Kinda, I think my room setup wasn’t optimal. But if it was bigger, it probably would track way better.
#tech-deals-discussion
flat junco
shrewd rose
Should I get this?
daring depot
That Evga deal is mind-blowing. The only downside is that I already bought brown switches and installed them
Do you trust amd gpu's?
shrewd rose
I just want to play flight sim at 1440p
daring depot
I don't really know, you can do some research and see if it's trustworthy?
shrewd rose
it should be fine, drivers are ok and everything
the question is if card prices are going to fall even further in the coming weeks
daring depot
It's memorial weekend in the US, maybe you can wait a bit
shrewd rose
i don't see 3060 tis going back down to 400, but used prices maybe
shrewd rose
vs $425 for a 6700xt?
but used, and also reference design
i dont care much for ray tracing, and I can stream on my cpu
stoic crest
6700xt is currently 480-520 mark rn
shrewd rose
are the 3060 tis in stock?
stoic crest
the most expensive one is nicest one
the sapphire pulse
but at this price
go for 3060ti on evga instead
shrewd rose
or maybe I should aim for 3070?
stoic crest
eh nah, i wouldn't
light bay
What's your budget?
stoic crest
unless you really wanna play 1440p
shrewd rose
1440p ultra flight sim
light bay
Ultra 1440 flight sim is gonna be fun
shrewd rose
indeed, 3060 ti is the lowest tier I can do and still get 40 fps
shrewd rose
40 fps for flight sim is fine though
shrewd rose
I'd def reccomend 32gb ram for flight sim
i have that
light bay
6600xt for 300 is a really really nice price, but it falls between 3060 and 3060ti ish
shrewd rose
ok so 3060ti and 6700xt both get 44 fps, and 3070 gets 47
wait where's the 3060 ti for $480?
is it the 530 one but with associates code?
oh nvm i see it
jeebus the card is so tiny
shrewd rose
go for 3060ti on evga instead
there's a couple used 3060 tis near me, if I can get it down to under 480, should i go for that? (msi ventus and asus tuf)
or should I wait a week and see
jolly inlet
MSRP is $800 on that but really that's a CPU no one needs except maybe extreme overclockers
light holly
@fair moon I should have grabbed those switches before I went to bed. They are all OOS now 😦
dull flame
Ah, okay.
tiny heron
All 3 bioshocks free on Epic Games right now
fair moon
Disappointing how they downgraded the sale this year
But can't complain about free games
Well maybe not downgraded but as someone who rarely buys full price games the $10 off was better than the 25% off
fleet marlin
Already owned all bioshocks on steam & barely played, lol. Gonna change that since I got more ssd storage. Gonna hit my 1TB internet cap this weekend 
loud sandal
@high radish you stole my deal 
high radish
Yes couse nobody shared it lol
loud sandal
light holly
@grand orbit Is this a good deal??
https://lewiston.craigslist.org/sop/d/lewiston-corsair-icue-220t-case-and/7476424167.html
grand orbit
<@191276897227898880> Is this a good deal??
https://lewiston.craigslist.org/sop...
Ehh it's okay mainly because of the fans
light holly
Ehh it's okay mainly because of the fans
not something I need to jump on?
grand orbit
Nah it's okay but like 100 for psu 50$ for case all your saving money on is fans
pallid geyser
Corsair fans do be expensive tho
light holly
and I already have a ton of fans soo.. ok I'll let it go
cloud hornet
Corsair fans kinda be overpriced. Much cheaper options for the same quality.
light bay
Corsair fans kinda be overpriced. Much cheaper options for the same quality.
@polar field ^^^^^^^
fleet marlin
Yea Floppa knew
polar field
Yea Floppa knew
thank you
light bay
Floppa is just a Corsair shill smh
polar field
yes i am
light bay
Simply based
wide onyx
Maybe I should start a business from these Microcenter deals. Ship the items out to people who can’t get to one
jolly inlet
Problem is with the cost of shipping added on, only a few of those deals are actually still deals
wide onyx
Yes, but there are other items not necessarily the just the deals items. More a matter of in stock. Shipping is still going to be a slight problem as I’m sure any commerce site gets deals on shipping.
jolly inlet
True yes, there are some things that are much easier to find in store there
prisma cosmos
Doesn't certain items from Microcenter though require you to go there to pick it up?
Cause i remember during the GPU shortage you couldn't order a GPU online and had to go to the store to get one
jolly inlet
Correct. Which is why they're suggesting they buy the things in store and ship to people that can't.
prisma cosmos
oh
jolly inlet
MC also limits you to one GPU per month at most branches
prisma cosmos
Canada Computers here i believe it is 2 per month
jolly inlet
And some of the stores started doing a lottery system where they'd call you in, to take away the scalper's advantage of being able to show up and line up 3 days in advance with a tent full of 15 people.
prisma cosmos
I found a pretty good deal for a gaming laptop here in Newegg Canada
I hope by August it will still be on sale cause id like to buy it lol
timber estuary
Hi
azure pond
hello
timber estuary
you are the leader
prisma cosmos
you are the leader
Leader of what?
high radish
is this price alright ? https://www.ebay.com/itm/294553641351?epid=10050646799&hash=item4494c3e187%3Ag%3AOnsAAOSwAfZhlJtE&LH_BIN=1&LH_ItemCondition=1000
high radish
friend looking for decent 3060 laptop
high radish
not a deal imo
so whats decent price for 3060 laptop 
azure pond
do they need a strong cpu?
high radish
umm he does work with it tho . 16gb ram and 3060 is minimum but idk about cpu lol
azure pond
if cpu matters thats not bad then
high radish
anotrher one for similar price https://www.ebay.com/itm/325199145697?epid=21051279197&hash=item4bb7612ae1%3Ag%3A0lUAAOSwsUVie9UW&LH_BIN=1&LH_ItemCondition=1000
I just dont know much about laptops idk which one is better
stoic crest
legion better
jolly inlet
Adata does have a lot of good SSDs. Some decent memory too, I have a kit of their b-die.
pallid geyser
Yeah, after coupon on the 1tb nvme it’s $103 for gen 4 ps5 approved
So not terrible
marsh sphinx
guys this is important how much better is the ryzen 9 5900x then the ryzen 7 5800x
stoic crest
in what workload are you asking about?
marsh sphinx
wdym sorry am new to pcs
stoic crest
if you're aiming for gaming, just get 5800x3d
well, what you're gonna use it for
gaming, rendering or something
marsh sphinx
gaming and school work
school work includes 3d modeling and coding
also recording
stoic crest
is this gonna be a new pc from scratch?
marsh sphinx
b450
ebon stratusBOT
NotJon#7731 has been warned
marsh sphinx
bruh
stoic crest
which exact b450?
marsh sphinx
lemme check
stoic crest
also tell me what ram do you have, if you can check it for me
marsh sphinx
what would be a solid motherboard
thats compatible
because I have some extra money
it also says the b450 is compatible with the ryzen 9 5900x
stoic crest
yeah, but the board's vrms won't handle it
marsh sphinx
what is vrms?
stoic crest
how much are you willing to spend on your upgrade?
vrms regulate power delivery to the cpu
marsh sphinx
i have 700 dollars saved but would like to keep around 100$
stoic crest
if it's not good enough, it'll limit the cpu's performance
marsh sphinx
ah I see
stoic crest
as for your ram, how to check what you have is looking at its stickers
or you can download hwinfo64 and look from there
stoic crest
can you try to give me a pic, closest one to the sticker?
stoic crest
oh well
it's got a heatsink over it
hard to identify it
the second option is to get hwinfo64 and look into the ram
rain thistle
stoic crest
run it
marsh sphinx
well yeah lol but now what
stoic crest
extract the zip and run it if it's in the zip
well, click on sensors tab
and send me a screenshot
stoic crest
Oh that already shows a lot of ram info
Yeah, the ram is good to go
No need to upgrade it
stoic crest
I'll make a list real quick
Hm, damn 5800x3d is so overpriced rn
Just to add, if you want the 5800x. 5700x is the better choice
It has no performance difference but you save some money
marsh sphinx
ok
marsh sphinx
yes
stoic crest
okay
marsh sphinx
well wait do you literally mean wifi as in the thing im using right now? confused on what you mean by do you want wifi
like on the motherboard?
stoic crest
Yes
marsh sphinx
does it really matter if I already have wifi
light holly
stoic crest
Your board has wifi added on top as a card
Having wifi integrated on the board eliminates that need
stoic crest
What case do you have?
stoic crest
Gotta make sure the mobo fits
marsh sphinx
stoic crest
But I'm gonna assume it takes matx cause your current board is in that form factor
Okay, that's everything I needed to know
marsh sphinx
My dad and brother bought me the pc so I don’t know much about the parts 🤣
stoic crest
5900x would jack this list's price way up btw
I suggest getting a cooler for this, especially a 240mm aio
But stock cooler will do just fine if you wanna pinch the pennies for now
marsh sphinx
ok sounds good
stoic crest
You'll get less performance out of it, but it won't overheat or anything
marsh sphinx
ok thanks for the help I appreciate it!
light holly
But stock cooler will do just fine if you wanna pinch the pennies for now
but.... pcpp says it doesn't come with stock cooler?
stoic crest
Well, the one for 2700x would still do fine lol
tiny heron
Is the 5700x only like $20 cheaper then a 5800x
stoic crest
yes, but $20 saved is still $20 saved
stoic crest
5700x is a lot hotter than the 2700x
pbo off on that case would be enough
grand orbit
@simple marsh you're supposed to link it lol
tiny heron
5700x is a lot easier to cool as well
True
simple marsh
<@381886047048433665> you're supposed to link it lol
Oops lmao
pasted the wrong thing
light holly
<@381886047048433665> you're supposed to link it lol
Do you have an opinion on that monitor vs the g27q?
light holly
ah ok
fair moon
Update on the free monitor arm: I just received the $50 giftcard, and the tracking says the arm will arrive Thursday
light holly
Update on the free monitor arm: I just received the $50 giftcard, and the tracki...
Aye me too man. What a fricken deal huh?!
fair moon
technically -0.01 ;)
light holly
Haha yeahhhh... butttt.... shipping.
fair moon
shipping was free for me
light holly
Oh?
fair moon
you outside the US?
light holly
Oh wait.. my shipping was free too. I had to pay $3 in tax though.
light holly
Used to be that way here too for online orders. It changed like 4 or 5 years ago.
fair moon
$3 still aint bad though
pulsar fable
Update on the free monitor arm: I just received the $50 giftcard, and the tracki...
So do you have to do anything to get the card or is it automatically sent after purchase?
light holly
So do you have to do anything to get the card or is it automatically sent after ...
it was sent to email "4 days" after purchase.
fair moon
So do you have to do anything to get the card or is it automatically sent after ...
It was a Newegg promotion so it is sent automatically
Though it does say 4 days after and for me it was exactly 4 days after
96 hours after I confirmed the order
serene heart
what is the concensus of amd motherboards right now? im considering getting a b550 but idk if i should yet
azure pond
what is the concensus of amd motherboards right now? im considering getting a b5...
12th gen is better price/perf atm
wide onyx
hold out for am5 if you can wait
fair moon
list price "385.99" for the series S 🤨
$240 is a good deal but I hate when the original price is jacked up to make the discount look better
high radish
yeah marketing sux
azure pond
that deal on the p360a is nice
i grabbed it, too nice of a sale to pass up. Not sure if im gonna transfer builds or wait until i get a new cpu/mobo
grand orbit
That's nice
jolly inlet
I'm totally getting that keeb bundle. It's about time I upgraded from my 2006 HP keyboard that came with my mom's XP computer.
high radish
I got evga Z15 keyboard. It's not the best but it's alright. Clicky tho
jolly inlet
Z12 is membrane so not clicky, but so is my current board. It's apparently worth the $20 it costs at least, according to rtings it's a good entry level board and hot swappable.
gray valley
I highly doubt they made a hotswap membrane
Are you sure they're not talking about a different EVGA board?
brittle lagoon
It says it's cherry stem compatible
Uh, I don't think it's hotswappable? Hot-swappable as a feature means you can hot swap the switches, you can swap out the keycaps on basically any keyboard
grand orbit
Not a keeb nerd but i think that saying means they key caps are regular
So you can replace them
jolly inlet
I'm seeing conflicting reports both ways tbh
Ok I think I see the problem, ebay and amazon both have the wrong model
So not hot swappable
gray valley
Not a keeb nerd but i think that saying means they key caps are regular
They're not
Hotswap, as noted by @brittle lagoon basically means that the switches are socketed, making you able to pull them out instead of traditional desoldering
The keycaps themselves are not relevant to this
grand orbit
Hotswap, as noted by <@278694081440251905> basically means that the switches are...
Yes but i meant cherry stem compatible not hotswap
jolly inlet
Doesn't really matter to me since I have zero interest in swapping switches anyway. And like I said, just about anything will be better than what I have.
It is done
gray valley
I mean, for 20 bucks you're not gonna find any better
The experience ain't great, but it works
jolly inlet
It's basically a free keeb and backpack with purchase of 3 months game pass anyway
And free shipping
lofty moss
as tempting of a deal it may be, i dont need more keyboards, i dont need more backpacks, and i definitely would never use game pass
brittle lagoon
need more keeeeebs
gray valley
I got my latest board in literally yesterday
And to be fair... I already own too many
brittle lagoon
What'd you get?
gray valley
Kbd67 lite
jolly inlet
as tempting of a deal it may be, i dont need more keyboards, i dont need more ba...
You don't want to play the Halo MCC or FS 2020 or Forza or Far Cry...
gray valley
Only took a year
lofty moss
You don't want to play the Halo MCC or FS 2020 or Forza or Far Cry...
i have projects to work through this summer, no time to game
brittle lagoon
I got my kbd67 lite r3 pretty quickly
jolly inlet
Fair enough. No point getting a sub if you won't have time to use it.
gray valley
In my case it was the constant delay with ev-00
brittle lagoon
Shipping directly from kbdfans was kinda expensive though
gray valley
Still delayed, but I talked with David to swap switches
Mine came via Candykeys
Since well... Import costs
brittle lagoon
Import to Canada?
gray valley
Netherlands
brittle lagoon
Kinda assumed North America heh
brittle lagoon
In my case it was the constant delay with ev-00
How are those switches?
brittle lagoon
Aw, got spare switches to use on the kbd67 lite or will you still have to wait for those to ship?
gray valley
They were just loose switches to test, I swapped to different ones in the order to finish it up now
Already had some Durock linears laying around for it
brittle lagoon
Already had some Durock linears laying around for it
Pretty nice, out of curiosity, are the Durock linears factory oiled? My T1s were and I got annoyed when I was trying to lube them
brittle lagoon
Just gotta roll the dice to see what you get eh
gray valley
I like em so far, but I didn't lube it
brittle lagoon
They should be decent enough with factory oil
fair moon
I think I might have posted a z12 for $20 a while ago
Decent deal
Plus the game pass and backpack it's great
Even with the xblgold trick game pass is still around $5 per month so that's $15 value at least
jolly inlet
The backpack is a nice bonus too yeah, I'll actually use that since I take my laptop to my D&D game every week.
brittle lagoon
Very nice
brittle lagoon
This reminds me, I gotta take apart my kbd67 lite again at some point, screwed up modding one of the stabs, too mushy, but I've been putting off taking the time to take it all apart again
brittle lagoon
Yea, stock stabs aren't amazing, but it's a nice board in general
gray valley
They're totally fine by my standard
brittle lagoon
I don't mind them much, but they can be improved upon a little
brittle lagoon
I agree
high radish
I got Z15 for 45$ which is good price for clicky mechanical keybnoard
it have nice palm rest as well
high radish
that 3050 is backorder
azure pond
eh, by the time theyll get it therell be something better for a similar price
cinder kiln
Wth that antonline link is so good
cinder kiln
I wish I could jump in that. Not in the US lol
light holly
I am thinking about it..
cinder kiln
Oh but I could send it as a gift to a friend? 
light holly
I could use the backpack.. my girl could use the keeb
I have no use for the gamepass though
high radish
that xpg deal is looks good
jolly inlet
Oh but I could send it as a gift to a friend? <:thinkymr:886715213917847603>
The game pass code is digital so you could keep the pass and have the merch sent to someone
high radish
better than teamgroup bundle
cinder kiln
The game pass code is digital so you could keep the pass and have the merch sent...
Hell yeah
azure pond
@light bay out of curiosity, why the downvote on the abs build?
high radish
lol
I think it's good deal
if it was rgb ram it would be much better but its still good
azure pond
if it was rgb ram it would be much better but its still good
i will never understand the obsession with rgb
high radish
rgb = more fps
azure pond
it looks like a unicorn drank too much and vomited in my pc case
high radish
jolly inlet
I'm a minimalist when it comes to rgb too
high radish
when you have non rgb ram pc looks so dark
azure pond
and you dont look at your pc while youre gaming, do you?
jolly inlet
I do
high radish
I do too lol
wide onyx
darkness holds your hidden fps
high radish
especially I love aorus screen
jolly inlet
I can see my lights in peripheral vision, so I have it set to change color based on CPU temp
jolly inlet
What sold it for me besides the free stuff is onboard memory for the keeb, so when I switch to Linux it doesn't default to unicorn puke or just nothing
jolly inlet
They have a 2080 ti for $1150 lmfao
azure pond
They have a 2080 ti for $1150 lmfao
$240 3050 and $580 3070 ti
some nice ones and some bad ones
$370 3060
mmm
jolly inlet
$790 3080
azure pond
tasty
high radish
lol that 3090 price
jolly inlet
1080 ti $650, better jump on that now before they drop it to a reasonable price
Ugly AF model too
light bay
Not as bad as it hurt your eyes to see $1200 3090 💀
azure pond
not as bad as it hurts my eyes to see $410 3060 ti
jolly inlet
I'm 100% writing off mining expenses like the GPU and if the market stays down I can cash out and claim a massive loss
Including GPU probably at about $2k loss as far as taxes go.
Good thing I was going to buy the GPU anyway and I didn't have to run my heater in winter, while claiming the additional power cost.
light bay
<@473206416782655508> out of curiosity, why the downvote on the abs build?
Oh just saw thi
I've seen cheaper ones recently with same specs
So I feel like it isn't a horrible deal, but there's been better out there for sure
fair moon
also now that gpus are in stock more often it seems better to just build your own
fair moon
anyone else see that nitro link get nuked
jolly inlet
Yes
fair moon
👌
jolly inlet
That's an A tier drive. They typically run $120-140 per TB alone.
light bay
nice, so like a $40 kit of 32gb ram?
jolly inlet
DRAMless probably keeps it from being S tier
light bay
probs yeah
jolly inlet
Yeah pretty much
light bay
hmb still aight ig
performs incredible imo for a sn850 and 980 pro competitor and dramless
jolly inlet
Well it's a tier below those drives but it does undercut them in price a lot
jolly inlet
It's more of a 970 Pro / P31 competitor
light bay
probs yeah
prisma cosmos
Mid week sale started on EVGA and i got a B-Sock 3050 for 270
Honestly the best b-stock they have on there though i find is the 2070 super for 350
If i was rich and using a 12th gen i9 i would of loved to use this 3090
I don't see that in the mid week madness on the EVGA site
And i have it sorted by price
I honestly wished this would of worked for a 3060 Ti
Also 350 for a 2070S is still a pretty good deal tbh
Can play a lot of great games at 1440p without any problems
Not saying the 3060 Ti you found for 420$ is bad but just i know there are some people that would tend to have a tighter budget and might think of that one instead
I am debating on getting this
vague pine
i wouldnt
prisma cosmos
Honestly i want to start streaming old PS2 games which i do have an adapter for my PS2 to be used on HDMI
vague pine
id just get an aver media or elgato. its fairly cheaply made and isnt great at all
or even good
prisma cosmos
I would of used the one i have right now but it wouldn't work for my PS2 sadly
This is the one i own which i use for my Switch
gray valley
I am debating on getting this
Actually pretty good
vague pine
ps2 doesnt have hdmi or because that shadowcast just doesnt allow video passthrough for the ps2
prisma cosmos
ps2 doesnt have hdmi or because that shadowcast just doesnt allow video passthro...
There is adapters that would make it work on a PS2 but the end is like the shadowcast
gray valley
Also, xr1 would actually only compare to Elgato HD60s(+) and Avermedia live gamer ultra
prisma cosmos
meaning the shadowcast is HDMI and Type C and the one for the PS2 is HDMI and the default type of connection for a PS2
gray valley
So given the price, it's actually not bad at all I'd say
vague pine
given the price per spec, ye its good. given how it performs
unless theyve fixed it and i didnt know about it
its just
💀
gray valley
I haven't seen any issues with it
prisma cosmos
I think people needs to get that 2070S that is on sale so wolfgang can have a bigger gang 
gray valley
And one of our writers is... Deep into capture cards
So I'm not afraid to say that 😄
vague pine
I think people needs to get that 2070S that is on sale so wolfgang can have a bi...
ong 
if you get a perfect model ye but when it first came out it was so bad
there were people having issues with it just flickering or not even showing up on the pc, no passthrough or it having lower resolution
prisma cosmos
What about the lite model?
gray valley
@vague pine am I allowed to send a review from my site here?
vague pine
ye so long as you arent going around like advertising it. difference of "hey this is my thoughts on something heres a link vs hey give me foot traffic"
vague pine
unless youre explicitly posting it in links and self promo
prisma cosmos
Was about to say "wouldn't that be for #links-and-selfpromotion ?"
gray valley
Eh, I thought this would be relevant enough to show
But I didn't want to get off a bad start here
jolly inlet
Shouldn't be a problem if it's relevant yeah
grand orbit
@light bay copying baccas deal smh
gray valley
oh boy I summoned half the mod team
vague pine
lite id say isnt much of a problem compared to the xr1 but does still have its issues
falcie sits in every channel other than general
prisma cosmos
~~oh boy I summoned half the mod team~~
You only summoned 3 not half lol
jolly inlet
~~oh boy I summoned half the mod team~~
We're always here
Always watching
In the shadows
gray valley
Sounds about right
vague pine
You only summoned 3 not half lol
thats more than half if you consider how many mods are online right now 
prisma cosmos
You know it would be half if Tomie and Theo starts talking as well lol
jolly inlet
I saw Rommy type too so 4
jolly inlet
Isn't that the one they made after the fix though?
gray valley
They did, but it's still... Eh
jolly inlet
Have we had any cases of these new ones blowing up?
gray valley
No, but the build quality on them still isn't amazing
prisma cosmos
Question since this is on the midweek madness for EVGA but would this be a good PSU?
gray valley
But my expectations of MEIC at this point is low
gray valley
Question since this is on the midweek madness for EVGA but would this be a good ...
For the price it's nice
grand orbit
Pgm has been planted
gray valley
Slightly downgraded HEC TPK, pretty decent midrange platform
But would be beaten by any higher end CWT platform and alike
Ie CSE, GPU-G and GPR
jolly inlet
I feel like you're going to be confusing a lot of people here lol
gray valley
I am
gray valley
Good for the price, beaten by higher end options on the market
prisma cosmos
But ya just asking about that PSU cause when i do my i3 build i plan on making it a ITX build which i would swap out the SFX i am using now for that one i posted
jolly inlet
850W with an i3 lol
gray valley
But yeah, it's decent
prisma cosmos
850W with an i3 lol
850w for my current build
jolly inlet
Yeah I figured that out, you just worded it weird
gray valley
To be fair, if I wanted to confuse people I would've just called it an APFC LLC resonant DC-DC PSU made by Herolchi Electronics Corporation/Compucase, based off the TPK platform, but showing visible modifications compared to the stock platform used in Cougar GX-F
That sounds way more confusing than what I just said
Sorry, I felt like it
prisma cosmos
Ya well i like basic english lol
gray valley
Or well, there's one catch
The warranty
That's why it's so cheap
So keep that in mind at least
grand orbit
Psus like enermax revolution d.f. are made by CWT (channel well tech) and uses the GPU model
gray valley
Technically GPU-G specifically
Since there's also a GPU-P
Oh, indeed
I don't know that much either
Been put to shame by Jon and Aris before 😄
prisma cosmos
Ill stick to gaming and building cheap PC's lol
grand orbit
Ah right didn't realize there was 2 gpu models
brittle lagoon
Been put to shame by Jon and Aris before 😄
Get Jon in here! And Aris if they use discord
gray valley
Aris is too busy to be active, only place he is at times is hardwarebusters
Jon is sometimes in other servers, but mostly in cultists and hardwarebusters
Probably not worth dragging them in here
brittle lagoon
Time to drag the entire Newegg discord to cultist
gray valley
Now that I can approve of
stoic crest
12 gigs 3080 for 799?
That's crazy
I guess its msrp is around.. 800-900?
Nvidia doesn't even give official number
slow sluice
@light bay look two posts up
daring depot
yeah some weirdo is clickbaiting in tech deals
azure pond
yeah some weirdo is clickbaiting in tech deals
it was multiple channels, a mod handled it
stoic crest
that hdd deal is good tbh
4tb for the price of 2tb
idk why would anyone downvote that
unless they hate seagate
daring depot
probably an ssd user
stoic crest
I mean I prefer hdd for mass storage
Like games and stuff
As long as you don't run an os+game on an hdd, it'll load things just fine
SSD is focused on OS, smaller stuff or games that I frequently play
azure pond
i use my ssd for games where every frame matters, as in any frame drop could get me killed
stoic crest
My laptop is too weak to worry about that 
azure pond
for games like bo3 zombies where im just chilling, and i have over 300gb of dlc, i use my hdd
azure pond
holy mother of ####
steam workshop maps are a lot of fun
daring depot
I have BO3
just got bored fast cause I prefer modern games more
not calling it old, just not my style
daring depot
they're pretty cheap now, both ssd and hdds
stoic crest
Except I have 0
daring depot
problem i see
stoic crest
ye
daring depot
if you are old enough, internships give like 2k if ur lucky
azure pond
?
daring depot
i assume people who are broke are probably in school
stoic crest
I just can't get my money to buy anything
Dad only lets me invest in stuff with it lmao
No spending on stuff
slow sluice
@high radish where's the sale?
azure pond
looks like it ended
slow sluice
Yeah, $37 now
high radish
Oof
slow sluice
Same price as the peerless assassin SE
high radish
it was 17$ lol
light bay
Same price as the peerless assassin SE
The cringe SE
high radish
I don't see good laptop deals around
light bay
#BuyAPC
stoic crest
lmao
azure pond
@prisma cosmos thats a C tier psu
would not recommend buying, especially not one that high wattage. Thats a 3090 build psu, which you do not want a badly made psu in
jolly inlet
Could be a good PSU for a mining rig at least. Don't need to worry about transients and protections don't matter as much since you should have it on a UPS anyway.
azure pond
not worth the saved money for the risk
slow sluice
The *cringe* SE
Only difference I see between it and the non SE is the covers on the heat pipes. Is there something more going on?
cloud hornet
unless they hate seagate
Could be a bad model. Seagate is the one to botch a lot of their models. I didn't look at it tho so idk.
light bay
Only difference I see between it and the non SE is the covers on the heat pipes....
Yeah
SE comes with a super crappy plastic lga1700 kit, basically just trash
SE also can have a flat coldplate, which kinda sucks for ADL
Seems like SE doesn't have reliable milling
slow sluice
The non-se has a different cold plate?
cloud hornet
I mean ALD hecked up on their mounting. Kinda suppose to be flat
cloud hornet
Unless you get the mount thingy
cloud hornet
Pretty sure mount isn't that much.
slow sluice
Any issues on non lga1700?
cloud hornet
Tho, I haven't actually looked at the price
light bay
Still kinda meh when non SE is usually almost identical price
light bay
Any issues on non lga1700?
Doesn't seem to be
But tbh, who doesn't go lga1700 nowadays
Other than amd shills and people who wanna buy in to x3d even tho it's a dead end
slow sluice
Wait, since when is x3d a dead end?
That's just the first generation. If anything it's just the beginning of what they'll be able to do
light bay
Well what's the next upgrade?
slow sluice
Zen4 with x3d
slow sluice
Ah
slow sluice
I understand now
light bay
Yea
cloud hornet
Hopefully see an actual high end Am5 x3d tho
light bay
Hopefully
I'd love something that actually has oc potential and is a x3d
I know it's so hard to make, but it'd be neat
slow sluice
They did finally give in on the OC thing
slow sluice
Yeah. It was easy enough to get around the blocks they had in place that they basically said "screw it, do whatever"
cloud hornet
Was kinda weird to lock it out tbf. "oh no it can be unstable pretty easily", which is basically any CPU.
slow sluice
Doesn't OC quite as nicely, there was something epyc dies, but it can be done
light bay
Yeah
grave delta
It's just really hard to cool over 110w and and the cache likes to die at 1.35v
light bay
How do you know 👀
fleet marlin
You dare question the Forks 🍴
grand orbit
Except I have 0 <:kekw:741678350791081994>
You rocking the floppy disks still?
grand orbit
SE is just a meme at this point
What's wrong with the SE?
I see you already splained
grand orbit
I mean ALD hecked up on their mounting. Kinda suppose to be flat
Cpus have always had a bend and the coolers where never flat to compensate for this
grand orbit
How do you know 👀
Pretty sure amd said that
grand orbit
XD
jolly inlet
I use virtual floppies now.
PCem lets me use all my old software like that.
True emulation of hardware, not just translation. It's like having a bare metal PC.
light holly
What.. do you run that needs that old of whatever to use?
jolly inlet
My wife is a retro gamer. She loves old PC games. I'm talking DOS.
It's extremely hard to find a computer that can run 16 bit applications natively. Even 32 bit native is almost dead.
Pretty much every processor from the last, ehh, 15 years I think is 64 bit and doesn't have the required instruction sets.
light holly
Ohh ok. That's cool as heck. There was this dos game that I remember playing as a kid, I just can't remember the name. I'll see if I can find it.
This was about 18 years ago, and I know it was older than that even still.
normal tiger
Why do all these psu and ram deals come after I order mine 🙃
wide onyx
idk why would anyone downvote that
because it’s 5400 rpm. Even if you’re still using an HDD for mass storage, 5400 rpm is useless these days
Especially in a 3.5”
azure pond
because it’s 5400 rpm. Even if you’re still using an HDD for mass storage, 5400 ...
5400 rpm drives last longer than 7200 rpm drives
oak sentinel
It's extremely hard to find a computer that can run 16 bit applications natively...
want my pentium iii lol?
im fairly sure it still works
stoic crest
because it’s 5400 rpm. Even if you’re still using an HDD for mass storage, 5400 ...
um no lol
5400 rpm doesn't have too bad of a drop in speed
3.5" 5400 rpm is fine
This is coming from someone with 2.5" 5400rpm
azure pond
@brittle lagoon check your shill
loud sandal
CPU 👀 thats $100 less then on amazon
loud sandal
omg
jolly inlet
want my pentium iii lol?
Even that's probably too new. I'd need a ~300 MHz chip. And motherboards are a lot harder to find working from that era.
oak sentinel
Even that's probably too new. I'd need a ~300 MHz chip. And motherboards are a l...
damn that old huh
high radish
Grabbed that 5950x
loud sandal
Grabbed that 5950x <:PepeBean:885531014565339146> <:FedoraTip:885531005535002684...
did you really
high radish
Yup
azure pond
?
850 is at 105 as well https://pcpartpicker.com/product/KqbTwP/evga-supernova-g6-850-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-220-g6-0850-x1
light bay
Ooh nice
G5<G2/3<G6
pure evga moment
im also a g6 shill but not as much as my homie
tiny heron
EVGA Supernova 1300 G+, 80+ Gold 1300W, Fully Modular, 10 Year Warranty, Includes Free Power On Self Tester, Power Supply 220-GP-1300-X1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DZY15CW/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_63SCRSQGRGZD68VMAG6S?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
1300 is $170
gray valley
G+ <<< G6 however
high radish
gray valley
G+ is just a budget platform scaled up to an insane level
If someone actually needs 1300w, they can afford better
gray valley
I consider G6 to be well above
brittle lagoon
The cwt platform that hits plat but still labeled as gold
azure pond
I mean who's using 1300
gray valley
Neither are CWT
tiny heron
Is the G+ that bad lol
azure pond
Dual 3090 tis and a 12900ks still wouldn't use 1300
brittle lagoon
I mean sf
gray valley
ah
high radish
I got 1200w for 13900k + 4090 lol
gray valley
But those are greatwall
brittle lagoon
Too many cwt GPU psus I keep thinking about cwt
gray valley
Is the G+ that bad lol
It's just... Meh
brittle lagoon
I thought G2 was superflower?
azure pond
I got 1200w for 13900k + 4090 lol
There's going to be new pcie power cables for 40 series you know
16 pin
brittle lagoon
What exactly are the improvements on it? Afaik it's slightly better focus
gray valley
The cable doesn't matter, 12VHPWR can be safely adapted
azure pond
Adapters will prolly exist
gray valley
It's the insane transients that'll cause problems
light bay
who in the hell decided to use fsp for the g5?
azure pond
Mm
light bay
id like to have a few words with them
gray valley
What exactly are the improvements on it? Afaik it's slightly better focus
16 awg+HCS terminals, digital protection circuit among other stuff
high radish
There's going to be new pcie power cables for 40 series you know
Probably there will be 3z8 pin to 16pin adapter
brittle lagoon
Was old focus 18 awg?
gray valley
who in the hell decided to use fsp for the g5?
I should show you something, one moment
light bay
neat
gray valley
Except for a few, Seasonic uses 18 awg
light bay
i mean, they couldnt have expected good from fsp
gray valley
Seen the psu tier list update?
azure pond
Probably there will be 3z8 pin to 16pin adapter <:hmm:885706594564841503>
The question is, if you have the money for that why even bother re using the psu
brittle lagoon
Rev 16, there's links now, that's fun
gray valley
@light bay this is what EVGA uses to choose their OEM: https://flipsimu.com/dice-roller/?id=bzArU
azure pond
Lmao
brittle lagoon
Lol
high radish
The question is, if you have the money for that why even bother re using the psu
Couse psu lasts for long
azure pond
Couse psu lasts for long <:hmm:885706594564841503>
So will your 3090 and 5950x
gray valley
Brb, running my pentium 4 on a v1300
high radish
light bay
<@473206416782655508> this is what EVGA uses to choose their OEM: https://flipsi...
LMFAO thats amazing
did you make that?
gray valley
Nah, Jon did
light bay
good man
azure pond
The noise of spamming the roll button is great
light bay
at least i respect that evga went back to SF after the g5
azure pond
It's so satisfying
light bay
imagine if they used fsp for the g6 😳
light bay
wasnt g6 sf?
brittle lagoon
Ss
brittle lagoon
They just use a dice roller afterall :p
light bay
wouldnt be suprised
azure pond
Oh Luke
The pre built my pc started off as had a 3060 ti running on a Thermaltake smart
Stayed like that for 4 months (3?) Until I opened it up
light bay
You should tell LTT about that psu, then theyd endorse it
LTT just endorses psu’s that dont simply blow up
light bay
ltt wouldnt
theyd plug it into some apu build, then go “looks to be working great” and reccomend it
gray valley
Buy this for your 4090 ti
high radish
Lol
gray valley
I love how most pgm were bad and then apgm was amazing
apgm wasn't that great either
it was just... okay
and Gamemax makes Aresgame look good
azure pond
i second this
high radish
true agate
jolly inlet
Do you feel like you've gotten $100 worth of enjoyment out of it since then over whatever you had previously?
light bay
It's probs about fitty-five dolla's of enjoyment imo
cinder kiln
5800 cents worth
gray valley
They make "80+ gold" psus
light bay
exactly
theyre just so well made, they easily have the margin to hit gold even with all that smh
@brittle lagoon check your shill again
azure pond
@light bay meh, id go for the 850 at that price tbh
$15 more for a good bit more headroom
light bay
dollar for dollar doesnt make sense imo
prisma cosmos
Hey guys i got a question because my sister can now get discounts from Microsoft (Cause they own the company she works for which she works for Microsoft now) and she told me she can get me this laptop for 600$ Canadian which is spec'd at a i7 10th 10750h, gtx 1650, 16gb memory and a 1TB SSD
tiny heron
Do you feel like you've gotten $100 worth of enjoyment out of it since then over...
Went from a 3700x to that so I did notice a decent improvement lol.
azure pond
decent deal
prisma cosmos
In USD that would be 477
pulsar fable
Again, decent
1650 is a bit dated, but if tasks aren't graphically intensive that shouldn't matter
cinder kiln
That's pretty good
pulsar fable
16gb memory and a 1tb out of the box is nice especially for $477 usd
prisma cosmos
Well for gaming the main game i would play on it is Destiny 2 which that game isn't really demanding now a days
brittle lagoon
My shill is becoming more powerful
light bay
My shill is becoming more powerful
*our
we are one
i mean, the pfp also agrees with that, the hammer and sickle
brittle lagoon
we are one
You shill cxf I shill G6 smh
light bay
you also shill cxf
ngl
i just have to compensate shilling for the shilling you dont quite do as much
brittle lagoon
I like it but I don't actively shill it
light bay
CX
so cringe they needed cwt and great wall to make one unit
plus cx doesnt even have rgb
hence cxf>cx
brittle lagoon
:p
brittle lagoon
Lmfao
fleet marlin
Actually tech deal related: that 2TB teamgroup is a decent price but still meh. MX500 is sometimes $150 or less.
brittle lagoon
Cx2 kinda sucky drive
prisma cosmos
I like Team Group items and i think the CX2 isn't really that good tbh
I got my friend once the 1tb model which it supposed to read up to like 540mb/s and after 2 months the max speed was like 400mb/s which he only had like 2-3 games installed and wasn't even half filled
high radish
if you just looking for extra storage I think its alright
fleet marlin
This is deal vs "deal" . If "needing" 2+ TB of storage, probably should do a 4-6TB hdd for less, or add $20 or less for the better drives. 
grand orbit
They make "80+ gold" psus
80+ gold 1000w 80$ psu i see no issue here
light bay
You looking at your house you used that psu in
its amazon tho so theyd pay off your house, knowing amazon CS
grand orbit
its amazon tho so theyd pay off your house, knowing amazon CS
Sounds like fee home and psu to me
light bay
ye
@steel sapphire you think amazon would do it?
pay off your house is psu you bought off amazon caught fire?
i mean they paid off your mobo…
cloud hornet
Slow SSD generally better then HDD tho. So long as CX2 doesnt have bad failure rates I'd say the deal is alright
Tho then again 2TB MP33 is $160, not much more
fleet marlin
$130 sata ssd is for those who likely don't have m.2 slots
fleet marlin
More "power" but run cooler thnx to 550MB/s limit that people often poopoo, lol. I have 3 MX500'S & an MX300.
high radish
tbh all sata ssds are looks same to me lol
fleet marlin
It's ez for most to bounce on that 500ish sata 3 limit, some ssds are just inherently "worse" while still 2x better than any hdd even if we only look at sequential (which we don't care about).
high radish
point of getting sata ssd over hdd is random speeds lol
and İ hate noise of 7200rpm drives
fleet marlin
Indeed. Eh, all my fans are louder than any hdd I've owned.
high radish
I had some hdd very long ago and I replaced it with sata ssd for its noise lol
cloud hornet
I was smort™️ and got an 8tb SSD to replace my 6TB HDD + 2x1TB SSDs for noise and drive consolidation.
HDD noise is fun when PC is quiet
lofty moss
or just have tinnitus so you prefer the noise the pc makes
over the sound of your ears killing themselves
how bad?
mines pretty mild, and i only notice it sometimes
although ive had it for as long as i can remember so i used to think it was normal till i was like 15
damn that might be worse than mine
my hearing isnt bad either
i just hear this ringing always
ahaha
lol
cloud hornet
Throw them out the plane, it'll be quiet then
cloud hornet
Should be easy to do if you put them to "sleep" before chucking them, no?
cloud hornet
Is this a sponsored segue?
yes
molten halo
I feel like everyone has tinnitus 
cloud hornet
I dont. Im always scared 💩less about listening to stuff at high volume to preserve my ears.
jolly inlet
My kids like to scream in my ears. I definitely have hearing loss.
Mostly in my right ear
light bay
I dont. Im always scared 💩less about listening to stuff at high volume to prese...
Definitely don't join VC when rommy is in there then
fleet marlin
My kids like to scream in my ears. I definitely have hearing loss.
Oh somebody would be catching these hands. 
cloud hornet
Definitely don't join VC when rommy is in there then
I have a noise limiter on my "VoIP" audio channel. Usually works when I vol adjusted for someone quiet and suddenly someone loud comes in.
light bay
Damn, you dedicated
cloud hornet
At first it was cuz of quiet peeps accidently hitting their mics or doing smth loud. But it also helps in above
sharp yew
What is the best addressable rgb fans for 60 USD, I need 3 or 4 120mm
jolly inlet
Arctic p12 has a-rgb variant
slow sluice
WiFi?
jolly inlet
Is the Wifi M.2 though? Or is it mini-PCIe?
They do make SSDs for mini-PCIe too I guess
It's just the bios might not support booting off it
stoic crest
It is m.2, just the smallest form factor i think
Oh wait, it's actually mini pcie
m.2 wifi cards really are tiny
And I'm certain mine isn't that tiny
jolly inlet
Yeah they're like 30mm
light bay
And I'm certain mine isn't that tiny
😳
stoic crest
Looks kinda like this
Not the same model as I have tho lol
But the form factor is definitely more like mini pcie than m.2
jolly inlet
They do make mPCIe to 2230/2242 M.2 adapters
stoic crest
Yeah
But my laptop has no space for that hah
There's very little gap between the bottom of the keyboard and the board itself
The wifi card is basically sandwiched between there
jolly inlet
Between the mobo and the keyboard? wtf that's horrible design
stoic crest
Yeah lol
The wifi card is like mounted on the backside of the mobo
The laptop is like this, where if you wanna do something like repasting it, the keyboard/palmrest assembly has to come off before you have access to the mobo, that is after you took it off and flipped it around
It's like that
jolly inlet
This is why we need modular laptops
oak sentinel
framework ftw
stoic crest
I want gigabyte laptop because of that lmao
jolly inlet
stoic crest
Most of em are clevo rebrands
Their keyboards are easy to remove
Easy access to parts
Not fully modular but it's a good compromise
stoic crest
They're just so expensive for me
oak sentinel
Imma start saving for one soon
stoic crest
I still want value lol
jolly inlet
Yeah that would be pretty great. They recently came out with their 12th gen boards right? And AMD 6000 coming soon
oak sentinel
They're just so expensive for me
I feel like itll pay for itself since i can just upgrade instead of new laptop
stoic crest
If they come out with a decent gaming laptop tho, I'd save up for it
Like instantly
It'll pay off in the long run, ya
I just don't like how they only have an ultrabook atm
Not my type of laptop
jolly inlet
They do buyback of old parts too
stoic crest
Wow
That's cool
It'd be an amazing business if more people does this
oems doesn't realize that
jolly inlet
HP and others are fighting the modular movement hard. Dell at least is making an attempt.
stoic crest
Ye
I didn't get why it's a bad thing lol
They can still make money from selling upgrades
Or even whole new chassis
And cooling solutions
jolly inlet
They claim you can't get them as thin and light if you make it modular
oak sentinel
I really want a 16" framework laptop tho
stoic crest
But I guess it's excuses
oak sentinel
13 feels too small personally
jolly inlet
Yeah we know it's BS but whatever helps them sleep at night
stoic crest
Just come out with new design smh
But keep it modular and all
I suppose they don't wanna risk on something "new"
Something they're not used to do
jolly inlet
Yeah it's all money for them. The redesign costs a lot of it.
stoic crest
ye
jolly inlet
And it's technically an unproven market so it's hard to know if they'll get returns on that investment
stoic crest
If I was managing a huge company, I'd honestly feel the same
But I would at least try investing some money into it
Like make a limited run model
jolly inlet
Yep. Watch your competitors and these startups, and if they're making money off it then you can jump in.
stoic crest
And that too
light bay
the 16 frame?
oak sentinel
ree
oak sentinel
the 16 frame?
what now
light bay
its almost a status symbol like apple tbh