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11-13-2020, 10:19 AM | #106 | |
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Unless you are going for looks or have a need for a small profile cooler on top of the cpu in a htpc/mini pc build, air coolers all day. The test results on this little guy https://www.amazon.com/Mugen-Rev-CPU.../dp/B06ZYB8K77 are ridiculous for the price. Last edited by jd1020; 11-13-2020 at 12:11 PM.. |
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11-13-2020, 11:05 AM | #107 | |
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11-18-2020, 09:28 PM | #108 |
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*UPDATE*
The prebuilt arrived over the weekend. First off, that 3080 card is an absolute tank. It’s a foot long and very heavy. I don’t know that it should ever be shipped already installed in the pci e slot. The thing didn’t post. I hooked it up, got a “no display port signal detected” message on the monitor. The mobo had a vga error light so it was the gpu. I pulled that beast of a card and reinstalled to make sure it was seated. No go. I chatted with NZXT, they offered to RMA and get it going. At first I agreed as there are no 3080 cards available right now so I wanted to keep this one. But in the end, I just couldn’t live with spending $2300 on something I wasn’t absolutely thrilled with. So I’m sending it back tomorrow for a full refund. I tried the rebuild route, now I’m going back to what I know. I’ve built three rigs on my own, none failed to post, and years later all three are still going strong. So I’m back on the hunt for parts in a market that is so much tougher than any I’ve been in before. And I can feel the old excitement for the build coming back. Game on.
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11-18-2020, 09:48 PM | #109 | |
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11-18-2020, 10:16 PM | #110 |
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Thanks. **** it, I’m over it. Like a couple days after you break up with a girl and remember you are now free to hunt again.
Thinking about considering going AMD for the first time ever. Big Navi looks promising though they still can’t ray trace like Nvid. But I’m definitely on the prowl for a 3080. There’s over a month still before Christmas.
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11-18-2020, 10:19 PM | #111 | |
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11-18-2020, 10:37 PM | #112 | |
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11-19-2020, 01:08 PM | #113 |
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Good input, that's how I'm leaning right now on the card. Giving up Intel cpu for AMD is probably not going to happen for me though.
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11-19-2020, 02:14 PM | #114 |
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I strongly considered switching from Intel to AMD CPU on my last upgrade because I thought it would be reasonably cheaper and I'd get more cores. But when I priced it out, I didn't find AMD to be much cheaper at all. Ended up going with Intel and I'm glad I did because it's running like a beast. Overclocked my 3.7Ghz Intel CPU to 5.0Ghz, and it's been rock solid stable and maintaining great temps. Way outperforming the AMD I was considering at the same price point.
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11-19-2020, 02:23 PM | #115 | |
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11-19-2020, 02:24 PM | #116 | |
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11-19-2020, 02:27 PM | #117 |
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Man I run my desktop on wifi, with the way my house is I have limitations on a wired setup.
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11-19-2020, 02:58 PM | #120 |
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Anyone have experiences with an external GPU setup? I have a decent gaming laptop with a 1060 6G, and 8th gen intel processor. Just torn between doing a new build and selling the laptop or frankensteining it to an external GPU.
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