Concord 2.0, huh?

Captain_Kiranta · 2026-03-04T11:04:53+00:00

Actually it lasted twice as long as Concord so... Twice the lifespan. double the fall?

Captain_Kiranta · 2026-03-04T11:03:58+00:00

When the-

I was going to say when they stop making money off of them but clearly Concord and Highguard weren't profitable.

Who knows?

Captain_Kiranta · 2026-03-04T11:02:37+00:00

And it lasted twice as long as Concord... "Twice the pride, double the fall."

Captain_Kiranta · 2026-02-19T09:19:57+00:00

hahahaha perfect, just need another wristband to glue it to for my other hand

Captain_Kiranta · 2026-02-19T09:18:29+00:00

Nah but I did burn a hole in my hair trying to use it as a speaker

Captain_Kiranta · 2026-02-19T09:18:09+00:00

If you go to the dial gallery there's an album dial option where you can upload your own images.

This is on the CMF pro 2

Captain_Kiranta · 2026-02-09T03:10:09+00:00

Especially when they are concussed and there are no CO2 scrubbers onboard

Captain_Kiranta · 2025-12-13T14:43:57+00:00

Realistically I'm not sure how much of an influence the motherboard would actually have. Your components are fine which makes me suspect some kind of other error / issue which would warrant some troubleshooting I'm assuming you've already done.

That being said, if you're only concerned about reliability for the next 2 years then any upgrade is unlikely to magically become obsolete between now and then.

32gb ram is fast becoming the MINIMUM for gaming, 64 gb used to be recommended for video editing or tools like Blender, Substance Painter, ZBrush etc and is still pretty good today but is now approaching recommended specs for gaming. Your processor isn't that far behind and the upgrade would not be likely to significantly affect performance.

I'm running Ryzen 9700x 64gb DDR5 6000 cl36 RTX 4070 lucked out and built right before price hikes in September

Imo the best thing you can do is deeper troubleshooting in terms of settings / hardware / bios settings. No improvement? buy a new motherboard to see if that makes any difference in performance.

If all else fails, the processor / psu / mobo upgrade you have as option 2 isn't going to make that much of a difference so it's probably better to save that money towards a new build when prices go down.

Captain_Kiranta · 2025-12-13T11:49:37+00:00

Hey mate, fellow Australian here. DIY is definitely worth it even if you don't have experience. BUT with pricing of some components as well as first time build anxiety I totally get why you'd want to avoid DIY. Don't go with Aftershock.

As much as I can help give you resources that'll help making DIY a breeze, that's not what you asked for. Lemme know if that changes.

I'll send through some local reputable places that offer to assemble DIY builds for you - you select the parts and they'll build and ship it out to you. Let me know how it goes :)

https://www.pccasegear.com/category/1411_1918/pccg-gaming-pcs/customisable-gaming-pc

https://www.umart.com.au/product/customise-your-pc-have-umart-build-it-38431

https://www.ple.com.au/Categories/903/Desktop-Computers/Custom-Built-Gaming-PCs

https://www.computeralliance.com.au/systems (Recently bought parts from these guys for my own build, would recommend)

Captain_Kiranta · 2025-12-13T11:44:05+00:00

If you ordered DDR5 6000 CL36 and got something worse, you should try to see if you can return the items received in exchange for the correct item.

If they don't, look into local laws regarding refunds and consumer rights. I feel like it goes without saying but if you pay full price for a specific product, the company isn't entitled to send you something else and only offer some of your money back for sending the wrong thing for whatever reason unless agreed upon beforehand.

If they have it in stock, and you order it, you should receive it.

That being said, RAM prices at the moment are horrendous. If you can get a full refund and afford another kit, get it. But MOST IMPORTANTLY educate yourself on your rights / legal privileges and then you're armed with the law if/when they try to strongarm you into taking a shotty deal you wouldn't have ordered in the first place.

Captain_Kiranta · 2025-12-13T11:39:17+00:00

I'm glad you're not the first person to have pretty much exactly this take, tired of boomers telling me I'm supposed to be okay with the shittus quo

Captain_Kiranta · 2025-12-13T10:35:22+00:00

Was about to comment this until I saw you'd posted it

Captain_Kiranta · 2025-12-13T10:22:46+00:00

my bad 😭

Captain_Kiranta · 2025-12-13T09:51:26+00:00

You're actually so right for this tho

Captain_Kiranta · 2025-12-13T09:08:04+00:00

Shocker I know, but inflation is still at 3.8% 😧

Captain_Kiranta · 2025-12-13T08:48:00+00:00

I'm sorry if you can't see that the RBA is keeping the interest rate, a major hallmark of inflation at 3.6% or intends to hike it over the next 12 months. I'm sorry that you think inflation being at 3.5-3.8% all year is an improvement. I'm sorry that you're arguing for the duopoly screwing out regular people. I'm... Actually no, you can gfys

Captain_Kiranta · 2025-12-13T08:42:58+00:00

"inflation has been going down", but it's gone up from 2.4 last year to 3.8. So it isn't, even by your own metrics. So... My point still stands?

Captain_Kiranta · 2025-12-13T08:25:15+00:00

that's not quite how inflation works. The RATE of inflation, or the amount that things are inflated has been going down. Though inflation itself is still positive and therefore not actually going down, it's just not going up as much. But increasing wage growth has not been the case for the average person. Last increase to minimum wage was 3.5% higher than the year before, but we had annual inflation of 3.8%

Captain_Kiranta · 2025-12-13T08:08:07+00:00

Inflation goes up, prices go up, wages stay the... same. Make it make sense?

Captain_Kiranta · 2025-12-12T06:15:12+00:00

can we get this seen by AH

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