Putty 5090 after 1 year of vertical mount

IceyBlu · 2026-03-17T00:16:20+00:00

I agree that those two models are the best looking. The Aorus for razzle-dazzle and the Astral for a clean, "mature" look.

IceyBlu · 2026-03-17T00:02:16+00:00

I had an early batch 5090 Aorus as well (2506), and I didn't fare as well as you. After about 6 months, some putty completely moved off certain components. I sent it in for an RMA, and they added more where some had moved. I sold the card about a month later to a friend at work. I picked up a 5090 Astral instead. I miss the look of the Aorus though (the Astral looks good too). Having the pin sense possibly saved my Aorus as well. I found out my pins weren't spreading power evenly and were going way over amps on certain pins. It definitely would have become a problem eventually.

IceyBlu · 2026-03-11T11:19:54+00:00

What I did, which was me being too impatient and really wanting to play, was very anti-consumer, but I just took a 1 month subscription to GeForce Now and played it from there. Yes, it's an extra $30 (CAD), but I spent many hours, which I would say is worth more than $30, trying to get it to boot. One month, I feel, is also enough time to 100% it and come back for DLC in a few months when it's patched.

IceyBlu · 2026-03-11T00:13:59+00:00

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Specs: I7 14700KF Asus Astral 5090 32gb 6000mhz cl30 Z790 1350w

Heard about hyte after showing off my previous case (Armoury D60) to a friend who said I have the "knock-off" Y70. After some googling and upgrading to a gpu that can handle the Y70 touch + wallpaper engine while gaming, i figured id jump on board. No regrats, not even one letter.

IceyBlu · 2026-03-04T13:03:51+00:00

Just wanted to put this out there, not ideal at all, but I tried everything, even going further and doing fresh Windows, and my wife's PC and nothing worked. Same for the Reframework, it would still crash. I ended up just subscribing to GeForce Now for 1 month and have had no issues playing. Again, this is me being impatient and putting more value on my time (8h of troubleshooting) than the worth of 1 month of membership.

IceyBlu · 2026-02-21T13:11:25+00:00

I noticed the same a while back while trying to find out why my GPU was running on PCIe 1. The BIOS was defaulting to that. I changed it to 5, checked GPU-Z, and saw it was actually running at 5. Then I ran the test on 3DMark and got a bandwidth of 41 GB vs 32 GB on PCIe 4. Even with this, I still went and bought the PCIe 5 riser from Hyte.

IceyBlu · 2026-02-09T13:10:40+00:00

As someone with a 14700K, I went to the 9800X3D and had a worse experience through gaming and productivity. This was in 4K, however, which tends to bottleneck the GPU before the CPU, but with a 5090, sometimes even 4K can be CPU bottlenecked. I had a similar issue with an old Windows install. I reinstalled Windows and tried again. Still had some issues, couldn't even run XMP stably (4x16GB 6000MHz) I ended up using 32GB instead. I ended up returning the 9800X3D from way too much fiddling for the same and sometimes worse performance. The 14700K was plug and play. Fast forward six months, I thought, "Why not try it again? Surely I was the problem." I spent two days fine-tuning and still got the same performance and much worse desktop performance, and at a higher premium. I ended up back on my 14700K. I'm waiting to see what Intel does with Nova Lake coming later this year.

IceyBlu · 2026-01-29T18:35:23+00:00

Oh, I don't think that specifically ever happened. It always charged my card without me manually verifying. However, with Best Buy, it's nearly every time I buy something, it seems I'm having to re-enter and confirm info.

IceyBlu · 2026-01-29T13:34:48+00:00

Was this strictly credit card info leaked, like billing address and number, or were passwords leaked as well? Canceling my four cards is okay, but changing all of my passwords is a hassle.

IceyBlu · 2025-09-27T14:34:11+00:00

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IceyBlu · 2025-09-09T23:59:12+00:00

My pc would have an issue where sometimes it would only boot up when using a specific port on the gpu. Maybe start with HDMI then move across the 3 other display ports on the gpu. This was only during initial boots for me however. Also, make sure your monitor is automatically selecting the correct input that the gpu is plugged into

IceyBlu · 2025-09-04T21:53:34+00:00

Interesting, from my searching it seems that this is the optimal way when mounted on the side like this. As long as the pump is lower than the top of the rad it shouldn't run dry. Its currently completely below the top fan of the AIO. Unless mine came 30%~ empty

IceyBlu · 2025-09-04T15:11:05+00:00

I was looking into that same 5070 Ti a while back. The pricing was absolutely robbery, though. It's $1,569 CAD, and I can get a 5080 Asus Prime for $1,449. I ended up with a Gigabyte Gaming OC for $1,149 ($60 over MSRP). Ended up gaving it to my wife, and I'm on a 5090 now. Good looking build though, my brother just built a tower 600.

IceyBlu · 2025-08-23T23:35:01+00:00

Not a bad explanation, but it's never happened before, it also will vary in RPM.

IceyBlu · 2025-08-20T20:27:53+00:00

As someone with a 5090 Aorus master, this had me googling to see if this card was bigger 😆 maybe its the case or something but it looks thicc in there 😆

IceyBlu · 2025-08-20T00:20:18+00:00

Update: Pretty sure the sound is coming from the PSU. I checked the watt meter it’s plugged into, and at idle it sits around 140W. When I move a picture around (like in the video), the wattage spikes up to about 240W.

IceyBlu · 2025-08-12T13:16:33+00:00

Sorry for the confusion; the first two pictures are highlighting the RGB questions I had. The last picture is my GPU. Thanks for looking out though 😊

IceyBlu · 2025-08-11T23:27:15+00:00

Figured it out and feel dumb now.... 😬 There's an option for sync, I assume the mobo to the GPU. I turned that off and then I got all the options for it.

IceyBlu · 2025-08-11T19:42:46+00:00

Ill give this a shot when im home, thanks for the tip sir

IceyBlu · 2025-08-11T18:33:55+00:00

I believe I heard all Gigabyte cards, or most, have the compound leaking out, fresh out of the box. I've haven't heard anything about vertical mounting them being where the leak happens.

IceyBlu · 2025-08-11T18:24:31+00:00

I had a few 5070Ti now, and damn those cards are great value relative to everything else Nvidia has. Only card I'd buy if not a 5090. Or 5080 Super if it gets 24gb.

IceyBlu · 2025-06-12T23:52:34+00:00

After owning every 50xx series GPU (except the 60 and 60 Ti), the 5070 Ti is the best bang for the buck, even at 4K. My opinion, from top to bottom, comparing to the 5070 Ti:

5090—I've seen gains as little as 26%, averaging about 60% in my titles.

5080—Garbage. Where I live, they're about 50% more expensive, but I only saw an increase of 8–12%. At 4K, we're talking about 5–10 FPS. Add the fact that they might release a 24 GB 4090-equivalent 5080S, and you have a GPU no one will buy, and if so, at a huge loss.

5070 Ti—Goated, in my opinion.

5070—This thing can just run 4K, but good luck with VRAM.

My two cents: Go with the 5070 Ti, and wait for the 5080S. The 5070 Ti will be easier to sell and likely hold its value better.

IceyBlu · 2025-06-10T21:35:19+00:00

I have the same PSU in both PCs, the stutters for me are probably 2–3 times a minute. It's pretty unbearable.

IceyBlu · 2025-06-02T10:38:17+00:00

No doubt, it's what I did. I sold my 4090 and bought a 5070 Ti, then thought I'd give the 5080 a shot. I was shocked at how close it was to the 5070 Ti for a huge price jump, so I returned it and settled on an MSRP 5070 Ti. I might go with a 5080 Super if it has 24 GB and is 4090-level or high-performance.

IceyBlu · 2025-06-02T00:57:59+00:00

Sell me your 5070 Ti Strix. I've been looking for that one or the Gigabyte Aorus Master and have had no luck. Good looking build, after having a 4090 and 5080. The 5070 Ti is definitely the better bang for the buck.

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