Soldato
- Joined
- 29 Sep 2011
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So, as some of you know, it is time for my son's refresh from am4 to am5,
I was going to buy a 5080 for this build
Normally, I used to build him PCs with my old cast-offs
but those days are gone since I don't really upgrade like I used to, my current build is meant to last 10 + years
I was going to buy a 5090 upon release, but previous to the release, there was talk of them needing not one, but two 12vhpw leads, where I only have x1
I did not fancy buying a new PSU, for that, nor paying to have the computer rebuilt either.
Long story short, rather than drop almost £1k on a new 5080, I'm just going to give him my 4090 for the build, and keep the 1k to help pay for a 5090, as saving another £1.2k is not going to be too difficult for me, esp considering I will get an extra third of his old am4 PC sale (£500, plus the 1k he owes me for the rest of the system) maybe the price of a 5090 will even go down while I save?
Seems win-win to me at this point,
gonna have to use this 7800 igpu for a while, but all I do is play chess, browse the internet, and use forums, and it is doing a stellar job so far, it even gets 56 fps in Furmark, max settings at 4k, and runs my 4k desktop at 144hz, I'm pretty surprised tbh,
So what am I going to use a 5090 for then, I hear you cry,
well, I was planning to give Cities: Skylines 2 a whirl, and now, once I have the 5090 sorted, that is my cue to hop onto 8k, which will be another £4k unless 8K prices dramatically drop, but £4k
Will be doable too. 8k Cities: Skylines 2 is meant to be a resource hog to run, but this all gives me something to look forward to. It's not like I have anything else to spend money on anymore! o.O
I was going to buy a 5080 for this build
Normally, I used to build him PCs with my old cast-offs
but those days are gone since I don't really upgrade like I used to, my current build is meant to last 10 + years
I was going to buy a 5090 upon release, but previous to the release, there was talk of them needing not one, but two 12vhpw leads, where I only have x1
I did not fancy buying a new PSU, for that, nor paying to have the computer rebuilt either.
Long story short, rather than drop almost £1k on a new 5080, I'm just going to give him my 4090 for the build, and keep the 1k to help pay for a 5090, as saving another £1.2k is not going to be too difficult for me, esp considering I will get an extra third of his old am4 PC sale (£500, plus the 1k he owes me for the rest of the system) maybe the price of a 5090 will even go down while I save?
Seems win-win to me at this point,
gonna have to use this 7800 igpu for a while, but all I do is play chess, browse the internet, and use forums, and it is doing a stellar job so far, it even gets 56 fps in Furmark, max settings at 4k, and runs my 4k desktop at 144hz, I'm pretty surprised tbh,
So what am I going to use a 5090 for then, I hear you cry,
well, I was planning to give Cities: Skylines 2 a whirl, and now, once I have the 5090 sorted, that is my cue to hop onto 8k, which will be another £4k unless 8K prices dramatically drop, but £4k
Will be doable too. 8k Cities: Skylines 2 is meant to be a resource hog to run, but this all gives me something to look forward to. It's not like I have anything else to spend money on anymore! o.O
