This is a very good card and at stock settings lines up nicely with all RTX 3080 benchmarks you can find online.Its price is higher than average but this is largely due to the addition of RGB. If you're on a budget it's worth saving 100 dollars on a non-RGB card if you can and don't care about lighting effects.Operating temperatures with my custom fan curve tend to be 45C at idle and 70C at full load with my modest overclock and no undervolting. This is very good for the power draw this card has, so it is a big plus.This card seems to overclock well considering it can't be pushed past 102% power draw in MSI Afterburner. I'm able to have a stable +120 on the core and +600 on the memory, which isn't far off from what the cards that can do 115-120% power draw are able to hit. (Note: Please remember to consult guides and videos on overclocking before attempting to do so yourself.)The card requires 3 8-pin connectors. A very large amount of power supplies, both OEM and aftermarket, do not have 3 of them by default (my Corsair RM850x for example only includes 2 8-pin cables), so if you have a modular PSU you'll want to buy an extra 8-pin PCIe cable that matches your power supply's manufacturer. Even though they often have multiple 8-pin connectors on one cable, you CAN NOT use the same cable for multiple slots. I recommend CableMod's cables as they're good quality and look pretty nice, albeit at a bit of a price premium. Just make 100% sure you buy the cable that matches your PSU. You can NOT use a cable intended for a Corsair power supply on a EVGA power supply or etc.The fans have a minimum operating speed of 30%, meaning you can't turn them off for a 0-noise experience when the system is at idle or under very light loads. MSI Afterburner's override setting didn't change this. I'm not a maniac about the noise of my system and with it only 3 feet from my head I can't hear my PC at full load with headphones on while in-game, so this isn't an issue for me or most people.All in all this is a very good RTX 3080 and I recommend it for anyone who feels it's time to upgrade. The 4000 series of GPU's is coming soon, but I'm willing to bet it will be months if not a full year before they're readily in-stock at anywhere near MSRP pricing given how rampant price gouging and scalping has become for PC components.I received the graphic card in good condition and it works successfully, but what bothered me was that I was supposed to get the serial number for the game Spider-Man as a gift with the card, unfortunately I got an incomplete serial and it does not work and I have contacted many times with Amazon customer service and they did not help me at all And they didn't give me the correct serial in the end, and frankly, Amazon customer service is the worst customer service I've ever dealt with.Super fast Card, worth every pennyThis review has been upgraded from a 4-star review to a 5-star review.I have owned the MSI RTX 3080 for more than one month. The design is tasteful, and it comes with a support horizontal bracket. Performance in traditional game titles is excellent and reliable. Thermal outputs are shockingly low and fans perform quietly throughout. I am so impressed with MSI cooling technology and shroud design. Now that the VR stuttering problems have resolved, it is fair to recommend the RTX 3080 12G between $800-1000. I have extensively put all of my cards to task with Adobe Premiere Pro, Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 077, Halo 4, and Mech Warrior 5. Goodness! Graphics look gorgeous, and performance improvements are respectable compared to my GTX 1080 Ti. In short, the RTX 3080 12G units are worth every penny, and now they finally work in VR! At $850 for the MSI 12G is a no brainer! They deserve the highest recommendations.P.S., MSRP has dropped to $799 for the 3080 12G version. This MSI card, the Aorus Master and the Asus cards being offered between $800-$850 hold my highest recommendations. I could not perceive any gaming performance differences between this version compared to the 3080 Ti nor the 3090 in 4K gaming. Hence, I strongly believe that 99% of gamers who operate at or under 4K and 120fps would NOT need anything above this level making the Nvidia RTX 4000 series and AMD RX 7000 series a moot purchase. With the latter offerings, consumers will have no choice but to upgrade the PC case with a strong airflow design and a new power supply unit (PSU) and the CPU and the motherboard as lower count CPU (fewer than 6 cores) may potentially throttle these cards. For many users, this essentially requires a new PC build.Less than 30 days old and the MSI logo on the side of the card fell off. This gives me doubt about the over all quality. Its super quiet and performs great with everything i play, but Amazon's Layaway program is the best feature of the transaction. Will update if anything else falls off.Literally a beast. Laughs in 4080 12GB.I have waited 2 years to upgrade my video card. This card does not disappoint. Its a beast!The GPU itself is great, and the included bracket is a nice touch. The performance is the best you can get among the other 3080 12G s. However, the only complaint is the temperature, it gets really hot if not a custom fan curve set. The noise level is audible only at around 2500RPM , meaning noise levels are pretty low.