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  1. azrael
    Wait for the day you have to deal with their warranty service. 🤣 They never said the slots weren't already occupied, just that it had 3 M.2 slots and 2 bays. SI doesn't provide additional mounting hardware for expansion. Why am I not shocked?
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    'Already mentioned he doesn't have a Costco near him. 'Doesn't make sense to buy a membership you will never be able to take advantage of. Trust me, there's more to Costco than a lone computer. Much much more. I'm gonna agree with this. Seeing that Nintendo is delaying preorders on Switch 2s and now Razer is delaying/halting US laptop sales, I'd probably reconsider any laptop purchases unless I know it's actually coming at the price they announced. Unfortunately, current desktop hardware supplies are dwindling and any incoming new stock coming in will likely see price increases. I've been keeping an eye on some things in the pipeline and they all saw a price increase in the past week.
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    For this deal, no. But if you don't have a Costco membership, there is a 5% surcharge on all purchases. So this deal is $2400+5% for non-members.
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    Think you mean the AT-RT from Clone Wars. Dogs have much more intimidation factor than a ATV with legs. Nothing like a 60-80lb animal sprinting at you at 30 mph who could tear your arm off. For outdoor recreational use, it's the same as taking an ATV with you. You have to conserve energy to make it back to the home base so unless that thing is solar powered, which still wouldn't collect enough energy to keep something like that charged, it's not practical except for day-tripping. Going all-terrain with something like this feels like you should be going more than an overnight trip and I don't think it has enough fuel/battery power to go that long.
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    While not a dog owner, I have babysat and played with dogs who act exactly like Krypto. I’ve seen the “OMG! HI!”, as they put their full weight on you, the “ ‘Sup”, sniff you and walk away, to the “Who the eeeffff are you!!!!” with barking all the way. Krypto reminds me of a couple of dogs. And dogs do realize when you’re acting differently.
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    Also FYI, for USA buyers, the $449 base console price is not adjusted for tariffs. Me? Maybe pushing this purchase to Black Friday...2026.
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    🤨 That's not quite how it works. The SoC can output to 4k even if it wasn't docked. The reason the onboard display isn't 4k is because rendering on a 4k 8" display is stupidly small at native resolution. A 4k 8" display has a 550-ish PPI. Even if you drop the resolution to 1080p, you still have to use each of those 8.3M pixels. An 8" 1080p screen has ~279 PPI, which would be very crisp at that size. On top of that, it's refreshing the screen at 120Hz. That's the best we should do for that size of a screen. Yes, driving 4k on such a small device uses a lot of power, but it's also a waste of power because you can't read anything that small. You have to drop the resolution, which would be a waste of a 4k screen.
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    Anyone who's had a dog or played with a dog...will recognize Krypto. Even a small 10-15lb dog jumping on you with all their weight concentrated on those little legs knows.
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    SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) has been the model for of the tech industry for a while. Gaming has been the one area that's been lagging behind on it.
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    Here's the TLDR version of this morning's live stream: As well as the full specs page. I wanna see a teardown of this. Leaks say the CPU is based off the "Orin"-SoC, which is based off Ampere (that's the RTX 30-series generation). *almost spit takes coffee* Yeah, I'll wait for Black Friday or the holiday season to grab one. You early adopters can bug test this.
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    If the OP wants to re-engage in this particular discussion, he/she/it can message any one of the mods.
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    Unless it's someone at a AI farm buying it up. A $4000 RTX 5090 is a steal compared to a RTX Pro 6000 at more than 2x the costs. Or the datacenter GPUs at nearly 10x the costs. Those folks at Deepseek AI proved one could create usable LLMs using cheaper components. Buying "cheaper" consumer GPUs over the expensive DC/enterprise versions is now the reality we face for the up-&-coming AI startups. Nvidia's datacenter revenue was nearly 90% of it's profits last year. AMD's datacenter revenue grew and is now close to half of their revenue for FY2024. They would be fools to not be chasing AI and datacenter bucks at this point.
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    Not really. A former top comment in that thread stated the cards were sold by the next day. Someone bought them (and probably made its way to eBay). Keep in mind some people are not willing to pay what are fairly ridiculous prices for these cards, so the sticker shock maybe holding back some purchases til later (or switching to the RX 9070XT). Me? Since Nvidia isn't forthcoming about if the manufacturing defect is truly solved (they say they solved it but didn't give us a date of manufacturing when it was solved), I'm still skeptical of cards filtering out to retailers. And with the Geforce 572.83 drivers still producing black screens with 50-series cards, I'm still not sold that the issues have been all worked out. Maybe cards produced after the 5060/5060Tis come out?
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    The grapevine is reporting there are still names to be announced. The reason they were not announced is that they are not locked in due to availability/schedules or the stories for some of those characters will be occurring concurrently so their appearance in this film will not make sense. The studio is prepared to move forward without them, completely, should those actors' schedules not align with the filming schedule. If they're completely not available, then they are hoping their schedules allow them to come back for the next movie. They are still hoping to squeeze in filming something (i.e. the glorified cameo) for this movie between schedules, but as of now, TBD.
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    Hence, glorified cameo. Shows up, 1 or 2 lines, then gone from the rest of the film. Or she'll show up in the next one. Same for everyone else I mentioned. May or may not show up, have a quick 1-2 lines of dialogue-scene, then poof, gone for the rest of the movie. Or they'll show up in the next one.
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    Episode 5 was a filler episode. It could have also been cut up and rolled in with the earlier episodes. Episode 6 should have been Episode 5. I can understand why they released both episodes this week but Episode 5 should have been cut.
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    Anyone not listed is probably getting a glorified cameo. Hugh, Chris E, Liz O, Tom H, Mark R, etc.
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    Probably should have led with that... Keep in mind Windows 10 will not stop working after October, it just won't receive any more updates. So you don't need to rush out and buy parts before September. That being said, we'll probably see deals start coming out around July-September when Back-to-School-deals start coming up. Buying a GPU will be a "No" until at least summer. Supplies are too limited and price gouging is rampant at time of this post. You could start piecing a new computer but I would wait till deals start popping up. You may be forced to keep that 6700 HD in your system way past due date if the market doesn't cool..
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    Consider using the iGPU or stepping down a GPU generation until the current GPU troubles pass? Seeing that you are coming from a i7-2600 (which is way past Microsoft's supported CPU reqs for Windows 11), even modern iGPUs could handle a majority of tasks. If you want to do some gaming without the dedicated GPU, consider the Ryzen 5 8600G or Ryzen 7 8700G. The 8700G comes with the Radeon 780M, which is surprisingly capable of 1080p gaming for an iGPU. The other choice is to look for a previous gen GPU. RTX 3060/4060s or RX 7600XTs are still being sold at, relatively, decent prices. Have you thought about Macs? 😅 😝
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    $300-$350 is WAY too high for a 5800X3D in 2025. Like I said, if you want 3D V-cache from the 5000-series in 2025, get the 5700X3D. Otherwise, the 5600X, 5700X/5800X are your best choices for a AM4.
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    Me? ☝️
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    It's probably not worth it to upgrade if you have the Switch OLED. While the Switch 2's screen is likely a regular LCD with 120Hz, it won't look as nice as the OLED.
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    DDR4 is essentially a "dead-end" (it still exists but you're not going to get far with that) since no modern CPU uses it anymore. If your mobo supports the 5700X3D, I'd get that (if you are leaning toward gaming). I wouldn't spend for the 5800X (I still have one since I side-graded to the 5800X3D). If you are looking at the 5800X, get the 5700X3D. It's better for gaming and could probably get you farther, assuming the mobo supports it. Otherwise, I would go for the 5700X. The 5700X is just a lower bin'd 5800X. The specs are exactly the same but has a TDP of 65W vs the 5800X's 105W. Since this is the last bit of mileage you are going to get with DDR4, I'd wouldn't spend THAT much. If you really don't want to spend, a 5600X will do.
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    Technically they did; the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet...which they inherited when they bought McDonnell Douglas.
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