Off-Topic Thread V3.0

mITX board only has 2x slots

Will do!

There's longshots, and then there's this one....and it's one for the fossils of the forum (like myself). I'd love to find and rebuy (or at least identify) the very first pc I ever owned.

It was in or around 1999, maybe 2000....and I bought a Compaq Presario of some description. I'm sure it had a K6-2 450, but the mists of time may have made that incorrect, could have been a K6-2 350. Definitely an AMD K6 of some description anyway.

I can find matching photos, but just can't nail down the model number. It could be the 5070, some of these have Pentium 2 chips. Looked exactly like this...

But that has a P2 chip in it.

As I said, it's beyond a long shot but maybe someone here had one and might remember?

What would be a best place with a good amount of laptops displayed in store around Dublin?

Want to order a new one, but would prefer to check some of the candidates first hand before purchase.

Then compare prices online if you find one you like

Jesus, it's impossible to make a decision one which CPU to go for right now. 12400F was my initial call, then the 5600x collapsed in price and now AMD just announced the 5500 which is going to be 6c/12t part. Smaller cache could hurt the 5500 but for my needs it'll probably be perfectly fine. To be honest you can make a good argument for all three and be happy with whatever one you prefer. Talk about a complete turn around from last year.

Now if only Intel can get into the CPU market and really put the cat among the pigeons.

DirectStorage released. They say it'll work on PCIe 3.0 but we'll see how well compared to later versions. Also olny supporting RTX 2000 and RX 6000 or later cards. For now anyway. Might be a few years before the real killer app comes out but games coming out supporting are coming this year apparently.

Talk to their live chat and say you're ready to buy today, but the price is out of your budget.

7 times out of 10, they'll give you a bigger discount to secure a commission.

Thanks! I'm keeping an eye on both. Actually, I may have some One4All vouchers that I could use in Currys if they get it in.

Yeah, after reading further on Reddit it seems they sold out nigh on immediately.

Looks like a 2 month delivery wait.

Also price is €1,344.39 for us.

Anyone know of anywhere I could buy a NUC in Dublin, preferably somewhere that takes One4All? One4All are nigh on useless and finally need something but can't find anywhere except Elara that have them & take One4All

Cant stand One4All. I pay the fee (€8) and get the amount transferred to my bank account.

10.1 You may at any time request us to repay to you any remaining balance on the Card by calling us on 01 870 8111 and quoting the Card number. You must not use your Card after you ask us to repay the balance to you. In order to allow any outstanding Card Transactions to clear, GVS will refund the balance to you by bank transfer to your nominated bank account, less any applicable fees

Without wishing to drag the thread off-topic, can you use multiple cards at the one time? I have a few with random amounts left on them from previous purchases/fees being deducted. 😳

Haha, thanks. I'll give them a warning!

Really? The mini PC I bought was had a Price Adjustment of ~€50 euro and says "Orders shipped from outside of EU with a goods value above EUR150 will be subject to VAT upon importation into the EU." Seems like it's only paid on orders of €150 or less