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I have not built a PC myself. Looking for a online store that builds the PC for you at a competitive price. Any recommendations are appreciated. Thanks!

Few questions, what is "Vulkan"? What is "Geforce"? And why is the Titan branding removed from the 3000 series?

Yh I mean Linus showed off RDR2 4K highest setting at 90 FPS+ I believe. All things considered that is not bad. But I am worried for Raytracing with 4K. Do you feel like the 3080 could handle 4K Raytracing at 60 FPS on modern AAA? (I have 60hz monitor)

Thoughts?

Also does having two GPUs or more of the same make improve or add to the gaming performance of using just one card? For example, having 2 2080Ti's means I get double the performance or horse power of just the 1 GPU.

@Moonzy Do you have tips for choosing the right case for the PC? Or any personal recommendations? It'll need to have room. I can manage a big case if need be.

@Moonzy Thank you for the info/knowledge. Genuinely helpful. As of rn, who has the best 6c/12t or higher offering? Cost to value if applicable but most importantly stability-wise. Also, I understand this is a very hypothetical question since reviews aren't out but would current CPUs somehow bottleneck the 3080 or is that not a big deal as long as I got a top tier motherboard, i can upgrade that CPU if need be in the future? And yh your def right. I should NOT be set. But tbh I like the aesthetic of the FE 3080. I understand that most 3rd Party versions are most beneficial for water cool type of person. Which belive me is not me. Id be very anxious about water cooling lol.

I am a bit confused about the whole "Multi-Core" VS "Hyper Threading" situation. From what I understand, "Hyper Threading" for a lack of a better phrase is the "poor man's solution to Multi-Cores"? But in this video Linus mentions how anything above 4 cores is "over kill" because games don't utilise workloads being split up. Now this video was back in 2016. So, whats the state of triple A games in terms of Multi-Cores to Hyper Threading. Do both types STILL provide no real benefit?

@Moonzy I see. TBH as of now I'm pretty much set on founders edition 3080 and Intel. I feel more comfortable with Intel because even at my previous low end Intel and AMD laptops Intel was just much smoother. I'm on a MacBook Pro rn just so you know but these laptops I'm mentioning are a few years back

@Moonzy Your definitely a fan of Linus "It depends" is unfortunately the right answer lol. This was great. Glad someone said it because it's like a game of a never ending wait lol. And since I'm new to this I'm excited/hesitant to pull the trigger because of buyers remorse. But yeah, you are right as long as its doing me justice I should not feel bad. So as of now, I believe my budget will be around the 1500 mark. I can deal with a leeway of a 100 but I really do not wanna go over 1600 as a max. How would that budget be classified in your opinion? Is it mid range or top tier? From my limited understanding, i personally do not want to cheap out on my mother board, storage, power supply and CPU.

@zeusthemoose @Moonzy What is the maximum amount of time you would recommend I wait for new CPUs and motherboards to come out so that I can start my build? Early next year? If so USUALLY what month? or can I even start by the end of this year?

@Moonzy @zeusthemoose How do you guys personally deal with your old builds once you have a completely new build? Do you put it on Ebay? If the build lasted you 5 years do you have a preferred slash to the overall price you initially paid for the components as a whole?

@Moonzy @zeusthemoose So guys, I somewhat understand that Nvidia has a build reference for their GPU, 3rd Party Manufactures buy this reference and mass produce it with more performance? + in a different look and whatnot. What I want to know is, is there a generally respected manufacturer that in your knowledge has a good track record of building better GPUs with the build reference? What is the cost to value benefit of going with a third party build of the GPU? Also, I rememberer when I bought cheap controllers in the past they would come with USB like sticks which were essentially how the controller connected to the console via Bluetooth. Is this the method people are using today for Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity?

@Moonzy TBH I am a complete noob to all this but your simplified explanation was perfect. Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.

@Moonzy Yes please do!