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How to buy 5090FE

Jacky60 said:
As the title says. I know there have been dreadful supply issues from Nvidia but some people have managed to buy a 5090FE.

How do you do it? I won't buy AIB due to rip off pricing for decent models so how to go about getting the FE?

Any advice welcome.
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I highly doubt there much stock of the RTX 5090 for the foreseeable future not whilst partners can sell GB202 dies for outrageous mark-ups to AI and HPC data centers.

If you're determined to burn your money then just keep checking reseller and auction sites for the FE model but expect to pay through to nose for one.
 
Jacky60 said:
What sort of time of day, did you use a discord group or alert?
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I used Hotstock to get notifications I managed to get a Suprim Liquid (which I am returning) and managed to get a 5090 FE (keeping) you just have to be on your PC, logged into various sites, and have quick fingers
 
tommybhoy said:
I'd pay extra for aib this round because up to 600w through the FE's shrunk/smaller design=insane noise levels and waaaaay more likely to melt/fail over time.
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The FE is the best one to have especially at msrp not even worth an extra £200 for a massive 4 slot card with so many fans!
 
tommybhoy said:
It runs hotter and louder than AIBs, that's factual.

A higher temp melts before a lower temp...

Some of the 90FE thermal pics are horrific imo and summers coming...

Yes you can undervolt it to 4090 levels but it's not as if 4090s melting and taking out PSU's as well never happened...
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What you say is true and I would go AIB if a half decent one was £100-£111 more than the FE but the idea that the extra components from an AIB should cost hundreds of pounds more is a joke. Its all plastic, aluminium with occasionally a £10 vapour chamber assembled by people who are relative to the west incredibly poorly paid. Three moderately better fans, some plastic and 150 gms aluminium do not cost £50 nvm £500.
 
Jacky60 said:
What you say is true and I would go AIB if a half decent one was £100-£111 more than the FE but the idea that the extra components from an AIB should cost hundreds of pounds more is a joke. Its all plastic, aluminium with occasionally a £10 vapour chamber assembled by people who are relative to the west incredibly poorly paid. Three moderately better fans, some plastic and 150 gms aluminium do not cost £50 nvm £500.
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I agree and to think you could buy both a 5080 and 5090 FE at msrp cheaper than the price of some 5090 AIBs!
 
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Unfortunately, Nvidia only sells a handful of FE cards in Europe, so most have no choice but to get an AIB card, which is probably more expensive than the UK!
 
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