Recent content by MellowTone

Ahh, the bitter taste of regret. I suspect from here on out this will match the E5-2670 rush a while back, and I don’t expect the prices to go down again. Although a bit part would be how many E5-2670 v2 processors were put in service by the hyper scale crowd - anyone happen to know if that’s...

I’ve found they’re almost always (well, I am sure there would be an exception but I am yet to find it) M3 machine screws with a pan head (same as 2.5” HDD, SSD, ODD, etc.) at a length of 5mm for add in cards of this kind (NIC, RAID, HBA etc.) Just don’t try to slam a countersunk M3 screw in...

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I definitely still see them, but I’ve noticed they tend to have a cluster of two or three in the space of a few weeks, then none for a couple of months.

I feel you mate, those seven little words have caused me a hell of a lot of frustration at times - most notably when I thought that I had already ticked the Ship to Australia box so there’s momentary excitement, hooray! And then hopes dashed, the realisation. Sigh.

Yeah, have noticed the same on eBay AU, the “selected sellers” that take part raise prices either shortly before the “sale” [ALWAYS price check with outlets you know to have good prices] or always have prices so high that the sale still has them higher than other outlets.