rrrrrriker

Tell that to the Wendy's PR team in charge of their Twitter.

lol , lowkey begging for parts.
 

Call their service desk, and tell them you would like to setup an RMA. They should email you a pre-paid shipping label (at least they did for my 1080 Ti). You will have had to already register your GPU to your EVGA account prior to doing this, so that they can already have your address on file.
 
As for the process, the entire process took me about 10 days from start to finish. That is counting the time it took me to send my GPU out, have it shipped to EVGA, for them to take a look at it, and for them to send me a brand new card in return and it arrive in my hands. Now, it's unlikely you will get a brand new card (my 1080 Ti Hybrid FTW3 kinda just came out at the time of my RMA, so they had no used/refurb cards to give me) but regardless of whether or not the card is new, they will open it up to test it and verify that it works to send to you.
 
Keep all of your accessories that came with your GPU. So the poster, the stickers, any additional cables, keep all of that. Also keep the I/O port covers, as the card they ship will have all of that removed prior to them shipping the replacement. As for your desire to have a new card, worry not. Your original warranty transfers over to the used/refurb card as well, so if you have say, 3 years remaining, you will be able to utilize those years on the used/refurb unit they send out. On top of that, EVGA will also offer to extend that warranty for a decent price ($30 for 5 more years is a bit overkill, so I didn't utilize it myself). 
 
If you have any additional questions, let me know and I will try to answer. Your best bet is to certainly call them though, as it's your best chance of getting the most information and for getting them to send you a pre-paid label. 

The entire PC is probably a complete waste
I think I'd go for a core i9 rather than Threadripper.

custom loop, I9 over TR

Anyway you could put that into a notepad file or pc part picker? It would make it a hell of a lot easier.

Having more rads space provides a higher potential for cooling, where a 420 would be more than enough for just a CPU and GPU. The limiting factor in your case is your ambient temps as the system can never be below 40C due to thermodynamics. For a custom loop I usually recommend to get the D5 pump it will have no trouble with the loop. 

Yeah applying is usually step-one to employment. Otherwise, I would be working at Google haha.

Like Linus has said many times, it's pretty hard to hire someone who hasn't applied.

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