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Brahma said:
Will this play Roblox? The Sims? Fuck...sorry for the link length.

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This should be much better. Only 24GB RAM vs 32 GB, but faster ram and 24GB is enough. Only a 500GB drive though, but faster CPU (probably doesn't matter) but decently faster IGP (which matters) since this has 12 GPU compute units ("cores") versus the 8 on the one you linked.
 
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Noodleface

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Anyone got a line on a good m.2 nvme drive this cyber Monday or is the 990 pro the best current deal? Going to install a second m.2 so I can dual boot Linux.
 
Jovec

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Noodleface said:
Anyone got a line on a good m.2 nvme drive this cyber Monday or is the 990 pro the best current deal? Going to install a second m.2 so I can dual boot Linux.
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I picked up a Samsung 9100 Gen 5 2tb drive for $190, but I went looking at gen 4 stuff I would normally buy and it's slim. The difference between high-end drives and budget DRAM-less drives is minimal for typical desktop use, so just get whatever fits your needs.
 
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October is typically when the cheapest Samsung SSD deal happens. October 7 this year had a $133 990 Pro 2TB and the $100 sale back in 2023 was Oct 27. I should have bought multiple two years ago but maybe when all this AI datacenter demand is done the 4TB will become the standard.
 
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Borzak

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I bought a cheap prebuilt PC for the son of my niece for gaming. He never gamed on a PC so I went low end to see if he liked it. 7800 X3D with a 5070. It ran but was very loud even water cooled. I called the company and they called me back a day later with free shipping label. The next day before I sent it they called back and said they would give a refund, just keep it. Who knows the person I talked to was an English speaker and he said they were refunding the entire line from that factory due to an "issue". Whatever, bought him another and may sell off the parts like the memory if prices keep going up.

It had a Gigabyte mother board but the case was odd and incredibly heavy. I mean flat heavy. I mean felt like had a steel beam in it heavy.
 
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Noodleface

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Jovec said:
I picked up a Samsung 9100 Gen 5 2tb drive for $190, but I went looking at gen 4 stuff I would normally buy and it's slim. The difference between high-end drives and budget DRAM-less drives is minimal for typical desktop use, so just get whatever fits your needs.
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I was eyeing the 9100 since it seems better performance, may snag that. The deals were pretty abysmal so might wait a bit.
 
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Borzak said:
I bought a cheap prebuilt PC for the son of my niece for gaming. He never gamed on a PC so I went low end to see if he liked it. 7800 X3D with a 5070. It ran but was very loud even water cooled. I called the company and they called me back a day later with free shipping label. The next day before I sent it they called back and said they would give a refund, just keep it. Who knows the person I talked to was an English speaker and he said they were refunding the entire line from that factory due to an "issue". Whatever, bought him another and may sell off the parts like the memory if prices keep going up.

It had a Gigabyte mother board but the case was odd and incredibly heavy. I mean flat heavy. I mean felt like had a steel beam in it heavy.
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is there even a website around?
if it was loud w/ water cooling, just a cheap water cooler then, they usually come w/ cheap fans, also what game was it that tax'd the cpu that much?
 
INTHEMIDSTOFLIONS

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Lanx said:
is there even a website around?
if it was loud w/ water cooling, just a cheap water cooler then, they usually come w/ cheap fans, also what game was it that tax'd the cpu that much?
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Yeah and doesnt the 7800x3d run super cool, anyhow? You could just replace it with a peerless assassin
 
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Borzak said:
I bought a cheap prebuilt PC for the son of my niece for gaming. He never gamed on a PC so I went low end to see if he liked it. 7800 X3D with a 5070. It ran but was very loud even water cooled. I called the company and they called me back a day later with free shipping label. The next day before I sent it they called back and said they would give a refund, just keep it. Who knows the person I talked to was an English speaker and he said they were refunding the entire line from that factory due to an "issue". Whatever, bought him another and may sell off the parts like the memory if prices keep going up.

It had a Gigabyte mother board but the case was odd and incredibly heavy. I mean flat heavy. I mean felt like had a steel beam in it heavy.
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Got a link? I'll buy one and call in to get it refunded - my kids could use a new PC
 
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