It is less than a third of the price of the new 4090 cards and a quarter of the price of some models. If you game at 1440 and don't need the best thing, a 3080 should do you proud and for 550,is a great buy I say.
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I guess that’s because the 4090 represents such a small percentage of the market. There are probably only a few thousand in use at the moment. The 3080 represents great value for money and is a fantastic card, even at 4k.
Suppose not much will change even when the new 4080 launches as its so crap for value.
They have just maintained themselves but i see some have gone up slightly.
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Hey all, I'm new to the forums but have recently upgraded from a 3080 10GB to a 4090.
It was a bit of a job getting it to fit in a NZXT H400 but using slim line fans on the front of the AIO radiator I just about managed it!
It was a bit of a job getting it to fit in a NZXT H400 but using slim line fans on the front of the AIO radiator I just about managed it!
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Looks massive in there. Good stuff.
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Thanks, I was worried about thermals and I really need the Corsair 12VHPWR PSU adapter as the cables inside the case are a bit of a mess.
I've done some benchmarks and looked at the thermals and they were all good, even cooler than the 3080 I had previously.
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Honeywell? The same company that make heaters?
I thought that there was a minimum you had to pay to qualify. Something like £30 or £100.
A great buy eh? I have had a few offered to me around £550 but I ideally want to go less than £500.. Is waiting going to be viable or do I pull the trigger?
That's the stuff here :-
Honeywell PTM7950 SP Super Highly Thermally Conductive PCM Pad
Buy Honeywell PTM7950 SP Super Highly Thermally Conductive PCM Pad for £4.85 with Free Shipping Worldwide (In Stock)
www.moddiy.com
See problem now for people that want to water cool their 4090FE/AIBs (guessing AIBs are using PCM TIM too) is they will need to get PTM7950 pads/paste or use liquid metal, reason is this pad/paste is only second best to liquid metal and normal thermal paste can't match it. So heads up to people taking them apart for thermal paste changes as this is not normal thermal paste but a phase change pad/paste. Used a lot in laptops and sensitive equipment that needs heat removing quickly.
Lenovo laptops uses a custom version pad PTM7950 and called PTM7958, Alienware laptops use Element 31 PCM paste basically a version of this stuff, etc more custom ones too and most highly electrically conductive too depending on the custom versions that have more metals in them like the Element 31, so don't get this on electrical parts like liquid metal. So if you don't know the TIM method used on a device don't just guess it's thermal paste because it's grey and looks like that when removed as that can cause issues later and hot spots. This stuff doesn't weep out (pump out) like thermal paste over time so don't go replacing TIM on a 4090fe/AIBs unless you have new PTM7950 pads/paste version or you want to risk liquid metal.
So you have been warned now and if you replace the paste and wonder why it's running hotter this is why also new cards or PCM TIM change may show higher temps at first few hours until the stuff settles after a few thermal cycles.
This is the paste tube version that can be used too :-
Honeywell PTM7950 SP Super Highly Thermally Conductive PCM Paste
Buy Honeywell PTM7950 SP Super Highly Thermally Conductive PCM Paste for $19.99 with Free Shipping Worldwide (In Stock)
www.moddiy.com
Honeywell PTM7950SP Super Highly Thermally Conductive Phase Change Material (PCM) Paste Thermal Interface Materials
PDF from Honeywell for this stuff :-
Phase Change Materials
Phase Change Materials (PCM) are often used as matrix materials for thermal interface applications.
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Yeh, minimum £100, maximum £30000.
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Do we know when those are coming out?
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The total value of the spend needs to be £100 minimum but it doesn't matter how you split it across a credit & debit card.
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On a serious question, have you visually seen any difference in what you play?
Word of warning to anyone with the 4090 Aorus Master don't use custom gifs for the LCD display (Despite the control software saying you can do this) as this causes flickering that is almost impossible to fix. I'm going to re-format my hardrive to see if this can fix the problem but wouldn't wish this on anyone else!
Sounds like a similar issue to what i am having with my Zotac , all other RGB flicking like mad so have turn the lot off for the minute ... clearly these need an update to sort these issues
