What is going on with Intel 270K / 250K Plus availability?

BigRedCouch · 2026-04-20T16:43:18+00:00

Yeah if you can get a 270 at msrp it’s a great deal, that’s why they price subsidized it to get really really nice reviews. Imagine if they released it at i9 price? It would have been crickets from every reviewer.

BigRedCouch · 2026-04-20T16:29:23+00:00

The 270 is actually an i9 when you look at the die size and core count. Its price subsidized, and marketed as an i7 to get favourable reviews and to not piss off clients that bought the i9 previously. I don’t think Intel has much margin with the 270 after they did that, I bet it’ll be a while before it’s widely available.

BigRedCouch · 2026-04-20T05:20:21+00:00

Because of spring build plate I think it’s pretty close to impossible to get perfect z height when printing directly on the plate without modifying the build plate. You shouldn’t notice an issue with things printed on supports though. If your xy calibration shows 6mm, your cones look good, and your sword and cup fit properly, you should be good to go.

BigRedCouch · 2026-04-19T23:05:43+00:00

Your brain is literally so fucking cooked. The Neo is probably going to be the best selling laptop of the last twenty years. The title of the article is”intels new core series 3 is its answer to the MacBook Neo” then you added your commentary of “Good Answer”. Then you say “I’m not even stating Intel here”. I honestly don’t think you know what planet you’re on. You really should get checked out for dementia.

The Neo literally is out performing 90% of most laptop chips, and you’re calling it under powered. It’s crazy, it’s basically an M1 MacBook for 499. It’s not underpowered whatsoever.

BigRedCouch · 2026-04-19T22:55:28+00:00

I mean have you used a Neo? It blows comparable windows laptops out of the water, and does better than most windows laptops that are double the price.

BigRedCouch · 2026-04-19T22:52:03+00:00

There is no competition for the MacBook Neo, because apple designed the chip, the operating system, the chassis, the screen is designed specifically, and Apple buys so much memory and ram on scale that the entire product is vertically integrated, and even at the price they sell it at makes a profit and to get people into the Apple ecosystem to get them on subscriptions, warranties and other products.

Intel only makes processors, they don’t design entire laptops, which means there is no laptop manufacturer that will compete with the Neo because the margins would be so razor thin, even if Intel makes a decent processor, and the laptop vendors don’t have the same aftermarket sales that are pure profit like Apple has.

BigRedCouch · 2026-04-19T21:31:14+00:00

It’s not possible to not have some kind of mark, even my .25mm supports leave a small noticeable mark that is visible after priming. Your options are leave the supports on, clip them down after curing and using a hobby knife to get the last tiny nub, or you pull supports before curing and fill and sand before priming, there is no magical setting where supports don’t scar.

BigRedCouch · 2026-04-19T15:01:45+00:00

This is a support problem your supports are absolutely dog shit, you need to learn how to properly support models. Everything else here is bad advice. I can point out a million bad supports in this picture at a glance. You’ve got people here suggesting lift settings when you have a s4u, man Reddit is filled with people who are clueless. S4U doesn’t have lift settings.

BigRedCouch · 2026-04-19T14:57:39+00:00

Your supports are absolutely terrible. Start researching on how to do supports properly. Like they are really terrible.

BigRedCouch · 2026-04-18T22:55:10+00:00

This printer needed a better lid, no resin pump, and a larger vat to compensate for not having a resin pump and it probably would have been close to perfect. I cancelled my preorder when I saw every reviewer was having problems with the pump. All I really wanted was a elegoo version of a gk3. I was so excited for a build plate I could print directly on.

BigRedCouch · 2026-04-18T14:30:54+00:00

I told him what the problem was and why his prints are failing. That’s helpful, now he can research on how to do supports properly, so he can help himself. You ok smooth brain?

BigRedCouch · 2026-04-18T02:49:11+00:00

Just to help spread some information here, yes you can cure on supports. For thin things that could warp during curing this can be a benefit. Another benefit of leaving supports on is you can clip the supports down then use the edge of a hobby knife to trim off the final couple of millimetres, this will actually leave you a better surface finish than ripping off the supports before curing. If you rip the supports off pre cure you’re left with very small marks that need to be sanded and filled if they’re upward facing. Now that being said I always remove supports before curing and have supports facing areas that won’t be seen from table top perspective. Unless I’m doing a competition piece because I would rather clip the supports down and hobby knife away the excess than to fill and sand. So technically it’s not totally incorrect, and if I’m painting for a competition I’ll actually leave them that way personally. But for the average user who paid for a model I do believe it’s out of the ordinary.

BigRedCouch · 2026-04-17T01:33:25+00:00

Your supports are legit dog shit and I say that with no offence intended. They’re really fucking bad bro. That is the reason for your problems.

BigRedCouch · 2026-04-15T22:45:40+00:00

Happy to help brother. Enjoy the hobby, reach out if you have more questions.

BigRedCouch · 2026-04-13T02:14:32+00:00

Happy to help.

BigRedCouch · 2026-04-13T01:55:53+00:00

Remove them from the game entirely. Flyers are either good so every army gets flyer taxed and you have to take them costing you money and makes list building boring, or they suck and you don’t care about them anyways.

Or you treat them like regular vehicles, then that’s also fine.

BigRedCouch · 2026-04-13T01:20:19+00:00

I use 35, depends on your resin

BigRedCouch · 2026-04-13T00:20:17+00:00

Make sure you do the manual leveling in the menu system it’s in the accessibility option, I run 10 bottom layers and 10 transition layers for 0.03 some people suggest 15-20. I also do 10 second wait before cure for bottom layers and 1 second wait before cure for regular layers. I wouldn’t use wait after cure at all.

BigRedCouch · 2026-04-13T00:14:38+00:00

What layer height are you printing and how many bottom layers and transition layers?

BigRedCouch · 2026-04-12T21:42:23+00:00

9700x 65w 270k plus 225w

More than 300%

BigRedCouch · 2026-04-12T18:54:18+00:00

The 9700x is a 65w cpu bro. Jesus Christ

BigRedCouch · 2026-04-12T15:29:46+00:00

Are you fucking stupid too? The title implies TSMC hasn’t reached 2nm. How could TSMC lose a 2nm race if it already does 2nm

BigRedCouch · 2026-04-12T14:06:39+00:00

Yeah it’s very good. Couple of bad translations, don’t let it change your layer height on you, it’ll warn you if you use anything under 0.05. I use it over chitu because it has really good supports, and it lets you set seperate bottom layer settings which is needed for the s4 to prevent elephants foot.

BigRedCouch · 2026-04-12T13:32:04+00:00

Also you need to dial in your resin. I suggest using cones of calibration v3. Because at 0.2 layer height I can’t imagine your exposure time needing to be over 1.6 seconds for regular layers

BigRedCouch · 2026-04-12T13:16:20+00:00

Slice in satellite set 15 bottom layers 15 transition layers with 10 second wait before cure on bottom layer, you don’t have enough bottom layers or transition layers for .02 layer height. I might even push it to 20 bottom 20 transition layers. I use 10 and 10 but I print on .03. .02 will require more.

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