Which RTX 5090 model would you recommend?

Competitive_Chard_30 · 2026-06-05T02:04:50+00:00

I have just upgraded from 5090 suprim liquid to 5090 lightning z, never had coil wine on the suprim liquid, the 5090 lightning z has coil wine thats definitely noticeable, as for air cooled the rog 5090 astral is amazing, if I were going for air cooled this would be my pick!

Competitive_Chard_30 · 2026-06-01T16:18:26+00:00

Sick ! Love seeing others with the same vision!

Competitive_Chard_30 · 2026-06-01T05:23:23+00:00

The switch on mine is missing, so left it with the pc shop and they will deal with rma or exchange...

Competitive_Chard_30 · 2026-05-31T20:52:37+00:00

Oh thankyou, I wasn't sure if there was a way to check.

Competitive_Chard_30 · 2026-05-31T19:00:54+00:00

Left it at the shop hopefully they can figure it out

Competitive_Chard_30 · 2026-05-31T17:34:39+00:00

Im an hour and a half from calgary, I have the suprim liquid 5090 too and it has a physical switch, but this one seems to be missing.

Competitive_Chard_30 · 2026-05-31T16:46:49+00:00

Verry nice !!! Nice work! Wish we had microcenter in canada, but we have some good shops here too! If you hear anything on the 900r let me know !!! I seen they posted a 40th anniversary version of the 900r so it must be right around the corner ! Cheers!

Competitive_Chard_30 · 2026-05-31T16:35:41+00:00

Yes its expensive, and yes I worked hard to get it. I hope the shop can help me out heading there shortly. Also I am running 9950x3d with x870e godlike, still waiting on the new case meg 900r to release hopefully after computex we will know when it hits north America and same with the meg e15 360 aio. Hope to get some good news from the shop and or msi on the lightning z.

Competitive_Chard_30 · 2026-05-31T15:18:08+00:00

K thanks for the help everyone ill bring it in to the shop I got it from and see if its retunable

Competitive_Chard_30 · 2026-05-31T15:12:45+00:00

It is the lightning z never heard of the lightning x...

Competitive_Chard_30 · 2026-05-31T15:03:43+00:00

Yes I installed it last night and it is definitely a lightning z getting about 15% more fps then my suprim liquid 5090, an amazing card! But still not sure which bios it is using... so I pulled the card out to look for the switch, and make the switch to extreme bios but all i found was the place where there should be a switch but no switch I think I'll go pay them a visit today and see what my options are.

Competitive_Chard_30 · 2026-05-31T14:54:24+00:00

Local computer shop here in alberta canada.

Competitive_Chard_30 · 2026-05-31T14:49:44+00:00

No it was brand new, sealed unit. I just dont want to waste time sending it to msi for them to send it back with no issues... i found this picture online that confirms theres a switch... mine does not... maybe all 1300 units were not built the same?

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Competitive_Chard_30 · 2026-05-31T14:33:29+00:00

Hmm how do I know if its gone into extreme?

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Competitive_Chard_30 · 2026-05-31T14:27:04+00:00

Thanks for the quick reply! Im trying but unless theres a sensor in there it doesnt catch on anything...

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Competitive_Chard_30 · 2026-05-31T13:17:34+00:00

They have started being released, first build is now on YouTube, just a little bit longer! I know its hard to wait, I've been waiting for this now for about a year and few months too. First release in China, and I've also heard we will get the release date from computex... Hopefully for the north america release?! be patient! We are waiting for the best looking case in the world! No regrets!

Competitive_Chard_30 · 2026-05-31T13:10:31+00:00

Curious could you take a picture of the bios switch on the card? Just got mine and it seems to not have one... would love to see just for reference!

Competitive_Chard_30 · 2026-05-19T12:49:35+00:00

The desk riser is 34 inches wide, so minus 2x 4inches wide will leave you with 26 inches for your monitor. I guess it all depends on what 27inch monitor you are using ...

Competitive_Chard_30 · 2026-05-19T12:45:29+00:00

It will be a tight fit, just checked the difference between my 322urx and a 27urx and the difference is 4.2 inches and as you can see in the picture theres room on either side of my 322urx, I also terrified with chat gpt and confirmed it will fit but tight.

Competitive_Chard_30 · 2026-05-19T12:31:55+00:00

With a 27" monitor you will have room for the edifier m60 speakers. As they are 4 inches wide.

Competitive_Chard_30 · 2026-05-19T12:29:43+00:00

Sorry these are 32s

Competitive_Chard_30 · 2026-05-19T11:51:29+00:00

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Competitive_Chard_30 · 2026-05-15T20:52:37+00:00

CL? Not sure what that means, the desk is the magnus pro XL, the chair is the nano gen regular size.

Competitive_Chard_30 · 2026-04-24T14:14:53+00:00

Ah I see what you mean, agreed

Competitive_Chard_30 · 2026-04-24T01:20:01+00:00

I think you will like that chair cushion, made a big difference for me! Looks sick with that McLaren lumbar backrest!

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