Don't let PC Gaming "Deals" Fool You

[@wowdogeful]

Remember you can save 100% on any special "deal" by not buying shit you don't need

[@BeanieKing]

Yes, yes, yes - and if you go outside on a clear day, you'll see that the sky is blue! Always gotta be one of you guys underneath these videos...

[@HardwareCanucks]

That was the point of the video. Instead of Top xxxx this was intended to be more educational to guide people into right decisions if they are in the market for something.

[@RustyChickn]

This is true but I ordered parts for a custom keyboard yesterday :3

[@karthiksnayak]

@@BeanieKingnobody is stopping you from blowing your money on shit you think you need tho

[@BeanieKing]

@@karthiksnayak I'm railing against the meme, "YoU sAvE the MoSt By NoT bUyInG," we've all read that sage and unsolicited piece of advice ten times over, by now, we get it.

[@valkasolidor6727]

Thanks Mike. I never skip your videos!

[@HardwareCanucks]

Thanks!

[@beasttitan8747]

Don't sleep on the used market. I recently bought a 5900x for $247. I am now trying to snag a Noctua NH-D15S chromax black for $35.

[@yasu_red]

The fear people have over the used market seems irrational when you figure out what bad signs to look for. I've never ended up with a bad item when shopping on eBay.

[@josko144]

Ehh a used cpu is a nono for me

[@z54964380]

@@yasu_red It's not irrational, most ppl aren't computer mechanics, most ppl won't be able to tell hidden deflect when checking the card, and unless one can plug it in and test it thorough before buying it, it's always a risky move to buy a used GPU unless it's a killer deal, ever since the mining thing took off.

[@yasu_red]

@@z54964380 Most potential issues can be avoided by looking for a seller with a history of good feedback, and ex-mining cards are often undervolted so more can be used on the same power supply or to save on electricity costs. GPUs used for gaming are instead often pushed to their limits (I'm guilty of this) and have usage constantly fluctuating.

[@beasttitan8747]

Update: 5900x is defective, I throwed the kitchen sink at that sucker. Gave it my all, somehow a priest would last longer in a brothel than the time it took from boot to crash approximately 6 seconds. I bought into the AMD idea as I am poor, but the next time I find a stable income I am ditching this AMD rig. I contacted ebay and they gave me a refund.

[@BurgundyBrundley]

got a rx 6600 at the end of last year for $169 knowing it was used but It came new in box...it wasn't this year but it seemed to stay at the price, and now with frame gen on 6000 series I'm having a great time with this killer deal. I hope everyone got the best and most mindful deals~

[@vsm351]

RX 6600 gang! 🙌🏻 Bought one used for $172 used this month with box and everything in mint condition! Huge upgrade coming from an RX 580 that I used since 2020. Killer deal it is!

[@Targetlockon]

This is why a sale is not a sale on holiday sometimes. Keep track of progression of the market versus what when is the amazing value to buy now

[@aelaan12]

I switched to DDR5 with some deep discounts. The discounts were only a few hours it seemed, got a Z790 with 64Gb for under CAD $500, but you need to be balsy and tell vendors to price match and if they don't move on and be patient. In Canada, you get great comparing options with Canada Computer, Memory Express, some BestBuy (mice keyboards etc.) and of course Amazon. I went with the Thermal Right Frozen Notte for the price of an air cooler. Got a brand-new Fractal Meshify 2C for 100 bucks, brand new in the box, but a skunk had gotten hold of the box, so the owner did not want to keep it. Cut the box off before I put it in the car and put the stinky cardboard in a blue bin along the way. I did get a 4070 from Zotac because it has the Spider-Man 2 across the Spider Verse stuff with it (instant collector item, for me at least) for CAD $603.50 before taxes. The only thing that got me stuck for a day was the MSI motherboard that came DOA. So I have a decent upgrade to my rig for under 1300 Canadian Loonies.

[@karankarwal5626]

yo I have a question, how did you get a 4070 for $600 CAD? Was it on sale or openbox or something, and where did you buy it from thank you!

[@aelaan12]

@@karankarwal5626 Amazon as a warehouse deal. Meaning technically it was an open box. It was 150 down from the normal price and sold as used-good. I don't know what they were smoking that day, but the card came wrapped in its original box. Mind you, this is before taxes, which adds 13% here in Ontario.

[@TheChartreuseLeprechaun]

For air cooler, I got amazing performance with the ID-COOLING SE-225-XT. Worked fantastically well with a 5600x, but just barely with a 5700x. So, depends on your power draw. But, still a great push-pull air cooler. And, at around $40...not quite the deal for the Thermalright...but still a pretty good bargain.

[@ShersGarage]

It is around $32. I don't see them getting any cheaper.

[@TheChartreuseLeprechaun]

@@ShersGarage yeah. barring some new material that comes out to make them with (which will jack up the price) I don't see any room for change or improvement with air cooling...or the pricing.

[@yasu_red]

The used market is very useful once you figure out what to look for (a seller with a decently long history of good feedback for example). The worry people have about ex-mining GPUs is also blown out of proportion, considering that many will undervolt their cards in order to power more of them on the same system or to spend less on electricity. Gamers wear out GPUs much more with overclocks and other forms of pushing things to the limit, and I'm guilty of this myself.

[@classicallpvault8251]

Miners don't wear out the compute cores on the GPU but they do wear out the memory controller and the VRAM.

[@yasu_red]

@@classicallpvault8251 True, but the severity of that also varies widely depending on the GPU in question. The RTX 30 series (the ones with GDDR6X for the most part) was notorious for having ridiculously hot VRAM for instance.

[@TYahn91942]

Thank you Mike. This was very helpful just like the GPU video. I just upgraded my GPU from an ASUS ROG STRIX 580 to an ASUS ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6900 XT TOP OC 16GB GDDR6 Graphics Card with an ASUS Zenith Extreme Threadripper because I do 3D rendering and design with light gaming. I shared this video with a friend. Thank you again

[@okie7812]

Grabbed a Rog Strix G16 Friday. YEARS since I've owned a gaming laptop. Merry Christmas to me! That $290 5800x3d sure is tempting as well...

[@Myxzoid]

My best Black Friday buy was Samsung 990Pro 4TB from Newegg Canada for $339

[@MadmanLink]

Over the last year I've been upgrading my system and it looks like I picked the perfect time to do it. My monitor is at the same price as last year. I got ram and storage last month. I am so glad I went with an amd platform. I only play World of Warships so I should get a few more years out of everything! Nice shirt btw!

[@ulamss5]

Re: monitors - exception is OLEDs. Should drop by another 50% or so next year with China manufacturers coming online now. May put price pressure on the VAs especially.

[@mattdagger1480]

Definitely agree with the thermalright peerless assassin! Even though hardware Canucks said they phanteks t30 fans would fit they did and have been on my peerless assassin for a year now cooling my 7950x cpu at full speed! Super hard to beat cooler

[@metawolf987]

Micro Center had some really good Black Friday deals on PC hardware, but unfortunately, I did not need those particular things at the moment, and also atm, I do not have enough money.

[@tagginondawal3961]

My girlfriends laptop got water damage when her apartment caught fire. Her main rig was fine, thankfully, but since xmas and her bday are both coming up, I decided to get a lenovo gaming laptop. Current gen, with a 4060, a good processor and 16gb ram for under $950 US. Though for myself, I need a new lan rig, so I'm gonna be on the hunt for m-atx boards. Got the case I wanted, now just need everything else, which I know basically what I'm going to do.

[@phizix5023]

I def picked up that 5800x3D at only $290. Also picked up a 7900XT and 32 GB RAM to upgrade my bedroom PC from R5 3600, 3070, and 16GB RAM. Did I need to? Hell no, but at least I should now be able to play just about everything at 4K 60fps while laying in bed.

[@marcmoore4115]

Just ordered an upgrade for my PC... lets hope it's on the good list lol. Went from a Ryzen 5 2400G to R5 5600 and a new SSD, MSI 371 1tb... not sure about the SSD but my current Mushkin 2.5" SATA SSD went from 30-60 second boot times to now being over 5 minutes, so I just want it to be decent again.

[@robertt9342]

How does the ssd have a 5 minute boot time? Seems like either some kind of hardware failure or software corruption.

[@marcmoore4115]

@@robertt9342 it's like 5 years old at this point, used to be my only drive. I guess it could be CPU related, but honestly I'm not all that clued up on tech anymore. To be fair, I have no clue what drivers my CPU is running rn if any at all, because I've tried like 30 times to update them and nothing seems to happen... but the boot times just steadily got slower, so my first assumption has always just been that it's just gotten old... idk.

[@Frankenstein_]

@@marcmoore4115 What I did was put my OS on it's own Drive 2.5" Drives atleast for me slowdown to crawl when they go above 85% capacity on that note uninstall stuff you aren't using if you don't have the money for tons of Storage. Have not had that problem with M.2 Nvme Drives so if your mainboard has a slot for it a cheap M.2 might be worth looking into Nvme boottimes are nuts btw freshly setup you hit the powerbutton and the thing is booted before your screens even on. xD

[@marcmoore4115]

@@Frankenstein_ that old 2.5" SSD I have is 500gb and it's probably had over 2tb go through it lol. Before my harddrive I had GTA on it, then uninstalled it and eventually installed GTA again... also Rainbow 6 siege and a couple other big games, not to mention the ~300gb of game clips I ended up deleting... so it's been abused as far as SSDs go lol. I always try to keep it at 20-50gb free though. I'll move my OS to the new NVMe. Super hyped to not have to actively go do something else while waiting for my pc to boot up because it feels like years lol.

[@thomaswest2583]

I just went from ryzen 1500x to ryzen 5600x. Looking forward to putting that in my pc. Can't wait for it to come.

[@denisnatera3633]

Excellent recomendations as always!

[@TheGameBench]

Yeah, it's strange... I've had to buy a lot of hard drives this year and I'm seeing a $20 to $30 increase on the drives I've been looking at over the last month.

[@dabig77]

Yeh they raise the real price, then have a % discount as black friday deal 😂

[@TheGameBench]

@@dabig77 No kidding, even brick and mortars are playing that game. Wal-Mart had some crap on "sale" and when you pull the price tag out from under the black Friday sale tag... they were the same price. They're not even bothering to hike the price and then drop it.

[@TalesOfWar]

This is common practice around the holidays. It should be illegal really, but hey, free market and all that crap. I've been suggested a bunch of things on Amazon that I've been looking at over the last month or so that are actually more expensive on "black Friday" than when they weren't on any kind of sale.

[@Legitti]

Bought Legion 7i Pro month ago with new ram and ssd, felt so cheap compared to few years ago even with ddr5

[@naythlamer_4279]

You don't need max ( Ultra ) settings to be happy, use medium to high or buy older gpu / cpu 2-3 years ago, they usually also get discounts, *or build your pc very rarelly like I did* , built a new pc after *8 years:* rx 6700 xt ( I recommand rx 6650 xt price per performance )& ryzen 5 7500f , ddr 5 24 gb ram , 1tb ssd , gygsbyte gaming x ax , peerles assassin rgb + monitor and everything else 1230€

[@slothnium]

Best GPU deal I saw was CanadaComputers selling a C$320 3060 12GB. And it was still too expensive. I won't buy a RX 6600/XT or RTX 4060, because they are 8GB, and second, they only run on PCIe x8 width. My X470 mobo only supports PCIe 3.0

[@classicallpvault8251]

Regarding RAM upgrades mentioned in relation to the 5800X3D: do you realise that the massive L3 cache basically makes that CPU hardly sensitive to RAM speed? DDR4, with good timings and speeds, is cheap, but it's less relevant for owners of this chip. This is completely different with regular Ryzen CPUs which benefit greatly from fast RAM running at mT/s rates that are a multiple of the memory controller speed, though the Zen 5 CPUs occasionally perform best (depending on the scenario) while running faster RAM with tight timings asynchronous with the memory controller.

[@Targetlockon]

$13 or $14 per TB is great deal on hard drives. $15 per TB or higher i usually see those as regular sales that happen often Just keep track of what you need versus it costs of the item you've been wishlisting.

[@user-ek6in1sf5t]

Micro Center has a 7800x3d, MSI PRO B650-P motherboard, and 32 GB of G.Skill B-die RAM for $500 Broken down on my receipt, the cost of the 7800x3d was $250 which is a screaming deal if you're looking to upgrade from a DDR4 system to DDR5 since you'd have to buy the MB and RAM to do that anyways. If you're in that position, live near a Micro Center and have the means, that specific bundle is probably the best upgrade deal you're going to find in a long time.

[@Olivia-W]

Microcenter has amazing deals for CPU/mobo/RAM combos.

[@mattio79]

I got a 5800X3D yesterday with a PA120SE for USD357 shipped, with tax. I got a 22-50% increase in performance across the board, even at 1440P in Cyberpunk, with my 3060Ti.

[@adamjrburr]

This is a great video and finally from a Canadian. Nothing against our US neighbours, we simply don’t have all the access. My question is I am looking to build a PC for my son to game on. His laptop I bought last year is already out of date. I was really stuck on the AMD 5 - 7600 but am having a hard time fitting the appropriate GPU into my budget. Taking advantage of sales on previous models is something I am looking to do. Can you lead me in the right direction please?

[@joshholmes1372]

Just got a 7800x3d bundle at microcenter for 445. cooling it with phantom spirit.

[@HardwareCanucks]

That's a good price

[@daiichidoku]

2018 rogstrixB350/1600x/rx460/2x3200cl14 build. just upgraded to 5600x ($178CDN)/6650xt($309CDN), both from amazon

[@Watchandlearn91]

I'm hoping you are right about the thin and light market getting a much needed leap in innovation. IMO the Macbook Air 13 is the best 13 inch laptop right now bar none and it is primarily due to the touchpad and CPU. If Windows laptops get a much more efficient CPU alongside some good haptic touchpads, I would love to switch back and put Ubuntu on one of those. Right now my Macbook Air is too good for common office uses.

[@gosuprime]

Canada computers has 7800x3d's for 120 dollars off. Not an employee but that's a crazy deal for THE best gaming CPU by far.

[@HardwareCanucks]

Problem for many will be platform cost sadly. But it's a platform with legs.

[@JezyYT]

Awesome video as usual Mike.

[@stenchlord]

Would love to see you review a case called the Jonsbo TK-1 2.0

[@seoulglo1999]

I purchased 6TB of nvme storage for under $300 U.S.! The price drop of SSD storage recently has been insane!

[@engels1978]

I bought 1440p IPS 144Hz Screen 5 years ago, 5600x last year and quite recently RTX 4070 (after selling my old 3070 I just needed to just only 300$!) , and... I am enjoying games in max details with 60fps minimum, and many with 144fps too 😎😈

[@itsdeonlol]

Storage & RAM is great!

[@petercruz1993]

7:58 I looked at the 6700xt and the RX 4060 is like £50 cheaper but uses half the power and performs the same. Also is way newer. The only thing that makes me consider it is the 12gb of vram

[@The_Opinion_of_Matt]

Very nice. I'll have to look into some storage upgrades for me and the wife.

[@acphantom6437]

Nice video, also do you happen to have a link to the wallpaper behind you there?

[@HardwareCanucks]

Its on Wallhaven. :)

[@laszlosarkozi1385]

That current gen Zephyrus G14 for 1200 is great, too bad the same one in Canada is still 2000!

[@curie1420]

got a ryzen 5 5600g + rx 5700xt + 24gb ram for $600 and a ryzen 7 5700g + rx 6700xt + 32gb ram for $1000 after the mining apocalypse, this has been a good year for me

[@alwayscuriousalwayslearnin]

those air coolers are very good and Igot mine a while back for a great deal just under 30CAD I currently am using it for my AMD 7600 and when my 7800x3d arrives to replace the 76000 I will use it for that

[@donnydarko7624]

There absolutely are DDR5 Z690 mobo's and people need to know that there are both DDR4 and DDR5 mobo's for Alder lake. On top of that the Z690 can be updated to be compatible with the 14th gen raptor lake refresh cpu's and the 14900k does have a decent uplift over the 13900k. One more thing, there's no way a DDR4 32gb 3600 kit is out preforming a DDR5 32gb 7200 kit especially when the average first world latency for the DDR5 kit is lower than the DDR4 kit.

[@HardwareCanucks]

I never said there weren't any. ;)

[@donnydarko7624]

You say "the only caveat is that those boards are rockin ddr4 memory" implying that there's ddr5 on z690 @@HardwareCanucks

[@ionrage]

Picked up the Frost Spirit, actually keeping my 5900X in check, can I also say that air coolers look nicer then AIOs, like no AIO looks better and most now look like cheap toys.

[@devinserrato522]

had to give it a like for the shirt - oh also the rest of the video was great - awesome job

[@lennard9331]

As far as I've heard, 14th gen laptop will be Meteor Lake and not Raptor Lake across the board. If it indeed ends up being RPL refresh, then yeah, it will be worthless, but something to keep in mind.

[@HardwareCanucks]

That's what I said at the end. Thin and lights get Meteor Lake U/P while gaming laptops get Raptor Lake Refresh H series.

[@Targetlockon]

Thermalright has the amazing performance for the value you getting for the price Naming is a bit confusing though

[@moneysworthtv2410]

I know what you said about the z690 platform but I upgraded from a 6900xt I waterblocked with a alphacool eisblock to a asrock aqua 7900xtx well the huge price drop on the asrock aqua z690 I couldn't help myself mean it's the first time I've given Intel a xhence in my system since my first build witch was a 2600 and a asus z77 with a amd xfx 5770 so we will see how I like it haha

[@Games_and_Tech]

With a lot of respect, these were kind of the worst deals I found this weekend

[@HardwareCanucks]

You might have noticed I never mentioned the deals specifically. This was a guide, nothing more.

[@Games_and_Tech]

@@HardwareCanucks the deals listed on the links

[@curiousmind2795]

I got open box Asus zephyrus g16 i7 12th gen with rtx 4050 and 1 tb storage for 1450$ CAD with tax at best buy and condition was just like brand new, is this a good deal Matthew🤔?

[@gyurmagyuri6440]

Thanks, Mike!

[@cuma212]

just grabbed 32gb cl16@3600 for 65$ there is not a big improvment on max fps, but oh man the 1% is night and day

[@dragonsystems5973]

I really pitty those of you paranoid about the smallest risk... hahahaha, ive been buying RTX 3080's for $300 bucks a pop off the used market for months, not issues with any of them, some have even still had warranty. Ive literally put a 3080 in every one of my builds, except the 4090 in my gaming machine. Plex server? 3080, BAM!!! workstation? 3080, BAM!!! travel ITX build? 3080, BAM!! general web browser, 3080 BAM!!!! ETC ETC, ya feel me?

[@GT86crazy]

Hi Mike, some good advice. I would just add that the monitor market is seeing a big shift towards OLED tech at the upper end of the market, so I wouldn't say the monitor tech has plateau'd. I'm personally really looking forwards to how the thin and light laptop market will look next year!

[@HardwareCanucks]

I actually said "other than the ultra high end". The problem with OLED is and will always be burn in

[@GT86crazy]

@@HardwareCanucks sorry I missed that. Burn in was a concern when I got mine, but I mainly use my PC for gaming and content consumption and so far I've seen zero burn in. If I was using my PC for productivity I would have second thoughts

[@dabig77]

Ill never buy an oled again. 75 tv screen went bad and cant be repaired, no crack or anything. Had a nad monitor purchased ins before hand, ins didnt cover monitors...

[@GT86crazy]

@@dabig77 I've had such good experiences with OLED screens on my desktop and laptop alike, I could never go back to LCD.

[@dabig77]

@@GT86crazy they dont last long enough...less than 3 yrs on a 65" and 75" and a monitor.

[@Touma134]

Ddr5 has went down by 40 bucks on the model i got which was at the release of the 7800x3d.

[@rulowth4815]

This was amazing, thnks

[@Andlisb]

Watching you talk about all these different types of hardware makes me wonder when i'll buy my dream PC, hehehe... They're a little expensive in my country, but i'm working hard in my immortality, age reversal and eternal youth methods and I believe that i'll soon be able to purchase it. I also talk about direct communication with God, people in Heaven and the Saints, the best law of attraction methodology in the world, and the only super vigor and stamina development tool in existence. Who would have guessed that these things are all connected with a dream gaming PC 😂

[@digitaldeath1876]

I bought the Samsung OLED 49 inch Ultra wide Odyssey. For 1,099.00

[@alonsogabriel9336]

My pc just broke and I almost bought am4 then I remembered I have a spare motherboard (one of the parts that broke) and I only need an ssd. So I bought an ssd but also an rx 7600 to pair with an aging i5 8400

[@Nicholson12345]

Freaking great video

[@aqueousdog]

Would you recommend one of Thermalright's higher tier coolers, like the Frost Commander 140? I'm looking at getting a 5800X3D and want a cooler to let it boost high.

[@HardwareCanucks]

Honestly, FS140v2, PS120 or PA120 would be best. The FC140 isn't quite as good since it uses a slightly older TR mounting setup

[@Omizuke]

Comparing prices. New system are not as overprice as you made it sound. And the only reason why not to jump to a new system would be if you already have a AM4 system that you can drop a latest higher end AM4 on it without having to buy anything else. But if you are building a new PC from scratch. AM5 will be great. You'd be able to get most of it. For Intel, go for whatever is cheaper to build now. Because regardless of if you pick last current CPU gen or previous, it's a dead platform. With not much upgrade room. Other than jumping to a higher end from same gen.

[@HardwareCanucks]

But there are plenty of options for upgrading on the Intel side too...

[@Omizuke]

@HardwareCanucks Like for example? I thought that if I build a PC with an 13/14700K on a Z790. The next gen intel would use a different socket so only upgrade would be the 14900k. LGA 1700 is done. If you are buying older to save money. Like on the 12th gen you can upgrade or if you already had it. But if you are building from zero. Intel doesn't seem like a great deal unless you already build a whole system every few years when you change. So longevity of a socket doesn't matter. Let's say you build 14th now. You can buy DDR5 new, or use your old DDR4 if you had, sonyou either buy the ram now or for your next build you'll have to buy it anyway making your next upgrade basically a new mobo+cpu+ram build. I already know what it's like to build at the end of an Intel era. To save some money. When Kqby Lake came out I bought a PC on a budget that had Skylake. It also had DDR3L potential upgrade path was limited to an i7 7700k. Anything further would require new mobo and ram. Dame can be said with current system, The cheaper build would be a DDR4. And if you are gonna go DDR5 might as well go AMD which have had many price drops in mobos and CPU a lot lately. Or just wait for 15th gen if you can. And I've been teen blue and green exclusively for over a decade. (Productivity reasons, not blind fan, I needed specific features) and even now my current PC is i5 + RTX 3060 ti. But still. Can't recomend building a while new system on Intel right now.

[@gail_blue]

I'd be wary of buying a laptop with less than 32gb of ram. Ram is so cheap and most of it is soldered-on these days, I think a lot of manufacturers see it as a way to force users to replace rather than to upgrade perfectly good systems.

[@HardwareCanucks]

Problem with Hugh capacity memory in gaming laptops is it's inability to run at tighter timings.

[@gail_blue]

@@HardwareCanucks Interesting, I hadn't thought of that. It might make me look into x3d chips for a mobile system (so I could still go with more ram), but it doesn't look like they have anything similar to the 7800x3d for mobile.

[@dahpython7764]

should i get the i5 13600kf for $250? or just wait longer. Already bought a z790 motherboard for cheap

[@HardwareCanucks]

Don't think the 13600K will go THAT much lower before the end of year if at all

[@patricehenri8172]

How did you get this WD red pro 22TB on Amazon? There were none yesteray nor today. This must be from last year, and also in USD. I actually found a crazy deal on WD Canadian website. This exact same 22tb for 463$ CAD, free delivery, only charging 5% Canadian taxes (no 9.975% Quebec taxes) 487$ CAD tax in is diry cheap for us, hypertaxed Quebecers (15% on everything). Since Quebec taxes are calculated over Canadian taxes, this is another ~50$ saving. 😅 At today's exchange rate (1.37) this is 338$ USD! 15$USD / TB = ~21$CAD / TB

[@HardwareCanucks]

It was live yesterday evening on Amazon USA.

[@JeskidoYT]

Thermalright IS KINGGGG

[@progste]

for now I got myself a new GPU, I was considering the 5800x3d as well to replace my 2700x but for the moment maybe I'll hold back...

[@progste]

@K.C-2049 the 5700 is about 120€ cheaper here, but the 3d has a relevant advantage in some games.

[@KyleAlves_]

should i get the astro a40 with mixer or razer blackshark v2 pro wireless

[@slothnium]

The only laptops with long-term reliability are from Dell and Asus. MSI and HP have extremely shoddy hinges. Lenovo has power buttons designed by some bumpkin, among the many cheapify design choices they make. Acer is an okay choice, if you can't find a similar Dell or Asus. And yes, I am aware Dell and Asus have their own design issues, but at least you'll find out within the 1yr warranty period if you bought a lemon or not.

[@HardwareCanucks]

Quality is so highly variable in the laptop market. For example I've had my X1 Carbon for more than a half decade now without issues while a lot of people are reporting problems with Ideapads.

[@chickenTeriyakiboy]

what keyboard are you using

[@saulgoodman2018]

I just got a used MSI 6600 for $160.

[@robertt9342]

Seems like NANd is colluding again.

[@godofwar8262]

Which chair you used

[@HardwareCanucks]

Staples Hyken.

[@spacebarwasd9782]

Got 4090 for 1200 couldn't be happier

[@S0K0N0MI]

In this video : How to build an old PC.

[@J-J-TL]

Man, I'm so out of this already. LOL

[@conza1989]

Look honestly, I built a PC a couple months ago

[@conza1989]

And the prices today for the same build are mostly worse, especially main core components :/ YMMV

[@jamesgordon1446]

The more you buy. The more you save.

[@SingularityAdvent]

Dodge the Samsung 990 pro like the plague.

[@trowawayacc]

Hell where is this 1tb m.2 ssd for 15$?

[@crazyeyecarl]

No cases?

[@HardwareCanucks]

No. But what you can afford and what suits your needs.

[@Novskyy621]

You forgot 2 things when it comes to laptops: -Don't know how good the real first generation ARM-based Windows laptops will be next year (Snapdron X Elite), but they will certainly be interesting -If that won't work out, i would strongly consider a framework laptop with the new Zen 4 Ryzen chips. I heard great things about them and i ordered one myself, should arrive by the end of this year

[@Novskyy621]

@@noir-13 Just look them up. It depends a bit. Yes for the same hardware(cpu) i guess you can say that they are a bit more expensive but they have all that good benefits like modularity, repairability and upgradability. Also they are very well made, cnc aluminum body, high resolution screen, very good keyboard. With the new ryzen chips they are also very fast and power efficient (over 10h battery life) so i think for that money you get A LOT. Actually i would even say more than everywhere else

[@dacook1987]

Thats why you get a framework laptop

[@fallenlegion1828]

Cpu air coolers are so ugly though and you can usually find good aio for similar price 🤷‍♂️

[@saulgoodman2018]

Why do Canadians say zed, instead of just saying z?

[@donnydarko7624]

It's almost exclusively people in the US that say Z rather than Zed, I couldn't tell you why that is though. We can't use the metric system like most of the rest of the planet does either, so maybe it has something to do with our independence from Britain, because that's the reasoning that we created the SAE standard for tools, which I hate btw. metric is so much easier to deal with than fractions when it comes to trying to fix anything.

[@Gesuspiece]

Buy what you want and stop telling people hownto spend their money.

[@HardwareCanucks]

There's no telling in this video, simply guidance so people spending their own money can make the right decisions

[@sokmkim5057]

13:00

[@MK68ii]

Too late 😂

[@wilwin14]

This video is two weeks late lol

[@simonb.8868]

Best deals are used parts LOL

[@tofu_golem]

PC gaming is dead. Buy a console if you want to game. There. I just saved you a ton of money.

[@matandcat2506]

Nahhhhhh dude

[@yasu_red]

A console has additional costs involved, that's why Microsoft and Sony sell them for a loss. A PC also has a far larger selection of games and Steam has good sales nearly constantly.

[@robertt9342]

@@yasu_red.how sure are you that they are selling them for a loss? Sonys CFO would disagree. This doesn’t mean that there isn’t the additional cost you speak of. Also, it really depends on how you use your console/pc, the games you play, and the services you use. The OP has a point where they are squeezing the budget/entry level gamer out of the market…. Which is a very large segment. Worst part is that cou/motherborad/storage/memory is pretty decently priced. GPUs are really putting a strain on things.

[@yasu_red]

@@robertt9342 I wasn't aware that it changed for Sony. The additional costs are still a significant addition to what at a surface level seems to be a console with good value. The GPU side of things is absolutely at a low point though, Nvidia especially needs to get its head out of the sand (though AMD is also sort-of guilty).

[@TouhouGaijin]

I got a Samsung 990 pro 4tb for 249 plus tax the other day. Feels like a good deal to me.