PC Master Race

[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 29 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Scalping isn't a job, you aren't smart for doing it, only complete trash with no morals do it.

Fuck you if you scalp.

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[–] grinning_serpent@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

I'm more of the hate the game mentality. Valve came up with a system to seriously limit the impact of scalping, and it's not the only system that's been used.

AMD could have addressed the problem if they actually cared to. I'll hate them instead.

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[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

No, always hate the scalpers. You van hate the companies that don't do anything to combat scalpers as well, but scalpers are always in the wrong

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[–] mereo@piefed.ca 12 points 4 months ago (1 child)

This timeline is just rediculous. I was really waiting for it as I'm staying on the DDR 4 platform.

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[–] Justifier@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

Pretty much need to learn to run your own in-stock bot with instant notifications and preload your payment information on the website to stand a chance

I had to back in... 2022? To get a 4090 off the wings of the pandemic 3090/6900xt shortages. It's unfortunately the world be live in now

Idk if it's still there but check out rasberry Pi's project forums for how tos, that's how I got mine running

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[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 months ago

When things got cheaper over time scapers didn't have a chance. It would be idiotic, because the manufacturer themselves will sell you the product cheaper a few months/years after that.

But we live in a screwed up reality where old products get more expensive as time goes on. So being a scalper is profitable. Specially giving the apparently stock shortages that exist in every single product out there.

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

RIP me ever getting that upgrade. I was ready for it too.

[–] CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago (1 child)

I can't justify the expense going from a 3950x

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[–] juipeltje@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Depends if you need those cores more than the gaming performance, which is very personal. I ended up going from a 3900x to a 5800X3D a few years ago cause i ended up not using the extra cores. I thought my 3000 series was still going pretty strong, but i was surprised at how much the 5800X3D improved things. Especially in CPU-heavy games it was huge.