What's the best deal you couldn't past?

[Gammahooch13]

What is the best deal you bought because you saw at a store or online? I have been seeing some good deals recently. For like HDDs, Ram, and SSDs.

 

Like a couple of months ago, I was going for a ram upgrade for my build from 16gb to 32gb. Since I game and build mods for games like left 4 dead 2, Skyrim and Fallout and I use blender and other 3d modeling softwares. So I went to best buy right when the deals change (sometimes they honor the deals of last week at the present week), they had 4x8gb kit for 275 but the deal they had for the 2x16gb for 175 on sale and bought two of the 2x16gb kits for 75 more than the 4x8gb. I know it's overkill but couldn't past that offer.

[dizmo]

I buy things all the time that I see on eBay for crazy prices. I think one of my favs was 3 new 800GB SSDs for $400 (when they were selling for $400 each), or 35 256GB SSDs for $350.

[AndreiArgeanu]

The PSU I have in my PC at the moment was a hell of a deal. I found it locally at random and it was a EVGA W1 500W PSU, brand new in box, it even had the plastic wrap and everything and I got it for 10£ and it's still going strong after 2 years. Might have been the best deal I've got.

[CommanderAlex]

Purchased an RX 480 8GB blower for a Mac Pro 4,1 for $120 in April 2020. I purchased at a great time as I recently purchased the Mac in a couple months prior for a pretty good deal. 

[Gammahooch13]

2 hours ago, dizmo said:

I buy things all the time that I see on eBay for crazy prices. I think one of my favs was 3 new 800GB SSDs for $400 (when they were selling for $400 each), or 35 256GB SSDs for $350.

I have been seeing that eBay recently, were they Sata or m.2, because Sata SSDs have been going for good prices recently

[da na]

I bought a RX 570 8gb last summer for $85. Thought it was overpriced at the time, now they sell for $400+.

[Gammahooch13]

26 minutes ago, wat3rmelon_man2 said:

I bought a RX 570 8gb last summer for $85. Thought it was overpriced at the time, now they sell for $400+.

Yeah right time and place for that, little computer shop near me are selling 570s for 475 and 580s for 550

[Triggeravus]

4 hours ago, dizmo said:

I buy things all the time that I see on eBay for crazy prices. I think one of my favs was 3 new 800GB SSDs for $400 (when they were selling for $400 each), or 35 256GB SSDs for $350.

Ebay can definitely produce some deals, then you have sellers trying to unload stuff over retail when you can get it on Amazon cheaper with a manufacturer's warranty.

 

I couldn't pass up a $700 "open box" Omen prebuilt with a 1070 a few years ago.  The seller was Adorama so I trusted it.  I made the offer thinking they'd counteroffer but it was a deal.  It looked like it was never touched.

 

At the time that model was selling for $1200 new.  I could most likely get more than I paid for it currently. 

[Helpful Tech Witch]

17 minutes ago, Triggeravus said:

the time that model was selling for $1200 new.  I could most likely get more than I paid for it currently. 

That 1070 is worth 700 now!

[Triggeravus]

7 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

That 1070 is worth 700 now!

Unfortunately it's a custom HP 1070 (I think, saw a small HP logo on the bottom and no other branding) that may turn some people off.  

 

I'm seeing "sold" listings for the PC as high as $879 in good working condition.

[Gammahooch13]

22 minutes ago, Triggeravus said:

Unfortunately it's a custom HP 1070 (I think, saw a small HP logo on the bottom and no other branding) that may turn some people off.  

 

I'm seeing "sold" listings for the PC as high as $879 in good working condition.

Is it a blower design card? Also how is the thermals on that Omen?

[Triggeravus]

52 minutes ago, Gammahooch13 said:

Is it a blower design card? Also how is the thermals on that Omen?

Yeah it's blower style.  Never saw it go much over 70 under load but I didn't push it too hard. 

[Gammahooch13]

15 minutes ago, Triggeravus said:

Yeah it's blower style.  Never saw it go much over 70 under load but I didn't push it too hard. 

That's a pretty good build and deal

[dizmo]

8 hours ago, Gammahooch13 said:

I have been seeing that eBay recently, were they Sata or m.2, because Sata SSDs have been going for good prices recently

They were m.2 drives pulled from Lenovos...most had under 20 hours on them.

[CerealExperimentsLain]

Old computer store, closing end of the week, anything that doesn't sell is eWaste.

"Uhh, that box up there? The Asus P9X79 LE? Is there a motherboard in it or is it just for display?"
"Has motherboard, never been used, $40 (Canadian), not tax if you pay cash."
"I have cash."

He did lie a bit, it was mint but missing the CPU socket cover so someone must have done something with it once upon a time.  All the pins were fine however and CAD$40 for an X79 motherboard is a literal jackpot.  It initially gave me a problem as it cleared the CMOS every time it lost access to stand by power.  Turned out the jumper was just bad, it was in the right position but didn't make a connection.  One five cent jumper later and we're in business.

[MadAnt250]

11 hours ago, Gammahooch13 said:

What is the best deal you bought because you saw at a store or online?

Bought my Ryzen 2600X for $115 new, saved $20 on the motherboard and paid $50 for a 16GB (2x8) kit of ram from Micro Center.

[NineEyeRon]

Steam games under a £1

[Mark Kaine]

RTX 3070 , 700 euros , I knew they wouldn't get cheaper anytime soon.

 

Looks like they're going for twice as much now?

 

But, generally Im not too great with deals (as you can see by the fact I think a GPU for 700 bucks is a "bargain"  )

 

 

[GreatnessRD]

Got a sweet deal on a pack of condoms from Amazon! 24ct for $5! Them extra thin joints *

 

But.... if we're talking about tech, I got 8 of them ARGB EZ-DIY 120mm fans that comes with controllers for a cool $80

 

 

 

*The first part may or may not be true because who doesn't enjoy Monday Night Raw

 

 

 

[FRD]

Lol we're talking about tech here.

 

Yesterday actually! Managed to catch a great deal, I got a WD Blue m.2 SATA 1TB drive for $60 shipped on Amazon Warehouse. Yeah, I know it's SATA, but that's a great price for 1TB. The 500GB model was even only $5 less and it stated as new condition. Looking forward to see if it's actually used.

 

One deal I missed out on last year though is an RX 580 8GB for $60 that was working, but had no I/O shield at all. Thought it was a mining card and I passed on it, it was supposed to be for a family member of mine.

[Whyleonhart]

$2 for a 1995 electronic chromatic guitar tuner worth $30. Yes it tech and yes it is used for music

[FRD]

54 minutes ago, Grumpy Old Man said:

Who says so ......and the German Shepherd is a high tech Home Security / Alarm System.

Well played. If it's not just about tech, I could tell people here about a bunch of random deals not related to tech.

Anyway, nice shepherd. I maybe want a husky later on, but only when I move out. Speaking about pets, last year I had to pass on a "deal" where a seller in my area offered a young cat for free adoption.

 

[Avocado Diaboli]

My deal had absolutely nothing to do with any shrewdness on my part, it was just dumb luck.

When the 30-series GPUs were announced, a couple of online stores in my country immediately published their listings. I found one that had an ASUS TUF 3080 (non OC) on offer for $850 (roughly converted prices based on the exchange rate at the time). But they also had a discount code on the item page for $150. I literally got a 3080 for $700. They delivered it 2 months later.

[FRD]

2 hours ago, Avocado Diaboli said:

My deal had absolutely nothing to do with any shrewdness on my part, it was just dumb luck.

When the 30-series GPUs were announced, a couple of online stores in my country immediately published their listings. I found one that had an ASUS TUF 3080 (non OC) on offer for $850 (roughly converted prices based on the exchange rate at the time). But they also had a discount code on the item page for $150. I literally got a 3080 for $700. They delivered it 2 months later.

That's an amazing deal for especially a 3080.

I have heard of people who ordered their 3080 on time and waited for months and then got it cancelled. There are even people who ordered their 3070/3080/3090 last year at release and are still on the waiting list until today.