Recent content by mikepellegrini

I've been building PCs for over 20 years. In the early 2000's, I bought most everything from them. They were my go to supplier for PC parts. But they've changed in recent years. Present-day Newegg is scum. They treat their customers as rubes, ripe for the plucking. If there was a power...

This article is satire, right? I wouldn't buy one of those pre-built computers for anything. It's highway robbery! Newegg in particular sucks, seriously. If there was a blackout tonight, they'd be selling flashlight batteries for $20 each. The way they view customers is that they're...

Newegg is just taking advantage of the scarcity of video cards, by forcing their customers to buy extra, useless stuff that they don't want and don't need – if they want to get the video card. I don't see that this differs any from selling flashlight batteries for twenty dollars each during the...

Glad you cleared that up for me. What was I thinking? Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia...

Best Buy didn't. B&H Photo didn't. They're absorbing the costs, then? eVGA didn't start the increased prices for those customers on their queue till just recently. They're eating the increased costs, too?

The tariffs didn't go into effect till last month. Newegg raised the prices in January right after they were announced. That most definitely is scalping. I don't care who's pocketing most of the bucks (Newegg/AIB). I'll guess it's Newegg because most of the other retailers did not raise...

That's the truth! Glorifying scalping. We need more stories like this. Yeah, sure. Because it is just scalping. And Newegg's acting like they're doing you the world's best favor. They dangle the video card you need, add a scalper's, 50% over MSRP surcharge, then force you to buy some...

In terms of a CPU bottleneck, how's a socket 2066 processor likely to stack up? I've got a Core i7 7820 (8 core) currently running at stock speeds. I heavily lust after Microsoft Flight Simulator running at 4K ultra with an RTX 3080. Am I gonna be CPU limited? I delidded my CPU and had it...

Mike's Socket 2066 gaming rig - Quad channel memory and a great overclocker. M2 drive for the OS PCPartPicker Part List CPU: Intel Core i7-9800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core OEM/Tray Processor ($619.24 @ Amazon) CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X73 73.11 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($171.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard...