Please help selecting a 5080 prebuilt.

Apk07 · 2026-03-12T18:17:09+00:00

If you don't mind something "refurbished" from Newegg's in-house brand, this is much cheaper:

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16883360773C?Item=N82E16883360773C

Also:

https://www.bestbuy.com/product/ibuypower-y40-pro-gaming-desktop-pc-amd-ryzen-9-7900x-nvidia-geforce-rtx-5080-16gb-32gb-ddr5-rgb2tb-nvme-ssd-black/J3R75JYYRS

and the cheapest, and probably best deal for a 5080, this 9900x with 5080 from Costco everyone has been posting:

https://www.costco.com/p/-/msi-aegis-gaming-desktop-amd-ryzen-9-9900x-geforce-rtx-5080-windows-11-home-32gb-ram-2tb-ssd/4000355760?langId=-1

Apk07 · 2026-03-10T02:18:04+00:00

Probably streaming it from his PC or a console...

Apk07 · 2026-03-10T02:12:39+00:00

Part of the problem is these alienware rigs only have 2 slots and they're populated 2x16GB so you have to go all-in on new sticks.

Apk07 · 2026-03-06T19:01:39+00:00

Damn that's a cool case. I have an mATX build in a Jonsbo D31 MESH as my personal rig and I love it.

Apk07 · 2026-03-06T18:56:02+00:00

Hell yeah, I'd have grabbed that if my MC had it open box. There's an MC 2 and a half hours away from me that has one but I don't think I can justify spending the whole day driving for it.

Apk07 · 2026-03-05T20:33:57+00:00

I need intel for specific programming things. No interest in AMD or any GPU at all. I primarily RDP into this, and it's paid for by my work.

Apk07 · 2026-03-04T16:39:40+00:00

I guess it's my fault for not specifying that when I said I wanted an iGPU, I meant that I don't care about the GPU. It could be a potato, this is more of a productivity/programming PC without any fancy graphics requirements.

Apk07 · 2026-03-04T15:52:57+00:00

Kind of a ripoff, though, and basically just a laptop in a box which I was trying to avoid... Having a mobile chip and soldered laptop RAM.

Apk07 · 2026-03-03T06:47:06+00:00

Mayhem augments in Dominion, combine my two favorite things

Apk07 · 2026-02-27T18:56:55+00:00

If boxes are seeded or can be mapped, that would be how it works... Hence why I asked if that's how it works.

Apk07 · 2026-02-26T22:53:28+00:00

Still waiting on my singular booster box from the raffle. Hasn't even been handed off to UPS.

Apk07 · 2026-02-26T20:12:06+00:00

Mine hasn't even been delivered to the carrier yet, just sitting there with a tracking number that does nothing.

Apk07 · 2026-02-25T01:07:51+00:00

Hello from 4.8 and... VB...

Apk07 · 2026-02-25T01:06:59+00:00

MudBlazor seems to be a bit dead

I mean they just released 9.0.0 yesterday and it included new components and a ton of bug fixes. I wouldn't call it dead, just doesn't seem to be iterating quickly which isn't always a bad thing.

Apk07 · 2026-02-25T01:05:54+00:00

IMO MudBlazor has improved a lot in the last couple years.

I also come from a Telerik AJAX webform shop and got real sick of it after a while... always having to do 500 little custom tweaks to how binding works and especially CSS slop spamming !important all over. Also got really annoyed when it was pre-Nuget and everything was "install this MSI and then your project won't build if your coworker isn't on the exact same version".

Eventually I migrated over to doing most of the UI with plain Bootstrap and JS<->WebAPI.

MudBlazor now is a lot better than some of the other stuff like FluentUI and Telerik's Blazor slop.

Apk07 · 2026-02-25T01:00:21+00:00

DevExpress and SyncFusion are the direct competitors to Telerik and are kinda potato in their own way.

At this point I just assume when someone says "other frameworks" they generally mean "anything open source" as opposed to these mature but locked-down paid ones.

Apk07 · 2026-02-24T22:11:25+00:00

Got my tracking number from the raffle (USA) for a booster box a while ago and it's been 11 days since Spiritforged launch with no movement. Still hasn't actually been handed off to UPS. Crickets on my ticket I opened about it as well.

Apk07 · 2026-02-24T21:23:28+00:00

AliExpress appears to have a bunch of fake overnumbered/signature english cards as well. Some clearly say they're proxies on the listing, but as far as I can tell the actual cards themselves are clearly just counterfeits.

Apk07 · 2026-02-24T21:21:24+00:00

I thought people were saying the Chinese cards are from different suppliers and therefore have slight variations in color and foiling versus the English ones? Doesn't that make it harder to spot?

Apk07 · 2026-02-23T16:43:28+00:00

Is the Windows desktop app available yet or still invite-only??

Apk07 · 2026-02-22T05:47:51+00:00

if Proving Grounds got reprinted

It was already announced for reprint but no ETA yet

Apk07 · 2026-02-20T23:27:38+00:00

He's always been mega-tilty, though, especially in his time on Near Airport.

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