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Easto

So, what's the deal with all that? I mean, is there a market for geckos or does someone just want one real bad? I just don't understand stealing a pet.

Easto

Newegg isn't even advertising memory or SSDs on the splash page any longer.

Easto

Wow! I've missed some of those stories about the customers at the store.

Easto

I just loaded it up and have only had 2 days using it on the side. I like the reports of how many trackers and ads have been blocked. I need to spend a little more time with it and make sure I understand what's going on under the hood. I loaded up Ghostery but I'm not quite sure I still need it ...

Easto

It's a shame but it looks like "timing" the memory and SSD market is going to be like "timing" the stock market. You try to get a good deal and buy at a low price and then continue to see it go lower and lower.

Easto

Wow, a Ryzen 9 with 64mb of Ram and a 2tb & 4tb M.2 is around $2k. Yikes! It's a good thing I'm not considering a new gaming GPU.

Even 64gp of DDR4 PC3200 Ram is $489. How does anyone afford a pro level build without taking out a loan?

Easto

I would have to take a deeper dive to ensure any of that's true. I only watched the first 15 minutes but got tired of all the AI generated pics and fake guy doing the talking.

Easto

DDR4 is not going as crazy as the DDR5 modules. 32gb of DDR5 is over $400. Yikes? I don't know how someone can justify 64GB of DDR5 for their rig, we're talking in the $750 range.

Easto

They're all external. One will kept here at home, another will be at a friends. I will update and copy any new info to them via a new docking station I plan on purchasing. Once those 2 are in order I may only update them once a year. I will have a 3rd external HDD that will stay connected to the ...

Easto

I need to buy 2 spinners. Both will be for long-term storage and accessed about once or twice a year (1 will be for off-site). I have a separate HDD docked to my rig for more immediate backups.

Without going into all the details... What are my best options for a 4tb or 6tb HDD?

Easto

I was talking to my brother the other day and he was mentioning something about a relative of ours that had suggested he put some of his new found inheritance money (back in 2017) into Crypto. Both he and I invest in more traditional ways and this was something that would never be considered. Well ...

Easto

Merry Christmas to all.

Easto

I'm even seeing articles on how well a PC can perform on 1 stick of memory. These prices are really going to kill a big part of the PC market.

Easto

That 4TB is now $419.

I'm not so sure these are going to be going down in price for a long time.

Easto

I have the extension (ghostery) shown in my toolbar and all I have to do is click on it and then I pick "pause for 1 hour".

But YT doesn't seem to be reacting to the extension in a consistent way. I can open a YT video and get an error (black screen), but when I "pause" ghostery the video will ...

Easto

I've been using Ghostery and just the other day I got a pop-up from Youtube saying I was using an ad blocker and they didn't like that. I hadn't seen any of those for a long time.

Easto

The 2tb is now going for $210

Easto

I always like to plan (and dream) ahead. I keep track of different component prices and I'm always out looking for that great deal. The problem is that now with memory and SSD prices going up they way they are it sort of takes the fun out of thinking about my next build. How long do you think these ...

Easto

Well, this CM looks like a bit of a dud. If you're looking for a deal on a SSD or Memory forget it. It's a bit of a shame because I live pretty close to a Micro Center and if there is any particular deal it's not really that big of a deal to get over there.

Easto

So now I wait a couple of days for "cyber Monday" and see if that brings up anything of interest.

Easto

I spent a couple hours yesterday comparing so called "Black Friday" offering against what I had paid for certain things about 1 year ago and even though they would say there was discount, they were all at the very minimum 25% higher than last year. It's definitely not the time to be buying a CPU ...

Easto

It's still 2 days before the "official" Black Friday sales begin, but most of the deals I'm seeing so far seem to be for accessories and/or a "combo deal". I'm not seeing any great deals so far on CPU or Memory.

Easto

I came across an add for a USB-C memory card reader. Some website was saying that it was a Black Friday deal on Amazon. Since I had bought that item back in July I looked up what I paid for it and it was the same as they were offering it now for the BF deal. Just because something is marked special ...

Easto

Using the Samsung Gen4 2tb 990 Pro as my focus point it appears at $169 right now which is $20 less than 4 days ago. Everything I'm reading seems to confirm that the big players in AI are buying this stuff up by the handful. Actually, I can't confirm that's the actual problem. I think the ...

Easto

The way that prices on Memory and SSD have exploded I really don't see this being that great of a year for any "deals". It seems like SSD prices are up by at least 50% and in some cases memory prices have almost doubled. With no end in sight I think I'm going to be buying both items as soon as I see ...

Easto

I'm getting a lot of Cloudflare problems. Websites are not coming up and I'm getting an error page what seems to be from Cloudflare. Also, trying to test and get on Newegg I got an error stating that Newegg has detected an unusual amount of traffic from my IP and will not allow me to access it. I ...

Easto

I have a couple of full-tower all aluminum Lian Li cases I've reused for 10+ years, mine has a glass side-panel and casters actually.

I really would have no problem using my current full tower case except that I like the idea of having faster USB connectors on the front. I'm sure I could get ...

Easto

My buddy is going to be upgrading his router (Frontier Fiber ISP). There is just him and his wife and they are not power users and do not consume a lot of bandwidth. But I'm afraid a router with any in depth setup might confuse them. What's a good solid router with even possibly wifi 7? The don't ...

Easto

I will agree that the ONLY thing that gives me pause is what you mentioned about the mesh side. I can envision that being a huge dust collector. I wouldn't mind something with a solid side panel but for some reason I do not want glass. Fortunately I have some time before committing to anything. What ...

Easto

This Fractal North XL looks really nice.

https://www.fractal-design.com/products/cases/north/north-xl/charcoal-black/

I also like that they offer it with a mesh side. Unless something new comes along I think this is on top of my list right now. I might even pass on the XL and just get the standard ...

Easto

Back in the day when I was buying computer stuff I would use Camel/Camel to keep track of the prices but it got too clunky and I deleted it. I need something good to track prices.

Easto

WOW! That was fast. Newegg raised the price $10 over night. It is now $189. Yikes.

Easto

The 2tb 990 pro is now back up to $179.... ouch! It looks like a lot of prices have taken a BIG jump in the last week. I should have scooped of a handful of them at $133 when I had the chance. I doubt we'll see that price again.

Easto

Happy Birthday dude. Hope it's a good on.

Easto

The 1tb went back up to $159. From $133 to $159, amazing. I hope this is an indication that prices may drop considerably for Black Friday.

Easto

Here's something weird about the Newegg sale... The have the 4tb drive for sale at $319. But they have the same 4tb drive with a heatsink for $259. Do you think that's a misprint?

Easto

Newegg has these for $133.49 and that's about the lowest I've seen them in a long while. They usually seem to drift between $169 / $159 / $149. I don't think they were this low even during the last black Friday sales.

https://www.newegg.com/samsung-2tb-990-pro-nvme-2-0/p/N82E16820147861?Item ...

Easto

This is another thing that at least to me hasn't seemed to be around much at all for a long time. Back in the day it was a way that someone with some spare CPU time could dedicate their PC to a worthy cause. Is this all but gone?

Easto

For the last 2 weeks we've been in the hovering in the 80's and 90's but we're also getting hit with 60% and above humidity. For So Cal that level of humidity is just unbearable.

Easto

It seems like any news regarding these massive bitcoin mining companies has all but disappeared. You don't seem to seen all the little articles about some guy in Baltimore with a huge mining operation in his garage and stuff like that.

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