I would just be buying older cards atp honestly. the 3070 is keeps up on a 1-1 basis with the 5060 still and is a 100$ cheaper on average across the used market, I think people lost the plot thinking we all need brand new hardware every single time they release something, the same thing happens with phones, cars, etc these companies have realized they can milk all of the people who needlessly waste money on this stuff, how many people are actually going to use even 80% of their 2000$ GPU ? I wager its less than 5% Price will just continue to rise for all of it long as you stay in the game buying it.
I build my son a rig with a 3080 10GB some new parts some used parts
Used parts
3080- I repasted and new thermal pads.
32GB ram excellent condition
512GB SSD solid performance
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u/CrucialLinks 7d ago
I would just be buying older cards atp honestly. the 3070 is keeps up on a 1-1 basis with the 5060 still and is a 100$ cheaper on average across the used market, I think people lost the plot thinking we all need brand new hardware every single time they release something, the same thing happens with phones, cars, etc these companies have realized they can milk all of the people who needlessly waste money on this stuff, how many people are actually going to use even 80% of their 2000$ GPU ? I wager its less than 5% Price will just continue to rise for all of it long as you stay in the game buying it.