BluBear

Huzzah! That's good news. I finally pulled the trigger on my new set up today, awaiting lead time now from scan. Any luck with 3060s last night Nick? Noticed all greyed out on scan today.

I think if I upgrade now, this will be where I probably go next 'cycle'. We'll see.

That would explain why @Painless has been hammering his rig so much it stopped working

It's a stock response, insert 'football season ticket', 'green fees and clubs', 'bondage club' etc... I'm sorry you can't go golfing at the moment though old chap, but there is end in sight now. Besides, there's always virtual entertainment! 😀

Depends what you term as obsolete old bean. I built my i5 rig 8 years ago, admittedly it's had a few upgrades over the years, notably GFX and RAM, but it's still essentially the same rig and I'm now looking for something to set me up for the next 5+ years that'll be VR capable. Having said that, it is the GFX card prices that make me shudder. Still beats playing golf 😎

Has anybody used the Scan 3XS OC custom shop and is it worth it? From what I can see, for example one could order this R7 bundle for £850 delivered, from the standard Scan site presumably tested but at stock speeds. Alternatively for only £21 more, one can get the same bundle, overclocked with a 24hr burn-in stress-test. Helpfully, one can also spec this with the desired 32GB Ram as well. Is it worth it, if this is something I could do myself at home? I suppose that if it's OC'd tested and ready before it arrives means that if it goes bang, it's their responsibility? Hmm...

The more I read about it, the more I'm inclined to save some cash and go for this R7 5800X bundle and up the RAM to 32GB, instead of the R9 bundle I had my eye on. The latter seems to be snapped up or scalped so quickly whenever back in stock. The pennies saved I can put towards a 3080 when they're finally available...

Thanks old chap, I'll take a look. What mobo bundle did you order out of interest?

Had a Ryzen 9 bundle in my basket (in stock) at Scan for all of 10 minutes before it went back to pre-order! Darn it.

That's a right bugger Mick, sorry to hear your technical issues remain unresolved! Patrick Last, reporting in.

It appears that the A-10 team have now removed Sywell from their schedule. Possible covid travel restrictions from the US or worse, the cancellation of Legends. We'll see.

I vote Lieutenant Colonel

Just added a selection of screenshots from what can only be described as the hairiest fur ball since a Wookie coughed up cousin Itt. ps. RIP Major Arjen Eftee 😳