Kelvin » user profile

Member Since | 02/11/2009 |
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Location | Victoria |
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I wonder, if someone forgot to remove the plastic film, covering the base of the cooler -- the one that says.. remove before installation.…

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Godgodgod on Gaming PCs: ITX i5-12400F, 4060: $688 (OOS); R7-7700, 5070 TI, 32GB RAM: $2388, R5-7500F, 5070: $1788 + Delivery @ TechFast

Warranted and tested as well.. , mine came to only $710.85 delivered.. Will need another couple of slim 90mm fans.. (silverstone) to…

Kelvin commented on Gaming PCs: ITX i5-12400F, 4060: $688 (OOS); R7-7700, 5070 TI, 32GB RAM: $2388, R5-7500F, 5070: $1788 + Delivery @ TechFast
For those experienced at building and wanting to choose their own components.. I dont think either of the Ryzen deals, afford enough…

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freeb1e4me on Gaming PCs: ITX i5-12400F, 4060: $688 (OOS); R7-7700, 5070 TI, 32GB RAM: $2388, R5-7500F, 5070: $1788 + Delivery @ TechFast

I reckon the ITX machine stocks lasted about an hour and a half.. There must have been a heap of stock.. to last that long.. previously…

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just-human on Techfast 5080/5090 PC Build/Delivery Status / Feel free to share your rig and ideas here

I posted a comment back on page 5 When I received my computer... "The MSI 240mm AIO is simply awful in terms or noise and rattling….…

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asCMSas on AMD Ryzen 7 7700 CPU US$167.37 (A$266.11) Delivered @ Computer Hardware Global Store AliExpress

No chance.. AMD has discontinued.. of both the 5700X3d and 5800X3d.. Get one anywhere whilst you can.. Pretty much zero available in…

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Baa on [eBay Plus] MSI B650 Gaming Plus Wi-Fi AM5 ATX Motherboard $223.20 Shipped @ Smarthomestore via eBay

I am sure you can get close to... to the price of a prebuilt from techfast / nebula.. The issue of building yourself is that if the machine…

Kelvin commented on ASUS RT-BE96U BE19000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router (US Stock) $797.52 Delivered @ Amazon US via AU
Reminder - do NOT buy overseas routers.. They are signficantly powerlimited due to local regulations, comapred to the Australian enabled…

Are you sure their replies aren't going to your junk mail?.. or being blocked by your mail server..

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ThirtySixNights on Sapphire Radeon PULSE RX 9070 XT 16GB Graphics Card $1316.65 ($1249 with eBay Plus) Delivered @ Smarthomestoreau eBay

Calculation not wrong.. 20% discount with a a max $300 discount with the coupon.. rather than 20% of $1549 ( - $309.80), the max discount…

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Kelvin on Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 9070 16GB Graphics Card $999 Delivered ($0 VIC/SYD/ADL C&C) @ Centre Com

The other possibility. is was allocated to you.. but someone bought it as a walk in. .. I almost bought a 9070 of the shelf from…

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godjzera on Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 9070 16GB Graphics Card $999 Delivered ($0 VIC/SYD/ADL C&C) @ Centre Com

Centrecom.. are usually pretty spot on, with their stock allocation..., when I buy stuff of them.. and I've bought lots of stuff from…

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sausage roll on Gaming PCs: AMD R7-7800X3D, RTX 5080, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD $3299; R9-9900X3D, RTX 5090: $6999 + Delivery @ TechFast

My RTX5080 order arrived yesterday.. it came with the MSI MAG Coreliquid A13 - which Luke listed in the PC part picker.. Its absolutely…

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Kelvin on Techfast 5080/5090 PC Build/Delivery Status / Feel free to share your rig and ideas here

Unfortunately the ram is micron junk... at 34-45-45-96-141..

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HaydosK on ASUS ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI $293.63 Delivered @ Amazon DE via AU

the B650 steel legend is a "weird board" it had PCI express 5.0 support on the M2 and GPU slot.. despite not being B650e board.. I suspects…

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Mxrky on Techfast 5080/5090 PC Build/Delivery Status / Feel free to share your rig and ideas here

Nope... I've got my Gamerock 5080 - 9800x3d booting up at the moment.. GPU packaged separately.. Mine is an order from the 1st day of the…

Kelvin commented on MSRP GPU prices RX 9070 ($1049), RTX 5070 ($1109), RTX 5070 Ti ($1629) @ PC Case Gear, PLE, Scorptec, CentreCom...
MSRP for the RTX5070ti is actually $1509.. I bought mine from scorptec for $1509 + 15.09 credit card surcharge = $1524.09 total delivered…

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Bargain4Days on Techfast 5080/5090 PC Build/Delivery Status / Feel free to share your rig and ideas here

My gamerock 9800x3d bulid is at the post office awaiting collection. Suddenly got notificaiton a couple of days ago, they were starting the…

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neosin on AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU US$337.61 (~A$539.66) Delivered @ JS-Computer Store via AliExpress

Serials numbers.. determine, whether they have retail warranty thorugh AMD, or OEM.. no with zero direct warranty from AMD, and done via…

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luketechfast on Gaming PC: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, RX 9070 XT GPU, 32GB 6000MHz RAM, 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, 750W Gold PSU $2499 + Delivery @ TechFast

Cool, I wait in anticipation..

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luketechfast on Gaming PC: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, RX 9070 XT GPU, 32GB 6000MHz RAM, 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, 750W Gold PSU $2499 + Delivery @ TechFast

acknowledged.. The only reason.. I upgraded at the time or purchase was because the stock was "onhand" where the Gamepro.. was a not stock…

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jenesis33 on Gaming PC: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, RX 9070 XT GPU, 32GB 6000MHz RAM, 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, 750W Gold PSU $2499 + Delivery @ TechFast

Mostly sapphire... but they could give you anything!!! so long its a 9070xt... and they can get their hands on it.. Undoubted it will be…

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just-human on Gaming PC: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, RX 9070 XT GPU, 32GB 6000MHz RAM, 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, 750W Gold PSU $2499 + Delivery @ TechFast

Paid extra $100 for the Gamerock.. because it was stock onhand.. otherwise standard spec.. other than ship the GPU separately.. no changes…

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jenesis33 on Gaming PC: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, RX 9070 XT GPU, 32GB 6000MHz RAM, 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, 750W Gold PSU $2499 + Delivery @ TechFast

The only reason to buy a techfast machine, if you save money... on the component costs, and you are happy to wait 1-3 months for delivery..…

Kelvin commented on Gaming PC: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, RX 9070 XT GPU, 32GB 6000MHz RAM, 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, 750W Gold PSU $2499 + Delivery @ TechFast
Postage 34.75- total $2533.75 .. Pcpartpicker Price $2695.77 saving only $162.02 However.. If you can get a MSRP GPU at $1139 - the total…

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rssluca on Techfast 5080/5090 PC Build/Delivery Status / Feel free to share your rig and ideas here

I have a Gamerock On hand GPU machine order from the 31/1/2025, Not even close to it getting close, to it getting built.. I was offered a…

Kelvin commented on AMD Ryzen 7 7700 CPU US$153.92 (~A$244.59) Delivered @ Computer Quality Global Store AliExpress
Personally... I spent another $15 more or so to buy it off here..…

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ATB on PowerColor Radeon RX 9070 XT Reaper 16GB Graphics Card $1139 + Delivery ($0 MEL C&C) @ PC Case Gear

Keep dreaming.. Never going to happen.. the GPU manufacturers have been laser etching the CPU for more than the last decade to make sue…

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kml22 on PowerColor Radeon RX 9070 XT Reaper 16GB Graphics Card $1139 + Delivery ($0 MEL C&C) @ PC Case Gear

Bad move... the initial cards.. have attracted a rebate from AMD to bring some cards down to MSRP.. Once these cards are gone.. no more…
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