Considering a 5080 retails for about €1400, this is gonna be €1800 and up innit?

Have they changed the power connector? Have they changed as a company? Then zero cares.

The competition is catching up, and it is not a fire hazard for the rest of your expensive hardware or an based on insults to your intelligence.

Higher price, more high failure connector issues, limited stock, likely more drivers drama… Totally a day 1 buy from me.

At some point they are going to need to decouple the power and have a direct power plus and psu. The hobo power connectors are becoming overwhelmed and melty.