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For those keeping score here: RTX 3080 launch date: September 17th, 2020 RTX 3080 launch price (2020 dollars): $699 USD RTX 3080 launch price (August 2022 dollars): $802.51 USD RTX 4080 16GB launch date: November 2022 RTX 4080 16GB launch price (November 2022 dollars): $1199 USD Using the 16 GB model because that's the true 4080 GPU. 12 GB is some Nvidia nonsense, it's likely a different GPU.

I generally buy xx80 series cards, but $1199 for the true RTX 4080 is nuts.

I have had some awful luck with DP 2.0 cables, so I'm pretty sure it's the same if not worse.

That’s a pity. I bought my current XPS laptop through a Microsoft store. Their return policy was top notch.

The price almost certainly hasn’t been finalized yet, that’s one of the last things Sony will do and both Sony and Microsoft are watching each other because neither wants to make the first move on price. This screams placeholder to me. I also think the disc-less SKU is very unlikely to be €100 less. Disc drives don’t cost nearly that much so most of that €100 would be a reduction in margin, which makes no sense from Sony’s perspective.

I strongly suspect that Epic isn’t concerned that ProtonMail is insecure, they’re concerned with Epic’s own internal security. Likely what they’re actually saying is that a huge number of spammers have been registering Epic accounts using PM. This would also explain why they aren’t concerned with existing, valid users with a PM address.

This was the going price of the old XM3s, just fyi. Bose cost about the same. Microsoft has their new Surface Headphones 2 at around $250 USD if you are looking for a cheaper pair of noise canceling headphones.

Will be interesting to see what happens with the much more capable 16” MBP. They’ve had their issues, mostly thermal in recent years, but their 45W processors and Adobe software compatibility is a strong selling point for a lot of people.

To be fair, Linus is far from the only person to not really understand the PS5's storage solution and how it's different from a plug-and-play NVME drive in someone's rig.

Here’s the real limits on a 7980XE, imo: R9 3950X - $720 X570 motherboard - $250 (can spend less or more depending on desired features) So for a used 7980XE, I’d be expecting a substantial price cut below what a brand new 3950X and motherboard would cost me.

Those chips can sometimes (but not guaranteed) reach 5 GHz on normal voltages, but I’d strongly recommend not going with that CPU. It’s only a 6C/6T part and is guaranteed not to age very well for anything that can effectively utilize your CPU, including AAA gaming. Ryzen 3600 will run games a lot smoother in many cases, and is better at most non-gaming workloads as well. It just falls slightly behind with high refresh rates while gaming. intel’s own upcoming i5-10600k will also be an option, although it’s going to be significantly more expensive than a R5 3600.

CPU cooling for a given CPU has a few very basic things to consider: 1. The voltage your CPU is using. Motherboard features from manufacturers like Asus may raise voltage above Intel's spec.More voltage will generate more heat. 2. The CPU cooler itself, obviously. 3. Airflow in your case. How is air circulating through your PC? (ambient temperature slightly matters, but it's usually not very extreme) I think @-rascal- might be right about your motherboard having some auto overclocking features enabled. That tends to use higher voltage than manual overclocking, so it will naturally lead to higher temps. If you're using a case with especially bad airflow, like one with an all-glass front and virtually no air intake, that will also lead to seeing somewhat higher temps. I believe that a 9700k throttles around 100C, so anything below that technically won't impact your PC's performance.

Could be a bunch of things. First thing first though, double check that all the PSU cables are plugged into the motherboard headers and your GPU. Frequently they can come loose when you’re working on your rig.

I don’t anticipate PCIe 4.0 being a bottleneck for PC gaming any time soon. There’s probably some usefulness for the extra bandwidth on workstations like deep learning rigs that use the hell out of their PCIe lanes, but regular old RTX 3000 series GPUs won’t show any improvement on PCIe 4.0. It would take a completely unrealistic jump in performance from the GPUs, and it would take games (at a very high frame rate) that can take advantage of all that bandwidth.

Ryzen 3600 and 3600X are nearly identical, and both are faster than Ryzen 2700X for gaming. You can just use whatever’s cheaper between 3600 and 3600X. I believe the latter comes with a better stock cooler, but you could always buy an aftermarket cooler if you wanted.