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cknobman So and extra $700 for a few db lower noise levels, 1-3% more performance, double the size, and 6lbs of weight? Seems like a no brainer! :ROFLMAO: Im sure there are plenty of people with more dollars than sense who will buy these up. Reply
helper800 cknobman said: So and extra $700 for a few db lower noise levels, 1-3% more performance, double the size, and 6lbs of weight? Seems like a no brainer! :ROFLMAO: Im sure there are plenty of people with more dollars than sense who will buy these up. Where can one get a 5080 for 999$ right now? I'll wait. Reply
aberkae helper800 said: Where can one get a 5080 for 999$ right now? I'll wait. Prebuilts is your best chance at getting one close to Msrp while supplies last. Unfortunately. Reply
abufrejoval I'm rather shocked to see that apart from the RTX 5090, availability and prices are pretty normal here in Germany, perhaps €100 above record lows from last summer for 5080 , 5070ti and 5070. The 5060ti 16GB has even fallen €100 just over the last month. Almost seems as if people were to scared to even look!? I've put plenty of Noctuas on the outsides of the case can't say that whatever remains in noise has ever bothered me. It's more the heat wafting from it, which makes gaming more uncomfortable outside Winter, since we don't have AC. Reply
helper800 aberkae said: Prebuilts is your best chance at getting one close to Msrp while supplies last. Unfortunately. An entire prebuilt PC is not a 5080 if it has a 5080 inside. It would be a 2000 dollar crapbox that almost all prebuilts are, but as you can see, I am biased against prebuilt PCs. Reply
aberkae helper800 said: An entire prebuilt PC is not a 5080 if it has a 5080 inside. It would be a 2000 dollar crapbox that almost all prebuilts are, but as you can see, I am biased against prebuilt PCs. Me too but times are ruff now. Let me know if this is crapbox or borderline acceptable? AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7GHz Processor; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7; 32GB DDR5-6000 RAM; 2TB Solid State Drive PowerSpec G757 Gaming PC; AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7GHz Processor; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7; 32GB DDR5-6000 RAM; 2TB – Micro Center https://share.google/ORTADnWdALairrh1u Comes with copy of Crimson Desert too. Reply
SkyBill40 If they sold that with their Chromax black fans, I think they'd move even more of them than with the diarrhea brown ones. Reply
DingusDog Meh, I have an Asus Prime 5070 Ti undervolted and overclocked to within 5% of a stock 5080 for wait for it… Less than half the price of this ridiculous monstrosity. Stays cool and quiet while only being 2.5 slots. Reply
hannibal I like the look, I like the silence… Not enough kidneys to sell for this… But nice to see these special modes! Reply
abufrejoval SkyBill40 said: If they sold that with their Chromax black fans, I think they'd move even more of them than with the diarrhea brown ones. I always wondered about their choice of colors, and if they were able to trademark them via those colors somehow to very visibly protect against copycats: trademarks often tend to work better than patents in Europe and these guys are Austrians. I tend to think of the colors more as milk chocolate and latte and try not to let your description influence me… But they clearly predate the times when computer cases became exhibitionist and I was quite a bit surprised when one of my sons actually chose to pay a little bit of a premium for a black variant to cool his 5800X3D in a case that didn't even have a window: I guess he just felt better knowing it was a cool black inside… Reply
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