There is often a HUGE difference between the things you want, and those you need. This was most definitely not one of the latter. Me saying I needed this video card is akin to saying something like...I need a sledgehammer to drive nails into plywoodI need to supersize both of my combos at McDonald'sI need an F-350 Super Duty to make grocery tripsI need a 50 caliber rifle for squirrel huntingI need a Carnival cruise ship for a day at the lake...In short, I DEFINITELY DID NOT need this card, but by God, I bought it anyway.Generally being a budget conscious individual, I've always done my PC gaming on previous generation hardware, and used mid-tier components when building or upgrading my computers. Up until the last month, I've been using an R9 270x with an AMD FX CPU and 8GB of RAM. (I should add that this rig served me faithfully, and is still serving my better half) But somewhere deep in the recesses of my mind, a voice was crying out for more, more, MORE! It was crying out for virtual reality, and more pixels than I could see, more textures, more frames per second... MORE POWER. So for once, I succumbed to my deepest, nerdiest desires and built a completely unnecessary and absolutely beastly computer.Piece by piece I gathered top tier components, and the monster began to take shape. I obtained an i7-7700k CPU, copious amounts of solid state storage, plentiful gold rated wattage, more DDR4 memory than I may ever make use of, displays with more pixels than all the televisions in my house combined. I added liquid cooling. I added more storage. I put it all into a pristine white case behind a plate of tempered glass. But still this creature lacked the fierce heart of a warrior. The voice still cried out for MOREThere was only one source for such a heart; only one company capable of producing such a powerful piece of technology. The core of this savage brute would have to be produced by Nvidia. I could have settled for 1050ti or a 1060 and gamed happily enough for a while. I could have sprung even more for a 1070 or a 1080, and been completely amazed with the results. But these options just would not do. I wanted the BEST, so I bought the BEST.Going from a R9 270x to a GTX 1080 Ti is...It's like going from a 50cc scooter to a Kawasaki H2R.It's like going from shooting spitballs to using a rocket launcher.It's like going from a hang glider to a fighter jet....nothing could have prepared me for it.I could go on and on, but this GPU is nothing short of amazing. I didn't need it, and I couldn't justify the cost. But I am so incredibly glad I bought it. I will likely be eating ramen noodles for the next few months while recouping the costs of building this PC, but that's okay. I may have to turn my heat off to afford my utility bill, but at least the 1080 ti will keep my office warm while I bask in the glow of triple digits frame rates and more pixels than there are stars in the sky.