tech-deals-discussion

[high radish]

[slow sluice]

Cost em close to 600 usd after shipping and tariffs

[grand orbit]

Just a pain for them

[high radish]

good old days

[slow sluice]

You trying to poopy on ASRock GPUs?

[grand orbit]

You got a taichi that price was kinda on you

[high radish]

people were bought it in a sec lmao

it was cheapes one aviable

[grand orbit]

In june? I'm pretty sure you could get 6900xts for that price

[high radish]

6900xts were 1600-1700$

1500$ maybe

[slow sluice]

Yup, that's about when mc started reliably having stock

[high radish]

btw I didn't bought that taichi for myself I got reference card from amd direct

[cloud hornet]

The 69 was pretty pricy last I remember, dont remember it being 1.3k even in US back then

[grand orbit]

Well there was definitely cheaper 6800xts

[high radish]

I dont remember any was under 1200$ tbh

except reference card

maybe they were dropping on bestbuy idk never shopped from them

I judging via newegg prices mostly lol

good old days evga cards were decent

lol Replaced my 6900xt with this 3080 hybrid

then won white stix 3090 from shuffle

[keen marsh]

They have 2 rdna2 Cu's

[slow sluice]

I would have thought that would be on the io die

[grand orbit]

Pretty sure it is

Also not sure why they went for octopus ihs + caps on top of cpu instead of under like intel

[slow sluice]

Gave them more space for contacts so they didn't have to increase socket size too much

[grand orbit]

I get that but idk seems like smaller ihs isn't worth it imo but idk maybe it's somehow just as good

Alao rip LM

[high radish]

is this good price ? https://www.newegg.com/evga-supernova-1000-gt-220-gt-1000-x1-1000w/p/N82E16817438221?Item=N82E16817438221

[prisma cosmos]

Lot of personal information on my order last year lol

[light bay]

I'd say naw

GT is aight but by no means a great unit

Imo, if you're buying a 1000w, may as well get a really really nice one for a tad more

[brisk sphinx]

I wonder if it would be possible to put an ultra hybrid cooler on a FTW3 ultra air cooler card

If i could even find one that someone took off

[keen marsh]

It should be possible. They sell it.

[keen marsh]

https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=400-HY-1988-B1

This one?

[brisk sphinx]

Oh damn they sell it?

Would I see a difference in temps over the FTW3 ultra air cooler?

[keen marsh]

3080, 3080 Ti, and 3090

[brisk sphinx]

Or just barely

[keen marsh]

Not too sure tbh. I'd expect an improvement

[loud sandal]

WTF

[grand orbit]

Nah only b tier iirc

[high radish]

Evga namings are so confusing lol I can't remember which one is better

[grand orbit]

That's what the tier list is for

Their naming does suck tho

[fleet marlin]

G6 is better than G3 is better than G5, lol indeed. Not even gonna think about the G+ GT GA GAGFHJSHDLSKJDHSA

[high radish]

So g6 is top tier from evga ?

[fleet marlin]

[high radish]

[fleet marlin]

Currently 850w is $105. Pretty decent tbh

[grand orbit]

The 750w price us eh

But the 850w

[fleet marlin]

Yea and at least the 1000 is same $140 as GT version. Would take a pretty wild build to need much over an 850 though I figure.

[grand orbit]

If going 3080 ti/6900xt + in new build I'd recommend a 1000w so

[fleet marlin]

💸 no doubt $35 more on psu isn't a factor for those people.

[high radish]

I currently have 1200w Thermaltake on my main build and 850w rmx on 2nd build

850w is pretty enough for 3080 10gb

[light holly]

I have a 1kw

[high radish]

I was about to share that aio lol

[loud sandal]

this is the crack

is it worth it

[grand orbit]

Nooo

[loud sandal]

sad

[grand orbit]

Gigabyte g27q for 250$

[stoic crest]

nice

[loud sandal]

yea but that screen is 32inch 4k res

[grand orbit]

But it also is missing 10% of the screen

[loud sandal]

its only 100 dollars

[grand orbit]

I mean if you want to use a monitor with a crack in it, you could try rma it but gl lol

Considering they probably managed to do that themselves

[loud sandal]

OMG

Some Pixels are burnt, there is no damage on the outside

[loud sandal]

ig that do be true

i just found a M32Q for 275

[grand orbit]

My professional opinion, it's royally borked

[azure pond]

i think a hammer would do the trick

[grand orbit]

Can't do any more harm

[cloud hornet]

I wouldnt. No point in future "proofing" with an outdated ATX spec PSU and lack of 12+4P connectors. I'd recommend max of 850w for 99% of high end builds still

[loud sandal]

someone selling a 4k display for 180 but they dont power it on in the pics

[cloud hornet]

I mean, is it BNIB?

[grand orbit]

If you're going 3080 ti/6900xt+ it's not really future proofing, especially the 3080 ti cuz of the spikes

[loud sandal]

i dont think so

[cloud hornet]

3080Ti isnt that transient, not really that far off from 3090/3090Ti. Should be fine on an 850w

[grand orbit]

Ehhh

Not like many ppl should be buying those gpus now anyway

[loud sandal]

tbh 850 is meh'

i had wattage meter

my old pc with i9/3080 ti pulled 830W my power supply was 850

[cloud hornet]

830w after efficiency lose isnt much, esp with 10% PSU overhead

[loud sandal]

@grand orbit they said theres no cracks on it

price of this monitor is like $346 new is it worth it of its $180

[azure pond]

this one?

[loud sandal]

no

[loud sandal]

@azure pond

[azure pond]

60hz?

if you plan to use it for gaming, god no

tbh 4k gaming is a meme anyways

[loud sandal]

i game at 60 fps anyway

[azure pond]

you lose so much fps for little gain

[loud sandal]

i cant tell diffrnce over 60 fps

i talked to sips about that

[loud sandal]

im sure gpu can do it\

[azure pond]

min for 4k "gaming" is 3080

anything lower and youre suffering

even with a 3080 in some titles youll have to turn settings down

1440p is just all around better for gaming at the moment

[loud sandal]

okay

https://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-32ul500-w-4k-uhd-monitor

yea its 60hz but im fine with 60hz

like even couple days ago my monitor defaulted itself back to 60hz from 170hz and i cant tell difference

only reason i found it did that is bc i went into display setting to look at second monitor

[azure pond]

its still 4k

[loud sandal]

yea

[stoic crest]

for a price of that aio

you can get high end air coolers lol

[grand orbit]

The id cooling aio sucks

[stoic crest]

also that too

i cringe at enermax too

they keep having clogging issues

like goo forming in the tubes

[loud sandal]

omg

[grand orbit]

Evga clc 280 is 12$ more would just get that

[light holly]

stop tempting me...

you said to sell my parts.. not get them at insane cheaper prices and build and then sell for profit.

[loud sandal]

LOL

[light holly]

I have literally been thinking about getting it all flippin night

it's either I get that or I buy a delid kit/Liquid Metal

[loud sandal]

280 looking worth to buy

[grand orbit]

https://tenor.com/view/hide-the-simpsons-bush-bushes-hermit-gif-5786484

[stoic crest]

https://blog.google/products/stadia/discovery-and-trial-immersive-stream-for-games/

huh

stadia demo

[light bay]

@prisma cosmos why the downvote? epic game for free

[prisma cosmos]

Cause it wasn't added in

[light bay]

o

[kind rover]

why the downvotes its a free game lol

[prisma cosmos]

Cause people might like free games like that lol

[kind rover]

? typo?

[prisma cosmos]

what typo?

[kind rover]

so... downvote because people might like the free game???

[prisma cosmos]

Exactly

[kind rover]

wahahht

[prisma cosmos]

https://tenor.com/view/wise-gif-20206877

[fleet marlin]

4TB mx500 is $40 off, so $320. Posted on bapcsales 11hrs ago.

[light holly]

@high radish is that ram any good?

[high radish]

Umm idk never used one I guess it's regular 3200mhz ram as many others

[grand orbit]

It's 3200cl16 exactly what you'd expect

[light holly]

hm ok. I figured there were some brands that just were avoided I guess.

[grand orbit]

Nah for 3200cl16 just the cheapest unless it's 3200 16-20(cough cough corsair rgb) instead of 16-18

[high radish]

Didn't heard anything bad about them

[light holly]

I suppose I also ask if it's good because I wonder if it's good to OC.

[grand orbit]

Basically no 3200cl16 except ballistix is good for oc

3600c18 max from 3200c16 usually

[tiny heron]

Did anyone else buy that $50 360mm aio and have issues with it?

[azure pond]

please dont buy that

if you already have, return it

[tiny heron]

I bought it for my Nephews pc.

[warm thicket]

it's a $50 360MM AIO what did you expect.

Obviously you are most likely going to have issues with it.

[tiny heron]

The temps are good but it constantly turns on and off. Wasn't sure if it was a bios issue or wiring. Redid everything. Changed settings. So I'm pretty sure it's the aio itself

[warm thicket]

What fan header is it plugged into?

What do you mean by it turns on and off?

The pump itself?

[tiny heron]

Like it will light up and fans will spin. Then the lights and fans turn off

[azure pond]

i can confidently say its the aio

[tiny heron]

Probably.

[warm thicket]

Ah, one of those ID-COOLING ones

[tiny heron]

Yeah

Had a feeling it was too good to be true.

[warm thicket]

ID-COOLING has decent products but I imagine QC is atrocious on a product that cheap.

[tiny heron]

Thankfully it was just meant to cool a ryzen 2600 so I'll return it and just use a fan cooler

[grand orbit]

The aio is just an ancient design that's not good

If you're having horrible temps on a 2600 the pump is probably DOA

Just get a gammaxx 400 for 15$ or an id cooling se 214xt for 20$

[keen marsh]

Crazy

[jolly inlet]

If only HPs builder wasn't so hard to navigate

[keen marsh]

Was pretty simple for me on my phone just now

Had to make sure buildapcsales wasn't lying before I posted it here

[jolly inlet]

But yeah that's a decent price. Almost makes you want to get it in spite of the proprietary parts it no doubt has.

[keen marsh]

Well imagine a kid wants a pc, this is a great choice

[jolly inlet]

But really the GPU, CPU, and RAM could be salvaged out, use the M.2 for a boot drive, and you've paid the same.

[light holly]

I almost bought an Omen, but then I did research and found that they have heating cooling issues.

[light bay]

no they dont

they dont have any issues with heating

they have issues with cooling

😳

[minor lava]

ayo

[light holly]

That is what I meant.. sheesh lol

[light bay]

theyre some of the best heating pc's out on the market

even my 5700xt doesnt come close to a Omen

[light holly]

so instead of buying a heater, just grab an omen?

[light bay]

ye

you dont even need a central hvac unit for your house with one

[jolly inlet]

Or a Dell/Alienware, either works

[light bay]

alienware doesnt let enough heat out of the case tho ngl

[jolly inlet]

Fr though I heated half the house with my PC one winter

[light bay]

so itd be better as a... warm pillow?

[keen marsh]

I have 4 pc's in my room so I don't have to turn on the heater. Electricity is cheaper than gas.

Jk

Well right now it is

[light bay]

theres no alts allowed on this server

sips

you sound exactly like sips rn

[keen marsh]

🤔

[light bay]

and you both have a 3090....

im sensing an alt rn, no cap

[keen marsh]

Why would I be sips, I'd rather be Pato. He's in Ireland.

Also, my 3090 is the thicc Aorus. So it's better than whatever sips has just on that alone.

[light bay]

he has a strix iirc

soooo

[keen marsh]

Damn

[jolly inlet]

sus

[keen marsh]

Mine has a screen

[light bay]

smh

[light bay]

you think red imposter type of sus?

[keen marsh]

Rommy save me

[light bay]

we found sips' long lost twin no cap

[keen marsh]

Not you too, I feel betrayed

😭

[jolly inlet]

Well time to ban sips and leave the alt

[cinder kiln]

That omen price is nice

[keen marsh]

How much do a 5600x and 3060 Ti cost to get in the wild.

[light bay]

@jolly inlet check out my status

[cinder kiln]

For a pre-built it may be a hotbox but 788 is really good

[jolly inlet]

Stick a box fan on the side and it might stop throttling

[light bay]

i offer 3 dolla

[jolly inlet]

Tree fiddy

[cinder kiln]

I can't even get close on pcpp to 788

[keen marsh]

Could make it an open air case.

[cinder kiln]

I got to graphics card and then 969 USD lmao

[keen marsh]

With a saw

[cinder kiln]

Lowest I can trim it is about 900

And that's with a 6700XT lol

[keen marsh]

Not bad though.

[cinder kiln]

It's worth more than it's selling for lol

[jolly inlet]

Even just the 4 parts I mentioned are more https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fvjZ2m

[cinder kiln]

I wish I was in the US rn, I'd flip at least a couple of these

[light bay]

if we played with microcenter, we could grab the 5600 for $125

[stoic crest]

jesus

[light bay]

cuts costs even harder

[stoic crest]

$125 5600?

[light bay]

yea

iirc yes

[stoic crest]

yes

it comes with one

[light bay]

neat

and no oem

[stoic crest]

dummy cheap

[light bay]

at least it doesnt come with bloatware crap on it 🤷

100% worth

[jolly inlet]

That's an easy fix though

[cinder kiln]

Should we factor in gas or bus tickets into this lol

[light bay]

nah just walk ther

[cinder kiln]

[light bay]

yup

[cinder kiln]

Btw rommy those are noodles in ur pfp right? The korean ones

[jolly inlet]

The nearest one is a 158 hour walk for me

[stoic crest]

i don't have to pay gas cause i can ask dad to drive me there

[cinder kiln]

I tried them and I dieded

Too spice 4 me

I had the 2x version

[jolly inlet]

I really need to go to the real Asian markets to get spicy food. Nothing at my local store is spicy enough for me.

[cinder kiln]

https://tenor.com/view/modern-problems-solutions-dave-chapelle-gif-13450651

[jolly inlet]

Wow the conversation forked hard off of that 5600

[stoic crest]

lol

5600 is food

5600 calories 💀

high intake of energy

[jolly inlet]

@pallid geyser Isn't that basically the same offer they shove on everyone that ever uses youtube?

[pallid geyser]

Fairly sure that’s only 1 month free

I could be wrong, though

[fair moon]

two words

argentina vpn

but yeah 3 months free is more than the usual offer

[keen marsh]

150 -20$ with a mobo.

[light bay]

cant stack iirc

$125 is nice at least

altho imagine $110 xD

or wait $105

[keen marsh]

Wheres the 125$ pricing?

[light bay]

retail - coupon

[keen marsh]

ohhh

[light bay]

https://www.facebook.com/100723516742/posts/10158962257521743

[grand orbit]

Any idea if i can claim that YouTube premium if outside us

[jolly inlet]

VPNs are fun

[grand orbit]

Indeed i guess might as well try

[grand orbit]

Problem was I couldn't create a bb account because I don't have us phone number and i tried a temp phone number online and it wasn't valid :(

[light holly]

What would you do with a best buy account?

[grand orbit]

Get 3 months YT premium from #tech-deals

[light holly]

Do you want to use my #?

I don't think I've linked it with bb

[grand orbit]

Nah it's fine I'll just get vanced instead

Thanks tho

[light holly]

No problem.

[azure pond]

https://www.amazon.com/SK-hynix-Platinum-Internal-Compact/dp/B09QVD9V7R? @fleet marlin

[high radish]

I would get s70 blade instead tbh

[azure pond]

I know

Just cool to see on sale

[high radish]

S70 blade slwas for 200$ for awhile

[grand orbit]

Guessing Amazon is lying to me even with us vpn?

[azure pond]

Ye

Prices are accurate though

[grand orbit]

Ooof

That's awful

[azure pond]

For the 500gb yeah, rest aren't good but for gen 4 ssds they're not that far behind others

S70 blade is back up to around those prices

[grand orbit]

Not really, s70 is 220 atm which is like 40$ cheaper

[azure pond]

Oh thought it went back up to 240

[high radish]

Using 2tb S70 blade as boot drive and it it's same or maybe better than my old 1tb 980 pro

XPG have very decent products while have very crappy products

[light holly]

hrm. The YouTube premium email says it's good for 3 months.. when I try to put code in, youtube says it's only giving me 1 month. I've never had premium before lol

[fleet marlin]

I did at a decent $220, lol. Had it for sale once to maybe trade down to a p31 or extra Evo 970 Plus. --- Hey Baka I do like that P41, been for sale a week or 2-3. Excl the extended write perf of 980 Pro, P41 is pretty much top dawg overall. Wattage isn't crazy good like the p31 obv, but MB/w is still improved a bit. Plus, it basically doesn't throttle at all unless perhaps ambient was high. Pretty rad.

[thick bough]

Gotta say. I love my 980pro worth the 180 I paid on the 2tb model. That was a nice black friday pickup

[pine rampart]

Free feet pics for life for a new gpu

One that is better than a 1060 6gb tho

[light holly]

@high radish how do those compare to arctic p12s?

[grand orbit]

@high radish price + name would be nice lol

[high radish]

Umm it's RGB

[high radish]

Yeah I was lazy to do it lol

[oak sentinel]

Then dont upload deal just ask someone to do it for u, because those are necessary as a part of the format
Check pins in #tech-deals

[high radish]

Os sry I will edit it

[light holly]

Bleh i can only order 4

I thought I was getting around it by ordering 1 at a time

BTW if you want each fan $10 off.. order them 1 at a time.

[high radish]

That's good price for rgb whitefan

[light holly]

Yeah it is. I need 13 of the.

Them*

So I'm bummed I can only get 4.

[high radish]

Hmm idk how many you can get

[light holly]

4

Lol

I've said it 3 times now

[high radish]

Does another account helps ?

I ordered only 2 lol

[light holly]

Yeah if I had another prime account maybe.

If its still going on later I'll have my ex and my gf get me another 8.

Idk what to do about the 13th fan though

[oak sentinel]

ex and gf

EX and gf

wha

[light holly]

My ex is my best friend.

[void whale]

@high radish worst mistake of my life. I got those fans for my build back in 2020 and they are so garbage. I still am using them but just haven’t swapped them out yet.

[high radish]

[light holly]

Oof as I just bought 4 lol

[light holly]

What makes them garbage though?

[void whale]

They rattle like crazy

And don’t provide enough airflow through a radiator

[light holly]

Hm. Ok. I'll try them out and see. I only got 4 so I can put 3 on the side and 1 in the back.

[void whale]

You arnt planning on putting them on a radiator right?

Should be ok but def not enough static pressure for a radiator

And the rattling...

[light holly]

@high radish the $10 coupon is gone btw so they are $17 each.

[light holly]

I was planning on buying 13 for my case.. so yeah, but maybe I'll just throw them in the other build.

[void whale]

If you want rgb fans I’ve heard phantek makes decent argb fans or you could try and get some Arctic argb fans

[light holly]

Now that they aren't 7 each though I'm not getting that many.

I already have really good antec argb fans

I was wanting the white for $7

What part rattles BTW? Where the bearing is?

[void whale]

Yeah lol

[light holly]

Hm. Maybe in the 2 years they've fixed that.

[void whale]

Unlikely but you can try your luck

They also have a massive gap for air to escape through

So it doesn’t sit flush to the body

[light holly]

K. I actually just canceled the orders. @void whale

[high radish]

Then it's not deal

[light holly]

Right

Luckily amazon doesn't charge until they ship so canceling is no hassle.

[high radish]

Yeah

[light holly]

I just had to confirm prime membership cancel 5 times in a row before it let me cancel lol.. they really don't wanna let you go.

@void whale any recommendations for white argb fans?

[void whale]

Off the top of my head not a clue

I think Arctic makes a white argb fan (maybe normal rgb tho)

[grand orbit]

https://tenor.com/view/raccoon-sus-camera-ngl-thats-kinda-sus-bro-gif-22434863

[grand orbit]

Cancel time

[light holly]

@grand orbit

[void whale]

Cancel time has already happened

[light holly]

You're jelly.

@pato. Good white argb or rgb 120mm fans... and go.

<3

I need at least 10. I can mayyybe go without having push/pull on rad.., but I like it.

If I keep push/pull... I need 13

[grand orbit]

Nein

[light holly]

Lol

Wierd. I just found arctic p12 argb white fans but... no halo :(

[grand orbit]

Halo?

[light holly]

The ring of light around the fan

[light holly]

These fans have a halo.

#build-pics message

[grand orbit]

Didn't realise they where they dont advertise that, maybe the white's are too

[light holly]

Nah the whites aren't.

[grand orbit]

Lian li have white fans too like 50$ for a 3 pack

[light holly]

The p12s are same price and have same style lighting. I'll keep an eye out for good ones with halo. Antec makes white fans, but their argb one only has the halo and not the inside blade lights

Idk that I need super good fans though with how many fans I have though right??

[grand orbit]

Nah

[high radish]

Seller is sus @grand orbit

[grand orbit]

Oh true

Nice spot

I deleted it

"Iron man"

[high radish]

Only 40 reviews

Price was decent but it was sus

[grand orbit]

Indeed

[dim mantle]

@light holly I have 6 corsair white argb fans in my case and they've been working great for well over a year

I'll get the model

[grand orbit]

C*rsair

[dim mantle]

Check this out on @Newegg: Corsair LL Series CO-9050092-WW LL120 RGB, 120mm Dual Light Loop RGB LED PWM Fan, 3 Fan Pack with Lighting Node PRO, White https://www.newegg.com/corsair-co-9050092-ww-case-fan/p/N82E16835181168?Item=N82E16835181168&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-35-181-168-_-06152022

[grand orbit]

🤮

34$ per fan 💀

[dim mantle]

They were like the only ones in stock when I bought them lmao

[grand orbit]

https://tenor.com/view/doubt-press-x-la-noire-meme-x-button-gif-19259237

[dim mantle]

10/26/2020

Unfortunately it was right in the heat of "covid work from home, everybody build a pc" times

[grand orbit]

Hmm still gross price

@light holly there's are the lian li fans i was talking about
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/fnpzK8/lian-li-st120-6917-cfm-120-mm-fans-3-pack-st120-3w

[dim mantle]

Yeah not proud of the price for sure. I think it was because they had that icue box with them

[light holly]

yeah those are the ones that I found and meh no halo.

The halo is a big thing for me. it really sets the look that I want.

[high radish]

Masterfans have halo tho

https://a.co/d/au1iPES

They works fine but I'm not sure about performance

Id cooling also have halo white one

https://a.co/d/7NsZvmw

[light holly]

They do, and I would have bought all 13 if I could have last night, but since I could only get 4 and the deal went away that was impossible. That coupled with a potential "rattle" as well as mismatch fans in my case kept me from going through with even grabbing 4 of them.

[tiny heron]

Silicon Power 1TB - NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen3x4 2280 SSD (SP001TBP34A60M28) https://a.co/d/8ymoJyg

Anyone have any say on these?

$68.99 for 1tb

[thick bough]

It’s ok for storage not a good game drive

No dram

[tiny heron]

Gotcha

[grand orbit]

It's a decent drive but team mp33 should be the same price and it's better

[grand orbit]

A lot more to a good drive than dram cache

[fleet marlin]

Case in point, sn770. I mean to add indeed dram or lack of doesn't automatically mean a drive is crappy it great.

[thick bough]

I didnt say it was crappy. I also mispoke. Its an ok game drive. Not a good bootable drive

Dram means a lot for random reads and writes which an operating system thrives on

[stoic crest]

not really true

[azure pond]

any decent game drive is a fine boot drive. My cs900 (crappy sata ssd) boots like 4 seconds slower than my friends 970 evo

[stoic crest]

having no dram will only affect sustained speeds

and there's good dramless drives

with hbm

[thick bough]

But why would you do that for a boot drive

[stoic crest]

well, money

[thick bough]

Its not just about booting

[azure pond]

because it doesnt really matter for me

i have a 660p in my system, but i dont really gain much by switching to it

and id have to install windows on it, which i really just dont feel like doing

well i have windows on it, but i use it for benchign and such

like timespy

also it came in a pre built

[thick bough]

Gotcha, The only reason that I feel strongly about it was because It was a large noticeable difference when I upgraded

[azure pond]

otherwise id have an mp33

[thick bough]

Dram does make a nice difference because it keeps the table of where everything is on a dime

[fleet marlin]

From what?

[thick bough]

Crucial p2

[azure pond]

p2 is just low end in general

bad ssd asides from being dramless

[thick bough]

also a dramless drive

[stoic crest]

dramless doesn't automatically mean bad, there's a lot of factors at play tbh

nand, controller and all

[thick bough]

I didnt say dramless = bad

[stoic crest]

i get that

[thick bough]

obviously people are putting words in my mouth

im done

bye

[stoic crest]

just wanting to make things clear

im not even antagonizing anyone

[azure pond]

why are you taking offense

like

were having a civil conversation

[stoic crest]

but anyway, time to get off discord for the day

sleep time kek

[fleet marlin]

Anyways. @tiny heron Yea it's fine even as a boot drive. MP33 is $ 1 more & as mentioned is a semi popular $70 option.

[tiny heron]

Appreciate the feedback everyone

[high radish]

Why you eww to it lol

[azure pond]

id rather get a 2tb sata ssd over that

just takes up an nvme slot while being slower than a lot of sata ssds

[high radish]

if you have empty m2 slots like me you can buy it lol

[azure pond]

@high radish thats the normal price for it

[grand orbit]

It's not that bad

[azure pond]

it was marked up to be marked down for sale

[grand orbit]

But 6$ more for mp33

[high radish]

Yeah it's not special price I know

[azure pond]

then-

ok

[high radish]

it's just dirt cheap 2tb ssd lol

[azure pond]

and the mp33 2tb is $6 more and much better

[high radish]

And speed saying 3200mbps lol

[high radish]

Yeah but I don't like it lol it looks very cheap lol

[azure pond]

my guy

[fleet marlin]

I mean the thread is literally for "deals", lol. As if sn350 doesn't "look cheap" either.

[azure pond]

then you can have that opinion

but it doesnt change the fact that that ssd is a terrible price

for a low end drive

[lofty moss]

wd green is bottom of the barrel, would rather get a 4tb hdd with that kind of money

[high radish]

I just remembered I bought 2tb 970 evo plus for 150$ and yeah I see it's not decent lol

I wouldn't buy hdd couse it's too slow and loud but if there's sata ssd cheaper it's nice option

[lofty moss]

idk what you think youre doin with a wd green other than mass storage

would rather have more storage space

[high radish]

Small files ...

[light holly]

The heck do you need with a 1TB Flash Drive???? @fleet marlin

I feel like that's overkill lol

[azure pond]

Ye, at that point just get a 1tb external ssd

[light holly]

Also, I know that reviews on the site are mostly frowned upon, but the first review looks legit and has screenshots to back up what could be a potential issue with spending that much on the thumb drive, even though it's 1TB.

[grand orbit]

So you can format to fat32 for Windows installer

[prisma cosmos]

So you can format to Fat32 and use it on a slim PS2 with every game made

[slow sluice]

Mp33 uses dram, it just doesn't have dram on the drive itself. There's lots of dram available on other places on the motherboard, so the NVMe protocol lets drives use some of that space instead of on-board dram

Essentially dram over pcie instead of a direct connection

[brittle lagoon]

For fun, let's look at some numbers
mp33 and sn550 both use HMB, so no native dram cache
sx8200 pro, 665p, a2000, P1, mx500 all use dram

[slow sluice]

There's a good breakdown of how it works in this paper https://doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0229645

oop, he's gone

[brittle lagoon]

rip

bombarded with too much

[brittle lagoon]

oh yea, good point, people think dram cache is actually being used as cache like how the slc cache is used when the dram cache is typically tiny and used only for metadata

[fleet marlin]

For the SP drive, (they) shouldn't have even mentioned no dram & start the snowstorm

[sour kayak]

You got 2tb Samsung for $150? Where!?

[fleet marlin]

Just certain short sales, haha. Mine was 6 wks ago from Newegg.

[sour kayak]

Dude that’s sick. Is Samsung the best nvme to get?

I have a mp33 and Cardea z44L both from team group

[fleet marlin]

This is sort of 2nd place to the P31, but yea. Tough to go wrong w/ certain drives. Yours are solid lower priced stuff though, no big deal. --Edit my boot was an mx500 for a while & now sn550. Fine w/ that one.

[sour kayak]

Yeah they work rly well. And I have 32gb ram as well so the comp is pretty fast

[grand orbit]

[grand orbit]

@high radish why would you downvote the mp33 lol?

[high radish]

Couse I don't like it lol

Actually I downvoted for 2tb

1tb price is alright

[grand orbit]

Huh?

That makes no sense

They're both great lol

Probably the cheapest nvme's atm

It's the cheapest 1tb by 5$ and better than the others and other than wd sn350 it's the cheapest 2tb, only 5$ more for wayy better perf

[azure pond]

He doesn't like the "look" of it

It "looks cheap" he says

[grand orbit]

[azure pond]

You legit don't even see the nvme drive with most boards

I dont get it

[slow sluice]

You can if it's a cheap looking mobo

[grim pollen]

are there any deals on 2n1 laptops or tablets that can be used like a laptop for school?

I have been looking around. I have not decided yet. I am looking at Microsoft Surface, but I am also looking at Dell or HP ones.

[grand orbit]

Budget and country?

[grim pollen]

anything under $1k, and US.

but I am never buying another Chromebook.

[azure pond]

chromebooks are some of the worst pieces of tech to buy

id rather my old 4030u laptop with its dying hdd than a current gen chromebook

[grim pollen]

Yeah, I found that out after my old laptop died. I regretted buying a Chromebook.

[azure pond]

i do wish i had gone with a more work oriented laptop than the one i went with

[grim pollen]

but I just need a cheap laptop for my last bit of classes

[azure pond]

you can do that with a $400-$500 laptop

thatll get you a 5000 series cpu with 8gb ram and 500gb ssd

which is perfectly fine for school work

overkill for school work really

[grim pollen]

yeah, but my online college minimum hardware requirement is i5 or equal cpu with 8gb of ram

[azure pond]

i5 means nothing

could be a 3rd gen i5 or 12th

what do you do for college?

are you just using google docs and such?

[grim pollen]

going for software engineering.

[azure pond]

check out r/laptopdeals

[grim pollen]

eh, I am using mostly Word, but I sometimes would use Docs if I need to

[azure pond]

software engineering isnt the most intense thing around

[grim pollen]

yeah, but I like having a touchscreen. It is not necessary, but that's why I said "under $1k"

[azure pond]

ohh right touchscreen

forgot about that, sorry

[grim pollen]

but I will check out this forum tho.

[azure pond]

they def have some touchscreen ones

just not sure the price tag on them

id sort by new, so you can find the deals that arent ended yet

[grim pollen]

oh okay. cool.

[grand orbit]

I mean they're like 150-300$ laptops new they're very low end

[grand orbit]

I'd look at these
https://www.newegg.com/p/1XV-0001-026N6
https://www.newegg.com/p/1XV-0001-026P2

[grim pollen]

Yeah, I just needed something to get some homework done since my old laptop died at the time. I do not like the OS of Chromebooks.

[flat junco]

I guess those FE GPU's are in-store only...

[high radish]

Yup

Fe gpus always been store pickup

[flat junco]

Almost ordered the EVGA powerlink

Besides, I think it'll bump my radiator

[high radish]

[fleet marlin]

Wouldnt need the powerlink if gpus just had power on the end like they used to. Would fit in 99% of cases nowadays, no drive cages . I bought 1 before I knew it doesn't work on an asus. -- new edit: $550 more than a non-ti ftw3 from bstock.

[high radish]

Even tho I hate gigatrash it's good deal

[daring depot]

bruh a 3090 for 1650

[light holly]

Does that powerlink thing work with a 1650 Super? the listing is slightly confusing for me..

yes I have EVGA

[dim ingot]

I think im gonna be getting a smart watch before I upgrade my PC any further. The Galaxy Watch 4

[daring depot]

what gpu?

cause the watch is really more insignificant compared to a gpu

[dim ingot]

on my PC?

I have a 2060 dual, saving up for a monitor beforehand. but i've had 2 seizures in the past month and need something to alert people when I fall down. I was thinking Life Alert, but since i'm more tech oriented I was thinking a Smartwatch with SOS capability to call 911 and/or people if i fall.

I need more RAM too, I only have 16gb DDR4 3600 RAM.

[daring depot]

yeah you can justify a smartwatch

[dim ingot]

Yessir. I was also thinking maybe a bigger PSU but I think my 850 is big enough for when I upgrade to a 3080ti.

[light bay]

If it's a good unit yeah youre fine

[dim ingot]

Corsair RM850x — 850 Watt Gold Certified Fully Modular.

it's actually on sale right now for 114. typically 150. (on the manufacturer's website)

[sterile sorrel]

Please help me to get the ideal card for my system I have a CPU 83 50 amd fx with a RAM memory of 16 gigabytes 13 33 please help

[light bay]

Rmx is great yeah, you'll be fine with a 3080ti

Unless you have like a 12900ks overclocked and overclock your 3080ti too ofc

[light holly]

sounds like you want #graphics-cards

[dim ingot]

I don't overclock my GPU and my RAM is the only thing -slightly- overclocked. I have a Ryzen 7 5800x

[light bay]

Yeah you'd be totally fine then

[dim ingot]

Thanks for the heads up

[light holly]

@steel wren price?

[steel wren]

oh yeah 554

my bad

[grand orbit]

Depends on your budget but that's a pretty bad CPU so I'm guessing budget isn't much?

[high radish]

I was about to share this ssd lol

[prisma cosmos]

chilling posted a bad link

i clicked that is what i see

[light bay]

No

The link works fine

[grand orbit]

If you're outside the US sometimes item prices are hidden

Just Amazon being dumb

[light bay]

@grand orbit why didn't you double down on my reaction to bakas tech deal?

[fleet marlin]

People should realize Amazon is 99% U.S thing also.

[prisma cosmos]

I use Opera for amazon links though which i have the VPN set for the US

[light bay]

Opera 💀

Knowing opera, you data probs goes straight to China instead

[prisma cosmos]

Yes i use the gaming browser

[prisma cosmos]

What data lol

my amazon history LOL

[light bay]

All data that you put on there

[prisma cosmos]

My mini system has like no data on it lol

[fleet marlin]

Yea some lil Chinese gang is gonna sail over and rob em.

[light bay]

Sometimes you gotta wonder "how does this free browser be free?"

Lol

[prisma cosmos]

i use it for amazon US links and sites i tend to think might be a trap

[light bay]

Google is free too but that's because of Google Ads and all their other lines of revenue

[jolly inlet]

That's why I use Firefox. Open source and non-profit.

[grand orbit]

Effort

[grand orbit]

Uh no lmao

[grand orbit]

OPERA 🤮

[grand orbit]

That's worse than chrome or edge

[light bay]

You're gonna disappoint mr1

[grand orbit]

Eh

[light bay]

He's a e18 shill but still

Bland e12 he probs would simp about 50%

[fleet marlin]

P41 says: who dat?

[light holly]

I can't get away from chrome

[grand orbit]

Chrome superior

[light holly]

My life is so integrated into google.

[sour kayak]

Just saw this. But Samsung 870 evo is better than mp33 right?

[grand orbit]

No

[sour kayak]

Wait rly?

Why is it so much more expensive then?

[grand orbit]

Mp33 is better, price dont mean good

[fleet marlin]

Actually research the 870 & it'll make since. Top tier but sata, and Samsung w/ their usual hype/pricing. MX500 Crucial by comparison is commonly much better price, like $320 for the 4TB sometimes (the smaller ones are normal priced). Oh plus, MP33 is on an extra good sale currently.

[grand orbit]

Sata drives are in less demand and if you know basic economics, demand down price up and vice versa

Plus yeah sometimes Samsung tax

[jolly inlet]

I think it's more demand is down, so they reduced supply, which increases costs

[high radish]

https://tenor.com/view/stonks-up-stongs-meme-stocks-gif-15715298

[grand orbit]

That's what i said 😂

[jolly inlet]

You were missing the reduction in supply though, it looked weird without lol

[grand orbit]

That's part of it but not necessary imo

[light holly]

@fleet marlin Your deal is over.

[fleet marlin]

$170 still isn't crazy so I left it and just edited msg.

[light holly]

true.

I just wanted to be annoying

[loud sandal]

@fleet marlin how does cpu cooler preforce

preforme

[fleet marlin]

AK620 basically matches a D15.

[dim ingot]

Is there an ISP that can match the speeds of Verizon/Frontier FiOS (i'm in Huntington Beach, CA -- in Davis, California?

And is this the right group to discuss this conversation in? -- Family is looking to move to Davis from Southern California, and buy a house out there. I was just downloading at 8 megabytes a second and was wondering if there was an ISP out there that can match it (AT&T Fiber, or even Starlink for instance?)

[light holly]

8 megabytes or megabits?

Got a speedtest.net results?

[dim ingot]

Sure just a sec

Download Mbps 83.41 ping 5ms. Upload 89.84 Mbps

[light holly]

Thats your home internet?

[dim ingot]

Yeah . C

yeppers.

[grand orbit]

Put the address in on the isp site and see

[light holly]

Dang lol. This is my phones 4g hotspot through Verizon lol

[dim ingot]

I never thought of using my hot spot lmao

I think I have the Gigabyte internet from FiOS but need a new router, but since we're moving anyway i'm just looking for the fastest internet in the Bay Area (California)

I live in a pretty big duplex, with a laptop, 2 TVs, and some cell phones hooked up to the WiFi.

[light holly]

The best home internet where I live is $120 for 45mbps with a 1tb data cap. My phone bill costs me $60 with no data cap lol.

[dim ingot]

I was thinking about Starlink internet but I dont know their speeds.

It's not my data plan that's the issue.

I don't know the "Deal" we have -- but Frontier has a "basic" internet service at 9Mbps. I think that's the one we have.

[light holly]

Ew

Also, want to dm me an address?

In Davis

Doesn't have to be exact address. Just anywhere in the vicinity.

[dim ingot]

I don't know my family members address out there or I would

[light holly]

Gotcha.

[dim ingot]

could reverse lookup though!

[dim ingot]

DM'd.

[light holly]

Ok so there is no starling in that area.

Its on waiting list.

[fleet marlin]

If you're near city limits of Davis bet you can get at least some sort of "cable" internet which should be decent. Hard to say. Years ago I had 6Mbit theb 12Mbit DSL and since around 6 yrs ago had Cable from Xfinity. Started at 50Mbps I think

[dim ingot]

yeah sometime early 2023 they claim.

This looks like I can here -- Davis has it's own ISP which is linked with AT&T

https://www.omsoft.com/om-ftth/

[loud sandal]

I have intel cooler rn cpu is like 70C which isnt bad just wonder if i could get low temps

[grand orbit]

Please don't put an ak620 on a 12100

[high radish]

[loud sandal]

why not

air cooling good

high performance

[jolly inlet]

That's far past the point of diminishing returns. More money for no gain.

[grand orbit]

Because it's literally doing well under a stock intel cooler lol

[loud sandal]

okay

[fair moon]

If you want it to be quieter and maybe a bit cooler go for a $20-30 cooler

Gammax or hyper 212 kinda thing

[grand orbit]

H212 🤮

Id cooling se 214xt 20$ or gammaxx 400 15$

[fair moon]

Yeah mb h212 is more expensive

I managed to get my h212 black rgb for like $35, must have been a sale

[jolly inlet]

212 is also a really old model and can't keep up with current CPUs

212 Black is half decent up to a 12400/5600

But also costs a lot more

[light holly]

That thing is amazing on 6500 :P

[pulsar fable]

So an se 214/gammaxx 400 should be enough for a 5600x or something beefier should be used?

[grand orbit]

Yeah that's fine although 5600x shouldn't be bought anymore

[pulsar fable]

Not even for $140 when you have an am4 board laying around?

I get the 12100f/400f is really good for it's price and leaves a good upgrade path, but I ready have the infrastructure for a 5600x

[grand orbit]

Well then yeah

I mean new

[pulsar fable]

Oh yeah new builds should definitely get 12th gen intel

[fair moon]

Yeah I already had am4 and got a used 5600x for $150, definitely worth it if you need a CPU upgrade

[ebon stratus]

Caden<3#1587 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[marsh sphinx]

dang thats fast

conpare to my internet

[loud sandal]

im sorry im gunna laugh

HAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAA

[high radish]

Bad ping

[jolly inlet]

Why are you pinging Russia though

[high radish]

[muted geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/dies-of-death-gif-23505693

[shrewd aspen]

This is just 4G in a building that causes issues with connection

[torpid night]

65 ping doesn’t sound to bad in that case

[grand orbit]

65 ping to a server like 3km away

[light holly]

Is that white razer orochi v2 really a good deal?

or rather, is it a REALLY good deal?

[gray valley]

that's a REALLY good deal

if you're into egg mice at least

they're definitely not something for people with big hands

[light holly]

I think I'd be ok with an egg mouse.. I'm looking for a mouse for first person shooters since my mmo mouse is huge and bulky

[gray valley]

ever used a G305?

[light holly]

no

I've held a G300s if that's any close

[vague pine]

Razer orochi v2 is a good mouse but is a in between of ergo and ambi shape. It’s also on the smaller side of mice.

[light holly]

I'm ok with a smaller mouse for a fps tbh

[vague pine]

If you aren’t sure what you’re into, I’d still recommend it, at $28 that’s basically nothing and you can always return it if needed

Comes with a AA lithium battery as well to make it a bit lighter and last longer

[light holly]

I've got tons rechargeables so that's ok. anything is probably lighter than my redragon perdition lol

[vague pine]

It’s around the 69g or something like that with the AA lithium

60g I think with a triple a lithium

[light holly]

yeah my current one is 150g lol

[light holly]

is it AA or AAA?

[gray valley]

eh, not really

I just compare it to G305 because both are more or less egg mice

but Orochi has a nicer weight balance

[high radish]

I like g203 and g 403

couse theyre similar to G pro

[light holly]

There isn't something better for similar price?

That is also white?

[vague pine]

The mouse comes with a double AA, was just saying that with a triple A it weighs like 60g

And also I don’t believe so. For that price and in white that’s also wireless

G305 but don’t know if it’s on sale and it’s more ambi shape and a bit older

And like Luke said, the orochi has a better weight balance

[light holly]

g305 looks ugly

alright I'll grab the Orochi

It looks cute anyways

[vague pine]

The Razer viper mini is also $24 rn, but cheaper and also good but don’t think they have it in white

[gray valley]

both are nice honestly

G304/G305 was my first good mouse... I still like it

[light holly]

alright. will be here tuesday

[gray valley]

enjoy in advance

and worst case, amazon returns are nice

[light holly]

true that and the refunds are instant which is nice as well

[fair moon]

FYI this thing is tiny

which isn't necessarily a bad thing but just keep it in mind

[light holly]

I also have a G703 Lightspeed

idk how great it is though

[gray valley]

Sensor is nice, don't trust Logitech 100% on their QC

But that applies to basically any modern Logitech G mouse

[flat junco]

[light holly]

right? lol

[flat junco]

Which one of you was this?

[gray valley]

it was the egg

[stone rain]

Should I spend $100 on the insurance to repair a cracked back s10+ or $500 to upgrade to a s22 ultra with the samsung deal thats going on through today? I was kinda want to see what the s23 series looks like before upgrading, but I took off my case to find a shattered back.

[gusty willow]

i mean if it isnt harming the phones performance id just pop the case back on and upgrade when it gives out

[fresh torrent]

Upgrade when S23 is out, prices will be cheaper

[stone rain]

I'm fixing it cause I have burn in anyhow. Also it's prickly when I do have to get it out.

[stone rain]

That's what I was thinking.

I'm also hoping the s23s will have an option over 1tb

[azure pond]

what tf do you need a terabyte of storage on a phone for

[stone rain]

They do 4k and 8k vid now.

[jolly inlet]

It would be emmc memory so it's not like it's faster

[stone rain]

Also apps.

[fair moon]

you shooting and editing a movie on your phone?

[stone rain]

I'm a digital hoarder. I have photos on my phone that have been transfered from. Device to device since a launch model iPhone 4.

[azure pond]

you can put them on a pc

or an sd card

[fair moon]

yeah it would suck to lose that many years of photos if you lost or broke your phone

[jolly inlet]

Considering current phone is cracked already that sounds like a near disaster

[loud sandal]

I need 1TB for photos

ik we have google cloud but i like to have photos on phone

[cloud hornet]

steviejoe66:

yeah it would suck to lose that many years of photos if you lost or broke your phone

Phone storage is honestly pretty unreliable given those things. Esp if it's Apple where you have way less of a chance of data recovery off a broken phone (hardware encryption, just gotta hope that certain parts of the phone werent damaged).

[vague pine]

Ye, that’s why it’s mini

[fair moon]

True

I wish the normal viper was as cheap

[vague pine]

Ye, normal viper gets the short end of the stick when it comes to deals. Viper mini goes low as $20, viper ultimate goes low as $70, orochi now low as $28

Meanwhile I think the normal viper’s lowest was like $60

Opposed to its normal $70

Big sadge

[fair moon]

I think I've seen it around 40-50 but still 2x as much as the mini

Yup, it's $50 rn and according to 🐪🐪🐪 its all time low was $40

[fair moon]

Which tbh is a fine price but it still frustrates me how the mini is 1/2 the price

[jolly inlet]

I don't think there's much need for anyone to state LHR for listings at this point. I know you posted it off mobile so it's not anything directed at you kenzie.
That GPU would be great for anyone at that price bracket, especially white since white is always more expensive.

I would strongly advise against using the free case on offer though, looks worse than the H510 for thermals and the 3080 is a hot boi.

It might be usable for lower tier CPUs if you only use air cooling and flip the side fans so they're intake. Having those as exhaust seems odd, they'll just blow out the air straight from the bottom fans before it can cool anything.

Oh I see, they have an AIO in as an example on exhaust. Still weird airflow, negative pressure as pictured.

[light holly]

@loud sandal you are making my wallet tremble in fear that I'm going to reach for it.. especially since that gpu is white.

[loud sandal]

[grand orbit]

It's one of the cases they use for abs it's kinda got a o11d style but worse would be fine to resell tho or put a lower end build in

[loud sandal]

go yell at newegg smh

[grave delta]

https://slickdeals.net/f/15846961-toasted-cheddar-chalupa-crunchy-taco-cinnamon-twists-fountain-drink-m-5?src=frontpage

[jolly inlet]

You can get the MSI gaming X, a better model, for $910 before dealing with a rebate

$890 if you want to do the rebate

[steel wren]

900 and 880 after rebate in fact

[jolly inlet]

$10 shipping

[steel wren]

got me there

effin small letters

[pulsar fable]

ᴳᵒᵗᵗᵃ ʳᵉᵃᵈ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᶦⁿᵉ ᵖʳᶦⁿᵗ

[grave delta]

But do you know how many tacos you could get for $890?

[tiny heron]

Only if I can order from the volcano menu

[broken ridge]

Well seeing as the average price of a Taco Bell soft taco is $1.19 and the average sales tax rate in the US is about 5% we could conclude that we could afford exactly 712.2849139655862 tacos.

[light holly]

In Idaho, I could get exactly 705.5652449659 Tacos.

That's a lot of tacos

and that isn't taking into account that you'd probably get a discount for buying so many.

or any other promos for buy a certain qty

[broken ridge]

Probably. I like that.

[grave delta]

https://slickdeals.net/f/15854974-logitech-g-extreme-3d-pro-gaming-joystick-for-windows-20?src=frontpage

[jolly inlet]

Mmmmmm

Come on Forks I'm trying to save my money

https://tenor.com/view/idontneedit-spongebob-meme-ineedit-gif-19085880

[fair moon]

flashback to when Star Wars Squadrons came out and I bought one of those for like $40 only to use it for less than 10hrs total

Oh well actually I did use it for MS flight sim as well

[jolly inlet]

That's mostly what I want it for. Also project wingman and a couple others.

[cinder kiln]

I have one of these and it's pretty good

And I got mine for like $20 too lol

[light holly]

@grand orbit in regards to the gigabyte 3080 and gigabyte 6900xt in tech deals.. is it a no-brainer to go with the 6900xt?

I'm slightly torn with the fact the 3080 is white so it's clouding my judgment.

[high radish]

gpu prices are tempting now couse recent market but actually they're still expensive. They're 2 year old cards and 40 series coming soon

[light holly]

Actually nvm.. about he 6900xt. That 100 rebate will take FOREVER to get to me. I built my pc and did my monitor rebate 3 months ago. I still have yet to receive my rebate.

[light holly]

Ill still get a 40 series if I get the 3080

[high radish]

6900xt is good card but say goodbye to RT performance

[light holly]

3080 doesn't seem to have good rt performance anyways

Idk.

[high radish]

I had one but replaced it with 3080ti later couse poor rt performance, fsr was crap back in then , and drivers were crashing randomly

[light holly]

I'm tired so I could be wrong.

I just need something to play games like naow.

I'm tired of waiting. I'm bored af.

The 1650s just doesn't give me the level of detail I want to play the games I wanna play.

And it seems like any other gpu price isn't that great comparably.

[grand orbit]

Yes unless ray tracing is everything to you/ use gpu for rendering workloads as well

[light holly]

With the price being with a 100 MIR its not as good of a deal to me now. I've waited 3 months already for my monitor rebate.

I think ill be fine with the 3080, plus it's white.

[light holly]

I even called them last week and they told me they weren't sure when it would be sent to me.

[grand orbit]

Oof

[steel wren]

rt is a gimmick anyway on this gen... 6900xt wins here... maybe on 40 series that will change

[high radish]

RT is awesome

[grand orbit]

Yeah in Minecraft

[steel wren]

on fast paced action games you barely notice the water or the mirrors

but definitely the fps drop

not worth its a huge drop

[high radish]

On amd card yeah 1fps probably

[azure pond]

My 3060 ti gets under 50fps with rtx on in cod lmao

[high radish]

But on Nvidia card it still giving nice performance

[azure pond]

Rtx is a meme

[high radish]

My 3080 giving nice performance at 2k RT on at most games

I usually playing Battlefield 2042

[azure pond]

My friends 3080 with rtx and all settings on ultra got 60fps at 2k in warzone

Tanking fps that hard isn't worth it at all

[high radish]

Very visible difference on shadows and reflections

[steel wren]

in my book anything below 90fps on any given resolution is a no no on the graphics settings

[azure pond]

Considering having rtx on low tanks my fps by almost 100

Fat no

[stoic crest]

rt is still a gimmick

it's got better but not that good yet tbh

[steel wren]

maybe on next gen rt cores of the 40 series... maybe....

[stoic crest]

it will

or well, may

there's some info that rt on 40 series could possibly have little to no perf drop with it on vs off

[steel wren]

yeah, so far didn't saw any info regarding rt and tensor cores on the 40 series

[high radish]

I disagree bad reviews about RT couse without RT game looks like low settings to me

[stoic crest]

no one is saying how rt looks bad tho lel

it's just that the perf sacrifice gets much for some

just to have extra effects

[grand orbit]

60fps is actually choppy when you're doing input, watching a show/movie at 60 is smooth but with input 120fps min

Also yeah cod looks identical with RT

[stoic crest]

tfw 60 fps is smooth for me

[grand orbit]

Only reason i noticed it was on was my low fps

[stoic crest]

like anything with 45 fps or above feels better for my eyes

[grand orbit]

Until you get used to 144

[stoic crest]

80 is even sweeter

i managed to oc laptop's panel to 80hz

[steel wren]

it feels kinda weird when you do sudden turns on 60 fps... 90 is smooth af at least for me D:

[stoic crest]

well good on me cause i never get to experience 144hz

my eyes hasn't been too spoiled :p

but i got spoiled by mech keeb for sure

love the texture of the keycaps it comes with too

hard to get dirty and grippy

[azure pond]

Rtx looks no different to me

[high radish]

You need better monitor then lmao

[azure pond]

That's not how that works

[steel wren]

lel

[high radish]

[keen marsh]

What game

[grave delta]

https://slickdeals.net/f/15858664-potbelly-bogo-sandwich-6-21-web-app-purchases-0-01?src=frontpage

[high radish]

Z12 never worth 50$ but it's nice one

I got z15 for 45$

[jolly inlet]

Z12 is regularly $20 on EVGA website so it's still a sale at least

[jolly inlet]

The review, for people interested in that Fire TV Omni https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/amazon/fire-tv-omni-series

[high radish]

Yeah it's good for price tho

I don't own that tv but it looks like deal lol

[jolly inlet]

Yeah, entry level means it's meant to be cheap and competes with $400 range TVs. It'll be good for someone just getting a new TV moving from an old low or even mid range 1080p.

[pulsar fable]

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1704458-REG/samsung_ls32am702pnxza_32_4k_uhd_60hz.html
Found this with the help of Slickdeals. Think it's good at it's price?

Oh sorry eh, my question can wait

[normal tiger]

No worries you can go ahead

[jolly inlet]

That's not bad for the price but I wouldn't want it for gaming

[pulsar fable]

Thanks for that, although I know that I wouldn't be using that for gaming

[fair moon]

yeah thats a pretty good deal

What are you planning to use it for?

Just like watching video content?

[pulsar fable]

Video content and productivity

So word docs, spreadsheets, and work related programs

*Nothing graphically intensive
I already have a 1080p 144hz monitor for that

[fair moon]

Nice

Yeah VA can be a bit smeary sometimes but the contrast is awesome

And the smearing isn't really an issue for non gaming stuff

[light holly]

Yeaah I'm just learning that today

[fair moon]

fiddling with the pixel response time can help

For mine it really helped to set "response time" to "standard" in the monitor settings

[light holly]

I'm not even sure if my monitor has that.

I looked through settings, but didn't see an option named that at least.

[fair moon]

some manufacturers have different names for it as well

overdrive maybe

[light holly]

oh yeah overdrivce

or.. overclock??

[fair moon]

does yours have one or both?

[light holly]

just overclock

[fair moon]

what are the options for it

[light holly]

I lied

I have overdrive

[fleet marlin]

It's often called overdrive, but some manufacturers ua3ve weird setting names.

[light holly]

I have..

[fair moon]

yeah try turning that down a bit

[light holly]

Smart OD / Picture Quality / Balance / Speed

under Overdrive

[fair moon]

oh

[light holly]

It's currently on default which is Balance

[fair moon]

probably try picture quality then

or smart? could be interesting

[light holly]

hm, maybe smearing is different than what I'm thinking

like when I go to move my Messenger window, I can see the black of the window like.. smear

I guess lol

[fair moon]

yeah that's it

[light holly]

ok

[fair moon]

you can also go here and use their tests https://blurbusters.com/

[light holly]

none of those settings made it any better or worsse.

[light holly]

What am I looking for? the site looks confusing and I cant see anytthing to download?

[fair moon]

I think they might have reorganized their site since i last used it

or added more stuff

it's not adownload, just runs on the browser

[fair moon]

yeah is's not guaranteed, I'd probably just set it to smart

[light holly]

is it the ufo test?

it keeps telling me I have 1 browser stutter and to close apps/tabs but nothing is open

[fair moon]

yeah here www.testufo.com/framerates#count=2&background=stars&pps=960

idk about the stutter

could try a different browser maybe

[light holly]

idk I don't see any like motion blue on that

blur*

[jolly inlet]

You don't take screenshots of it

[fair moon]

if you have a slow motion camera on your phone that can help as well

[light holly]

btw, did you see that I put those monitor arms to good use? 😛

[light holly]

I was taking screenshot of the stutter error to show what I was seeing

[steel wren]

there is no drive there @fleet marlin wrong link maybe

[jolly inlet]

Oh the stutter warning just happens sometimes, that's often a browser issue

[light holly]

gotcha, so I"m not entirely sure what I'm looking for. It seems normal like my other monitor

[fleet marlin]

Long link inbound, edit it yourselves because I didn't want to cut off too much. Tough to edit links on mobile
https://www.newegg.com/western-digital-2tb-black-sn850-nvme/p/N82E16820250160?item=N82E16820250160&utm_medium=BehEmail&utm_source=EMCCP-062122-WD&cm_mmc=EMCCP-062122-WD-_-SSDHDD-_-E0C-_-20250160&email64=YW1kMm52aWRpYUB5YWhvby5jb20=&tp=i-1NGB-Q7F-8DT-ADHyGq-2D-5hm6-1c-ADHsyO-l7edIpTPCh-1K1bbm&om_rid=1359914&om_mid=31587

[jolly inlet]

You're looking for blur, ghosting, artifiacts, things like that

[fair moon]

Wait I sent the wrong one

[steel wren]

👍

[fair moon]

"fastest"

[light holly]

gotcha, I don't see anything like that when the test is running. The only time I see it is when I'm dragging the messengers window and it's horribly noticeable, but not on my other monitor.