rtx 3080 ti Help building in the UK

[Maki_Thunderbolt]

Budget (including currency): up to £3200

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:  anime rpg / JRPG

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): have LG CX 55 4k120hz 

Ideally Lian Li Dynamic 001 mini SNOW EDITiON, lian li strimmer cable, lian LI AIO 2 fans on the right side of the motherboard and three lian li argb fans top and bottom, corsair or kingston white rgb ram etc…. 

 

Hi guys,

thursday was a miserable day, just as bad as the 3080 launch where i was refreshing the website every minute until the very second the 3080ti became available but but yet again my milliseconds response did not take me to a page where you could “add to cart” and with half an hour of retrying, it eventually got the out of stock label.

Same in all the retailers i know.

i know they have stock as they are available in Pre-built systems!

Currently the 3090 systems are the same price as the 3080ti ones so i may as well, although i must say i have no Need for a 3090, i just am at the end of my teather having been trying to buy a new pc for a few years now and at least a 3090 could make me a few pennies more than the 3080ti during the winter months where i could use the pc instead of gas central heating. 

 

Would you guys just accept how things are and buy a Pre-built, since that is clearly the only way to get a graphics card these days?

 

If so, can you recommend any shops in the UK please? 

 

I would get one that has the Ryzen 9 5900x and hopefully be able to make use of the motherboard to transplant it into the Lian Li 011 Mini Snow Edition 

 

I am a beginner and only built a PC once and it was with a friend at university who was very helpful as i have a really poor attention span for challenging tasks.

 

Also there is the matter at hand conserving my dream chassis, that is all white…

A chunky black graphics card would look all wrong surrounded by white everything and the asus white cards don’t seem to be in stock anywhere.

 

There is a Galac Hall of Fame 3090 that is available at msrp for £2500 that would be cheaper to buy with the other parts than a pre-built 3080ti system!!!!

 

i would be very grateful for your advice please.

 

Until then, i’m still stuck at home alone with nothing but an ipad for gaming on.

I can’t handle more months of trawling the same sites over and over again looking for stock!

 

many thanks, 

Annie in the uk

[Maki_Thunderbolt]

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/3xs-b550-hardware-bundle-amd-ryzen-9-5900x-asus-rog-strix-b550-a-32gb-ddr4-plus-10gb-asus-rtx-3080

 

how gorgeous is that white setup!!

 

where did i go wrong??

 

there was no Add to cart button on the page and then i found a link to their FE but for £300 more… how dodgy was that?!?

 

[Eighjan]

14 minutes ago, Maki_Thunderbolt said:

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/3xs-b550-hardware-bundle-amd-ryzen-9-5900x-asus-rog-strix-b550-a-32gb-ddr4-plus-10gb-asus-rtx-3080

 

how gorgeous is that!!!

It's OK if you're after a "white" build...

Sanity check:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/g76YF8

They can't/won't guarantee the white version of the graphics card, either.

 

Bookmark that link & compare, occasionally with the bundle price.

[Maki_Thunderbolt]

1 minute ago, Eighjan said:

Sanity check:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/g76YF8

 

They can't/won't guarantee the white version of the graphics card, either.

OMG they are taking the piss with that bundle price!!!!

[Eighjan]

1 minute ago, Maki_Thunderbolt said:

OMG they are taking the piss with that bundle price!!!!

Bearing in mind what bits they don't have in stock... & "£8-900" as a regular price for the graphics card.

[Eighjan]

21 minutes ago, Maki_Thunderbolt said:

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/3xs-b550-hardware-bundle-amd-ryzen-9-5900x-asus-rog-strix-b550-a-32gb-ddr4-plus-10gb-asus-rtx-3080

 

how gorgeous is that white setup!!

 

where did i go wrong??

 

there was no Add to cart button on the page and then i found a link to their FE but for £300 more… how dodgy was that?!?

 

OUCH...

[Maki_Thunderbolt]

7 hours ago, Eighjan said:

Bearing in mind what bits they don't have in stock... & "£8-900" as a regular price for the graphics card.

but what is the secret to finding one at MSRP? i have been following all the links from the nvidia website since the 3080 launch almost every day and was there and clicking like mad for the 3080ti launch to no avail.

 

[Maki_Thunderbolt]

7 hours ago, Eighjan said:

It's OK if you're after a "white" build...

Sanity check:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/g76YF8

They can't/won't guarantee the white version of the graphics card, either.

 

Bookmark that link & compare, occasionally with the bundle price.

and thank you @Eighjanfor the pc part picker list, i am adding some extra bits to it. 

hey, you can get a 3080ti but it will only cost you £10000