Originally Posted by
LandGreen2
For those of you who have built a pc lately???
As others have said it seems impossible to buy the latest graphic cards without spending 3x retail.
To build a PC to last 3-4 years what components do you recommend that are avail today at retail prices? When building a PC what kind of ground school did you use? I know there are some good YouTube’s but wondering if there was a specific Jedi out there you guys are being mentored by?
thanks!
btw thanks mod for dedicating new thread
You can buy the latest in retail price, but you need to be aggressively tracking discord and different sources.
It seems to me that the 3090 (which is very expesive, it’s easier to get when there’s drops).
I had a friend that was able to get a 3080 in Best Buy online. But you gotta play the game, even the 3070 is 50% better than the 2080 Super from last year.
CPUs are easier to get, you can get a Ryzen 3900X or a intel 10900k in stock. But the Ryzen Zen 3 5xxx are hard to come by. The problem is that the difference in price between last and new gen is about $50 retail, but the performance is noticeable.
I personally, will wait until the Zen4 is out, so I can buy the 5900X for my PC and call it a day for a couple of years. You can use the same motherboard for Zen 2 and Zen 3.
Or you can wait for 4-6 more months when the market should be more stable.