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You may have misread my post. I use this cable Gen5 to Gen5, no dongles, one cable. Never had any issues with my 666 watt bios since June of 2024 on my 4090 I run that dinky MSI 1000 watt Gen 5 PSU. It doesn’t even get warm. Corsair on the other hand, uses a retro fit dongle which is 2x8 pin to 1x Gen 5. 🤷‍♂️ Maybe I’m mistaken here. But I would rather have the single Gen 5 cable like the first picture.

I think a lot of the Corsair units were sold as 2x8 Pin on the PSU side that went to 12 pin GPU cable. So, technically it’s not a real Gen 5 cable on both ends, if that’s what he was talking about. I personally think just a single Gen 5 cable on both ends will work well. No adapters, no 8 pins.

THANK YOU LORD!! This is a blessing in disguise. Maybe scalpers will stop buying them now, and demand will fall. In other news! I got me two of these bad boys! 480 GTX and a 480 GTR, one left to go! 😁for a triple white 480 setup.

Hey that’s a pretty good deal. Sold out unfortunately though. I may do that. I really just wanted something fun to play with is all. Laptops are cool because they are all contained in nice quality feature filled package that’s portable. They look cool, feel cool, and I find them interesting. But, being completely honest I’m just window shopping and browsing around until I can actually snag a 5090 GPU when they come in stock lol. Highly unlikely you’ll see me buying a gaming laptop, unless it was an amazing deal. And I’m just not seeing that. I love the MSI TITAN laptops, but they are so overpriced. Something about their heft and looks is very appealing to me. Not really sure why, I just like them. It’s almost like I need to get it out of my system lol. I went through a phase a while back of wanting a GT77 Titan really bad.

Yeah I really don’t want to pay a fortune on some last gen stuff. Though I admit RTX 4000 series still feels like current gen lol. 😂 That’s never happened to me before.

I really like this one as well. $3200 OBO. I’m thinking about taking a stab at it. It’s a loaded up Titan GT77 13980HX+4090. Very tempting. I am not sure what my fascination with these machines is lol. But I’ve always wanted one. https://www.ebay.com/itm/387898747117?_skw=MSI+Titan+GT77&itmmeta=01JKKM4VJQX3R57DQNRZBJSKWV&hash=item5a509128ed:g:wfMAAOSwhwpnlUsk&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKkTgwgtpf7bbC3f9KQgQqG%2BfBXkeVSfm9ojpRJ6ogDaSoM1IWiuUydboeieYj64WKN4Msxgnvxnx6uvtdmPa3U9Ro%2BdYEgbbI294cV89rnKljFavNXYTNJfZzWXd2TE6CaraHkE9mhA0y9vZ9pgU0tf7HVrVNEQy5Gux2ergISaC1jMDxAY13hg4rqZGpb8d%2BUHGDjePl7nXKuQWeFQ6%2FZ6RjMF8w5OGfSvcvSICyEZEXtuRtaZ2pMnpYgWbKm3e4QBvrXQ24XLmi9fj3aaOT2tieSrMzycgOwh87DYfDhtUA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR7y5k_ScZQ

They have a 7950HX3D available as a laptop CPU? Amazing. I had no idea. @electrosoft how much was the new 4090 machine?

I just snagged this HWlabs 480GTX White and it’s brand new! $120.00 shipped. 😃. Now I just need two more! I made an offer to performance PC’s who also has some on eBay. Im going to run (3) HWLabs 480 GTX or GTR’s. In my Lian Li V3000+ I am probably going to just waterblock my 4090 and use it. Running three of these is literally the best of the best. 😃 @Mr. Fox Maybe you’d consider a 4090 trade, since yours is on water already, (Of course only if you were planning to sell your 4090)

Thanks, I’m gonna see what all the fuss is about on these modern turd books. I’m really just curious. Haven’t ran a laptop in YEARS. And with Frame Gen, and GDDR7, I can only imagine these machines are much more capable systems for gaming, than RTX 3000 laptops. But I wanna see first hand, but I do not want to get stuck with something that cost $3,000 lol, nor do I want to be forced to run it for 7-14 days and decide on such a small time frame if I’m going to keep such an expensive and depreciating item.. Are you running any laptops currently?

@electrosoft I’m thinking about grabbing a 5080 laptop from BestBuy when they come available. Performance over the 4080 looks pretty good on these. I don’t think I’ll keep it long term unless I absolutely love it. But, Ideally I’d want to give it a try and just see how I like it. What’s the return policy like with Bestbuy with the $50 dollar plus membership or whatever it’s called? I think I remember you buying some Strix G18 4080 machine and keeping it for a while, then returning it. Wasn’t that the one that had coil whine? Also, are you done with laptops as well?

I knew you’d like that lol. Seriously, I do actually like it. It’s just really expensive. If I had a laptop with a 4090 or 5090 in it I’d use it absolutely. I’d just rather pay much less.

Thanks! I’m going to look in to that machine. Something about the MSI Titan GT77 and Titan 18 HX really just does it for me though, especially the new up coming MSI Titan 18 with that dragon paint on it, man call me cheesy, but that machine is gorgeous to me for some reason. I really like MSI products. lol. Tuning aside, the big Titan laptops just look purely awesome. I’d feel better paying like 3K for it though seeing how it’s a last gen 4090 machine lol. At this rate of how long it takes to get a desktop 5090 GPU, I’ll be able to just pay scalper prices for one with the money I keep saving😂 (Kidding I’d never do that) I have been looking at laptops lately, I like the Scar 18 as well, but those prices are just wild. Asus has bumped their 5090 machines to 4K and 4200+ prices I think 😬 I almost feel like if I’m spending this much on a GPU only, I could splurge a little and just go for a whole 5090 laptop. Not nearly as fast as a 5090 desktop, but I already have a 4090 after all. So I’m considering a high end laptop to play with.

With the prices today it makes overpriced gaming laptops look appealing. This one looks nice. https://www.ebay.com/itm/176822823409?_skw=msi+titan+18+hx&itmmeta=01JKF9MMP55CTQ83GY83B2H7TK&hash=item292b7629f1:g:9zIAAOSw5ABnR9yc&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKk1ZAuWDIokhf89LFusRENAsWuCdq2OuDs9cXwuhkVZDXKkAjHaLVYIJf%2BXZHjz9Oljr%2Bq%2FxRtaea%2FHujhKu3FPDsUFas0XrVHzLKPpImS74BeqMJ46wBYOvdzyQjm%2F5peykJPTAGMRsbhzAnqFKPeHpEdlyaZTc6RfX2cxCGgAr5p9bY7BYqrVMaayzWn%2FT5ErOHl3aALqmJP%2BAniAoj%2FRfF1ygi%2F3vPbf3cCpAR0iNjsCFNRxhsFQLGurdv4wgTX6G0IvJ0i%2BbdvrVVxIh8VoEqyPaJNEOrG8qLx2i2ztQQ%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR4bM0umbZQ

Over $6,000! Ouch too rich for me! 🤕 I’d consider this combo though 😃 comes with a nice OLED monitor too! picture url

It’s easy to snatch a 5080 on Newegg. Bots don’t want those lol. let’s you add to cart and everything.

They should have just called it the RTX 5090 Limited Edition. That way, everyone would just be like damn yeah it’s super limited lol.

I keep getting reeled in to the 5090 HUNT lol..I think I am done with trying to get one. I am wasting too much time on this. Just days in and out searching and refreshing and waiting lol. And then right when you think you got it, bots roll in and they crash a website completely. 🤣 This is literally the scummiest thing I have ever seen. Nvidia should move out of the doorway, and let some other company walk through and take things over. Because they just stand there and do nothing. This has been a legit paper launch. These new ways of GPU buying are ridiculous.

It feels like Newegg is a gimmick. All of their URLS are pre-loaded for bot ready. Once something pops in stock it’s bought and sold out. The MSI Store is probably the better option I think. MSI store forces a captcha after like 15 minutes idle preventing bots. Unlike Newegg they just let people have a free for all. I feel like I’ve lost my enthusiasm for the 5090 lol.

Kingdom Come Deliverance II is fantastic!!! It’s a game I just dump hours in. The 4090 averages like 90fps with DLSS Quality+4K. It’s a smooth runner. It’s a pure raster game, but still needs a strong GPU for 4K experimental settings. Probably one of the best first person RPG games ever made I think. They learned a lot keep the fundamentals all the same, improving graphics a little, but the main thing is how well it’s optimized. A game where the GPU usage actually locks at 99% no matter the situation, at all times. I don’t know how they made it run so good. Because the first one from 7 years ago can’t even run this good. Still trying to find a 5090 if possible. These new prices are terrible though.

Daily routine: (1) Wake-up (2) Open browsers for Newegg, Bestbuy, B&H, MSI store, ZOTAC Store, and Nvidia store. (3) Hit refresh until “Add to cart” appears. 🥴

They are some tricksters. Newegg did something like this to me yesterday lol. I thought I actually had one for a minute there!

No love for the PS5 Pro? They look pretty good to me. But I haven’t owned a Sony since I was 12 years old, and that was a PS2 and GTA 3. I’ll never forget saving up the money to buy GTA3 at Toy’s R US, all they had was a used copy and the game was literally broken. 😞 the disc was damaged and you could only play to the part of “My hands are all Messed up so you better you drive brotha” 😂

Well, we’ll be playing KDC2 at least lol. Maybe I’ll pick up a PS5 Pro to play GTA 6. Or maybe I will grab a PS8 by the time this game actually launches😂

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 launches tomorrow everyone!!!!! I have been waiting 7 years for this one. I just read a performance review of the game completely maxed out, and let’s just say the RTX4090 is strong to the BONE 💪 (I only saw a 4080 Super in the performance review, but based on what that thing does with no scaling and no frame gen, running 4K experimental graphics detail, the 4090 will CRUSH this title in 4K 😃 I figured this would be the case. This was really the main reason why I wanted a 5090 first and foremost and for future titles like GTA 6. But now I really kind of don’t care too much lol. The 4090 is still the ultimate in GPU power. I'm tempted to use some of my saved funds to finish my V3000+ case build and throw my 4090 on water cooling and just be done with the whole thing.

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