Tech Gaming Hardware discussion (& Hardware Sales) thread

[PEB]

I will never understand the second hand gpu market. it was dumb as shit back when the voodoo banshee came out and it never seemed to get any better.

AMD GPU's are not nearly as bad but who is buying used AMD GPU's?

 

[rob mafia]

sweet, a whole 128 GB! that changes everything! 1 game per ssd. you guys wanted discless, now you have to change drives out in between each game.

lolz. this innocuous comment apparently brought a lot of butthurt, one month later.

 

[rob mafia]

People are genuinely brain dead at times I was interested in seeing how much RTX 2070 cards where selling for seeing now that the RTX 3070 announcement and sales are around the corner. Given that Nvidia already stated that they made a huge mistake with the RTX 3080 release they plan on having tons more of the RTX 3070 available on launch day. So here you have a 499 dollar card going to start selling on Oct 29 for 499 you would think used RTX 2070 would be selling for under to well under that price. Well I saw one on Ebay 2 mins left at 345 dollars I thought this was my lucky day of course not within 30 seconds it went from 345 to 430 dollars and then 445.00 dollars with a 20 dollar shipping fee. So here you have some brain dead buyer who just forked over 465 dollars for a card that is used and obsolete in 8 days. They could have waited till 6 am on the 29 and taken a shot a better shot at a brand new RTX 3070 for 499. Remember based on reports the RTX 3070 is as fast as the pervious generation RTX 2080 for half the money.

i can't help it. i need my 2070 by saturday.

 

[dAfTiE]

AMD GPU's are not nearly as bad but who is buying used AMD GPU's?

Friends don't let friends buy AMD gpus. Last one I owned they were still ATi

 

[rob mafia]

Friends don't let friends buy AMD gpus. Last one I owned they were still ATi

we'll know more in a week. rdna2 might be pretty solid.

 

[method115]

Friends don't let friends buy AMD gpus. Last one I owned they were still ATi

Last one I had was a 290 and I said never again. My cousin got a new PC and when he got it I remember I picked it out for him but I was hesitant because it had a 580x. Now he can't play video games on that PC without having one of those cheap walmart fans just blowing on it with the case open.

 

[Slobodan]

Friends don't let friends buy AMD gpus. Last one I owned they were still ATi

Last one I had was a 290 and I said never again. My cousin got a new PC and when he got it I remember I picked it out for him but I was hesitant because it had a 580x. Now he can't play video games on that PC without having one of those cheap walmart fans just blowing on it with the case open.

I have an RX 5700XT, it's been great and I never had any issues with it.

 

[Madmick]

Received the Airflow case the other day, non RBG version. Installed everything, plenty of space for cable management and the case looks great. Feels high quality. Very satisfied with it.

I really like the dark tinted tempered glass. Some reviewers have that as a negative but for me it's a big plus. Gives it a nice look and it's perfect for people who don't really have a bunch of fancy looking components to show off inside.

Only negative about this case is that there is only one USB port in the front.

You mean only one USB Type-A port in the "front" (actually top), right? It has that USB-C front port. I considered that one of the more advanced features. Yeah, you gotta plug your mouse in the back, because I think most like the convenience of using a front port for their USB headset, these days, unless you have a headset that is 3.5mm or already on the USB-C standard, of course, but for everything else, that port's form factor is the future. If you snag yourself a cheap USB-C to USB-C or USB-C to USB-Mini-A cable you can use it to charge your phone as fast as the wall.

 

[Madmick]

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core CPU Hits 5 GHz Without Breaking A Sweat

The Ryzen 9 5950X was just a few megahertz shy of 5 GHz in yesterday's leaked benchmarks. However, the 16-core monster (via @Tum_Apisak) has redeemed itself today by shattering the 5 GHz mark.

AMD advertises its Ryzen 5000 (codename Vermeer) processors with their maximum boost clock speeds. However, the value doesn't take into the chipmaker's own Precision Boost Overdrive (PBO) technology. Under the right conditions, PBO allows the processor to boost beyond AMD's specifications. That feature is probably why the Ryzen 9 5950X, Ryzen 9 5900X and Ryzen 7 5800X are ticking faster than their advertised values in the newly uncovered Geekbench 5 submissions.

Officially, the Ryzen 9 5950X comes with a 4.9 GHz boost clock, however, the 16-core chip peaked as high as 5.04 GHz. It's impressive given that, despite having many chips on our list of best CPUs, AMD has never hit 5 GHz on a Ryzen before, let alone a chip with 16 cores.

 

[Wreckless]

You mean only one USB Type-A port in the "front" (actually top), right? It has that USB-C front port. I considered that one of the more advanced features. Yeah, you gotta plug your mouse in the back, because I think most like the convenience of using a front port for their USB headset, these days, unless you have a headset that is 3.5mm or already on the USB-C standard, of course, but for everything else, that port's form factor is the future. If you snag yourself a cheap USB-C to USB-C or USB-C to USB-Mini-A cable you can use it to charge your phone as fast as the wall.

Yea, I meant a USB-A port. I'm used to refering to them as just USB ports. It's not a big deal though. I was aware before ordering the case.

The UFC-C port is indeed a very nice addition.

 

[rob mafia]

The UFC-C port is indeed a very nice addition.

 

[jefferz]

lolz. this innocuous comment apparently brought a lot of butthurt, one month later.

Aren't you the guy that has a hard drive dock and switches out HDD's?

 

[rob mafia]

Aren't you the guy that has a hard drive dock and switches out HDD's?

nope.

i'm the weirdo who runs a hdd boot drive and has 2 ssd's for games. priorities!

(and i don't switch out anything)

 

[jefferz]

nope.

i'm the weirdo who runs a hdd boot drive and has 2 ssd's for games. priorities!

(and i don't switch out anything)

 

[dAfTiE]

I haven't had a spinning disk in one of my computers in like 8 years. get yourself a nice nvme boot drive, bro. join us in the future.

 

[rob mafia]

I haven't had a spinning disk in one of my computers in like 8 years. get yourself a nice nvme boot drive, bro. join us in the future.

maybe in the next build. i don't really care about boot times (obv) and just wanted a big drive for basic storage.

 

[TestosterOWN]

Got this monitor for 250 bucks earlier on a sale. Has decent reviews.

obviously there are better choices but I don't wanna spend 400 plus on a monitor.

 

[Plissken]

Friends don't let friends buy AMD gpus. Last one I owned they were still ATi

AMD gpu's, in my experience, are better for multimedia purposes. I use my PC's for both games and entertainment centers playing blu-rays and UHD's. Unless things have changed recently AMD had better video acceleration and produced better colors and such at 4:4:4 Full RGB. I can also play a game like Overwatch on 4K Ultra at over 100 fps on my 5700XT which is fine enough to me and translates well to more or less taxing games depending on the settings for them.

 

[jefferz]

Novelkeys is releasing a Randomfrankp keyboard. 65%, hot swappable pre lubed Midnight Jade or Silk Emeralds switches with Cherry compatible stems, per key RGB, and a coiled cable.

 

[method115]

maybe in the next build. i don't really care about boot times (obv) and just wanted a big drive for basic storage.

I like fast boot times because sometimes I have to reboot and I want it done quickly. Especially if I'm in a ranked game and need to reconnect ASAP. I get a small ass drive though cause I don't really put anything but windows on it.