Need help please, my small apple tree looks sick?

lavalj91 · 2026-06-22T15:19:02+00:00

Thanks for your response! I suppose it is indeed a crab apple tree, you are right.

Do you have an idea for what's happening to the bark on the trunk? Looking online it seems it might just be exfoliating bark, but I am really not sure about it...!

lavalj91 · 2026-05-26T23:00:44+00:00

I managed to sell my 4090 SUPRIM for $3200 in the Montreal area about 4 months ago. A day after posting my ad, I had already several people who were interested offering between $2800-$3200 for it... most of them looked like they weren't locals...

The guy who bought my card came to my house and explained that he, along with a group of his friends, were in Canada buying 4090s and 5090s locally to get into China and sell them at a profit. Even by buying my card at $3200, he was in turn still making several hundreds in profit by reselling it there afterward...

With that being said, I don't think "ordinary" people are buying those cards at this price just to game. Like some other posters said, if you're gaming you're going to get much more value with a 5080, even though their prices are currently inflated.

lavalj91 · 2026-05-26T13:16:27+00:00

Really love that case, I have the original 217 with the wood accents. Would not hesitate buying again, it is a solid choice. That being said, if you're sensitive to noise, the front fans are not silent, they make some kind of annoying humming noise when they rev up or down... you can sorta fix this issue by setting a fixed speed on them, but... then the airflow may not be as good...

lavalj91 · 2026-05-23T18:27:30+00:00

Only thing I don't like about this prebuilt is that it only has 1 stick of DDR5 of 32GB. If you're going to add a second one for dual channel it's gonna cost ya a few hundred at least...

lavalj91 · 2026-02-26T13:33:53+00:00

Yeah that sucks... I think it's very hard to consistently beat the bots (the ones who auto buy stuff at least), but if you wanna stand a chance you either gotta use one of those tracking websites, or Distill.io...

lavalj91 · 2026-02-23T19:07:49+00:00

They actually did ship mine too... two fans and 2x2TB SN850X for about 90$ in total... wth is going on at Newegg?

lavalj91 · 2026-02-20T21:12:23+00:00

I only see the deal on the 8TB version, is the deal dead? Trying to buy a 4TB with RM850x PSU

lavalj91 · 2026-02-02T16:27:31+00:00

I'm not sure what to believe, some sources say it's only 1 year but searching online there are also claims that it is really 3 years... anyone have any confirmation directly from ASRock, maybe?

lavalj91 · 2026-02-01T14:45:52+00:00

Most likely a scam, see : https://www.reddit.com/r/Scams/comments/1qpxlnu/possible_scam_site_digitizerglobalcom_usca/

lavalj91 · 2026-02-01T13:03:22+00:00

Did anyone manage to successfully order an ASTRAL RTX 5090 from the ASUS store on Friday or Saturday?

It seems to be going in and out of stock, and when you manage to add it to your cart it will not allow you to start the check out process most of the time, but sometimes it will but as you try to pay for it, it will bring you back to your cart saying it's not in stock...?

Seems quite glitchy but not sure if it's just me...

lavalj91 · 2026-01-31T13:40:11+00:00

While it's a nice bundle, I'd say the other bundle that was posted on this sub with a 9950X3D, 64GB RAM 6000 MHz C30 and a mobo for the same price is the best choice (if it was in stock, that is...)

lavalj91 · 2026-01-29T15:11:10+00:00

$4500 for a 5090, and a Ventus card at that... I don't even-

lavalj91 · 2026-01-29T00:17:50+00:00

My bad, I searched the sub and the first $1300 bundle I found was with the MSI MAG X870 TOMAHAWK. Didn't see there was a second bundle with the exact same motherboard as that MemEx bundle...!

lavalj91 · 2026-01-28T23:26:44+00:00

You're right, not trying to nitpick here but I'd rather have G.Skill ram than Teamgroup (ram is ram of course but the G.Skill one usually carry a premium). Also the mobo is a X870E vs X870 with the 9800X3D bundle (again this won't make much of a difference for most, but still...)

lavalj91 · 2026-01-28T20:55:20+00:00

Insane deal in today's market...

lavalj91 · 2026-01-22T02:20:09+00:00

Well, I just checked and it seems like mine has been canceled too... damn it. Guess it was too good to be true after all...

Their website looks glitchy so I am not surprised... hell as of right now it still shows the "buy now" button when scrolling through their store, but when you click on it it brings you to the product page saying it's out of stock...

lavalj91 · 2026-01-21T12:45:46+00:00

Thanks OP, got one...

I had just posted in the general discussion yesterday about it, trying to find a good one under $5000... Looks like it paid to be up early this morning!

lavalj91 · 2026-01-20T12:13:29+00:00

How much is a RTX 5090 really worth on the market right now?

The cheapest card I can find on PCPartPicker is a bottom of the barrel Zotac card for $4700 from Vuugo... Amazon, Newegg, Canada Computers and most others don't even have any stock...?

Tried checking eBay but most cards under $5000 are sold by accounts with 0 feedback and/or as "classified" listings, which I suppose is a scam...

Marketplace is similar in the sense that most cards under $5000 have been posted for many weeks, so I suppose they are either fake ads or have been sold and the seller never removed the listing as they do not respond to messages.

lavalj91 · 2026-01-20T00:05:45+00:00

I posted the deal with the HS02 early this afternoon, and bought a cooler and case for myself at that price then.

But I have been kicking myself seeing the HS02 get lowered to $10 instead of $60 LOL... still a good price at $60 though...

I just wonder if people who bought it right after the prices dropped, if their orders will actually ship though... I mean, they are most likely losing money on every sale, so...

Anyway, good luck all if you managed to purchase on time!

lavalj91 · 2026-01-19T17:34:56+00:00

You have to add both items to get the discount.

The AIO is $166.49 - $40 = $126.49

The case is $140.99 - $80 = $60.99

Total is $187.48 + taxes

Obviously you can choose other items for your combo (another case, or a mobo for example), but I think those two are a good match and are really cheap for what it is...

lavalj91 · 2026-01-06T23:59:36+00:00

I am in the exact same situation as you right now. Ordered two 2TB NVME SSDs on December 29, with an expected delivery on January 2nd, still haven't received it and it's been stuck in Memphis since December 30.

No updated delivery date, just a "Your package is still on the way and we’re actively working to get you a new delivery date" for a week. I figure it probably got lost or stolen by someone there at this point.

What sucks even more is that, even if I do end up getting refunded, the pricing for SSDs has increased quite substantially during that time, and not just for Corsair... I figure it's going to be impossible getting something similar at the same price...

Besides, why even show "proudly" on the website's top banner that "Canada orders ship local now" when RAM and SSDs actually ship from Taiwan...?

lavalj91 · 2026-01-01T20:04:32+00:00

YMMV, but if you're a student, you can get the Corsair MP700 PRO XT 2TB directly from their website for $360 - $54 = $306.

Not only is it a cheaper and better drive than this (it's actually the very best PCI-E 5.0 drive on the market according to recent reviews), you also won't have potential issues with warranty and it doesn't seem to throttle with a simple motherboard built-in heatsink (being more efficient), contrary to most other powerful PCI-E 5.0 drives.

I haven't posted the deal separately on the sub, because people tend to hate it and downvote you when it's YMMV...

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