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[Ciggavelli]

my EK package got flagged with customs because of the thermal paste, and I had to fill out a TSCA release (TSCA Import-Export Requirements | US EPA).

I had to fill out some form saying the paste was under regulations or some shyt. But, I have no idea if it is. I assume it is, but

I better not get a knock at the door saying I’m trying to import chemical weapons or some shyt.

 

[MMA]

Edit my opinion, it's a terrible card. 7% faster overall at it's price point after 2 years and it's not fast enough to do ray-tracing in the future with what we've seen with previous performance with ray-tracing
Like I said anything above 500 is a L

my EK package got flagged with customs because of the thermal paste, and I had to fill out a TSCA release (TSCA Import-Export Requirements | US EPA).

I had to fill out some form saying the paste was under regulations or some shyt. But, I have no idea if it is. I assume it is, but

I better not get a knock at the door saying I’m trying to import chemical weapons or some shyt.

You are fine

 

[Anonymous Being #17]

If it drops at 500 dollars (AIB cards), it's the best value gpu you can buy right now. Good luck picking one up though
Anything more than 500, you are wasting your money

I'd rather look for a used 1080 Ti at this point .

 

[MMA]

I'd rather look for a used 1080 Ti at this point .

100% agree
The fact the 10 series cards pricing haven't dropped are telling about what Nvidia and board partners are doing behind the scene. I'm really upset I'm dropping good amount on this shady company still

 

[Ruck]

@Ciggavelli let me get your 1080ti for $20 b.

 

[Ciggavelli]

@Ciggavelli let me get your 1080ti for $20 b.

that’s about how much my local shop was gonna give me for a Titan X Maxwell. fukked around and sold it on ebay for $325.

All my Pascals cards have been sold and shipped out. We only fukk around with 2080tis now

 

[Liquid]

my EK package got flagged with customs because of the thermal paste, and I had to fill out a TSCA release (TSCA Import-Export Requirements | US EPA).

I had to fill out some form saying the paste was under regulations or some shyt. But, I have no idea if it is. I assume it is, but

I better not get a knock at the door saying I’m trying to import chemical weapons or some shyt.

Attempt to build skynet in your basement brehs

 

[MMA]

@Ciggavelli let me get your 1080ti for $20 b.

Attempt to build skynet in your basement brehs

 

[Ciggavelli]

Quick (possibly dumb) question.

My mobo (Asus rog Rampage IV extreme) says it can take 3 m.2 drives, however some people are saying you can only use one, while others saying you can use 3. I don’t know what to think.

What are the pros and cons to using 1 m.2 and 1 2.5 SSD, compared to 2 m.2s?

 

[Liquid]

Quick (possibly dumb) question.

My mobo (Asus rog Rampage IV extreme) says it can take 3 m.2 drives, however some people are saying you can only use one, while others saying you can use 3. I don’t know what to think.

What are the pros and cons to using 1 m.2 and 1 2.5 SSD, compared to 2 m.2s?

You should be able to use all 3. The question is do you really want to do that? You have 2 monster graphics cards. I would go with a single one and then use sata drives for your storage ssds/hdds

 

[Ciggavelli]

You should be able to use all 3. The question is do you really want to do that? You have 2 monster graphics cards. I would go with a single one and then use sata drives for your storage ssds/hdds

Yeah, that’s what I’m thinking too. Thanks. I definitely wanna go 16x16 gen 3 pci.e with the gpus, as opposed to 8x/8x. Plus I only have 44 lanes and I’m going to be using some lanes for my soundcard.

I guess I’ll just stick with 1 m.2, 1 2.5 SSD and 1 HDD.

I appreciate the help

 

[MMA]

Quick (possibly dumb) question.

My mobo (Asus rog Rampage IV extreme) says it can take 3 m.2 drives, however some people are saying you can only use one, while others saying you can use 3. I don’t know what to think.

What are the pros and cons to using 1 m.2 and 1 2.5 SSD, compared to 2 m.2s?

each nvme drive uses 4 pcie lanes, your motherboard/i9 7900x has 44 pcie lanes
each gpu will use 16 so
each nvme drive will use 4
or any other add on will either 4 or 8
32 + 12
you'll run into an issue with your sound card, so I suggest you only use 2 nvme drives to keep your gpu running at 16x16
I agree with liquid though, better off getting 1 nvme drive like a 970 evo for main os/software, get SSD's etc so if you have another add on in the future you won't have to worry about pcie lanes.
this is directly why I use tr4, because it has 64 pcie lanes oppose to 44. x299 are still better at running games because of clock speeds etc

 

[N*E*R*D]

What is the best tablet option for light productivity such as using Microsoft Office?

 

[Ciggavelli]

What is the best tablet option for light productivity such as using Microsoft Office?

Surface book. I have the first gen one and it’s great. Kinda expensive, but it’s light, detachable, has a gpu (if you want), and is powerful for its size.

Meet Surface Book 2 – Now in 13.5” or 15” – Surface


Or, I guess you could just get a surface 3 with the keyboard and trackpad option, if you don’t need or want all that power

 

[N*E*R*D]

Surface book. I have the first gen one and it’s great. Kinda expensive, but it’s light, detachable, has a gpu (if you want), and is powerful for its size.

Meet Surface Book 2 – Now in 13.5” or 15” – Surface


Or, I guess you could just get a surface 3 with the keyboard and trackpad option, if you don’t need or want all that power

Might as well get a gaming laptop if I'm paying $1500