u/LingBah78

What happened to the Big Green Egg Medium in the UK?

I currently have a Kamado Joe Classic 3 but as part of an outdoor kitchen space/bbq build, I want to sit a medium green egg. Whilst I’ve loved the Kamado, too many issues put me off that mates that own the Green Egg have never experienced.

Any idea where to get one nowadays? I don’t want the large, I use too much charcoal as it is and no real need for this size (another reason for changing).

Building a new PC and have some different threads ongoing challenging different things within the build. The chances are I will probably stick to AMD and most parts already purchased but not yet opened.

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Ryzen 7 7900x

MSI X870e Gaming Plus

Coolermaster 1050 V2 ATX 3.1

Gigabyte RX 9060 XT

NVMe 1TB (Gen 4 as don’t believe Gen 5 worth it)

Lian Lii O11 Dynamic Mini V2 Flow

Various Lian Lii AIO, Inf Fans etc etc……

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Its very light video editing, 4k holiday videos using GoPro or Insta360 software. Bit of internet here and there.
Yes, I’ve heard how some bits are overkill for my use, no I don’t game, but the question I have is around ram - none of the other stuff.

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Prices are crazy! So I want to buy the right kit and not buy twice!

Plan is DDR 5 - 32GB
currently I have (ordered but can return) -

G Skill Trident D548gb 7200 C36 (F5-7200J3646F24GX2-TZ5RK) 48gb

Option 2 is -

G Skill Trident F5-6000J3238F16GX2-TZ5NR

Or F5-6000J3038F16GX2-TZ5NR

Option 3 is -

Acer Predator Hera DDR5 RGB RAM 32GB (16GBx2) Up to 6400MHz CL32 Computer Memory (PC5-51200) AMD EXPO Intel XMP Compatible, Black, Max Overclock 8200

CL32 39-39-102

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Might seem random choices, but UK, this is whats available around the £400 mark without going much higher. Some Corsair options are available also.

Any thoughts, or just go cheapest?

As part of my new build pc journey I’m now at a crossroads and have gone back and forth the past 2 weeks on what to get! One minute I’m fully invested in Intel and then a day or so later (more YouTube, internet) I’m then back to AMD and so it circulates.

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Question: how big is the difference in the real world, not professionals and benchmarks and stress tests etc.

My example and use case: Joe blogs, home user, 4k video editing (non pro) for let’s say GoPro or Insta360 videos. The idea is to produce a family holiday video lasting an hour or up to 90 mins for example. Let’s say no gaming as in my opinion people focus heavily on this point and rarely the editing side, again - REAL world average Joe blogs, not a pro in or on either.

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The Intel I was considering is either the 250k plus, or 270k plus

The AMD I was considering is the Ryzen 7 9700x

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Currently I have both motherboards (X870e for AMD and the B860 for Intel). I have the AMD cpu but not the Intel CPU. In short, I’ve ordered loads expecting to return others.
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Does anyone have actual real world experience. For example, when editing is the Intel chip going to be realistically that much quicker, so when editing or producing the final edit, are we talking it taking 60 minutes vs 30 minutes, or 60 minutes vs 50 minutes. Some online content mentions only 10-30% performance increase on Intel, so in my mind that suggests negligible difference - waiting an extra 10 or 15 minutes hardly end of the world.
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Just trying to get away from the AMD for gaming and Intel for editing, I’m after real world average user info and the real difference - why, Intel classed a dead socket now and AMD still focuses most responses re gamers

Building a new pc after many years I’m seeing a lot of things and changes that have happened - been out the loop for a long time!

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My motherboard has all these ports on it, but to be honest, outside of a USB pen I have no idea why all these ports exist or what potential use cases there are for them?

I’ve got 21 usb points -

USB 2.0

USB 5gbs & 10gbs (Type A)

USB 20gbs & 40gbs (Type C)

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Question really is, why so many and what do people actually use these for - if at all? Just curious on real world use cases.