Happy to be true to the spirit of TPCR, an enabler for buying new tech! 
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Thanks for component play-by-play, much appreciated.
Funny thing is I built a very similar 3080 system for a friend last year, and all I kept thinking was “Man, why do I keep torturing myself? This is what I need right here!”
Alright you guys convinced me, PC Master Race all the way.
Buut, I can’t bring myself to go back one gen (I like my new and shiny! :P). So I think I might go with either an Oculink-ready GPD Win 4, or the upcoming Minisforum UM790 XTX (also with Oculink).
And then keep my options open for the best GPU out of team R, G, or B. 
—with a One Dock.
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Optimum Tech did a comparison of the M2 Ultra to his custom loop 7800X3D 4090 SFF PC:
The 4090 crushes the M2 in the Cinebench gfx bench, but surprisingly, in real-world video editing operations (DaVinci Resolve), the Mac often edges out his PC.
So at least for NLE performance, the CPU is still king and the Ultra is no slouch.