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Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by cholantesh »

SirGiggles wrote: post #4

Bought myself a Razer Core X (Thunderbolt 3 eGPU enclosure) for CAD$109.99 a few days ago. Was a discount of 71% off from an original price of CAD$389.99. Not sure if the US site reflects the same kinds of savings. https://www.razer.com/ca-en/gaming-egpus/Razer-Core-X/RC21-0...

What's the use case for a device like this?

E: Thanks for all the replies. I have a XPS 15 that was, maybe 5 years ago occasionally reliable for playing Doom 2014 at 1080p for half an hour before the gpu would shut itself down, maybe I could have benefited from one of these + a desktop GPU...

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by nagyf »

wrp wrote: post #17

For those of us old enough to remember when holiday sales really did start on the day after Thanksgiving, in my area, most of the shops started their Black Friday sales on Monday. If you waited until today, you missed out on a lot.

Many things only dropped today. At least in Canada

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by amerine »

cholantesh wrote: post #21
SirGiggles wrote: post #4

Bought myself a Razer Core X (Thunderbolt 3 eGPU enclosure) for CAD$109.99 a few days ago. Was a discount of 71% off from an original price of CAD$389.99. Not sure if the US site reflects the same kinds of savings. https://www.razer.com/ca-en/gaming-egpus/Razer-Core-X/RC21-0...

What's the use case for a device like this? E: Thanks for all the replies. I have a XPS 15 that was, maybe 5 years ago occasionally reliable for playing Doom 2014 at 1080p for half an hour before the gpu would shut itself down, maybe I could have benefited from one of these + a desktop GPU...

Adding a GPU to a Mac, or anything with TB3 really.

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by asicsp »

I'm an indie author and my "All books bundle" is $10 (normal price $28) - https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/all-books/FestiveOffer (Topics include Linux CLI tools, regular expressions, Vim and Python)

I've also collected deals from other indie creators, publishers, etc on my blog (https://learnbyexample.github.io/programming-deals-2022/). Some highlights:

* Python books by Michael Driscoll - https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2022/11/22/python-black-f...

* Python Morsels - https://www.pythonmorsels.com/pricing/

* Boost Your Django DX - https://adamchainz.gumroad.com/l/byddx and Speed Up Your Django Tests - https://adamchainz.gumroad.com/l/suydt

* Python, Git, and Pandas courses - https://twitter.com/reuvenmlerner/status/1595402066213601280

* Practical Guide to Technical Blogging - https://bhavaniravi.gumroad.com/l/technical-blogging/WRITELI...

* Complete Guide to CSS Flex and Grid - https://shrutibalasa.gumroad.com/l/css-flex-and-grid/BlackFr...

* Explain Ideas Visually - https://twitter.com/OzolinsJanis/status/1595743978531348480

* Leanpub Monthly Sale - https://mailchi.mp/leanpub/monthly-sale-2022-november-black-...

* Infosec - https://github.com/0x90n/InfoSec-Black-Friday

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by anemoiac »

cholantesh wrote: post #21
SirGiggles wrote: post #4

Bought myself a Razer Core X (Thunderbolt 3 eGPU enclosure) for CAD$109.99 a few days ago. Was a discount of 71% off from an original price of CAD$389.99. Not sure if the US site reflects the same kinds of savings. https://www.razer.com/ca-en/gaming-egpus/Razer-Core-X/RC21-0...

What's the use case for a device like this? E: Thanks for all the replies. I have a XPS 15 that was, maybe 5 years ago occasionally reliable for playing Doom 2014 at 1080p for half an hour before the gpu would shut itself down, maybe I could have benefited from one of these + a desktop GPU...

Anything that might benefit from using a desktop GPU, but doesn't justify buying a desktop machine.

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by namdnay »

joaodlf wrote: post #12

An Anker Power Bank (24,000mAh) has a £40 discount right now on Amazon UK. This is a really nice piece of tech that has helped me to work outside the house with peace of mind. Can keep my phone charged (which I use for tethering) for over a week, no problem. Drains way quicker when charging my M1, but that one has far less battery issues when compared to my phone. The discount is real, as well. I know because I bough…

If anyone is thinking of buying a power bank, I strongly recommend those ones that can also start a car. Way less hassle than jumper cables

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by SirGiggles »

cholantesh wrote: post #21
SirGiggles wrote: post #4

Bought myself a Razer Core X (Thunderbolt 3 eGPU enclosure) for CAD$109.99 a few days ago. Was a discount of 71% off from an original price of CAD$389.99. Not sure if the US site reflects the same kinds of savings. https://www.razer.com/ca-en/gaming-egpus/Razer-Core-X/RC21-0...

What's the use case for a device like this? E: Thanks for all the replies. I have a XPS 15 that was, maybe 5 years ago occasionally reliable for playing Doom 2014 at 1080p for half an hour before the gpu would shut itself down, maybe I could have benefited from one of these + a desktop GPU...

Right now (for my use case) it's primarily for GPU pass through into a Windows VM via Qemu/KVM.

If that doesn't work, and since it's just PCIe, I wanna try experimenting with setting up 10 Gigabit fiber to a home server.

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

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Post by tjfl »

SirGiggles wrote: post #4

Bought myself a Razer Core X (Thunderbolt 3 eGPU enclosure) for CAD$109.99 a few days ago. Was a discount of 71% off from an original price of CAD$389.99. Not sure if the US site reflects the same kinds of savings. https://www.razer.com/ca-en/gaming-egpus/Razer-Core-X/RC21-0...

$199 in US

https://www.razer.com/gaming-egpus/Razer-Core-X/RC21-0131010...

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