coldrain85

SirKronan

str0ntium

Darkengelou812
OK I just got off the phone with them. They saw 30 EVGA cards there. They don’t know why it is reporting only eight. They still have stock also. I’m trying to get this stupid concrete job done so I can get up there and grab one. If I get one I will sell it to one of you for cost. I’m just going to be happy with my 1080 TI until one of my notifications come up. My case isn’t exactly ready yet. I am redoing all of my water cooling I have the Thermaltake Core X5 it’s a monstrous case and I want to add a whole lot more water cooling to it. And I see them because I don’t want anyone to know if it’s a he or she working there I do not want them in trouble. But they said there is still about 12

Good luck.  Just got back from there.  It's all MSI 3070.

I don't live anywhere remotely near a microcenter, but I am close to one right now for training. I checked, and they STILL have 3090s and 3070s in stock, several hours after the store's opening. Why?
 

Was it a location in a smaller community like Columbus? I wouldn't be surprised if stores in less traveled parts of the country are keeping cards in stock longer. A buddy of mine has been trying to get a card at the Tustin store for several weeks and keeps coming up empty. Every time he shows up there is either a big line, or no cards. Not surprising since that store serves the entire LA basin. 

KendeV
I could find out somewhere, I know, but since the subject is up;
this is my code I just received;
10G-P5-3898-KR
what can I make out of this?

SirKronan
 
enewt, I just want you to know that you are wrong, and not about this particular post. FYI.

enewt

SirKronan
 
enewt, I just want you to know that you are wrong, and not about this particular post. FYI.

Sounds good.  
 
In other news, eBay popped up almost 10% in after market trading today after their earnings report.  Don't tell me that with Tech Debacle 2020-2021™ (© NVIDIA Corp. 2020-2023) that they aren't laughing all the way to the bank....

angelef9
First post here. 
just wondering if anyone knows what date and time they are on for the drops?

angelef9
 

angelef9
First post here. 
just wondering if anyone knows what date and time they are on for the drops?

Here is the for North America (as of this morning). Best of luck!

jehoffman1
I could use some advice.
 
I am building a new computer to replace my 5 year old machine. I have all the parts, except the CPU and GPU. I'm on the EVGA list for a 3060TI or a 3070, but it doesn't look like I'm going to get one soon unless the volume of the drops increases or a retailer gets some in stock.
 
I wanted to get an AMD 5900x for my CPU but they are as scarce as the Nvidia 3000 series GPUs.
 
Today, Newegg had a scramble. I signed up for a 5900x and a 5800x. I did not get a 5900x, but DID get the option to buy a 5800x at MSRP. I need to buy before 7 PT if I want it.
 
Question: Should I buy the 5800x or wait and hope for a 5900x? I'd grab the 5800x if I already had the GPU, but it is a harder decision when I can't finish the computer either way.
 
Does anyone here have any info on the relative performance of the 5800x and 5900x? I'm not a gamer. I do legal work and maintain a couple of websites. None of the programs I use are terribly CPU intensive, but I normally work with several programs at once: Firefox, Acrobat, Photoshop, Bridge, Dreamweaver, Outlook, Word, Excel, and Quicken.
 
Any thoughts?

Dabadger84

jehoffman1
I could use some advice.
 
I am building a new computer to replace my 5 year old machine. I have all the parts, except the CPU and GPU. I'm on the EVGA list for a 3060TI or a 3070, but it doesn't look like I'm going to get one soon unless the volume of the drops increases or a retailer gets some in stock.
 
I wanted to get an AMD 5900x for my CPU but they are as scarce as the Nvidia 3000 series GPUs.
 
Today, Newegg had a scramble. I signed up for a 5900x and a 5800x. I did not get a 5900x, but DID get the option to buy a 5800x at MSRP. I need to buy before 7 PT if I want it.
 
Question: Should I buy the 5800x or wait and hope for a 5900x? I'd grab the 5800x if I already had the GPU, but it is a harder decision when I can't finish the computer either way.
 
Does anyone here have any info on the relative performance of the 5800x and 5900x? I'm not a gamer. I do legal work and maintain a couple of websites. None of the programs I use are terribly CPU intensive, but I normally work with several programs at once: Firefox, Acrobat, Photoshop, Bridge, Dreamweaver, Outlook, Word, Excel, and Quicken.
 
Any thoughts?

 
I would say go for the 5800x in your shoes.  If you're not doing CPU-based rendering a lot, you're not going to notice much difference between a 5800x & 5900x.
You can always upgrade later if you feel the need to, but I think the 5800x will serve you well enough.

Dabadger84
For those getting 3090s, I present to you, adding heatsinks to help keep the back of the card happy, phase 1:

 
This was waaaaaaaay more trouble than it looks like it shoulda been and not as much coverage as I was hoping to get out of the kit I bought, but... for those looking at 3090s specifically, I'd definitely recommend looking in to getting some heatsinks for the back of the card if you can.
I have my card vertically mounted now, with a fan blowing on those lil' heatsinks, just ran a PR run to compare temps stock vs stock to an old run I did when I got the card: Mem1 & Mem2 are 4-6C cooler than the old run, and most of the other temps are 1-2C cooler across the board.
I'm definitely going to be picking up another thing of heatsinks to put some over the VRM areas on the back of the card.
The ones in the picture are applied via thermal tape, by the by.  The whole kit, small as it was, only cost $11, so definitely worth it for that temperature reduction!

jehoffman1

Dabadger84

jehoffman1
I could use some advice.
 
I am building a new computer to replace my 5 year old machine. I have all the parts, except the CPU and GPU. I'm on the EVGA list for a 3060TI or a 3070, but it doesn't look like I'm going to get one soon unless the volume of the drops increases or a retailer gets some in stock.
 
I wanted to get an AMD 5900x for my CPU but they are as scarce as the Nvidia 3000 series GPUs.
 
Today, Newegg had a scramble. I signed up for a 5900x and a 5800x. I did not get a 5900x, but DID get the option to buy a 5800x at MSRP. I need to buy before 7 PT if I want it.
 
Question: Should I buy the 5800x or wait and hope for a 5900x? I'd grab the 5800x if I already had the GPU, but it is a harder decision when I can't finish the computer either way.
 
Does anyone here have any info on the relative performance of the 5800x and 5900x? I'm not a gamer. I do legal work and maintain a couple of websites. None of the programs I use are terribly CPU intensive, but I normally work with several programs at once: Firefox, Acrobat, Photoshop, Bridge, Dreamweaver, Outlook, Word, Excel, and Quicken.
 
Any thoughts?

 
I would say go for the 5800x in your shoes.  If you're not doing CPU-based rendering a lot, you're not going to notice much difference between a 5800x & 5900x.
You can always upgrade later if you feel the need to, but I think the 5800x will serve you well enough.

Thanks for the advice, Dabadger84. I don't do a lot of rendering, but I'd certainly be using the GPU for that as much as possible.


I have never upgraded my machines (except to add memory or storage). Normally, I build a new one every 5 years or so and give the old one to a friend for whom it is an upgrade over what he or she has. My current machine has an i7-6700K and a GTX 970. Either a 5900x or a 5800x, and either a 3060 TI or a 3070, should be a substantial upgrade.

SirKronan

coldrain85

SirKronan

str0ntium

Darkengelou812
OK I just got off the phone with them. They saw 30 EVGA cards there. They don’t know why it is reporting only eight. They still have stock also. I’m trying to get this stupid concrete job done so I can get up there and grab one. If I get one I will sell it to one of you for cost. I’m just going to be happy with my 1080 TI until one of my notifications come up. My case isn’t exactly ready yet. I am redoing all of my water cooling I have the Thermaltake Core X5 it’s a monstrous case and I want to add a whole lot more water cooling to it. And I see them because I don’t want anyone to know if it’s a he or she working there I do not want them in trouble. But they said there is still about 12

Good luck.  Just got back from there.  It's all MSI 3070.

I don't live anywhere remotely near a microcenter, but I am close to one right now for training. I checked, and they STILL have 3090s and 3070s in stock, several hours after the store's opening. Why?
 

Was it a location in a smaller community like Columbus? I wouldn't be surprised if stores in less traveled parts of the country are keeping cards in stock longer. A buddy of mine has been trying to get a card at the Tustin store for several weeks and keeps coming up empty. Every time he shows up there is either a big line, or no cards. Not surprising since that store serves the entire LA basin. 

Nope. Dallas. From what I understand there's always a line, but everybody I talked to is ticked off at MSI right now. They got a big shipment of 3060ti's on Monday. One guy I got to talking with said he got the last 3060ti voucher, and sadly it was an MSI, so $600. The Gigabyte 3060ti's they also received were only $500, for reference. So the folks that got there early enough got a gigabyte voucher. I gave him my sympathies for having to pay such a huge markup, but he said that he has no choice. He needs it for some rendering and design projects he's working on, and he's gotta have a graphics card for it. 
 
There were people buying the 3060ti's, sure, and they were gone before I got in line, which was well before opening hours, but people weren't happy about the "MSI tax". I know everyone had to increase prices for the tariffs, but MSI went coocoo for cocoa puffs on their pricing. Makes me sad, because they used to be a good company. My main rig has the MSI Prestige Creation X570 motherboard in it, and absolutely nothing in that price range even comes close to the power and function and overall awesomeness of that motherboard. The similarly-named and priced ASRock Creator X570 simply pales in comparison.