*Official Benchmark Thread* - Post it here or it didn't happen :D

[Reciever]

On 10/17/2026 at 10:26 AM, jaybee83 said:

hey guys, just wanted to say THANKS for all the years in this community, i know were living in our own small hardware nerd bubble here, but i also know that for most of us its a little release valve, a safe space to just drop out of the often exhausting real ilfe for a moment and be among likeminded absolutely over-the-top insane but in the end harmless and well-meaning peers.

 

no worries, this is not a suicide note or goodbye or anything like that. just a bit of appreciation for y'all and a perspective check for me. dont be sad or angry or frustrated on what uve missed / dont have / uve lost / any pain youve went through. be thankful for what and especially who you have, cherish those little moments, stay curious, allow yourself the chance to just be wrong and learn something new, keep that basic childish wonder as long as you can.

 

cheers guys!

 

PS: and FFS take good care of your 5090s, now especially more than ever! WVPII FTW! 😄 

 

PS2: lemme tag @Reciever and @Hiew  to make sure our NBT stars also get this 😛 

 

On 10/17/2026 at 10:54 AM, electrosoft said:

 

I've often said, and ended posts here, with being thankful to even be in the position to have the ability to purchase and play with some of these toys and high tech items. 

 

I have a nice pile of hardware amassed. Only thing I'm on the lookout for atm is a decently priced set of the G.Skill 6000 CL26 1.40 sticks. I could use a few more NVME drives too but overall I'm good.

 

After the shutdown and demise of NBR, @Reciever and @Hiew picking up the reins and running with it with NBT really let us carve out our corner again and just let it flow. I always like it when a long time member from yore discovers NBT and pokes their head in to say hi!

 

And yeah, the WVPII is definitely a blessing on my 5090 which some say could rise to $10k in the new year as supply dries up. I have yet to have my cable deviate or yell at me yet (I'm running the MSI yellow cable included with the MEG 1600T), but I've got it locked down. 🙂

 

 

 

I just wanted to keep the group together, I enjoy the chats and even sometimes (though I'll never admit it) the arguments that take place. Sometimes they get heated and require a timeout to let people cool off but otherwise I despise the heavy handedness / on the nose bias some other forums or reddit have in terms of moderation. Also have to thank @Aaron44126 for leading the charge on archiving the posts from NBR. It may come time to have that information internet facing into the Forum.

I am a heavy proponent of "The more authority you exert, the less you have" and I try to keep that in the back pocket for moderating here also and in leading my teams at work.

 

 

On 10/17/2026 at 11:10 AM, Hiew said:

Posts like this make my day. I was never part of the NBR crowd myself, but when Reciever asked me to help NBR find a new home, I was happy to jump in. I’m honored you guys have kept NBT as your home all these years.

Thanks for the kind words!

You are henceforth BANNED FOR LIFE. No good deed and all that lol

Honestly ALL infrastructure, planning, software deployment was all built by @Hiew. I may handle how we moderate and deal with escalations but without Hiew this forum would not exist.

 

He's FINALLY starting to get motivated to build donations and/or subs to assist with forum expenses also so we just have to figure out a good time for both of us to pull away from work. Im hoping we get something locked in this year maybe around the holidays.

 

 

 

 

In other news, a friend of a friend got a miship from Amazon for some 9070 XT's, I bought 3 for 575/each and sold one to a colleague. Also ordered another 64GB of sRAM and 512GB of Persistent Memory for my server totalling 1.1TB of useable RAM. Going to try my hand at some larger local models with the 2-3 9070 XT's

Same colleague is trading his R5 3600 + 6700 XT for my 5800X3D that I no longer use so that makes it 3x 9070 XT's for the local AI server. I hate what AI has done to my hobby but I still want to get a working understanding of how to use it. Adapt or Die and all that

[Papusan]

 

Shouldn't they push more of the production back to the US  to avoid the tarrifs? Does this mean we will see even higher prices years forwards for US consumers ? It seems so. Because this ain't normal.

 

HP and Asus are moving PC production back to China as soaring component costs force a rethink

Dell is also weighing a return

 

According to Nikkei Asia, American PC giant HP and Taiwanese consumer electronics firm Asus have already moved some of their manufacturing operations back to China. Another leading PC OEM, Dell, is also said to be evaluating whether to follow suit and shift some of its PC production back to the Asian nation to offset rising component costs.

 

Quite disturbing... Even 5060 class cards ain't holy..

 

[electrosoft]

x870e Hero shipped off for RMA finally to get a model with a non defective LCD ROG display...

 

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A bit disingenuous in comparison, but Nova looks to potentially be a monster gaming chip with up to 33% gains over Arrow Lake and works at 8000 right out of the box but comparing it to a 285k capped at 250w and 6400 memory vs a 270k running 8000+ knocks a little of the glow off this comparison....

 

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-nova-lake-s-28c-with-ddr5-8000-projected-to-deliver-16-to-33-higher-gaming-performance-than-core-ultra-9-285k-with-ddr5-6400

 

Can't wait to see @Talon's Day 1 impressions! 🤣 Did you hold onto any of your 5090s?

 

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5080 pricing is getting slap happy as supply dries up as Nvidia is rumored to be gearing up the 5080 24GB (in theory).....

 

GB SFF 5080, which was a $999 MSRP model (and myself and @Mr. Fox snagged at great pricing) is now $1979.99 "on sale" at Microcenter rapidly going out of stock and not available elsewhere. Normal price is $2379.99.

 

Cheapest 5080 overall actually available is the PNY 5080 is $2199.99 (IE PCPP, click through on available model and it is actually available) from BH....

 

Nvidia delists the 5080 from their own marketplace (following the previous 5090 delisting)

 

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The bubble is real.....the seams are bursting....

 

When this adjusts down, it is going to be brutal....

 

Jensen's current model is unsustainable and instead of balancing and feeding both spectrums properly, he has pushed for maximum output, FOMO and channel stuffing to where companies are sitting on billions of dollars of unrealized hardware deployment, circular financing and this WILL pop.....

 

Is AI here to stay? Absolutely and I am a proponent of it but this sell through model does not have long term viability.