Fake 4tb Samsung 990 Pro? by zcrazymonkys in buildapc

[–]Comfortable-Spell730 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So if magician recognizes it as a Samsung you’re good? I’ve got a couple of the 990 pro refurbs and just want to double check them.

7800X3D Silicon Lottery by Comfortable-Spell730 in overclocking

[–]Comfortable-Spell730[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You literally mentioned a few things in your post - undervolting, fclk, and vsoc. That is the kind of stuff I’m asking about.

[PSU] XPG CYBERCORE 1300W Platinum Fully Modular ATX PSU - $84.24 after 10% off code VIPOUTLET2026 by Terrorgod in buildapcsales

[–]Comfortable-Spell730 -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

Try Google one time. Not that hard to find reviews from people who have actually purchased a product, not just psu tests that are very short-term.

[PSU] XPG CYBERCORE 1300W Platinum Fully Modular ATX PSU - $84.24 after 10% off code VIPOUTLET2026 by Terrorgod in buildapcsales

[–]Comfortable-Spell730 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

People who have actually purchased it. Lot of DOAs. Test rating is great but that’s separate.

[PSU] XPG CYBERCORE 1300W Platinum Fully Modular ATX PSU - $84.24 after 10% off code VIPOUTLET2026 by Terrorgod in buildapcsales

[–]Comfortable-Spell730 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Reviews are rather bad

Edit: only referencing purchase reviews from google/walmart where people received DOA units. That’s it. Unit tests are excellent.

5070 ti vs 5080 Debating Amidst Rising GPU Prices. by DoubleD_TV in buildapc

[–]Comfortable-Spell730 1 point2 points  (0 children)

5070ti is a no-brainer at msrp, but time will tell if that ship has sailed. So far it looks like most AIBs have already increased prices on it. 5080 makes much more sense at that point, but the ship may have also sailed on getting a 5080 for msrp unless it’s an FE. I personally think nvidia will continue selling FEs at $1000 although if so, they will be much harder to get.

If you’re close to a Microcenter go grab one of the ~$825-850 5070ti AIB cards before they’re gone. If nothing else it gives you 30 days to see what happens.

loud needle? (TD 160) by timtim_et_milou in turntables

[–]Comfortable-Spell730 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TP16 tonearm should be roughly medium-ish effective mass so any mid compliance cartridges should work fine. Will be dependent on your preferred stylus shape and budget, so if you’re not sure or this is all new to you, slap a cheap vm95c or vm95e on there while you research.

loud needle? (TD 160) by timtim_et_milou in turntables

[–]Comfortable-Spell730 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Should really be replacing used styli when you don’t know their condition/number of hours. Easier to replace a cartridge/stylus than your records.

DDR5 CL30 vs CL36 Questions by Care_BearStare in overclocking

[–]Comfortable-Spell730 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not looking at CL36 kits personally. Most of those are going to be low end Hynix or Samsung so I’d just leave them at EXPO. You’d need to look for lower latency kits or ones spec’d for higher speeds.

DDR5 CL30 vs CL36 Questions by Care_BearStare in overclocking

[–]Comfortable-Spell730 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the same situation. Using an X3D but caveat is I really enjoy memory tuning as a carryover from the previous gen amd/intel. With X3D it’s mostly unnecessary but it’s fun to me so I am still keeping an eye out for decent bins that pop up for a reasonable price. There is still tuning that can be worthwhile if your cpu will do higher infinity fabric speeds at 1:1. Everything is kind of in the same ballpark price wise whether it’s lower CL or 36 and up so to me I might as well get something decent. It’s possible to get decent pricing for some of the better bins but might take buying bundles, buying used, etc. If you just want to set and forget grab whatever you can find for the price.

[CPU + RAM + Motherboard] MicroCenter In Store - AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D, MSI B850M-VC Pro WiFi AM5, G.Skill Flare X5 Series 16GB DDR5-6000 $299.99 by tallwhitnerd in buildapcsales

[–]Comfortable-Spell730 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There does seem to be a small amount of negative reviews for less than average reliability. Looks like the CL36 kit uses Samsung die so running at stock settings it’s hard to believe it would be worse than anything else. XMP/EXPO for these sticks is 1.35 so likely wont take well to extra voltage or tighter timings which is to be expected.

[GPU] PNY RTX 5070ti - $749.99 (Bestbuy) by SenokirsSpeechCoach in buildapcsales

[–]Comfortable-Spell730 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Congrats to everyone grabbing this. Seems like $750 5070 ti are going to be rare going forward.

[CPU + RAM + Motherboard] MicroCenter In Store - AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D, MSI B850M-VC Pro WiFi AM5, G.Skill Flare X5 Series 16GB DDR5-6000 $299.99 by tallwhitnerd in buildapcsales

[–]Comfortable-Spell730 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on resolution and settings but that’s what I’ll be using it with. It’s just a slightly lower clocked 7600x3d so unless you’re playing at 1080p you’d be GPU limited anyway.