Well, I sure hope that RX Vega will be a lot better than Vega FE in gaming, because if it has the same IPC than Fury X, then it will be a huge disappointment.

I posted my list at the thread about the Steam Sales, but I'll post it too:

A mix of nostalgia and indie games.

By the way, yesterday I posted an article about an accident on a Micron DRAM plant. Micron responded to that article, denying the claims:

Micron says operations at Taiwan plant recovering after output hiccup
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-micron-taiwan-idUSKBN19Q1CL
Memory chipmaker Micron Technology Inc denied a report on Wednesday of a major malfunction at one of its plants in Taiwan, but said there had been a minor incident and that it had no impact on the business.

"Regarding recent rumours about Micron's fabrication facility in Taoyuan, Taiwan, Micron hereby clarifies that there was no nitrogen leaking incident nor evacuating of personnel," Micron said in a statement. "There was indeed a minor facility event but operations are recovering speedily without material impact to the business."

Micron did not elaborate in its statement.

Thursday news:

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

Rocket League surpasses 33 million players, Anniversary update releases later today
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/rocket-league-surpasses-33-million-players-anniversary-update-releases-later-today/
Psyonix announced today that Rocket League has more than 33 million players across all platforms, and that the Anniversary Update will be available for download later today beginning at 3pm PDT.

SOFTWARE

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MODS/EMULATORS

This Japanese XCOM-like mecha strategy game has been translated to English after 23 years
http://www.pcgamer.com/this-japanese-xcom-like-mecha-strategy-game-has-been-translated-to-english-after-23-years/
CRW: Metal Jacket is an XCOM-like "mecha strategy game" that was originally released in Japan in 1994. The DOS version was localized for China and Korea, according to Mobygames, and it was re-released a couple of years later as CRW: Counter Rebellion War for the PlayStation. But it only became widely available to Western gamers this past weekend, thanks to a fan translation that was completed and released on July 1.

>>If you want to try it, you can download the game and the fan translation from here.

GAMING NEWS

FATE/EXTELLA is coming to Steam on July 25th, first PC screenshots released
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/fateextella-steam-july-25-first-pc-screenshots/
XSEED Games today announced that Fate/EXTELLA, the high-octane action title set within the much-beloved Fate universe, will launch for PC via Steam on July 25th as a standalone digital release for $49.99, €49.99, and £39.99. To celebrate, XSEED Games will host a one-week 10% off launch sale for the base game from July 25th through July 31st.

TEKKEN 7 – Patch 1.03 is now available, includes minor improvements & game design modifications
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/tekken-7-patch-1-03-available-minor-improvements-game-design-modifications/
Bandai Namco has released a new patch for the PC version of TEKKEN 7. According to the release notes, this patch comes with minor improvements & game design modifications regarding some issues that were reported by the game’s community.

WWE 2K18 – First official features revealed, new graphics engine confirmed
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/wwe-2k18-first-official-features-revealed-new-graphics-engine-confirmed/
2K have revealed the first feature set details for WWE 2K18, the forthcoming installment in the flagship WWE franchise. Mark Little, Executive Producer at Visual Concepts, has provided a comprehensive overview of several key focus areas for WWE 2K18.

Gears of War 4 – July update is now available, introduces two brand new maps
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/gears-of-war-4-july-update-is-now-available-introduces-two-brand-new-maps/
The Coalition has released a new update for Gears of War 4. According to the release notes, this patch brings two brand new maps (Raven Down and Windflare), packs miscellaneous fixes and improvements, and improves the Lightning Weapon Skin set animation.

Former Irrational Games developers announce a new first-person game, City of Brass
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/former-irrational-games-developers-first-person-game-city-of-brass/
Uppercut Games has announced a new first-person rogue-lite game called City of Brass. In City of Brass, players assume the role of a cunning thief, battling to reach a fabled treasure at the city’s heart, wielding a blade and whip that can be used to disarm, trip or stun enemies, to swing to safety, grab inaccessible objects or even break through flimsy barricades.

Paradox will offer a free game or two DLCs instead of refunds to those who purchased its over-priced games
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/paradox-offer-free-game-two-dlcs-instead-of-refunds/
As a gesture of goodwill, and since Paradox cannot offer any refunds, the publisher is offering one free game or two DLCs to all those who purchased one of its games from its approved re-sellers and didn’t pay in USD.

Monster Hunter: World – New official trailer shows 23 minutes of gameplay footage
http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/monster-hunter-world-new-official-trailer-shows-23-minutes-of-gameplay-footage/
Capcom has released a new trailer for Monster Hunter: World, showing 23 minutes of direct gameplay footage. Monster Hunter: World is an action RPG that introduces a living, breathing ecosystem in which players take on the role of a hunter that seeks and slays ferocious beasts in heart-pounding battles that unfold across the vast ever-changing terrain.

Middle Earth: Shadow of War will allow players to port old nemeses from Shadow of Mordor
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/middle-earth-shadow-of-war-will-allow-players-to-port-old-nemeses-from-shadow-of-mordor/
Warner Bros today announced the Nemesis Forge, a new update for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor that will allow a player to bring their top Nemesis and Follower from Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor to Middle-earth: Shadow of War when it releases on October 10th. In order to celebrate this announcement, Warner Bros released a new trailer for the Nemesis Forge.

And now, part two of the news:

Little Red Lie, from the creator of Actual Sunlight, is a complex game about debt
http://www.pcgamer.com/little-red-lie-from-the-creator-of-actual-sunlight-is-a-brilliantly-complex-game-about-financial-hardship/
Will O'Neill's 2013 narrative adventure game Actual Sunlight was a sobering yet excellent introspective exploration of isolation, suicide and socially misfitting protagonist Evan Winter's place in an increasingly dysfunctional society. O'Neill's latest venture, Little Red Lie, is due this Friday, July 7—which is no less emotive, evocative and relatable, and is yet another stellar example of thoughtful contemporary narrative adventure done well.

Destiny 2's social space, The Farm, has a Cryptarch and multiplayer soccer
http://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2s-social-space-the-farm-has-a-cryptarch-and-multiplayer-soccer/
IGN has posted a video tour of the new "social space" in Destiny 2 called The Farm, a idyllic (relatively, anyway) location populated by civilians, Guardians, and vendors that will serve as the player's home base after they've been evicted from the city by the Cabal.

Mass Effect: Andromeda teases Batarians and a new 'Platinum' Apex mission difficulty
http://www.pcgamer.com/mass-effect-andromeda-teases-batarians-and-a-new-platinum-apex-mission-difficulty/
Mass Effect: Andromeda may not be getting any single-player DLC (although maybe it will, too—nobody really knows!) but it will, based on a very brief teaser released yesterday, be getting a new, tougher "Platinum" difficulty level for its multiplayer Apex missions.

Star Wars Battlefront 2's hero roster has partially leaked
http://www.pcgamer.com/star-wars-battlefront-2s-hero-roster-has-partially-leaked/
Star Wars Battlefront 2 is now in closed beta testing, and that means it's time for the leaks to begin. First up is a list of 16 of the game's Hero characters and their unique abilities, courtesy of redditor uninspired_zebra. Most of them aren't really surprises—for a galaxy-spanning empire, this whole "Star Wars" thing sure does seem to come down to the same dozen-or-so guys, over and over again—but there may be a few unexpected appearances, so if you're looking to avoid spoilers you should stop reading now.

The Forza Motorsport 7 download will be 'a bit smaller' than 100GB
http://www.pcgamer.com/the-forza-motorsport-7-download-will-be-a-bit-smaller-than-100gb/
It was reported in June that the Xbox One X version of Forza Motorsport 7, with those gorgeous 4K textures, will be a whopping 100GB download. For people with any kind of data cap, that's bad news: In my case, it represents almost half of my total monthly allocation. The situation appeared to be the same for the PC, as the Windows Store app in Win10 lists an "approximate size" of 99GB. But that doesn't necessarily reflect the actual download size.

>>They're going nuts with game sizes. And I wonder, is the game compressed? Because if it is, I dread to think how much it will take the installation...

Ark: Survival Evolved is now priced at $60 ahead of its full release in August
http://www.pcgamer.com/ark-survival-evolved-is-now-priced-at-60-ahead-of-its-full-release-in-august/
If you've been on the fence as to whether or not to purchase Studio Wildcard's dinosaur survival game, you've officially missed your window to get in on Early Access pricing. Ark: Survival Evolved is now $59.99 in the Steam store, "to ensure retail parity" for the game's full launch in August, according to Ark's official twitter account.

>>Don't complain now, you had your chance to get it for cheap(er). In any case, you can share your thoughts about this at Shikamo's thread on the matter.

Agents of Mayhem trailer is as gloriously stupid as you'd expect
http://www.pcgamer.com/agents-of-mayhem-trailer-is-as-gloriously-stupid-as-youd-expect/
All evidence points to Agents of Mayhem being a remarkably stupid video game, and personally I'm grateful for that. Developed by the Saints Row team – the last instalment of which was a modern classic if you ask me – the over-the-top sandbox launches August 18, and embedded below is a new trailer.

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds 'guaranteed' to leave Early Access by October
http://www.pcgamer.com/playerunknowns-battlegrounds-guaranteed-to-leave-early-access-by-october/
According to its Steam Early Access blurb, Brendan Greene—aka PlayerUnknown himself—suggests he and his team "don't expect Early Access to last longer than six months." In an interview with RPS at Rezzed earlier this year, one week following the game's EA launch, Greene was however far more forthright.

RPS Runner is an effortlessly compelling test of nerves
http://www.pcgamer.com/rps-runner-is-an-effortlessly-compelling-test-of-nerves/
Amid the chaos that is the annual Steam summer sale it's easy to let the little gems slip through your penny saving net. Our Tom does a great job of rounding up quality games you might've missed throughout the year, and there's even an algorithm that helps unearth some of Steam's most-loved, least-played games. One such gem you may have missed land on Steam yesterday is RPS Runner—a simple game that combines Rock, Paper, Scissors with the endless runner genre.

Little Nightmares teases details of first DLC chapter, due tomorrow
http://www.pcgamer.com/little-nightmares-teases-details-of-first-dlc-chapter-due-tomorrow/
Towards the end of May, Tarsier Studios released an 'accolades' trailer that, towards its end, hinted at new DLC. This was confirmed last month with the announcement of Secrets of the Maw—a three-chapter run that tells the tale of The Runaway Kid, a prisoner who visits previously unseen areas of the Maw in search of an escape. The Depths is due tomorrow, July 7, and has so far teased a handful of screens.

Hearthstone official Chinese site leaks next expansion theme
http://www.pcgamer.com/hearthstone-official-chinese-site-leaks-next-expansion-theme/
As Tom reported last week, Hearthstone's next expansion will be officially revealed today, July 6 at 7pm PST/tomorrow, July 7 at 3am BST, and everything else in between. Fans have been busy touted Lich King-related rumours since—which the official Chinese Hearthstone website appeared to underscore earlier today via a short-lived leak.

Wtf man.

Sod it, I was trying to look for other parts this morning, but now I'm just going to order all the parts while I still can. I changed my Zotac Amp Extreme back to the Strix 1080ti because £805 for a few Hz more is just plain silly. 

This rise in price bs is getting really old really fast. Not only do we have this to deal with, but those Bitcoin miners as well.

Cheers for the ehads up btw. 

Hold on! Today I posted another article saying that the incident wasn't as big as claimed before.

But it could lead to some speculation...

I read that one too, but I still think I should just order the main parts now and worry about things like K+M later on.

You aren't going with one of Intel's latest processors, right? Because if that's the case, don't do it now.

i7 6700k.