Check the stockdrop discord. Bestbuy has some anti-bot measures, so you have a chance if you're there to click the button at a specific time every 2 weeks.
I got 2 just before christmas, but canceled one.
If there's a microcenter near you, check the unofficial microcenter discord, and they'll generally know when new shipments are gonna arrive. Then you can just arrive before the store opens.
I did say thinking about upgrading. I don't really think I should be spending the $500. And I especially don't think I should be spending the $1500+ to build a new computer. I can, but I shouldn't. So far it's been "if I stumble on a 3070 available, go for it and just slap it in my current PC" instead of intentionally building a new one.
But yeah, I've heard some stuff about discord servers. If I do actually decide to go through with it, I'll have to try that.
Oh yeah no if your current computer is working, it would be dumb as hell to build now. Because of bitcoin miners fucking up the market, my PC's parts have appreciated by almost 50% since I built it almost 2 years ago.
Also, when you do build, monitor diskprices.com for your PCIe 4 nVME primary drive @<$150/TB and diskprices.com+shucks.top+Newegg are worth monitoring for big, enterprisey HDDs @ <$16/TB.
If you ignore White label drives, <7200 RPM drives, and other garbage, occsionally you'll find like a 14 TB exos @15/TB.
Don't buy HDDs too far ahead of when you'll be able to test them because they have very high early failure rates, it's easier to deal with a RMA than warranty.
Because of bitcoin miners fucking up the market, my PC’s parts have appreciated by almost 50% since I built it almost 2 years ago.
lol, I built mine at the end of 2017. I didn't know Bitcoin was spiking, and it was my first build so I didn't know what normal prices were. I now know I paid way too much for some of the parts, especially the RAM. On the upside, if I knew Bitcoin was spiking I probably would have spent my Bitcoin to buy it. Instead it's worth a lot more now.
Also, when you do build, monitor diskprices.com
Oh cool, I knew about shucks.top, but not diskprices.com. I've been waiting for 12+TB@$15/TB for a bit now just for more space on my current computer. I kinda regret not getting that 18TB for $280 deal.
Don’t buy HDDs too far ahead of when you’ll be able to test them because they have very high early failure rates, it’s easier to deal with a RMA than warranty.
Oh yeah, at worst I can take my measly 2TB HDD out of my computer and slap in the new one. What's the recommended way to test them? I only know of h2testw, but I think that's more for flash drives and SD cards.
Check the stockdrop discord. Bestbuy has some anti-bot measures, so you have a chance if you're there to click the button at a specific time every 2 weeks.
I got 2 just before christmas, but canceled one.
If there's a microcenter near you, check the unofficial microcenter discord, and they'll generally know when new shipments are gonna arrive. Then you can just arrive before the store opens.
I did say thinking about upgrading. I don't really think I should be spending the $500. And I especially don't think I should be spending the $1500+ to build a new computer. I can, but I shouldn't. So far it's been "if I stumble on a 3070 available, go for it and just slap it in my current PC" instead of intentionally building a new one.
But yeah, I've heard some stuff about discord servers. If I do actually decide to go through with it, I'll have to try that.
lol
Oh yeah no if your current computer is working, it would be dumb as hell to build now. Because of bitcoin miners fucking up the market, my PC's parts have appreciated by almost 50% since I built it almost 2 years ago.
Also, when you do build, monitor diskprices.com for your PCIe 4 nVME primary drive @<$150/TB and diskprices.com+shucks.top+Newegg are worth monitoring for big, enterprisey HDDs @ <$16/TB.
If you ignore White label drives, <7200 RPM drives, and other garbage, occsionally you'll find like a 14 TB exos @15/TB.
Don't buy HDDs too far ahead of when you'll be able to test them because they have very high early failure rates, it's easier to deal with a RMA than warranty.
lol, I built mine at the end of 2017. I didn't know Bitcoin was spiking, and it was my first build so I didn't know what normal prices were. I now know I paid way too much for some of the parts, especially the RAM. On the upside, if I knew Bitcoin was spiking I probably would have spent my Bitcoin to buy it. Instead it's worth a lot more now.
Oh cool, I knew about shucks.top, but not diskprices.com. I've been waiting for 12+TB@$15/TB for a bit now just for more space on my current computer. I kinda regret not getting that 18TB for $280 deal.
Oh yeah, at worst I can take my measly 2TB HDD out of my computer and slap in the new one. What's the recommended way to test them? I only know of h2testw, but I think that's more for flash drives and SD cards.