The price of an RTX 3070 should be looked at closer, factory boost 1785mhz /240 watt vs 1725 / 220watt , should tell so much more about a video card and what your really buying at that price and which would have better power / cooling to offer...
I believe Nvidia stepped up the Gen 2 / 3070 with the LHR cards in power draw as really what you're seeing, because 240watts is not overclocked on my card, it has settings for overclocking it in the FireStorm software.
I was only pointing out...
Looking at GN review, something is odd about the 3070FE unless it's really capped at 225watts, My Zetac 3070 AMP Holo is 249watts when in full 3D mode at stock cap, so what's up with that review unless the driver is doing it.
I been very happy with my Zotac RTX 3070 AMP Holo LHR in just light gaming, I have no plans to mine, but when I resell it someday, it should be very easy to show it's still locked, and the buyer is not getting a mining card.
I thought that myself, as all the reviewers seem to be using a 3090 in the review. would like to see it paired with a lesser video card like a 6600XT or 3060RTX just to see if it's still offering uplifting performance in 1080p /1440p for that...
i got a coupon for $50 off 5800x from microcenter. glad I didn't use that because it seems like the 3d cache really is worth it for gaming. im quite amazed. Should be an awesome bump from a 3700x.
I been running my 3700x @ 3600Mhz CL 18 since Oct 2021 and it's been so stable on the MSI x470 Gaming Plus and it's the Olyo brand that cost me $63 in RGB for 16Gb kit of Black Owl. I didn't know if I could take the 2019 cpu that high on the...
I had some issues with B550m and RX 570 8Gb not wanting to display after a switch out, had to use a different Display Port on Video Card and then it worked, not saying that's your fix but something to try.
I know they didn't charge sales tax's and that has to be part of the price in the end, Newegg / Best Buy / Wal -Mart / Micro Center charges tax's on that sweet deal and what is not being spoken about, as that could be another $40 depending on...
I bought mine around October 2021 before I had issues and never got around to using it and still new in the box, it came from newegg so they should handle it themself, but I get the same as you with service is not available is U.S.
I don't have a high end with 3700x on x470, it's in a old case when the supply was at the top, I mod it to top flip the supply and a hole was cut in top of the case for 120mm fan blowing just on the supply, I don't even think the factory fan has...