Watch /r/buildapcsales. There have been restocks on 9800X3Ds but you have to be quick to get them. Better general availability will probably happen sometime in Feb.

I GOT IT! YES YESYESYESYESYESEYSEY!

Anything you'd change since December? Gonna start buying the rest.

New GPUs will be out in about two weeks, 5070 should cost less than 4070 Super but we don't know if it's better yet. Also draws more power which might mean worse noise unless the cooler designs improved (which might have happened, there are some really weird coolers on the 50 series cards). RX 9070 may or may not exist but in any case it will probably draw more power than either 4070 or 5070, might still be worth taking a look if specs/price end up better than rumoured

Where would you get Windows 11 Pro for the cheapest?

https://www.groupon.com/deals/buying-technology-llc-14?deal_option=71609459-9867-4ebf-9e27-ca91ad504821&msclkid=fa64feeab9f21d7e66de995d534c9952
https://www.groupon.com/deals/direct-store-shop-llc

Dunno if these are legit, but quite cheap if they work

Short answer: https://massgrave.dev/

The thing is all those cheap keys are legit in the sense that they work (just as massgrave), but not in the sense that if you had a business and Microsoft would send someone to check if you have legit keys you'd pass it. They are often OEM keys that are bound to a hardware manufacturer that gets tons of keys from MS for cheap on the condition that they preinstall it on their computers. Leftover keys are those that you can get for super cheap. I mean isn't it obvious, that you can't get a product that normally costs $200 for 1/10th of the price in any legit way? Confirmation that those are not legit.

The other thing is you're not part of Microsofts business model (anymore) in the way you think. To them your most important function is keeping their monopoly intact. They want as many people as possible to keep using Windows because this means you don't know anything else and when your company is thinking about switching to Linux they'll have no IT staff to set it up properly and there'll be backlash from the users. I'm simplifying here, but you get the idea.

So what they really care is the volume market of preinstalled Windows and companies buying the Pro or Enterprise licenses. Of course I have no proof of that and you'll never get official confirmation, but have you ever heard of anyone being fined for using pirated Windows? No, because they don't care. Also why else would they give away Windows 10 and Windows 11 for free if you have an older version installed? Massgrave explains this (but I can't find it rn, so here's a reddit post that says the same; you can even get a legit Windows key directly from Microsoft through this upgrade process, even if your old Windows wasn't activated in a legit way. So with their HWID method they are using this process to get you a legit key.

So after all this, are you really still compelled to buy a half/non-legit key, when you can get an actual legit key from MS for free?

Post has been edited 4 time(s), last time on Feb 22 2025, 9:58 am by NudeRaider.

Went with massgrave btw. Spreading the word to others too.