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NVIDIA RTX 50 SERIES - OFFICIAL PRE-ORDER THREAD!

good ol tax man, although i never knew about HMRC connect, was an interesting quick read! Luckily always been on the safe side with the tax man as never wanted to cross over, so i take all precautions:)
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You can deposit up-to £20,000 per tax-year and any gains/dividends made inside of that account are completely tax free.
 
Will OcUK be using suitable anti-scalper measures? I’ve attempted to purchase similar limited launches and scalpers have absolutely dominated the lay-people.
Pretty sure there's little they can do, outside of having some kind of purchase verification step (which frankly, I think all retailers of high-demand products should do do tbh). Imagine a CAPCHA step tripping you up on the last page of check out as you try to find the 3 traffic lights :D That said, I guess from OverClockers perspective, at the end of a day a sale is a sale so why would they go to the extra effort.
 
I don’t think that on the 5090 anyway, there will be much to be made for scalpers, the base price for relatively little gain is already high enough.

I think 5090fe could be nearly all scalped mind.
even if the scalpers make £100 of scalped profit, they will do it, as £100 is a lot of money.
 
Will they all (as in all SKU's for the 5090) go live at the same time? Should I go for a specific card that I want or just grab wahtever I can?
In my very, very long experience in trading and buying video cards, paying a bit more actually does get you a better card. Take the spectrum of the 4-series. The worst card in the line up still works, but it runs hotter, is power limited, and the components are generally skimped on, especially for nVidia (AMD card are generally quality across the board). Paying 10% more can mean the difference between an annoyingly loud card that cant't be overclocked, and one that does what you want. That said, the benefits depreciate on the upper end e.g. a TUF is exceedingly close to a Strix in all areas.
 
In my very, very long experience in trading and buying video cards, paying a bit more actually does get you a better card. Take the spectrum of the 4-series. The worst card in the line up still works, but it runs hotter, is power limited, and the components are generally skimped on, especially for nVidia (AMD card are generally quality across the board). Paying 10% more can mean the difference between an annoyingly loud card that cant't be overclocked, and one that does what you want. That said, the benefits depreciate on the upper end e.g. a TUF is exceedingly close to a Strix in all areas.
Its good to know. I went FE for the 30 series because i loved the aesthetic, but then bought a stupid big case and now a 5090 FE seems daft lol
 
Pretty sure there's little they can do, outside of having some kind of purchase verification step (which frankly, I think all retailers of high-demand products should do do tbh). Imagine a CAPCHA step tripping you up on the last page of check out as you try to find the 3 traffic lights :D That said, I guess from OverClockers perspective, at the end of a day a sale is a sale so why would they go to the extra effort.

Could just do forum membership as a quick test and a min. post count, although it sounds like a lot of work for absolutely zero gain for OcUK.
 
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