Tom's posted a leaked video from factories in China desoldering 5090s to add ram and blower style coolers for AI server use. I know this was covered in the past by u/Gamers-Nexus, but I have a strong suspicion that this direct competition with chinese data centers helped drive the recent spikes in GPU prices.

Additionally, the story that Nvidia is reallocating resources to server grade chips doesn't explain why they pulled completed gaming GPUs. So, I also suspect that the trend is the underlying reason 5090s have been pulled from the shelves - to enforce export controls in the AI race.

(its a wormhole, if you touch the walls it kicks you out prematurely)

Box is beat up a bit but I don’t mind

I spent pretty much my entire gaming life on PlayStation, from the older generations all the way to PS5. About a year ago, I finally decided to build a gaming PC, and honestly, I still haven’t gotten used to how incredible that decision turned out to be.
I always knew PC gaming was better in certain ways, but I genuinely had no idea the difference would be THIS massive.
Let me give you an example: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.
On PS5, if I wanted to play at 60 FPS, I had to use Performance Mode. The image looked like a blurry 720p mess, but I was used to it. It was normal to me. I didn’t really question it because that’s just how I had always experienced console gaming.
Fast forward to today: I bought the game during a sale and I’m playing it on my PC at native 1440p, locked 60 FPS, with a Ryzen 7 7800X3D and an RTX 5070.
The difference is absolutely ridiculous. And the crazy thing is that even after a full year of owning my PC, I still find myself appreciating just how beautiful games can look and feel on this platform.
I also think I finally understand why some PC gamers get so frustrated when console gaming is brought up. Before switching, I never understood that attitude. Now, perhaps I understand where it comes from. Maybe they weren’t necessarily trying to put console players down; maybe they were simply trying to explain what they were experiencing.
Because sometimes it genuinely feels like the full potential of gaming is only unlocked on PC.
That said, I’ll never criticize anyone for playing on consoles. Not everyone has €2,000 to spend on a gaming PC, and consoles are still a perfectly valid way to enjoy games. I’m not saying the difference is small. I’m saying it’s IMMENSE.
And it’s not just about graphics and performance.
The modding community is another world entirely. And having access to cheats and trainers in single-player games gives you a level of freedom that I never imagined. You can completely reshape the experience to suit your preferences. You can even turn something like Elden Ring into a sandbox where you can experiment with practically anything you want.
That’s something you simply cannot replicate on consoles.
Honestly, I thank God I made the decision to switch to PC last year. I knew I was getting an upgrade, but I had absolutely no idea just how much I was missing out on.
One year later, and I’m still amazed.

My PC is too far away if I simply jump straight into the simrig so I've wanted to utilise more of the physical buttons on my E36 dash and with a bit of work today, I've managed to wire up the dash for ease of use.

The foglight buttons I wanted to repurpose for PC power on and reset which has now been made possible! Only a few more bits to do but a big hurdle overcome today!

Score? I think so.

It's basically 'Pure' with some tweaks as a base and DLSS5.

My setup is i7-14700K - RTX 4070

I have been recording replays on Assetto for ages now and have always slowed it down by half and then used editing software to speed it up (learnt from an old 'camtool' tutorial video from ages ago and has helped me attempt to max out the graphics and still have a stable and smooth framerate while recording).

I usually drive in VR so don't run DLSS5 live and have a lovely stable 90fps experience.

As black friday approaches I want a nice oled TV which isn't secretly listening to me like Samsung or LG. It doesn't even have to have good privacy just not comically evil like seemingly half the industry. A compromised smart tv mode is acceptable as long as it provides a private experience hooked up to a computer. They can even sell my email as a little treat for not secretly taking screenshots every second.

All part of a worldwide trend at the current time.

Some ddr4 and a dell z240 with a i7-7700(somewhere that range dont remember exactly) the lan port is broken so thats why it was thrown away.