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I doubt it has anything to do with an ISO, but just reinstall windows because of the amount of BSODs and reasons you're getting tbh

Those are system integrators meaning they sell their Desktop along with the bundled gpu. Those are not the only participating retailers.

just ask amazon if they can offer same deal?

If it says newegg only, it's newegg only. You can't bypass that.

Amazon may just not be one of the "participating retailers"

Idk how this works, but don't they usually give the coupons inside  the box?
If you purchased one from a retailer on amazon that basically have new stock (not old ones), u might get the game???

Usually they will mention it on the retailer's page for the product

Usually if you bought it from a qualified retailer, the retailer has a system in place where they either physically include the promotional thing with what you bought or send you an email.
 
EDIT: Even if it came in the actual product itself, chances are it'll have an expiration date.

https://s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/amdrewards/terms/AMDRewards-Q3RaisetheGame_Radeon_Component&SI_TCs.pdf

PDF for retailers and things

Well given his monitor and what games he was playing, maybe a AMD RX 580 graphics card would be a better choice. They're priced at around USD $300, the same as a 1060 6GB, and the two cards have pretty close performance trading blows in various games. Importantly it will give him support for his freesync monitors.

It's pretty daunting when you're building your first PC. There's a lot of different parts and components and it can all be very confusing and overwhelming. It's very easy for people who have only experienced crappy Best Buy pre-builts before to think that if you want decent performance, you have to get the absolute best parts available otherwise it will be a slow heap of junk that struggles to get 30fps in Fortnite.

Don't flat out tell your friend his decisions are wrong as that may just dishearten him from building his PC. Instead, ask him what he wants his computer to do and have discussions on what component is responsible for what, and talk about bottlenecks and other such things. Share youtube videos of people benchmarking his favourite games with XYZ graphics cards or CPUs to see how they perform to help demonstrate how each model performs. Get a discussion going with him on the hardware and help explain what each component does if he doesn't have an extensive knowledge.

At the end of the day if he still says "I know I don't need it, I know there are cheaper options that will do what I want, but I've made up my mind and this is the one that I want", and still goes with an overkill expensive balls to the wall system then that is his choice and it's his money, and as long as he is happy with it then that is all that matters. Who knows, maybe building his new PC and having a really awesome gaming computer will inspire him to do other things such as playing more demanding titles, inspire him to start twitch streaming, or maybe he'll change his mind and upgrade his monitor when he sees how well games run on his new machine and starts wondering how beautiful the latest AAA title would look on a 4k HDR monitor.

Also, if your friend is old enough to drink, a good way to put the cost that he's spending on overkill parts in to perspective for him is to calculate it in to how many pints of beer he could get down at the pub instead. For example, he could get a 1080ti for $800, or he could get a RX580/1060 6GB for $300 and have $500 left over to spend on beer. You'd be surprised how quickly he'd come on board with the RX580/1060 suggestion.
(If he doesn't drink then just substitute the beer for whatever his favourite things are)

It sounds as if he might be better off with something like a Ryzen 2600 + 1060 6GB and saving quite a lot of money (or spending it on beer, whichever). From what you've posted so far it does suggest that he may be over-spending on parts that he won't be able to take advantage of.
I'll wait until you post up his full parts list that he's currently planning before I go in to any more details though.

The card can also draw up to 75W from the PCIe slot of the motherboard. That is how graphics cards and other add in cards without PCIe power connectors are able to receive power. 2x150W connectors + 75W PCIe slot = 375W total. I did mention this in my earlier post and provided a quote and source to my information. You can read the wikipedia article I linked to earlier if you would like to read up more on PCIe power delivery. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express )

This is starting to derail the original thread. If you would like to further discuss your theories on a 1080ti drawing 700W from a PSU, I suggest you make a thread in the power supply or graphics card forum and I'm sure people will be happy to discuss the topic further, however it is only detracting away from the original topic of the original post. The original question was concerning whether or not 750W is acceptable for a 1080ti + 8700k, and it has already been answered that a 750W PSU is more than capable of providing the power required for the entire system.
 
This has nothing to do with "Winning points" or whatever you seem to think. I'm trying to provide helpful information to the original poster so that he can help his friend make informed decisions when building his first PC. I'm sorry, but the information you are providing in this thread is simply incorrect, and I would not want the OP to make an incorrect choice based on poor information they have received. I'm sure that you too are trying to help, and I hold no grudge against you personally, but as long as you continue to make factually incorrect statements then myself or others will correct them. No-one knows everything. There have been plenty of times when I've made mistakes or incorrect statements and others have corrected me. I use those mistakes as an opportunity to learn and broaden my knowledge, and from that it will improve the help I can provide to others. Going around posting "I was right you were wrong haha" doesn't help anyone.

Worst case scenario 8700k draws. 
 
Pic below is from this review page. https://www.tomshardware.co.uk/intel-coffee-lake-i7-8700k-cpu,review-34037-12.html
 

Rushed ahead on that particular part. Other part is actually true. need quad 1080p to mathematically equal it. Only your win on hat point. The peak millisecond draw is not your win.
 
You are confusing average draw with maximum peak draw and assuming that the average is the maximum. Also those 8 Pin connectors at the millsecond range can provide more than 150W though for sustained(read average) your number of 150W is closer to the number. If your 150W # was their limit then for the number you are choosing to use as maximum draw you'd need 3 of them to power the Overclocked 1080ti.

Ah, well yes, for a 75 Hz 1080P system a GTX 1060 would be plenty, but that's his money he's wasting.

Check the article linked, watch some videos. Learn. 280W-335W as average draw = yes. 280-335 as maximum millisecond peak draw = no.
 
As far as the will it work question a 1080TI WILL work with a freaking 550W psu as long as it can also feed the rest of the system, do I recommend it? Nope. Will the 550W PSU last beyond warranty in that scenario? My money is on no, no it won't. Will it have the necessary connectors to fully power the 1080TI? Maybe, but probably not.

Ok at first I was memeing but for real, he does have to spend more to get his money's worth. If he's trying to max his budget out with the 1080 ti and disregarding thermals, he's in for a lot of wasted potential.

I mean if he wants to spend the money on getting the better hardware why not? Parts themselves and a PSU wont increase your power bill much, PSU's only pull what they need, they do not pull 100% all the time.
 
Those parts are a bit overkill for 75 fps 1080p gaming but maybe he wants a nicer monitor in the future?
 
I do agree the parts might not be NEEDED but I'd never hold someone back from building a nice PC. I mean sometimes it's just nice to sit back and look at it good luck and great job helping a friend out.

I feel like he's just spending money because he can. It's nice to say you've got the best rig money can buy, but then it's all for naught if you don't go all out. he needs an m.2 raid card, a custom water loop, and full RGB customization. If he's not willing to go through with that, he doesn't deserve the 1080 ti. (also 4k 120Hz monitor or go home).

go with 8gb you can get a used one for max $240

Honestly might just go for 580 4gb. It's like 210$ now which is a great value imo

get a 6gb 1060.

the more vram the better. even if you dont game at a high resolution , games will just keep adding more and more complex objects so the more vram you can get now the better.

I know the actual gpu is important as well yada yada..... i just couldnt justify 4gb of vram in 2018. back in 2015 it seemed like a lot but times have changed lol.

For the price, it will be the battle between RX 580 4G and 8G. RX 570 gets in the same price range as the 580s while 1060 6gb cost more without Freesync support. I prefer 8G version because emulators' optimization are usually less than ideal, and they could use more VRMA than necessary.
 
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/KQQRsY/gigabyte-radeon-rx-580-8gb-gaming-8g-video-card-gv-rx580gaming-8gd

Get a regular 1600 or a 1700 if you can spend a bit more, along with faster RAM (2666MHz or faster).