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rahimdamji29

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I didn't see really any forum posts about this I was wondering if anyone had experience with the EVGA HYBRID Kit for EVGA GeForce RTX 3090/3080 Ti/3080 XC3?
 
If I happen to get a chance to buy 12G-P5-3959-KR the 3080 Ti XC3 ULTRA HYDRO COPPER GAMING could I remove the preinstalled water block and instead use that hybrid kit? It says if I am understanding it right it should fit any XC3 based card/board is the XC3 Ultra different than a regular XC3?
 
Just trying to find the cheapest way to get the card up and running and seen that kit but didn't know for sure if it would work...

u can get a radiator, pump, tube, and fittings fairly cheap if you look on ebay or aliexpress or amazon. you dont need the best stuff. but easy to custom water cool for cheap. ive put together loops for less than 150 bucks and they are fine. a lot better than the aio hybrid solution since you already have a block on the card. a shame to waste it. Not to mention you will get much better performance from the full cover water block. I am more than happy to help you select components on a budget to put this together.

Thanks for the offer I been pricing them out if I go with decent components that I know won't crap out any moment I see it's at least $225 or so if I go super cheap I can get down to about $150 but not worth risking a high dollar GPU on components that have zero reviews or testing. 
 
If you know of a good kit or could point me to a place you trust feel free to send me a message.

A good place to start is with Corsair. You don't have to buy from them, but the configurator on their website can give you a good idea of what exactly you need for your setup.

I have a question would a step up be faster then just waiting for a card on the queue or when I do step up I also go into the queue

gameman1I have a question would a step up be faster then just waiting for a card on the queue or when I do step up I also go into the queue

Step-Up has its own queue which, from what I've gathered, is possibly slower moving than the purchase queue.  Though the line may well be shorter since it's not full of bots and scalpers.

Best of luck today

Bora1114

gameman1
I have a question would a step up be faster then just waiting for a card on the queue or when I do step up I also go into the queue

Step up has a separate queue. I believe it is only slightly ahead of the normal cards queue.  

the step up queue for 3897 is a full week ahead of the notify queue

Yeah pick basically every card.  Maybe not the water blocks as you will need a pump and a radiator .
 
But all the others is a good idea.
 
I also go to ebay and offer evga sellers of new cards a lowball offer.
I pick the exact cards on ebay that I really want.
So far not much luck doing that but you never know.

drewski989
To all of you folks first joining, I have some advice...  Diversify your card hunt.  Give yourselves as many chances through as many different avenues as possible.  EVGA queue is one way, but still diversify your skus.  EVGA step-up is another way, but you have to buy a card to be able to step up.  Please do not put a single hook in the water (i.e. queue for only a single sku) and then be shocked if you don't get a nibble for months.  Plenty of us "old salts" here have done just that, and either regret it or are stubborn fibbers ;)
 
Whatever cliche you want to use, do not simply queue for a single sku and stop your search, unless you are a fan of misery.  Good luck and fast queues yall.

It may be blasphemy, but beyond that--look outside eVGA.  Unless you're Super Duper brand loyal, a card is a card.  I poke into Best Buy for Founder's (yay bots!), NewEgg Shuffle, etc. as well.

Thanks for the heads up on picking multiple cards. I just added everything I could find in my price range.

Just as a heads up for people looking to diversify their GPU search, B&H also has a queue system for GPU's as well as some CPU's.

johcamp21
Goodness it is like the dead sea in this thread today. I guess the dry past couple of days has folks up in arms. Let's not forget the months leading up to the ti drops were desert like. Seems to me that all of the complaining is just a waste of time and energy. Go out and grab some fresh air and hug a loved one with that energy. It's better. I promise.

 
I agree with you 100%. Some of us may be pretty beat up, but if you think about it, it's basically a luxury item we play with, not clothes or food.
From that point of view, we're doing fine. And the weather is also very sunny here in Vienna right now. So going for a walk is a good idea, you've sold me on it....  :)
 

i really like the idea of the evga queue's. On paper its better than all most any other seller is doing. but they dont give us any info what so ever. they dont answer questions, there answers are purposely vague. they say there is going to be a drop this week. what does that mean, what day, how many cards. this is the evga headquarters of the U.S. I dont buy that they dont know how many evga cards are coming in and when, how many evga cards are going out and when. We are all wasting so much of our time on these forums and twitter trying to get information and all we get is bull****. Imagine being a business where people are literally throwing money at them. all i want is transparency,   they know exactly how many people are on the queue for the various cards, and they know how many people will probably get a card and how many people will probably never get a card. they should be hosting the spreedsheets where we track who's on the queue and how has gotten an invite. 
sorry for venting. this is all really crazy. think about it. the odds of a non elite costumer ever getting a card is very low. even most of the elite ones probably wont get one. 
oh well, i hope i dont offend anyone with my ranting. 
 

matmark
i will reach 100 forum post just writing how EVGA is unfair with EU people compared to NA, so i can subscribe to elite member and get nothing because im from EU

08G-P5-3797-KL 6/11/2021 6:00:28 AM PT No (1 month)
12G-P5-3657-KR 2/25/2021 9:01:10 AM PT No (4 months)
08G-P5-3663-KR 12/8/2020 2:37:02 AM PT No (10 months)

EVGA is based in the US.  Maybe you'd have more success with an EU based AIB.

I am 39 on the list for the evga hybrid so I continue hope for that.

nomoss

matmark
i will reach 100 forum post just writing how EVGA is unfair with EU people compared to NA, so i can subscribe to elite member and get nothing because im from EU

08G-P5-3797-KL 6/11/2021 6:00:28 AM PT No (1 month)
12G-P5-3657-KR 2/25/2021 9:01:10 AM PT No (4 months)
08G-P5-3663-KR 12/8/2020 2:37:02 AM PT No (10 months)

EVGA is based in the US.  Maybe you'd have more success with an EU based AIB.

As far as i'm aware, i don't know any EU based AIB 

wanderer1273
Guys, finally had my 3090 FE from ldlc for 1550 euros, I´m so happy right now. That´s a shame that now i have to give up my place in queue, but that doesnt matter anymore

Congratulations!  Enjoy your new gaming goodness!