I rang up PCS yesterday afternoon with the idea of changing my CPU cooler to speed up the build process. Luckily there were no outstanding parts so it would start asap. The real strange part was that they actually told me my queue position (130), and that it should be built within that same...
My reasoning might have been confusing there. I suspect I'm right at the top of the "standard" queue because I've been in pre-production for so long, thus it wouldn't make much difference changing from "standard" to "fast-track".
My theory is that waiting for a part in the "fast-track" queue...
Probably a waste of money. I'm on pre-production day 33 (now without gpu) so must be right at the top of the queue. They must still be waiting on a part for the build before they can start. I reckon the cooler (H115i)
I purchased the 850 PSU and the H115i Plat and I'm still in pre-production, so that's definitely the case regarding bottlenecks as I no longer need the 3080.
Another interesting point on the call is that they ordered £1.2 mil worth of cards but they're only receiving up to £16k a week. The guy on the call seemed equally as frustrated waiting for them as we are 🙃
Cancelled the STRIX.
Quick update for all those who ordered with a H115i cooler. There was an issue at the port and they're due to arrive today, not the weekend just gone, as some posts previously said.
3090. Mostly for gaming but I realised that I'll be starting a new job that requires quite a bit of machine learning to be done both on the cloud and on local machines so I'd spend a little bit extra to give that extra boost. Please don't judge me haha. ;)
The card has been dispatched! Mad to think I'm going to be sat with a graphics card and no pc for at least a week most likely :LOL:. Good luck to all those who ordered a Strix 3080 as you'll be one order closer as of tomorrow morning
I was just scimming through the nvidia reddit and scan.co.uk just released a load of founders editions 3080 and 3090s. Managed to order one before they went out of stock with shipping tomorrow. Once I get the dispatch email I'll cancel the strix with PCS and it should go into build mode pretty...
I just have. Below are their condensed responses.
- They don't have a specific queue for the cards.
- It's first come first serve with no ETA.
- A potential reason someone may have received their order earlier is if any other components in your build were out of stock
Regarding that last point...
The last update I had was that it would be built for the 16th. Guys were commenting that there was a delay due to the H115i cooler being out of stock so hopefully something positive occurs this week?
Not gonna lie, it's been a month now and I'm starting to get a little frustrated with the lack...