When do the next generation GPUs drop?

vyshka · 2021-06-04T19:31:33.841Z

Yeah, I wish they had a greater selection, but I was willing to live with the rest to score the EVGA 3070 FTW3 Ultra they did have. Even on the Origin site I wish there had been a bit better selection for some things. Still says shipping on the 17th. I keep hoping they will surprise me with an earlier ship date.

Coldsteel · 2021-06-04T19:57:01.613Z

NZXT is now forcing you to select a NZXT liquid cooler for a cooling solution, even though the info blurb there says you can choose fan or LQ. There’s no way to remove it and if you choose fan instead it still doesn’t remove it. I really do NOT want or need liquid cooling.

stusser · 2021-06-04T20:02:40.430Z

That sucks. Don’t they do air coolers too?

vyshka · 2021-06-04T20:37:58.856Z

Yeah, unfortunately all they offer in bld are the nzxt aio solutions and rgb case fans. I had a kraken before so I’m not worried about it for now, but I might consider switching to a noctua air cooler at some point.

The only air cooler OriginPC offered was a corsair one that didn’t seem to have good reviews.

Misguided · 2021-06-04T21:55:35.247Z

FWIW, my Kraken x63 is great.

KallDrexx · 2021-06-04T22:13:51.217Z

Coldsteel:

My problem is I have a 9 year old system and I badly need a new one. I decided to wait until the new GPUs and CPUs dropped in the fall before getting one. Huge mistake. Now I’m stuck and it sucks.

I’d watch the buildapcsales reddit. There are always decent priced pre-builts on there it seems.

Coldsteel · 2021-06-05T00:01:05.956Z

Misguided:

FWIW, my Kraken x63 is great.

My issue with them is liquid coolers just don’t last that long and I really don’t want to have to worry about it a few years from purchase.

KallDrexx:

I’d watch the buildapcsales reddit. There are always decent priced pre-builts on there it seems.

Thanks.

stusser:

That sucks. Don’t they do air coolers too?

They did until very, very recently.

mono · 2021-06-05T00:09:40.982Z

My kraken x63 was great for a month and went to pump rattle hell. After some back and forth I just got an RMA approved for a new replacement. However I’ve already moved on to a Noctua solution, and I’m not looking back. I’ll have a new in box Kraken X63 to unload in a few weeks.

Dan_Theman · 2021-06-05T13:39:40.153Z

I liquid cooled my new build; first time I had done that, and the difference in how temps behave is interesting. That said, there’s really very few situations which seem to truly call for it so not anything I would recommend out of hand; there are plenty of excellent air coolers.

Misguided · 2021-06-05T16:15:30.774Z

Dan_Theman:

there are plenty of excellent air coolers.

True. Really happy with mine so far, though. I was limited to a cooler height of 55mm, so it made sense for me. I keep my computers for a long time, so hopefully it will last.

stusser · 2021-06-05T16:33:45.698Z

Usually the pumps don’t die, unless you have the pump situated above the radiator, they use water to lubricate the pump mechanism and if an air bubble gets up there they tend to die quickly. Typical problem with AIO water coolers is evaporation over time, the tubes aren’t completely impermeable, so they lose some performance after 2-3 years.

Misguided · 2021-06-05T16:38:46.523Z

Ah gotcha. Honestly, given my cpu is a 5600 and not a higher end part, that would probably be OK if it wasn’t a huge decrease. There’s some overhead there, for sure. Now, if the pump became Loud, THAT would be a problem.

stusser · 2021-06-05T16:42:49.525Z

The pump will run louder when there’s less water to push, but it won’t rattle unless it’s in a near-failure state from whatever reason, typically because you have above the radiator.

Alistair · 2021-06-05T20:32:35.170Z

Goodness.

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Tim_N · 2021-06-05T21:43:40.053Z

I think we’re living in some retail assistant’s nightmare where it’s black friday every day but nothing’s on sale.

mono · 2021-06-06T01:56:18.822Z

stusser:

The pump will run louder when there’s less water to push, but it won’t rattle unless it’s in a near-failure state from whatever reason, typically because you have above the radiator.

My radiator was top mounted above the pump. No idea why it went south w the noise. Probably an anomaly, but it worked out. I’ll save the replacement for when I build one of the kids a PC.

Scotch_Lufkin · 2021-06-06T02:28:15.780Z

Oofta. This may not be news to those following this thread closer than I, but a quick skim of the last 3 days of posting I didn’t see this review, so I thought it worth sharing. Does not seem worth $400 over the MSRP of the 3080 by any stretch, just a really disappointing cash grab by team green.

vyshka · 2021-06-06T02:46:36.782Z

Linus Tech Tips had a differing view from Gamers Nexus and others. Their stance was basically the 3080ti is a basically a 3090 with half the memory, letting Nvidia spread the ram out to more cards at a lower cost than the 3090. They are taking a lot of flak for that view though.

stusser · 2021-06-06T03:32:21.262Z

MSRP is largely meaningless these days.

Scotch_Lufkin · 2021-06-06T03:38:15.858Z

I was using it as a baseline for my greater point that the price difference from the 3080Ti sounds super not worth it.