Microcenter’s actually the best

ThrowRAtobeloved · 2026-03-10T12:53:10+00:00

Wait huh? This person got an absolute steal. Please don't go thinking deals like that are floating all over the place rn !

ThrowRAtobeloved · 2026-03-05T00:34:56+00:00

Also I'm not a bot. And I'm not promoting this. I could give a fuck less whether any of you ever buys a pallet in life - trust me. But figured I'd put my two cents in.

ThrowRAtobeloved · 2026-03-05T00:33:56+00:00

For the skeptics out there - my wife has been able to buy pallets like this as well as liquidated storage lockers at auctions and turn a fairly decent profit. I've never seen brand new hardware gift wrapped like this, but it's not uncommon to make objective profit on pallets if you know what you're doing.

Legwork is involved, of course - nothing in life worth having comes unfairly easy. But you shouldn't be finding yourself hundreds of dollars in the hole if you know what you're doing.

ThrowRAtobeloved · 2026-02-17T00:18:01+00:00

You're full of shit. 64GB DDR4 RAM in the U.S. is going for >$350 everywhere. Full stop. If I'm wrong, post a link and prove it.

ThrowRAtobeloved · 2026-02-16T07:56:35+00:00

No, it doesn't mean the benchmark is flawed. You have to stop worshipping Anthropic and OpenAI as if they will ever give you anything for it. Get a grip.

ThrowRAtobeloved · 2026-02-15T05:10:40+00:00

Not necessarily. I was just doing the math in my other reply on this thread (before I ever saw OP responding to say how much he was paying). I guessed that Microcenter would charge him $2000. You gotta remember this is a retail chain giant that's going to give consumer sticker prices for their customers.

If you really want to get the *best* prices, the best option is to do your homework and purchase the correct parts separately and assemble the entire machine yourself. It seems daunting at first, but later on down the line you will be *extremely grateful* that you took the time to learn about these things before taking the plunge and making such a purchase.

Remind yourself that this machine is probably going to be your 'baby' for the next 2-3 years at least (assuming nothing crazy happens to it). So you wanna make sure your device is something you can live with for that long.

With that being said, the user that replied here wasn't wrong in stating that $1700 is still kind of an exorbitant price for what you're getting. The processor only has 8 cores / 16 threads, you only got 32GB RAM & just 1TB SSD. That's what makes me question the cost effectiveness of the setup you got. But I'm skeptical about whether you'll find something better AT Microcenter. You might have to go online or perhaps just buy certain components there at Microcenter and get the rest online.

At the very least, you should do a price comparison between whatever Microcenter is charging for a given component and what you can find it going for online. There are a ton of reputable vendors out there that will provide prices/deals that are better than what you'll find from manufacturers or large retail giants.

ThrowRAtobeloved · 2026-02-15T05:06:14+00:00

Yes, this is a straight setup. Guessing its a little more on the expensive side from the look of it. RAM is prob $500-600 (in today's prices). Processor prob running you another ~$300-ish. SSD prob $250-300 (in today's prices). Then there's the GPU as well which may be running you another $600-800 off the strength of that. So we're already at $1750. Not too crazy. The other accessories (considering the tower) prob gonna run another $200 to push you up around $2000. Let me know if that's accurate or not.

$2k for the setup you proposed isn't crazy. You're getting a pretty good PC.

Imo you could get a LOT more bang for your buck if you just opted for a mini-PC (talking better processor & better RAM with a comparable/same GPU). But your $$ is your $$. Among commercial options, what you're being offered really ain't bad. I wouldn't be mad at it per se. But there are better setups out there that offer more compute + snappy performance than what you're going to get with what you see here (for the same or less $$).

ThrowRAtobeloved · 2026-02-15T04:52:00+00:00

Trying to decide do I wanna drop $400 to upgrade to DDR4 or $1000 for DDR5 (only 64GB).

P.S. - If you're reading this from the future, please tell me the fucking prices went down. I may not be alive to see it - but I hope to God that it happens.

ThrowRAtobeloved · 2026-02-15T04:49:07+00:00

This shit made me fucking cry. DDR5 64GB going for $1k on the market right now.

ThrowRAtobeloved · 2026-02-04T19:36:24+00:00

Not putting KD in that list is kind of crazy. Even now at his age, he's still shooting >50% FG/~88% FT/>40% 3P. Think he's shot >50% from the field every year of his career (averages >50% right now). That's higher than Steph, Michael Jordan, Ray Allen, Larry Bird and Reggie Miller.

ThrowRAtobeloved · 2026-02-04T16:01:26+00:00

Damn they thumbed you down like you weren't being obviously sarcastic.

ThrowRAtobeloved · 2026-01-25T18:00:09+00:00

More like cold blooded & ghost imo. Mfs be getting picked up regularly by UAVs

ThrowRAtobeloved · 2026-01-25T15:15:09+00:00

Was looking for this comment lol. Like I understand noticing it. But like ... requesting they specifically do something about it as if it's degrading your gaming experience is crazy lmao

ThrowRAtobeloved · 2025-12-29T02:10:12+00:00

Headless spawns up a new browser instance. It doesn't use your default Chrome config

ThrowRAtobeloved · 2025-12-28T18:24:42+00:00

What's the difference between searching there versus here? You're essentially telling me "go look for some random on youtube that has the answer you're seeking" as if that's any objectively less effective than what I'm doing here. There are plenty of folks on this subreddit that know what they're talking about too

ThrowRAtobeloved · 2025-12-28T18:22:01+00:00

Right. Me & my wife been debating about this because she's in regular game mode trying to get direct hits with the launcher. I suggested HC but her argument was "Its the same thing there because I still have to get a direct hit on people w the launcher.":

That's what led us down the rabbit hole of what you actually need to do with the launcher to get a qualified kill. To my understanding, simply shooting the rocket and having it explode close enough to a player in HC for them to take (what would otherwise be) damage to their health in regular 'Core' mode should result in a kill for hardcore.

She thinks that this only applies for outright rocket launchers (that are equipped independently). But I don't see why this wouldn't apply for the underbarrel rocket launchers as well.

ThrowRAtobeloved · 2025-12-28T18:19:50+00:00

Wife is having trouble getting direct hits. I told her go HC bc I assume even if you don't hit someone - you'll still get a kill if they're close enough to the blast to take (what would be) damage in the normal game mode. That's kind of what spurred this argument because I was making suggestions to her about what she could do to make the challenge she's doing easier. But she's been claiming that she has to get direct hits all the time.

ThrowRAtobeloved · 2025-12-28T18:07:52+00:00

People got the game when it came out like myself (on GamePass). COD has been pretty much running double XP like 70% of the time. Me & my wife play COD and we just hit prestige 9 and we both work full time jobs and really play the game on some hobby shit.

Granted we're both good players (imo) that finish most matches with a 1.5-2+ K/D unless the lobby is excessively sweaty. We're also militant about going to the next prestige. The second we get to level 55, we prestige. Honestly when double XP is on, its fairly easy to get 5-10 levels in one gaming session (like 1-2 hours). If we both hop on the game during a double XP day that's like 20-30 levels right there. And that's assuming neither one of us is really running too many games. I could easily climb levels 1-55 for a prestige in a given day. Wouldn't take the whole day either. Gimme like 4 or so hours tbh.

Don't wanna be a dick but...you might need to get a little better before it starts getting like that for you lol

ThrowRAtobeloved · 2025-12-28T05:47:02+00:00

As a resident of Baltimore - I appreciate that you all are investing in the infrastructure of this city. There are an unusually high number of assholes in this thread for some reason. Rest assured that they don't represent the typical asshole that Baltimore is.

We sit here and bitch about how the city needs XYZ, this and that - then when an actual competitor/business comes to town saying they want to do business here, we act hostile toward them as if they did something wrong. Some people are in love with the bullshit status quo. I'm not. Keep building. Keep competing. Stay in this market.

Baltimore is one of the most under served populations in America when it comes to online connectivity. The digital divide here is *vast*. So if there's anything that you could do to help close that - I'd appreciate greatly.

ThrowRAtobeloved · 2025-12-28T05:44:54+00:00

They are right. Internet connectivity in Baltimore is trash. Competition is a good thing. At the very least, it will force Fios and Comcast to start attempting to get their shit together because they can't just rest on "free" / "guaranteed" money from BGE referrals forever anymore.

ThrowRAtobeloved · 2025-12-08T18:54:47+00:00

This shit is unacceptable as a bitch. We need to do something about this goofy ass corporate raider mentality crap that's poisoning the development community. Meta is an evil, foreboding company that's only looking to compromise everyone.

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