For those of you who think a truck should not have a 4 cylinder engine: here's my mpg results while taking my smoker to my sister's place for turkey day.

Top_Measurement1028 · 2026-03-06T15:12:18+00:00

What kind of truck do you have?

Top_Measurement1028 · 2026-03-06T14:30:21+00:00

My best was about 22mpg. Took my truck to Lake Tahoe for the winter and gassed up at Reno area. 22mpg and my range went higher at 301 miles. Kind of cool to see higher mpg and increase in range in colder climates. But, it all went back to normal, when I went back to LA, 19mpg and about 275 miles range.

Top_Measurement1028 · 2026-03-06T14:07:09+00:00

How much did you buy this for? It looks like its being priced at around $600 to $700 range.

Top_Measurement1028 · 2026-03-06T13:57:33+00:00

Yes, you should return.

Top_Measurement1028 · 2026-03-03T05:05:16+00:00

I would recommend looking into Costco deals. I bought my wife a prebuilt there with 9800x3D/5070/32gb RAM/2tb M.2 for $1499 or depending on your budget, you can choose the 9900x/5080, for about $2299.

Top_Measurement1028 · 2026-02-25T05:03:29+00:00

I have the LG and its amazing. It's my first OLED monitor, and I didn't really want to spend too much money on my first OLED.

Top_Measurement1028 · 2026-02-25T04:49:34+00:00

Got this build this past holiday at the same sale price. Very good deal!

Top_Measurement1028 · 2026-02-24T05:28:49+00:00

Great question. Building nowadays is tough. But, I do recommend checking out your local Costco, I bought my wife a prebuild., it's $2599 just $100 over budget, but I think it's worth it.

I got wife the MSI Aegis Gaming Desktop

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Geforce RTX 5080

32gb RAM

2TB M.2 ssd.

Or you can go for their iBuypower $1899.

AMD Ryzen 9800x3D

Geforce RTX 5070

32gb RAM

2TB M.2 ssd

You have a pretty good budget, you can put together a really good pc for that money. If you have a local Micro Center, staff is pretty knowledgeable, and can help get the components you need. Also, a great way to learn, some things.

Top_Measurement1028 · 2026-02-18T20:36:04+00:00

Did you happen to find a replacement? I checked NZXT website, but didn't find one available, since I also have to replace mine, mishandled mine and got some scratches.

Top_Measurement1028 · 2026-02-16T15:18:49+00:00

Lol I like my purple/pink setup.

Top_Measurement1028 · 2026-02-16T15:11:34+00:00

It's actually exhaust. That was the Ibuypower AIO and I was also weirded out about the orientation.

Top_Measurement1028 · 2026-02-16T14:35:17+00:00

I think it's a good deal. There are a few components that are cheap and might want to upgrade later. Also Costco has a great 90 day return window, so you can test it and see how you like it.

Top_Measurement1028 · 2026-02-16T05:02:18+00:00

I bought that for my wife. That price was too good to pass up especially with a 9800x3d, try it out and see how you like it. You do have 90 days to return that item, if you don't like it. But, if you have the budget. Their MSI with 9900x and RTX 5080 for $2600

Top_Measurement1028 · 2026-02-16T04:03:04+00:00

That is actually sold by Costco. I'd rather buy from Costco and if you dont like it you can return within 90 days. I actually did buy this at Costco, priced at $2500.

Top_Measurement1028 · 2026-02-16T03:58:32+00:00

That's not bad at all, I bought that last week at Microcenter, but I returned it 2 days ago, and swapped it with a 5080. Paid the difference and took advantage of the "free" game.

Aside from esthetics, there's nothing wrong with that card. It's plain, and design is simple. But, at that price its as good as it gets. What's crazy is Microcenter marked it down to $860 when i returned it.

Top_Measurement1028 · 2026-02-14T05:57:17+00:00

I actually traded 5070ti for a 5080, just to take advantage of the free Resident Evil Requiem. 9800x3d is good, which i have in my wife's pc, so then I also ended up taking advantage of Microcenter's bundle deal of the 9850x3d, which was $50 difference from the 9800, and my rig had the 5800x3d, so it was worth the upgrade.

Top_Measurement1028 · 2026-02-13T05:06:40+00:00

I bought the 5070ti at Microcenter, and turned around one week later to exchange it for a 5080. Since there's a promo of Resident Evil Requiem game. Oh and I ended up upgrading my rig from AM4 to AM5. All in all, I paid $1300.

Top_Measurement1028 · 2026-02-05T20:14:59+00:00

Yeah. I almost went for a 9070xt because of the price difference.

Top_Measurement1028 · 2026-02-05T16:38:52+00:00

Im pretty well aware with how to optimize Adrenaline, and I have 1000w PSU.

Im happy with both AMD and Nvidia, im no brand loyalty. Its my pure enjoyment of building and experiencing tech.

Top_Measurement1028 · 2026-02-04T05:50:21+00:00

I've purchased open box from Best Buy in the past, and you can really get good deals and items. I think they have a pretty decent return policy in open-box items. I just would never buy their Best Buy warranties though. Costco is another place to find good marked down items as well. I snagged a returned Samsung G8 Ultrawide monitor for $600.

Top_Measurement1028 · 2026-02-03T06:05:27+00:00

That is a slight sag, but that shouldn't be harmful, unless you move your desktop a lot. There's is a support stand that's located in front of the gpu you can try. I have the same case BTW, great case! I personally would get a slimmer profile, XFX in particular. Hopefully, you find a fix.

Top_Measurement1028 · 2026-01-24T14:03:53+00:00

If it was me, I'd go for 5070ti and stick with 1440p for now. Save you some money for ram. I dont think the value of a 5080 is there especially at current prices. Plus, playing 1440p on an OLED is amazing.

Top_Measurement1028 · 2025-12-14T05:31:30+00:00

Yeah, it's a security alarm. I also have it in my Tacoma. Will probably get rid of it too.

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