I'm no tech expert... at least not any longer. I learned computer technology when Win3.0 was the hot ticket, we were marvelling at the new smaller floppy and most data was stored on tape drive in a central main frame. I worked in sales for IBM and GoDaddy.com in the early 2000's but these days I can no longer keep up. I do know that the water cooler is instrumental in running an OC though. I have Nico's old tower with a water cooled i7 with base 2.7 Ghz, clocked to 3.4 Ghz. Nico has an i9 with a water cooler that he has clocked to well over 5 Ghz. Both run as cool as a cucumber but that could be the difference between full game rendering vs playing games and making models for game mods. Since you already have a great system, you may wish to put off any purchase until the next series is released. Nico isn't the only friend I have that opted to go 3080 and wait for what will come after the 3090. But, I only make suggestions, not demands. The choices are always yours to make. Just so you have an idea of what Nico and I do... I specialize in making characters, he makes weapons and with a bit of encouragement from me he's making some killer shield now too.

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Adventure ever on dear friend, Phat
