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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…
25/02/2025 - 23:16
## [[Refurb] Lenovo ThinkPad T14s (i5-10210U, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD) $371.45 ($362.71 eBay Plus) Delivered @ ACT…
24/02/2025 - 22:11
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…
29/01/2025 - 09:16
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.…
29/01/2025 - 09:09
No indication it supports ECC. https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/890861 would be a cost effective candidate.
28/01/2025 - 23:26
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…
28/01/2025 - 22:56
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…
23/01/2025 - 12:17
Unclear what the performance implications of running these GPUs on an older motherboard without resizable BAR, but it was not recommended…
17/01/2025 - 14:22
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.…
15/01/2025 - 15:15
I ordered one too, arrived today. It's in great condition, no keyboard marks on screen etc, and battery is showing 100% capacity 57Ah /…
15/01/2025 - 14:48
In my experience aluminium counts for little, unless it's milled like a MacBook. Pressed aluminium skin of the Envy offered even less…
08/01/2025 - 15:35
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.…
08/01/2025 - 14:47
Blue switches? Your workmates will love it.
02/12/2024 - 11:48
yeah, [add to cart] will be replaced with a 'remind me' button once their system comes to its senses
16/10/2024 - 10:43
Only reason I knew about it was the email restock-reminder service they let you set up.
16/10/2024 - 10:20
[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…
16/10/2024 - 09:52
The issues are, AFAIK, caused by a minor hardware revision change (different flash memory chip). So long as you can flash a downgraded (and…
01/10/2024 - 09:15
An N100 mITX motherboard for around $200 would be a more likely starting point for this sort of end use.
12/09/2024 - 12:01
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…
12/09/2024 - 11:59
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…
11/09/2024 - 18:50
Yeah definitely learnt my lesson - on original criteria of price, weight seemed like a good idea. Stupidly assumed a metal body counted for…
15/08/2024 - 08:30
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…
14/08/2024 - 13:26
RAS syndrome strikes again...
12/06/2024 - 22:38
@taker312 The 3498 SMS service is braindead, it pays no attention to the handset's current configuration and instead just looks up the…
06/06/2024 - 13:40
It's not clear what people's expectations are, but these were Lenovo's top tier business laptops, with excellent original build quality.…
25/05/2024 - 00:30
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…
06/05/2024 - 12:27
Have you tried a software solution? I used to hand-tune with SpeedFan. https://getfancontrol.com/ is a more uptodate tool. Effectiveness…
08/03/2024 - 11:56
According to [research from a previous deal](https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/14190160/redir) , it's this one…
03/03/2024 - 19:38
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…
26/02/2024 - 13:51
~~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…
23/02/2024 - 08:53
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