Good time to buy a PC?

Vod · May 10, 2020

Hello!

I was thinking of buying a new PC next month.

I was going to buy a rtx 2070, a b450 Mobo and r5 3600, but I've heard that ryzen 4th gen, b550 boards and rtx 3000s are coming out this year so I'm not sure if I should just buy the parts next month or keep waiting till the release of new hardware so the prices drop.

Also, will the new 3000s have better ray tracing performance than the current rtx cards? Because if they will I'll look into a 3000 instead of a 2070.

5x5 · May 10, 2020

Id you can, wait. New releases are due in September

Entropy. · May 10, 2020

11 minutes ago, Vod said:

Hello!

I was thinking of buying a new PC next month.

I was going to buy a rtx 2070, a b450 Mobo and r5 3600, but I've heard that ryzen 4th gen, b550 boards and rtx 3000s are coming out this year so I'm not sure if I should just buy the parts next month or keep waiting till the release of new hardware so the prices drop.

Also, will the new 3000s have better ray tracing performance than the current rtx cards? Because if they will I'll look into a 3000 instead of a 2070.

It's a terrible time to buy a pc. Not only are pc parts out of stock in most regions- with the ones being in stock usually being sold at inflated prices, but Nvidia's 2000 series GPUs are nearly two years old now, and like you said, 4th gen ryzen, b550, and Nvidia AMPERE (3000 series gpus) are all coming this year- and with a decent performance boost, especially with ray tracing if the leaks are correct- so if youre into that type of thing, you should wait for sure. I would say wait 100% unless you had no other choice or really really want a pc right now.