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I am thinking of going with the Trident Z Neo 3600mhz CL16 memory kit with the 5600x (once they come in stock of course). I'm basing this idea off the fact that it seems to have performed well in Steve Burks benchmarks. Of course, I understand that the purpose of this video was to compare a 8x2 to 8x4 configuration and showing the significant improvement when going with 8x4. I know that supposedly, the sweet spot is 4000mhz, but pricing is a bit of an issue. Is there any reason to wait for the price of ram to decrease for 4000mhz? I'm not certain if I will see much of a performance improvement by trying to get a low latency 4000mhz kit. The other reason is the Trident Z Neo 3600mhz CL16 is under Black Friday protection on Newegg, so I think it might be worth the grab. Thoughts? https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820232859

Sounds good to me!

What about this primer that I already have? It's not grey or white.

Well, I guess this person did it for the Noctura fans (except they painted them black), so I suppose it wouldn't be bad???

I'm sure this is probably considered to be a bad idea given that spray painting could greatly reduce cooling performance. The reason for this is I want to use my existing case fans (Lian Li Lancool 2 mesh) which are black and spray paint them white so that RGB lighting would reflect better off of them. I know that I could get some of these. If spray paint is a bad idea, would anyone had suggestions on how to change the color to white for the fan blades aside from going out to buy more fans???

I'm looking for a solid air CPU cooler that is both quiet and has solid RGB for a AMD 5800x build. I'll be putting an RTX 3080 in it once it becomes available. Right now, I have a Lian Li Lancool 2 mesh case. I was looking at the following article: https://graphicscardhub.com/rgb-cpu-cooler/ The only one that looked decent to me was the MA410M. However, it does run a little on the loud side. I do like the design of the Deepcool Gammaxx Gt RGB CPU Cooler, but I notice it only has a pull fan. Does only having a pull fan have poor impact on performance? I'm not an expert on cooling, so I'm open to suggestions. I'm not planning to do any heavy overclocking, but want something that performs decently well.

I am currently in the market for an RTX 3080 build. Obviously this is dependent on if anything comes available anytime soon and whether or not AMD's "big navi" is really close to 3080 performance and the ray tracing and drivers aren't a problem. I do have my concerns about the 10GB VRAM for the 3080. However, I keep hearing rumors about a supposed 20GB model. Here's something I'm wondering about. Will RTX IO in newer games make up for the less memory? If data can be streamed over to the GPU on the fly directly from a high speed SSD, it would make sense that less memory would be used. On top of this, I believe that the bandwidth of GDDR6X would help reduce VRAM consumption (If I'm interpreting the last part of this article correctly: https://itigic.com/gddr6x-vs-gddr6-graphics-memory-comparison/). Am I correct when I say this, or am I completely off? If I am correct, then what is Nvidia's reason for releasing a 20GB model? Would it be to give customers a peace of mind that the 20GB model will have the extra headroom, even if they don't need it (all the while Nvidia is able to get more money out of them). AND/OR Is it because they want to offer a lower end option for content creators, given that large VRAM consumption is a thing for them. AND/OR Are they doing this to try and steal AMD's thunder since their card is going to have 16GB of VRAM? At this time, I will be going 1440p 144hz, but will be considering 4K 60hz for casual gameplay.

Do you anticipate stock issues with amd? Don't want to deal with another scalping disaster.

I am planning an RTX 3080 build. Let's just say that multicore performance isn't an important factor. My primary purpose of the build would be for gaming. Should I get the intel 10700k or wait for the amd 5800x? From what I've seen in AMDs first party benchmark, the 5800x only slightly outperforms the 10700k in 1080p benchmarks. I will be primarily playing in 1440p on 144hz. Also, is nvidia rtx io going to be a big enough deal to want to try and future proof with amd to get the pcie gen 4? Nvidia did claim that it would improve frame rates, but I'm not certain what they meant by that. Maybe just new sections of a world would load a lot faster?

I am interested in possibly ordering the Gaming X Trio 3080 once it becomes available. Right now, I have the Lian Li Lancool 2 mesh that I bought prematurely when it was first released due to positive airflow reviews...maybe that was a bad idea. The outside length of the case is 19" to include the front panel. If I measure the length inside diameter of the case, it runs at about 17". If I were to add the space taken up by the front fans and the expansion slots, it's more like 15.5" on the inside. Now, the dimensions of the Gaming X Trio 3080 is 12.72" x 5.51" (Length x Height). It just looks like this card would take up a huge chunk of space of the length of the case. Obviously, I don't understand much about thermals and airflow (I wouldn't be posting this if I did). Does anyone see a potential issue with airflow and thermals with this combination? Should I consider something smaller in length?