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I generally am a strong proponent of Hanlon’s Razor but… yeah
Way I see it, there are two real reasons this would happen
Someone in the chain assumed that there were spare 3090s and just stole the card that came with the block. Obviously for a cheeky tech makeover bit.
Considering how fucking mental linus was on the WAN show and how even in his “How dare Steve not reach out to me first and find out I totally already told them I would give them money to make this go away” blog post he STILL went on a tirade about how much he hates the product… I assume one of the Billet folk must have shit in his cornflakes or turned down a sponsorship request or something along those lines.
I assume one of the Billet folk must have shit in his cornflakes or turned down a sponsorship request or something along those lines.
I might be spreading misinformation but I’ve seen it mentioned by multiple sources so I’ll take a lesson from LTT, Linus invests in a company that makes gpu waterblocks.
Someone in the chain assumed that there were spare 3090s and just stole the card that came with the block. Obviously for a cheeky tech makeover bit.
Maybe the reason that it turned up again recently was because they saw everything catch fire, panicked, and put it back?
Either that, or LMG’s logistics just put it in a general GPU pile without putting it with the cooler, so when they couldn’t find it with the cooler, it was assumed lost.
How is it even possible to use the wrong GPU when the correct one is in the same box. That makes it seem malicious rather than foolish.
I generally am a strong proponent of Hanlon’s Razor but… yeah
Way I see it, there are two real reasons this would happen
I might be spreading misinformation but I’ve seen it mentioned by multiple sources so I’ll take a lesson from LTT, Linus invests in a company that makes gpu waterblocks.
Do you have a source? The only notable investment of his I’m aware of is framework.
Maybe the reason that it turned up again recently was because they saw everything catch fire, panicked, and put it back?
Either that, or LMG’s logistics just put it in a general GPU pile without putting it with the cooler, so when they couldn’t find it with the cooler, it was assumed lost.