Harry Voyager

That was what I was looking for. Thank you! 

depending on what fiber cable you use. be careful on bending it to much.(linus mention this in one of the fiber video cables videos.)

Thank you, I'll try one of the fiber cables. 
 
We actually did try the custom resolution, but the results are different from 4k, and not in a consistent way. Possibly something odd about the render chain, be we haven't figured out how to solve that yet.
 
I'm ok spending $60 or so to test this stuff. You should see how much I've already sunk into my hotas and VR setup. Cheaper than a real plane, but still... 

Thank you, I'll try one of the fiber cables. 
 
We actually did try the custom resolution, but the results are different from 4k, and not in a consistent way. Possibly something odd about the render chain, be we haven't figured out how to solve that yet.
 
I'm ok spending $60 or so to test this stuff. You should see how much I've already sunk into my hotas and VR setup. Cheaper than a real plane, but still... 

This is a good starter kit for Eneloops. The charger they give you is smart enough to not damage the batteries.
 
https://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-K-KJ17MC124A-eneloop-Adapters-Individual/dp/B00JHKSLLY

@GuiltySpark_ Thank you. Found the first one: HP Print Doctor was periodically waking the system to do whatever. 
 
Now let's see what other things are running random stupid in the background... 

There may be in future. I prefer to keep cases for a long time, and next cycle I do want to do a full water cooling rig.
 
Honestly that was the plan for this rebuilt but real world risks pushed the time table up, so I'm just using AIO. 

Allow me to introduce you to the world of high end VR flight simulation, where a 3090 gets you 40fps 99% lows and that's really good... 
 
 

So I know everyone believes that Windows Defender is the lightest AV, but what little testing I've been able to find on it seems to indicate it's actually pretty heavy: 
 
 
Does anyone know of any rigorous testing of the current general most effective anti-virus software to see which one has the lowest overall performance impact? If I can gain a 5% performance bump for just switching to BitDefender, that certainly seems like something worth looking into. 
 

@Duckster The scalper market is getting over saturated and probably going to crash spectacularly after Christmas. Apparently Xbox Series consoles are already only scalping a couple hundred over retail, and there's something like another 5 million PS5's coming in the next month or so. I'm also starting to see Ryzen 5800X chips stay in stock at my local retailers. Add to that the 6700 cards, 6900 cards, the 3060 cards, and the continuing flow of 6800 and 3080/3090 cards, there's just not enough cash to corner all those markets for much longer. 
 
On cards, I'd also look at used 1080 Ti's and 2080 Ti's. The 1080 Ti is still an excellent card for 1080p gaming, and has been dropping in price steadily as people swap out theirs for 3080's. I'd guess they'll end up in the $300 range once 30 and 6000 series cards start coming out in force. 

I am 14 years old. Since last winter, I've wanted a gaming PC. Because of COVID-19, I had online school and I was able to have more free time, which I used to start a small yard work business. My first job was on May 5th. Around this time, I started planning the first version my parts list, which included a 9700K and a 2080 Super. Business grew, and by summer, I was making over CAD$1000 per month.
 
Here is what my equipment looked like. This picture was taken in July.

By mid-August, I had nearly enough money to buy the parts, and an updated parts list, including a new 10700K. I didn't think I would actually end up with it, but I persevered. A few weeks later, I finally bought the parts. I was able to snatch the last 10700K at my local Canada Computers store.
 
My original build can be found here:
 
Additionally, here are a few more pictures of this.


I greatly enjoyed gaming on this system, and I felt very proud of my efforts. The story doesn't end here, however. Around the beginning of September, Nvidia announced the upcoming RTX 3000 cards. I wanted the 3080, and I was still able to return my 2080 Super to the store. (Slight coil whine that didn't really bother me allowed me to return it if I wanted to.) I decided to return the card and temporarily get a GTX 1650 Super, which I didn't actually end up using, and ended up returning unopened.
 
Around this time, I was starting to look for my first job. Given my interest in computers, I applied at a local computer shop that specializes in IT. I won't mention the name of it, because it is rather small and local. A week later, I was hired for part-time work after school. I am so happy to be able to do something that I am passionate about and that I enjoy doing.
 
I was also able to build free computers from hardware destined to be recycled. Since my gaming rig didn't have a graphics card, I used a free PC that I built from there for that time period. It has an i5 3570, a GT630, and 16GB of ram.
 
On September 17, at the exact moment that Canada Computers opened that day, I immediately backordered the Tuf Gaming 3080 OC. I chose this card because I think it looks great, and I heard good things about it from people who got it early. I was the 2nd person in line for this specific card. On October 2nd, I was notified that a small shipment of Tuf Gaming 3080 OC's arrived. I got the card the next day. I immediately unboxed and installed it. Here are a few pictures of it.


After I got the 3080, things started to settle. I was extremely happy. At work, things got better. I fit in perfectly, and I was very proud to be there. I biked to work every day after the online portion of my school. As the weeks went on, I found myself thinking about how my PC probably changed the course of my life. I probably wouldn't have considered working there, or working at all, if it wasn't for this. I'm extremely grateful for where it has taken me, the things I've experienced, and the people I have met along the way.
 

 
Thanks to all for reading this. I thought it would be nice to post this here since I was heavily inspired by @LinusTech and his team. Linus, thank you so very much for inspiring me to do this. I'm extremely proud of where I am, and I wouldn't be anywhere near where I am now without you guys.

@Sir Beregond The 3090 is an RTX Titan replacement, not a 2080 Ti Replacement. 
 
I'm not even sure it's correct to say the 3080 is the 2080 stock replacement either, given nVidia is using a much larger part of the die than they did on prior 80 series cards.
 
In fact, I'm not really seeing how nVidia could fit a 3080 Ti card into the line up right now, given that the 30 series seems to be right at its clock limits, and current rumors are that the extra cores in the 3090 don't do much for gaming. 
 
The expected 20Gb versions may show up for marketing reasons, but I would expect it to be mostly just more expensive than the 3080, with no real performance difference for years down the road, and likely to eat into their 3090 sales for the applications that really need the memory. 

Apparently initial testing seems to be showing that, for DCS the 3080 shows minimal to no improvement over the 1080 TI right now. It sounds like it is purely CPU single thread performance bound right now, and will likely remain so until they finish refactoring the engine into Vulkan, which is a huge bummer for me.

@kelvinhall05 After opening it up, it looks like that's sort of what happened. This CCA, that hte UCB cable runs into was apparently either only friction fit in, or, after a number of prior drops had become only friction fit in.
 
 

 
After pressing it back into the receptacle, it works now. I am now happy. Of all the things on my computer I've been looking at replacing, this was not one of them...

@kelvinhall05 After opening it up, it looks like that's sort of what happened. This CCA, that hte UCB cable runs into was apparently either only friction fit in, or, after a number of prior drops had become only friction fit in.
 
 

 
After pressing it back into the receptacle, it works now. I am now happy. Of all the things on my computer I've been looking at replacing, this was not one of them...

So what works well for humid areas? Near the coasts the dust gets positively sticky and does not usually come off with blowing. 

@RMerlin Just to follow up, we did end up getting the RT-AX3000 you'd recommended, and it went in good. I was initially a bit worried by reports that it had shorter range, but it has at least asuch range as the unit that was in there before, and now we're getting ~450mbps+ on all of the devices very hooked onto it so far. 
 
Thank you very much. Its looking like it's going to be a very nice upgrade. 

@BabaGanucheAnd the cards I'm having trouble with are a 1 by 1.0 PCIe sound card from 2014, and an old USB 2.0 hub card. 
 
My 3D card is a PCIe 3.0 card, so newer than those. 
 
I'm definitely wondering if it introduced a backwards compatibility issue. I wonder if we can catalog the various cards that the systems fail to boot with an get them pointed towards a fix? The onboard HD Audio is nice, but the Xonar is better. 

It will be compatible with X570 motherboards too, so if you have an X570 it should be worth it. 
 
It will also depend on how Zen 3 performs relative to Zen 2, Comet Lake and Rocket Lake. 
 
Also, the issue appears to be that not all 4 series motherboards actually have enough bios memory to run Zen 3, rather than a strick technical limitation; they don't want the press disaster chaos zone that would result from saying thay, say, the MSI B450 Tomahawk can't run it but the B450 Max can, but we could see cases where MB makers find a way to implement it anyways as a *Completely Unsupported Never Do This (wink wink)* thing. 
 
Basically, it could happen but AMD needs to restrict it to Crazy Hacker Voodoo Land rather than risk getting a front page spread in the New York Times about how Joe Blow got completely screwed by AMDs horrible compatibility problems.
 
"Today on 60 Minutes, Joe Average bought a B450 Motherboard to use with his brand new Ryzen 4950, but did AMD rip him off in the Fine Print? Today a dozen talking heads with no idea how to turn on a computer discuss the intricacies of Ryzen compatibility! (Don't miss our segment on why AMD mislead on compatibility with the I9-10100KF". 

If that does not work, you might considered updating your bios. I've had issues with some PCIe 2.0 cards in my X570 motherboard, but it depended on which version of the BIOS I had installed. 

To reinforce that, Microsoft has specifically stated that they're planning on all Xbox games for the next few years, at least, to support both the new Xbox and the Xbox One.
 
They are essentially handling the Xbox One as entry level to the Xbox ecosystem, and looking to grow the ecosystem rather than moving everyone to the Series X. 

@Mister WoofThe thing to look forward to is, in the last few decades, real starvation and real poverty have dropped by something insane like 70% and the trend isn't even slowing down. Despite the daily news (who really need rage to drive click) we are pretty much entering a golden age, and a lot of that is driven by computers and technology amd access to information.
 
Even things people are talking about like they're unstoppable end of the world events like global warming are, with the technology, easy to control. You don't need electric cars; just Gen 4 nuclear to power reforesting the Sahara, and Falcon Heavy to put up sun shades, and only when it actually comes to that. 
 
Beyond that we're developing mini-facturing like something out of Mass Effect and dozens of other very powerful tech that will make the future better than we can imagine it. 
 
Fear and anger sells newspapers, but the world is on the precipice of unbelievable things. 

I'm going to echo jaslion's recommendation. Occulus has the best combination of ease of use, general design and price point for someone who is new to VR and just starting out. 
 
Later, you may want to get into more specialized and expensive headsets (I ended up getting a Reverb, specifically because I play seated VR flight sims) but start with the Occulus. 
 
Also, if you are into exploration or space games, No Man's Sky has a fantastic VR implementation now. Very fun and immersive game with it. Yes, it's actually good now. 

So, given that I'm pretty soon going to be sticking a bunch of USB 3.0 headers into my motherboard soon, is there any part of the socket I should file or shave off before I start, so I don't need to repeat the OP's method of removal? 

Honestly, I tend to use use tiers, and even then, when I wrote down all of my personal use passwords, it was something on the order of five pages long. That's an entirely separate list from the ones I had professionally too. 
 
There, some of those have reached the point where I don't actually memorize them, I just go through the entire password recovery process any time I actually need to access the thing. 
 
And don't even get me started on the number of five digit door combinations. Did you know if you pull a random selection of numbers there's much larger than you would expect chance that you will draw the same number twice. I believe it's called the Birthday Problem, and, if I recall correctly is why Eve Online ended up having to refactor their code base in order to add German to the supported langauges. Bugs are weird...