The forbidden 3080 - Gundam

Figo · 25 Mar 2021 at 09:20

I like that... looks out there enough to avoid being naff...

jonnylaris · 25 Mar 2021 at 09:38

Looks like a C64 and a Star Trooper had a baby

MissChief · 25 Mar 2021 at 10:26

What does the PSU look like?

MCFC_ANDY · 25 Mar 2021 at 11:07

looks cool until after a few months, that white will become a off cream colour in time

willhub · 25 Mar 2021 at 12:02

The FE is the best of them all.

newuser · 25 Mar 2021 at 12:10

MCFC_ANDY said:
looks cool until after a few months, that white will become a off cream colour in time

Not if you wipe it with a tissue afterwards.

MCFC_ANDY · 25 Mar 2021 at 12:16

too much hard work to wipe down all the time

, does look cool though

KillBoY_UK · 25 Mar 2021 at 12:35

milkb said:
Luckily enough to get hold of these from a long long way. (only see them in Asia, should be regional limited stocks)
Just to see the boxes are already getting me excited!
Here we go

As a massive gundam fan im super jealous

how much that set you back.

It's a shame its not the Char's commander type Zaku version, then it be 3 time the speed of any RTX 3080

varkanoid · 25 Mar 2021 at 13:43

BlueInf said:
I think it would look actually nicer if it was all white

Yeah but then Gundam is not all white. Although the blue and red is very understated on the card.

Dare not ask the price but I would want a Gundam figure in the box too !

BlueInf · 25 Mar 2021 at 13:46

varkanoid said:
Yeah but then Gundam is not all white. Although the blue and red is very understated on the card.

Dare not ask the price but I would want a Gundam figure in the box too !

That would be a really good set if you are a Gundam fan.

pp111 · 25 Mar 2021 at 15:04

It has no arms or legs, or indeed a head, it's not nuclear powered, it doesn't fly or have weapons....so, tell me, just exactly what makes this a gundam? Other than one sticker and a drawing on the box? I mean even if it was a gundam it would be the smallest one ever. *rolls eyes*

humbug · 25 Mar 2021 at 15:10

This would look good in a white case.

Infiniteey · 25 Mar 2021 at 15:16

Just noticed the Asrock motherboard. I hope this isn't the motherboard for the build!!!

I'll be disappointed if you don't get all the Gundam parts to be full Gundam, including AIO, case, monitor, headset, mouse, and keyboard.

John Kim · 25 Mar 2021 at 16:20

what's the buy-in on something like that?

milkb · 25 Mar 2021 at 17:19

newuser said:
Is that the one that had a themed Asus Helios case to match?
If so I'd be wary of the case, it's average at best, I have a black one with a 3090 in.

Yes, I got the case as well.
Once I finish the build I will post some photos up.
(it will be a not perfect build with poor cable management and as a remote build, and I will run two cards in that build)

milkb · 25 Mar 2021 at 17:24

Infiniteey said:
Just noticed the Asrock motherboard. I hope this isn't the motherboard for the build!!!

I'll be disappointed if you don't get all the Gundam parts to be full Gundam, including AIO, case, monitor, headset, mouse, and keyboard.

I believe this is the China/Japan limited edition that was a bit earlier than the one I have right now. You can see that it is a 1660 Super inside the PC. But that mobo is really nice.

Sadly this time, the mobo is different, it is just a z490 mobo. So I didn't get the mobo and just used something cheap in this build.

So the full build will be Gundam edition Helios case, AIO, and 2x 3080. mobo is just a cheap one and PSU will be a Thor 1200W instead. I will put the Gundam edition 850W into the ZAKU II build (the red one in your photo) I have right now.

Infiniteey · 25 Mar 2021 at 17:27

milkb said:
I believe this is the China/Japan limited edition that was a bit earlier than the one I have right now. You can see that it is a 1660 Super inside the PC. But that mobo is really nice.

Sadly this time, the mobo is different, it is just a z490 mobo. So I didn't get the mobo and just used something cheap in this build.

So the full build will be Gundam edition Helios case, AIO, and 2x 3080. mobo is just a cheap one and PSU will be a Thor 1200W instead. I will put the Gundam edition 850W into the ZAKU II build (the red one in your photo) I have right now.

Haha close enough. Will be looking forward to pictures

milkb · 25 Mar 2021 at 17:28

Infiniteey said:
It's actually has a custom Gundam design thing for the RGB

Correction: Gundam stickers

https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-rog-strix-geforce-rtx-3090-gundam-edition-pictured-up-close
I believe it is some very high quality printing. You can have a look here ^ Hope that helps

milkb · 25 Mar 2021 at 17:30

BlueInf said:
How did you get it?

Infiniteey said:
Just checked my go to retailer in Hong Kong and they currently have stock for 18000 HKD, which is about £1700 Did you actually pay that much? I would have called you crazy but that's what people are paying for a standard 3080 on eBay, so for a limited edition one then I guess it seems like a good deal

Yes, that is what I did. :eek:

Go to my go to retailer in Hong Kong for that, placed order, and my parents will build it in Hong Kong and keep the build.

milkb · 25 Mar 2021 at 17:33

KillBoY_UK said:
As a massive gundam fan im super jealous how much that set you back.

It's a shame its not the Char's commander type Zaku version, then it be 3 time the speed of any RTX 3080

I got the ZAKU II edition stuffs as well, it is only a 1660 Super only. The best ZAKU II edition part is the router, a RT-AX86U, rather than Gundam edition RT-AX82U
I didn't buy any of those thou.