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expiredSuryasis posted Feb 2, 2021 1:56 PM
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GenTechPC has Gigabyte A5 K1 Gaming Laptop Pre-Order (K1-BUS2130SH) for $1260.06 when you follow the steps below. Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member Suryasis for finding this deal.
Steps:
Thanks to community member Suryasis for finding this deal.
Steps:
- Click here then click on Build Yours
- Under 2021 New Year Sale 1:, select one of the below options (+$0.01)
- GELID GC-Extreme on CPU/GPU
- IC Diamond on CPU/GPU
- Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra on CPU/ IC Diamond on GPU
- Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut on CPU/ Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut GPU
- Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut on CPU/GPU
- Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut on CPU/ IC Diamond on GPU
- Under 2021 New Year Sale 2:, select Free 30 Day No Dead Pixel Warranty (+$0.01)
- Under 2021 New Year Sale 4:, select Fujipoly Ultra Extreme Thermal Pads on necessary area for optimal cooling performance (+$0.01)
- Click on add to cart
- Apply coupon code CASH for a final price of $1260.06 + free shipping
- AMD Ryzen R7-5800H 8-Core Processor
- 15.6" FHD 1920x1080 240hz IPS-Level Display
- 16GB DDR4 3200MHz Memory
- 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD
- NVIDIA RTX 3060 6GB GDDR6 Max-P
- 2x USB 3.1 Gen 1
- 1x USB 3.1 Gen 2
- 1x Thunderbolt 3 Type-C USB 3.1
- 2x DisplayPort 1.4 Type-C USB 3.1
- 1x HDMI 2.0
- RGB Backlit Keyboard
- Intel WiFi 6 AX200 + Bluetooth 5.0
- Windows 10 Home 64-Bit
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GenTechPC has Gigabyte A5 K1 Gaming Laptop Pre-Order (K1-BUS2130SH) for $1260.06 when you follow the steps below. Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member Suryasis for finding this deal.
Steps:
Thanks to community member Suryasis for finding this deal.
Steps:
- Click here then click on Build Yours
- Under 2021 New Year Sale 1:, select one of the below options (+$0.01)
- GELID GC-Extreme on CPU/GPU
- IC Diamond on CPU/GPU
- Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra on CPU/ IC Diamond on GPU
- Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut on CPU/ Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut GPU
- Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut on CPU/GPU
- Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut on CPU/ IC Diamond on GPU
- Under 2021 New Year Sale 2:, select Free 30 Day No Dead Pixel Warranty (+$0.01)
- Under 2021 New Year Sale 4:, select Fujipoly Ultra Extreme Thermal Pads on necessary area for optimal cooling performance (+$0.01)
- Click on add to cart
- Apply coupon code CASH for a final price of $1260.06 + free shipping
- AMD Ryzen R7-5800H 8-Core Processor
- 15.6" FHD 1920x1080 240hz IPS-Level Display
- 16GB DDR4 3200MHz Memory
- 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD
- NVIDIA RTX 3060 6GB GDDR6 Max-P
- 2x USB 3.1 Gen 1
- 1x USB 3.1 Gen 2
- 1x Thunderbolt 3 Type-C USB 3.1
- 2x DisplayPort 1.4 Type-C USB 3.1
- 1x HDMI 2.0
- RGB Backlit Keyboard
- Intel WiFi 6 AX200 + Bluetooth 5.0
- Windows 10 Home 64-Bit
Editor's Notes
Written by johnny_miller | Staff- About this deal:
- Refer to the forum thread for additional information & offer discussion.
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1. Horrible customer service. The owner, Ken, seems to just run everything himself. He is not cordial, or prompt in his responses (often had to email 2-3x before a response). He falsely advertised a fingerprint reader in my current laptop, and when I said it doesn't have one, his response was essentially, "oops, typo."
2. It took over a month to get my computer when there were not parts shortages. Expect to wait a while even once this computer becomes available.
3. I tried using the cash discount and paying by CC last time. The order went through, but Ken contacted me asking, "so you're going to send me a wire transfer or money order?" even though I had clearly already paid, and forced me to cancel my order and re-order.
Edit: This is all to say, while not the ABSOLUTE worst experience one could have, I'd be pretty hesitant to order from GenTech again.
Pros don't do this on a small scale basis for a reason. They do it on rigs with multiple GPUs per motherboard. They just care about yields, not the longevity/condition of the parts. If you're going to be using this laptop for personal use + maybe even some business, mining on it for the entirety of the time it's not in use otherwise maybe isn't the best idea...
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Basically a 2070 super desktop in performance
It's alot slower than desktop 3060ti, but that's to be expected.
Also, here's some advice. People who are buying laptops for mining not only they are stressing the hardware which it never intended to but also hoping to ROI in few months is quite far fetched.
Ethereum mining profits won't be steady for several months. Yes you would get hit your ROI but not what the calculator says it would be.
You see people will keep adding hardware and raise the difficulty.
ETH rewards dropped from Dec end from 0.145552 to 0.102418 for 100 MHs. That's a 35% reduction in rewards with block rewards fixed at 2. I haven't even calculated the difficulty jump in month of Feb.
ETH block rewards are 2 + XYZ (this keeps changing based on transaction volume). Right now this XYZ factor is high because of lot of traffic on eth blockchain.
Now even with the hardware shortages you see a difficulty climb. In a month or two the difficulty will catch up some ASICs being already around the market (not public).
Be aware of these before you make a decision in buying hardware for crypto mining.
EDIT: Just did a quick math. We are down by 42% in ETH rewards since Dec (for the fixed block rewards of 2)
Edit: Also, I think people are overly concerned about heat and wear and tear. Mining Eth only stresses the memory, and not the GPU itself which is a much bigger generator of heat. The amount of heat during gaming is WAY higher than mining, there shouldn't be any long term issues that you wouldn't encounter from heavy gaming anyway. My 5700xt for example uses under 100w during mining. I'm also playing it safe by running 51-52MH/s instead of 54+, I don't care about the little difference if it means memory temps never get even close to manufacturer's max temps.
Edit: Also, I think people are overly concerned about heat and wear and tear. Mining Eth only stresses the memory, and not the GPU itself which is a much bigger generator of heat. The amount of heat during gaming is WAY higher than mining, there shouldn't be any long term issues that you wouldn't encounter from heavy gaming anyway. My 5700xt for example uses under 100w during mining. I'm also playing it safe by running 51-52MH/s instead of 54+, I don't care about the little difference if it means memory temps never get even close to manufacturer's max temps.
Desktop is different. It's fine
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Desktop is different. It's fine
Also, IRS requires reporting the coin as income when it's earned, based on market value at the time. So technically you have to pay taxes on the coin even if it's not converted to USD. I can't tell quickly whether you have to pay further taxes on appreciation when you do sell the coin, but again, i'm not motivated enough to look that far.
Edit: Heat only degrades silicon if it's not dissipated quickly enough to stay within operating temperature. There's no difference between a laptop and desktop silicon, it's just easier to dissipate heat in a PC case instead of a thin laptop case. however, not all laptops are created equal. My mobile GTX 1080 with 180W TDP had no issues, because it was a fat monster.
Also, IRS requires reporting the coin as income when it's earned, based on market value at the time. So technically you have to pay taxes on the coin even if it's not converted to USD. I can't tell quickly whether you have to pay further taxes on appreciation when you do sell the coin, but again, i'm not motivated enough to look that far.
Edit: Heat only degrades silicon if it's not dissipated quickly enough to stay within operating temperature. There's no difference between a laptop and desktop silicon, it's just easier to dissipate heat in a PC case instead of a thin laptop case. however, not all laptops are created equal. My mobile GTX 1080 with 180W TDP had no issues, because it was a fat monster.
You're right about heat dissipation and that's exactly the cause. All you've are some blower fans in laptop. Even on desktop the rtx 3080 throttles because the gddr6x hits 104-106 degrees while mining. The core temps might be even in low 45-48C. The ethash mining specifically stresses the memory controller (100%) and memory chips all the time. This isn't the typical workload during games. I am not saying it would go bad in very short time.
Yea, IRS states to declare and of course they want a piece when you sell it for higher profits too.
Seems most of their products look to be of great value but have terrible reliability. Wondering if their laptops have similar İssues since I assume they use their own parts to custom build these products.
Seems most of their products look to be of great value but have terrible reliability. Wondering if their laptops have similar İssues since I assume they use their own parts to custom build these products.
I wouldn't hesitate to order a gigabyte laptop if price and features were in my sweet spot - however, this seller that I've never heard of and didn't respond to my email does give me concern.
Edit: nvm. It had an intel processor from newegg.
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