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30xx Series Founders Edition

randal said:
Anyone done the thermal pad mod on the 3080 FE and care to say what pads/thicknesses they used?

Thanks
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My advice is to leave it alone and wait to see what temps you have when gaming..

After repadding a lot of people have issues with hotspot temps on the core as the pads aren't quite as squishable as the stock ones.
 
No one wants the TI versions as they are mining limited, IMO they should make the rest of the FE cards LHR also then they too might last a bit longer.
 
I don't get why they didn't make the whole range LHR either but to be fair to NVidia at least they're making cards available at RRP and at least half trying to get them into the hands of gamers. Any other shop cards are selling for nearly twice RRP. 3080 stock is selling for 3080Ti prices so who are the greedy ones?
 
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I can assure you all I'll be keeping this card. But it is proper FUBAR that I can walk into CEX and make £300 like that. Sell it on the bay and make probably a grand before fees.

I'm gaming less and less. But this will finish my build and will probably be the last PC I build for gaming tbh.
 
3090 scored earlier. Just awaiting picking.
Desperately wanted a FE from the beginning.

Couldn’t snag a 3080fe, ended up with a MSI Trio X 3080 but the appeal of the FE wouldn’t go away.

Thought about the 3080ti for a brief while, then thought I’d rather have the 3090 for the difference in price. Only live once and all that.
 
Alec potter said:
3090 scored earlier. Just awaiting picking.
Desperately wanted a FE from the beginning.

Couldn’t snag a 3080fe, ended up with a MSI Trio X 3080 but the appeal of the FE wouldn’t go away.

Thought about the 3080ti for a brief while, then thought I’d rather have the 3090 for the difference in price. Only live once and all that.
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I just couldn't justify the price personally.

Enjoy!

I've never had an FE card before.
 
How does telegram work? Were the FEs just being listed on the site and you had to search for them? I presume telegram wasn't the official route to purchase?
 
lnoton said:
How does telegram work? Were the FEs just being listed on the site and you had to search for them? I presume telegram wasn't the official route to purchase?
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Telegram is just a whatsapp clone. You basically join a chat group (FE Partalert group) that pings the direct links to the page to buy the card, thats all it is really.
 
Managed to grab a 3080Ti Founders edition during a drop today. - HUKD alert.
Hopefully all goes smoothly, looking forward to getting it!
 
ljt said:
Telegram is just a whatsapp clone. You basically join a chat group (FE Partalert group) that pings the direct links to the page to buy the card, thats all it is really.
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So is it someone that is just screenscraping the website then pushing an alert?
 
Jae-So said:
Managed to grab a 3080Ti Founders edition during a drop today. - HUKD alert.
Hopefully all goes smoothly, looking forward to getting it!
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Nice. A few of us had dispatch notices today. I have dpd is notiFied, but not received yet. Makes sense. Due for delivery Wednesday.
 
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