They feature a lot of infrastructure hardware items like antennas, racks, power supplies, cables, voice and data, CCTV items, electronic components and the like. Their supply of PC equipment is not on the same level as say Microcenter but they do have networking - modems, routers, switches, cables (ethernet and fiber), motherboards, cases, power supplies, mice/keyboards and video cards.
Back when the cards first launched, not gonna lie, I scalped the **** out of them. I made like 10 grand on eBay on 3090s. 3060s didn't have the spread to cover the fees, so I sold them on craigslist at MSRP with the caveat that the buyer had to give me their old working GPU ( GTX 1060 or better). I built like 4 of my friends gaming PCs just via arbitrage.
Prices are really coming down on GPUs. Newegg has a 6600xt for 400 shipped after a 20 dollar rebate. Before tax of course.
Did you use a bot setup for the 3090s? Nice profits, I honestly think it's the safest investment possible at the time, assuming you hustle, ie you either make decent money or you just return the unopened cards within the return period. That's also good action on the 3060s. I'd probably get lazy and not sell the 10 series, haha, I'm good at procrastinating...
No bots for me, I did the Newegg Shuffle every day and the EVGA que system. Got three 3060s, a 5950x, and PS5 bundle from the shuffle. And 8 3090s from EVGA. Amazingly, could never get a 3070 or 3080.
Very nice, I think you made the best decision selecting the 3090s, I think a lot of people were putting down 3070/3080 on those queues not realizing they'd soon be paying what an msrp 3090 would cost for a 3080 etc. (if going through someone reselling them). And then selecting the 3060s, everyone wanted the 3070/80s on those shuffles so the odds were definitely in your favor again. Really good job!
Even CPU deals can be had. I think I just saw a 5900x for $379. Probably due to the 5800x3d launch. I think I may go for a 5900x if I build a new PC, but still deciding.
Yeah, I saw that earlier. You actually get another $20 off if you bundle it with a mobo purchase. Still want video card prices to come down more, lol.
It's a good price on the 5900x if you want a top-of-the-line CPU. It's unnecessary for the current generation of games, but it'll give you a few more years on that rig. 5600x is more than capable for current games. I opted for a 5800x when Microcenter had it for $300, and another $20 off with mobo.
I'll be doing more than gaming for sure, but the price between a 5800x and 5900x isn't that much compared to the cost of most these video cards. What are you using for cooling on the CPU? Air or an AIO/water cooling? I was going to use air, but may go with an AIO.
Have you ever used water cooling? I keep going back and forth on each build and just stick w/ air... Like obviously water is impressive performance and can make a system extremely quiet, but I'd probably over do it and want some custom loop and go down some silly rabbit hole of info to make sure I'm up on all the current information, and then try to create something that I'll never get the full use out of... I think what always worries me on water is the pump factor/leaks etc. I've gotten pretty close, but this last silly air setup I created works really well, and with the fans I used I could always reuse later on a custom loop with a nice radiator/reuse the fans on a decent AIO cooler if it's something I can get more performance out of doing so etc. With that said, on cases I've gotten close to just making my own/no case style so I can mount it on the wall/inside a custom table/desk, I'd seriously consider that if I go with a water setup. Especially since on my next serious build I'm planning on only running nvme drives and will just use mechanical drives in a nas/storage box etc. for backups.
With the 5900X using 130 watts I don't think an AIO is at all justified. That's the efficiency advantage of AMD. Alder Lake is a different story. The 12700K was on sale at MicroCenter last week for 309, I think at that price its the better move over the 5900x. Paired with a B660 mother board and DDR4 the price is the same or less.
Nope. I always air-cooled, but water cooling has only really gotten popular since after I built my current pc, I think, which was about 6 years ago. I just look at the size of some of these giant air coolers and they look so ridiculous and are weighty. I thought the cooler I have in my current machine was silly huge. I would never have gone water cooling in the past because more things to possibly go wrong, probably a bit more maintenance, water leaks could destroy a lot, price, etc. Nowadays, I'm reading they're more reliable and people have been running machines with them for 5+ years with no issues and you may have to top them off with liquid once or twice in that period. These are AIO coolers, btw - I'd never do a giant custom cooling setup since I have no need for it unless I just wanted to blow money on something that looked cool or something. I'd use AIOs simply because have the case wouldn't be taken up by a monster heat sink and it may be easier to work on in the future. Not to mention easier on the eyes if I go with a case that has a window and easier on the computer when I leave my AC a bit warmer than most during the summer. lol.
Your cooling solution should be dictated by your CPU choice and if you are overclocking. I went with Corsair H115i, a smallish AIO.
I got the H150i. I think the evga clc 360 is better (and cheaper) but their website for ordering the LGA 1700 was crap.
I was trying to use the same brand for all ancillary pieces to cut down on bloatware. I hate iCue though. Next time I think I'll go another brand.
