tech-deals-discussion

[uncut tartan]

Not interested in driver issues

[lean briar]

[swift forge]

They’ve been fixed

[lean briar]

any white rgb ram deals

[uncut tartan]

Are you totally sure?

[swift forge]

Yes

They were only a big issue on the 5000 series

[uncut tartan]

Oh

[lean briar]

whats ur budget?

[uncut tartan]

https://www.amazon.com/MSI-RX-6700-MECH-12G/dp/B08Z7DXHP5/ref=mp_s_a_1_9?crid=3Q198PBX77Z9Y&keywords=6750xt&qid=1657616047&sprefix=6750%2Caps%2C167&sr=8-9

Is this one good

It has 12gb and it’s 6700 xt

[grand orbit]

That's only been an issue with rx 5000

[lean briar]

550 for 6700 xt?

[lean briar]

no

[lean briar]

https://www.newegg.com/xfx-radeon-rx-6700-xt-rx-67xtyjfdv/p/N82E16814150852?Item=N82E16814150852&Description=gpu&cm_re=gpu-_-14-150-852-_-Product

[swift forge]

I’d pass

[lean briar]

if 6700xt

[swift forge]

3070 fe is 500 bucks and are pretty easy to get

[uncut tartan]

It’s only 500

[swift forge]

At a bestbuy

[grand orbit]

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

[lean briar]

man dont

[grand orbit]

Mech/ventus is also like the worst model anyway

[lean briar]

and 500 for thta

[swift forge]

Isn’t there a red devil card for 20$ more?

[lean briar]

or if you reeally want nvidia just go 3060 ti fe

[swift forge]

U can change any cards backplate if u have the right backplate to replace it

[grand orbit]

There is, imo not worth it

[swift forge]

But it has light rgb and says red devil, and there like amds og, imo there the best models for amd

Not to mention they clock high

[lean briar]

rgb = fps

[swift forge]

You do u bro

[lean briar]

Its slightly better

[swift forge]

4000 series is about to come out so gpus are prices r going down

[lean briar]

Better cooler i believe

[void whale]

The gigabyte one is kinda ugly

[swift forge]

Not like u stare at your pc while u game

And it looks decent

[void whale]

True

[uncut tartan]

Honestly

The 4000 series would probably bottleneck my build

[molten halo]

i like to stare at my pc while reading discord

[void whale]

I stare at my pc and look at how badly I need to wipe the dust off my glass panel

[swift forge]

I think sleeper builds that have top of the line parts are cool

[lean briar]

Is sn850 good

[void whale]

Yes but depending on price

[lean briar]

180 dollars 2 tb

Welp 180 euros

Dollar and euro same now

[void whale]

General user doesn’t need more than a nvme gen 3 ssd atm

[swift forge]

Basically dollars in your economy

[void whale]

So may or may not be worth it but I think not really as much worth it.

[swift forge]

Eu economy dropped

I mean it’s 2tb of nvme

Pretty good deal unless u find something cheaper

[tiny heron]

👀

Ugly card but cheap

[fair moon]

It's not bc 4000 is coming out, it's becuse crypto mining isn't crazy profitable anymore

Nvidia is actually considering delaying the 4000 launch bc market is flooded

[grand orbit]

Honestly not worth 60$ going to a 6750xt

[grand orbit]

No harm in that

[slim phoenix]

780 for a 6900xt is amazing wth

[kind rover]

guys

how do i not impulse buy the $730 3080 12gb

[slim phoenix]

by your thing it shows you already have a 3070 ti 😂

[kind rover]

yes thank you there is no $730 charge to my account dont worry hehe

[shut spoke]

$730 after rebate too

[stoic crest]

6900xt is

meanwhile im waiting for that 40 series

[kind rover]

honestly im prolly gonna wait until 60 series so i can get a 6090

plus ill have time to save up, $500 a year should be good

[high radish]

@azure pond there you go https://a.co/d/1pWcWWs

[grand orbit]

Holy crap

[stoic crest]

229

[high radish]

Forg were looking for one yesterday

Probably he's sleeping lol

[grand orbit]

So tempting

[high radish]

Yeah only if it was in US too lol

Btw Amazon warehouse have extra 25% discount . You can use it on some gpus too. https://amzn.to/3Pp9LVM

Looks like it not applying to all cards but works on some idk which ones

that z690 were 155$ at newegg for long

[grand orbit]

Same, edit with < > around link

[high radish]

*scamegg

[grand orbit]

@fathom nebula no spaces

👏

[high radish]

2tb sn850 is for 180$

Brb Gonna order bunch of them

[stoic crest]

eh

p31 goes for lower

[high radish]

Gen3

[stoic crest]

but it's still good

you're looking at like $20 diff of price

[high radish]

Yeah it's decent but not gen4

I bought sn850 for 220$ recently

Got p41 for 220$ too

20$ for 3500mbps.to 7000mbps is worth it to me

[stoic crest]

what are you even doing to need that

[high radish]

I see people complaining about gen4 speeds which sounds nonsense to me . Sn850 transferring with 4.5gbps stable while 970evo does 2.4gbps

[stoic crest]

unless you move a lot of files

i don't see the need for extra moners for gen 4

[high radish]

if you regular gamers yes

But gen4 ssds are not much expensive anymore

[stoic crest]

for you yes

some people are fine with saving every bit of money

[high radish]

I would love to see p41 for 180$ too

I thinking about it too . Like I would rather P41 but it's 220$

40$ more but very very small difference

[stoic crest]

in that case sn850 definitely more worth

[light holly]

@grand orbit ram oos?

4 left of the 3200

[grand orbit]

Nope

Probably Amazon being weird cuz you different region

[light holly]

ah

[grand orbit]

1tb sn570 is literally 62£ rn

[light holly]

🙂

[high radish]

Same

it would be great deal

[light holly]

huh ok so my amazon keeps trying to show me used stuff

[high radish]

[light holly]

Thanks for pointing something out so I could look at it

[high radish]

Warehouse items have 25% off

[light holly]

ah I see

I was looking at wrong link

[high radish]

Warehouse items usually good . You can get very cheap used *mined gpus from them

Some gpus are being good as new but sometimes you getting mined and abused cards

[light holly]

I want this, but man that's still a steep price for a mouse

https://www.amazon.com/Razer-Naga-Wireless-Gaming-Mouse/dp/B08D27XXRY

[grand orbit]

Why do you want a naga?

[light holly]

the swapping of the button faces like that would be useful for me.

some games I use most the 12 buttons. some games I only need 6

and some I only need 2

[pulsar fable]

lemme get a mouse with a numpad on the side

[high radish]

I don't even using them in game lol

Fixing double click is easy if you know soldering

Just order switch or replace it with side button's switch

That aorus z690 looks nice

[pulsar fable]

sn570 for $140 US equivalent... but its in the uk

[high radish]

[grand orbit]

Mp33 is constant 140$, not quite as good but still very good

[pulsar fable]

thanks for the heads up, just a bit sad i cant make an excuse* spend more money needlessly on nvme storage

[lean briar]

any good m.2 ssd deals

on amazon.de

[high radish]

Looking for 3070 laptop . if anyone seen good deal on laptops pls let me know

[pulsar fable]

Well i was about to post the msi gl66 for 1200, but then i looked at their site, "NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™️ 3070 Laptop GPU
Up to 1365MHz Boost Clock, 85W Maximum Graphics"

Eww

[grand orbit]

Why specifically Amazon.de or do you mean like prime day deals?

[lean briar]

closes amazon with good deals to me

[grand orbit]

What now?

[lean briar]

wdym what now

[high radish]

85w 3070 I think 130w 3060 will do better

[pulsar fable]

im pretty sure my 115w 3060 would do better

[high radish]

I have 85w 3060 but it goes up to 105w with boost

Thing is boost not always working lol it depends on cpu usage and temps

[fleet marlin]

Btw p41 is actually $208 not $220, although sn850 at $180 is darn good if someone wants to settle for 2nd place.

[high radish]

I already ordered bunch of sn850

Gonna put them on this

https://a.co/d/3sqWisi

Rip pcie lines

12900k have 48pcie lines total. 16for gpu , 16 for 4x m2 slot , and gonna put 4x m2 on that expansion card

So gonna full all pcie lines

[pulsar fable]

I bought all the pcie lanes, so im gonna use all the pccie lanes

[high radish]

But wait does z690 mobos support 2nd x16 pcie

Doesn't it works as x4 ?

[light bay]

maybe if you have a 6500xt 💀

[fleet marlin]

Rtfm

[high radish]

Wait then how those expansion cards works

So confusing

[pulsar fable]

its 1 x16 slot with 4x4x4x4 bifurcation

[high radish]

But which mobo have 2x pcie 16

[pulsar fable]

also i just realized my 9700k has a mere 16 pcie lanes, so one high end gpu takes em all up leaving none for my m.2s :/

[high radish]

Lol

[pulsar fable]

oh im saying thats how the card works

im not sure how it works on the motherboard's end

[high radish]

Yeah mobos not wiring only x4 for extra gpu slots

[fleet marlin]

Use that 2nd "x16" slot & then it simply makes them both x8 on most older mobos. Cpu/pch provides lanes, mobo decides partly how they're routed.

[high radish]

I need mobo with 2x pcie x16

is it just me or prime day deals are not really too good ?

[shut spoke]

last year had some pretty good cpu combos but this year is kind of a disappointment

most prices are similar to newegg anyways

[high radish]

Yeah . Only cpu is 12600kf which is only 20$. Cheaper than newegg lol

Same price on ryzen cpus

Antonline had better ryzen cpu prices at 4th

[raw inlet]

Got ballistix 16gb 3200 for just 50€

[high radish]

I saw that ballistic deal in UK

[raw inlet]

But they're different in each country I guess (the deals)

[high radish]

But I'm in US

[raw inlet]

And I'm in Italy

[slow sluice]

Just put the GPU in a one of the x8 or x4 slots

[high radish]

X4 for 3090

[slow sluice]

Sure why not, it's still enough for most games on pcie gen4

[high radish]

I think x8 should be alright but I'm not sure about x4

[brisk sphinx]

Gotta bust out the x1…

[grand orbit]

did you mean like closest and not closes?

[pulsar fable]

when gpu with x4 slot

[high radish]

Amd done this already lol

Oh its x4 lines not x4 slot

[lean briar]

Yes

[grand orbit]

What country you in?

Are you not in Germany or something?

[lean briar]

Lithuania

[grand orbit]

Ahh

[grand orbit]

What size ssd you looking for?

[lean briar]

1-2tb

[grand orbit]

Sn570 for both would be my choice looking at the prices

Especially if you order now and get prime, they on nice prime day deal

https://www.amazon.de/dp/B09JM8DJNS
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B09HKDQ1RN

[steel wren]

well, its pcie gen 5... 4 lanes should be enough

8 lanes is enough on gen 4

[rotund forge]

Looking for an NVMe thunderbolt dock in the UK

I want something for games and possibly to store photos on

Was looking at these two on Amazon and somewhat torn between them.
https://amzn.eu/d/aD68mnK
https://amzn.eu/d/9Axywa8

I might use the USB ports but highly unlikely to use the Ethernet port or the DisplayPort output.

I already have two 256GB Samsung SM951 NVMe drives from when I upgraded my laptop a few years ago.

[fleet marlin]

Lanes!

[fleet marlin]

Ya know, it's not really in pcie5 mode w/ a pcie4 gpu. I mean, the pcie5 doesn't exactly help in this case afaik.

[high radish]

there's no deals on 5950x

[jolly inlet]

No one should be buying a 5950X at this point anyway

[light bay]

should i post Undecide in #tech-deals ?

[high radish]

I mean it was 460$ at woot which makes it acceptible

but for 550$ it doesn't make sense yeah

[fleet marlin]

I'd go 12900k before 5950x. 🤷‍♂️

[high radish]

13900k wen

[jolly inlet]

December maybe

[high radish]

I still couldn't find a way to add extra m2 ssds to my pc

[high radish]

wait what

[light bay]

you think its worth posting Undecide to tech deals?

[high radish]

I thought its coming soon

[jolly inlet]

I don't know what you're talking about

[light bay]

undecide o deez nutz?

gotem

[jolly inlet]

Hmm did you though? I didn't say it after all

[light bay]

ok boomer

[lapis parcel]

Any good wireless gaming headphones deals

[high radish]

so we expecting 7000series before 13th gen

[jolly inlet]

7000 GPUs before 40 series but CPUs are still unknown

[high radish]

i don't think I will go for amd gpu but maybe AMD cpu

[light bay]

amd gpus are great

[jolly inlet]

I have a personal rule I live by: never buy the first model on a new platform. This applies to cars and computers mainly.

[fleet marlin]

$140 bestbuy sn850 was refunded btw, rip. If anything, might just reorder the P31 or wait until building near black friday

[high radish]

umm I didn't had good experience with 6800xt and 6900xt

[light bay]

how so?

[jolly inlet]

6000 wasn't a new platform though, it's the second RDNA generation. 5000 was where the real issues were.

[high radish]

I having that rule in general but not on PC . lol I love getting advanced tech first lol

[light bay]

hey... no need to be meany to my card 😭

ironically, my 5700xt has been a great great gpu with basically no crashes or instability. sample size of one tho

[jolly inlet]

5000 got fixed eventually but many 5700 XTs were totally unusable near launch

[high radish]

I'm actually one of 50 who downloaded windows10 insider first lol.. microsoft sent t-shirt to me for that lmao

[light bay]

im on 11 insider

the new task manager is great

[jolly inlet]

Well if you like to live on the bleeding edge, expect a few cuts along the way

[high radish]

5700xt become rreal gpu after 2 years lmao

[light bay]

i bought mine under a year after release and its been epic

[high radish]

me too . and win11 is more stable than win10

[light bay]

i havent seen any stability difference

ive seen better gaming perf however, with e cores on 12th gen

[fleet marlin]

Took em too long to give task man dark mode. Is that still only the insider ver

[slow sluice]

Windows 11 stable? They're changing up parts of the API every two weeks it seems

[jolly inlet]

I've had the opposite, 11 is less stable for me

[light bay]

iirc yeah

[high radish]

I using it for work and it is more stable than crappy win10

[light bay]

win10 was fine

unless you gamed with e cores

[high radish]

I never loved win10 honestly

win11 is bae

[light bay]

i briefly used a 12600k on w10 and the gaming was pretty meh

[jolly inlet]

Yeah I don't know what you mean about 10 being crappy, it had it's issues near launch but that's not a unique thing.

[fleet marlin]

Still an overblown issue tbh, and win10 will get thread director updates overtime.

[slow sluice]

Windows 10 is pretty much stable at this point. Microsoft rocked the boat and ditched IE recently, but besides that it has been pretty good

[light bay]

not at adl launch

im speaking past tense here

if you had a 12600k(f) or up pretty close to launch, gaming sucked pretty bad

i disabled e cores it was that bad

do you have a ridgewallet?

[jolly inlet]

A lot of games with anti-cheat were totally unplayable too

[light bay]

mhmm

[fleet marlin]

Not like Ecores help games much. Early adopter issues.

[light bay]

mad because you dont have basically a skylake in your cpu? L

[high radish]

only thinkg I don't like about win11 is notifications center

it sux

need better one

[light bay]

heres the nice thing about the ridge tho

you dont even need to install the cash slip/strap after getting it, since you already burned all the cash youd be carrying

its kinda genius tbh

[slow sluice]

Doesn't adl have die space laid out for avx512 in the P cores, but support disabled because the e cores don't have it?

[cinder kiln]

https://www.evga.com/products/productlist.aspx?type=0

[fleet marlin]

Any way to make keyboard not instantly popup when i hit reaction button on phone? / OT

[light bay]

probably

[cinder kiln]

Thoughts? A lot of the first results there are decent

[light bay]

ooh those are nice

WB 3080 12gb for $800 is nice

ofc kinda limited audience but still

[cinder kiln]

Yeah I thought so

The AIO ones as well

[high radish]

I think I saw 12gb for cheaper

[cinder kiln]

They'll run higher clocks on water

[slow sluice]

Not even b stock

[high radish]

it wans't liquid cooled but it was cheaper

[cinder kiln]

Yeah, I'll post it

[slow sluice]

3080 12gb on water shreds

[cinder kiln]

It's worth it over the 829 gaming Z imo

Welp, especially now that 829 gaming z is now 849 EDIT: that's even the 10gb one

[azure pond]

Idek where my wallet came from

I found it in my room when I was like 10 and I still use it

[void condor]

Amazon dropped this one

Deal of the day for Prime Members: Alienware M15 R6 Gaming Laptop - 15.6-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) 1ms 360Hz Display, Core i7-11800H, 32GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA RTX 3070 8GB Graphics, Windows 11 Home - Black https://a.co/d/5OSobgs

[cloud hornet]

Not if it's limited by 375w PL (2P card). vBIOS mod or shunt mod is still kinda needed

[fathom nebula]

https://a.co/d/bhSnifw

Best prime deal obv

[stoic crest]

ew 1799 for that

unless it's not showing

i can't see the sale price it seems

[high radish]

1699.99

still too high

[stoic crest]

still nah tbh

legion 5 pro deal i posted is still valid

and it's at 1379

[high radish]

yup

[slow sluice]

FTW3 was at the same price, oos now

[high radish]

980pro heatsink for 200$ https://www.newegg.com/samsung-2tb-980-pro/p/N82E16820147826?Item=N82E16820147826

I know p41 is better deal but its 980 pro and it have heatsink lol

[jolly inlet]

S tier SSD for $100 per TB is never a bad option

But it's far more than most people that aren't storage snobs like you need

[high radish]

non heatsink version is 185$

[slow sluice]

Standard gamer won't need that bandwidth until direct access storage is wide spread, but by the time direct access storage is wide spread we'll have drives with two, maybe even three or four times the sequential performance

[jolly inlet]

The first game to support it is out and Direct Storage is looking cool https://www.pcgamer.com/thanks-to-directstorage-forspoken-loads-in-only-one-second/

[stoic crest]

ssd is now gonna be important for gaming

wait it helps with hdd too?

whoa

a little but damn

[jolly inlet]

For certain games like these massive open world titles yes it'll become a very nice QoL feature

[stoic crest]

at least sata ssd immensely helps

compared to hdd

[jolly inlet]

I think those numbers are using a 4.0 nvme but I can't find anything that says either way

Oh it got delayed to October, guess we'll know more by then

[jolly inlet]

Yes a whole 0.2 seconds

[slow sluice]

4.8 GB/s, it would have to be some pretty good compression to get that on gen 3

[lofty moss]

i wouldnt even have time to process those two seconds

[jolly inlet]

But that is 10% still

[slow sluice]

Also it's the first implementation, optimization tricks will show up later

[light bay]

damn, if you live near lowes, this is a really nice deal https://www.lowes.com/pd/BULLDOG-Bulldog-1-300-Piece-Complete-Fastener-Kit/1003193000?

[jolly inlet]

Yeah this is more of the "proof of concept" stage for new tech, soon they'll figure out how to actually utilize the extra features

[lime python]

whats the best deal for a 2tb nvme right now?

[high radish]

As gen4 , WD Sn850 for 180$ and Samsung 980pro for 185$

Sn850 is better than 980pro so I voting on sn850 lol

[lime python]

ty

[light bay]

p31 for $160 is great for gen 3 aswell

[high radish]

Yup

I didn't check gen3 prices lol

[fringe olive]

Any nice office chair deals?

[molten halo]

Staples Hyken in red 180, grey is 190 usd

[pulsar fable]

I'm trying to convince my brother to get a P31. I've already told him it's the "gold standard", but he's still on the fence

How do I convince him more than "dude your ssd*is 256gb" can?
Edit: meant to say SSD, but sad also works I guess

[fleet marlin]

Idk, their loss. look what I saw when I was glancing at the $52 wireless deathadder V2 -- (yes I know it's not 43% off the "reg" price, just showing how it only jumps $1.51 when prime sale is over) -- EDIT: As much as I wanted a P31, the $180 SN850 sure looks good.

[light bay]

actually youre wrong

$1.50 man, get it right

people these days....

/s

[fleet marlin]

People indeed. Anyways: Found something that actually is sort of a deal, but it's white.

[light bay]

spray paint?

[jolly inlet]

That'll flake off though

[normal tiger]

heyyy I actually got the white one, not bad at all tbh. I bought my sister the black one

[light bay]

statik was looking for orochi v2 deals earlier iirc

like yesterday

[normal tiger]

thing is, the material makes my hand sweat more than other mice

[light bay]

@jolly inlet saw this on a amazon desc for a little bench vise

whoever wrote this just screwed the hell out of the people dealing with warranty 💀

[jolly inlet]

That's vague enough to deal with the legal loopholes

[light bay]

lol

whoever wrote that is a god

[fleet marlin]

Yea I currently use a normal deathadder essential. the DA V2 Pro would be a good match but idk. $35 on that Orochi almost seems worth a try. edit: (white ain't right though)

[fair moon]

"your honor, the customer actually submitted it to two hells of a beating"

[light bay]

lmfao

[jolly inlet]

"Customer states: I gave it a hell of a beating like it said, but it broke"
"Repair request denied due to customer's definition of 'a hell of a beating' being more extreme than our marketing team's"

[light bay]

its looks damn cheap too

[normal tiger]

yeah definitely for ppl with smaller hands for sure, it fits me nice

[light bay]

... yeah

pretty sure thats not a great sign for a new vice lol

[fleet marlin]

Yuck, basically a smaller and/or weaker version of what harbor freight might sell.

[light bay]

probs yeah, but its $40 so cant expect too much

[fleet marlin]

wrong, lol

[light bay]

picked up a kit of irwin wire strippers tho for $25

thats gonna be a sweet deal

[pulsar fable]

Man I wish I had pcie gen 4 to take advantage of that sn850 ;-;

[fair moon]

Pain.

[fleet marlin]

8Khz is a sham anyways. Anything above 2Khz can sometimes act funky/stuttery in some games.

[fair moon]

Nah mini vs normal sized

[light bay]

thats what she said

[fair moon]

The mini is always cheap af even compared to the non-8khz normal sized one

[jolly inlet]

21k hero sensor says what

[vague pine]

its got a good personality, ok

[fleet marlin]

Bruh I'm not talking DPI. Edit: There's not much testing on it, but yea 2Khz polling is really the highest that's good, for now.

[jolly inlet]

Oh you mean polling rate

[light bay]

lmao, you gonna buy that orochi v2?

[vague pine]

no, i was hoping for around $20 mark

[light bay]

how good of a deal was that lumix g7 for like $600 on prime day earlier?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00X409TIC?\

had a lens too

oh wait you arent ghosty 💀

i mixed you two up

[vague pine]

how

[light bay]

my condolences

[fair moon]

Only 16mp seems a bit weird

[vague pine]

wolfgang and ghosty aint similar in any way

we dont have similar pfps

[light bay]

both mods

[vague pine]

i talk about mice and mousepads

[light bay]

yea

[vague pine]

ghosty talks bout audio and photography

[light bay]

💀

dawg idk

[vague pine]

i should lower your rank

[light bay]

to techie?

👀

[vague pine]

back down to regular+

[light bay]

well, that was worth a shot

[jolly inlet]

Why bother with the extra character, the + is overrated

[light bay]

hell, may as well go rookie

lmfao

[jolly inlet]

Rookie doesn't exist any more

[vague pine]

also, prime deal on the razer orochi v2 is 34.97. normal price is 34.99 💀

[light bay]

yes

[light bay]

im sure that could be arranged

[jolly inlet]

Gotta love Amazon, they never use shady tactics like marking things up to discount them or using the MSRP on 6 year old items or finding the highest listed price on eBay and using that as a base...

[light bay]

camelcamelcamel tells no lies

[fleet marlin]

Only the white model is $35 though.

[jolly inlet]

Amazon is racist confirmed

[light bay]

lets start a #

cancel culture time

[fleet marlin]

Which of these would ya pick? Both 20K optical sensor. Probably just a shape choice tbh.

[jolly inlet]

Imo deathadder

[vague pine]

both good, just depends on what shape you like. dont know if that version of the deathadder has it, but the viper ultimate has rubber grips which to some people can be kinda bad

me i have the ultimate, i dont mind the rubber much on the sides

[cinder kiln]

They're almost identical underneath, go by shape preference

[fleet marlin]

right on. DA probably would be my pick mostly for being obviously a nice wireless replacement/clone/upgrade. btw AK620 is still $52.

[cinder kiln]

You should also see if the orochi sale is back or if the viper mini is also on sale, if you're hunting for a razer mouse

[jolly inlet]

I'll continue being a Logitech shill and say dat 21k hero sensor is nice

I do acknowledge the click issues on their switches though, I'm not a blind fanboy

[light holly]

Dis one

https://www.amazon.com/Razer-Naga-Trinity-Optical-Interchangeable/dp/B0788MCRGC

:P

[fleet marlin]

Points for the name, but pass.

[light holly]

Orochi v2 is amazing

[fleet marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/trinity-the-matrix-carrie-anne-moss-gif-24489506

[cinder kiln]

Naga's a real MMO or CAD mouse

Definitely not my first pick for regular games

[jolly inlet]

If it has less than 15 buttons I'll pass

For MMOs

[light holly]

Same

I love my redragon perdition

[cinder kiln]

I'm probably alone on this but I want a razer mamba return

[light holly]

I really like the secondary fire button

[fleet marlin]

25K you mean? I haven't used logitech for years, since I had a lil $15ish plain old cheap cheap model of some sort. Also, a dang spaceship

[cinder kiln]

Mamba, felt so nice to me

[jolly inlet]

Ah it's 25k? Yeah I lost track and went by memory, mb

Yep that g502 is what I've got

Freewheeeeeel

[fleet marlin]

edit: Normally a "the office" gif of you know what.

[cinder kiln]

[light holly]

Whats wrong with the naga that makes you pass on it? Just curious.

[cinder kiln]

Me or chillin lol

Cos I have one

[light holly]

Chillin like a villain

[light holly]

I really want it, but I already have 2 mice hooked to my pc that I swap between.. idk how well I could handle a third.

[vague pine]

logitech sensor go brrrr

https://media.giphy.com/media/4a6EnU6qiGwU1lXcu7/giphy.gif

[light holly]

I mean I actively use both.

[cinder kiln]

Especially if you're mixing brands with all that software

[light holly]

Well redragon is fine. Its minimal.

I have the orochi so another razer product wouldn't be bad.

[cinder kiln]

I don't use my naga for MMO though so I'm not a good opinion on it. I use it for CAD work

[light holly]

I would honestly be using it for the 7 button side.

I do use my redragon for other games as it has the 12. And I use orchi for browsing as well as certain games that don't require so many buttons

The redrafon also has a secondary left click button so thats cool

[cinder kiln]

https://www.amazon.com/Razer-Orochi-Mobile-Wireless-Gaming/dp/B0916MW7CG/ref=sr_1_4

https://www.amazon.com/Razer-Viper-Ultralight-Gaming-Mouse/dp/B084RPZD6T/ref=sr_1_2

they are having sales it looks like

$23 for a viper mini pretty good

[fleet marlin]

Mainly the million buttons, but 99% of my games are FPS & I'm good w/ my simple DA & it's 2 side buttons.

[light holly]

Ah alright.

[cinder kiln]

https://www.amazon.com/Razer-Seiren-Mini-Streaming-Microphone/dp/B08HH3FTYT/ref=sr_1_46

👀

[light holly]

Just get this one

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B09X8D13JS/ref=sspa_mw_detail_0?ie=UTF8&psc=1&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9kZXRhaWwp13NParams

[cinder kiln]

looks like it'd transform and break my finger

[light holly]

Lol 2nd review :D

Eludes to megatron

[cinder kiln]

omg

the Q&A

idk if I can share that

THE REVIEW AS WELL

[light holly]

Yeah the review and answer are from the same person

[cinder kiln]

that might be a decent price one sec

[light holly]

Only 100 off what amazon usually sells it

[cinder kiln]

ah

amazon moment damn

[stoic crest]

not that great of a deal

[azure pond]

Mmmmm

That 12600kf do be tempting me

[grand orbit]

V nice price

But 13th gen so close

[azure pond]

Has anything been leaked about the month it'll launch in, if you know?

[grand orbit]

No leaks but basically always guaranteed sept/oct

[light holly]

Even with 13th gen so close.. that 12600KF is pretty solid price though right? Like a 13600KF is probably gonna drop at like.. $400??

I mean, idk. That's why I'm asking.

Because I'm really contemplating picking it up.

I already have the 12600K, but for that price.. I feel like it'd be a good idea.

[azure pond]

I'd imagine 13600k will be ~300

Though it depends if it's the same core count as 13400

[light holly]

I guess I only paid 279 for my 12600K. For some reason I thought I paid closer to $400.

[pulsar fable]

hold up, that laptop's 3070 is only 85w

"240W TDP cooler" for $20. Somehow I doubt it
https://www.amazon.com/Pccooler-GI-R66U-Slient-CPU-PWM-Fan-Sports/dp/B086K37QHC/ref=sr_1_20?keywords=cpu%2Bcooler&qid=1657718385&refinements=p_n_specials_match%3A21213697011&rnid=21213696011&sprefix=cpu%2Bcool%2Caps%2C74&sr=8-20&th=1

[brisk sphinx]

Looks like another SE-224xt, gamaxx 400, etc style cooler

Nvm it’s 6 heat pipes instead of 4

[grand orbit]

More like 280-300 prolly

[pulsar fable]

would an extra 2 pipes make a difference in a cooler this size? Seems smaller than other air coolers of a similar tdp

[brisk sphinx]

Oh I doubt it’s actually 240tdp but it still should be better than 4 heat pipe coolers of similar design

[pulsar fable]

so its taking the logic of a vetroo v5, but adding yet another pipe

[brisk sphinx]

Basically

[tiny heron]

Is fennec a trustworthy seller?

I see that name pop up a lot

[azure pond]

never heard of it before

[azure pond]

how is the HP x27q?

[grand orbit]

I read that as 6500xt lmao

[azure pond]

its on sale for $175 and im contemplating it

[grand orbit]

Meant your tech deal lol

Uh idk tbh

Is it on rtings.com?

[azure pond]

ah

oh right, ill check one sec

[grand orbit]

Or have hwunboxed/their monitor channel done a vid on it?

[tiny heron]

Thays who is selling that 6650xt

[azure pond]

oh i didnt check that

not many reviews

seems sus

$700 3080 12gb on b stock

$650 10gb

[fleet marlin]

Good. This might be 1 thing I actually buy today. Gonna be awesome secondary screen until gpu upgraded.

[azure pond]

im debating, if i buy it ill be waiting longer to upgrade my cpu and mb

so i think ima skip on it

[flat junco]

I ordered it, worst that can happen is I'll end up returning it. Amazon returns are easy.

I have a 2716dg right now

https://youtu.be/PQoQMpkqOko

[light holly]

@shut spoke discussion in here. It must be over. I just took a look and it's not showing up on mine either.

[fleet marlin]

980 Pro is $10 cheaper at newegg. I was gonna rebuy a P31 at 160 but the SN850 is tempting. Trying it the TT HP into cart instead of the weird page w/ only "place order". EDIT: bought the HP!

[brisk sphinx]

How much worse would an SN850 be on PCie 3.0?

Compared to a P31?

[high radish]

They will be same i guess since sn850 will by limited by gen3 speed

[brisk sphinx]

Actually nah, doesn’t seem like a good idea for my laptop because of the extra heat

Sticking with my P31 plan

[grave delta]

P31 is an easy choice for a laptop

[high radish]

if your laptop not supporting gen4 then there's no point of getting gen4 ssd lol

If you have plan to upgrade soon then yeah

[fleet marlin]

P31 w/ it's great overall latency and such would probably beat (for general use) any gen 4 ssd that's set on gen 3, plus obviously the outright lower power/heat. Edit: sn850 sold by Amazon might be temporary oos anyways.

[pulsar fable]

Yeah that p31 is tempting to get for my laptop because of the low heat

[shut spoke]

Is the p41 sold out?

For 2 tb

[high radish]

980pro is available at newegg

[brisk sphinx]

Only reason I was asking was that $135 SN850 at best buy

Compared to $160 P31

[high radish]

I think it was pricing error couse it went oos too fast

135$ for sn850 is great deal

it's good to see amd cpus for sale around but intel being intel again

[fleet marlin]

It was. I ordered one then later was refunded. Alex might as well do p31. When you need or can use gen 4, I bet there'll be new sales or ssds.

[marsh sphinx]

https://a.co/d/8GUwV7t this a good psu?

[azure pond]

No

[marsh sphinx]

Waa

[azure pond]

Asus tuf 650 is the same price

Also there's a tier list pinned in #cases-psu-and-cooling

Anything a or b tier is fine for the most part, with a few exceptions

And if going for an 850, I'd try for an a tier

[marsh sphinx]

I legit don’t have anything power intensive

[azure pond]

Again with a few exceptions, like the GT is B tier and is fine for a 3080

I'd just get the asus tuf then

What gpu and cpu do you have?

[marsh sphinx]

Is that good?

I5 12400f and rn a gtx 970

[azure pond]

What gpu do you plan to upgrade to?

[marsh sphinx]

If ever I’d get something like a rtx 3060 ti but unless they get better stock I may in a year get a 1660/1650 super or smth

[azure pond]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Dn8bt6/asus-tuf-gaming-650-w-80-bronze-certified-atx-power-supply-tuf-gaming-650b

If you want smthn a bit better and higher wattage, nzxt C 750 is $70 rn

[cinder kiln]

Stock is getting better at a very rapid rate on 30 series, prices have been slowly coming down for months

[azure pond]

Though unneeded for a 3060 ti

Also yeah, you can get a 3060 ti for just around $500

[cinder kiln]

I would also pick a tuf bronze over a GD

[azure pond]

Isn't GD c tier felix?

[marsh sphinx]

Not as tempting as a 200$ 1650 s

Ima cheap steak lifestyle

[azure pond]

1650s is quickly becoming entry level

[cinder kiln]

Yes the V version there is C, the other version like D tier iirc

[azure pond]

I'd get a $260 6600

[marsh sphinx]

I’m biased to the color green

Lmao

[azure pond]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/M9ytt6/msi-radeon-rx-6600-8-gb-mech-2x-video-card-rx-6600-mech-2x-8g

[azure pond]

Then get a 2060 off evga b stock

[cinder kiln]

Considering AM5 will likely have 1650 level perf on their iGPU's I wouldn't drop money on a 1650 rn

Tuf bronze is based tho, good pricing in a lot of regions especially where computer knowledge is limited cos everyone thinks "Oh bronze bad" but it's actually built solid as hell lol

[marsh sphinx]

Yea for sure

[marsh sphinx]

So this is better? Or at the very least worth it? I’m just trying to get rid of my annoying coil whine honestly

[molten halo]

Or that 1080ti for like 190

[azure pond]

Yes

[marsh sphinx]

Bet

[normal tiger]

waiting to cop, my dream come true

[steel wren]

im figthing the urge, so many good deals

[quasi pasture]

i dont need to, because im broke and cant buy anything anyway

[pulsar fable]

No more 1080TIs in bstock

[quasi pasture]

indeed

https://tenor.com/view/cat-swim-in-milk-cat-kitty-milk-milk-cat-gif-23473453

[pallid geyser]

Any more deals on monitors you fellas have found?

The one posted earlier is sold out

[high radish]

https://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-GeForce-Graphics-IceStorm-ZT-A30600H-10M/dp/B08W8DGK3X?ref_=Oct_DLandingS_D_be47ef7a_60&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

[pallid geyser]

#1 best seller

[azure pond]

6600xt still cheaper

6650xt actually cheaper rn

[high radish]

https://tenor.com/view/zotac-wasabiwang-3080-rtx-rtx3080-gif-18908612

[azure pond]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/NDvdnQ/xfx-radeon-rx-6650-xt-8-gb-speedster-swft-210-core-video-card-rx-665x8dfdy

[pallid geyser]

Dang, $69 for PC37x isn’t terrible. + they have a thing to sign up on your first order for $10 off, so $59 pc37x

[pallid geyser]

But yeah if anyone sees a monitor deal hit a brother up

[high radish]

I got DT990 PRO 250OHM FOR 104$ FROM NEWEGG

OOF i HATE THIS KEYBOARD

holy

Capslock inticator is at very bad place its hard to see

[azure pond]

looking for 1440p, or what?

[pallid geyser]

Yeah, I believe so. Preferably 144hz+

[high radish]

saw hp 2k 165hz monitor for 170$ at amazon

its 280$ now

https://www.amazon.com/tt/webview

shows sold out

btw there was lots of warehouse AIOs for cheap

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08G1Q3GZR/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_9DVFSNBXMCJ0SPV5GKD0_0?tag=espresso004b-20 72$ for warehouse

[steel wren]

holly molly nice deal you nailed there bacca

and not a prime one

btw you had yours still on the package right?

[high radish]

just a reminder this is still aviable for 119$ https://www.walmart.com/ip/seort/905918032

[vagrant otter]

are there any good sets of ram on sale for prime day?

16g

[azure pond]

how much are you looking to spend

[vagrant otter]

idk just something reasonably good for the price?

i ahve a set of ballistix 16g 3600

but

they dont sell them anymore

[azure pond]

well you can get a decent 32gb kit for $80, which imo is worth it

[vagrant otter]

oh really?

i was also wodnering if you could mismatch diff brands

[azure pond]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/B8QcCJ/silicon-power-gaming-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr4-3200-cl16-memory-sp032gxlzu320bdaj7

i wouldnt recommend it

youd have to make sure they have the same die

[vagrant otter]

do you know which manufacture use the same die as ballistix?

just so i dont have to buy a completely new set

but this deal seems good too

80 for 32

[grave delta]

What die are your ballistix?

[vagrant otter]

how do i check them?

[grave delta]

Post a pic of the label on the stick

Then find a matching die on hardwareswap/ebay

I wouldn't worry about it too much if you just get any other matching xmp kit tbh

[light bay]

ballistix is nice reliable die typically which is great

better than like team or corsair can say

[grave delta]

Well, it's 100% micron, but that could be 8gbit rev.e, 16gbit rev.e or rev.b, etc

[light bay]

yea

[vagrant otter]

they're these just for reference, or are the dies diff for each stick?

https://www.amazon.ca/Crucial-Ballistix-Desktop-Gaming-BL2K16G32C16U4W/dp/B083TYS4TL/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Ballistix&qid=1657756151&sr=8-2&th=1

[grave delta]

Those are rev.e

8gbit single rank

[light bay]

both sticks will have the same die

[vagrant otter]

okay

so i should go on ebay and search that up?

[grave delta]

Do you intend to run it all at 3200mhz?

Searching ebay for "rev.e" likely won't be useful

Any 3200mhz crucial 2x8 kit will also be single rank rev.e afaik

[vagrant otter]

i mean i think there is barely a difference

[grave delta]

https://www.newegg.com/ballistix-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820164198

[vagrant otter]

oh wait but this just wouldnt be worth it since you can get 32 for 80?

they are very over priced since they arent produced anymore

so i was wondering if i could get another set

[grave delta]

32 for 80 sounds like a very good deal

I don't think I've seen 2x16 crucial kits that low

[vagrant otter]

yeah not crucial

[vagrant otter]

its these ones

sorry for the ping

[grave delta]

If you're just running them xmp, just switch to 2x16, sure

Sell the crucials

What cpu?

Get better ram, lol

[vagrant otter]

11500

[vagrant otter]

wait what

[short jewel]

https://newegg.io/e8098f1 what would y'all say bout this

[azure pond]

i wouldnt use neweggs building service, it tends to be overpricced

id do lian li galahad for aio

[short jewel]

I am just asking what would you say about the build

[azure pond]

also for ssd, if youre gaming, p31

rm 850 is cheaper and better

and corsair makes mid ram, i wouldnt buy it

theres a tridenz white rgb kit

[vagrant otter]

do you have any recomandations for mid ranged ssds?

[azure pond]

mp33

[vagrant otter]

any good prime day sales?

https://www.amazon.com/TEAMGROUP-Solid-State-Drive-Gen3x4/dp/B07XHMBQK3/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3LI8NYSVY03PG&keywords=mp33&qid=1657759520&sprefix=mp33%2Caps%2C125&sr=8-3

[azure pond]

sn570 if its still on sale

[vagrant otter]

this?

[azure pond]

yeah

[vagrant otter]

and this right

https://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-SN570-Internal-Solid/dp/B09HKDQ1RN/ref=sr_1_3?crid=L4TDP07G37LI&keywords=sn570&qid=1657759542&sprefix=sn570%2Caps%2C81&sr=8-3

[azure pond]

ye, not on asle anymore

[vagrant otter]

oh damn

there arent any other deals?

[azure pond]

most good ones ended, check #tech-deals

[vagrant otter]

how much od you think speed matters?

[azure pond]

if youre gaming

mp33 is perfectly fine

if youre looking for something better, id jump to the p31

[vagrant otter]

3500 vs 7000 seems like a big diff

oh okay

[azure pond]

for gaming its not a huge diff

[vagrant otter]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KFS6THF?tag=pcpapi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1

so its probably not wroht it

to go for this

7000 but 20 dollars more

[azure pond]

if youre gaming, sn850 isnt worth it

if youre not gaming, yeah sn850 is a great ssd

[vagrant otter]

tysm

for the advice

[short jewel]

Is there any other good custom pc buidling service then (idk how to build pc + everything is more overpriced than newegg in my country)

[azure pond]

Just look for local pc shops around you, a lot of them will probably do customs

[short jewel]

see now the thing is they cant even afford a good i5 cpu at a half-decent price

[vagrant otter]

i mean things boil down to some really simple ideas, building a pc isnt that hard, there are tons of people here that will guide you through it, just find a tutorial online

[light holly]

Building a pc is pretty easy. For a first time, it will be time consuming of course, but you can always hop into #building-and-recc-chat and you'll get all the help you'll need plus some.

Watching a few YouTube vids also goes a long way in visualizing what you'll need to do. I recommend checking them out asap so you can see just how simple it really is. Watch a couple. Take a few days, watch a couple more. Ask questions about what this and that is and you'll be well on your way to building your own pc.

[steel wren]

there is nothing wrong to have a custom build service for your new pc, but you should be aware that prices will be higher on the components in those services... nobody buys bread to sell bread at the same price.

[grave delta]

Well said, diy build isn't right for everyone

[brisk sphinx]

@azure pond That CLC 280 is used…

[grand orbit]

It's still 50$ tho

[brisk sphinx]

But used AIO

[grand orbit]

True

[brisk sphinx]

Especially when it already goes on sale for around $65 new often

[grand orbit]

I guess ye

[azure pond]

Oh sorry, didn't see that

[short jewel]

Its still more expensive to just build the pc.gpu from my country ts like an additonal 400$ and the cpu Costs 200$ extra I didnt even wanna bother looking for all other parts and I cant use amazon since I am not from USA

And the motherboard I want they didnt even have it

[grand orbit]

What country are you in

[fair moon]

Yeah it stays at that price for long periods of time. I probably wouldn't save $15 to get a used AIO

[flat junco]

@sonic grail Those Sony's are great, I bought the XM3's refurbed off ebay and haven't had any issues with them. I heard the mic is better on the xm4's.

[normal tiger]

For those familiar with the lego games on the humble bundle set, are any of the games online multiplayer (playing with a friend online) or is it just single player?

[flat junco]

If I remember right, I think they're local co-op only. But you can probably use steam remote play.

[gusty willow]

there havent been any good bundles lately

[normal tiger]

Ohh gotcha thanks 🙏

[cloud hornet]

To add on to Remote Play, Parsec is also good if Steam Remote Play is giving issues.

[fair moon]

Deep Rock is great but the 2 or 3 bundles before were absolute trash

Especially the one with Star Wars Squadrons as the headliner cause so many people got free keys and you can buy em for under $2

[stark dirge]

whats a good monitor at a budget of 150?

[fair moon]

You can get decent 1080p 144hz displays for that, maybe cheaper 1440p ones as well?

[fair moon]

What res/refresh rate are you thinking of?

[stark dirge]

144 hz

[fair moon]

Yeah so unless you find a really good deal, for $150 you're probably gonna be looking at 1080p 144hz

Decide if you want IPS or VA panel and then set some search filters on Amazon and newegg

[fleet marlin]

Msi g241/g242 might be 1 of the good options around that price. There were a few crazy deals yesterday.

[soft ingot]

Question for y'all. My brother just had a motherboard breakdown on his computer that was very similar to this. I found pretty much the same model with newer parts for a great price, is it worth risking buying it and hoping something similar doesn't happen in the next two years?
https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/7315644/Lenovo-IdeaPad-3-Laptop-156-Screen/#Specs

[stark dirge]

okay so i found this: https://www.amazon.com/Sceptre-FreeSync-DisplayPort-Speakers-E255B-FWD168/dp/B09B9CX2NF/ref=sr_1_6?crid=3IYNWJN50T21Z&keywords=144hz+gaming+monitor+23.5+inch&qid=1657833613&sprefix=144+hz+gaming+monitor+23.5+inch%2Caps%2C47&sr=8-6

any good?

[fair moon]

If you're good with IPS I would get this one

https://www.amazon.com/AOC-24G2-Frameless-Adjustable-Guarantee/dp/B07WVN6CWT/

[fair moon]

I believe that is a TN panel, I personally would avoid that and get either IPS or VA

VA has some smearing but great contrast, IPS is a good all-rounder

TN tends to have worse colors and bad viewing angles

[light bay]

Tn used to be for pushing those high refresh rates

That was kinda the main purpose

But now ips and stuff is really good so yeah

[fair moon]

Your call depending on how you trust warranty and customer service. That's a good deal though. I got a similar laptop but with a 120hz display and 16gn ram from Dell for $575ish but that's over now

[fair moon]

(the AOC one I linked is IPS, and on sale rn)

The Ryzen 5825 is great

[soft ingot]

My leonvo laptop is going on 5 years and while it has slowed down I've had no issues. Meanwhile, his laptop would require a MOBO fix that's more expensive than the laptop. Hence why I'm nervous

[fair moon]

...though depending on when you need the laptop it could be worth it to wait for Ryzen 6000 mobile

[fair moon]

Yeah I know people who love the thinkpads but they're mostly using older models

[soft ingot]

His hardest games are DBD and Minecraft, I think he'd be ok lol.

I have a yoga, no complaints from me

A lot of the simliar laptops are Ryzen 5 and or 256 GB, I guess I'm just afraid this one will break after two years

Also I can't figure out what the difference between thinkpad and ideapad is, seems like a rebrand more than a tech change

[brisk sphinx]

Most people that love thinkpads, me included are using high end ones

The low end ones are really bad

[soft ingot]

Define lowend

[brisk sphinx]

Any sub 1-1.5k imo

[soft ingot]

ah, gotcha

This one is retail 750, so I'd consider it mid end

His twin's exact same laptop is still kicking, which also confuses me

[stark dirge]

what does that mean ;-;

[flat junco]

Oooof, you just missed out on yesterday's deal.

HP x27q, 1440p 165hz, $186 after tax

It was on sale 4 months ago though, so you might want to wait, if you can

[fleet marlin]

Well tbh it's not the usual sale, it's that Amazon treadure truck deal. I got 1, lol

[mighty otter]

does Bdie ram make any difference for people who dont overlock??

[fleet marlin]

Not really. The "flat" timings are nice but for non overclockers better off saving the $$.

[mighty otter]

Thx

[slow sluice]

t420?

[flat junco]

Oh really, I saw a post from 4 months ago, but I think the price was $179

I get mine on Sunday. I saw comments where people accidentally got two sent to them 🤞

[fleet marlin]

Yep, $189 after tax. No m27Q but also not $260+. Taking a while to ship but oh well.

[marsh sphinx]

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/Cert134w/saved/wBDTMp
Anything I should change or add?

[stoic crest]

It says the list is private

[marsh sphinx]

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/Cert134w/saved/#view=JKHspg
This should work

[slow sluice]

Is this a new build or upgrading an old build

[flat junco]

Wtf, mine was just delivered...

Two days early, only got one monitor though

[grand orbit]

Assuming you're building new
https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/MrB3mr

[azure pond]

x27q is back down to $201

who was it that was looking at it but it went oos?

[high radish]

Third part seller

[swift forge]

#tech-deals message

Ain’t no one paying for delivery

[jolly inlet]

They have a good enough rating that it shouldn't be a total scam at least

[brisk sphinx]

@azure pond How do you get that monitor to be $201? It comes up at $269 for me

[azure pond]

Ig sale ended

[azure pond]

Hey fal, the silicon power 3200c16 gray kit is same price and better timings

[jolly inlet]

Yeah true. Memory is getting crazy cheap now. Not long ago a 16gb 3200 kit would be this price.

[azure pond]

Ye it's nice

Cheapest 32gb 3600c16 kit is $135

Down a bit but not really worth $55 extra

[jolly inlet]

It is worth it for AMD at XMP

But not really for Intel

[azure pond]

Eh, id just get a $90 3600c18 kit then

[cinder kiln]

I'd rather stick the extra 50 in a gpu or cpu upgrade tho

[jolly inlet]

Not a lot of stepping up in tiers for those you can do for $50

[cinder kiln]

Ya but it's even less so on ram lol

Like $50 can mean the difference for a bump up from a 6600XT to 6650 for example

Just a measure of what's really worth it tbf

[jolly inlet]

True enough. It all comes down to the balance of performance for the parts.

[cinder kiln]

Omg a strix with basically no strix tax

Has hell frozen over

[cloud hornet]

Well, its still by Asus so not really. Any failure means... well... a not fun time lol.

[stoic crest]

tfw asus rma is very good in where i live

[fleet marlin]

Added link to it on newegg also, as if that means much.

[oak sentinel]

Logitech rma here is

Beyond garbage

15+ days

And they dont even provide a stand in mouse

[stoic crest]

wew

[steel wren]

aaaaaand its gone

strix oos

[stoic crest]

strix is so popular

[steel wren]

any thoughts on the b660 aorus master? looking for a 660 mobo between 160-200 and this combo looks...ok https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails?ItemList=Combo.4505179

[stoic crest]

it's a decent board

[steel wren]

any other options at that range to have a look?

[stoic crest]

that price of 12600kf is meh ngl

12700f can be had for similar price

hm nvm

but if you buy mobo and cpu individually

you actually get better deal

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8YvzBc

[steel wren]

hmmm trying to fit a build with a 3080 on a 1.5k budget for me

[stoic crest]

You get a z mobo for this

Similar price as the bundle

[steel wren]

oh cool

yeah that board seems better

[stoic crest]

hm 1.5k budget with 3080?

i would wanna do 6800xt instead but lemme see

[steel wren]

mobo+cpu+mem+cooler+gpu and psu

could be possible

should be

[stoic crest]

ye

i mean if you can get b-stock, it's pretty nice

unless you want all new parts

[steel wren]

all new in fact

[stoic crest]

aight

i'll see what i can do

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wrYjNc @steel wren

Had to step down to b660

But same mobo except matx

[steel wren]

lets see

[stoic crest]

Funny how 3080 12 gigs is cheaper than og 10 one

[steel wren]

yeah the case can be killed as well, sorry for that

[stoic crest]

ah

[steel wren]

thats 60 more bucks, maybe to upgrade to 12700f

i guess

[stoic crest]

i can get the case off?

[steel wren]

yeah

[stoic crest]

alright

[steel wren]

im using the 5000x already at my desk

[stoic crest]

that's good then

makes way for extras

depending on your current psu, i might be able to kill the psu

btw for the ssd, you can also buy from newegg for same price

[steel wren]

yeah the actual cant be used, it s 750ga... known as shutting down on 3080 spikes

[stoic crest]

free shipping, basically same as prime

[steel wren]

must be a new psu

[stoic crest]

oof, yeah

g5 850w will do just fine

it's the best b tier

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/D9tGnt

updated the ssd kek

pcpp has a liking for amazon i guess

[brisk sphinx]

Why not go gaming Z trio for $30 over ventus?

[stoic crest]

well ventus is still good enough

it won't matter much if you don't mine

[steel wren]

can be a lil picky? an m mobo couldnt look good on the big 5000x 😦

[stoic crest]

hm okay

but i'll have to bump cpu down to 12600k

[brisk sphinx]

Nvm the ventus and gaming Z trio are same price because the ventus is $30 with a MIR

I really doubt anyone will mess with that for $30 off

[stoic crest]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6RYjNc

there you go

even if you don't mess with rebate with this one

it would still fit 1.5k

[brisk sphinx]

If you don’t mess with rebate then go for the gaming Z trio, same price and all…

[stoic crest]

hmn true

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YLF2bK okay final one

[stoic crest]

wait the z trio is also on rebate too lol

[steel wren]

that last one is perfect

[brisk sphinx]

Wait is it?

[stoic crest]

yes

so without rebate, the ventus is still cheaper

[brisk sphinx]

Damnit MSI

[steel wren]

im more inclined for the x trio than the ventus, dunno why? maybe becasue its a ventus idk

[jolly inlet]

Ventus is 💩 cooler, the 3x is good enough for up to a 3070 though

Gaming Z is the exact opposite

[brisk sphinx]

^

[jolly inlet]

One of MSI's top models with a decent factory overclock

[steel wren]

oh

good to know then 😮

[brisk sphinx]

How does the gaming Z compare to suprim X?

[jolly inlet]

Better

Z is the Omega after all

I looked at the stats for 20 series cards a while back and the gaming X/Z models were consistently in the top 10% of their tier

[steel wren]

got the build bookmarked for tomorrow, goin to use the same build for my sis but ill give her my 60ti and my 750ga

[brisk sphinx]

Hmm I was always under the impression suprim as being the highest tier MSI card

[brittle lagoon]

Suprim is for ampere afaik, suprim wasn't a thing for 20 series

Straight up just looking at spec suprim gets higher boost clocks

[cinder kiln]

They're both 3x8 cards, depends on the card's binning

[cinder kiln]

I would spend $5 more on a enermax D.F 850W on this list @steel wren or get a G6 from b stock if they still have it for $85 EDIT: Nvm deal not on EVGA anymore as far as I can tell

You may as well if you want an 850W

[stoic crest]

He wants all new parts

[cinder kiln]

Enermax d.f is new

[prisma rover]

I found these two notebooks with these specs.

#1: https://imgur.com/lzF3PwI
#2: https://imgur.com/DxzVJN3

they are each 1600. Can I do "any better"? Are there any other ones that would be good or better/cheaper?
Its mainly for school stuff AND some games. I have main PC at home, but I will be commuting between two houses and dont want to be without games while I am at the other house.

[high radish]

This one is pretty good too https://www.ebay.com/itm/125058259597?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=VbCS6q0NQ6a&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=QikrwtJhTda&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

And this one https://www.ebay.com/itm/125406910849?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=VbCS6q0NQ6a&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=QikrwtJhTda&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[light holly]

@high radish can you fix the link? your : hmm: is breaking it

[high radish]

Oh fixed

Thanks

[light holly]

🙂

[high radish]

its very sad to see 3090s for that price

[light holly]

I'm quite tempted

[high radish]

https://tenor.com/view/cocaine-strix-gang-strix-3090-rtx-white-gif-22429477

[azure pond]

having a big emote doesnt make that gpu any worse of a deal

[stoic crest]

^

[marsh sphinx]

If I downgrade 6600xt to 6600 would there be any major difference?

[grand orbit]

This should help you compare
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/903768190717411339/981666325866885180/unknown.png

[light bay]

Lol seems a bit off

6650xt<2070s?

[grand orbit]

Not exact, demonmit made it based off timespy i think it's a rough guide

[light bay]

Ah so drivers aren't taken into account as much?

Issue is, if you did that with Arc currently, it'd be way way higher on the chart than actual real use would see

[graceful mantle]

Get the mp33 pro

Only a little more for much better preformance

[stoic crest]

the list was changed later on anyway lol

doesn't matter anymore

[azure pond]

The mp33 pro is not much better in real world performance

[stoic crest]

also ^

i literally use a wd green sata ssd here and it's honestly ntb

im sure mp33 is pretty good for any real world usage that's not too reliant on sequentials

[light bay]

Yeah it can have a little issue with super long writes since dramless but typically normal people aren't doing that much

[grand orbit]

Yeah i saw

[fleet marlin]

Asus tuf 12GB 3080 was $750 at Walmart. Hold onto your wallets a while.

[high radish]

Eww tuf

My friend got 3070ti tuf

It's temps sux

[fleet marlin]

70 ti issues(or skill/case/ambient temp issue) . TuF is better than the ftw3 though, on most models

[cloud hornet]

Apart from 2x8P issues, TUF 80/90 has amazing PCBs. Close to the best one can get, and is the best you can get for the price most of the time in terms of PCB quality

Tho, $800 Strix 3080 12GB (if that still exists) do be making TUF a mildly hard choice

[stoic crest]

tuf is one of the best 30 series cards

it's really only below strix tbh

[high radish]

White strix 3090 gone

[fleet marlin]

Basically it's $50 for TuF cooler, $100 for Strix card VS FE. Yep it's still available (on amazon at least). Decent price or not, tbh I consider 2ports a plus. Gonna UV anyways & 50+ % higher watttage is a moderate increase from Pascal, regardless of performance.

[lean briar]

Any gpu deals

3060 ti - 3080

[flat junco]

Do you have a Microcenter nearby?

[lean briar]

No

Newegg bb amazon

Anyone that can ship

[flat junco]

I figured, I think microcenter is the only one in stock right now

Oh wait

@lean briar https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09QH85MZ4?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

$799

[high radish]

Strix gang best gang

[lean briar]

I wanted that atrix 3080 😢

Or even 3070 ti

[high radish]

12gb 3080 for 800$ amazing

Especially because it's strix

[lean briar]

[flat junco]

https://www.newegg.com/msi-geforce-rtx-3080-rtx-3080-ventus-3x-plus-12g-oc-lhr/p/N82E16814137712 $769 for MSI Ventus

[high radish]

Ewww

Lowest tier gpu

[flat junco]

What's worse, Gigabyte or MSI

[lean briar]