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I've been trying (unsuccessfully) to give AMD my money for a 5900 (in the US), so maybe I'll be lucky enough to contribute to their upcoming record Q2 sales
by MengerSponge 6y ago
I've been trying (unsuccessfully) to give AMD my money for a 5900 (in the US), so maybe I'll be lucky enough to contribute to their upcoming record Q2 sales
- acidburnNSA 6y agoMe too. Every day I'm like, can I buy a 5950X yet? No? Dang. Please take my money. No not you, scalpers!
- mjevans 6y agoI've seen the 5950X more frequently on NewEgg's shuffles... It doesn't quite hit my sweet spot for single core peek during multicore (you know, Minecraft and other old single player games) system use. The 5900X looks like a good mix of single, multi-core, and value budget. Which is also the same reason I want a 6800 XT GPU to go with it, 16 GB of videoram to throw at games or just way too damned many tabs being open.
- biinui 6y agoGenuinely curious, do GPUs help with multiple browser tabs? I was assuming it's the RAM's job.
- colinmhayes 6y agoMaybe if all those tabs have videos playing?
- zibzab 6y agoNot even then, unless you are using a browser from 2015. Newer one are very good at puttning background tabs to sleep
- capableweb 6y agoThat's a bit like asking if GPUs help with running multiple applications or how long a rope it, it really depends on what in those tabs. WebGL, some graphical rendering, Canvas API and more is powered by the GPU in a modern browser, but websites like HN won't have any need for the GPU.
- cornstalks 6y agoI was in the same boat and finally caved and bought one from antonline.com. They have them in stock but they're bundled with a $300 monitor (total price of $1,178.98, which includes tax and shipping). I resold the monitor for $275, so my losses weren't too bad. Anyway, if anyone's been waiting for a 5950X for 6 months like me and doesn't want to pay a scalper, this might be something to consider. Bundling sucks and I hate that so many retailers are basically forcing you to buy random stuff you don't need. Almost as bad as the scalpers. Almost.
- zrm 6y agoCan somebody explain why scalpers are a thing here? Why aren't the original vendors just raising prices to what the scalpers are charging, i.e. the market clearing price? If it's what's going to happen regardless then better that they get the money than some crummy middle man.
- jhanschoo 6y agoThe companies expect some memory from the community, and want to continue selling to them in the future. Gamers are very price sensitive, and will resent them for that.
- zibzab 6y agoI think the current batches are mostly reserved for pre-builts at big vendors (dell, hp, lenovo). Had no problem ordering machines with fairly new CPU from HP with 4-5 days delivery. GPU is a whole different story...
- _JamesA_ 6y agoI managed to score a PS5 but still can't get a 5950X.
- InvaderFizz 6y agoI wanted a 5900x but settled for a 5950x bundled with a useless one year of Microsoft 365 for a $100 premium over MSRP.
- TameAntelope 6y agoDip your toe into the dark side and try out Distill Web Monitor, and you should be able to find one in a week or so.
- cheeze 6y agoAnd since you're on hn, you can probably figure out streetmerchant
- capableweb 6y agoAs someone who've used neither, why is streetmerchant better than Distill Web Monitor?
- whbrown 6y agoIt's free and open-source.