet]

Probably something with a 3050 ti or 3060 since war thunder recommends a desktop 1060

[dry mica]

Whats a good price for an iMac G4? I want to buy one, and found one, but seller isnt sure about the price

[grand orbit]

If you can find this as open box in a store near you
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-g7-17-3-300hz-gaming-laptop-intel-core-i7-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-2070-max-p-512gb-ssd-rgb-keyboard-black/6416473.p

If not
https://www.newegg.com/black-lenovo-ideapad-3-gaming/p/2WC-000J-01CD2

[oak sentinel]

working or broken

[dry mica]

working

[oak sentinel]

300-500 depending on condition

[grand orbit]

@light holly it's 269 btw not 169

[light holly]

Oops fixed. Thank you :P

Yesterday when I mentioned I might wait another day to see if it dropped another $10..

It dropped it with a promo lol

[grand orbit]

Nice

240 after 20$ rebate is nice

[light holly]

Oh yeah I ought add that in there

Just waiting for the paycheck to hit my account this morning before I buy.

Should be within the hour.

[marsh sphinx]

War thunder runs max settings over 100fps on a 1650 super tho

[oak sentinel]

yes because the 1650 super is better than a 1060 and also laptop gpus are quite a bit worse than the desktop ones

[marsh sphinx]

Right

[naive wedge]

which 1060 tho

[grand orbit]

Doesn't matter, all the models are in a margin of error

[naive wedge]

i meant "3gb or 6gb"

tbh the 1650s is probably still gonna be better if it's not gonna be anything using past 4gb vram

[grand orbit]

Oh well again doesn't matter 1650 super is a good bit more powerful than both

Probably 6gb but could be 3gb

[naive wedge]

i wonder if that 2GB of vram makes that much of a difference

i'm pretty sure having GDDR6 more than makes up for having 2GB less vram than the 1060

[grand orbit]

It's a 3gb difference and yes it can depending on settings/resolution but it's more the fact that they made the 1060 3gb have less cores than the 6gb

[naive wedge]

i meant the 1650s

[grand orbit]

Ohh it's more just a stronger core and g6 ye

[naive wedge]

turing power

[worldly viper]

I bought a 3060 for 650 dollars

And a 750 corsair psu. This better work fine replacing my current card and psu. Imma be pissedddd

[naive wedge]

imagine if it's a CV750

[worldly viper]

Uhhh

Lemme check rq

[naive wedge]

ok that's actually a good psu

thank god

[azure tartan]

Lol

[round glade]

I have an old HP desktop computer. I need to get a new CPU to run Windows 11. The current CPU is an IntelCore i7 CPU 920 @267 GHZ. Can I buy a newer CPU that will fit into the current CPU's slot? If not, can I get a motherboard that will fit into the old HP?

[brittle lagoon]

Most likely, no to both of those.

[grand orbit]

Honestly don't bother with windows 11 but yeah that's a very old cpu, you're better off just buying a new computer tbh, you might be lucky and have it be a standard size motherboard and power supply -probably not though

You will also need to buy new ram

And I'd HIGHLY recommend an SSD

[brittle lagoon]

At which point it tends to make more sense to just start anew

[marsh sphinx]

Or just get a 400$ prebuilt

[azure pond]

A tier psu

[naive wedge]

you can never go wrong with a RMx

really solid psu

[azure pond]

I should've gotten the 750

Leave more room for an upgrade

Got the 650 instead, but oh well can't change it now

Well I could literally change it but not spending $75 for an extra 100w that I don't need atm

[azure pond]

another pretty bad best buy drop

theyre more often though

cheapest 3080 is 1030, which is pretty decent

no decent priced 3060 tis from what i can see, $670 3070

[marsh sphinx]

I think nividia stopped making fe cards

[grand orbit]

Nope

[marsh sphinx]

Oh

They haven’t been in the us for like 4 weeks

3 weeks

[grand orbit]

Yes they usually drop every month or so

[marsh sphinx]

I have one

But I’ve haven’t seen a lot

Best buy doesn’t seem like the easy place to get gpu

newegg has had loads more opportunities to get one

[cloud hornet]

Humble Bundle really pushing the limits of how many times you can activate a steam code in a given amt of time lol

[marsh sphinx]

facts

[rotund forge]

Meanwhile we have an i7-860 working mostly fine on Win 10. It's hard to find a motherboard I like with lots of SATA ports with an AMD CPU, >1GbE and thunderbolt.

[pulsar fable]

Another deal I found that may be too specific to put in the proper #tech-deals , but if you live in Boston there's a store called Replay'd that has some monitors for cheap

Again, it's a used videogame store, so it's not their main priority

[jolly inlet]

AMD and thunderbolt don't mix. You'd need to wait for USB 4.0, which basically includes thunderbolt in the spec.

[rotund forge]

Afaik there was one AMD board certified for TB3

[brittle lagoon]

There's only a handful of b550 boards with tb3, all at like 300$

Iirc the Asus b550 creator

[jolly inlet]

The only way for TB to work on AMD boards is with a passthrough connecor

Or just go Intel

[brittle lagoon]

Going Intel is a good option nowadays, 12th gen has been very nice

[loud sandal]

@light bay im seeing that bundle everywhere

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MZ14KZP?&linkCode=sl1&tag=cultists04-20&linkId=d3dd7fe921a55c66fefd5756e45d4b71&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

[light bay]

Yeah its a good deal, that one's from the cultists server lol

Can tell by the affiliate tag

[bitter badge]

Intel on top BABY

[azure pond]

Not an amazing price but better than the $500 6600xt that's consistently in stock rn

[grand orbit]

It's pretty good, that's a 130$ 5600x

[azure pond]

i was thinking of it the opposite way, but when you put it like that it does look better lol

[grand orbit]

@dim bay avoid posting 1 off stuff like that in tech deals btw

[dim bay]

?

What's 1 off stuff

[pulsar fable]

Stuff on ebay may count as one off

[dim bay]

But what does 1 off mean

[pulsar fable]

There is only one of that offer

[light holly]

Basically, its only good for purchase by 1 person.

[dim bay]

Oooooh

I see lol my bad

[pulsar fable]

That's why I post pictures of local shops with tech deals here rather than in that channel

[dim bay]

I just deleted it
So 1 off means only 1 in quantity?

Or just not a good deal

[light holly]

Yeah. Or even maybe 2 or 3.

[dim bay]

Kk

[grave delta]

smh theo, not following the deal post format

[daring depot]

The fact that most things posted on the deal section are either power supplies or gpus

[stoic crest]

eh nah

They're mostly gpus and ssds

[hexed sun]

Anyone hear about display issues with z690 xtreme board

[marsh sphinx]

Did you plug into gpu or motherboard

[azure pond]

Rumors: best buy drop this week, most likely Thursday. Bstock drop Tuesday or Wednesday

Nothing confirmed, just rumors

[marsh sphinx]

best buy kinda mid for getting gpus these days

i.m.o.

[jolly inlet]

Scalpers seem to be moving out of the GPU market this month so maybe it won't be as bad 🤞

[dim bay]

Best buy has some decently priced 3080s today ngl

[azure pond]

pretty meh prices though, except for the 3060 with prices dropping

[azure pond]

@fathom nebula

$400 3060

[jolly inlet]

It's OOS already but there's a $429 one still in stock

[azure pond]

rip

still nice price

[marsh sphinx]

OK!!!

I wish i could buy

this is good news

[jolly inlet]

Indeed, it's not even B-stock

[marsh sphinx]

Things are getting better

[azure pond]

you get it rommy?

[jolly inlet]

It's still in stock, I'm VERY surprised

[grand orbit]

thats 3050 prices sheesh

[marsh sphinx]

🤔

[azure pond]

ive been saying it for nearly a month, prices are improving with stock much faster than we thought they would

[marsh sphinx]

Me who can’t buy either way

[azure pond]

now i just gotta hope theres better founders stock this thursday lol

[grand orbit]

i meannnnnnnnnnnnnnn people where saying Q4 for proper back but this is on the way to that yeah

[jolly inlet]

Thought I'd check b-stock and there's a reasonably priced not scalped 3080 ti there

[grand orbit]

cries in evga never doing b stock eu

[jolly inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-mr-krabs-violin-sad-gif-9803583

[grand orbit]

Thank you

[azure pond]

i found a 3070 ti in stock for $830

not on evga

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/JjGbt6/msi-geforce-rtx-3070-ti-8-gb-gaming-x-trio-video-card-geforce-rtx-3070-ti-gaming-x-trio-8g not sure if its exactly a deal

since its still a pretty bad price

[grand orbit]

I'd say so cuz the model

[jolly inlet]

$830 from a scalper is still a good sign

Oh wait it's wegg that's selling 🙃

[grand orbit]

Lol

[jolly inlet]

But yeah that's typically one of the better models, the gaming X

[grand orbit]

At least it's gaming x trio

Last i checked 3060 tis where like 700 soo

[jolly inlet]

Whoa I found a Zotac that's actually not pre-scalped price

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/QTmmP6/zotac-geforce-rtx-3080-ti-12-gb-gaming-trinity-oc-video-card-zt-a30810j-10p

[azure pond]

thats just because the 3080 ti fe msrp is "scalped"

[jolly inlet]

True but Zotac has been infamous for their cards being listed at 50% above msrp on their own site

3070 is listed for $900 for example, 3060 ti for $700

[azure pond]

@grand orbit the 5600x 6600xt actually went down in price lmao

$600

[grand orbit]

Sheeeesh

[azure pond]

There's finally a gpu in stock at my local bb

3070 ti for $830 lmao

[marsh sphinx]

lmfao

[azure pond]

Wait no

860

[dim bay]

3070 tis and 3080s are actually decently priced now ironically lol. I remember when they used to be scalped up way too flippin high like 1500 at minimum
surpised that 6800xts haven't dropped that much though. Probably because they're better at mining? Idk

[jolly inlet]

Radeon 6000 is actually a lot worse at mining

[cloud hornet]

30%+ over MSRP isnt really decently priced. Better priced, but I wouldnt consider it close to decently until it's within 10% of MSRP

[dim bay]

Well, yeah. I just mean the AIB model msrps, not founder's edition
But imo it should stay relatively close to founder's edition pricing because that's the most well known and logical pricing

[fleet marlin]

look what I saw someone pay

[marsh sphinx]

BRUH

[pulsar fable]

Is that USD?

[fleet marlin]

Possibly.

[molten halo]

Welp think my bro payed 2k or close to it for a crappy zotac 3080ti

https://tenor.com/view/zotac-3080-gif-18549684

[deep moon]

ive never heard of zotac so i never got anything from them

im upgrading from a gtx 1660s to a 3070ti it arrives tomorrow im so dang excited

[grand orbit]

@robust basin avoid 1 off "deals" like that from ebay and Facebook marketplace when there's only 1 item

[undone bronze]

are there any tech deals in cad?

[grand orbit]

On?

What part

[undone bronze]

idk anything

[grand orbit]

Usually there's a nice power supply from seasonic

[undone bronze]

like to ppl list them for Canada

cuz I always find US exclusives

[grand orbit]

Yeah this is one i posted a few days ago
https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=33_1938&item_id=168102

[oak sentinel]

thas because dis server is mostly us based

[grand orbit]

Tbf i stg they get more deals anyway xd

I post CAD and UK/EU deals when i find them

[undone bronze]

ah ok ty

[grand orbit]

They will usually say CA or CAD when they do it for canada tho btw

[undone bronze]

ooo

[south grove]

100 dollars tax

😳

[slim ore]

Any good recommendations for headsets

[brittle lagoon]

what budget? and #peripherals-and-displays useful for that

[shrewd aspen]

Bruh I found a 3090 for under $1700 in my area but it's only local rip

[marsh sphinx]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MV9694K for $30?

its on low priority for B tier on the psu tier list

[stoic crest]

it's decent

30 bucks for a psu that's not gonna blow up

[marsh sphinx]

it's too tuf to explode

[stoic crest]

lol

[azure pond]

Another great evga drop that I missed

Had a $90 1650 and 1660

Multiple $300 2060s

Evga doing some great b stock drops lately

[cosmic quiver]

Anyone know if there is a 5tb portable hd seagate 3 day flash sale for 100 usd?

[marsh sphinx]

damn thats insane

[stoic crest]

no

[pulsar fable]

That's oddly specific

[marsh sphinx]

Costco might have some

Do you have a costco membership @cosmic quiver

[pulsar fable]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07X41PWTY?tag=synack-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1

[marsh sphinx]

https://www.costco.com/seagate-one-touch-5tb-portable-hard-drive-with-rescue-data-recovery-services.product.100761181.html seagate external 5tb hard drive for $89

[pulsar fable]

If it's 5tb* external you want, there's that wd

I really should get a Costco membership even if I only use it like twice a year

[marsh sphinx]

I find it really useful because i can just buy random tech products like backup batteries for phones and speakers then when i don’t want them/they have a problem i just return it

[azure pond]

I missed a best buy drop too while taking the sats

Pain

[azure pond]

theres supposed to be another best buy and evga drop tommorow

as well as amd queue

possibly another evga and bb friday as well

which would be surprising

[marsh sphinx]

SAT 🤮

[azure pond]

tell me about it

starts explaining what the SATs are

[marsh sphinx]

Yea, I took it twice and didn't even end up needing it for anything like I expected. My high-school made taking it 2 times a graduation requirement

The first time I got a 1020 or something, 2nd time a 910 because I genuinely did not care and just guessed everything

[azure pond]

ive done pretty well on the psats

but that was so much worse

[grand orbit]

https://tenor.com/view/6ix9ine-dumb-stupid-gooba-gif-17223421

[azure pond]

not literally, but i feel like i did so much worse

i got i think 1140 as my best psat score

[marsh sphinx]

Guess my college gpa

[grand orbit]

Why would they make you do it twice, how could they make you do it twice

[marsh sphinx]

Actually

Guess my high-school GPA instead

[grand orbit]

I mean the school not you

[marsh sphinx]

Oh lol

[azure pond]

2.4

[grand orbit]

Idk what gpa is lol

[marsh sphinx]

Close

[azure pond]

grade point average

[marsh sphinx]

Grade point average

[grand orbit]

Yeah but it means nothing to me

[marsh sphinx]

Aren't you in the US?

[azure pond]

all B+ is like 3.0, if you only take regular courses

[marsh sphinx]

Idk if they use it elsewhere

Murica

[azure pond]

all honors b+s would be like 3.3

[grand orbit]

Ireland

[azure pond]

pato is irish

[marsh sphinx]

(british)

[grand orbit]

[marsh sphinx]

🤓

[azure pond]

so what was your gpa

[marsh sphinx]

2.7 iirc

[azure pond]

idk what mine is rn

ive got mostly As with a C in pre calc

[marsh sphinx]

Last time I've gotten honors was in 1st grade

Not even joking

[azure pond]

6th for me i think

maybe i got it once in 8th

[marsh sphinx]

big brain

[uneven void]

I'm in like ap and honors and stuff

[marsh sphinx]

Okay Mr smarty pants

[azure pond]

I tried ap english

I think part of me died in that class

All of my 9th grade year was honors

And im taking ap stats next year

Because my pre calc teacher likes to see me suffer, apparently

[marsh sphinx]

I barely passed precalc

Was lucky enough to be able to take stats instead of Calc for my seniorcyear

I failed health that year though lol

[azure pond]

I passed pre calc by three points first semester

[marsh sphinx]

I passed by 0 points

[pulsar fable]

I didn't pass and needed to retake it in college

[azure pond]

i can get every gpu in my cart except for the two i want

(for a good price that is)

3060 for 440 after shipping rn

evga is dropping so much more often though

they specifically dont have any 3080 10gb or 3060 tis

could never guess why that might be

@fathom nebula im not sure if you got a 3060 yet

ah kk

oh

i got banned from that one

for saying i dont mind scalping miners

[marsh sphinx]

Yo

Oops wrong channel

[pulsar fable]

It's been an hour and it's still in stock?!

[azure pond]

not this one

this one is evga new

not diy or bstock

[vagrant otter]

anyone has any recommendations for laptops? (not a lot of heavy work, some light photo/video editing, preferably good battery life and thin)

no set budget, some thing reasonably good for the price

[civic sun]

tbh something like a m1 macbook air would fit that very well

[marsh sphinx]

lol $30 after rebate wut

https://www.newegg.com/silver-metallic-gear-neo-mini-v2-series-mini-itx-tower/p/N82E16811700001?

is this even close to a deal? https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails?sdtid=15685318&ItemList=Combo.4486947

[azure tartan]

better than the amazon ones

[marsh sphinx]

@ember gust https://www.newegg.com/intel-core-i3-12100f-core-i3-12th-gen/p/N82E16819118357

[light bay]

@marsh sphinx revo df and RM are cheaper rn in 850w

[marsh sphinx]

thx didnt realize

[fleet marlin]

The posted sn750 is actually the sn750se. sort of a gen 3.5 drive. Good price though.

[ember gust]

W

[marsh sphinx]

Anyone know any cheap deals for monitors ?

Preferably above 60

[grand orbit]

Kind of.... The ram is basically free but 2x8gb of ddr5 is cursed

[oak sentinel]

to be fair its decent till ddr5 improves

[grand orbit]

Ehh no there's something about ddr5 8gb sticks that are not good, can't remember exactly but very not good

[oak sentinel]

Oh?

[grand orbit]

Can't find where i saw it but twas not gucci

[light holly]

@kind rover link?

[kind rover]

okay im dumb lt me get it

[grand orbit]

Ummm https://pcpartpicker.com/list/JD4Gcb

Actually you could do this and get an even nicer board again
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hcCtpH

[light holly]

Gosh. Now I feel like my z690 tomahawk isn't a good board

[grand orbit]

It is

[light holly]

I hope so. My monitor comes in today so I'll be able to test it out.

[grand orbit]

I mean others have said it's fine but it just looked like a sketchy site tbh, and google had no documentation about it that wasn't on the woot site

[oak sentinel]

Its locked to at n t only

So idk

Ehhhhhh

[grand orbit]

I mean i can still see it being used for some people especially at 400

[marsh sphinx]

it’s just mildly unprofessional but it seems to be okay (i haven’t bought from them personally)

[grand orbit]

It's owned by Amazon which is weird and yeah like there was mixed looking stuff from 3rd party hence why first time i saw it it looked sketch lol

[azure pond]

pato

would you call a 1070$ 3080 10gb a deal

[oak sentinel]

well kinda do be

no i is monke and pato is my bestie

[grand orbit]

It's nice ye

[shrewd aspen]

I have your exact board and cooler and yes it is a dream and a half board and it will make your life happier

It has so many fan headers so I can fill a whole case with 9 intakes and 1 exhaust a single board but I do have a fun hub as well

[light holly]

Sweet.

[shrewd aspen]

The board I wanted at first was out of stock and I said eh I'll throw a few more bucks in for this and I don't regret it

[light holly]

I was originally going to go with the msi pro, but I too thought a few more bucks would probably serve me better.

[shrewd aspen]

I wanted the Asus Tuf gaming Z690

But then said nah I'm going straight up no light build and it is so nice

[light holly]

That one looks like its more expensive than the tomahawk?

[shrewd aspen]

It was cheaper near me but out of stock

[light holly]

Ohh ok

I honestly did that with all the parts. Basically.. a few more $ here, a few more $ there.. next thing I know, my budget went from 1.5k to 2.5k in a matter of days lol

By the time I get the gpu I want, ill have put 2.8k into the build.

That includes all discounts and shipping costs

[grand orbit]

@light holly btw if you haven't bought gpu i think refrence 6900xt is still in stock on amd.com

[light holly]

Just got off phone with IRS, taxes will be delayed for close to another 60 days minimum.

[light holly]

So.. it is gonna be a bit before I get one.

[grand orbit]

damm

you have a 5500xt for the moment tho right?

[light holly]

No

I don't have anything.

[grand orbit]

oh i thought you did lol

[marsh sphinx]

Rip

[light holly]

Nope. I've been looking around for a good deal on one.

[grand orbit]

prices might go down tho in 2 months time

[light holly]

I missed one for $150 by 4 hours on reddit.

Otherwise everywhere wants to sell them for $280+ used

I can afford maybe $200 at most atm.

[grand orbit]

Fair enough

Even igpu will be playable

[shrewd aspen]

Me who got 3090 when still on 9400F

Then upgraded from there

[azure pond]

me whos about to be running a 6800xt with a 3600

and probably wont upgrade for atleast a few months

most likely when i have another $200 or so in my mining account

[marsh sphinx]

Bottleneck

[azure pond]

Indeed

[marsh sphinx]

Rip

[fleet marlin]

Run higher res and the bottleneck gets small.

[azure pond]

my only 1440p monitor is 75hz

[marsh sphinx]

run 4k 60 like a chad

like me

B)

[jolly inlet]

Upscale

Render in 4k but display in 1440p

[shrewd aspen]

yes

[inner grove]

I built a 5600g system as my first like 4 months ago now I hope I just have to wait a couple more month for used gpu prices to be better and try to get a 3060 or something

[grand orbit]

Should be easy enough evga 3060s are showing up on their site for ~430

[inner grove]

I'm hoping for a fe price range tbh

[grand orbit]

There is no 3060 FE

So you'd be better off looking for 3060 ti FE probs

[torpid night]

it's rare you'll get a console with an extra contoller
#tech-deals message

[marsh sphinx]

controller is a good $50

[azure pond]

@fathom nebula 3060 ti on evga go go go

https://www.evga.com/products/ProductList.aspx?type=8&associatecode=T1STH5CGA65DO4F

470$ 3060 ti

[grand orbit]

why does evga never do b stock EU :(((

[azure pond]

ngl i wouldve preferred to spend the extra for that 3080 over the 6800xt

the 870 one is oos now

[grand orbit]

ayo fhr 3070?????

[azure pond]

reload

the sites being flooded

you cant reload too fast

it marks your ip as a bot

[pulsar fable]

Damn evga stop tempting me with that 420 dollar 3060

[marsh sphinx]

same

[undone bronze]

y do these happen when I’m not around😭

[marsh sphinx]

Always check around 11am pdt

seems like when evga has been dropping

[fleet marlin]

Eh, wait for it to hit $370ish. 👍

[marsh sphinx]

^ what i’m doing

[azure pond]

you manage to get one?

rip

i tried as well

site was frozen

well not frozen

but it wouldnt let me go anywhere

theres supposed to be another 3 evga drops next week

not sure what cards will be in them though

[stoic crest]

sheesh

fhr

that's easy money

[light bay]

@fallow isle 5 extra bucks off with SSBQ2524

still a meh deal but may as well throw that in there

[fallow isle]

Added 👍

[light bay]

nice

[inner grove]

If I buy an evga psu can i get access to bstock

[undone bronze]

i got a question

would this be a good deal

Or this

free shipping too

Pc budget is around 1700cad

oh and all prices r in cad

[fair moon]

Not great

Though idk what the overall stock situation is like in canada

[light bay]

That's hella good wym

$525 USD for a 6700xt?

[fair moon]

I mean it's not bad but don't let the "$270 savings" make it look better than it is

[fair moon]

$75 more and you could probably find a 3060ti

I guess I should say I have a heavy bias against AMD cards

Multiple friends have gotten them and had various issues with temps, drivers, crashes, and software

[light bay]

A 3060ti is worse than a 6700xt in raw gaming perf

[fair moon]

By a pretty small margin, depends on the game, plus Nvidia has better raytracing, upscaling, and shadowplay

[light bay]

Its a decent enough margin

It's like a 3060ti vs 3070

Plus raytracing kinda a gimmick ngl

[fair moon]

Not if the game is actually built for it

Like the Metro Exodus enhanced edition

Though not many games support rt to that same level

[brittle lagoon]

Ngl, playing Metro Exodus, RTX really didn't give me a much better experience

6700xt for that price is pretty decent

[brittle lagoon]

Do keep in mind rdna 1 issues don't translate over to rdna 2, and a good number of launch day issues are solved with later drivers

Recently, I'm actually decently convinced I'm having driver issues with my 3060ti, going to ddu and rollback drivers later today

[eager junco]

you mean $621..?

[fair moon]

Yeah wait

[light bay]

What's the first one

Do the second one

Second one is 660 cad, which is like $525 USD

[light bay]

For the pulse, but the challenger is $525 when you convert to us dollars, hence the "USD" i put in the sentence

[eager junco]

which is a 6600xt

[light bay]

Damn didn't realize, thanks for catching that

Was gonna say, like 50 bucks over original MSRP for that card if it was a 6700xt would be a steal

Rip

[undone bronze]

would entering as many giveaways as possible be a good idea

cuz ive entered like at least 15

[marsh sphinx]

no

those giveaways just sell your personal info

and you likely never win anything

expecting to win things and get stuff for free isnt a good habit then you just depend on getting everything for free

[grave delta]

Theo wins

[light holly]

Idk, I've entered a few giveaways throughout my life and have gotten stuff. Just do a bit of digging to see if it's a legit giveaway or not.

[azure pond]

Not really

Depends where you find them

I won one a while ago and pricing everything at msrp was something around $2500, Mac m1 mini, Sony zv1, shure mv7 and some other things. Sold most of it. But there's definitely a good few real ones

r/giveaways is good

[daring depot]

I wish I found that monitor deal before I got mine. Mine's too bulky and has a speaker that sucks compared to 20$ ones

[light bay]

good monitors wont even have a speaker usually

[stoic crest]

^

[fair moon]

tempted to snag that ssd deal and sell my current ones

[pulsar fable]

Ok so apparently my university discount applies to the 2tb drive

[fair moon]

with edu discount and code it's down to 129.99 for me

for the 2tb

looking at eBay I could probably sell my 1TB 860 evos for around 70-100 each

[pulsar fable]

Thanks for the number

I mean, it's 2tb for 130. Think I should get it?

[fair moon]

$65/tb for a 970 evo is a great deal

[fleet marlin]

I might get & can't even use it yet. Gonna be a long time before $65/TB is a common thing. Even sata ssds were/are not usually that low

[fair moon]

sata are getting close to that though

but for a solid nvme drive its great

[fleet marlin]

Nvme stuff took away some popularity from sata for sure. Only the WD "green" is $65/TB for some reason, lol. At least most new mobos have 2+ m.2 slots. Hmm, wonder if I can do paypal at Samsung.

[inner grove]

You should apply for the paypal debit card. I have it and it makes paying through paypal possible for retailers that don't accept it.

[cedar pewter]

hey guys would guys now what I pc I could build with a intel i9 for around 3000 dollars

[inner grove]

does it have to be intel? a lot of ryzen cpus are on discount. Also if your building it for gaming you dont need an i9.

[grand orbit]

Just do only gleam ones lel

[inner grove]

Bruh gleam is a scam

[grand orbit]

No point going ryzen either until ryzen 7000 comes out

[inner grove]

yeah you could do a 5600x and easily crush any games with a good gpu

also only $200 usd at a lot of places rn

[grand orbit]

A person who wants a 3k build does not want a 5600x lmao

[inner grove]

I'm broke so i give broke advice

[dim ingot]

My ryzen 5800x Works just fine, but I got it for the price of a 3700

[fleet marlin]

oh well I'll confirm samsung.com accepts paypal, but I tried to do the pay in 4 thing & before this pending charge I got one of those messages saying couldn't process order at this time try again in a few minutes. I'm debating trying again & just charging to credit card. Worst case I end up w/ 2 & perhaps have to resell one 😅

[dim ingot]

And the 3060 is only a little stronger than my 2060 duo. So I might wait a little until upgrading my gpu after all

https://technical.city/en/video/GeForce-RTX-2060-vs-GeForce-RTX-3070-Ti

[fleet marlin]

Nice score on that 3800x then. Yea, 3060 isn't really for us folk w/ a 1070ti/1080/2060, unless simply "trading up" to have a "new" card.

[grand orbit]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/X7nvW4

[grand orbit]

Never seen that before, for gpu comparisons I'd recommend one of these
https://imgur.com/a/WZBresN
https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/singleCompare.php

[inner grove]

If Samsung couldn't process it then you shouldn't be charged most likely it'll go away but I cant be sure I've never used the pay in 4.

[cedar pewter]

I would like to be intel i9 pls thankns

[cedar pewter]

thx

[stoic crest]

12900k is the best gaming chip out there rn lol

and it's not a bad workstation choice either

[grand orbit]

Really not worth the money although you can go 12900k, it will game basically the same as a 12700k

[cedar pewter]

ye

i guess so

[cloud hornet]

Man I kinda want to get the Evo for my computer, but have literally no need at all. Seriously already have a stupid amt of SSD storage

[pulsar fable]

Hey, I have 1 1tb and 1 500gb for my laptop. Do I need the 1.5tb upgrade? Absolutely not. Am I gonna get it anyway? Probably

[cloud hornet]

I dont think I need 10tb of SSD storage lol

Already have 8.5tb of it

[grand orbit]

But but it's such good deal xD

[azure pond]

I want it except my only nvme slot is occupied

[cloud hornet]

I know, I want it quite a bit.... Esp for CAN cuz used SSD prices here are terrible

[grand orbit]

I want it except same and i don't really need the storage and prolly not available in eu

[grand orbit]

It's a speedy boi too, is it also available in canada?

[cloud hornet]

99.9% chance, havent checked tho

[fleet marlin]

Who bought it already? Lol

[inner grove]

I wouldn't trust any used storage SSD or otherwise

[stoic crest]

Used storage is ok tbh

Just gotta look around wisely

[inner grove]

Yeah I just wouldn't want to get any myself. Cpus, ram, motherboards, and GPUs, cases. I'm fine with buying used. But storage and psus can burn you easily

[pulsar fable]

Welp, tried getting the drive but the website said to come back in like 3 hours

[grand orbit]

Lol rip

[pulsar fable]

That's a problem because Ill be in classes then

I can only hope this deal survives the day

[grand orbit]

Did you not try again a few mins after?

[pulsar fable]

Yep

[azure pond]

theres supposed to be an evga drop this week

keep an eye out yall

ill be keeping one out as well but i might miss it

ill post it here when i see it if i see it early enough

[marsh sphinx]

I check evga every day at 11am pacific

nice to look at gpus during lunch break

[azure pond]

im hoping theres another drop of $90 1650s or 1660s this week

[marsh sphinx]

Same

[azure pond]

EVGA drop

https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=12G-P5-3657-KR&associatecode=DCIZQ79WVS4ODJZ

Looks pretty bad other than that 3060

[marsh sphinx]

Meh

[azure pond]

Yeah, three more this week I think

Nvm only two

Wednesday and friday

[marsh sphinx]

How are you finding out?

[azure pond]

Gpu drop server

They have a calender of drops

[marsh sphinx]

heh, inv?

[pulsar fable]

I second that invite request

[plain glade]

https://www.newegg.com/cooler-master-liquid-cooling-system-masterliquid-ml240l-rgb-v2/p/N82E16835103297?Description=liquid+cooler

yall think this looks good

[azure pond]

no

cheap out on an aio and get fluid in your entire system

whats the cpu youre trying to cool

[plain glade]

9600k

[azure pond]

and have you bought any parts yet

[plain glade]

no

[azure pond]

whats the budget for the whole build

[plain glade]

i mean i already have on

one

[azure pond]

...

[plain glade]

sorry i didnt get what you meant

[azure pond]

then you hve the parts

alr

[plain glade]

yes

[azure pond]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/mnzFf7/id-cooling-se-224-xt-7616-cfm-cpu-cooler-se-224-xt-black this will be more than fine

[plain glade]

my 9600k doesnt get abnormally hot and i already have a hyper 212 on it

[azure pond]

then its fine as is

[plain glade]

yeah but rgb

[azure pond]

that aio will most likely be leaky

cheap aios are made cheaply

[plain glade]

ok thanks man

[grand orbit]

Get a deepcool ak620

[azure pond]

they have a hyper 212 already

[grand orbit]

Ak620 slaps around the 212

That's the d15 beater

[azure pond]

why buy a new heatsink if they already have one tho

[grand orbit]

Because it's overheating and h212 is comically underpowered for a 9600k

Especially if it's non black

[azure pond]

he said temps are fine

[azure pond]

.

[grand orbit]

Ohh i didn't see the doesn't

[fleet marlin]

Samsung.com probably been getting overrun. I tried for the 970 evo 2 hrs after it was 1st mentioned but getting the unable to process at this time msg. That's one way to help me not spend the money. 200+ comments on the reddit page for it.

[pulsar fable]

I've been trying to buy this thing for 9 hours, and I always get the same message "unable to process request"

I'm staring to question if it worth trying to get this anymore

[rose timber]

If any one could help me im going to purchase https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali570/p/N82E16883360205 but id like to upgrade to 1tb storage and being new to pcs i have no idea whatd be compatible with the motherboard please and thank you👍🏼

[pulsar fable]

Looks to be standard NVMe, I would but a 1TB MP33 from team group

[fleet marlin]

There's many options for us to don't have to have the best. MP33 is probably the best current value and a good drive. I underlined 2 others I know are "good" also. For general use and/or anyone possibly used to a hdd, might as well save the $10+ for a future upgrade of some sort. 👍

[plain glade]

I can see if you already made your mind yet, and I realize you asked for an SSD, but you can buy the same thing with a different, maybe worse case, but with faster RAM for 250$ cheaper : https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali619/p/N82E16883360284?itemPosition=1-16&exactIndex=0

[rose timber]

I mean im still open to the best deal i was just told it was the best choice with the 3060 ti but it looks like the other ones the same like u said just worse case

[plain glade]

Your link says a 3060, not a 3060 ti

Wrong link maybe?

[rose timber]

Lollllll they mustve changed it last night it was 3060ti and i even have a screenshot😂😂

[rose timber]

Well anyways i have an oculus quest 2 into games like squad/arma/ dayz/HLL and maybe light streaming if that pc is decent for that then prob a better choice

[plain glade]

The processor is a great option, and the video card is more than enough for 1080p 60 fps on all modern games, basically a great all rounder

And if you get into video editing, it has tons of VRAM for that kind of stuff.

It’s your money, I’m just telling you what I’d do, yknow?

[lofty moss]

the link he sent is very much the better buy

would second his recommendation

as for "upgrading" the ssd

[rose timber]

Yea lol im just new to pcs so im clueless. The most id like to spend is 1300

[brittle lagoon]

Do note, video editing doesn't care much about vram, sometimes might eat up ram with effects and such though

[lofty moss]

i would just get an extra hdd lol

512gb is more than enough, and you are going to want capacity over speed for most games

[plain glade]

Maybe I was thinking about rendering, that’s video card intensive right?

[lofty moss]

both are video card intensive

vram intensive depends on the render

[brittle lagoon]

Rendering cares more about GPU, but vram amount doesn't affect performance beyond if you have enough or not enough

[lofty moss]

and also depends on the video footage being ingested

[plain glade]

my world is shattered

[lofty moss]

lmao

[plain glade]

I’ve been hornswaggled

[brittle lagoon]

Ram and vram amount doesn't matter beyond if you have enough or not enough, speed does matter though

[lofty moss]

regardless, the build you linked for 1k is good

[brittle lagoon]

And video editing could be gpu accelerated but stuff like h264 is CPU accel

[rose timber]

https://www.newegg.com/27-g5-odyssey-gaming-monitor-with-1000r-curved-screen-lc27g55tqwnxza/p/N82E16824022901. https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali570/p/N82E16883360205#. Is this the a good combo then?

[lofty moss]

thats for sure a scam

no wait I thought that was the 240hz version

[brittle lagoon]

The 1440p144 g5 for <300$ makes some sense

[lofty moss]

thats still kinda pricy for what it is

[brittle lagoon]

But anyways for gaming I'd try to get 3060ti for 1440p

[lofty moss]

no

thats not pricy

thats normal price

lol

im dense

[brittle lagoon]

3060 for 1440p slightly lacking imo

[lofty moss]

3060 could do 1440p fiiiiine

[plain glade]

I literally run 1440 p med setting on my 1070

[lofty moss]

as long as you adjust setting accordingly

[plain glade]

A 3060 can’t be too bad

[lofty moss]

and you have the vram for higher quality textures too

[rose timber]

Idk what happened but it went from a 3060 ti to a 3060 overnight loll wouldve been a steal

[lofty moss]

that would do well with 1440p

[brittle lagoon]

I mean, I had trouble with Arma at 1080p running too well with my old 2070

I'd just rather have something better for 1440p

But I have high standards

[lofty moss]

i think it will be alright

[plain glade]

I agree but at his price point he’s kinda at a choke hold

It’s either 1440 p or nah

[lofty moss]

he could get a 1080p 144hz panel for cheap

nothing wrong with that

[plain glade]

Depends on him preferring quality or performance

True, and he could upgrade to a 1440 p in the future as use the 1080 p as a second monitor like I did.

[brittle lagoon]

Smth like a g24f would be fun

Do note, good experience in my books is 100+fps at high settings, most people would consider like 80+fps on low/med to be good

[rose timber]

If i got a 1080p monitor would moving down from 27” help the quality?

[lofty moss]

yes

[brittle lagoon]

You'll want a 24in panel for 1080p for good pixel density

[lofty moss]

1080p 24 is perfect for most people

[azure pond]

720p 49in monitor when

[lofty moss]

the need to go beyond that depends on the person

[rose timber]

Ok cause its going to be in corner of room and i also have 50” 4k tv i plan to use for some games too so i have that and i dont need massive 27”

[lofty moss]

wdym corner of room

[plain glade]

tv gaming

[lofty moss]

will it be really far away from your face?

with 24". you would want your face to be within 2ft

maybe even 1.5

would be ideal

bc you dont wanna be straining your back to lean forward to see your monitor properly

and if its in the corner, i would be mindful of the depth of your desk

also

if its in the corner, i assume you would be looking at it at an angle?

[rose timber]

Basically beds against wall i have tv at foot of bed, i have room to fit a desk in between the tv stand and bed against said wall

[lofty moss]

or is your desk an L shape with you in the middle of it

[rose timber]

L shape

Yes

Lol

[lofty moss]

ok then good lol

[rose timber]

But 27 is deff too big for my desk

So 24 works perfect

[lofty moss]

if its in the corner, 27 wouldnt be too bad

but yeah, if its a small desk, then 24 is fine

then you can go with 1080p

[rose timber]

Any brands you guys recommend for monitor on new egg besides the big brands

[lofty moss]

viotek

[brittle lagoon]

Gigabyte g24f and MSI g241/242 are neat

[lofty moss]

westinghouse i think has some good ones

[brittle lagoon]

Westinghouse pretty bad qc afaik

[lofty moss]

damn

regardless, theres nothing wrong with a "big brand" of monitor

gigabyte has had very competitively priced monitors as of late

so we usually recommend them

[brittle lagoon]

Pixio can be good sometimes

[rose timber]

I learned from watching mr krabs i like finding deals😂

[lofty moss]

who doesnt

:)

[brittle lagoon]

Monies

:)

[lofty moss]

also, how much do you want a curved monitor?

[rose timber]

Basically not westing house😂

[lofty moss]

i noticed you linked one

wasnt sure if you really wanted one

imo theyre kinda gimmicky

esp at 24"

[rose timber]

I like curved tvs when they came out but yea now that im scaling down doesnt make much sense

[lofty moss]

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16824012041R

is open box

should be totally fine

[rose timber]

Open box just a return?

[lofty moss]

yeah

most monitors have glaring issues if theyre defective

so youre pretty much guaranteed a functional monitor

[rose timber]

They atleast check em right😂

[lofty moss]

its not hard to properly verify a monitor

[brittle lagoon]

Wegg return policies for open box are better now so should be fine

[lofty moss]

i bought my 700 dollar monitor open box lol

saved like 100

[brittle lagoon]

Did you get fi27q-x?

[lofty moss]

yessss

[brittle lagoon]

Mmm

[lofty moss]

sucks that the M27Q-x makes it irrelevant

heh

[rose timber]

Damn so its not much of a gamble then lol

[lofty moss]

with things like cpus, mobos, etc it can be

[brittle lagoon]

Isn't fi27q-x rgb and m27q-x bgr tho

[lofty moss]

but not as much with monitors

[brittle lagoon]

One small thing but at least a thing

And Newegg return dead pixel policy changed few years back to be any dead pixel can be returned so that's nice

[lofty moss]

ion think that makes up for the 200 dollar price diff tho ;-;

[brittle lagoon]

It doesn't but it's something :p

[lofty moss]

at least

[rose timber]

Hold the phone

https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali565/p/N82E16883360195

Fount the 3060ti model

[lofty moss]

why are we talking in tech deal discussion

.

hmmmm

200 more for ti

[rose timber]

Yall the only ones who answered

Whats 200 more? The ti is cheaper than the one i sent?

[lofty moss]

honestly

i would get the ti

[lofty moss]

its still more than 999

esp if you are approaching the upper limit of your budget

what money do you have for monitor?

[rose timber]

Oh i thought you guys said that one wasnt as good ram

[lofty moss]

nah the system for 999 was totally better