Crypto crashing and Ether going to proof of stake system so no more mining. Lots of miners will be selling their GPUs soon if you can wait it out a bit longer
Yeah I saw where this was going with semiconductors a year or so ago and i signed up for the EVGA queue system sometime around last jan and i honestly lost hope after that. but they finally called my number sometime around late November so I was in line for a little less then a year. EVGA, like all of the card manufacturers raised the MSRP of all their shit so the card I wanted (3060ti) went from $350 to $450.
Still I jumped at the chance to buy mine. All I needed to do was check ebay for the current prices on that card to pull the trigger. I think it goes for 900-1100 right now so it was a no brainer.
Likewise I sold my old video card which was an EVGA 1050ti. Threw it on ebay and ended up getting $240 for it. Ludicrous. I checked newegg and I bought the card 3 yrs previous for $180... Like in what world do we live in where computer parts APPRECIATE in value.
Its the same effect with cars right now. My mk7 was bought in 2017 new for 19k and with 50k miles on it in 2022 it is worth 18k. What?!
New series will just be more expensive and will not affect current gen cards, supply of current gen cards will dry up. Double the speed makes no difference. Currently all the way back to the 1080 and 1070 is still not obsolete.
The only application a doubling in performance will impact actual gamers is for VR. Even 4k is sitting pretty on a 6900 or 3090.Well, I was just referring overall to the performance of the 4 series in comparison to the 3rd. Whether that matters in mining, probably not but I'm referring to gaming performance. That's huge if it doubles the 3. Not saying anyone will probably be able to get their hands on one though...
They like to give you the cheap power supplies and ssd's too. It blows my mind still seeing HDDs in computers. Even sata SSDs should be phased out as an OS drive. If it's not an m2 nvme I don't want it. Any computer I build gets a samsung 970 or 980 no matter what.A friend of mine just got a cyperpower rig that has a 3080. It's built in a Lian-Li Case with some good hardware. Seems like as long as the rig you get has good bones you can fix the little stuff over time.
The biggest place these builder companies skimp on is RAM and the quality of the cooling, easily fixable on your own.
That is a good deal, the 3070 alone is worth like $1200If anyone got cash to burn,
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/desktops/legion-desktops/legion-t-series-towers/lenovo-legion-t7-34imz5/99le9700365?clickid=Uq:wBHy::xyIWYJ1SZ3RNyi5UkGyHcwUET9j3Y0&irgwc=1&PID=10451&acid=ww:affiliate:bv0as6
One of best deals I've seen in a awhile. Work buddy coming through again! lol. Almost about to buy but I REALLY want to build my own. This feels like buying a used car as opposed to new.
On the flipside, you can do what his friend did. Buy it, swap out the GTX card, put in your old card, sell it for good money (obvious less than you paid since missing RTX), and now you basically have your RTX card and recoup a lot of funds for selling the PC. Now you can do your own proper build if this one isn't good enough for you... though I don't know, 3070, i9, 32gb memory, under 2k? There is a 100 dollar off coupon also on the Lenovo website...