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Member Since | 28/02/2012 |
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Location | Castlemaine Vic |
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Tend to agree, picked up a Ryzen T14 for $530 with a similar coupon 6 weeks back for school from Reboot IT. Great nick, and battery still…

## [[Refurb] Lenovo ThinkPad T14s (i5-10210U, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD) $371.45 ($362.71 eBay Plus) Delivered @ ACT…

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KirKoloft on AOOSTAR WTR PRO 4 Bay NAS (Ryzen 7 5825U, 3x NVMe, 2x 2.5G LAN, HDMI/DP/USB-C) US$376.29 (~A$599.57) Del @ Aoostar AliExpress

Pretty much all Ryzens support ECC? The Hardware Haven review, and the Aoostar website do not mention any support for it in the chipset or…

hughc posted a deal Verbatim Vi3000 2TB NVMe M.2 SSD - $119 Delivered ($0 VIC, NSW, SA C&C) + Surcharge @ Centre Com
Was looking for a game drive when this came up. Older tech, PCIe Gen3, but still useful if you've got a 2nd slot you'd like to fill.…

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KirKoloft on AOOSTAR WTR PRO 4 Bay NAS (Ryzen 7 5825U, 3x NVMe, 2x 2.5G LAN, HDMI/DP/USB-C) US$376.29 (~A$599.57) Del @ Aoostar AliExpress

No indication it supports ECC. https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/890861 would be a cost effective candidate.

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hishaken on AOOSTAR WTR PRO 4 Bay NAS (Ryzen 7 5825U, 3x NVMe, 2x 2.5G LAN, HDMI/DP/USB-C) US$376.29 (~A$599.57) Del @ Aoostar AliExpress

I run Immich as an app under TrueNAS Scale, and connect to it remotely from my phone via Tailscale to do backups (and remote collection…

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zetmandude on GMKtec M5 Plus AMD Ryzen 7 5825U Mini PC Barebone DDR4 RAM US$186.80 (~A$300) Delivered @ China Box AliExpress

ha, I reported the same deal last week at a different store! store got disappeared. I linked to the same product at the official store, for…

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Lange on [Pre Order] Intel Arc B580 LE 12GB GDDR6 Graphics Card $439 Delivered ($0 MEL C&C) @ PC Case Gear

Unclear what the performance implications of running these GPUs on an older motherboard without resizable BAR, but it was not recommended…

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Naigrabzo on Gaming PCs: Ryzen 5 5500, RX 6600, 16GB RAM, B450M-K II, 650W Silver PSU: $748 | RTX 4060: $888 + $50 Delivery @ Nebula PC

Yeah agreed. Bought one of their [MSI starter systems w/ the Steam card offer](https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/867389) for an xmas gift.…

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i-Tight on Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3i 14-inch i5-12450H/8GB/512GB SSD $648 + Delivery ($0 C&C/In-Store) @ Harvey Norman

I ordered one too, arrived today. It's in great condition, no keyboard marks on screen etc, and battery is showing 100% capacity 57Ah /…

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fatpotato123 on Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3i 14-inch i5-12450H/8GB/512GB SSD $648 + Delivery ($0 C&C/In-Store) @ Harvey Norman

In my experience aluminium counts for little, unless it's milled like a MacBook. Pressed aluminium skin of the Envy offered even less…

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fatpotato123 on Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3i 14-inch i5-12450H/8GB/512GB SSD $648 + Delivery ($0 C&C/In-Store) @ Harvey Norman

I'm on the same Y7 device quest at the moment. First child got a new HP Envy x360 for ~$850. It did not last.…

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Hardicus on RK ROYAL KLUDGE RK Mechanical Keyboards Red/Blue/Brown Switch $20 to $39 + Delivery + Surcharges @ Umart

Blue switches? Your workmates will love it.

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thisisscotts on [Refurb] Philips 328P6V 32" 4K LCD Monitor $195 Delivered @ Australian Computer Traders

yeah, [add to cart] will be replaced with a 'remind me' button once their system comes to its senses

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thisisscotts on [Refurb] Philips 328P6V 32" 4K LCD Monitor $195 Delivered @ Australian Computer Traders

Only reason I knew about it was the email restock-reminder service they let you set up.

hughc posted a deal [Refurb] Philips 328P6V 32" 4K LCD Monitor $195 Delivered @ Australian Computer Traders
Back in stock, same price as last time. Condition reports from [the previous deal](https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/858821) vary, but I…

hughc commented on Xiaomi AX3000T Now Incompatible with OpenWRT
The issues are, AFAIK, caused by a minor hardware revision change (different flash memory chip). So long as you can flash a downgraded (and…

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splishy on Beelink Mini-PCs with 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD: EQ12 or EQ13 (N100 CPU) $329, EQ13 (N200 CPU) $359 Delivered @ Beelink via Amazon AU

An N100 mITX motherboard for around $200 would be a more likely starting point for this sort of end use.

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gregsurname on Beelink Mini-PCs with 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD: EQ12 or EQ13 (N100 CPU) $329, EQ13 (N200 CPU) $359 Delivered @ Beelink via Amazon AU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PisIPpbMkTc&t=849s A good comparison inc pricing in the relative power draw, and an attempt to factor in…

hughc commented on Beelink Mini-PCs with 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD: EQ12 or EQ13 (N100 CPU) $329, EQ13 (N200 CPU) $359 Delivered @ Beelink via Amazon AU
N100 is equivalent to what, an 8th gen i5? https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/865901 Surely the AMD SER5 offers better performance (6C/12T…

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incipient on HP Envy X360 15.6" 2-in-1 Touch Laptop: i5-1335U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Intel Iris X GPU $1187 Delivered @ HP Official Store

Yeah definitely learnt my lesson - on original criteria of price, weight seemed like a good idea. Stupidly assumed a metal body counted for…

hughc commented on HP Envy X360 15.6" 2-in-1 Touch Laptop: i5-1335U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Intel Iris X GPU $1187 Delivered @ HP Official Store
My son has been through two of an earlier iteration of the X360 (13") as a school laptop (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/670211). First…

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gamerkonks on Seagate 12TB Enterprise 3.5" SATA 7.2K RPM Hard Drive - $192 Delivered @ East Digital

RAS syndrome strikes again...

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taker312 on POCO F6 8GB/256GB US$306.87 (~A$463.20), 12GB/512GB US$339.90 (~A$513.06) Delivered @ POCO Official Store AliExpress

@taker312 The 3498 SMS service is braindead, it pays no attention to the handset's current configuration and instead just looks up the…

hughc commented on [Refurb] Lenovo ThinkPad T460 14″ FHD Laptop i5-6300U 8GB 128GB SSD Win10 Pro $179 Delivered @ MetroCom
It's not clear what people's expectations are, but these were Lenovo's top tier business laptops, with excellent original build quality.…

At 60C when boosting it sounds like you have some headroom? If noise is an issue, why not adjust your fan curves to keep the speed down…

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Hiphopopotamus on Lenovo ThinkCentre M75Q G2: Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE, 256GB SSD, 8GB RAM $599 + Delivery ($0 C&C/ in-Store) @ MSY

Have you tried a software solution? I used to hand-tune with SpeedFan. https://getfancontrol.com/ is a more uptodate tool. Effectiveness…

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ar7ist on Gaming PCs: ITX i5-12400F RTX 4060: $799 (OOS), i9-14900KF RTX 4090: $4373, R7-7800X3D RTX 4090: $3973 + Delivery @ TechFast

According to [research from a previous deal](https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/14190160/redir) , it's this one…

hughc posted a deal Philips 275E1S 27" IPS QHD 75hz FreeSync 4ms Monitor $199 + Delivery @ JW Computers
This model might be getting a bit long in the tooth, but QHD IPS 27" for under $200 seems like a pretty fair deal. Some grumbling about the…

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Elyxar on [Refurb] Dell Precision 3420 i5-6600 8GB RAM/128GB SSD/Win 10 $95.20 ($92.82 with eBay Plus) Delivered @ un-tech eBay

~~While it's probably got a SATA port, and it might have a sata+power connector that you could extend out of the case, it would lack the…
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