Happy to hear you were able to offload an ARC system so fast. I'm really rooting for Intel to pull through here, as this much needed competition will I think positively impact your business as you can then offer folks more options and at better value price points, which I guess will lead to more overhead for you too.
Yeah man, the market feels very stagnant these days. The B580 was a nice surprise. Not sure if you will be picking one up, but I'll be buying one after Christmas just to support the cause even if it sounds silly (maybe one to keep and one to sell) Appreciate the comment.
@DannyzReviews yeah it's pretty bad here too. Heck, you guys might be the better deal area in the coming months. Hopefully someone talks the leaders (I'll just say government) into rethinking the tariff's situation.
@DannyzReviews We need someone comparing the b580 and the a770 in a wide variety of games. I see some benchmarks putting the b580 upwards of 20%-30% faster while others have them trading blows
Great video. I flip PCs too and about a year ago I had my own arc a750 in my second rig (now a a770). At that point I found arc to be acceptable to start including in my builds. Ever since then I’ve sold probably 7-8 builds with arc gpus and have never had someone call me with an issue. Something that is weird that I noticed is that they sell very well, better than any Radeon rigs I had. So now I basically just buy arc and RTX cards and my customers seem happy.
I was actually waiting for a comment like this. So far I'm somewhere around that 5-6 sold ARC systems. One guy returned one because of a game that didn't work or something. I can't remember now. The other one was this young girl who complained about her monitors always turning off. I think it was fixed in drivers because I had this same issue also and it went away. I'm happy to hear that you've had a good experience with it though, and based off their new updates, I think I will be doing something similar to what you were saying. It's hard as a seller to walk away from Nvidia, but they just sell faster. AMD video card based systems have always taken a day or two longer. Sometimes more. Which is annoying considering how good value a 6700XT still is. Or was... Apparently they are going up. Appreciate the comment! It's always nice to meet other sellers.
I think it depends in the area. Of course Nvidia is number 1 but my Radeon builds have been doing well at the moment. I've sold 2 Nvidia builds and 2 Radeon builds these past two weeks. I'll probably buy a few arc cards and try them out. I feel the average day person who doesn't know gsming pcs hear intel and say "hey I know that brand" so that probably helps with selling it.
@@techwandoUS "where or which" idk if auto correct got you or not but I'll answer for both lol. My go to rigs for Radeon are usually rx 5700 xt, rx 6600 (xt, 50 xt). For Nvidia, 1660 supers do well and any 3060 gpu. I learned quick that my area has tons of people who want to get in and get started with pc gaming. High ends don't sell to well, or to put it better people like to low ball them to where I'm better off selling my go to rigs and make more. Also my area is Oklahoma city. If I do go with arc I'll be sure to come back or post in a future video on whether or not they sell well.
@@itzrelaxedgamer 100% depends on the area. I kind of decided that any build I charge more than $500 will have dedicated AI/tensor cores on the gpu. Really just because I think it is a must have feature for longevity in a build. That’s one reason I have been going with arc for my builds. I got multiple open box a580s for $140 off Newegg and made 40-50% margin on the builds I put them in. I would say they are worth it when at a good price
First off...that tip on cutting the 24-pin cable combs for the gpu cables is 🔥 definitely doing that l.. I really hope these intel cards sell well cause I would definitely like to throw them in some new builds. Great video, as always, brother, keep it up
Thanks man, btw those cables you ordered in your last video are the best cause they come with the two sets of combs (as you know). Appreciate the comment man!
Once the dust settles and they are on store shelves, it's definitely good value. Let's see how Nvidia comes back in the next few months. Probably will undercut them just to be top dog. That being said, Vram will always be an issue with lower tier Nvidia cards.
That is a good system for performance. I would be tempted to grab it myself, only to swap out the GPU, and air cooler for a flip with a higher return. Being sold in a single day says allot to how you pc builds are good for the buyers in your area.
It's funny you said that, first thing I told the buyer to do for upgrades was swap the cooler. I wanted to keep the budget in check. I almost never use the stock coolers. I just realized how thin they have made them over the years. It's like they shave off a couple centimeters on every new cooler. Also you're totally right about the GPU. Definitely could amp this up a bit and have a better flip.
@techwandoUS ooooooo ❤️ then I end my hunt for the Big Full day server version. If it can cut down the insane amount of time it takes the 3090FE Copper modded oced then that's plus.
Are you an avid user??? I just do photos with it under my coworkers account 😅 I still need to buy a license. Seems to work when I log in hers on my 4090 PC. I hear video is insane though. Can take an entire day sometimes.
@@techwandoUS oh iv used the suit to help family fixed a bunch of photos from the early 1920's-1940's tears, discolorations, video I had very early video of my grandparents when they first settled on a small Harbour in the Arctic the film makers had about 7 hours of cottage showing the beginning of a town they helped build. But there was an absolute ton of dead air in-between days I used Sony Vegas to cut all that out then stitch it together my poor 3090FE with the lovely Copper mod took about 12 hrs to complete and upscale the super low res to 1080p.
@@shadowarez1337 That sounds incredible. Also heck of a story and video to see. So far it's been the best application as far as I can tell. If you ever want to share it lmk.
Thank you, they have been overhauled quite a bit and seem to be pretty solid now. Back months ago, I used the A750 as a video editing card primarily using davinci resolve and it was pretty good.
Take 2. Was that phone call from one of the first GTA games? Nice touch whatever it was. While I would still avoid an Arc GPU (if I had money etc) as the majority of games I play are older titles and from what I see there are still issues, I have to give it to Intel for one thing. Their cards are really good looking. Cool edits when showing the PC. There used to be locks like that in PC cases, but mostly in the 80s and early 90s. I had a couple of them and had access to many more back then. I am shocked I see one today. The last new PC case with a lock I have seen in person was about 20 years ago, a Thermaltake Tsunami case IIRC and that was just locking the side panel, not the actual PC operation. Gorgeous case btw, unfortunately I had to break it as I lost the key lol. So weird to see one now. I am glad everything went fine. BTW, weird I know, but I just realized what your avatar here is. Till this moment I thought it was some kind of Gothic cross. Have a nice day.
I can finally see the comment. Yeah maybe UA-cam punished me for taking a couple weeks off. The cards are super basic in design and I agree, great looking. As for the older titles, that's exactly what I am afraid of also. I ran a bit of a check on what games the buyer was planning on playing before selling the PC as well. For the most part, a lot of it has been patched, and does work well. Booted up a modded fallout 4 recently and had no issues. I just looked up that case you spoke of, very cool. I remember the locks on the panels and stuff like that, I don't know if I ever saw one that physically allowed or disallowed the power button to function. I kinda like it now actually. Only thing is, you can just take the side panel off and turn it on 😅 My avatar is me as a child holding my pet raccoon. I had a couple growing up. I kind of run this channel with raccoonish behavior, so I felt it was well suited. Hope your day is wonderful too my friend.
@@techwandoUS I don't think any cases from the late 90s onwards allowing to lock the power. At least I don't remember. Before, yes. Quite common actually. I don't know what a raccoonish behavior is, but sounds fun.
Yeah, not ideal. I wonder how many people will think their system is broken from the key being in the wrong position. Or how many people will have a broken system from improperly mounting their board 😵💫
Yeah, some system (depending on use case scenario) need HDD storage. 12tb is a nice and affordable HDD size. Imagine an nvme even close to that size. Cost more than the computer 😅
@M.TCoomesKY Oh yeah, probably considered a small or average size drive maybe too. I remember buying my first 120gb ssd way back, I think it was $300 at the time.
They are selling for 369 and up. Well they are listed, not selling. The Limited Edition sold out at 250, because people are stupid. Dont look now but used 6700XT prices are going up.
ok, it looks like UA-cam decided to not publisher a long comment I made. They must really hate me lol. I will wait a bit and then repost it. This time I copied the text just in case.
@@bdp-racing I can definitely see that. I wish I had more elders hit me up on ads. If they are looking for a PC then they usually already have the skill, or understanding that some of the children do not.
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Good video! I love the opening skit. I'm glad you could sell it fast. That is so interesting about the key and lock.
Thanks man, I am happy I didn't sell it in the off position. Probably something that needs to be taped topside as a notification for the PC case.
Happy to hear you were able to offload an ARC system so fast. I'm really rooting for Intel to pull through here, as this much needed competition will I think positively impact your business as you can then offer folks more options and at better value price points, which I guess will lead to more overhead for you too.
Yeah man, the market feels very stagnant these days. The B580 was a nice surprise. Not sure if you will be picking one up, but I'll be buying one after Christmas just to support the cause even if it sounds silly (maybe one to keep and one to sell)
Appreciate the comment.
@@techwandoUS I'm quite interested in picking one up to play around with and compare, but as usual stock here is basically non-existent in Canada.
@DannyzReviews yeah it's pretty bad here too. Heck, you guys might be the better deal area in the coming months. Hopefully someone talks the leaders (I'll just say government) into rethinking the tariff's situation.
@DannyzReviews We need someone comparing the b580 and the a770 in a wide variety of games. I see some benchmarks putting the b580 upwards of 20%-30% faster while others have them trading blows
Great video. I flip PCs too and about a year ago I had my own arc a750 in my second rig (now a a770). At that point I found arc to be acceptable to start including in my builds.
Ever since then I’ve sold probably 7-8 builds with arc gpus and have never had someone call me with an issue.
Something that is weird that I noticed is that they sell very well, better than any Radeon rigs I had. So now I basically just buy arc and RTX cards and my customers seem happy.
I was actually waiting for a comment like this. So far I'm somewhere around that 5-6 sold ARC systems. One guy returned one because of a game that didn't work or something. I can't remember now. The other one was this young girl who complained about her monitors always turning off. I think it was fixed in drivers because I had this same issue also and it went away.
I'm happy to hear that you've had a good experience with it though, and based off their new updates, I think I will be doing something similar to what you were saying. It's hard as a seller to walk away from Nvidia, but they just sell faster.
AMD video card based systems have always taken a day or two longer. Sometimes more. Which is annoying considering how good value a 6700XT still is. Or was... Apparently they are going up.
Appreciate the comment! It's always nice to meet other sellers.
I think it depends in the area. Of course Nvidia is number 1 but my Radeon builds have been doing well at the moment. I've sold 2 Nvidia builds and 2 Radeon builds these past two weeks.
I'll probably buy a few arc cards and try them out. I feel the average day person who doesn't know gsming pcs hear intel and say "hey I know that brand" so that probably helps with selling it.
@itzrelaxedgamer it definitely depends. I'd be interested in how you fare with ARC. Where do you sell most?
@@techwandoUS "where or which" idk if auto correct got you or not but I'll answer for both lol. My go to rigs for Radeon are usually rx 5700 xt, rx 6600 (xt, 50 xt). For Nvidia, 1660 supers do well and any 3060 gpu. I learned quick that my area has tons of people who want to get in and get started with pc gaming. High ends don't sell to well, or to put it better people like to low ball them to where I'm better off selling my go to rigs and make more.
Also my area is Oklahoma city.
If I do go with arc I'll be sure to come back or post in a future video on whether or not they sell well.
@@itzrelaxedgamer 100% depends on the area. I kind of decided that any build I charge more than $500 will have dedicated AI/tensor cores on the gpu. Really just because I think it is a must have feature for longevity in a build.
That’s one reason I have been going with arc for my builds. I got multiple open box a580s for $140 off Newegg and made 40-50% margin on the builds I put them in. I would say they are worth it when at a good price
First off...that tip on cutting the 24-pin cable combs for the gpu cables is 🔥 definitely doing that l.. I really hope these intel cards sell well cause I would definitely like to throw them in some new builds. Great video, as always, brother, keep it up
Thanks man, btw those cables you ordered in your last video are the best cause they come with the two sets of combs (as you know).
Appreciate the comment man!
@@techwandoUS yeaaa i usually do asiahorse but i think the other ones will be my go too ...and there're cheaper
Phil called and said your montage was dope!! Excellent video as always, my friend!!
Haha, a bit short this time. I'll have a better one next week (:
Thanks man
Great Vid thanks for Sharing. The B580 looks like it has a good value. Good to see a new players on the GPU market.
Once the dust settles and they are on store shelves, it's definitely good value. Let's see how Nvidia comes back in the next few months. Probably will undercut them just to be top dog.
That being said, Vram will always be an issue with lower tier Nvidia cards.
I'm not convinced Nvidia cares about that part of the market. But it's exactly where I like AMD's cards.
@@jx9737 totally get it
Dude that thing looks tougher than a waffle House steak. Great job on the build.
Haha I love that analogy. The arc cards have a great industrial look.
This is an excellent concept for a video. Hope to see this repeated with Nvidia and Radeon cards.
That is a good system for performance. I would be tempted to grab it myself, only to swap out the GPU, and air cooler for a flip with a higher return. Being sold in a single day says allot to how you pc builds are good for the buyers in your area.
It's funny you said that, first thing I told the buyer to do for upgrades was swap the cooler. I wanted to keep the budget in check. I almost never use the stock coolers. I just realized how thin they have made them over the years. It's like they shave off a couple centimeters on every new cooler.
Also you're totally right about the GPU. Definitely could amp this up a bit and have a better flip.
@@techwandoUS I totally liked the whole idea of will it sell? You made it happen in a day. That is an impressive piece of content.
@@Willbme4EVA I was surprised. I think I'll try again when it's not Christmas time. Might have altered the factors.
Hope all have been well man!
@@techwandoUS All is well over here, looking forward to passing out a few pc's over the holidays. Hope you and your family are well also.
I can’t wait to put one in my in my pc
Got any particular model your aiming for?
Intel realy did a good work with battlemage and new driver
Yeah took them a bit but they had a lot of catch up
I wonder if intel ever delivered on that hardware acceleration for Topaz Ai Video.
Apparently it's fixed now, I'm going to scoop a B580 after Xmas and throw it in my daily for a while to see how it edits.
@techwandoUS ooooooo ❤️ then I end my hunt for the Big Full day server version. If it can cut down the insane amount of time it takes the 3090FE Copper modded oced then that's plus.
Are you an avid user??? I just do photos with it under my coworkers account 😅
I still need to buy a license. Seems to work when I log in hers on my 4090 PC.
I hear video is insane though. Can take an entire day sometimes.
@@techwandoUS oh iv used the suit to help family fixed a bunch of photos from the early 1920's-1940's tears, discolorations, video I had very early video of my grandparents when they first settled on a small Harbour in the Arctic the film makers had about 7 hours of cottage showing the beginning of a town they helped build. But there was an absolute ton of dead air in-between days I used Sony Vegas to cut all that out then stitch it together my poor 3090FE with the lovely Copper mod took about 12 hrs to complete and upscale the super low res to 1080p.
@@shadowarez1337 That sounds incredible. Also heck of a story and video to see. So far it's been the best application as far as I can tell. If you ever want to share it lmk.
Good vid! Not sure how Arc cards would perform in a creator pc.
Thank you, they have been overhauled quite a bit and seem to be pretty solid now. Back months ago, I used the A750 as a video editing card primarily using davinci resolve and it was pretty good.
Take 2.
Was that phone call from one of the first GTA games? Nice touch whatever it was.
While I would still avoid an Arc GPU (if I had money etc) as the majority of games I play are older titles and from what I see there are still issues, I have to give it to Intel for one thing. Their cards are really good looking.
Cool edits when showing the PC.
There used to be locks like that in PC cases, but mostly in the 80s and early 90s. I had a couple of them and had access to many more back then.
I am shocked I see one today. The last new PC case with a lock I have seen in person was about 20 years ago, a Thermaltake Tsunami case IIRC and that was just locking the side panel, not the actual PC operation. Gorgeous case btw, unfortunately I had to break it as I lost the key lol.
So weird to see one now.
I am glad everything went fine.
BTW, weird I know, but I just realized what your avatar here is. Till this moment I thought it was some kind of Gothic cross.
Have a nice day.
I can finally see the comment. Yeah maybe UA-cam punished me for taking a couple weeks off. The cards are super basic in design and I agree, great looking. As for the older titles, that's exactly what I am afraid of also. I ran a bit of a check on what games the buyer was planning on playing before selling the PC as well. For the most part, a lot of it has been patched, and does work well. Booted up a modded fallout 4 recently and had no issues.
I just looked up that case you spoke of, very cool. I remember the locks on the panels and stuff like that, I don't know if I ever saw one that physically allowed or disallowed the power button to function. I kinda like it now actually. Only thing is, you can just take the side panel off and turn it on 😅
My avatar is me as a child holding my pet raccoon. I had a couple growing up. I kind of run this channel with raccoonish behavior, so I felt it was well suited.
Hope your day is wonderful too my friend.
Oh and the intro clip was just mashed up sounds from a few random meme noises.
@@techwandoUS I don't think any cases from the late 90s onwards allowing to lock the power. At least I don't remember. Before, yes. Quite common actually. I don't know what a raccoonish behavior is, but sounds fun.
@@techwandoUS That's quite impressive then.
So GameMax, includes a keyed power lockout, but leaves out the standoffs. The height of security, can't use the power button, or mount the board.
Yeah, not ideal. I wonder how many people will think their system is broken from the key being in the wrong position. Or how many people will have a broken system from improperly mounting their board 😵💫
My new build include a 12 tb HDD for exactly what you mentioned.
Yeah, some system (depending on use case scenario) need HDD storage. 12tb is a nice and affordable HDD size. Imagine an nvme even close to that size. Cost more than the computer 😅
@ you ain’t lying. Lmao crazy to think in another 10 years a 12 tb nvme will be standard
@M.TCoomesKY Oh yeah, probably considered a small or average size drive maybe too. I remember buying my first 120gb ssd way back, I think it was $300 at the time.
@ yep! I graduated HS in 2009 and bought myself a 500gb external drive, I was the king of storage. Lmao. For like 2 years. 🤣
For around the same price I believe. Lmao
Intel's new 1/2 CEO is going to love that photoshop of her.
@@drewnewby haha, that's from the infamous "thanks Steve" video.
Nothing wrong with HDD, they are awesome, especially at 8 TB.
Yeah, the newer ones are quite nice as well. They have definitely refined the technology over the years.
They are selling for 369 and up. Well they are listed, not selling. The Limited Edition sold out at 250, because people are stupid. Dont look now but used 6700XT prices are going up.
Yeah I'm afraid to look. The 6700XT has been the go to for so long. I think after a few months stuff will stabilize.
ok, it looks like UA-cam decided to not publisher a long comment I made. They must really hate me lol. I will wait a bit and then repost it. This time I copied the text just in case.
Repaste it below kind sir 🙏
@@techwandoUS I did, can you see it?
Yessir
No one wants AMD cards also. 😂
Now try it without a GPU and with Linux Mint as the operating system 😆
Haha, I bet I could sell a Linux PC. It's the aftermath I'd be afraid of. Probably would have the heavily screen the buyer...
@@techwandoUS Elderly people love those things if you load it up with vintage games and card games
@@bdp-racing I can definitely see that. I wish I had more elders hit me up on ads. If they are looking for a PC then they usually already have the skill, or understanding that some of the children do not.
@ they’re usually in yard sale groups, not on marketplace. 😂
@ pretty much any FB group with the word “community” or “yard sale” with your town name is filled with elderly people.