OMG. Things seem to have gotten a little frisky here
I respect your opinion, but we don't see things the same.
The term FPS is not particularly relevant to me (if you're referring to games). This is not so much about gaming as it is about rendering, encoding, authoring and so on. Sure, I play some games to
relieve increase stress, but that's not my main goal. The problem is we have very hot summers in a house that has ZERO cooling and faces east/west. In Summer it's not uncommon for the temps inside to reach 48C/118F. It takes almost a week to cool the place when temps outside drop. Yes, I understand that ambient temps affect system/coolant temps.
Given I'm renting I can't install an air conditioner, which might be the more appropriate solution, and the landlord is a real %^%@^$#% He refuses to add air conditioning.
Every time I mention the insane pricing here in Australia I get verbally bashed and told I'm smoking something nefarious. Fact: Australian prices are insane.
Personally, I think the RTX 2080 Ti is a damn good card. Also, I am not a person who has to have the "Latest bleeding edge tech". Launch prices are higher, availability is poor, and there are always issues to be sorted.
I have no intentions of investing in RTX 30 series cards. There are no games here that "need" them, especially at the absurd prices being charged, and the fact that they're as rare as hen's teeth. Same goes for my video work. While there are performance increases, I do not believe the high costs are worth the performance increases I am going to get.
Do the RTX 30 series cards run hotter? If they do, that'd be another reason to stay away.
Having my RTX 2080 Ti, or even better, and my CPU at 45C under load would be awesome
Back on topic: There is an extremely limited selection of parts here. The number of retailers that stock such parts is even less.
I can't get all parts from one supplier, at least not locally. Shipping is going to cost me hundreds of dollars, even more if I go overseas as I would then have to pay import duties on top. It seems as though I'm going to have to go out of country to get the parts. I'm now weighing whether that's worth it or not.
As a final point here, there is one other motivator here: I've never done custom loops before. And, tbh, I'm somewhat terrified of killing my system, but if I don't try I will never learn. This is as much an educational exercise as it is a solution (or mitigation), to my temps.