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wait, so if i signed up for the queue on 09/21 for the 3080 FTW3, am i in "risk" of the price hike or....am i good?

Provided you get your "invite to purchase" email from EVGA on or before April 16, you should be good to go. If it comes after April 16, it doesn't matter when you joined the queue.

rip....well, it looks like i should get my turn before then, but idk

Been lurking here for quite a while. Decided to post to contribute / ask a question!
 
I'm currently queued for some cards, but below SKU is awefully close.
 
My timestamp for the notify;
08G-P5-3751-KR 10/29/2020 6:15:19 AM PT No
 
Is there no movement at all for the 3070 XC Black? Seems the last update for this queue was november 25th, and the timestamp there was 2 mins before my position. So thats 3 months with no movement?

Happ Wednesday, all!! Let’s keep this pace up for the 3897s (and the other SKUs too)!!

Good luck on the drops today everyone!
 
Just some informations that some might find useful (if there are any drops today) :
 

• Associates Code gets you a discount (3% off GPUs, up to 10% off other products on eVGA.com, several people have Associates Code links in their signatures)
• When registering your card (after you receive it), use an eVGA Rewards Code when registering, it gives the person who's code you use 2 free eVGA Bucks; consider looking through the thread for someone that has one listed & has not gotten their GPU yet - it's not much, but it's something
• Hybrid card tube length is 400mm and should be mounted as exhaust whenever possible to avoid feeding your system lava air as intake
• if you purchase a card elsewhere, don't remove your notifies until you receive it, just to be on the safe side
• PSU recommendations are 750-850W Minimum for a 3080, 850-1000W for a 3090 if you want to be on the "safe" side
• Lastly, Kingpin fan cords are only 6" long, and the stock fans are garbage, you should plan on replacing them

finally got a prebuilt in from cyberpower. Cheapo 3070 gigabyte. When i went to install windows i got green space invaders and a system crash.  

Bora1114
finally got a prebuilt in from cyberpower. Cheapo 3070 gigabyte. When i went to install windows i got green space invaders and a system crash.  

#GigaBITE - that sucks.  Hopefully whatever needs to be RMAed will be a smooth process for you.

Dabadger84

Bora1114
finally got a prebuilt in from cyberpower. Cheapo 3070 gigabyte. When i went to install windows i got green space invaders and a system crash.  

#GigaBITE - that sucks.  Hopefully whatever needs to be RMAed will be a smooth process for you.

Might just return the whole system. Heard that they prioritize new builds over GPU rmas.

Dabadger84

Bora1114
finally got a prebuilt in from cyberpower. Cheapo 3070 gigabyte. When i went to install windows i got green space invaders and a system crash.  

#GigaBITE - that sucks.  Hopefully whatever needs to be RMAed will be a smooth process for you.

The only good gigabyte is the Aorus Master  their top of the line card. 

Bora1114

Dabadger84

Bora1114
finally got a prebuilt in from cyberpower. Cheapo 3070 gigabyte. When i went to install windows i got green space invaders and a system crash.  

#GigaBITE - that sucks.  Hopefully whatever needs to be RMAed will be a smooth process for you.

Might just return the whole system. Heard that they prioritize new builds over GPU rmas.

O_o while in the current GPU climate that makes sense business wise, that's pretty crappy for customers that receive bad GPUs.
 

philipma1957
 
The only good gigabyte is the Aorus Master  their top of the line card. 

Yeah it also applies to Motherboards, less so though, the others are still "good" they're just not "great".
 
My current board will be my last Gigabyte product for a while, nothing against them (I did have issues with another build involving an Gigabyte Z390 board, and my board occasionally just loses the ability to see the top M.2 drive slot for seemingly no reason, which meant I can't put my Windows drive in that slot or the system just won't boot sometimes), but with my GPU being eVGA, motherboard planning to be eVGA as well, and knowing I'll never in a million years purchase one of their PSUs (because they're garb) or CPU coolers (because they're overpriced), don't see myself having another Gigabyte product for a while, if ever.
 
 
Waiting on EK to reply to the latest message about my fault-lighting CPU block... apparently it's going to be an RMA, which I expected, seeing if they're able to do Advanced RMA where I give them a card to keep on file until the exchange process is complete.  I really don't want to deal with extended down time (having to store the coolant, make sure the loop parts are packed so they don't get dust or anything in them, etc), so that would be highly preferable, and the only other option, taking the block apart & swapping the RGB LED part myself, is definitely a no - not risking compromising the leak-freeness of my block just to replace a part that shouldn't've been shipped in a faulty state to begin with.
That really irritates me the more I think about it, how did they not do a simple "does this work" test on this block's lighting before it was packaged.  Takes two seconds to plug something in to a powered 5V RGB header & see if it works or not... granted, I should've checked it myself when it arrived to avoid this situation, but lesson learned on my part.

Dabadger84
 
 
Yeah it also applies to Motherboards, less so though, the others are still "good" they're just not "great".
 
My current board will be my last Gigabyte product for a while, nothing against them (I did have issues with another build involving an Gigabyte Z390 board, and my board occasionally just loses the ability to see the top M.2 drive slot for seemingly no reason, which meant I can't put my Windows drive in that slot or the system just won't boot sometimes), but with my GPU being eVGA, motherboard planning to be eVGA as well, and knowing I'll never in a million years purchase one of their PSUs (because they're garb) or CPU coolers (because they're overpriced), don't see myself having another Gigabyte product for a while, if ever.
 
 
Waiting on EK to reply to the latest message about my fault-lighting CPU block... apparently it's going to be an RMA, which I expected, seeing if they're able to do Advanced RMA where I give them a card to keep on file until the exchange process is complete.  I really don't want to deal with extended down time (having to store the coolant, make sure the loop parts are packed so they don't get dust or anything in them, etc), so that would be highly preferable, and the only other option, taking the block apart & swapping the RGB LED part myself, is definitely a no - not risking compromising the leak-freeness of my block just to replace a part that shouldn't've been shipped in a faulty state to begin with.
That really irritates me the more I think about it, how did they not do a simple "does this work" test on this block's lighting before it was packaged.  Takes two seconds to plug something in to a powered 5V RGB header & see if it works or not... granted, I should've checked it myself when it arrived to avoid this situation, but lesson learned on my part.

I used to have a gigabyte rx 470 which worked fine. I have a z97 gigabyte board tho and it has crazy amounts of issues. 2 ram slots died but both on the same side so no duel channel, motherboard would crash system if CPU was OCd manually or with a boost, internet randomly went out, issues with the system waking from sleep randomly, all of this started showing out of warranty lolol.
 
I think a lot of manufacturers right now are skipping the testing phase to cut corners/meet demand. My cyberpower shipped without windows so they must have just assembled it and looked to see if it turned on.