Hold on a few more years and everything should be on usb-c.

Why do they even bother to add GeForce RTX branding on the shroud if these are unofficial mods? Attention to details, or Nvidia involvement?

IIRC A2000 has about the same performance as RTX 3060. A5000 should be more powerful than that.

At least they are still making Asus Thor PSUs. https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/asus-rog-thor-1200w-psu,5984.html

Nvidia recommends 650W for 4070 so you’ll be fine. But if i were you I would swap 990 pro for a 980 pro. You wont notice a difference in daily use and can use the saved money for a better PSU.

Unfortunately the phrase price cut is not in Nvidia’s dictionary.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gigabyte-ud1000gm-pg5-review-the-first-pcie-gen-5-compatible-psu

It requires PCIe bifurcation to work which I believe most mid to low end motherboards don’t support.

I think the problem with soldered memory is more about upgradability, less about reliability. The chips can be replaced with specialized tool.