5090 ROG Astral LC Unboxing.

D007 · 2025-01-31T18:16:14+0000

Man, I was so pissed. I waited in line yesterday for hours and still got nothing but I went back again today and struck gold. $3099 sticker price before taxes at Micro Center. Lol
But damn it’s pretty.
Best of luck to everybody who’s still playing the lottery and trying to get one. It’s not easy.
5090 ROG Astral OC Unboxing Video

Chrispy_ · 2025-01-31T18:26:47+0000

D007 said:
Man, I was so pissed. I waited in line yesterday for hours and still got nothing but I went back again today and struck gold. $3099 sticker price before taxes at Micro Center. Lol
But damn it’s pretty.
Best of luck to everybody who’s still playing the lottery and trying to get one. It’s not easy.
5090 ROG Astral OC Unboxing Video

Nice. It's a rip-off, but if you're after a 5090 I guess you've made peace with that.

I've just had an MSI Inspire 3X 5080 delivered. Wasn't my first choice in Champagne but it's what the distributor could reserve for me and at least it's a sensible size.

I'll be testing that on software internally for the next few weeks and then reluctantly pass it over to one of the video editors when the 9070XT arrives, most likely. If that doesn't suck I can see myself taking it home to replace the 7800XT.

D007 · 2025-01-31T19:04:12+0000

Sure it’s overpriced but I worked very hard to get where I am in life lol.
Grats on the 5080 champagne.

Chrispy_ · 2025-01-31T19:54:17+0000

D007 said:
Sure it’s overpriced but I worked very hard to get where I am in life lol.
Grats on the 5080 champagne.

Thanks, not really mine - just secured it via B2B account manager for software performance/compatibility testing.
I'm personally waiting on a 5070Ti FE as I think that's the fastest thing I'm going to get under 200W* which a hard limit for my HTPC console replacement.

* - once tuned and undervolted

oxrufiioxo · 2025-01-31T20:01:43+0000

Awesome man, Nice touch having the wife helping with the unboxing... Mine would have been on her way back to microcenter the minute I said 3k before taxes lol..

System Name	HAL
Processor	Core i9 14900ks @5.9-6.3
Motherboard	Z790 Dark Hero
Cooling	Bitspower Summit SE & (2) 360 Corsair XR7 Rads push/pull
Memory	2x 32GB (64GB) Gskill trident 6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	RTX 4090 Gigagbyte gaming OC @ +200/1300
Storage	(M2's) 2x Samsung 980 pro 2TB, 1xWD Black 2TB, 1x SK Hynix Platinum P41 2TB
Display(s)	65" LG OLED 120HZ
Case	Lian Li dyanmic Evo11 with distro plate
Audio Device(s)	Klipsh 7.1 through Sony DH790 EARC.
Power Supply	Thermaltake 1350
Software	Microsoft Windows 11 x64

System Name	Bragging Rights
Processor	Atom Z3735F 1.33GHz
Motherboard	It has no markings but it's green
Cooling	No, it's a 2.2W processor
Memory	2GB DDR3L-1333
Video Card(s)	Gen7 Intel HD (4EU @ 311MHz)
Storage	32GB eMMC and 128GB Sandisk Extreme U3
Display(s)	10" IPS 1280x800 60Hz
Case	Veddha T2
Audio Device(s)	Apparently, yes
Power Supply	Samsung 18W 5V fast-charger
Mouse	MX Anywhere 2
Keyboard	Logitech MX Keys (not Cherry MX at all)
VR HMD	Samsung Oddyssey, not that I'd plug it into this though....
Software	W10 21H1, barely
Benchmark Scores	I once clocked a Celeron-300A to 564MHz on an Abit BE6 and it scored over 9000.

System Name	HAL
Processor	Core i9 14900ks @5.9-6.3
Motherboard	Z790 Dark Hero
Cooling	Bitspower Summit SE & (2) 360 Corsair XR7 Rads push/pull
Memory	2x 32GB (64GB) Gskill trident 6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	RTX 4090 Gigagbyte gaming OC @ +200/1300
Storage	(M2's) 2x Samsung 980 pro 2TB, 1xWD Black 2TB, 1x SK Hynix Platinum P41 2TB
Display(s)	65" LG OLED 120HZ
Case	Lian Li dyanmic Evo11 with distro plate
Audio Device(s)	Klipsh 7.1 through Sony DH790 EARC.
Power Supply	Thermaltake 1350
Software	Microsoft Windows 11 x64

System Name	Bragging Rights
Processor	Atom Z3735F 1.33GHz
Motherboard	It has no markings but it's green
Cooling	No, it's a 2.2W processor
Memory	2GB DDR3L-1333
Video Card(s)	Gen7 Intel HD (4EU @ 311MHz)
Storage	32GB eMMC and 128GB Sandisk Extreme U3
Display(s)	10" IPS 1280x800 60Hz
Case	Veddha T2
Audio Device(s)	Apparently, yes
Power Supply	Samsung 18W 5V fast-charger
Mouse	MX Anywhere 2
Keyboard	Logitech MX Keys (not Cherry MX at all)
VR HMD	Samsung Oddyssey, not that I'd plug it into this though....
Software	W10 21H1, barely
Benchmark Scores	I once clocked a Celeron-300A to 564MHz on an Abit BE6 and it scored over 9000.

System Name	His & Hers
Processor	R7 5800X/ R7 7950X3D Stock
Motherboard	X670E Aorus Pro X/ROG Crosshair VIII Hero
Cooling	Corsair h150 elite/ Corsair h115i Platinum
Memory	Trident Z5 Neo 6000/ 32 GB 3200 CL14 @3800 CL16 Team T Force Nighthawk
Video Card(s)	Evga FTW 3 Ultra 3080ti/ Gigabyte Gaming OC 4090
Storage	lots of SSD.
Display(s)	A whole bunch OLED, VA, IPS.....
Case	011 Dynamic XL/ Phanteks Evolv X
Audio Device(s)	Arctis Pro + gaming Dac/ Corsair sp 2500/ Logitech G560/Samsung Q990B
Power Supply	Seasonic Ultra Prime Titanium 1000w/850w
Mouse	Logitech G502 Lightspeed/ Logitech G Pro Hero.
Keyboard	Logitech - G915 LIGHTSPEED / Logitech G Pro

5090 ROG Astral LC Unboxing.

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