News Scalpers Flip DDR5 RAM on eBay for Up to $2,500

[Why_Me]

But tom's hardware told me Intel was the best for the money!

And as usual Tom's Hardware was correct. You can beat an AMD build like a rented mule for as little as $823 USD (psu depends on gpu/resolution).

https://www.newegg.com/black-phanteks-eclipse-p400a-atx-mid-tower/p/N82E16811854085
Phanteks Eclipse P400A $74.99 + $5 off w/ promo code PH53679A, limited offer $64.99 after $10.00 rebate

Exhaust fan for that case.

https://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-ACFAN00119A-P12-Black-Pressure-Optimized/dp/B07GB5JRTZ/
ARCTIC P12 PWM - 120mm 4-Pin Case Fan $7.00

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GIGABYTE Z690 GAMING X DDR4 $229.99

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Intel Core i5-12600K $299.99 Save: $20.00 (6%)
Get up to $95+ in software w/ purchase, limited offer

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CoolerMaster MasterLiquid ML240L RGB V2, Close-Loop AIO CPU Liquid Cooler $66.99
Free LGA1700 bracket w/ purchase, limited offer

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Crucial Ballistix DDR4 3200MHz 16GB (2x8GB) CL16 $69.99 Save: $13.00 (16%) + $10 off w/ promo code BFFRDY54 & $5 promotional gift card w/ purchase, limited offer

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WD Blue SN550 NVMe M.2 2280 1TB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 3D NAND Internal SSD $83.99 Save: $46.00 (35%) + $9 off w/ promo code BCMAY22464, limited offer

Total: $822.94 not including rebates & promo codes

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z690-GAMING-X-DDR4-rev-10#kf

https://www.techpowerup.com/289205/...essors-to-dynamically-park-and-unpark-e-cores

http://www.phanteks.com/Eclipse-P400A.html

Reviews of that cpu including benchmarks.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-core-i5-12600k-vs-amd-ryzen-5-5600x-ryzen-7-5800x-cpu-face-off

https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/core_i5_12600k_processor_review,1.html

Intel Core i5-12600K Review - Winning Price/Performance

The Core i5-12600K is the price/performance king in the Intel Alder Lake lineup. With its competitive pricing of $300, it's a clear winner against AMD's Ryzen 5 5600X and faster than even the 5800X in many applications and games. This is the gaming CPU you want.

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[JTWrenn]

Such a law would be ceremonial only because it is unenforceable, unless we start to accept 1984 levels of surveillance.

It would give companies the ability to ban customers permanently and if they so chose go after them, and possibly other companies for allowing them to resell. Ebay is one of the biggest culprits here and the idea that something would be hard to enforce so we shouldn't make it illegal...when we have not tried it in this case, and have in fact enforced actions on large scale resellers of ticket scalpers on a very similar bill in the past...just makes no sense.

You are literally saying we won't win so don't try...and you are saying it after we had an effective bill for a similar issue.

For example:https://www.nme.com/news/music/thre...-order-under-obamas-anti-scalping-act-2863485

 

[helper800]

It would give companies the ability to ban customers permanently and if they so chose go after them, and possibly other companies for allowing them to resell. Ebay is one of the biggest culprits here and the idea that something would be hard to enforce so we shouldn't make it illegal...when we have not tried it in this case, and have in fact enforced actions on large scale resellers of ticket scalpers on a very similar bill in the past...just makes no sense.

You are literally saying we won't win so don't try...and you are saying it after we had an effective bill for a similar issue.

For example:https://www.nme.com/news/music/thre...-order-under-obamas-anti-scalping-act-2863485

If it could work without privacy issues, great. My original point still stands. You would be requiring private entities to backtrace the IP of the bot to a person behind a screen and then make a police report on that person. For what? A misdemeanor at most? This law would never pass. There are also many, many ways of circumventing this backtrace, so you would get away with it anyways. As soon as anonymity of the internet is lost and it starts to become police monitored is the day freedom of information and expression dies.

 

[JTWrenn]

If it could work without privacy issues, great. My original point still stands. You would be requiring private entities to backtrace the IP of the bot to a person behind a screen and then make a police report on that person. For what? A misdemeanor at most? This law would never pass. There are also many, many ways of circumventing this backtrace, so you would get away with it anyways. As soon as anonymity of the internet is lost and it starts to become police monitored is the day freedom of information and expression dies.

No you would require a private entity to report bot activity to the FBI. The FBI would then investigate and get warrants where needed to trace IPs. They are fining people millions of dollars for scalping tickets. All of this is bigger business than we are acting like it is and needs to have at least some pushback.

To be clear this law gives no extra powers of surveillance. It simply makes something illegal and reportable. Then normal data collected would be handed to the FBI to make a case to gather more data.

Browsing website is not anonymous. There are logs of ip interactions on the web servers for the stores you visit via the web. Giving those businesses more tools so they can stop these bad actors...in this case a law that allows them to ask the FBI for help...is not a further infringement on privacy.

 

[helper800]

No you would require a private entity to report bot activity to the FBI. The FBI would then investigate and get warrants where needed to trace IPs. They are fining people millions of dollars for scalping tickets. All of this is bigger business than we are acting like it is and needs to have at least some pushback.

To be clear this law gives no extra powers of surveillance. It simply makes something illegal and reportable. Then normal data collected would be handed to the FBI to make a case to gather more data.

Browsing website is not anonymous. There are logs of ip interactions on the web servers for the stores you visit via the web. Giving those businesses more tools so they can stop these bad actors...in this case a law that allows them to ask the FBI for help...is not a further infringement on privacy.

We will have to agree to disagree friend. Regardless of privatized tracking of where and how you came upon a website there are VPN's, secure browsers, proxies, et cetera to completely nullify what should be considered a right to property. When something like this is made illegal the whole process of deciding what is a scalp and what is just someone selling a used or new card due to their own circumstances is encroaching on your right to property. Your right to property extends to your ability to sell it for whatever price you want. This suggestion would be like putting rent control on graphics cards. What would the magical barrier be for something that is a scalper price or a legitimate sell price? 10%, 20%? How much more than what, MSRP? MSRP is a nearly arbitrary concept to begin with and if this law were to specifically use MSRP as a base to determine scalping, the companies who set the MSRP could price manipulate a product. IMO this is just a terrible idea all around. There are no reasonable ways to create such a law, enforce it, or prevent manipulation from manufacturers...