Analysis Topic: Consumer Watch
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Sunday, November 29, 2020
AMD Ryzen Zen 3 NO UK MSRP Stock - 5600x, 5800x, 5900x 5950x Selling at DOUBLE FAKE MSRP Prices / ConsumerWatch / Computing
By: HGR
AMD's Ryzen 5000 series of processors have delivered huge leaps in single core performance of upto 24% and 15% on multi-core against previous gen Zen 2. Unfortunately what AMD has failed to deliver on is actual SUPPLY of the processors, as illustrated by the state of the market in the UK where is proving impossible to buy Zen 3 processors at the various retailers such as overclockers UK, there just is no stock as what little supply PC retailers are getting is being directed towards custom build orders. This leaves the rip off merchants to price gouge, and I am not taking about the scalpers on ebay trying to sell at huge markups of products they probably don't even have, but that where there is stock such as on Amazon one is finding prices inflated to ridiculous levels that makes the Ryzen 5000 CPUs BAD value for money when compared to the previous Zen 2 processors and even against INTEL!
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Thursday, October 22, 2020
NVIDIA CANCELS RTX 3070 16b RTX 3080 20gb GPU's Due to GDDR6X Memory Supply Issues / ConsumerWatch / Computing
By: HGR
Shock news out of Nvidia, their announced RTX 3000 cards aimed at answering completion from AMD's Big Navi the RTX 3080 20gb and the 3070 16gb, which is the I one was planning to buy, have now been CANCELLED!
CANCELLED, Note postponed but cancelled which means not to expect these cards to materialise any time soon!
What does this mean? Why have these that would have been in high demand cards been cancelled.
Well two reasons come to mind....
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Amazon Prime Day Real or Fake Sales to Get Rid of Dead Stock? / ConsumerWatch / Amazon
By: HGR
It's Prime Day! And with my list of items at hand I was quick to press the refresh button to see what discounts Prime Day would bring to items that I actually wanted to buy that ranged from a Karcher Pressure washer to 32inch curved gaming monitors to a 360' camera.
Find out if Prime Day turned out to be the real deal or if it was largely a fake sale to get rid of dead stock that most people would not be interested in.
Firstly to capitalise on Amazon Prime Member you will need to be a a Prime Member, don't worry you can sign up to a 30 day free trial by following these links.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Which RTX 3080 GPU to BUY and AVOID! Nvidia, Asus, MSI , Palit, Gigabyte, Zotac, MLCC vs POSCAPS / ConsumerWatch / Computing
By: HGR
Many AIB RTX 3080 Cards are tending to fail when running under load towards 2000mhz resulting in screen artifacts to game players being kicked to their desktops and even outright system crashes.
Igor Labs first identified the probable cause being AIB's use of cheap capacitor arrays to cut costs thus causing an issue in terms of noise in the power delivery system to the GPU's under boost load at above 1900mhz, the higher the boost the greater the risk of issues i.e. greater instability is when cards boost towards and over 2000mhz, well beyond Nvidia's FE nominal boost clock is at 1710mhz FE which in practice can boost to about 1900mhz in some games, though is less's than that which ABI's boost to hence the crashes being experienced.
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Sunday, September 27, 2020
WARNING RTX 3080 AIB FLAWED Card's, Cheap Capacitor Arrays Prone to Failing Under Load! / ConsumerWatch / Computing
By: HGR
There is growing disquiet across the blogosphere surrounding the RTX 3080 AIB cards that goes beyond the frustration of lack of supply and this is because of countless reports that AIB card's are proving problematic for many users that whilst playing GPU intensive games result in issues such as artifacts on screen or that they end up being kicked back to their desktops which suggests an issue when the GPU's are under heavy load i.e. at high boost clock speeds and temperatures.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Watch Before Upgrading / Buying RTX 3000, RDNA2 - CPU vs GPU Bottlenecks / ConsumerWatch / Computing
By: HGR
Nvidia RTX 3000 mania is likely soon to be joined by AMD RDNA2 mania. However, here's why you may in large parts be wasting your money if considering upgrading from your existing GPU, especially if it is a 2000 series RTX or 5000 series AMD, and may not be a wise choice to spend £700 for a new GPU even if your existing card is as old as a GTX 970. That's if you can get hold of a GPU courtesy of extremem demand and the scalpers.
Anyway watch this video first before paying upwards of £650 for the likes of an RTX 3080.
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Saturday, September 19, 2020
RTX 3080 Mania, Ebay Scalpers Crazy Prices £62,000 Trollers Insane Bids for a £649 GPU! / ConsumerWatch / Computing
By: HGR
Forget crypto's the real mania today is not in Bitcoin but RTX 3080 GPU's where the worldwide supply of the cards has been bought up within 5 minutes of Nvidia's launch largely by scalpers who have then gone on to dump the cards on the likes of Ebay with many starting bidding at ridiculous amounts for the £649 card, starting bids of upwards of £3,500!
If you though that no one is going to bid such ridiculous amounts for the privilege of getting hold of Nvidia's latest GPU you would be mistaken as depending your perspective the bidding is truly epic or insane, bids of upwards of £10,000, going all the way to £62,800! How many are real and how many are trolls? Even I was tempted to put in a bid for £90k! NINTY THOUSAND POUNDS FOR A £649 GPU!
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Thursday, July 09, 2020
LandRover Discovery Sport Service Blues, How Long Before Oil Change is Actually Due? / ConsumerWatch / Land Rover
By: HGR
When you buy a landrover Discovery Sport your sold a sales pitch that a service is due every 21,000 miles or every 2 years. However, once you start driving the car you soon realise that the sales pitch is BS. The car is just not built well enough to last that long. In fact you will be lucky to make it to 12,000 miles before service is due! In fact googling I see Land Rover have now changed the service interval to every 16,000 miles, which is still too long!
This video illustrates the difference between Landrover's sales pitch and reality, where this car has driven LESS than 4,000 miles since it's last service so what do you think the service counter reads? One would imagine around 15-16,000 miles, get ready to be shocked as most Disco sport owners tend to be!
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Monday, June 29, 2020
Student / Gamer Custom System Build June 2020 Proving Impossible - Overclockers UK / ConsumerWatch / Computing
By: HGR
Due to fallout from the pandemic of increased demand and reduction in supply, it is proving near impoissible to get a custom built pc as illustrated by our attempts to buy a £1000 gaming / student PC from system builder overclockers.co.uk
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Sunday, April 05, 2020
PAYPAL WARNING - Your Stimulus Funds Are at Risk of Being Frozen for 6 Months! / ConsumerWatch / Scams
By: N_Walayat
Paypal seeing an opportunity in a crisis, one of wanting to manage the US Governments distribution of $1200 Coronavirus stimulus payments to every adult American who earns under $75,000 per year and $500 for each child and thus have started a campaign of buttering up the public and politicians in allowing PAYPAL access to YOUR STIMULUS FUNDS including sending out emails to account holders full of promises of help in this time of national crisis.
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Thursday, February 13, 2020
Owning and Driving a Land Rover Discovery Sport in 2020 - 2 YEAR Review / ConsumerWatch / Land Rover
By: HGR
If your considering buying a Land Rover Discovery Sport in 2020, either New are Approved Used then watch my comprehensive 2 YEAR review of what to expect after having owned and driven a Disco Sport for 2 FULL YEARS!
This is Landrover Discovery Sport HSE BLACK that I bought under Approved Used when the car was 15 months old with 11,000 miles on the clock, so still well under manufacturers warranty, followed by a few months under Land Rovers Approved Used extended warranty.
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Saturday, January 11, 2020
Land Rover Discovery Sport 2020 - What You Need to Know Before Buying / ConsumerWatch / Land Rover
By: HGR
If your considering buying a Land Rover Discovery Sport in 2020, either New are Approved Used then watch my comprehensive 2 YEAR review of what to expect after having owned and driven a Disco Sport for 2 FULL YEARS!
This is Landrover Discovery Sport HSE BLACK that I bought under Approved Used when the car was 15 months old with 11,000 miles on the clock, so still well under manufacturers warranty, followed by a few months under Land Rovers Approved Used extended warranty.
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Wednesday, January 08, 2020
What to Know Before Buying a Land Rover Discovery Sport in 2020 / ConsumerWatch / Land Rover
By: HGR
If your thinking of buying a Land Rover Discovery Sport either New are Used then here is my comprehensive review of what you need to own after having owned and driven a Disco Sport for 2 FULL YEARS!
Lan drover Discovery Sport HSE BLACK that I bought under Approved Used when the car was 15 months old, with 11,000 miles on the clock, so still under manufacturers warranty, followed by a few months under Land Rovers Approved Used extended warranty.
So Here's my top 10 of what’s good and bad of what you need to know if your considering buying a Landrover Discovery sport of what to expect, as per my experiencing of owning and driving one for 2 full years.
Monday, December 30, 2019
Is Sports Direct Racial Profiling Shoppers? Meadowhall Sheffield / ConsumerWatch / Shopping
By: N_Walayat
Racial profiling is basically where retailers single out shoppers on the basis of skin tone for 'special attention'. Usually this means staff traipse around the store after targeted shoppers with smartphone's or walkie talkies in hand in an obvious manner, which obviously creates for an unwelcoming climate for shoppers.
Virtually every ethnic person in Britain experiences being racially profiled whilst out shopping to some extent, in fact it's become so common that many like us have become immune to the special attention, and just tend to blank them out.
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Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Amazon Boxing Day Sales - How to Spot REAL vs FAKE Sales Bargains / ConsumerWatch / Shopping
By: HGR
Amazon's boxing day sales frenzy is about to begin in just over 24 hours time, when the nations arm chair shoppers literally go mad on buying supposed bargains. However, Amazon like most retailers to prone to pumping up most of its prices just before the sales begin and then cutting them on Boxing day resulting in a FAKE sale price that may be higher than were the item was selling just a few weeks earlier. In this video we show you have to spot the real vs fake Amazon sales so that you really do pick up a sales bargain and not end up paying for something that will sell for cheaper AFTER the sales frenzy is over.
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Tuesday, December 03, 2019
Land Rover Discovery Sport Brake Pads Uneven Wear Dash Warning Message at 2mm Mark / ConsumerWatch / Land Rover
By: HGR
If you own a Land Rover Discovery Sport then your likely going to get a Brake Pads Worn dash warning a lot earlier than you were expecting to do because of uneven wear as this video illustrates of what to expect when you own and drive a land rover discovery sport, that here gave a Brake pads worn dash warning at less than 17,000 miles driven, which is set against many cars that can go for as long as 70,000 miles before they need new brake pads.
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Friday, November 29, 2019
How to Spot REAL Amazon Black Friday Bargains and Avoid FAKE Sales / ConsumerWatch / Amazon
By: HGR
Amazon Black Friday Sale has already been going for a week with more deals likely to be added today. However, before you rush to click the buy button, understand that many of the sales are FAKES, where items on sale during Black Friday have recently sold for a lower price!
The good news is there is a way to spot the genuine bargains which is the focus of this video across a number of product categories. So watch the video before you shop for how to spot the real vs fake sales on Amazon.
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Saturday, November 02, 2019
Amazon Half Price Bargains or Scams? 6Tb WD Blue for Just £74! / ConsumerWatch / Amazon
By: HGR
Are Amazon half price bargains too good to be true? You know, you've seen them an item being sold for a ridiculously low prices, at less than 50% of the price it should be selling at. As I happened upon an WD Blue 6TB Hard Drive selling for just £74, an irresistible bargain! For instance the 5tb drive was selling for £175, and the 4tb for £95. So how the hell can the 6TB be selling for just £74? Is this an example of the bargains that regular browsers can happen upon or is it a SCAM! Find out in my latest money saving amazon shopping video.
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Monday, October 21, 2019
Land Rover Discovery Sports Out of Warranty Top Money Saving Tips / ConsumerWatch / Land Rover
By: HGR
As soon as my Discovery Sports 3 year manufacturer warranty is up, up popped the dreaded yellow engine management warning light prompting a visit to the local land rover dealer for a diagnosis. Apparently the EGR Valve is failing that typically are supposed to last 10 years or 100,000 miles and the job to replace the gasket is billed at £1000!
So here are my top money saving tips for when your Land Rover Discovery Sport goes out of Warranty.
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Sunday, October 13, 2019
Discovery Sport EGR Valve Gasket Problems - Land Rover Dealer Fix / ConsumerWatch / Land Rover
By: HGR
As soon as my Discovery Sports 3 manufacturer warranty is up, up pops the dreaded yellow engine management warning light prompting a visit to the local land rover dealer for a diagnoses. Apparently the EGR Valve is failing hence prompting the engine warning light to come on. EGR or Exhaust Gas Recirculation Valves are typically supposed to last 10 years or 100,000 miles, so why is it failing so early in a Discovery Sport? Only 3 years old and 18,000 miles? Find out of what's likely in store for your Discovery Sport once it passes the 3 year mark and the probable solution.
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