tech-deals-discussion

[azure pond]

Maybe bigger ssd

Mm

Link and ping them?

[jolly inlet]

@marsh sphinx https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali548-master/p/N82E16883360168R?Item=N82E16883360168R

[azure pond]

Both good options, this one you can overclock the cpu and the 10600k is already a bit better of a cpu

[jolly inlet]

P2 is not a good drive

[marsh sphinx]

aw okay haha

[jolly inlet]

P1 is good enough though

[light bay]

It's hardly a nvme SSD tbh

[brittle lagoon]

https://www.tomshardware.com/features/crucial-p2-ssd-qlc-flash-swap-downgrade
I just want to note this for you, an excerpt:

We no longer recommend Crucial’s P2 for those seeking a value-level SSD. Rather, we would go as far as to place it on our ‘do not buy’ list.

[light bay]

Esp the new variant that isn't even tlc

Ye ^

Mp33 is probs near the same price and so much better

[slow sluice]

much better

Native r/w speeds on the new P2 are slower than a good HDD

[light bay]

Ye

Hence

[light bay]

.

[light bay]

@jolly inlet youre always the quickest to react to my deals xD

they need to give you a raise, maybe a 5% maybe? ill put in a good word for ya

[jolly inlet]

I'll take nothing less than a 500% raise over the $0.00 I currently make

[oak sentinel]

I will personally, out of my own pocket give that to you.

ur welcome:)

[jolly inlet]

Thank you good sir

[oak sentinel]

np u deserve it

[light bay]

he will give you the lint out of his pocket

dw

[marsh sphinx]

Fal’s pocket

[marsh sphinx]

maybe i should post more lga2011 related deals

[grand orbit]

And i will 500% raise rawrs 500% raise

@light bay micro center must is crazy with these barebones pc prices wth

[azure pond]

3050 ti will always be meh, but for the price I'd say it's a fine budget option compared to the 80w 3060 ones available for 850

[grand orbit]

@azure pond 11260h*

Nearly had a stroke tryna figure out if it was a resolution or a professor name and i was like never heard of a p processor xD

[stoic crest]

p is like erm

m replacement? lmao

or u idk

but u is now in place of y

[grand orbit]

Is it?

[stoic crest]

yes

[grand orbit]

Well i checked the website says h anyway

[stoic crest]

look at their tdp ranges

but 11260h is indeed h

[grand orbit]

Laptop naming sucks

[stoic crest]

the even more confusing thing is that

[grand orbit]

I was like what kind or resolution is 11260p xD

[stoic crest]

11300/11350H are 4c/8t

while 11400H and 11260H are 6c/12t

intel doing weird stuff again

but p does exist for 12th gen mobile tho

like 1260p for example

[grand orbit]

[stoic crest]

it's got 4 p cores and 8 e cores

anything with p or lower naming uses 4 digit naming

h and hx uses 5 digits

same for hk

hk and hx are both unlocked, but hx is stronger cause higher end

top end hx has like same core config and count as the 12900k

12900hx is its name afaik

[strong axle]

Does it come with a bunny

Like that

I want bunny now

[halcyon charm]

Hmm must be wabbit season again

[strong axle]

#tech-deals message

Is this a decent laptop for just daily driving, nothing crazy

[azure pond]

Fixed, sorry about that lol

[halcyon charm]

It should be I don't know why it wouldnt

[azure pond]

Depends what you're doing

I bought a 3050 ti laptop expecting to use it for some gaming, and have played valorant on it maybe three times

[strong axle]

very light gaming maybe and just general use like banking

Wanna move all my digital payments ans banking off my main pc just in caae ans would rather buy a laptop then to setup a vm

[grand orbit]

Ty

[grand orbit]

Then just get a non gaming laptop you'll get better battery life, unless the 17" screen is a selling point for you

That's pretty rare

[strong axle]

Ic

Thank

[azure pond]

yeah, i second what pato said

if you can find it a 6600h/hs laptop would be good for your use, otherwise maybe a 5000 series apu or if you can find one that isnt overpriced smthn with an mx gpu

[fair moon]

I personally definitely wouldn't want a 17in display for a daily driver

At that size it's gonna have a harder time fitting into backpacks and bags, plus it's still 1080p

[azure pond]

the first part i agree with, but why is 1080p on a 17 inch screen an issue

1080p looks decent enough on 24, and great on 21

17 is perfectly fine

[fair moon]

I meant like if it was 1440p or 4k a larger display would be fine

[azure pond]

yes i get that youre saying that

[fair moon]

But usually laptops are closer to you than desktop monitors

[azure pond]

eh

the closest i ever have mine is still about a foot away from my eyes

[fair moon]

Like 1080p 17in wouldn't be bad but you might as well go for 15in

[azure pond]

and thats with the base of it resting on my chest, if that makes any sense

[azure pond]

some people prefer the bigger screen, i like mine being 15 but some others might want the extra screen size

my old laptop was 17 and it was super awkward

[azure pond]

possibly

[fathom nebula]

Fact that a $480 new 3060ti is in stock for more than an hour means one thing;

It's been in stock for more than an hour. Mind blowing.

[high radish]

Rip gpu shortage

[grand orbit]

In the US*

[high radish]

well idk about other half of world lol

[grand orbit]

Half

https://tenor.com/view/cake-fat-slice-gif-4931308

Size of an American half

[azure pond]

everyone knows the entire world is smaller than texas pato

its common knowledge

[tiny heron]

Why do people upvote and downvote the same thing posted 😂

[azure pond]

so people can "vote" on the deal

[jolly inlet]

The original poster should do so, mainly to remind others to vote on it, whether that's upvote or downvote, and to show that down votes are allowed.

[tiny heron]

Ah okay makes sense. But I saw multiple people on the same thread doing it so I was confused 😅

[jolly inlet]

Maybe those ones are doing it to say it's an average deal? Not good or bad? idk what they're thinking lol

[fleet marlin]

Welp I realized the G5 isn't the G6, but $78 after tax & coupon is pretty good for a 750w B-tier. Some headroom for future gpu vs my 650w

[light bay]

But ACRF

[fleet marlin]

Eh, my build won't hit over 500w anytime soon, but will try to still return. Didn't expect to ship so soon, lol.

[light bay]

Also future proofing for gpus kinda hard bc of new standard and stuff

Depends on how long you keep your current GPU ofc

That PSU is fine tho if you already got it, it's just who knows if it'll even physically support the next card you get

If 4070 is supposed to need a 750w PSU or whatever, the future isn't certain

[fleet marlin]

Ah right. Yea, sometime later this year is probably upgrade, 3060 ti or 3070 maybe. So the new power connector isn't necessarily a concern. Might try AMD also. Something funny about Intel & AMD in 1 system

[light bay]

xD

Soon it'll proba be viable to actually have a Intel and Intel system

Just think about that

[azure pond]

Now I want an Intel gpu just to go out of my way to run it with an amd cpu

[jolly inlet]

I'm wondering how it'll do with Intel's iGPU/dGPU mixed processing thing

[fleet marlin]

Sort of sounds like a Pcore+Ecore setup in a way, just for GPU instead of cpu.

[daring depot]

people are out for them gpus

[fair moon]

IMO don't try to future proof GPU. Better to buy a $400 card and upgrade to a new $400 card in 2 years than it is to use a $800 card for 4 years

[light bay]

ye

[fair moon]

I think that hasn't necessarily always been the case, but right now that's the advice I would give

[grave pecan]

Ayo you guys think this is worth it? I would get the ti but it ain't in stock

[grand orbit]

You can get a 6700xt for 500$ constantly and it's 5% better than the 3060 ti

[fair moon]

I'd pass on the 3060, the 3060ti and 6700xt are much better (25% I think?) for $80-100 more

[grand orbit]

3060 tis can be found for around 480-500 sometimes yeah but 6700xt is always at 500 and 5% better

[light bay]

Here's a nice chart showing relative performance across relevant gpus at time of testing

[lofty moss]

damn yall killed him

[jolly inlet]

It's barely an A tier unit, not worth getting that when AMP 1000W is $128

EVGA P2 is another low A Platinum and it's only $200 if you really needed the efficiency

[lofty moss]

yeah ik its an absolute terrible deal

[grave delta]

That 1600 t2 $233 deal tho

[light bay]

@brittle lagoon gogogogogogo

G6 sale bacca just posted

go buy it G6 shill

[azure pond]

ye great price

though if the phanteks amp is still $127 its brand new and technichally $2 cheaper

[brittle lagoon]

G6 850w for 100$ is nice

[azure pond]

indeed

[light bay]

but mr1 isnt a phanteks

shill

[brittle lagoon]

G6 is literally just a slightly better amp lol

[light bay]

amp is just a stock focus plus iirc

[brittle lagoon]

Amp is stock focus plus

[azure pond]

ye, just brand new instead of refurb

[brittle lagoon]

G6 slightly improved

[light bay]

ye

[azure pond]

i dont mind refurb

others might

[light bay]

but mr1 shills g6

not amp

[azure pond]

you know what i shill?

gt 710

[light bay]

ak620?

b660m pro a?

[azure pond]

also the p-gm

[light bay]

great combo

[brittle lagoon]

I still like g2

[light bay]

p-gm should handle a gt710

[azure pond]

specifically 3090 and p-gm together

[light bay]

evga should fire whoever cut ties with SF and made the G5

[brittle lagoon]

Mhm

[light bay]

imagine having a good psu then making a meh one thats supposed to be better

I'd rather have a G3 over a G5 💀

[brittle lagoon]

G3 later actually good smh

[light bay]

ye

[brittle lagoon]

Like I'd say equivalent to CWT GPU good :p

[light bay]

didnt early ones have transient issues or somthin?

[brittle lagoon]

Nah, protections set too high

And no otp

[light bay]

ah

leadex ii right?

[jolly inlet]

P1000GM was made after the "fixes" and recalls so it's supposed to be better and less explodey

[light bay]

gigabytes word not yours?

[jolly inlet]

So that would actually be an almost reasonable choice with a 3090

To be safe the tier list has it placed at C tier but once someone reputable reviews it it might go higher

[light bay]

assume is key word xD

[brittle lagoon]

Early Leadex III

[light bay]

thought g3 was L2

[jolly inlet]

Think beta 3

Also @light bay them spelling it SWFT isn't as bad as the QICK

[light bay]

yeah

was about to ref that too

so tell us

Kick or quick?

[jolly inlet]

The lack of a U makes the Q act differently so kick

[light bay]

well

some people at nvidia pronounce ti as "tie"

[jolly inlet]

Well some people are wrong

Looking at you Jensen

[azure pond]

whenever i pronounce it tie im saying it as a joke

i cant speak for others who do

[jolly inlet]

🧂

[fleet marlin]

rekt. proves how overpriced some stuff usually is, haha. The $1050 80 Ti seems pretty decent too, for whoever isn't crazy about needing the extra (warm) 12GB.

[azure pond]

It seems so wrong

[azure pond]

If I were spending that much I'd spend the extra 150 on the 3090, if you have that much money to throw around then why not

[fleet marlin]

Some Ti's beating a ("stock"/FE) 3090 is why I'd have no concerns over "only" 12GB.

Yea that backside vram runs pretty toasty I've heard.

[jolly inlet]

Yep. My 3090 couldn't do 20k time spy. I got a FE 80 ti and it hit 21k immediately.

[azure pond]

My 6800xt with barely any ocing hit 20500

I didn't want to vbios mod it, but I'm fairly sure a decent 6800xt can beat a lot of 3090s

Though from what I've seen timespy is slightly skewed in favor of amd

[light bay]

6800 actually beats a 3090 in games

[jolly inlet]

See, that's the thing, I did vBIOS mod and it still got stuck at 19.7k

[light bay]

(only the dirt rally series and valhalla AC)

lmfao

[azure pond]

Afaik, to get good results with reference amd cards you have to vbios mod it

With the ocing I did, nothing worked well aside from maxing out the mem and undervolting it

Changing the core clock did nothing, since it didn't pull enough power to make a difference

[jolly inlet]

Sure, but I was extremely disappointed in my gpu when the 1kw kingpin bios still didn't even break 20k

[azure pond]

Yeah thats a terrible bin

What were the offsets you could do?

[jolly inlet]

+90 +1200

[azure pond]

My 3060 ti bin is great, if it had a second 8 pin it would easily be top 50 on timespy

As of now it's 90 somethingth place

[azure pond]

Wow, that bad huh

[jolly inlet]

Yeah.

[azure pond]

I can do +210 +1100

[jolly inlet]

That's why it's gone now lol

[azure pond]

But I'm stuck at 215w

[jolly inlet]

I can pass time spy on a cold day on my new gpu at +165 +1500

[azure pond]

Wow

My 3050 ti crashes at 625 mem lol

And iirc 75 core

Though somehow it's like 7th place on timespy, maybe because 3050 tis get terrible vram

[jolly inlet]

3050 ti is mobile only right? That's just laptops for you

[azure pond]

Yeah

[azure pond]

Sips 3070 does like +1700

3070 mobile*

[jolly inlet]

Yeah but that's a golden sample lol

[azure pond]

I think its just the 3050mobile/3050 ti

My friends 3060m does I think 1000 on vram

[light bay]

Plus sips put LM on his gpu

That's some serious dedication for a lappy

[jolly inlet]

Makes sense when mining though

[light bay]

True

Or if you're asus

[fleet marlin]

Pretty nice for basically 2080 Ti performance, give or take.

[azure pond]

Oh definitely, just sucks to have such a good bin and be limited by the power limit

Iirc I'm like 300 pts behind stock 3070?

Wait

I'm like 600 pts above it

Nvm forgot to change it to gpu score not overall

One sec again

Yeah im about 400 pts behind stock 3070

so if timespy wasnt stupid and downloads with the wrong version of system info, id be 60th place for 3060 tis right now

average 3070 is 13710, so just about 300 behind

[fleet marlin]

60 Ti sure is a value master.

[grand orbit]

Ehh at msrp yes but at realistic prices 6700xt is

[tall pebble]

BREAKING TECH DEAL: 3090ti SOLD for more than 2 DOLLARS

[oak sentinel]

?

[grave delta]

That's still a valid score

Do you have it set to leaderboard mode? Also - hwbot added a time spy gpu score category https://hwbot.org/benchmark/3dmark_-_time_spy_(gpu)/

[azure pond]

Under that it says that it's invalid because of the systeminfo version

I'll screen shot it when I have a chance

[grave delta]

Just send the score link

But yeah, always put the most recent systeminfo on your benching flash drive lol

You have to use a really old systeminfo to actually invalidate the score

[azure pond]

Had just installed it on a secondary ssd I don't use

[grave delta]

But less than the most recent just shows a popup

[azure pond]

And forgot it needed the newest systeminfo

And since that bench I haven't been able to get a score that high

[grand orbit]

@light bay nice find

[light bay]

thx

its actually a p nice gen 4 drive

[grand orbit]

Tis

[brittle lagoon]

@light bay prob want to note it's e16 not e18, 5000/4000 instead of 7000/7000

But ye good in general

[light bay]

true

durability is nice tho compared to flagship gen 4’s

[kind rover]

any websites where I can enter a product and see prices across other websites

[light bay]

pcpartpicker

[light holly]

Google 😄

[pallid geyser]

Man, missed the deal on nvme ):

[marsh sphinx]

#bad-tech-deals

[pulsar fable]

8 bids

That's the part I'm disappointed about

[jolly inlet]

Some people are determined to avoid replacing their motherboard

[cloud hornet]

That's why I buy $250 USD 6700k's, upgrading from my z170 is too expensive. ||/s||

[light bay]

@prisma mortar what clasifies headphones as audiophile level?

Turtle beach $20 headsets technically are since they can play "audiophiles" like a mp3 or if you are super nerd, flac

[brittle lagoon]

smh 6xx actually good, sale is not great though, just 20$ off

[prisma mortar]

yeah not much of a big sale, but still a sale nevertheless

[prisma mortar]

the 6xx is wayyyyy better than the crappy turtle beach headsets lmao

[light bay]

But they can both play "audiophiles" smh

[brittle lagoon]

audiophile is the name for people btw

It's more like 6xx are recognized by most audiophiles as a decent start

[prisma mortar]

ye

it's the sound profile and features and such that make it "audiophile level"

[brittle lagoon]

very flat, it's not that great, but not bad either

Not really features, just quite accurate response lel

[light bay]

Ik lol

[fleet marlin]

Funny thing is, that's the "deal" thread, not simply a sale thread.

[light bay]

I just use it for both files and ppl

[prisma mortar]

i mean, that could be considered a feature

[brittle lagoon]

bruh

just say flacs

[light bay]

Mp3

[brittle lagoon]

mp3 sad

[prisma mortar]

i purposefully make very lossy flac files lmao

[brittle lagoon]

lmao

[prisma mortar]

here, have this 46 kbps bitrate flac i created after stealing the full quality flac from ghosty

[brittle lagoon]

didn't I give you that flac too

either way I got it from ghosty too

[prisma mortar]

lmao

i think i just simply took it from ghosty

[prisma mortar]

god

listening to the high quality one after listening to my crappy super low quality one makes my ears feel like i just poured out all the water from them

[brittle lagoon]

lol

it's beautiful

[rain thistle]

the Elex is a pretty good deal though, 150$ off. the 6xx drops 20$ in price kind of often where the elex doesn't so often

[dull flame]

3070 ti from MSI will be on sale in 3 hours and 10 minutes on Newegg Daily deals.

(Today's Best Deals)

[fair moon]

msi cards hella expensive though

[shut lava]

MSI 3090 Gaming X Tril was $1799.99 last week with a $100 instant rebate or a free 1,000 watt power supply.

that was probably oen fo the lowest priced 3090s with three 8 pin pwoer connectors.

[jolly inlet]

We've been seeing 3090s at $1200 lately

[molten halo]

Well bstock evga one’s

[fleet marlin]

Now* if only some lower cards can get closer to FE msrp.

[pseudo silo]

Can I ask something about chair?

[molten halo]

https://tenor.com/view/chair-hit-throw-rigby-gif-17178150

[jolly inlet]

!ask

[ebon stratus]

https://dontasktoask.com/

[worthy reef]

Gon steal this

[azure pond]

24 inch laptop

What

You're carrying around an entire monitor at that point lmao

It's 15.6 not 24 @fair moon

[fleet marlin]

"Amd graphics processor". Nice, seems almost a waste of 120hz but idk.

[azure pond]

Eh, the graphics are decent enough to run valorant or csgo and such

[fair moon]

Whoops my bad

[azure pond]

was really confused on how a 24in laptop could exist lmao

would be carrying around an entire monitor at that point

[civic sun]

wow rude

[prisma mortar]

[azure pond]

F

Tell evga to bring it back

[azure pond]

didnt realize they were upvotes lmao

[brittle lagoon]

@slow sluice are you a Stellaris player?

[slow sluice]

Yes. I picked it up from the prime special a while back

[brittle lagoon]

do you have nemesis?

[slow sluice]

Yup, I'm slowly building up the dlc

[brittle lagoon]

I'm kinda falling into the trap of paradox dlcs but checking if I should get more

I got all the eu4 dlcs when they were cheap as heck on humble, hoi4 dlcs too, and I got Stellaris DLCs one by one on sale, missing nemesis and overlord atm

dunno if it's worth buying nemesis on 30% sale or wait

[slow sluice]

I'd get overlord first honestly, nemesis doesn't really add much

Besides making espionage slightly less pointless

[brittle lagoon]

crisis boi

Also, I was going for beating 25x crisis but that was before AI got less dumb

[light bay]

@oak sentinel L reposter

[oak sentinel]

huh

oh just saw it mb

[brittle lagoon]

20$ full price DLCs are kinda a no from me, but also, overlord doesn't seem to add much other than diplomacy stuff

[light bay]

Smh L + Ratio fake amd shill

[light bay]

"wait till this guy finds out we exist"
-EA

[slow sluice]

And the new early megastructures

Plus the progenitor hive. I almost always play hive minds

[brittle lagoon]

Tryna figure out if the new megastructures are useful or not

[slow sluice]

Not sure about the catapult, but the relays and rings sure do look useful

[brittle lagoon]

I typically don't really fight people until I get to gateways so I dunno

[slow sluice]

Rings give you the opportunity to have actually decent choke point systems without mods

[brittle lagoon]

I feel fortress worlds already do enough, if you need it, or fortress habitats

Because you probably won't be having a system with higher fleet power than the enemy fleets you'll be facing

dunno

[slow sluice]

Maybe, with the buff to defense platforms I'm thinking wars will be a bit more defender sided now

[brittle lagoon]

I was just tempted by declaring imperium and custodian on nemesis

[brittle lagoon]

It has always been defender sided as long as starbase modules are a thing

[slow sluice]

Nah

[brittle lagoon]

+10% fire rate +50% range -10% enemy shields does kinda help

[slow sluice]

Old starbases do nothing alone. Alpha strike decimates them before they can even shoot back

[brittle lagoon]

Alpha strike still decimates citadels with enough repeatables

[slow sluice]

You no longer have the range advantage though

[brittle lagoon]

?

Jugg range buff

Stellaris is still a game of overwhelming firepower

But in a 1v1, defender has the advantage

Fleet + Station will beat Fleet

Station won't beat fleet unless ai is really dumb

[slow sluice]

Yes, but fleet + fleet will also beat fleet

[slow sluice]

Defense platform buff was double HP, halved build time, +10% range, +20% fire rate, +10% tracking

[brittle lagoon]

I'll load up a game, try to fortify a station as much as I can, and compare to the fleet I can muster

[slow sluice]

With orbital rings, there's a capacity of upwards of 100 defense platforms per system

More if you get lucky

[brittle lagoon]

full unyielding tradition, I can have 50 dp on a station

I'll fill it with as many ion cannons as I can plus some dp's

[slow sluice]

Don't bother with ion cannons

Maybe one so you get earlier engagement, but besides that they're glass cannons

[brittle lagoon]

numbers go brrt

I mean, I dunno about that

10k hull points isn't that much of a glass cannon

but I'll spam dp's for this

just an excuse to go and play Stellaris heh

[jolly inlet]

Mmmm trying not to be salty about how low 5800X is getting after I paid full price a while ago.
Just trying to tell myself it's been worth it to get it sooner... It was a vast improvement over my 2700.

[slow sluice]

Old meta before the buff was ion cannon and then swarms of strike craft

Not sure if that's still the case

[slow sluice]

Corvettes go brrrr

[brittle lagoon]

tbh meta is prob still corvette spam vs bb spam

[jolly inlet]

Does the fleet duplication glitch and invincibility glitch still work on stellaris?

Infinite untargetable corvettes go brrrr

[brittle lagoon]

random fleets still go invincible from time to time, don't think duplication works

[slow sluice]

They got it to be a lot less common

[brittle lagoon]

nice to see you can still have cybernetic psionic pop lol

[frosty gate]

I would play stellaris more if it wasn't for the fact that Multiplayer campaigns take years to finish (if at all)

[brittle lagoon]

ye

@slow sluice ig it can be pretty decent, but I can just mobilize a much bigger fleet

[cinder kiln]

rx6800 for 630 usd, good? it's an australian sale

[jolly inlet]

Yeah that's not bad at all for Australia, only a little above msrp

[cinder kiln]

Alright I'll post it

👍

[fleet marlin]

Gigabyte non-mobo not great, but that 3070 price is

[azure pond]

Indeed

And wdym, gigabyte psus are my favorite IED

I'm gonna hope i used the right acronym

[fleet marlin]

Good point.

[fair moon]

I had a gigabyte 2060 and it was great

Rgb software was bad though

[fleet marlin]

Yea it's mainly the psus and/or service. All my 3 or 4 mobos were great.

[jolly inlet]

Z440 isn't on our usual tier list but that's probably because it's new. Z340 and A440 are both tiered, B and S respectively. I think we can presume it to be a S tier drive unless it has glaring issues.

So that deal is like getting free memory with a top of the line 2TB drive

[light bay]

yeah i love team deals

[high radish]

I got A440 2TB and it's good. Those bundle deals are decent

[slow sluice]

I would personally stick it in A. It's a lower tier gen 4

We might need to rethink our tiers after the last few months

[light bay]

Esp now that 970 Evo + has botched controller and modules

Part swap is so dumb

[slow sluice]

I didn't see that

Great

[light bay]

Ye

[grand orbit]

970 evo or evo plus? Didn't think evo was still being produced

[light bay]

Evo plus

Unfortunate Samsung had to pull a stupid but they did

[grand orbit]

:((

[slow sluice]

Do you have a link to what it got changed to?

[light bay]

Ye

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/samsung-seemingly-caught-swapping-components-in-its-970-evo-plus-ssds/

There isn't really a ton ton known on it from what I could find

[marsh sphinx]

no wonder they been going on sale recently

[gusty willow]

rip returning the one ive bought monday

[fleet marlin]

I suggest you l keep it probably, but it never was the outright best w/ P31 or other options around. Anyways: overblown issue: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/samsung-is-swapping-ssd-parts-too

[gusty willow]

i was wanting to return it anyway since i got it before all the sales recently

[fleet marlin]

Yea I got mine for $84. At near "full" price, I definitely support returning. At the time. P31 was $92 also

[gusty willow]

yeah think i got mine for 115

might just get a 980 pro 1tb

if i can catch it on a decent sale

[fleet marlin]

If you do gen 4, keep eye on p41 also. Always a chance it'll have a sale since it's new.

[keen gust]

wonder how many times the xfx 6900xt is going to pop up in #tech-deals

[azure pond]

76

[pallid geyser]

lol

6950xt is odd

[azure pond]

less odd than the 3090 ti

[pallid geyser]

true true

[stoic crest]

better value too

3090 is already more expensive right out of the bat

yet the 6950xt beats 3090ti

in anything non rt

[fair moon]

Lower and slower vram though

90/90ti are more aimed at content creation workload stuff, not gaming

[light holly]

What is the difference between the 6900xt and the 6950xt and is the price difference worth it?

[light bay]

It's maybe 10% at best while gaming

[light holly]

so not really worth it?

although 10% seems like a good number to me

[slow sluice]

It's usually around a 10% price difference too

[light holly]

hm ok.

I guess I'll be doing some research then

[light bay]

It more depends on you yourself

I mean dollar for performance, it just about breaks even

[light holly]

at that point I suppose I may as well go for it

[light bay]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSTmeZXHWyk

this is a decent review of it

[light holly]

alright.. and it's even the same brand I was looking at for the 6900xt.. nice

[light bay]

you live in usa?

[light holly]

yeah

[light bay]

https://www.newegg.com/asrock-radeon-rx-6950-xt-rx6950xt-ocf-16g/p/N82E16814930073?

this ones a great price for what it is

maybe its even what youre already lookin at

[light holly]

Price isn't to much a concern.. I know model > brand, however I know some brands > brands

[light bay]

to some degree

[light holly]

right

[light bay]

but you look at asrock and their oc formula 6900xtxh. absolutely insane card for the price and a super super good air cooled 6900xtxh, one of the best

[light holly]

I'm kind of thinking a red devil though because of water cooling in the future..

[light bay]

then look at asrocks cheaper lga1700

the vrms are so horrible itll barely handle a 12400f

[light holly]

I will have to read this in a bit. I gotta get to work. Sorry to ditch ya so suddenly

[light bay]

np

[stoic crest]

i like sapphire pulse series

it's always been consistently good

[light bay]

yaeh

i have a pulse 5700xt and its the best stock 2 fan 5700xt you can even get iirc

[fleet marlin]

ahem:

[loud sandal]

Lol

[naive vine]

Imfao

[fleet marlin]

I wouldn't even buy that for $108 tbh. Gen3.5 drive (true gen 4 is 6500+ MB/s read.

[brittle lagoon]

Nah it's fine tbh, it's not like s40 lite or whatever that's like 3500/3500 and called pcie 4.0

[high radish]

sn750 SE is pcie4.0 x2 lmao

[fleet marlin]

What brainless did that ?

[fair moon]

@flat junco far as I can tell, that's headset only, no controllers. Might add a little disclaimer to the message

[flat junco]

Good point, I ordered a pair so I’ll update after I get it on Thursday. But this comment suggests it’s probably the whole kit:

https://reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/comments/uvavvt/_/i9kajpb/?context=1

Dang, your deal is better

[fair moon]

If it does have controllers that's a pretty great deal though

$20more for brand new and probably better warranty

[flat junco]

Also, the eBay linked ones are v1, I just checked the description

I think v2 has better tracking or something

[fair moon]

Hmm

Now tempted to get the g2

Even though I rarely use my rift s lol

maybe I would play more if I could actually see far away enemies

Ok but I might actually

Rift s res plus screen door ain't great

Actually won't have room in my dorm next year so nevermind

[flat junco]

Yeah, I don’t use my rift cv1, mainly because it’s a pain to set up. And I feel like the screen is too dim. Maybe it’s just me.

I have three sensors, and still feel like the tracking isn’t super great.

[fair moon]

Rift S tracking is awesome

Except when the batteries get low 😅

[flat junco]

I don’t think I could ever get a controller with built in batteries

[fair moon]

It would be annoying to have 2 things to remember to plug in

[stoic crest]

still a decent ssd

good enough for gamers

or any normal use cases

[slow sluice]

P5 plus is pretty decent

Good controller and 176 layer tlc

You want a 3.5 drive get a 970 evo plus

[fleet marlin]

[slow sluice]

Which controller did you get with em?

[light bay]

probs the new one

[fleet marlin]

Of course not the phoenix since these are from 2022. I'm not even worried. I just might sell or return the 1TB because I don't really need it since my 500GB sn550 could be boot drive instead.

[grand orbit]

P5 plus be S tier drive

Have the 970 evo plus as boot drive?

[fleet marlin]

Oh forgot p5 plus vs p5. - yep, Good idea & keep the sn550 in 3770 pc?

[grand orbit]

Up to you

[fleet marlin]

$84 usd is part of what says keep it. Although sn550+4TB is plenty so wouldn't mind breaking even to give someone a decent price. Gonna try it on r/hws for a week & see what happens

[fresh torrent]

Okay but what if I tell you guys I found a $1000 3050 at a local store where I live?

[grand orbit]

Lol

[azure pond]

I would say that that store is smoking the good stuff and ask for some

[fresh torrent]

[grand orbit]

Want a good laugh?
https://www.currys.ie/ieen/computing-accessories/components-upgrades/graphics-cards/324_3091_30343_xx_xx/xx_xx_xx_xx_5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-criteria.html

[azure pond]

What about the listing I saw on marketplace that had 3080 tis at $90

[fresh torrent]

Seems legit

[bitter badge]

1660 $559?

[fleet marlin]

[grand orbit]

That z690I price looks like a pricing error lol

Also there was an issue with z690I aorus boards getting whea errors with gpu in gen 4 pcie mode but gigabyte are doing returns for fixed version or full refund of the board

[high radish]

This sounds like Gigabyte

[stoic crest]

Asus once messed up on capacitors on their high end board, idk which

Reversed caps apparently

It got fixed quickly

[oak sentinel]

690 maximus

[stoic crest]

ah

[oak sentinel]

and hero

[stoic crest]

oh damn

two models?

[marsh sphinx]

basically half price $300 Z690I AORUS Ultra Plus boards with the free upgrade(up to Nov 30th) then apparently new version.... the lite version set to pcie3.0 while the plus version is the fixed version? lol wth Gigabyte

[marsh sphinx]

3.0 isn't necessarily bad, but I do wish they had it reflected in the name. Especially with gen 5 on the horizon

[azure pond]

Pcie 3.0 bs 4.0 is nearly irrelevant unless using a 6400 or 6500xt

[marsh sphinx]

3.0 to 5.0 is the difference in this case

[oak sentinel]

no gpu supports it yet tho

[marsh sphinx]

yeah, but the mobo was supposed to originally until they had the recall lol my main issue is(Gigabyte's site)... you have to wade through specification lists just to find out it only supports gen 3.0. THey show the ultra with 5.0, not the lite obvi, but they should still show it as 3.0.

[oak sentinel]

link?

[marsh sphinx]

Lite: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z690I-AORUS-ULTRA-LITE-DDR4-rev-10#kf
Plus: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z690I-AORUS-ULTRA-PLUS-DDR4-rev-10#kf

[oak sentinel]

The lite VERY clearly lists 3.0

and plus very clearly lists 5.0

[marsh sphinx]

in the specifications?

[oak sentinel]

Yeah

dont even have to scroll much

No advertisement for pcie slot either

[marsh sphinx]

that's exactly my issue with it lol why is 5.0 directly on the landing page of the plus and 3.0 not on the lite.

just feels a bit underhanded lol

[oak sentinel]

because 3.0 isnt a feature worth advertising

its simple marketing

nothing underhand

[marsh sphinx]

but worth hiding. idk I get it's for marketing, but with the recall on the ultra already, I don't see the point

[oak sentinel]

they make no effort to hide it

they just dont mention it

its very clearly listed in the specs

why will they mention pcie 3 support under a tab called key features

all boards for the past many many years have pcie 3

if u want the key features look at the tab titled key features

if u want specifications look at the tab titled specifications

[marsh sphinx]

because this board was meant to be pcie 5.0

[azure pond]

It wasn't meant to be anything

You want it to be pcie 5.0, but doesn't mean it was supposed to be

[brittle lagoon]

Btw, even Intel doesn't say z690 is supposed to have pcie 5.0

The chipset only supports 3.0 or 4.0

everything else is up to the manufacturers

Anyways, pcie 5.0 is just gimmicky atm

I don't see a problem with it, it could be useful to mark it as a point of interest, but doesn't matter much right now

[oak sentinel]

You didnt read specs and assumed info

the board was meant to be pcie 3

woulda been gigabytes fault if they mislabeled boards

[azure pond]

Is it possible to increase power delivery through pcie slot with pcie 5.0?

That's not worded right

But like, could you have a 100w pcie powered 5.0 card

[brittle lagoon]

I don't know if the standard changed

I don't think so because same slot same pins that provide power

[light bay]

You could have a 100w pcie 4.0 probs if they just pushed it and gpus could even take it like that

[brittle lagoon]

I mean there's rx 470 iirc that pulled up to 120w from pcie slot in spikes

[light bay]

I bet 100w on current hardware would be doable

Ye

[brittle lagoon]

But I don't think the spec changed

[light bay]

It has to have changed

Ada is coming out soon....

[brittle lagoon]

The power delivery spec

[light bay]

Yes

Hopefully they changed it for ada smh

[brittle lagoon]

On the slot? Are they using some previously unused or sense pin for power now?

[light bay]

No

Im jk

[brittle lagoon]

Bruh

[azure pond]

600w pcie powered gpu when

[lofty moss]

soon

oh you mean from the slot lol

[light bay]

36 pin mobo connector 😳

[lofty moss]

theres that one vega card in the mac pro from a year or two ago

[slow sluice]

Box

[fleet marlin]

$700 70ti is super common now, just wanted to mention.

[dim bay]

Anyone know of any good deals on stacked monitor mounts or which ones are good? I want to try and mount a 34 inch monitor on the bottom and a 24.5 inch or 27 inch one on top

[dim bay]

that thing literally looks like a brick 🧱

Yooo thanks for the link man I'mma check it out

wait it says up to 32 inch. Will it support 34 inch at the bottom?

alr

oh nice

thanks for the mount suggestions

ah alr

[marsh sphinx]

remember the free hyte mousepad thing?

[pulsar fable]

👀

[light bay]

theyre revamping rewards program tho

so i dont think itll be that easy to get that type of stuff again

but if you still have a unused coupon code, then thats epic

[pulsar fable]

Those wd deals look nice. Is it worth spending the extra $75-ish for the 1tb sn770 + 8tb black over the 1tb sn570 + 8tb blue?

[slow sluice]

I'd say so, sn770 is a upper mid tier gen 4 drive

[grand orbit]

Honestly they don't look like deals to me just a combo with both/at least good alternatives around normal price

[pulsar fable]

Well going with the blue example, the sn570 would be $76.50, so standard price for an alternate 1tb nvme. The 8tb would be $110.50, so a little below standard price. Not much of a deal, but still some savings

[slow sluice]

8TB HDD for 110.49?

[pulsar fable]

That's for the blue. The black is $161.50 if my napkin math is correct
Edit: the sn770 it's bundled with would be $97.75

[grand orbit]

ah fair enough i guess you can get 5400rpm drives for 140

mis calcululated

[slow sluice]

It's also one of the CMR models, not sure how that affacts the price comparisons

[pulsar fable]

Actually the blue is 5640rpm, or at least that's what the site says. Never seen that rpm before

Don't know how 240+rpm would realistically affect things tho

[fleet marlin]

Besides the rpm, it is a good price VS an X300 that's $95ish just for the 4TB

[pulsar fable]

Between the two I can justify the cost for the sn770 over the 570 but the $50 price hike for the black over the blue HDD*?

[slow sluice]

@azure pond probably should mention the $15 MIR

[azure pond]

missed that, thanks

6700xt at $50 over 3060 pricing is nice though

hard to justify 3060 tis at $550

[stoic crest]

6700xt is love

this is the time where im happy about a radeon card lol

[slow sluice]

Promo expired?

[azure pond]

sad, 485 after rebate now

not much of a deal anymore

only $10 diff but when theyre $500 normally not worth posting for $15 off

[grand orbit]

it was 380???????????????????????????????????????????????????

[azure pond]

i didnt mean msrp

3060 pricing as in what they go for often

[grand orbit]

Oh right

[azure pond]

380 would be insane

[grand orbit]

Ik lol

[split oasis]

that WD Blue also has a smaller cache than the X300

[fleet marlin]

As expected.

[slow sluice]

Not really going to make that much of a difference for day to day use, your OS caches disk r/w anyway

[split oasis]

sure, but I think it's still worth noting when making comparisons

[brittle lagoon]

6xx prices keep dropping by like 20$

Not a great sale but it's a popular choice

[flat junco]

@zenith lantern

[high radish]

Yeah it's not a great deal but I recently couldn't find it in stock for good price

[slow sluice]

https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-5-4500-ryzen-5-4000/p/N82E16819113738?quicklink=true

Nani?

[azure pond]

not at that price

nuu

[slow sluice]

When did that get released?

[azure pond]

oh

izz worse than a 3600

[high radish]

Just get i3 12100f instead lol

[minor sinew]

does anyone have a good laptop on sale rn

[azure pond]

whats the budget, use case, and country

[minor sinew]

whats use case

[azure pond]

what are you using it for

[minor sinew]

USA 1100-900

gaming

[azure pond]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/msi-gf65-15-6-144hz-gaming-laptop-intel-core-i5-nvidia-geforce-rtx3060-512gb-ssd-8gb-memory-black/6456144.p?skuId=6456144 could get this and upgrade the ram

[minor sinew]

Thanks

[stoic crest]

4500 got released along 5600, 5700x and 5800x3d

it's a low end option for people i guess

4100 is also a thing

[slow sluice]

I thought that was the 5500

[stoic crest]

5500 is lower end too, yes

But 4500 is even lower, apparently

4500 is zen 2, 6c/12t
5500 is zen 3, same core count but no smt

[fair moon]

Does no smt mean it's 6c/6t?

[stoic crest]

yep

[slow sluice]

5500 has smt, it was the 3500 that didn't

[stoic crest]

5500 actually doesn't afaik

wait, yeah

im wrong on that lol

5500 is 5600g cut down

no igpu

same 19 mb cache

[light bay]

5500 is like a 3600 ish

a little worse in gaming sometimes tbh

[marble sage]

Guys is this a good deal l https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/745932696405864

[oak sentinel]

not really tbh

[marble sage]

Why you say that and also it’s Canadian dollar not US I don’t know the exchange so I don’t know if it’s a fair price or not

[oak sentinel]

yes i saw the cad written there

[grand orbit]

Terrible

[marble sage]

why is that?

[grand orbit]

Overpriced as all hell

You can build a better pc for half the price

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/RQGrMb

Just as good if not better pc for less than half the price

[light holly]

I so want to post the free month of discord nitro that epicgames is offering, but..... we all know I'd get instabanned even though it's legit haha

[grand orbit]

No do it

[light holly]

waits for ban 😄

[grand orbit]

XD

[stoic crest]

ooh free nitro

but I've already had nitro

[grand orbit]

Alt account time

[fair moon]

I'm so sick of seeing free nitro/game pass/Spotify codes that are only for new accounts

[marsh sphinx]

Why

It’s how marketing works

[fair moon]

Those offers should just be linked to making an account, not distributed as codes

[marsh sphinx]

They get you to do 1 month and add your credit card then you forget and leave auto sub on or you realize you enjoy the service and keep paying for it

[fair moon]

Like I joined a scavenger hunt thing that was advertising game pass codes as prizes but they were just for new accounts

[marsh sphinx]

I mean you got your fair share of the service already

[fair moon]

Yeah well for example game pass advertises how it has "perks" but a lot of people can't use the Spotify or nitro ones

So it makes game pass look better but for returning subs it's not even a usable perk

Maybe if the codes could be redeemed for 1/2 the time or something

[azure pond]

@umbral raptor $500 is normal price for 6700xts

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/RFGbt6/xfx-radeon-rx-6700-xt-12-gb-speedster-swft-309-video-card-rx-67xtyjfdv

[stoic crest]

there's even 489 ones

[grand orbit]

Especially for things like gamepass and Spotify noones stopping you from making an account and using it exactly the same

[stoic crest]

it's an msi mech

meh but hey it's cheap

[fair moon]

Yeah I guess

[worthy reef]

Too busy rn ill check later thank you

Imma buy one

[fair moon]

I figured since it's a negg gift card and not a MIR it's probably legit

Worth a shot

[worthy reef]

Gonna run it dual with my 6900xt

[fair moon]

Paid with PayPal if I need extra leverage in case it doesn't work out

[worthy reef]

What ya buying

[fair moon]

The $50 monitor arm with a free $50 giftcard

Seller seems fairly legit though

[worthy reef]

Was it free?

Or did it charge you something

[fair moon]

Charged $50 and then the Newegg card comes in 4 days

[worthy reef]

Oh so its a newegg card?

Btw its sold by the maker of the mount

[grand orbit]

Free dual monitor arm basically

[worthy reef]

Its a newegg gift card tho right

[grand orbit]

Ye

[lofty moss]

pog 4 dollar dual monitor stand

gimme that

[fair moon]

@final wraith still shows $50 for me

[final wraith]

Maybe if you snagged before the fix, maybe you won!

Wait

Im on a different stand.

[worthy reef]

I dont know man i dont use newegg often

[lofty moss]

needed one anyway

[high radish]

You actually getting extra 0.01$ from it lmao

[light holly]

legit.. I'm gonna buy one even though I can't mount 1 of my monitors. awesome find.. thank you.

[light holly]

Look for something you might want that you can get on newegg.. That way you can get the awesome deal. I seen it.. jumped on it and there isn't really anything I want on newegg atm anyways.

[vague pine]

is this the lowest the gigabyte g27q has been? technically at $235 assuming you get the rebate but even without the rebate, at $245?

[light holly]

yeah been like that for a few weeks now

[vague pine]

also Honey says its at $220 so i assume theres probably more codes that have a higher discount or its counting honey gold

[light holly]

I'm actually thinking about buying another one lol

[grand orbit]

Has been around 250 for ages tbh

[jolly inlet]

Looks like they adjusted the price on that monitor arm, now it's $90 - $50 gift card, making it $40, the same price as the other color

How much you want to bet a bunch of orders are about to be canceled?

[fair moon]

^and no free shipping anymore either

[worthy reef]

Maybe cuz imo i dont need a mount

[fair moon]

I hope they honor my order

[worthy reef]

Another monitor ir what

Or*

[light holly]

Wow they must have done it like right after I ordered

oh, now it says OOS

Hopefully I got it just in time and they don't refund me like that whole ordeal with the super cheap headphones

[jolly inlet]

Someone saw the order confirmations start flooding in and realized "oh crap, damage control time"

[light holly]

ha right?

I mean.. that's a hella good deal whether you need the mount atm or not lol

[fair moon]

So uhh
I may or may not have a glass desk
Still bought it though

Figure I'll be using a different desk at some point

Or I can give it to someone else

[jolly inlet]

Yeah if they end up honoring it despite the obvious mistake I would have loved to get one. I've got 2 monitors and I'd put one of them sideways.

[fair moon]

Actually I could probably make a custom mount for it

Attach to the metal frame instead of glass top

[light holly]

If you have enough room behind the desk and don't mind making something to attach to your wall... you could make a small little deal for the bracket to go on..

that way your desk stays in perfect condition.. Walls are easy to patch screw holes and whatnot

[fair moon]

Would probably need to be on a stud though

[light holly]

true

[jolly inlet]

Put a cut piece of 2x4 on the back of the desk

[light holly]

That too

[fair moon]

Like sandwich the glass with wood?

[jolly inlet]

That, or attach the wood to the frame with a bracket to reinforce it.

[fair moon]

Yeah I could see about that

More worried about leverage than just weight pushing down on one point

[light holly]

I have this wonderful idea for you, but I can't put my imagination into words.

[fair moon]

MSpaint?

[light holly]

idk how to use that lol

also, mybe note on your listing that it is OOS?

[fair moon]

Yeah

[lapis parcel]

Are we allowed to talk about deals from other stores to

[brittle lagoon]

course

[lofty moss]

obviously

latest one right there is amazon

[lapis parcel]

at walmart this lg monitor is marked down from i think like 150 to 87 its 24 inch 144hz 1ms respons and more i think

[lofty moss]

wow

feel free to post it

[lapis parcel]

i got it today

the link online doesnt show the price its instore i think only

cause i went instore it was on the shelf it was marked like 150 we scanned it then it came up 87

[light bay]

You can post it and put "YMMV, check brickseek for your store"

[lapis parcel]

ok

so just coppy and past what you have in quotes

;/

[fleet marlin]

[marsh sphinx]

nr200 without riser cable is completely useless

Well

Depends on the use case i guess… but an ITX without a riser cable doesn’t seem right

and buying a gen 4 riser wouldn’t be cheap either

[jolly inlet]

$15 per TB on a X300? F YEAH

I'd probably do the same if I didn't already have a 10TB I shucked in my server

[oak sentinel]

my storage feels inadequate now

[jolly inlet]

Yeh $12.50 per TB isn't bad at all

[oak sentinel]

my drives are yelling at me

[jolly inlet]

lol "Big Boi" is only 2TB, they should be yelling at you

[oak sentinel]

:(

thats the only hard drive i bought

[fleet marlin]

I also know the "pain" of plain ol 1TB drives Rommy. I also have a 750GB. They were my previous OS drives, lol. The 4TB at $95 usually has my eye. $15/TB however indeed is dang nice for such a good hdd. 1)newegg 2) mailing a hdd. idk.

[oak sentinel]

all the rest are salavge

[jolly inlet]

jk I know, you work with what you can get.

[oak sentinel]

I really should get another ssd soon

maybe in a few months

[jolly inlet]

Most of my drives are salvage too, except my 10TB and EX950

[jolly inlet]

Have Best Buy price match it, or Microcenter

[vague pine]

sadge, i wish i could get that nr200 but itd be expensive to try and find an itx mobo for a 9700k and i dont think theres any itx mobos thatd have a 1x and 16x pcie

[jolly inlet]

I got some good stuff from my college too. Perks of being tech club president lol.

[oak sentinel]

screw it im shrinking linux partition in favor of more windows i dont want c drive to yell at me

[fleet marlin]

best buy fail, they only had the 1 and 3TB X300. I'm still working w/ 1.25TB, lol. Unplugged both my 1TB hdd's recently. Didn't need em. That 12TB sure is tempting. See if it could hold my whole steam library. 🤣

[oak sentinel]

I was gonna buy an extra 1tb ssd too

but i decided against it

[jolly inlet]

Lets just say... I personally installed the security system. They only used maintenance staff to run the wires, since I couldn't drill the walls.
And like the honest person I am I left no exploitable holes that even I could use without breaking into at least 2 locks.

Oh I use Paypal on Amazon all the time

[fleet marlin]

Orly?

[oak sentinel]

I concur

spending money bad

[jolly inlet]

Yeah, you just need to have the Paypal cash account so they send you a debit card lol

[oak sentinel]

especially after u just spent it all on a new gpu

[fleet marlin]

Hah. I was gonna mention how that's not even close to being like Amazon Pay on neweg, but then you also answered my next question though. Think I'll look into a Paypal card, although prime card for 5% back or 10% on certain items is nice.

[jolly inlet]

The Paypal cash account is free though, just a no fees checking account basically.

[oak sentinel]

im talking about me

smh

fr choice for me was 3060ti and 1tb ssd or rx6750xt and no ssd

i chose 6750xt

[light holly]

https://tenor.com/view/supervising-devil-on-your-shoulder-angel-on-your-shoulder-conscience-kronk-gif-13015310

[vague pine]

sadge, i dont think it was posted or said but elgato had a pretty good sale of 20% off your purchase and also had a streamdeck mk.1 bundle with a free wave:1

didnt know till just now which just ended

i think

website still says sale, dont know what time theyre doing

think site is slow rn on updating, says error occurred when trying to buy any of the bundles

[grand orbit]

Nr200 doesn't need a riser, it's wide enough for regular gpu mount

Also regular price for nr200

And nr200 never came with riser

[azure pond]

that 5700x is tempting, but im gonna hold out for next gen

or for the used 5000 series when next gen drops

[azure pond]

:(

Didn't realize

[light holly]

@fair moon They relisted the monitor mount for $49.99 with only a $5 gift card this time 😄

[fair moon]

Yeah, that was probably the original intention

[azure pond]

Lol

[light holly]

Mine shipped a couple hours ago.. so we'll see if I get that $50 gift card..

[azure pond]

If you dont, contact customer support

[light bay]

theyre already talking to us

[light holly]

^ 😄

[deft copper]

I just ordered an Xbox Series X from Walmart that will be at my house in 6 days for $540 ($40 tax). Is this a good deal, average, or did I get scammed?

[sour kayak]

How do you buy evga 3060ti

[grand orbit]

That's sounds about right

[fathom nebula]

https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=08G-P5-3663-KL&associatecode=0EHX18A618562YL

Buy it.

[sour kayak]

Ty it wasn’t before

This isn’t b stock right

I can’t order it my cart page is glitching

[azure pond]

Tf

Looks like evga being evga

[high radish]

Evga servers reminds me zotac servers somehow lol

[sour kayak]

Is evga 3060ti better than gigabyte aorus?

I heard evga is the best but why is aorus so much more $

[fleet marlin]

Aorus would be more like the FTW models.

[high radish]

[azure pond]

If you already own it, no point in replacing it

[sour kayak]

I can sell it and get a new evga if it’s better

[azure pond]

I think aorus is better

Might have slightly worse cooling because of the mining, but nothing major

[high radish]

Lol is that x570 bad mobo ?

[lofty moss]

how the hell?

that "free" monitor arm already here

[light bay]

No wayyy

Watch it be a picture

[lofty moss]

nah this box heavy asf

lemme open it hol on

yeah its all there it seems

[fair moon]

*monitor arm?

Or is this a different deal

[light holly]

It got to you in 19 hours? crazy

Is AC Valhalla Standard Edition worth $14?

[fair moon]

Probably, if you're into that kinda game

[grand orbit]

its 300$ for a dead platform

[fair moon]

I think the campaign is like 60 hours

[high radish]

yeah too little too late

[lofty moss]

yeah

[light bay]

Who knows if it's dead tho

Imagine 5800x3dXT

[grand orbit]

More like 5800XD

[light bay]

xD

[slow sluice]

5800x4dxtxh+

[light bay]

with wraith stealth included

[slow sluice]

Wraith stealth silent q mode

[light bay]

rgb

[dim ingot]

@lofty moss
yeah my cologne came before the necklace i bought with it for my mom on mothers day @Kohls.

I live in CA, the Air Fryer I purchased shipped from CA, to Missouri, now back to CA

tfw THANKS ❤️

appreciated lololol

I wish Gap still sold their Scents.

[jolly inlet]

Amazon is restrictive with their tracking numbers anyway. You can't just look up the info, it has to be on your account.

[light bay]

oh you already tried looking it up?

nice

😏

[jolly inlet]

No I used to work for Amazon lol

[light bay]

tell us the secrets

[jolly inlet]

Some of the distribution warehouses make the employees wear what essentially equal slave collars. If you move from your station or take too long on a bathroom break you get called to the supervisor. And the buildings can be about 3 football fields across so it can take 10 minutes just to walk to the bathroom and back.

Is that juicy enough Ryan?

[light bay]

yes

no i dont

wow that was a huge insult smh

i cant believe youd ever insult someone like that

facts

Pure 📠

no 🧢

[grave delta]

$43 5lb s&s first month https://www.amazon.com/Optimum-Nutrition-Standard-Protein-Chocolate/dp/B000QSNYGI

[light holly]

@fair moon oh man, you are bad for my wallet dude.

[fair moon]

you're welcome ;)

[grave delta]

Will those switches fit normal keyboards?

[fair moon]

I think Kailh is pretty standard, not completely sure though

[light holly]

They are 3 pin, so I believe any cherry mx

[light holly]

"Through the MX (+) port, the switches can also be used in keyboards equipped with Cherry MX switches. To ensure the highest possible compatibility , Cherry MX Keycaps are also compatible."

[fair moon]

do the linear/silver show as oos for y'all as well?

[light holly]

yeah

[fair moon]

k

[light holly]

luckily I already have those 😛

They are so nice

[fair moon]

I considered getting some to replace the switches on my old keyboard but it's got low profile switches + caps

[brittle lagoon]

Do note they won't fit cherry switch openers

[light holly]

ah, I really like that I literally barely touch the key and it actuates

[brittle lagoon]

Kalih style switches have slightly different housing

So if you want to lube or anything like that, dif switch opener

[light holly]

@fair moon it might also be worth noting that the keebs on that page are a dang good price as well.

at least the z15

[fair moon]

ive seen better deals on evga boards tbh

[light holly]

on the Z15? I don't believe you 😛

I spent months scouting for a keyboard and had my eye on this one the whole time,.

the lowest I seen it by the time I got it was $70

[fair moon]

looking on amazon price tracker it was $45 during the winter holidays

[light holly]

say what?

[fair moon]

https://camelcamelcamel.com/product/B08VNT658R

[light holly]

ah, that was for a month and a half. considering the price it was before that for close to a year as well as after and it coming back down, I'd say it's still a bangin deal

[fair moon]

it's pretty good

do associates codes work on that stuff?

[light holly]

I do not know tbh

you got one?

[fair moon]

mhm

[light holly]

I was thinking of buying the bronze switches tonight while I was at work. Going to bed now though

DM me it?

or is it a 1 person kind of code?

[fair moon]

10% off according to their site

[flat junco]

@fair moon got the headset yesterday, full kit. Tracking is decent, some hiccups here and there, screens is miles better than the cv1. The plastic on the controllers feels cheap though and no capacitive touch buttons, which is mainly only good for gestures lol.

The wire is kinda annoying. It just sits at such a weird angle.

[fair moon]

yeah the display is the main upgrade

quite a big one though

[flat junco]

Yeah, for sure. Can’t notice any screen door effect at all and it’s nice to read text lol.

[fair moon]

though actually going from cv1 means you went from lighthouse to inside-out tracking

so depending on how many sensors you had for the cv1 the tracking should be better

also I'm sure there's solutions available to help the wire be in a better position

[flat junco]

Yeah, I have three sensors, and I heard there’s a way to use cv1 controllers with the reverb. But it requires you to put the cv1 on an oscillating fan to keep it awake

[fair moon]

3 sensors probably gave pretty good tracking yeah?

I'd assume 2 is where there's more iffy areas