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I brought mines from best buy and it was the same price as the 55 inch, I brought the 48 inch because I'm using it as a PC gaming monitor not a TV
It was still in the 1800 range when I looked last on Amazon at the 55. I planned on holding out for a deal on the 48 because I really wasn't trying to pay 1500. Decided to pull the trigger now, though, since the 55 is cheap enough. I had some rewards points saved up so that handled tax and a little more :ehh:. I've been handing Amazon a grip of money the past 2 months.
 

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Just built my first rig

EVGA 850W Bronze PSU
MSI B550 Gaming Edge Wifi
Ryzen 5 3600X
16 GB Corsair DDR4 3200 MHZ RAM
GTX1080
Samsung 970EVO+ M.2 500GB (copy of original OS drive)
Samsung 860EVO SSD 500GB (books/6certs stuff)
2x 250GB SSDs - ( games)

i can tell this might get addicting. im already thinking about building an Intel system with Comet Lake or Rocket Lake .

Case?
 

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Oh yeah I didn't list the specs of the PC I built last Friday

Case: Phanteks P600S
CPU: RYZEN 5 3600
Cooler: Noctua the big ass one with two fans
GPU: FE 3090
Monitor: 2 1440P LG 27gl83A
Mobo: MSI B550 Tomahawk
RAM: 32 Gkillz neo or someshyt I dunno it has RGB and is way too tall
PSU: Some 850 corsair gold
SSD: 1TB - 970 EVO nvme/ 2 500GB crucial SSD
HD: Some bullshyt I've had for years that contains more of my interesting files and folders :shaq:
 
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Oh yeah I didn't list the specs of the PC I built last Friday

Case: Phanteks P600S
CPU: RYZEN 5 3600
Cooler: Noctua the big ass one with two fans
GPU: FE 3090
Monitor: 2 1440P LG 27gl83A
Mobo: MSI B550 Tomahawk
RAM: 32 Gkillz neo or someshyt I dunno it has RGB and is way too tall
PSU: Some 850 corsair gold
SSD: 1TB - 970 EVO nvme/ 2 500GB crucial SSD
HD: Some bullshyt I've had for years that contains more of my interesting files and folders :shaq:

nice build!
 

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Props.. I hope it works for me since I’m in Canada... i found a seller in Canada that has stock so I’m returning the monitor I bought and copping this next week :wow:

4k 120hz oled gaming :ahh: finally

Imma let you come to your own conclusion, but on my end, shyt is just different :wow: even without taking OLED into account because I played on the B7 before this one
 

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Copped that Asus VG27AQ 1440p monitor over the weekend brehs as it was on sale from BBY. shyt is glorious :banderas: Been missing out all this time running sub $130 CAD monitors for my dual screen setup.

Did my first build over the summer to replace the old laptop. Maybe 20 years since I was a teen, heh. Even then never really did one from scratch. It's mainly for Photoshop/AI and heavy multitasking for my small business but figured I'd want to game a bit when in office and not downstairs in living room. Just COD, really.

R5 3600
B450 Tomahawk MAX
Gaming X 1660 Super
16GB G.Skill Ripjaws
500GB WD M.2 750SN with heatsink. Have a few HDDs attached but will migrate those to an SSD. Old photos and shyt.
Seasonic Focus 750 gold semi-modular - honestly thought this was overkill, but at the time Amazon and Canada Computers were bone dry for lower wattage PSUs. Kindly glad now that I got this one if I decide to jump into this 3080 hoopla.
Fractal Design Meshify C case

and then of course some Deepcool RGBs (top mount/exhaust) as I wanted to go with a theme so based it off of the HitGOAT colour sceme. Pic in spoiler. Intake fans are stock from the case.

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Overall happy with the build. Was expecting the 1660S to choke itself when I bumped it to 1440P but it handled Warzone well with most things set to high/ultra. Maintained solid 60-70 fps. Question will be case real estate if I get one of them 3080s. Intake fans may need to be moved up/down for clearance.

Thanks for the tips in here brehs.
 
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1300 :scusthov: but most people are selling the same card for $1800+ So I’m happy
Breh that is great if you got it for that, because that's basically retail MSRP after taxes since most are 1049-1149 CAD pre HST. Which card?

Most I've seen on Kijiji and FB Marketplace are min 1600-1800. And the 1600 ones were all opened for "testing"

Some guy put up the 3080 FTW3 Ultra on Amazon.ca for 3K cad, kept dropping it a bill every few hours, looks like it sold once it hit 2400 CAD, so basically made double the profit :wow: Even his shop name was "sorry for scalping" lol - I'm still 9/24 on the EVGA notify waitlist, never seeing that thing till new year :dead:
 
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