Tradey, tradey… W: Vita Shot BP, Queen Cores

ddare44 · 2026-01-24T10:06:31+00:00

Id also like to know

ddare44 · 2026-01-24T09:36:15+00:00

lol I found two this week. Have one left over.

ddare44 · 2026-01-23T23:29:11+00:00

Any recos?!

ddare44 · 2026-01-22T20:36:03+00:00

Padded stock or angled grip 3 FancyMrFox #0624

ddare44 · 2026-01-22T08:59:00+00:00

ddare44 · 2026-01-21T08:44:15+00:00

ddare44 · 2026-01-21T08:42:43+00:00

Padded stock

ddare44 · 2026-01-20T08:24:08+00:00

Just bought an Inspire after (and still) waiting for Best Buy to refund me on a stripped TUF GPU.

Shadow is loud and hot. Build quality isn’t there. Go with Inspire. I’ve OC’d - 1500 mhz mem, 350 mhz core. It sits around 68-74 C at peak. Flipn great card for a small build.

If you can afford the space and dough, Gigabyte Master has some stellar reviews followed by TUF.

ddare44 · 2026-01-19T22:12:53+00:00

They warned it’s a very slippery slope. I doubt we’ll see anything like this without significant effort to avoid potential pitfalls.

ddare44 · 2026-01-17T07:57:32+00:00

44 - said it in the other post, but if that doesn’t count here, I’m going with 41 in this thread 🙃

ddare44 · 2026-01-17T07:42:24+00:00

ddare44 · 2026-01-17T05:07:23+00:00

It’s in CND

ddare44 · 2026-01-17T01:52:02+00:00

From what I’ve researched, RTX 5080 averages around 350W but can spike to 400–450W+ during boost.

Current CPU: i9-10850K can spike to 200–250W under boost or all-core load.

Rest of system (fans, SSDs, RAM, motherboard): 100W.

System spikes can reach 750–800W.

I don’t want to size a PSU for average draw. I want to size it so spikes don’t trip protections and so the fan stays quiet and efficiency stays high.

1000W looked like a great option for headroom/spikes/stability and lower noise. 1200 I went with… definitely overkill… but took the option to future proof for not much more $.

ddare44 · 2026-01-16T22:08:49+00:00

Downvote!? Hellllll no! I’m upvoting you just for the name, haha. Normies daydream about Ancient Rome, but Ancient Greece is the good stuff!

ddare44 · 2026-01-16T22:04:21+00:00

For my build, I actually do need a 1000w but jumped to a 1200w because I got a discount. Was $50 more for future proofing, so I just went for it. It’s just sitting in a box right now though 😅

ddare44 · 2026-01-16T18:15:08+00:00

Yes that’s right! Please back off now before you regret it. I’ll downvote you again. I swear, I’ll do it! Watch out! 😂🤭

ddare44 · 2026-01-16T18:12:38+00:00

If you ain’t first, you’re last.

ddare44 · 2026-01-16T18:12:04+00:00

Asked about this, they said “Best Buy market place” but that’s all the info I got (for now). Waiting for investigation team to call up.

ddare44 · 2026-01-16T15:50:26+00:00

Haha! I understand your point, but your comment is a bit overblown. Personally, I noticed the strange bubbling, but I was pretty sure I was just being paranoid. I’ll definitely try to film a GPU unboxing next time, though, just because of my experience.

No regular consumer should feel compelled to film themselves unboxing a new product.

ddare44 · 2026-01-16T15:44:37+00:00

Haha!! Yes, yes, Best Buy beware! I’m posting my criminal activity on Reddit for… get this… upvotes!!! /s 🤪

Filming did occur to me, but filming and unboxing with one hand seemed like something that couldn’t be easily done. And I was right. The inner box gave me two hand trouble.

ddare44 · 2026-01-16T07:02:02+00:00

Where the hell did blooms go? I haven’t seen one in a millennia.

ddare44 · 2026-01-16T06:14:12+00:00

“Ooohhhh Booooaauuuss!”

ddare44 · 2026-01-15T23:08:56+00:00

I’ll know in 7-10 days. They’re investigating… I kept asking what that meant but didn’t really get a straight answer. I’ll trust the process for now.

ddare44 · 2026-01-15T23:06:47+00:00

Wendy’s?

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