Folding Hardware Deals

xvi · Aug 22, 2015

T-Bob said:
On EVGA's website under the B-Stock section, there are some good deals on power supplies and graphics cards. Of particular interest to Folders, such as myself is a GTX 970 for $250.

Oh, I shouldn't. I really... REALLY shouldn't. I'm still looking at it. Why am I still looking at it? I don't need it. Someone help!

hertz9753 · Aug 22, 2015

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&Description=evga+refurbished&N=-1&isNodeId=1

They had that GTX 960 2GB FTW with a $15 discount code a couple days ago. EVGA b stock is also a good place to look.

xvi · Oct 14, 2015

New in box Zotac GeForce GTX 970 from Newegg's eBay store for $250 shipped in the US.

Ahhzz · Oct 15, 2015

Wonder what would happen if I mix my Sapphire 290 with a 290x.....

[Ion] · Oct 15, 2015

Ahhzz said:
Wonder what would happen if I mix my Sapphire 290 with a 290x.....

They're both very similar AMD cards. I can't see that there'd be an issue, beyond heat

T-Bob · Oct 15, 2015

Ahhzz said:
Wonder what would happen if I mix my Sapphire 290 with a 290x.....

[Ion] said:
They're both very similar AMD cards. I can't see that there'd be an issue, beyond heat

I agree with @[Ion], those cards will work fine together. The issue is heat and power. I don't believe it's a good idea to fold on both of those cards with the psu in your system specs.

DarthBaggins · May 3, 2016

Right now NewEgg has killer deals on Refurbed 960's (2GB models but still, $154 is a good buy on them.). Close to what I paid for my MSI 960 2GB 100ME edition

http://m.newegg.com/ProductList?isFirstin=false&description=YdkjcamblBCokl7WloNqkxbxKEXCayCmn02jJagM4s4%3d&storeid=1&categoryid=-1&nodeid=7709&storetype=2&subcategoryid=48&brandid=-1&nvalue=100007709&showseealldeals=False&itemcount=0&issubcategory=true&level=3&Condition||Refurbished=4816||4016||100007709+4016&GPU||GeForce+GTX+900+series=600007299||600536666||100007709+4016+600536666

Ahhzz · May 3, 2016

DarthBaggins said:
Right now NewEgg has killer deals on Refurbed 960's (2GB models but still, $154 is a good buy on them.). Close to what I paid for my MSI 960 2GB 100ME edition

http://m.newegg.com/ProductList?isFirstin=false&description=YdkjcamblBCokl7WloNqkxbxKEXCayCmn02jJagM4s4%3d&storeid=1&categoryid=-1&nodeid=7709&storetype=2&subcategoryid=48&brandid=-1&nvalue=100007709&showseealldeals=False&itemcount=0&issubcategory=true&level=3&Condition||Refurbished=4816||4016||100007709+4016&GPU||GeForce+GTX+900+series=600007299||600536666||100007709+4016+600536666

DB, that link just completely explodes on a PC browser heheh. Maybe looking here?

xvi · May 3, 2016

Considering the GTX 1080 and 1070 is supposed to get a paper-launch in the next week or so, I'm sure sellers are going to be trying to clear their stock of the soon-to-be-previous-gen models.

hertz9753 · May 4, 2016

DB works at Microcenter. I just really wanted to post DB.

DarthBaggins · May 4, 2016

Lol I can neither confirm nor deny the 1070/1080 launch being soon :pimp:

xvi · May 4, 2016

DarthBaggins said:
Lol I can neither confirm nor deny the 1070/1080 launch being soon

I do this joke/not-completely-a-joke for customers that ask/tell me where our towers are at work.
Customer: "I'm connected to so-and-so tower. You're on so-and-so tower right?"
Me, half-joking and lightheartedly: "I can neither confirm nor deny that, but I do have your connection pulled up here."
Now, there's two types of customers.
Customer 1: "Oh, haha! I see!"
..and..
Customer 2: "I'M TELLING YOU I'M CONNECTED TO THAT TOWER"

Anyways, Darth, blink once for each 10% of performance increase we'll see over Maxwell. :laugh:

Edit 2: Back on topic slightly, if you work for a large retail store (or some other large stores, see list in link), you might be able to get a Skylake CPU for dirt cheap via retailedge.intel.com.

hertz9753 · May 4, 2016

Darth has the Intel Retail Edge badge. He reminds me of people that see a rummage sale and park in the middle of the street or maybe that is me...

mx500torid · Jun 25, 2017

https://www.massdrop.com/buy/gigabyte-aorus-geforce-gtx-1080-ti-11g . 649 free shipping

DarthBaggins · Jun 25, 2017

hertz9753 said:
Darth has the Intel Retail Edge badge. He reminds me of people that see a rummage sale and park in the middle of the street or maybe that is me...

Always stop for a good deal, that's how I get alot of my hardware and camera gear

There have been decent deals on 250-500GB NVMe drives lately too (via NewEgg and MicroCenter)

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