wow you scored a 3070! Amazing! Your system looks great.
Indeed, I did!
Can't wait 'til it shows up next week!
Can't wait to throw some games at it - Control: Ultimate, Battlefield 5, Shadow of the TR, Watch Dogs: Legion (which comes w/ the 3070 being in the PC, part of the NVidia promo), and other RTX games at it!
Right now, the easiest way to score any of those high-end and new parts - i.e. Nvidia 3070, 3080, 3090; and of the new AMD 5xxx CPU's or 6xxx GPU's - is to go w/ a custom-builder or prefab's; they seem to have the best line to getting this stuff.
If you check Reddit - some people w/ custom-builders like IBuyPower, CyberPower, etc - they've been ordering the weakest stuff a new build can get them, just only to try to get the cards...b/c all they need/want is the card! LOL. Probably easier & cheaper than trying their "luck" w/ scalpers on Ebay w/ insane jacked-up scalping prices.
It's almost impossible trying to score new stuff from NewEgg, Best Buy, Amazon, or anyone else selling this stuff.
My old W7 PC is pretty much....well, toast...or maybe close to it. Namely, the CPU; it's like 9 years old! The old trust i7 950! I ordered this new PC like days before my W7 PC began to hit 100 degrees Celsius and actually just keeps shutting down on me (b/c of safely precautions built-in, I'd presume). Good timing on this new PC order, pretty much.
I ordered some thermal paste for the old W7 PC; hoping it's just that, as it looks all dried-out and like it needs some.
Sure, my 6GB GTX 1060 laptop is fine and all, but not all games now hit 1080p60; and yeah, I really want a new desktop. My W7 desktop's old and isn't cutting it for new stuff, as my laptop's been doing all the gaming work for newer titles for the last 2 years or so.
