Yeah looks like I won't be getting a new GPU anytime soon. Good thing I already ordered an ASUS x570 and a CPU
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GPUs and Motherboards get price hikes in the US as tariff exemption expires (up to $260 more)
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Damn this sucks for people trying to build computers now. Glad I got impatient and built my rig in November. I had originally planned to do it this month, but was able to get a 3080 and pulled the trigger on everything else.
Welp. There goes any hope of building a new computer from scratch this year. That really sucks.
I had already decided to wait for the 40 Series card due to insane scarcity, this just cements that plan. Hopefully it's is resolved quickly. We only recently got clear of cryprominers driving up prices.
This definitely makes me happier I was able to secure both consoles; even if this doesn't effect them directly, it could further increase demand.
This definitely makes me happier I was able to secure both consoles; even if this doesn't effect them directly, it could further increase demand.
Yeah, this. Even these new MSRPs are quite a bit cheaper than what we have here, with 3080FE being US$900 from launch basically.
Yesterday morning I finally broke down and bought a new CPU and mobo to finally upgrade my 2600k. Feeling pretty good about that now?
Might not effect larger companies like Dell or HP, but ibuypower and others that basically put together custom PC's for you - yeah, this will effect them.
lol your being ridiculous. I have a 2060 and im even fine for 3-4 years.. I wish i had a 2080... dude unless you have to play all your PC games at 100% max options your fine until well into this new gen. I play Cyberpunk 2077 at max settings ( with some tweaks) and get 60 locked 99% and the game looks amazing. Not even using RTing.
This sucks. There's no upgrade path now even the GTX 10 series also had their prices hiked. The GTX 1060 6gb is $500, I bought mine for $284 and a Asus z170a MOBO I bought for $140 is $190 used.
The 5700xt a $400 is as low as $650 with several marked at $1000
The only GPU that didn't get a significant impact is the RX 580 which is now priced at $330
The 5700xt a $400 is as low as $650 with several marked at $1000
The only GPU that didn't get a significant impact is the RX 580 which is now priced at $330
I was planning to build a PC once things hopefully became readily available later this year, but this torpedoes that idea.
It's certainly going to be interesting. I can see some of these builders try to shift to particular vendors (like EVGA which is manufactured mostly in Taiwan) to control tariff costs.
I didn't want to really go console but the Xbox series X is starting to look like a good option combined with game pass.
It fucking sucks checking every store page for a 3080 every day with no luck and then hearing this.
On top of all the insanity to get nvidia gpu's and ryzen 5000 cpu's, this price hike is too much bs to build a pc. If I didn't get my hands on what I needed by now, I'd 100% just be trying to get a series x and waiting this all out.
Does EVGA get any sort of special leeway since they're American?
I think EVGA is manufactured in Taiwan. You know, the "other" China. Hence it's not affected by tariffs.
Planned on upgrading this year. I think I'll be sticking with my 980 for a while, which is fine as my PC is mostly for the smaller titles.
I bought an RX 580 just 3 months ago for like $175. This is crazy. I see it's mostly sold out even at almost double the price I paid.
Also managed to preorder an rtx3080 a few weeks ago, unsure if/when stock will come in but now I think I'll just sit on that one with this price increase
Getting a pre-built PC from custom manufacturers like iBuyPower is looking more and more attractive for 2021.
I hope my existing order on a white ROG strix doesn't have its price revised before it ships because of this. I'm just waiting for it to ship at this point but that could be a month from now.
What, you don't think those will increase as well? Their components are still made in China and will be subject to the same tariffs.
I've been saving for months for a 3080, guess I'll add another month or two to cover the difference. Even without the price hike, by the time I had the funds, there still probably wasn't gonna be any stock available to spend it on anyway.
Since EVGA manufactures in Taiwan and is therefore apparently exempt from these tariffs, will they continue to undercut the competition's prices, or eke out some more profit by hiking to match? EVGA being markedly cheaper than almost all other options in the U.S. would make demand for their cards even higher than it already is.
Since EVGA manufactures in Taiwan and is therefore apparently exempt from these tariffs, will they continue to undercut the competition's prices, or eke out some more profit by hiking to match? EVGA being markedly cheaper than almost all other options in the U.S. would make demand for their cards even higher than it already is.
They are probably going to cancel your order, depending on the vendor, honestly.
There will be some increase, however, some components are made in Taiwan, so they wouldn't be part of this tariff increase. That said, vendors might take the opportunity to increase prices and margins anyways.
I managed to snag a 3060 ti for my brother. He has been looking to get a new card for months.
Let's all remember this is China's fault, technically. They agreed to buy more american corvettes and and Harleys or whatever and then they welched cuz they don't really care about those rides. The only american vehicles they care about are Teslas and those are already produced locally in china now...
Me too, but I'm not sure I need the damn thing. The only way I was going to get one was if I didn't have to do backflips to get it and Best Buy made the process much smoother than getting an XSX or PS5.
Edit: I was able to add another 3090 so it's a huge drop. I didn't get it, but I wanted to check to see if they still had some and they do.