Bargain Alerts/Adverts Discussion Thread

Is this thread retired?

The discussion of I mean... Is it now okay to discuss in the bargain alert thread. Would make much sense if there is less activity though.

Thread hasn't had a post since 2020 😄

Amazon randomly drop prices on PSU's at times, I've seen a weird trend a few times.

At one point recently I got an Aerocool 600W Modular PSU for £24.99 marked down from £44.99, still in the wardrobe as a backup.

500GB Samsung 980 NVMe SSD £38.78

16GB Crucial Ballistix DDR4 3200 Mhz RAM £44.99

Saw on the Samsung site there Monday the M70A was ~€280 and free delivery, should have held out and got it there 🙄 doh!

Anyway received mine there yesterday from amazon.de. Picture is fine as far as the worry with the gradient issue is concerned. However the colours this monitor produces just seem inaccurate. Where you do have accurate colours the screen itself just seems dull with a brownish/grey sort of tint - can either look dull or washed out. The settings are really finicky must look into it more, spoilt with the previous monitor the picture modes are not at all what I expected coming from a previous Samsung monitor. Literally no bezel on it and being the same size of the previous monitor meant it integrated perfectly with very little messing about with the mount. I like the monitor but it is not without faults from an OS standpoint.

The remote is nice to use but it uses AA batteries which makes it feel heavier than it could be. Where it is lacking is in the settings: the backlight (now called brightness - brightness now called shadow detail on Samsung Tizen OS) can't be lowered to a level where it doesn't wake you up from slumber, especially when you look at Netflix at night as their menus seem to ignore your backlight settings and can wake you up. You can however turn the picture off but it is buried in the menus, there is also an Ambient light setting which turns the brightness down automatically but this too is only available on certain picture modes and its threshold can't be lowered to a point where you can barely see the picture, energy saving mode seems to do the same thing lowers the backlight based on ambient light. In a dark room and while dozing off this really is a must have feature - wish there was a way to set a timer for the automatic dimming and the threshold could be lowered to a point of no picture for this use case (1 hour - go from current brightness to lowest). I just wish there was a way to set quick access buttons on the remote and remap some of the limited buttons also. Voice control doesn't interest me - nor does remote pc connection, office 365 cloud, or samsung dex. Netflix, Prime Video and the odd YouTube will do the job. There is too much menu diving getting to settings and to make matters worse there doesn't seem to be an intuitive way for the "smart monitor" to remember what source has what backlight or settings, they keep resetting after you turn to a different source/app - the settings do not hold on different picture modes and the different picture modes are not available on all sources. The OS is however open source so I'll be looking into that, see if it can be flashed.

Happy enough with it other than these small issues. There is also built in stations (Samsung+) none of which are any good. It connects seamlessly with a Bluetooth audio device and the volume can be controlled from the remote which is great. It was good value for what it does do, which is a lot but it falls a little short of what it could be. I don't think I could recommend it for gaming or photo editing but great for the average user, somewhat affordable price.

Hi experts,

I want a 27 inch screen, for general use. Long hours at times so like height adjustable. Will use with smaller second screen sometimes.

Any really good sale offers at the moment?

My other half has retrieved her Dell P2720DC from me. It was fantastic but probably overkill for what I need.

Cheers,

Hey guys.

How much is a second hand 1660s worth. With proof of working

Depends on if you're selling to a friend, or a stranger/miner.

Because the latter will pay you double BUT you know that GPU is never being used to game again.

If your selling on adverts you can search for previous sold listings which will give you a steer. Will have to click into each listing to see what it sold for as asking price doesn't often reflect the selling price

https://touch.adverts.ie/for-sale/computers/desktop-hardware/graphics-cards/499/q_1660+Super/status_sold/

To the MVP Titan Germ that posted the H1 discount I had this on my "when I build my new pc I'm using this" list for 2 years!

I sold my brother my old pc and haven't had it since the beginning of the pandemic so this has me mad excited! Thank you