48 minutes ago, tps3443 said:

I think my 5080 is defective. Been trying to play some games longer than a couple minutes. And it just hard locks my entire PC up after about 10 minutes of playing. 
 

Tried different drivers, reseating the GPU in a different slot, tried DDU. Nothing helps. I have completely reset my PC bios to all stock settings. 
 

I Flashed the 5080 back to its original bios, no difference at all. 
 

Same crashing no matter the game. 3Dmark stress test fails at 0.00% every time. 

Well, that sucks. Can you test it in a different computer to see if it behaves the same? That would tell you for certain. Worst case scenario, Tony at Nortwest Repair could fix it for you. Does it still have the factory tamper sticker on the screw head or has it been taken apart by the prior owner?

1 hour ago, Papusan said:

 

Hi, everyone. Back from the hospital but I'm still not in good shape as before. It will take some time. Slower talking and the right hand (mouse hand) not exactly where it should be. But hopefully it will be better. Stroke is and have been a terrifying experience. And it scares me. Yep, I am really scared this illness. It takes life and can push you into a wheelchair without you notice it where you can't speak or hear. Not even move yourself. Still a small chance to get second one within the next 3 months. After that a bigger chance to get on live again. I was very lucky as the doctors said, not Being Hit harder. Medication for this shit will help me move forward. And I'll probably have to take it for the rest of my life.

 

And thank you all you good friends for the kind and warming words🙂

 

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Thank you for the update, brother. You will continue to be in our thoughts and prayers. We are reaching an age where things like this can really be stressful (emotionally and financially) for us and our loved ones. Our mortality becomes more evident to us and we become thankful for small things we once took for granted. Circumstances like this have the potential to strengthen our faith or produce uncertainty, fear and doubt. Keep the faith, brother. We are standing with you in spirit as you walk through this thorny pathway.

29 minutes ago, tps3443 said:

He sounded like someone with an accent from a different state. Like up north to me. But really good English. 

That really sucks. It's bad enough that there are so many hackers, scammers and identity thieves that are foreigners, but a fellow American doing it makes them that much more worthy of brutal and merciless retribution. Their predatory mindset is very similar in practice to serial rapists and child molesters and they deserve capital punishment.

Did you sell your 5090 FE or did something happen to it?

6 hours ago, tps3443 said:

@Mr. Fox and @electrosoft I almost sent the money for that scammer 5090 Astral. I had talked to the guy on the phone and he made me feel super comfortable. It’s crazy to even say that lol. But I held back waiting for proof of ownership. And once I saw the pic, I knew something was seriously wrong. Also, I asked chatGPT if the photo was found anywhere online or if the photo was even real. (The floating paper pic lol) ChatGPT said “This is a real photo” 😂😂😂 this didn’t help. Anyways, 
 

 

I ended up getting a Zotac Solid OC 5080 for 1K cash locally just a few hours ago. 5090’s are just wayyy too extreme price wise for me. 
 

My system was setup for a water cooled GPU, so I just threw a D5 pump and top in there to allow water to pass through. Flow rate is EXTREME with (5) D5’s and no GPU 😂

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I also sold my laptop! I came up with this idea on Saturday to sell it and help fund a 5090 and alleviate the extreme blow for such an extraordinary expensive item. So I listed it for $1,500 bucks. Selling my laptop put me in a really really good position to buy a 5090 now, but even then, I couldn’t grasp the idea of doing it. Then my wife caught wind of me messaging people on FB Market place and making offers. And that idea of dropping 3K was all over with at that point. 😭
 

Anyways. Gaming on a laptop just isn’t for me. I don’t like the power limits, and the thermal limits. I really love the idea of a laptop. But when it actually comes down to it. It’s just really kinda lame. It worked fine for working from for about 3 months. 
 

Update: This Zotac 5080 is insane how well it undervolts. I tried the Gigabyte 5080 Master bios(Does not work drivers won’t load) then flashed the Zotac Extreme bios (This worked great) card maxed out of 1060-1065mv voltage. I am running 2,955@0.895mv. SUB 200 watts in games. It is pretty astounding how well it’s undervolting. Lots of fun 🤩 abnormally efficient GPU that’s for sure. This is roughly a +400 offset, it has some more room I think. 
 

 

Hope you are feeling okay @Papusan 

 

have a great night everyone! 

Zotac makes some of the best 50-series GPUs. Build quality and PCB design are excellent. Glad you chose that one. The scammers of the world all deserve a bullet to their head.

Did the scammer have a foreign accent or did his speech sound like he was from the area he claimed to be from?

My daughter has become addicted to gaming again like she was as a teenager (she is 39). When I gave my X870E Strix/4090 build to one of my sons as an upgrade/trade for his B650/7700X/3060 and gave that to my daughter she was hooked. The gaming rig that I gave to my grand daughters (her kids) was a B850/9600X/1080 system.

I snagged a good deal on a RTX 3070 FTW3 https://www.overclock.net/posts/29586464/ (about $210 USD shipped). I am going to use that to upgrade my daughter's system and move her 3060 into her girls' system as an upgrade for them. And, then take the 1080 from their system and use it to upgrade her husband's system (which I gave them a couple of years ago) that is sporting a X79 Gene Rampage/Xeon E5-1680 V2/RX 590. So, that's going to be a sweet deal for all of them. Each system will be getting a 35-45% bump in graphics performance from where they currently are with their current GPUs.

@Papusan I hope they are getting everything sorted for you. Staying in the hospital while they run tests and "monitor" things is very boring. Let us know when they let you go home, brother.

On 5/15/2026 at 5:44 AM, Mr. Fox said:

I'm going to be moving my "guts" from Banshee out of the Phanteks XT M3 to an O11D Mini V2 this weekend. I'll be using an Alphacool 240 flat reservoir with a VPP Apex pump installed into the side instead of fans to keep it cleaner. Length and height are similar but the O11D Mini V2 is wider with about 1 inch more room behind the mobo tray and a little bit taller with more room above the mobo with the mobo shifted down to the lower position. Basically the equivalent of one PCIe slot taller above the mobo for added radiator/fan space. The primary motivation is material quality. The XT M3 metal is very thin and the plastic front and top panels are flimsy. I guess that is why it is so inexpensive. It's not a bad case overall, but it is a little bit chintzier than I would like. Plus, I am just an O11D addict at this point. Build quality and ease of use on all of the O11D cases is unrivaled. 

Turned out nice. Will look pretty slick once the bubbles in the reservoir dissipate in the next day or so. Although very similar in size, this case weighs roughly twice as much as the Phanteks XT M3. The chassis is structurally very rigid.

I am going to find out if Svet can remove the power caps the idiots at MSI put on this board. I need to be able to pull at least 100W more from the CPU than what the firmware allows. Newsflash MSI retards... this is not a laptop.

On 5/14/2026 at 5:49 AM, Papusan said:

 

Thanks. Yup, i had a stroke. The mr machine showed that. I need to stay longer now in the hospital and take more tests and the doctors need to find a medicine I need to take rest of my life😢

You are like family to us brother, even though we've never met face to face. I'm thankful that they got this issue before it got you. I will include your family in my prayers because I'm sure that this is stressful for them. 

I'm going to be moving my "guts" from Banshee out of the Phanteks XT M3 to an O11D Mini V2 this weekend. I'll be using an Alphacool 240 flat reservoir with a VPP Apex pump installed into the side instead of fans to keep it cleaner. Length and height are similar but the O11D Mini V2 is wider with about 1 inch more room behind the mobo tray and a little bit taller with more room above the mobo with the mobo shifted down to the lower position. Basically the equivalent of one PCIe slot taller above the mobo for added radiator/fan space. The primary motivation is material quality. The XT M3 metal is very thin and the plastic front and top panels are flimsy. I guess that is why it is so inexpensive. It's not a bad case overall, but it is a little bit chintzier than I would like. Plus, I am just an O11D addict at this point. Build quality and ease of use on all of the O11D cases is unrivaled. 

2 hours ago, Papusan said:

Fun times.  Half the day in the hospital and need to stay here. 

 

At the hospital now. The doctors suspect drip(transient/mini stroke). Have to stay here and get blood thinners . Also have to do a CT scan tonight/night and then an MR tomorrow. Have to stay under observation and care. Bad lungs ain't enough 😥

You are in our thoughts and prayers, brother. Get better fast. 

3 hours ago, electrosoft said:

 

They keep trying.....sheesh. Glad @tps3443 didn't get zinged but $2500 for an Astral should be the first warning sign.....

 

 

It was one for sure. One of the first things I said when he texted me. Pretty brazen that the scammer even had the balls to call him and speak to him. When scammers get that comfortable and brazen a bullet or knife is the best cure for their filthy and worthless existence.

Brother @tps3443 dodged a scammer bullet yesterday. Glad you were not a victim, Brother T.

https://www.overclock.net/posts/29585246/

The scumbag posted the same scam on a Swedish web site.

https://www.blocket.se/recommerce/forsale/item/22104267?ci=4

14 hours ago, Rage Set said:

I will say this much. After all that I learned about 3D printing, a lot of it will apply to CNC machines. Hopefully, I'll get my first one within the next 6 months and when I do start producing waterblocks, I want certain members in this thread to be the first beta testers. 

If you want to build one for the 5080 Prime that would be sweet in my mATX build. Then the CPU, RAM and GPU would all be custom loop in a SFF chassis, which is extremely rare. The Phanteks XT M3/V3, O11 Mini and Gamdias M4M are only a few SFF cases that are designed with enough intelligence to allow such a build. It allows you to compromise a whole lot less than SFF typically demands. I don't feel like I am missing much or making concessions/sacrifices for the sake of size.

9 minutes ago, Rage Set said:

 

Yeah, he was willing to go cheaper, but I felt bad. Plus he gave it to me with no money down, to inspect it. In many ways, he is the ginger version of me, lmao. 

 

As for my channel, https://www.youtube.com/@sliceofmymind 

 

While it has been 3D printing focused thus far, with the new look, I am going to pivot to other tech, including PC's. I am just going to talk about the different tech that I love and of course, bring in some commentary on overclocking. 

Yes, I was subscribed. It just got buried in the ocean of subscriptions. I look forward to watching your videos.

30 minutes ago, Rage Set said:

Interesting couple of weeks. First, I am really focusing on my YT channel for the first time in years. Met some interesting people, notably one guy that we quickly became friends. Started with one message about a 3D printer he was selling on Facebook and now he's like my most supportive subscriber. 

 

I have his PC on consignment to see if I can sell it or keep it myself (7800X3D, 4080, 32GB of 6000MTs DDR5, x2 2TB SSDs - one is a Samsung 990 Pro), all contained in a SFF build for $1700. In normal times, this used PC would cost around 1000 to 1200, but I thought $1700 was a fair price. Would do you guys think?

Yes, I think that is a fair price for the world we are living in now. Hard to beat.

I am pretty sure I subscribed to your YouTube channel but I don't find it in my gigantic list of subscriptions. What was your channel's name?

56 minutes ago, tps3443 said:

Hey y’all! How you all been doing? What’s new? 5090 prices looking kinda crazy right?

Doing well. I hope all is well with you and your family.

1 hour ago, jaybee83 said:

y'all gotten any alerts yet from your WVP Ii? please share!

I have not seen any for pin imbalance, only overcurrent protection, which I fixed by increasing the MVP2 threshold to a higher value in the firmware.

This old lady has an excellent voice. (I say old... she is probably my age. Yeah, I'm old. So is Brother @Papusan. We're still awesome.)

Touching song about the loss of her son.

Edit: I take that back. She is 10 years older than me. Dang, she looks pretty good for 73. What a voice. (Yeah, it's AI but I have no reason to doubt that it is her voice or image.)

7 hours ago, Papusan said:

 

Just another A$$zeus gimmick. Different, more expensive, but not really a better product. Something shiny and new for the ROG fanboy club. At the end of the day you still have a failure-prone petite arson connector.