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im in the same position here, will likely need to replace my 90° Seasonic cable, probably going back to the straight Seasonic one that came stock with my 1600W PSU, thus switching back from current top routing to bottom. should be fine 🙂

Had they just gone with 2x 12v2x6 connectors, it would have been worth it for the niche market IMO. They would have instantly sold out. Nobody really wants to have to buy a BTF board, at least on Intel side and have worse memory performance over the 2x DIMM OC boards. Maybe next gen will have BTF on 2x DIMM boards, but that is a gamble and who really wants to wait. This entire gen has been a mess. I got my waterblock for my HOF XOC card from Ali delivered this week. I still have not gotten the rest of the parts but plan to have those soon and can finally put this bad boy under water. In the end, I think I'll still perfer a good air cooler. But given the recent news of 2027 for RTX 6000 series, I will at least get to get some use out of the setup before it's obsolete lol.

On paper, the WV2P basically makes the other model DOA unless it comes in much much cheaper but if you've already ponied up for a 5090.....With the ship dates so far out, we don't know what the status of Tariffs or FedEx shenanigans will be so this should be a "fun" ride. 😞 Oh yeah, MC openings are a major event/spectacle in the NerdWorld. As a general rule of thumb I tend to avoid all grand opening types of events (eateries, stores, etc...) or when events/movies premiere in theatres. I usually wait a full month or so before checking them out. I've even cut back on my normal convention hopping a bit because the crowds are ridiculous. I kind of get where TG is coming from since the recipient many times can formally open a claim and they are correct in the delivery status. You have to follow up on your own end. I've had this happen with several shipments over the years delivered to the wrong recipients and having to follow up with the local PO or UPS/FedEx. With most delivery services now taking pictures of the deliveries for verification, it makes it pretty straight forward to submit proof that clearly isn't your domicile. On the other hand, that six week wait is unacceptable. Don't forget you also need to get one of their aux powered MBs to go along with it..... Crazy pricing but one of the few out of the box aux powered 5090s on the market and sad to say with only 1000 being made, these will sell out pretty quickly. Exactly. With the WV2P, I will move away from the MSI tentacle. For my own edification, I do plan on running it for at least a week so I can monitor what's going on. How are 5090 stock levels there? They are drying up so quickly over here and back up to high pricing in rapid fashion.

Sorry to hear about your experience - having to send the SSD to Taiwan really sucks! BUT: At least TeamGroup is one of the companies that extends its warranty to people who buy their SSDs second hand while with others you get nothing when one of their SSDs break. At least this is the case over here for companies like Corsair, Crucial, Lexar and Samsung. The best case would be owner agnostic warranty in combination with a service address in the country where the drive was purchased. I think that where I live (Germany) this may only apply to Seagate SSDs.

Only $4733,03 USD incl tax. Not bad Asus. Why not let the retail break $5000 ? Or is it only for the Gold Edition cards? Don't forget punch the "Notify Me" button. You may have a chance to support Asus with more of your hard earned money. https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-rog-matrix-platinum-rtx-5090-slips-to-late-november-at-e4099

Hello. So as I can see, the card has the backlight pins enabled. Does the MXM card has any mentions? Like manufacturer name? So modern AMD ones have the backlight pins enabled, interesting. Because the Nvidia RTX Turing, Ampere and Ada don't have these so we have a blackscreen and no signal. I made an adapter so the cards work on every eDP screens.

Agreed, AI has totally shifted priorities this gen along with Nvidia exerting more and more control each generation along with pricing is getting painful. Jensen little man syndrome is in full effect unfortunately. I would hate to pick up that Asus 5090 (as beautiful and well crafted as it is) and be locked into certain motherboards going forward. I can't imagine not being able to test it in other systems easily which is also one reason I moved away from AIO based GPUs to air cooled this generation having previously used the 3090 Kingpin, 3090ti Kingpin and then Suprim 4090 Liquid. Swapping into open frame MBs was a nightmare with that AIO. I saw where they are now saying Super cards aren't coming till Q3 2026 which does not bode well for the 6000 series launch. If that is true, then yeah 6000 series won't launch until well into 2027. If rumors of greatly reducing or ceasing production and shifting the top end to the 5080 comes true that is even a darker portend of things to come for us mere consumers....

Yup, I expected you wouldn't stand in line… Neither would I.

I ordered mine on 10/30 as well. I should have ordered two, but I think I will wait and order one from a US distributor for the 4090 because I do not know what kind of debacle I will encounter with FedEx extortion for their "handling fees" and miscalculation of tariffs. The UPS blunder of roughly 200% over-calculation of tariffs from Germany took a week to correct for the 5090 GPU block, and FedEx is about as incompetent as USPS. (The tariff itself wasn't the actual problem, it was the incompetence and gross miscalculation and their lack of concern with respect to correcting their obvious and unmistakable error.) So, I made the 1-hour trek to and from the new Phoenix Micro Center with my VIP 20% off coupon for the pre-Grand Opening only to find a line about 5-people wide and roughly a half-mile long. So, I turned around and drove home. Didn't even look for a parking space (and did not see one). Basically wasted two hours of my evening. I am sure the store would have closed before I could make it through the door because the line was so long and there would have been nothing left available to purchase that I would be interested in purchasing. More evidence of what a truly $hitty outfit Team Group is. Basically "it sucks to be you... thanks for being stupid enough to buy from us" so they can just bite my butt. This is A$$zeus-level disregard for people that keep their lights on. I have had this happen a couple of times in the past and the merchant took care of me (the customer) and filed a claim with the shipper for failing to deliver the product to the intended destination. From: rma @ teamgroup . com . tw Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2025 1:43 AM To: 'Mr. Fox' Cc: rma @ teamgroup . com . tw Subject: RE: RMA No: 25I0985 Dear Customer, Good day! Regarding your inquiry, TEAMGROUP would like to first provide the following statements and explanations: 1. The shipping address is automatically taken from the recipient address provided in your original RMA application. Therefore, all shipments are sent according to the address you submitted during the RMA request. 2. Please also note that we only initiate claims or complaints with the shipping carrier (USPS) if the package shows as undelivered or lost. If the tracking shows the package as delivered and the simplified address displayed matches your address, we consider the RMA process completed, as we can only rely on the status provided by USPS tracking to determine completion. 3. If the tracking number indicates that the shipment process is complete, we consider the RMA fulfilled. If you have not actually received the package, you will need to check with neighbors, household members, or relatives to see if someone accepted the package on your behalf. Any claims regarding non-receipt must be submitted by you, as the actual delivery status (marked as complete) is beyond our control. TEAMGROUP has no visibility into the physical receipt of the package, so it is normal procedure for you to file a claim. 4. Unfortunately, we are unable to resend the package. Refunds are the only alternative in such cases. However, if you require assistance with the claim process or need relevant documentation, TEAMGROUP will do our best to support you. We appreciate your understanding. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused and regret that we are unable to provide further assistance in this matter. If you have any further questions, please feel free let us know.

By some miracle USPS managed to "redeliver" my already delivered 4TB NVMe. Team Group did not repair the old one. They sent a new one. Knowing how inexpensive the parts are that go into them, and factoring in the costs of shipping and handling, sending it to Taiwan to "attempt" repair was truly idiotic and reflects a lack of regard for the people that buy their products. I will still be a brand detractor after this. I've got a bunch of Team Group drives and flash storage, but not planning buy from them again based on this. I changed my Amazon review from 5-star to 1-star based on the 6-week RMA experience.

5090 Stock is severely drying up and base prices are up These are all sold and shipped by vs BB and Egg having their "marketplace" BS. BB is new to the game but they need to have an option to tick "Sold and shipped by BB" as you have to now wade through everything to find which models are sold by them. MC has 4 models in stock. Cheapest = $2999.99 Egg has 4 models in stock. Cheapest = $2849.99 BB has 3 models in stock. Cheapest = $2999.99 Amazon is all over the map as always. Cheapest = $2649.99 (Master) I'm sure those Masters will sell out just like they did on BB. If anyone is in the market for a 5090 atm, sooner than later is at hand.... --- Memory prices are absolutely bonkers stupid right now. So glad I bought that backup set of Kingspec 8400 M die 2x24GB sticks in June on the recommendation of @Mr. Fox for $140. They're actually a hair better than my TG 2x24GB 8200 sticks I picked up in July 2024 for $278.99 which are now $329.99..... The Patriot 8200 sticks I bought and returned because they couldn't even do 8000 without erroring out on TM5 were $189.99 and now are $274.99. --------------------------------------- Just placed my order for the WireView Pro II. Only FedEx is available for S&H no DHL so this should be fun when it eventually ships..... I'll switch my wiring up then to bottom run cable versus the top/over style I use now since the Vanguard uses the normal clip (non reverse) WV2

There is definitely some user error in the equation along with inherent balancing issues. Luckily with something like the WireView Pro II we now have a proper tool just in case to monitor balancing AND it can handle higher loads along with a serious warranty. Once shipped, it definitely dims the light on the Astral a bit. AMD made a major mistake and damage control is in overdrive. The sad part is if the tech media and users hadn't responded so negatively they would have continued with this business as usual. They may change course but the destination is still set and that doesn't bode well. Like Steve said in the video, "I said earlier this year don't %*%*% up AMD!" That's all they had to do. They had the momentum and actually sold way more 9070xt/9070 cards than expected and had their best sales ever in quite awhile then proceed to make dumb mistakes like this.