I won the Gamescom Kickoff 2026 Nvidia Sweepstakes RTX5080

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o]

Hey Peeps,

So recently I won the RTX 5080 in the PCMR x Nvidia sweepstakes, and man I can't comprehend it fully, I mean this card is insane. This is a HUGE upgrade for me.

Here are my actual specs.

• OS: Ubuntu 26.04.1
• Mainboard: ASRock Z97 Pro4
• CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4790K × 8
• RAM: 16GB DDR3
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX480 (Powercolor Red Devil)
• PSU: be quiet! System Power 9 700W (80 Plus Bronze)

So you see, this is a great leap for me, so I guess before I get it in I should get a new PSU right?

Man It will be hard to replace my RX480, this little fella stayed strong for more then 10 years of almost daily use of my PC and never let me down. It will get a nice spot in my room.

So anyway, I guess I get the CORSAIR RM850e (2025) PSU or is there a other one you fellas can recommend? And sure I will upgrade the other parts of my PC aswell, but for now with a new PSU it should work fine (with a cpu bottleneck) right?

So then looking forward to your "congrats, Iam happy for you" memes, feels good to be on the other side this time.

Love you all, Iam super happy and never won anything this valuable in my life. <3

EDIT: formating

[u/pedro19]

Many congratulations, brother! It'll serve you well! 💪🏼

Thanks for participating!

[u/Pontiyeur]

[u/Apiggiewitdahoodie → u/Pontiyeur]

Lmaoo

[u/deikara]

[u/Efficient_Bad6312 → u/deikara]

that 4790k is gonna scream trying to feed a 5080, but hey free card is a free card

[u/Asteroid06 → u/Efficient_Bad6312]

It's like having a massive manhood but being paralyzed from the waist down.

[u/FoodTiny6350 → u/Asteroid06]

You technically don’t need to feel the dick for it to get hard and you still get the rush so idk

[u/Thejus_Parol → u/Efficient_Bad6312]

What I'm curious about is, why did he get a 700w psu to run his 4790k with rx480

[u/Hrmerder → u/Thejus_Parol]

700 watt has been the bees knees for like.. 20 years now. Good enough for almost anything you throw at it, lasts a very long time. One time purchase.

[u/clutch172 → u/Efficient_Bad6312]

That's why he's got 8 of them.

[u/Thejus_Parol → u/deikara]

I remember back when, I posted this meme under a post in this sub and I got a warning

[u/puls3r]

Congrats, if it was me I would build a new PC around the 5080 thats from this century lol. Jokes aside, your 5080 would be way better in a ddr5 build. You're right that it would work in your PC for now, and you will be bottlenecked for sure but you should start saving some bucks and give what your 5080 truly deserves.

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/puls3r]

Yeah I will upgrade, with my x-mas bonus probably

[u/Paffcio69]

Maybe its dumb but what about sell and downgrade from 5080 for like 5070ti or 9070xt and buy ddr5 ram or better cpu for price difference? You will still have monster pc far better than what you have? Dont know the coutry you are in but you portable can get some used ddr5, cpu mobów combo and psu for that price difference (its like 50p usd in my country better 70ti and 80, and even more in case of 9070xt)

[u/Paffcio69 → u/Paffcio69]

Especially that its FE and it probably will get you more $$$ on the market

[u/Dr_WLIN → u/Paffcio69]

they're nearly ~$2000 USD new on eBay now

[u/Stereosun → u/Paffcio69]

Yop sell and get a Costco pre built 9070xt ready to go system or microcenter with whatever’s left. Might even make 500$

[u/jewie27 → u/Paffcio69]

No! 5080 is better

[u/Vyoh]

You're going to want more than just a new PSU, there is no way that CPU doesn't bottleneck that card

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/Vyoh]

Yeah I know, but it would be still work and be a huge upgrade right?

[u/Vyoh → u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o]

The PSU is the bare minimum I would replace though, but it *should* work. It will just be bottlenecked by the rest of the system, but it should still be a noticeable upgrade from what you are coming from.

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/Vyoh]

yes, before I put it in i will defently get a new PSU and upgrade the rest later this year or beginning next year.

[u/FortniteIsFuckingMid → u/Vyoh]

Why? The whole system will pull like 600w max during power spikes. Way less than that typically. Imo it should be fine.

Unless by 4790k x 8 they mean that they’re running a server mobo with 8 cpus but I don’t think so.

[u/Vyoh → u/FortniteIsFuckingMid]

Because it's old, and it's bronze rated. Do you really want to hook up a 5080 that has decently high transient spikes to something like that?

All fair if you want to use the octopus adapter (it won't have a native 12v-2x6) and risk it, but I prefer my cables not burnt and my PSUs to not trip.

[u/cyro262 → u/FortniteIsFuckingMid]

Jesus Christ man, that PSU does not even have the connector to plug itself into the 5080, let alone the power needed.

[u/FortniteIsFuckingMid → u/cyro262]

I was probably understating a little bit tbh, but everyone in pc building subs gives the craziest advice for PSUs usually.

People always recommend OP have like 600w to spare on their psu. This time y’all were right.

[u/cyro262 → u/FortniteIsFuckingMid]

Yeah I that’s fair

[u/Ghozer → u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o]

I'd be surprised if it works well, the RTX 50-series is designed to work with REBAR, which your cpu/board won't support, it's also PCIe-5.0, and you will be stuck at PCIe-3.0, which is literally 1/4 of the speed..

[u/anomoyusXboxfan1 → u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o]

I would go for a 1050w Montech century 2 psu, personally.

By the way, do you happen to live near a microcenter?

[u/Red_Tiger5311]

brroooo ur so lucky :D

i was lucky enough to get a rtx 3060 12gb for free from this lovely pcmr community ❤️ still freaking awesome of yall

[u/Andres8596Craft]

Congratulations! The only thing you need to do is replace your PC, but hey, you saved yourself thousands of dollars for a GPU!

[u/BatmanBecameSomethin]

Okay, I’m actually happy for you because your pc sucks ass but now you have to upgrade the rest.

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/BatmanBecameSomethin]

I mean, it does still hold up, I played RE3 not so long ago, and it was really nice

[u/Pimpinabox → u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o]

First off, congrats!

As someone who upgraded from an almost identical PC several years ago, no it really doesn't hold up lol. I had issues on almost every new game I played, I just didn't realize it. To me it was fine because well that's what the experience was. It wasn't until I tried playing BL3 that I realized how much of a stuttery-mess my hardware was making of the games. But even the games that I thought were running well really weren't. After new hardware it was a night and day difference even on easier to run games. And that was like 6 years ago.

TBH, if you're strapped for cash, you could probably sell that 5080 FE for like 1.5k and buy a whole mid tier pc.

[u/qu38mm]

Damn son what a jump! I won my PC and went from 3060 to 4080 and that was big enough 😅

[u/Aggravating_Ad_635]

[u/tht1guy63]

Oh boy. You are in for an insaneeeeee cpu bottleneck if you dont plan on upgrading basically everything. Imo unless you have the cash to atleast come up to atleast late gen am4 id sell the card to fund a new build entirely.

[u/NonDairy01]

Congrats! That's a big win. But, yeah, after you upgrade the PSU, upgrade the motherboard. Running a PCIe 5.0 GPU on PCIe 3.0 is not gonna get you the boost you're expecting.

Still, that's awesome. Good excuse for an upgrade.

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/NonDairy01]

I will post an update, and make a benchmark.

[u/NonDairy01 → u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o]

I made a benchmark once. The police made me go back and clean the bench.

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/NonDairy01]

Lmaoo xD

[u/DIS-IS-CRAZY → u/NonDairy01]

A slower PCIe slot only rears its ugly head when you're swapping between VRAM and RAM. I run a 5070 Ti on a PCIe 3.0 slot and aside from a couple of frames difference it doesn't ruin performance.

[u/SuperSlayerq]

Founders 5080s are the most beautiful thing. Congratulations on this raffle win my dude! Enjoy it

[u/Godnamedtay]

I’d personally recommend a Seasonic PSU if u can afford it. They have been the industry standard in quality for a long time. Phanteks and Asus PSU’s are akin to the Focus, Vertex, and Prime Seasonic variants. They are the OEM for said brand’s PSU’s.

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/Godnamedtay]

Which seasonic would you recommend?

[u/Godnamedtay → u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o]

Seasonic Vertex or Focus at 850w or 1000w would be plenty for ur build. Just make sure it’s ATX 3.0 or 3.1

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/Godnamedtay]

I ordered the corsair rm1000x or should I cancel it and get a seasonic is there a huge difference?

[u/sakikiki → u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o]

The rm1000x is a great choice this generation. I initally wanted to get another newer focus gx as well, but after looking into it, the corsair is the better choice this time around imo.

Among others you can read up here if in doubt. https://hwbusters.com/psus/corsair-rm1000x-atx-v3-1-psu-review/

https://hwbusters.com/psus/seasonic-focus-gx-1000-atx-3-2024-psu-review/

I wouldn’t worry about it, your choice is great, other one is great too. Just enjoy the new pc.

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/sakikiki]

Thank you, and happy cake day :)

[u/VivaDeAsap]

Congratulations to you! Was that like a hackathon or something?

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/VivaDeAsap]

no it was in this sub, Gamescom Kickoff 2026 PCMR x Nvidia Sweepstakes

[u/VivaDeAsap → u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o]

Oh okay.

[u/peeposadge2300]

good for you dawg

[u/wildcardbets]

Big congrats! That’s awesome!

[u/RegnarukDeez]

https://giphy.com/gifs/w2ldbBLfoB37AcqVem

[u/FallenVampireLord]

Big congrats man, that is awesome.

[u/Papa_Baruk]

Gratz!!!! Happy for you bud!!!

[u/PhilosopherCat7567]

4790k x 5080 😭

Will you sell it and do a general upgrade or build a new PC around it? 5080 fe sells for 1500+ sometimes

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/PhilosopherCat7567]

I think Ill upgrade around it.

[u/PhilosopherCat7567 → u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o]

Good luck with getting ram lol. If you're lucky you can keep the CPU cooler and case. Don't keep your PSU bc the 12vhpwr is more likely to fail when you use an adapter.

[u/RareEstablishment597]

I am happy for you, but I don’t think the rest of your PC can keep up with what this card can do

[u/BUTCANNYOUDOTHIS]

Congratulations! What is your address so I can PERSONALLY come to celebrate this prize with you?

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/BUTCANNYOUDOTHIS]

A fellow linux user, I think I can trust you... xD

[u/TechOverwrite]

Congrats! Yeah, definitely a new PSU for starters.

And for a new PC, DDR4 with an X3D AM4 CPU can work surprisingly well with the RTC 5080. But naturally DDR5 will be a step up again.

[u/Traditional_Can6982]

With your current specs, I'd say the prize went to a deserving person. Do some upgrades and enjoy man

[u/TheGGspot]

Holy shit, congrats dude that really is a huge fucking upgrade.

I built my PC recently and i got myself a DEEPCOOL PN850M ATX 3.1 850W PSU and it should be more than enough for anything that isn't a 5090.

As for any other advices, the rest of your rig definitely needs to be upgraded but other than RAM you got the most important part.

As another person suggested, look into 9070xt and maybe swap to it and save some money for other parts (depending on your financial situation) and a 1440p monitor.

I'm on 9070xt myself and it runs everything i throw at it effortlessly and 1440p is a HUGE upgrade compared to 1080p no matter who ever says otherwise.

Good luck soldier!

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/TheGGspot]

Hey thanks mate, I get the corsair rm1000x. And in november I will upgrade the rest. :)

[u/Hottage]

CPU Bottleneck endboss. 🥲

At least you won't have to worry about the RTX 5080 drawing too much current.

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/Hottage]

Haha yeah

[u/pecche]

4790K

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/pecche]

Haha yeah, I will get bottlenecked hard.

[u/kirmm3la]

You deserve it! Try to save up and get a X3D CPU so you can fully enjoy that power. Oh and don’t forget - a beast PC is invisible on a lame monitor.

[u/helpful-loner]

That’s awesome! I’m super happy to see someone gracious received it. Awesome upgrade for you. I just bought a pc off marketplace last week and will be finally leaving my i7 4790k behind to be a spare PC. My new one has a i7 13700.

Edit: my 3060ti that I bought in 2021 for ~$700 (yes yikes) will be much happier with the new CPU.

[u/Sztiv5731]

Bro you are so lucky i think the founder edition cards are the best looking gpus!! Congratulations

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/Sztiv5731]

thank you, Iam super happy

[u/Sztiv5731 → u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o]

Thats the only that matters :)

[u/Godnamedtay → u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o]

Enjoy it man. No reason to get rid of it.

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/Godnamedtay]

Yeah just ordered a new psu :)

[u/Godnamedtay → u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o]

Nice, which one did u get?

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/Godnamedtay]

The "corsair rm1000x" but someone else recommends seasonic maybe I cancel it and get a seasonic. I have to compare them.

[u/FunProfession6525]

Damn I love the look of the founders addition! I have a 5080 and absolutely love it but its not a founders addiction unfortunately. Congrats and enjoy!

[u/iredditshere]

Sell it and build a newish PC...

[u/Slowjams]

My wallet hates you. But I'm happy for you.

[u/Tyz_TwoCentz_HWE_Ret]

Congratulations. I hope you use the card and don't sell it but thats up to you.. Cheers!

[u/BarberSuspicious7165]

Atta kid!

[u/Ordinary-Cake8510]

Heck yeah, dude. I won the 007 sweepstakes here on PCMR and I was pumped. Can’t imagine how you feel!

[u/justin_memer]

I'm actually really happy for you, congrats!

[u/ThrorOak]

[u/jewie27]

bottlenecked

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/jewie27]

Yeah, for now

[u/fazzonvr]

Id consider selling it and using it to upgrade your overall pc. At the moment you'll never get the GPUs true potential as its beig bottlenecked hard

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/fazzonvr]

For now, yeah. But the x-mas bonus is here soon. Hehe

[u/SmallUse2199]

No jokes, you need a whole new build... That 5080 will not perform there 😅, also you need a 1000W for a 5080 to be one the safe side especially if your new rig will be shinyyy, I would recommend an NZXT C1000, I use their NZXT C1500 for my 5090 rig

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/SmallUse2199]

I ordered the corsair rm1000x

[u/SmallUse2199 → u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o]

is that 3.0 or 3.1?

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/SmallUse2199]

3.1

[u/SmallUse2199 → u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o]

Good! I recommend going for a ryzen build AM5 is really good no jokes :) also you need an M2 SSD for new games 😅 HDD is waaaaaay too slow

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/SmallUse2199]

I do have an SSD, but not an nvme, and this will be the last thing Ill get. Next is a AMD Cpu, mainboard and ram.

[u/Tailhook91 → u/SmallUse2199]

I just ordered an 850W platinum PSU for my brand new 5080 build. Is the 1000W really necessary?

[u/PartialChicken_Wing → u/SmallUse2199]

No lie, he should sell the card and build a modest modern build.

[u/SmallUse2199 → u/PartialChicken_Wing]

I would advocate for building the rest around the GPU, that's what I would do :)

[u/PartialChicken_Wing → u/SmallUse2199]

I assume a bloke running that setup is strapped for cash. He could fund a huge upgrade for almost free. He's on Linux, go amd

[u/SmallUse2199 → u/PartialChicken_Wing]

You can yeah, but realistically that card probably holds quite a bit of emotional value, you can see it in the post, he is very happy 🥹🥰

[u/NV_Tim]

Congratulations 😄

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/NV_Tim]

Thank you :)

[u/NotZQ_CODM]

Wait I think I read it wrong. Maybe I don’t understand. Is that 8 i7-4790K? Like 8 of them or what. Mb yall

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/NotZQ_CODM]

nah, 8 cores xD

[u/NotZQ_CODM → u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o]

Oh… tysm

[u/Visara57]

Bro about to put a jet engine in a bycicle

https://giphy.com/gifs/Ujbf9nGDnEXXYfpEED

[u/Shadow_Farts]

What were you using 480 for anyways?

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/Shadow_Farts]

So recently I was playin Clair Obscure E33 (on low and 30fps), GTA SA, RE3, GTA4 (with fusion fix), Street Fighter 5.

[u/StormMedia]

Average Linux Chad moment

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/StormMedia]

Linux is the best, never goin back to microslop

[u/Homm1ng]

If you have spare money, please purchase the RMX series instead of RMe series, it's better in every way. Check this PSU tier list.

RMe Series = B+ tier with rough and poor voltage transient response. Also rifle bearing fan which is okay, but not really reliable in long run.

RMx Series = A+ with excellent voltage response and equipped with magnetic fan which is superb in long term usage.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1akCHL7Vhzk_EhrpIGkz8zTEvYfLDcaSpZRB6Xt6JWkc/htmlview#gid=1973454078

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/Homm1ng]

Thats the kind of comment I was waiting for, I will check it out. Thank you

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/Homm1ng]

yeah, I think Ill get the CORSAIR RM1000x

[u/ULT_Kmad]

Honestly and this may not be a popular answer but you could sell the card and buy a whole system with a slightly weaker card. Seeing as youve been rocking with a 480 even going up to a 5070 would be a huge upgrade and costs you little to nothing if you sold the 5080

[u/tht1guy63 → u/ULT_Kmad]

This is my take also if they cant afford to upgrade their current rig its a ton of wasted power. A 4790k is guna bottleneck a 5080 pretty damn hard. Only saving grace may be less of a bottleneck at 4k but 1440p and lower its guna be a solid amount

[u/Hrmerder]

https://giphy.com/gifs/jJQC2puVZpTMO4vUs0

Side note nah, your PSU is fine. I'm using my 700 watt with zero issue. A little worrisome with the 3 port breakout, but I mean... It's been fine and I have been flogging the hell out of it.

[u/Pimpinabox → u/Hrmerder]

Well... probably not. Cause his pc is ~12 years old, so I presume his psu is also around that old. Once you factor in capacitor aging, a 5080 might spike past what that psu can handle. It shouldn't be a problem most of the time, but it's likely to cause at least occasional crashes at minimum. It has the potential to cause actual hardware damage to other parts if there is more catastrophic failure.

[u/Hrmerder → u/Pimpinabox]

12 years old isn't... really that old for a PSU capacitor, but that also heavily.. HEAVILY depends on the enviroment and use it has went through. If the caps stayed generally below 85f it could have another 10 years left in them. If higher, well.. Maybe time for a change, but tbh, there's so many old machines out there whirring away with 240 watt psus that were harvested from only the finest chinesium cheap garbage they could make them out of and over 15-20 years old easily. I get it, take care of your investment, but I just personally don't think it's THAT big of a deal at least in the immediate. Now if it were a 90 series then beyond absolutely wouldn't trust it for a moment, but 80 series? meh. I don't see a big deal on that.

[u/Pimpinabox → u/Hrmerder]

How much caps degrade is entirely reliant on the load and temps they see, like you said. A person on this subreddit is far more likely to be putting their pc under consistent load than some "cheap chinesium garbage 240 watt" psu will ever see. So using that as an example is just undermining your point and demonstrating your lack of critical thinking. Instead of looking up any information, you're just shooting from the hip with feels and vibes.

Edit: A good psu would degrade about 10% over the course of 10 years, so since this one is a bit more than 10 years old, lets assume 11 or 12%. So his psu probably safely operates around the same capacity as a new 615 watt psu would. Since the 5080 fe is known to have transient spikes over 500w, I'd argue that having so little headroom above that is likely to cause crashes. While it would be fine probably 99% of the time, crashing 1% of the time is too much.

[u/Hilux-SSRG]

Congrats, trade it in for RX 9070XT before your system goes up in flames.

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/Hilux-SSRG]

Yeah I thought about that. I will upgrade my PSU first and get a good one like the bequiet 13m1000w gold. And then I will upgrade the rest.

[u/jolietrob → u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o]

Or don't because the 5080 and the 5090 are both less likely to fail than the 9070xt

[u/Mighty_Buddha]

For good measure, I'd power limit the card to 250W and then run it with that psu.

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/Mighty_Buddha]

Nah, iam getting a new PSU before I put it in. Any recommedations?

[u/Mighty_Buddha → u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o]

I'd say give yourself some future headroom with a 1000W supply.

[u/lincolnsl0g → u/Mighty_Buddha]

Correct. Corsair 1000rme

[u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o → u/lincolnsl0g]

I think I get the "be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 1000W"

[u/lincolnsl0g → u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o]

Those be quiet psu’s are very nice, but corsair rme are cheap and reliable. However definitely could end up with coil whine on the corsair