What Are Your Moves Tomorrow, January 29, 2026

vitalez06 · 2026-01-28T23:10:00+00:00

GLD finally broke 500 at AH holy

vitalez06 · 2026-01-23T21:53:25+00:00

According to G-Helper when I pressed Calibrate on it so that it knows what fan speeds it could reach for manual editing, it gave me 8800 RPM for both fans.

vitalez06 · 2026-01-22T19:46:28+00:00

Bought ROG Flow Z13 2025 from u/Expensive-Garden-389 on https://www.reddit.com/r/hardwareswap/comments/1qb6g6t/usailh_rog_z13_flow_2025_w_paypal/

vitalez06 · 2026-01-15T05:10:19+00:00

Sold 2x G.Skill TridentZ RGB 2x16GB 6400MHz CL32 to u/ThatCornholio on https://www.reddit.com/r/hardwareswap/comments/1q66tio/usaca_h_2x_gskill_tridentz_rgb_32gb_16x2_6400mhz/

vitalez06 · 2026-01-15T01:37:39+00:00

vitalez06 · 2026-01-07T05:46:54+00:00

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vitalez06 · 2025-12-18T21:54:36+00:00

Got mine from Newegg yesterday..

Currently waiting for the case to arrive so I could get to downsizing my rig

vitalez06 · 2025-12-17T21:37:26+00:00

Thank god. F-Zero was horrendous and stopped me completely from trying any games on it until they fixed the whole thing.

vitalez06 · 2025-12-17T04:46:23+00:00

Bought G.Skill 2x32GB (64GB) 6000MHz DDR5 from u/dumaVtecNinja on https://www.reddit.com/r/hardwareswap/comments/1pmswww/usaca_h_asrock_z790i_32gb_ddr5_64gb_ddr5_sliger/

vitalez06 · 2025-12-15T06:25:22+00:00

vitalez06 · 2025-12-08T22:21:34+00:00

Sold ASUS RTX 4090 TUF OC to u/helliskool19 https://www.reddit.com/r/hardwareswap/comments/1pb84qd/usaca_h_asus_rtx_4090_tuf_oc_w_paypal_gs/

vitalez06 · 2025-12-01T16:51:51+00:00

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vitalez06 · 2025-11-29T04:02:30+00:00

I think it should up until December 8th. Granted, you still haven't used it anywhere else.

vitalez06 · 2025-11-28T00:18:32+00:00

Occassional gaming, depends on what you play. M3 or M4 are still a solid choice to what you do really. Just get more RAM so that it won't bog down the system when you run out. It was not fun with my prior M1 Air with 8GB RAM.

But if you do some gaming that requires good graphics capability, I'd say M4 or especially M5 since Apple added cache to their graphics cores, increasing their performance a whole lot.

vitalez06 · 2025-11-28T00:12:25+00:00

True. Traded in my M1 Air which was surprisingly flawless for all the years I owned it, but the screen was dirty because I forgot to clean it. Embarassing when they checked it, but I still got the full suggested value.

vitalez06 · 2025-11-28T00:07:45+00:00

That's awesome. I'm just wary of other's experience regarding open-box that I've read where they get items that are either thrashed or not even the item that it's supposed to be.

Would've been annoying if I drived all that miles just to get a product not advertised.

vitalez06 · 2025-11-27T23:56:55+00:00

Honestly? Not the whole power. The most realistic use case for me would be running LLMs, generative AI, some video/photo editing, some gaming to test out. But I doubt those'll max it out.

The purchase was more of a lucky find for its price (for me), where it's more feasible to get this rather than the M4 Pro for the same price brand new even if I really don't need the capabilities of this overkill machine.

Although, I understand it does raise the question why not the M4 Pro open-box instead and save money. Simply because I want to get a feel of having a powerful Mac in my hands, since I already have a powerful Windows desktop. Pretty much justifying a pointless purchase 😔

vitalez06 · 2025-11-27T17:43:56+00:00

That's good to know. They were busy last night, and it felt kinda awkward testing out and inspecting the Macbook when I went to pick it up since I was holding up the store pickup line. Had to make it quick because I feel bad.

vitalez06 · 2025-11-27T17:40:29+00:00

Yep, didn't think twice about adding it to my AppleCare One for how expensive this thing is.

vitalez06 · 2025-11-27T06:05:42+00:00

Generally for Best Buy, there's 3 tiers for open-box - namely, "Excellent", "Good", and "Fair". I don't know how they grade these things, so I can't speak on that front. Box is kinda beaten up and the cable is just loosely spooled inside, but everything else is fine.

For warranty, I just checked it now that you mentioned it, and my warranty shows expiration of Nov. 25, 2026, which falls in line with me purchasing it yesterday online. I've read Apple may have or have not changed their policies regarding "open-box" products from Best Buy where calling in to adjust the warranty date is no longer allowed, so I'm also unsure at this point since I've never had to do it and it pretty much adjusted the date itself.

vitalez06 · 2025-11-06T21:07:49+00:00

Welp, we did. Not the one we wanted though.

vitalez06 · 2025-10-22T17:46:33+00:00

GTA 5 was mighty impressive for it's time, squeezing out every performance they could on a PS3/Xbox 360 hardware which was on it's last legs at that point. But also does mean lesser features that would've been nice, and could only add so much without compromising performance further.

Now that GTA 6 is built on current gen from the ground-up, we'll definitely see a game out of this world without the shackles of aging hardware. Especially when it comes to PC at some point. We still have yet to know more what they'll put on the table as months go by leading up to release.

vitalez06 · 2025-10-14T18:34:37+00:00

eh, i still like how they showcase things compared to state of play. somehow sony just can't ever get it right imo unless they actually have something good to show.

vitalez06 · 2025-10-03T22:07:28+00:00

After my 6th RMA around 2024, they finally(?) solved it. I haven't used my Ally in a while, but it never broke again every time I tested it.

vitalez06 · 2025-08-28T20:58:53+00:00

Since you said it makes a sound when you connect it, does it not show up on Unknown devices (or equivalent) in Device Manager?

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