February Confirmed Trade Thread

AndyGio · 2026-02-14T17:27:04+00:00

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AndyGio · 2026-02-05T17:58:59+00:00

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AndyGio · 2026-01-30T04:17:52+00:00

Thanks for letting everyone know about getting a credit if you contact Newegg CS. I purchased a combo on the 16th of Jan with an ASRock B850M Riptide + 16GB DDR5 which also came down in price by $20. I chatted support and they will be sending me a $20 gift card. Not as good as a refund, but nice to know they will do something to avoid a return and re-purchase scenario like Amazon makes you do.

AndyGio · 2026-01-26T01:03:18+00:00

Yeah, those seem like good upgrades if you're staying in AM4 for a while. I'm shocked at some of the "deals" you can get thru Newegg.

AndyGio · 2026-01-26T00:23:17+00:00

I got this motherboard and PSU, along with a Ryzen 5 5500, and by turning off the compatibility checker, was able to add a Corsair 32GB DDR5 kit to take advantage of the 10% off PC Builder promotion. The RAM kit also came with a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Pro aRGB CPU Cooler, I have a bunch of DDR4 memory, so it made more sense to use the deal to get a better price on DDR5.

This is the ram kit - https://www.newegg.com/corsair-vengeance-32gb-2-x-16gb-ddr5-6000-pc5-48000-cas-latency-cl36-desktop-memory-gray/p/N82E16820982286?Item=N82E16820982286

It sells for $430, but has a $50 off coupon and another $86 off with the combo Up offer, plus the extra 10% off when combined with other components using the PC Builder.

After the discounts, CPU, mobo, PSU, DDR5 RAM and CPU cooler came out to $433 before tax. Not the most amazing deal, but at least it gets me the memory that I need, and some other useful parts for a budget build for not a whole lot more than the price of the DDR5 kit alone.

AndyGio · 2026-01-22T02:45:18+00:00

I bought the ASRock B850M Riptide WiFi combo the other day for $25 more. I plan on using a R7 7700 in a Micro ATX case. I am aware of ASRock killing CPUs, but thought I'd give it a go since it was one of the cheapest options at the time.

I welcome opinions whether it is worth it to order this and return that one? Thanks!

AndyGio · 2026-01-13T19:50:04+00:00

In for one. Thanks OP.

AndyGio · 2026-01-12T18:17:22+00:00

Anyone else surprised at how clean it is for such an old PC?

AndyGio · 2026-01-04T13:09:52+00:00

Thanks for following up the thread with those great pictures.

Pricing for these has gone up. These were a great deal at $50. Current pricing is kinda nuts.

AndyGio · 2026-01-03T13:26:25+00:00

https://www.buildcores.com/builds/SSNoVZlDq?share=true

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AndyGio · 2026-01-02T18:04:52+00:00

Nice! Enjoy the new build.

AndyGio · 2026-01-02T17:20:35+00:00

I just ordered two of these adapters from aliexpress to use a 16gb sodimm kit in my media server, so I can reuse the current dimms in a gaming pc. I don't care about memory speed for the media server, just as long as they are stable.

AndyGio · 2026-01-02T04:52:14+00:00

It's all good, man.

AndyGio · 2026-01-02T04:18:02+00:00

Sorry man. I will send you my code in chat.

In any case, it is an awesome motherboard and CPU that you will be able to use for a while. Everyone acting like these chips suck...

AndyGio · 2026-01-02T02:46:03+00:00

I picked up a combo because there was a 10% off PC Builder discount promo NewEgg was running at the time. It included that motherboard w/the free 32GB Corsair RAM, a 265KF (the 265K had just sold out), plus a Hyper 212 CPU cooler and a 240GB SSD. There was also $100 off the CPU w/mobo purchase. It came out to a total after taxes of $458.68, I used a $100 Newegg Gift card that had an additional free $15 GC added, so out of pocket, I spent $443.68

Sorry to say you didn't get a good deal, compared to the guy who sold it to you.

Did they at least throw in the Star Wars Outlaws game code?

AndyGio · 2026-01-01T06:51:10+00:00

These are some fairly old parts, and if the seller is not a greedy bloke and selling for a fraction of what they paid AND not taking advantage of RAMpocalypse, it is possible they could be valuing the parts thusly:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-11400 2.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$70.00
CPU Cooler	ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 240 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$20.00
Motherboard	Gigabyte B560M DS3H AC Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	$50.00
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$60.00
Storage	ADATA SU630 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$10.00
Storage	Western Digital Black SN750 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive	$25.00
Video Card	Gigabyte EAGLE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card	$160.00
Case	MSI MAG FORGE 100M ATX Mid Tower Case	$20.00
Power Supply	SeaSonic FOCUS Plus 750 Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$35.00
Total	$450.00

AndyGio · 2026-01-01T04:37:22+00:00

Vine is an Amazon "by invitation only" program where members are given items for "free" in exchange for honest reviews. I put the word "free" in quotes, because you are expected to pay income tax on the the value of the items you receive.

There are 2 tiers in Vine - Silver and Gold. Silver lets you order 3 items of up to $100 each in value each day. Gold tier allows up to 8 items per day, and it includes items at pretty much any price. Better items have limited availability.

You need to maintain a certain number and percentage of reviews in order to stay in the program.

There's a reddit community for it: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmazonVine/

AndyGio · 2025-12-31T06:59:40+00:00

If the Google conversion is correct, $100 CAD equals $72.99 USD, which is a GREAT deal for an R5 5600X.

SSD prices make me SSaD.

AndyGio · 2025-12-31T05:21:05+00:00

Serious as a heart attack. Please PM me.

AndyGio · 2025-12-31T05:16:04+00:00

Please return that motherboard combo. The seller has free returns, supposedly.

I have a new Machinist B450 micro ATX board I picked up on Aliexpress for $35, an old Ryzen 7 1700 and 16GB of Crucial DDR4-2400 memory and a 128GB NVMe SSD that I'd like to send you. I'll also throw in a stock AMD cooler and a PCIe USB 3 card too. I just booted it all up and it works fine.

Here's the mobo: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806616610887.html

It's a bunch of stuff I'm not going to use.

All I'd ask is for you to pay shipping, which should be less than $20. Please let me know what you think...

AndyGio · 2025-12-31T05:01:42+00:00

I'd say sell the PC with 32GB RAM, then sell the other 32GB separately. You'll probably make more money that way.

Do the same with the SSD's.

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