RTX 5080 ASUS ROG hits the pavement instead of the PCIe slot
If you are looking for ideas about what to do with one of the most expensive RTX 5080 on the market, Redditor ashleysaidwhat seems to have a suggestion.
I guess we are at the point where the lack of new graphics card updates is definitely boring some enthusiasts. Some are now exploring new ideas quite literally. One Redditor turned the cooler from an RTX 5080 ASUS ROG Astral into a skateboard, and it has already been battle tested in a short video posted on the platform.
You can tell this is not the full card, only a massive quad-slot cooler, because there is no PCB on screen. We have seen GPU owners who already watercooled their cards use the remaining coolers for various projects, but a skateboard is something new.
She's a 5080 Astral but she looks like a 5090, and she handles like a TUF
by u/ashleysaidwhat in pcmasterrace
Another possibility is that the user bought one of the scam cards that lack a GPU. Some AI or crypto companies remove the chips and memory and sell coolers in bulk, since they are no longer needed for their use. Honestly, it is probably a cool way to obtain an interesting cooler for a personal collection, but maybe also for some unusual mods like this one.
Rumor has it the Redditor is still rolling through the streets of Republic of Gamers, wherever that is.
Source: Reddit via NotebookCheck
