My local store got a bunch of EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3s this morning......!!!!

And then the local discord group caught one of the people being a scalper...he posted this ad in the microcenter parking lot:


MSRP + tax is like $940.....

My local microcenter discord channel is furious...they semi-doxxed him....they dug up his linkedin and facebook (duh) and found out where he worked and all...lol....careful where you post your ads...especially on facebook...

 

@Mizouse So I have a microcenter 30min drive from my place but I work M-F 8am-430pm (and its a 45min drive from where I live) and can't wait in line on Mondays/Wed/Fridays....otherwise, dude I'd totally camp out and snag a card for MSRP for ya and ship it out to Cali....

 

no worries. thanks for thinking of me thou

 

Did you sign up for the wait lists at EVGA.com?

Also AMD 6700XT announcement is coming on the 3rd. My guess is they will release sometime this month. Maybe you can snag one of those from AMD.com if their website doesn't explode.

 

I just signed up for EVGA earlier today.

How often do they drop?

 

Last week I saw some guy that signed up in November say that he he got his.

 

IIRC, they log the exact time you signed up and they go through the que by date/time/hour/minute/etc.....it's a HGUE backlog and they're still filling orders from basically last year....

 

@nist7 back in stock rn

 

Where can you get a GT 710 for $40? Fucking Best buy wants $70 for those now

 

So is the 5800X...

 

FFFFuuu,,,,,387??!?!?! Should be 299 right....I think my local microcenter has it...its showing 5600x at $299 with 25+ in stock.

Might stop by later today....thanks @#1 STUNNA for the heads up!!!

 

5600x is supposed to be $299. $384 is a scalped price.

 

Ok it’s like 46, but B&H and EVGA


https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ..._710_zone.html

https://www.evga.com/products/produc...01G-P3-2711-KR

 

so looking like I may get it in July

 

I decided against the GT 710 or the GT 1030.

if I were to get a cheapo card I’d like to be able to some gaming, even if it’s like 720p at 50-60fps


edit: actually can forget about that 1030 idea. They’re all OOS now

 

Man it’s impossible to get anything with Amazon. Goes OOS immediately.

I was able to get the recent tuf 3060 ti in my cart, but went OOS at checkout.

 

Yeah the online crowd is tough to beat. They got bots setup to buy, as well as stock checker alerts. Might be worth holding onto old hardware if you have any

 

Newegg Shuffle starting in 7 minutes.

3060, 3060ti, 3070, 6800 and 6800XT will be available.


https://www.newegg.com/product-shuffle

 

Thanks man.

Entered.....

 

Good Luck.

I'm hoping for that 3060 ti. But the 3070 is ok because its not that much more over it.

 

Thanks.

Same here...that 3060Ti is definitely at a sweet spot for value...great $/performance.

Don't think I'm gonna go full 4K 120hz monitor just yet...so for 1440 it should be PLENTY good

 

https://www.anandtech.com/show/16526..._medium=social
AMD Announces Radeon RX 6700 XT: RDNA2 For 1440p, Coming March 18th For $479 (yeah, sure )

 

yea good luck getting it.


Oh yea I posted that earlier today over here.

https://acurazine.com/forums/console.../#post16696048

 

Of course I wasn’t selected for the Newegg Shuffle.

has anyone actually been selected for it?
what’s to stop a scalper/bot/miner from creating a ton of accounts to increase their odds of getting selected?

 

everyone else chose “buy it now” instead of going the slow way through checkout

 

No go for me either.....sigh.

Yeah not sure what newegg system is....but you have point....bots/scalpers always find way around the system....

I heard AMD direct sale from their website has some anti-bot mechanism?

Maybe 6700XT is possible???..... I might aim for that now

 

I’ve done both ways numerous times. Pretty much by the time the alert goes out, it’s already OOS.

 

I won't believe this until it shows up at my door.

 

If it helps, follow this guy on Twitter. Turn on post notifications.
https://twitter.com/fixitfixitfixit?s=21

I was able to snag the GPU off Newegg using Apple Pay. It kept giving me some error saying “Cannot ship to your address”
but I kept trying and when it got to the part where it asked to scan my face I knew I was in!


now hopefully they don’t cancel this with some bullshit like “sorry oversold”

 

big drop with AMD right now. 5950 5900 5800 5600 6900xt

https://www.amd.com/en/direct-buy/us


edit: well that didnt last very long.

 

Welp, I got a tracking number for the GPU.


now to decide which case I want.
I specifically want a mini-ITX build.

I personally want the NZXT H1, but I would need to make sure I get the new riser cable that won’t burn my house down

I was also considering the Cooler Master NR200. But cable management looks like a nightmare with that one.


probably going to go with the ASUS ROG STRIX B550 board.
2x8gb of 3600mhz ram
1TB NVME SSD.

 

5800x is still available from AMD for MSRP, 5600x is now out of stock but it was still available last night as I was going to bed

 

Yea 5800x has been readily available this whole week because no one wants it. People would rather pay the extra hundred for the 5900x.

 

Ahh I see. It also runs way hotter due to higher voltage.


https://www.anandtech.com/show/16214...5700x-tested/7
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews...zen-3-review/2

 

It's good to see that CPUs can show up for more than 5 minutes on Amazon now. Lisa Su said during the last AMD earnings call that she expected supply to get better in the second half of the year. Maybe it's already starting?

 

its real! They exist.







That was some fast shipping. But thats a given since it came from SoCal.

Also this is one beefy ass card. Im so used to my old Voodoo 3 and ATI Radeon X1950XT.

 

Congrats man. That looks sexy.

 

Alright so I used to have logitech g500 for mouse....what's the current gaming mouse standard these days? Something similar to the g500 old school feel....

 

I had that mouse the G500. Funny enough I got that one to replace my beloved MX500 that I used for like 10 years.

I'm currently using a G403 and G703 (wireless version of the G403)

 

Man I am having a tough time deciding between these two ITX cases.

I personally love the look and small desk footprint of the NZXT H1. My issue is that 1. its not in stock direct from NZXT, its in stock 'NEW' on eBay for $250-300 (MSRP $350). 2. The recall on the current pcie riser which could cause a fire and burn down my house. 3. thermals aren't that great unless I add rear exhaust fans. 4. the pcie riser is only gen3 which can cause initial issues with my gen4 card, until i can switch the mobo to gen3.

My other SFF option i hear good things about is the Cooler Master NR200. Which I'm meh with because its more of a traditional case style. Takes up a bit more desk space. Cable management is more of a mess since you can't really hide the cables and close the side panels. Thermals can be good with just a basic air cooler like a noctua nh-u12a (wish it came in black)


https://www.newegg.com/black-cooler-master-masterbox-nr200-mini-itx-tower/p/N82E16811119407?Description=NR200&cm_re=NR200-_-11-119-407-_-Product&quicklink=true

https://www.nzxt.com/products/h1-matte-black