Current Events > They said dont build a pc because new cards are coming

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Well those new cards are impossible to get for another 6 months so hah I say!

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If you held off on building a PC because new cards are on the horizon, you'd never have a PC

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Gwynevere posted...

If you held off on building a PC because new cards are on the horizon, you'd never have a PC

Pretty much.

I upgrade my GPU every 3 years or so, and my cpu every 3-4 years. Just the way that optimization works for pc means that even if your a generation or two behind it's not that big of a deal unless you're trying to go for 4K + quality

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Yeah I built my PC back in May and kept hearing "don't build now, just wait a few months" for the new Nvidia series and AMD chips

So anyway I've been enjoying 7 months of gaming with no problems

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The only way to get them without paying scalpers is to buy a prebuilt. My girlfriend needed to do a near entire rebuild anyway, so she bought an Ibuypower PC on Black Friday which comes with a GTX 3070. It was on sale, so it was even cheaper than if she had built it herself.

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Look for used previous gen cards on like offer up or craigslist. You can RMA those cards and practically get brand new and you only paid a fraction of the price.

I love looking for cheap second hand components on those sites.

I was gonna wait for them but as soon as I saw they weren't actually gonna be available I just got a cheaper one. I was planning on over clocking all my GUI terraflops anyway.

Gwynevere posted...

If you held off on building a PC because new cards are on the horizon, you'd never have a PC

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Gwynevere posted...

If you held off on building a PC because new cards are on the horizon, you'd never have a PC

This. Most advice you see on PCH is 'wait for X'.

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I thought people only say that because the current best cards will get cheaper, not because you should buy the new ones

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well i got an RTX 2070 Super recently.

even though the new series is out, its still a substantial upgrade from my last GPU. plus its more affordable.

"Building a PC is cheaper than buying prebuilt"

*RTX 2060 Super is $900*



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MacadamianNut3 posted...

Yeah I built my PC back in May and kept hearing "don't build now, just wait a few months" for the new Nvidia series and AMD chips

So anyway I've been enjoying 7 months of gaming with no problems

You'll regret it in 4 years when the next cards come out.

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Letron_James posted...

Pretty much.

I upgrade my GPU every 3 years or so, and my cpu every 3-4 years. Just the way that optimization works for pc means that even if your a generation or two behind it's not that big of a deal unless you're trying to go for 4K + quality

Right, my gtx 1060 and i5 4690k are more than sufficient to play the games I enjoy at 1440p

I always save a ton of money by just getting older parts

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I was super lucky I was able to order a 3060 ti from Best Buy. The scalping situation as well as the crypto-miners right now makes it hard to pick up a gpu though, even used ones.

As long as you know what the best price/value for a component is and what you're willing to spend, I think it's a good time.

lmao @ all the people who sold their 2080tis so they could buy nothing lmaoooooo

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Funkydog posted...

You'll regret it in 4 years when the next cards come out.

( ._.)

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I've heard people saying to buy a prebuilt with the card you want, replace the card with your current GPU, then resell it. It doesn't sound like the worst idea in the world.
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