01-30-2025, 12:59 PM
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#3521
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Marseilles Of The Prairies
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Originally Posted by chemgear
They keep shifting the prices on Memory Express lol.
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Maybe I'll get a discount 
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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Settle down there, Temple Grandin.
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01-30-2025, 01:26 PM
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#3522
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Meelapo
What an absolute disaster this morning. My wife and I both tried to get a card from Best Buy. We were met with error after error. I was able to get to the step where it listed shipping information but it never loaded details. Fairly disappointed that, once again, Best Buy couldn't cobble together a decent way to purchase things during high load. This goes all the way back to the Futureshop/BestBuy boxing day sales.
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Were you aiming for the FE only?
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01-30-2025, 01:42 PM
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#3524
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Craig McTavish' Merkin
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24 sold? WTF?
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01-30-2025, 01:44 PM
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#3525
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Marseilles Of The Prairies
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I don't know what's wrong with people.
I have to assume it's fake/sybil accounts "buying" them to drive up "demand"
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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Settle down there, Temple Grandin.
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01-30-2025, 02:00 PM
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#3526
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Marseilles Of The Prairies
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Meelapo
What an absolute disaster this morning. My wife and I both tried to get a card from Best Buy. We were met with error after error. I was able to get to the step where it listed shipping information but it never loaded details. Fairly disappointed that, once again, Best Buy couldn't cobble together a decent way to purchase things during high load. This goes all the way back to the Futureshop/BestBuy boxing day sales.
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FWIW, MemEx is still accepting backorders if you physically go in and make them.
They're first come first serve when availability comes up for your chosen card so whomst knows how fast they will be filled.
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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Settle down there, Temple Grandin.
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01-30-2025, 02:52 PM
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#3527
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Craig McTavish' Merkin
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The 4 year IPR warranty at MemEx for the 5090 ROG Astral is $730.99. You could get a top card for that less than ten years ago.
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01-30-2025, 03:55 PM
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#3528
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Nanaimo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DownInFlames
24 sold? WTF?
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Bots. Just buying whatever has the 5090 tag in it.
During covid for a period people were putting up empty boxes ( literally said box only )with a no refunds policy and Bots were buying them at 600 to 800 bucks.
Last edited by combustiblefuel; 01-30-2025 at 03:58 PM.
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02-01-2025, 10:33 AM
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#3529
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Managed to snag a MSI Gaming Trio 5090. It’s $700 more than I wanted to spend. But it seems like it’ll run cooler and quieter than the FE so money well spent?
Question for you smart folks….it looks like the power connector reseeded into the heat sink stack. I can’t really tell but that’s what the pictures seem to show. Perhaps similar to the 4090? Anyone know the clearance it provides? The card is 140mm in height/width and my case can only support 159mm. So with the typical 35mm for the cable bend I’d need 175mm. But of the Connector is reassessed I might have room? Or would I need to get some angled power cable?
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02-01-2025, 10:39 AM
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#3530
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Franchise Player
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Memory Express sent me a pre-order cancellation email. Doh!
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02-01-2025, 11:44 AM
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#3531
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by chemgear
Were you aiming for the FE only?
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Yeah. Just because of the cost and experience with the previous FE. But it seems the thermals and noise aren’t the greatest.
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02-01-2025, 03:29 PM
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#3532
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Craig McTavish' Merkin
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Originally Posted by chemgear
Memory Express sent me a pre-order cancellation email. Doh!
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Did you have more than one?
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02-01-2025, 06:35 PM
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#3533
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Marseilles Of The Prairies
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Same. I didn't even realize until 20m ago
I anticipated they would just do what they did last time and take 6 months to deliver but cancelling is pretty ass.
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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Settle down there, Temple Grandin.
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02-01-2025, 06:45 PM
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#3534
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by DownInFlames
Did you have more than one?
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No, I kept trying in case anybody here wanted one but had no luck. Well, apparently worse than that haha! I did reach out to the local ME physical store, maybe they can line up one for me in a few months. Who knows.
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02-01-2025, 08:27 PM
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#3535
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Craig McTavish' Merkin
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Nm
Last edited by DownInFlames; 02-01-2025 at 08:30 PM.
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02-01-2025, 08:30 PM
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#3536
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Craig McTavish' Merkin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chemgear
No, I kept trying in case anybody here wanted one but had no luck. Well, apparently worse than that haha! I did reach out to the local ME physical store, maybe they can line up one for me in a few months. Who knows.
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I did the same thing and haven’t got an email yet so maybe I got lucky. You want an ROG Astral?
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02-01-2025, 09:59 PM
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#3537
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wins 10 internets
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: slightly to the left
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I'm astounded at the level of discretionary spending that some members of this forum have whenever I open this thread
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The Following User Says Thank You to Hemi-Cuda For This Useful Post:
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02-01-2025, 10:17 PM
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#3539
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
I'm astounded at the level of discretionary spending that some members of this forum have whenever I open this thread
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Yeah, guilty as charged when it comes to gaming. Not exactly a model example of responsibility  .
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02-01-2025, 11:56 PM
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#3540
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Nanaimo
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I think I might have lost my mind finally. Since I've decided to forgo( at least what I've been convinced of for now) of this gen for the first time ever. I bought a Asus azroth extreme at best buy tonight. At least it was on sale. And next target is a Asus Destrier and crosshair hero x870e since I was able to snag a 9800x3d on amazon a few days ago.
I might be out my mind but I really need a good chair and was tired of buying 300 dollar keyboards that keep failing . The price was high but my god I could rob a bank with this 3lb keyboard.
EDIT: The keyboard may be a bit over priced but my good been using it all night. Might be the best thing peripheral wise I have every used .
Last edited by combustiblefuel; 02-02-2025 at 12:52 AM.
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