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Show off your 5090s thread!

Would like to get a reference 5090,,,,keep looking on the nvidia site. Problem is if i got one you would immediately need another one because you could resist making £1000 on reselling it.
 
cp_997 said:
Thanks for the video, think I'll do some more research. I was still using my 9900K when I upgraded to my 4090 in October 22 and found it had severe bottlenecks, hence why I upgraded to the 13700K with DDR5 at the time as the 14th gen weren't out.

I still have that 9900K machine and have a 4070 FE in it. I guess I'm at the point where shall I bother paying £460 odd to upgrade to a 14900K, which should give me a slight boost. But then I'm only running a 1000W PSU so will need to change it too.

With the cost of upgrading to a 14900K I may as well just throw a bit more money and get a different Motherboard and CPU, which I guess would be AMD as they seem to be the leaders this time around.
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13700k is absolutely fine for gaming. The difference to a 9800X3D will be unnoticeable but you'll definitely notice the dent in your wallet when you perform an unnoticeable upgrade.
It's like when you change your car tyres, or change your timing belt... You know you've done it, you know it was expensive, but you can't tell the difference.

I'm going to continue with my 13900k for at least another 2 years. It's still great for gaming.
Granted, I don't only game, I also encode a lot of media. But this CPU smashes over 40,000 on Cinebench R23 with just a simple undervolt, no overclocking at all. So it's a keeper

Edit - A 1000 watt psu is also fine, wtf lol
 
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The astral just turned up. What a beast of a card! I thought the gigabyte was nice but this is even better. Not sure it is worth so much over rrp but beautiful to look at!
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They are a lovely looking card , a tiny bit of me regrets cancelling my Astral order but as you said a fair whack over rrp when I ended up getting a FE :D

Was that from OCUK or the other place ? And for some reason it won't allow me to like your post ....
 
cp_997 said:
With the cost of upgrading to a 14900K I may as well just throw a bit more money and get a different Motherboard and CPU, which I guess would be AMD as they seem to be the leaders this time around.
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AMD have been the leader for a long time now. Intel are not what they used to be.
 
TNA said:
AMD have been the leader for a long time now. Intel are not what they used to be.
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Yes I guess you’re right, I’ve always had Intel my last AMD was an Athlon 64. Think it’s time to go team AMD again!
 
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