tomcatguy74
Got a question for all of you.
I am about to build my first gaming PC ever. I have everything but the GPU and the monitor. I put in for the EVGA RTX 3070 XC3 Ultra back on 10/29/2020@4:36PM and I currently have zero clue as to when I will receive my email from EVGA. I have been watching over the spreadsheet for my card ay google docs. but now there has been a huge "SKIPPED" that goes all the way to December 15th!! 
I now have no way of tracking when I will get a notification. Really sucks for all of us. 
Here is my question:
Should I go ahead and build what I have and use the onboard Intel 630 graphics to get the computer up and running, or should I just wait for the card? I have a 40" Samsung Smart TV to use for now.
Also, will anything bad happen to the parts if they sit around for the next few months, i.e. unreturnable to vendor, or warranty issues because they were not used immediately?
 

tomcatguy74
Well, I have decided that I am going to go ahead and build it. However the only “extra” card I have laying around is an old EGVA GTX 550ti.  I would think the 630 graphics on the i7-10700K in my new build would be more powerful then the 550ti. I guess we will find out.🙃😉

ericc191
If the last 3080 Black notification was for 9/17 and my notification was input on 9/22, does that mean I'm pretty close to getting the email to purchase or still possibly a month out-ish? Thanks for any insight. I'm trying so hard not to give in and purchase a *way above MSRP* 3080. 

ericc191
I had no idea my "5 days" away was really like months. I just put an offer on an XC3 Ultra on ebay for $900.00 so we'll see if they accept. Yeah it's scalped, but I'm tired of waiting to play 2077. I have a GTX750 in my PC just to push my monitor right now, lol.

I wish I had time to wait at Microcenter or refresh Newegg, but my work hours dominate me right now.

Edit: btw, congrats on your FTW3! How's the temps??

Dabadger84
Guys... the failure rate reported on these forums is but a subset of the actual user base.  Keep that in mind.
 
I never had any issues with my 3080 FTW3 Ultra & it was from the first batch after the queue system was first initiated.  Had it for 2 months, gamed on it a LOT under HEAVY load.  Not a single problem.
 
I still think a fair bit of the failures reported are due to systems causing the card to go bad more than the card being bad from the start.  Especially those that have had more than one fail, that just makes no sense, the odds of getting two bad cards in a row when they're probably only failing in the low single digits percentage wise is astronomical, unless the system is the root issue and not the card.  Think about it.
If there were a serious, wide spread issue, eVGA would recall the cards from said batches, or offer anyone who got a card from said batches RMA as soon as they confirm the serial number belongs to a bad batch, to avoid facing lawsuits in the future.  It's really that simple.  
 
Gotta remember companies like eVGA are out to make money & make customers for life, and they're out to please their investors etc, they cannot afford to cover something like that up only to have it come out later & go kaboom in their face, so to speak.
 
Monday will be a decent drop, but I fully expect the entire week to be packed, because as I said before this long period of holiday started, the sheer volume they'll likely be dealing with between all the different SKUs they have piled up most likely, they will not be able to ship them all in one day without overloading their UPS outlets, so it will probably be a spread out release over the coming week.
 
Hopefully we get gigantic drops.

ShyGuyMoronite
Is there any problem with people reporting when they signed up and when their place in queue came up to help others get a rough estimate about how far out their place in queue might be? Having a ball park estimation as to how long it might be for me would be really helpful and could change my plan of action. I am building my first PC and all I need now is a GPU. Also if people have reported when they signed up and when their place in line came up where could I find that information? It would be nice if their was a thread set up for just that.