bad time to buy a PC

[squidy]

hey guys i do not know much about the pricing of PC now(chips shortage) vs the past.
Is it really very big difference in terms of pricing or the difference in price is....managable?

 

[Entry Level PC]

mainly only Graphics Card are still overpriced.

 

[KYZT2021]

Not bad time, is just Bad pricing

 

[wwenze]

Tiagong DRAM prices going down

Which means Crucial 3600 CL16 finally in stock at normal price...

 

[jack-320]

Graphic card price is insane

It is a bad time to buy that

 

[squidy]

how insane ? can give some example in terms of pricing haha

 

[86technie]

how insane ? can give some example in terms of pricing haha

I put it this way would be easier to understand.
For example you have budget $1.5k, around 50% or half of the budget goes to graphic card.
Branded desktop or gaming laptop would be better as graphic card are overpriced.

 

[NightRaven49]

how insane ? can give some example in terms of pricing haha

over 100% markup over msrp.
high end cards easily costing north of 2k, midrange difficult to find below 1k. even last gen budget cards like 1660 super, originally cost about $350 now hard to find below $700 brand new.

 

[KYZT2021]

And the 6600xt is now miner new babies with low power consumption and with 1660 super stock getting lesser too

 

[squidy]

i guess i shall wait abit for the prices to calm down then. thanks for the inputs folks!

 

[iicecube]

i guess i shall wait abit for the prices to calm down then. thanks for the inputs folks!

For GPU,It won't drop down that much if you choosing the big brand and GPU number if you keep waiting while 40 series or 7 series will be launch by then.

As for bundle CPU, the price is more or less as usual.

In the end, Budget is the only main point you thinking.

 

[watzup_ken]

how insane ? can give some example in terms of pricing haha

There is no bad timing if you need one. If you don't need one urgently, you should just wait.

To give you a perspective of the cost of the GPU now, in the past, if you don't use the PC for gaming, a simple GPU should cost you around 200+ bucks. Today, the same GPU will cost you say 150 bucks more, i.e. 350 bucks. If you are looking for a good gaming card, the increase in cost can easily result in the GPU accounting for 50 to 60% of the cost of the system, where in the past, it may be 30 to 40% of the cost, depending on the setup.

 

[Iszaid]

Welcome to the new normal of PC building

 

[royfrosty]

Not bad timing, just terriible pricing.

Just build 2 pcs for 2 friends. Things like CPU+Board are easily available, may be not on Intel side, especially higher end ones. But AMD there are surplus stocks.

The pricing are somewhat ok, not so bad and not say we have not paid the same price earlier this year. But the GPU is the craziest jump.

A quick check yesterday, im glad i snag a rtx3080 for $1.2k earlier this year.

6600XT - $8xx
RTX3060 - $8xx
RTX3060Ti $9xx
RX6700XT - $12xx
RTX3070 - $14xx
RTX3070Ti - $16xx
RTX3080 - $18xx
RTX3080Ti - $24xx
RTX3090 - $3xxx

 

[watzup_ken]

Not bad timing, just terriible pricing.

Just build 2 pcs for 2 friends. Things like CPU+Board are easily available, may be not on Intel side, especially higher end ones. But AMD there are surplus stocks.

The pricing are somewhat ok, not so bad and not say we have not paid the same price earlier this year. But the GPU is the craziest jump.

A quick check yesterday, im glad i snag a rtx3080 for $1.2k earlier this year.

6600XT - $8xx
RTX3060 - $8xx
RTX3060Ti $9xx
RX6700XT - $12xx
RTX3070 - $14xx
RTX3070Ti - $16xx
RTX3080 - $18xx
RTX3080Ti - $24xx
RTX3090 - $3xxx

It is possible to find RTX 3080 around the 1.5 to 1.6K mark, but they get snagged up very quickly. And chances is that you will find them on Carousell with a few hundred bucks mark up. But I agree, as compared to a few months back where a 3080 is being scalped at 3.5K, it is significantly better now.

 

[NightRaven49]

But I agree, as compared to a few months back where a 3080 is being scalped at 3.5K, it is significantly better now.

watching gpu prices on taobao, it seems like the current trend of dropping prices will end soon...

 

[royfrosty]

Pricing will definitely go up and up.

This is not the first time that China is doing the culling of crypto. In fact they did it a couple of times. It will eventually rise back up again.

 

[Viper0402]

watching gpu prices on taobao, it seems like the current trend of dropping prices will end soon...

Yes, it did come down kind of... but...
sold my Vega 64 to a miner and upgraded to a 2nd-hand (month+ old with receipt to prove) 6700XT bought from a user with ONLY $100 actually spent.
Thanks to Vega 64 being very popular with miners.

 

[squidy]

i am actually not in a hurry to buy a new PC. i am playing simple android games via bluestack(it started to lag though...). thinking of getting the new battlefield game releasing later this year.

how long do you think this specs can last? it is a gaming laptop.

Intel core i7-8750H 2.20ghz
NVIDIA GFORCE GTX 1060 6GB
16 GB ddr4

 

[86technie]

i am actually not in a hurry to buy a new PC. i am playing simple android games via bluestack(it started to lag though...). thinking of getting the new battlefield game releasing later this year.

how long do you think this specs can last? it is a gaming laptop.

Intel core i7-8750H 2.20ghz
NVIDIA GFORCE GTX 1060 6GB
16 GB ddr4

Bluestack? Sometimes lag can be due to outdated Windows/driver.
Maybe you want to consider updating Windows/drivers for the laptop.