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Progenix Oj101 said:
DerpCool supply and warranties won’t be affected in SA.
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I hope, I have so many new Deepcool items that I highly dislike the situation. Derp, indeed. Interestingly, I haven't seen Deepcool publicly respond to the matter so they must be engaged in legal talks.

It is a cool brand.
 
A American tech reviewer acting on the Deepcool sanction:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1802744262636847568

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As I expected would happpen. I am in the mind that some European, and perhaps Australian/New Zealand reviewers will also withdraw on Deepcool products.

Sad to see.
 
All this is doing is giving Deepcool free advertising.
 
Aghori said:
All this is doing is giving Deepcool free advertising.
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Free advertising that will result in sales from where?
They were already in Deepshit with Thermalright up their ass beating them in price and performance.

Pretty much ever reviewer worth their salt were recommending Thermalright already, and looking at videos of their Computex booth, Thermalright is poised to bring down the hammer this year.

Yeah if I am placing bets, it wouldn't be on Deepcool coming out on top somehow, all this ban will do is cement Thermalright more as the mainstream default option.
Losing the US market is no small potatoes, that is going to hurt revenue.
 
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Neoprod said:
I was looking at the CH160 for a build - I'll take a cheap one also. Going to shove a ~160mm tower cooler with 140mm fans in there just for the lols.

Looks pretty nuts from the builds I've seen online.
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The CH160 looks nice, so I got the CH560 and it is not bad. I won't be building any ITX machine anytime soon, lol. This PC depleted my annual budget, though 2 PCs.
 
Intox said:
Free advertising that will result in sales from where?
They were already in Deepshit with Thermalright up their ass beating them in price and performance.

Pretty much ever reviewer worth their salt were recommending Thermalright already, and looking at videos of their Computex booth, Thermalright is poised to bring down the hammer this year.

Yeah if I am placing bets, it wouldn't be on Deepcool coming out on top somehow, all this ban will do is cement Thermalright more as the mainstream default option.
Losing the US market is no small potatoes, that is going to hurt revenue.
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I don't think Deepcool is returning to the US market. Yes, Thermalright is dominating the market. According to Hardware Canucks:

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Though the above does not look the same as on the Intel top-end. ID-Cooling's FROZN A720 is at the top, with Corsair's very expensive A115 in second. What needs to be taken under consideration is not only the ambient temp, but also the case, how it is set up or whether it is open or not.

Removing Deepcool does open a hole in the middle. I can't see Noctua, nor Be Quiet dropping their pricing. Though not all cooler brands are tested, there is a huge gap in Deepcool's vacuum. I can only see the bottom go up in pricing because there is no more competition to undercut. These players don’t compete globally with price parity; the prices in the US set the global target.

Then lastly, Thermalright is not sold in SA, or at least not in a distribution channel. Though easily orderable on Amazon US.

I am still curious why Deepcool got banned, even Therrmalright is still selling in Russia. I guess it must have been parts, PSUs or something. Anyhow, will leave it to politics, but in the case Deepcool can't overturn the sanction they will likely abandon the US.
 
I would love to test a Royal Preytor Ultra. Should be around $75 to get it here. Might be a while until it drops.

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Thermalright said that they have seen a 4-6 degree drop compared to the Spirit 120 SE and EVO. According to them, it should then get the 7950X under 90. Third-party tests pending.

der8auer thinks the new Noctua NH-D15 G2 and Deepcool Assassin IV VC will be monster coolers, but the G2 will be listed at $150 and the VC will be more than $100. At these prices, the target market will consider AIOs.
 
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When you pretend to use sanctions to punish governments.... but you just p-ss the commoners off by bankrupting their businesses so that your products can fill the void.....
 
Some advice would be appreciated:
I'm looking for a RAM upgrade for my PC (Currently 32 GB). The recovered 32 GB will go into the kids PC that really needs a rebuild.

The following 32 x 2 sticks are available from Amazon USA for about R2700, including tax and delivery. (One Corsair and one Crucial pair.) This is about R1000 cheaper than what I can find locally.

My PC has an AMD 5600x in an ASUS B550TUF Gaming board, FWIW. Which of these sets would you recommend? Alternately, is there anything better in that price-range?

Links to the 2 alternatives:

 
For AMD it's a gamble unless the RAM specifically states AMD compatible.
 
Is there a reason you feel you need 64GB of RAM? Beyiond video editing or some other applications, 64GB is overkill for most users.
 
UrBaN963 said:
365% bullshit. Ryzen did have memory stability issues early on, but that's mostly sorted now.
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It's not so much stability as being able to actually clock at advertised speeds because of motherboard vs RAM bugs.

Also even you admit stability is "mostly" sorted now.... which means it's still sometimes a problem.
 
rambo919 said:
It's not so much stability as being able to actually clock at advertised speeds because of motherboard vs RAM bugs.

Also even you admit stability is "mostly" sorted now.... which means it's still sometimes a problem.
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On DDR5 there are still limitations, but he is talking about a DDR4 system. No instability issues there, except perhaps some rare cases or a mismatched kits - but that's true of every system so irrelevant.
 
Fractal is updating their cases to be BTF compatible. I think some people who are upgrading should keep with their current case until the new BTF-ready cases are phased in. I have also seen a Montech Air 903 which is BTF-ready, but they said it is a concept.

Not a biggie, but BTF is being pushed, and having a case which is BTF-ready enables you with an upgrade path and more options.
 
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