What's your latest tech purchase?

[sepheronx]

Hi,
Hopefully the gpu came with a good game

It didn't come with a game. Instead it came with debt and now crushing depression.

So this damn card better last 5 years of 1440p gaming and some 4k light gaming.

 

[kapone32]

It didn't come with a game. Instead it came with debt and now crushing depression.

So this damn card better last 5 years of 1440p gaming and some 4k light gaming.

It is a shame that we basically have to pay the entire cost of a PC just to get a half decent GPU.

 

[cst1992]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME! that thing is on the same league as an NVMe (cheap one ) in the Arion (both on USB3.1 ofc Arion C to C SE770G on A to C)
left Arion right SE770G
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I've never owned an external SSD, but judging by this, you're limited by the USB interface.
I won't be surprised if the external SSD just has a USB 3.1 to NVMe adapter connected to a plain 1TB NVMe SSD.
For 1000MB/s even PCIe 2.0x4 would be enough(I get 820 on 2.0x2).

It is a shame that we basically have to pay the entire cost of a PC just to get a half decent GPU.

Unless you get prices close to MSRP, it's really a bad time to get PC hardware.

 

[sepheronx]

It isn't just that. It's our currency

 

[theonek]

It is a shame that we basically have to pay the entire cost of a PC just to get a half decent GPU.

yep, but almost, despite all of that, for the price of a decent gpu you can mobo, cpu and ram right now, but I remember last year, prices were the same like now are - I have got cpu,mb and ram for the cost of a higher tier gpu…..

 

[GreiverBlade]

I've never owned an external SSD, but judging by this, you're limited by the USB interface.
I won't be surprised if the external SSD just has a USB 3.1 to NVMe adapter connected to a plain 1TB NVMe SSD.
For 1000MB/s even PCIe 2.0x4 would be enough(I get 820 on 2.0x2).

no joke .... nevertheless i fully know that buuuuuuuttttttt compared to an Ext SSD like the Seagate it replace (500ish mb/s) it's almost double the speed (and 9 time the 2tb standard ext HDD, USB3.0 microB to A for that one)
and obviously a NVMe is limited by the USB connection ... my other NVMe in the rig is 2k mb/s... (PCIex 3.0x4)
yes i suppose the SE770G is a NVMe SSD in the enclosure just like the Arion plus Crucial P1 1tb...
and no neither of them are USB 3.1 they are both USB 3.2 Gen2 capable, just my mobo has only USB 3.1 atm

the "are you kidding me" was for the SE770G matching or exceeding the P1 in the Arion (which make it also fine for any games, initially my Arion was my nomad game library SSD ) price wise they are close in promo the SE770G is 89chf/$ the Arion plus P1 is 109chf/$ (129 and 168 without promo respectively )

Unless you get prices close to MSRP, it's really a bad time to get PC hardware.

well that would mean for me it's always a bad time ... hardware at launch or later are never close to MSRP MSRP if a fabled unicorn

 

[Liviu Cojocaru]

Just bought a 1TB SATA SSD SanDisk £85 and a Corsair 4000D AIRFLOW case for £65. Will have to buy 3 120MM ARGB fans to add in front

 

[Sithaer]

well that would mean for me it's always a bad time ... hardware at launch or later are never close to MSRP MSRP if a fabled unicorn

Same here, MSRP is almost nonexistent where I live.
Well not with the lovely 27% VAT in my country and whatever else extra they put on our prices.

That Kingston A2000 I bought last week was the closest I ever got to MSRP. '~130$ + delivery fee'
One of the reasons why I pulled the trigger cause it was surprisingly well priced for a change.

 

[Tomgang]

Just bought a 1TB SATA SSD SanDisk £85 and a Corsair 4000D AIRFLOW case for £65. Will have to buy 3 120MM ARGB fans to add in front

I like how the unicorn puke lights up on the gpu.

Cant wait to get my own unicorn puke infested system up and running. When that's gonna happen, I don't know. When gpu and Zen 3 cpu are in stock perhaps.

 

[ThrashZone]

It didn't come with a game. Instead it came with debt and now crushing depression.

So this damn card better last 5 years of 1440p gaming and some 4k light gaming.

Hi,
That's messed up.

 

[dorsetknob]

It didn't come with a game. Instead it came with debt and now crushing depression.

wot it came with a MOB ( mail order bride )

 

[sepheronx]

Hi,
That's messed up.

Yes.... Messed up. Like my credit now.

Please donate to the sepheronx foundation.

 

[ThrashZone]

Yes.... Messed up. Like my credit now.

Please donate to the sepheronx foundation.

Hi,
Yep go fund me is jumping lol

 

[Chomiq]

man, I never spent this much on a GPU. I wont be able to go to India this year (if they allow flights) because of this darn card. Why did the flip the coin land on heads, forcing me to buy the card so that the universe can be in balance... Why me?

You had plans to travel abroad this year? Nice try.

 

[sepheronx]

You had plans to travel abroad this year? Nice try.

Well, yeah, everything is in the air. My wife and I are expecting our third kid and so she wants to be with her family back in her home country and I just wanna go somewhere:

1) warm
And
2) warm

And plus I wouldn't be at work for a month so I can walk around as a typical fat white tourist and wear shorts and a button up Hawaii design shirt and not completely feel like a jerk.

 

[Jetster]

@Jetster - good choice

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I paid $29 and the next day on sale for $18

 

[FireFox]

This is how UPS works



Bought a DP cable on 14th this month and paid for fast shipping ( Amazon Prime) the cable should be delivered next day (on 15th) but nothing all i got was a notification from UPS saying that the shipment was postponed and it will be delivered on 19th wtf, i Paid for fast shipping/delivery, so called Amazon and explained what happened so they apologized and gave me a refund, the funny part is that the package should be delivered tomorrow but today i got another notification from UPS where it said that today the package was left at a UPS access point and was ready for pickup

4 days delay just for this:

 

[djisas]

This is how UPS works

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Bought a DP cable on 14th this month and paid for fast shipping ( Amazon Prime) the cable should be delivered next day (on 15th) but nothing all i got was a notification from UPS saying that the shipment was postponed and it will be delivered on 19th wtf, i Paid for fast shipping/delivery, so called Amazon and explained what happened so they apologized and gave me a refund, the funny part is that the package should be delivered tomorrow but today i got another notification from UPS where it said that today the package was left at a UPS access point and was ready for pickup

4 days delay just for this:
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Dunno about ups, but it's the norm with every shipping company these days...

 

[sepheronx]

Send an angry angry letter to Amazon. State how it has caused you grief, me talk anguish and other such extremities so you can get $10 back.

It can be a good money back for your express shipping.

 

[FireFox]

Dunno about ups, but it's the norm with every shipping company these days...

This is not the first time that they do something like that to me, that is why i always avoid to buy from a seller that use UPS as courier but this time i got distracted.

Send an angry angry letter to Amazon. State how it has caused you grief, me talk anguish and other such extremities so you can get $10 back.

It can be a good money back for your express shipping.

I got the money back for the Amazon Prime.

P.s i was pissed off because i was playing at 60hz just because the damn Cable

 

[cst1992]

It didn't come with a game. Instead it came with debt and now crushing depression.

It should last, true. But you shouldn't get in debt for it.
Unless, of course, you're getting it for professional use and it pays for itself.

 

[sepheronx]

It should last, true. But you shouldn't get in debt for it.
Unless, of course, you're getting it for professional use and it pays for itself.

Well, let's see.

We faced a heavy storm here. Destroyed both my vehicles and damaged my house. Insurance didn't cover fully my vehicle so I owe 10K for a vehicle I don't own anymore. At this point, an additional $800 isn't gonna hurt me.

Debt always exist. Especially in Canada.

I also l learned from this. Never buy a brand new vehicle. It ain't worth it.

 

[kapone32]

Well, let's see.

We faced a heavy storm here. Destroyed both my vehicles and damaged my house. Insurance didn't cover fully my vehicle so I owe 10K for a vehicle I don't own anymore. At this point, an additional $800 isn't gonna hurt me.

Debt always exist. Especially in Canada.

2 rights you have as Canadians the right to vote and be in debt to the Govt and Banks.

 

[sepheronx]

2 rights you have as Canadians the right to vote and be in debt to the Govt and Banks.

And the first part I question cause it seems both cons and libs both screw us equally

 

[biffzinker]

We faced a heavy storm here. Destroyed both my vehicles and damaged my house. Insurance didn't cover fully my vehicle so I owe 10K for a vehicle I don't own anymore. At this point, an additional $800 isn't gonna hurt me.

Will a hug help at all?