• Competitor rules

    Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.

30xx Series Founders Edition

uscool said:
same here with 3080 , someone posted the following
Orders due for delivery tomorrow will be picked today, just spoken to them.
Click to expand...

Haha I think we're reading the same messages. Well that is reassuring.

I won't be able to install it until Wednesday at the earliest as a relative has ordered it and we're self-isolating. My current 3060 Ti will be part-exchanged for the incoming 3080 too so they can't just drop it off :p
 
Cadder said:
Haha I think we're reading the same messages. Well that is reassuring.

I won't be able to install it until Wednesday at the earliest as a relative has ordered it and we're self-isolating. My current 3060 Ti will be part-exchanged for the incoming 3080 too so they can't just drop it off :p
Click to expand...

Haha guessing the drop was big and few models dropped this week and probably have number of orders to get through
 
Finners said:
IMO seeing nearly 100 degrees with just gaming is to high when thermal pads with decent thermal conductivity drops that into the 80's. That's using a low quality product for very minimal cost saving and has taken the edge of my initial impression of my 3080 as I know it could be better but i don't want to void my warranty to open it up.
Click to expand...

My 3090 FE does 75 degrees max Vram Junction temp whilst gaming (COD, Forza etc), and theyre stock pads.

Whilst mining the temps go up to 96 degrees at 100 Mega Hash

Something is wrong with your FE- RMA it mate
 
Dontrocktheboat said:
Its not awful, its just not designed for 24hrs mining. BUT GAMING.
Its like buying a porsche 911 for a 24 lemans track day. It wasnt designed for that.
Click to expand...

Actually I'll stand up and argue with that one, the car will do it, but the drivers need to swap before the car...
 
3070 fe arrived today on a Sunday which was a nice surprise considering I didn't pay for weekend delivery).
 
Gerard said:
It's just typical penny pinching, anywhere they can save a few coins they will which is pretty standard in any industry.
Click to expand...

It was a bad move for sure. When people changed to aftermarket pads and get +20c off there is something wrong. However if nvidia stated that their temps were fine and would RMA no questions I think people would just let them tank on. I think as enthusiasts know from years of modding these high temps are not normal.
 
Newbie here from Ireland, feeling a bit stranded for hardware with Brexit..
Has anybody tried getting a FE to Ireland via a delivery forwarder, as the Nvidia partner does not ship to Ireland?
If so what service did you use and are there any extra charges when it came to Ireland as UK vat is 20% compared to Ireland 23%
 
You know anyone in the North? There are a few guys on here that seem to have snagged cards so maybe they can update their tactics.
 
Purgatory said:
@Th0nt

MSI X570 godlike are over £1500-2000 right now used and new stock (over 6-8 months ago you could find maybe new stock from real retailers but in USA only for around £700-750 to UK, not anymore they are £2k new now) because they are EOL and anyone selling one for £600 is either selling the engineering/preproduction samples that are faulty and when you update the BIOS they will never work right again too or just a faulty board or selling the Z490 Godlike for £600 which is the right price for them right now new and sending z490 and not a x570 Godlike.

They have a known fault the ones that were sent to reviewers and were not told they were engineering/preproduction samples, they start to fail after about 100-1000 restarts or reboots. So careful if someone offers you one for that, they are easy to spot the engineering samples as they have a test pins/port on the back of the board and have had some components changed due to the faults, the ones that were sold to customers didn't have the fault. So be aware of that as people are selling these engineering/ preproduction boards.

Videos here showing the issues and how to spot a preproduction or engineering board :-








There is another 4 slot spacing x570 coming out the asus one here but you need to make sure your case will work with it as the slots are one slot lower than the msi godlike and may not fit in some cases with psus right under the motherboard or a shelf or separator area for the psu there, my setup with 2 x 3090s and the msi x570 godlike showing if it was one slot down more the card would hit the shelf that seperates the psu part from the motherboard area https://www.overclockers.co.uk/foru...-owners-thread.18898762/page-48#post-34846430 :-

ROG CROSSHAIR VIII EXTREME

https://rog.asus.com/motherboards/rog-crosshair/rog-crosshair-viii-extreme-model/

^... they are saying it will be around £1000/$1000 board so not cheap too.
Click to expand...
I'm very curious about this motherboard as the godlike has been out a while now. Do you know roughly when it's released. Looking at my case it looks like my lower rtx 3090 has a gap between it and the bottom of the case just above PSU housing, but that's also where a lot of wires go into the motherboard
 
Th0nt said:
You know anyone in the North? There are a few guys on here that seem to have snagged cards so maybe they can update their tactics.
Click to expand...

No sadly no contacts up North. I assume a delivery forwarding service is all that is needed really.
Maybe starting a new thread about Ireland delivery taxes and tactics would be better as my questions will/already have been lost :cry:
 
edvalas said:
No sadly no contacts up North. I assume a delivery forwarding service is all that is needed really.
Maybe starting a new thread about Ireland delivery taxes and tactics would be better as my questions will/already have been lost :cry:
Click to expand...

Yeah start up a thread and if I see the guys I recall getting cards (definitely two about) I will tag them in that thread for you.
 
edvalas said:
No sadly no contacts up North. I assume a delivery forwarding service is all that is needed really.
Maybe starting a new thread about Ireland delivery taxes and tactics would be better as my questions will/already have been lost :cry:
Click to expand...
I wouldn't - essentially you'd be starting a thread asking how to buy directly from one of OcUK's competitors. I get the frustration though (I'm in Dublin).
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom