Posted March 8, 2021 So I've been trying to build a computer for the past year, and I was eyeing this card, since it was the cheapest 30 series. Yesterday I was checking to see if it was in stock; of course it wasn't, so I got on the notification list. I checked this morning, and it had jumped to $2000 without, it seems, the help of the scalpers. What piece in the system (besides scalpers) is making these so expensive? I was able to get a Ryzen 5 5600x just by waiting with the aforementioned notification list, so why are graphics cards so vulnerable? The 3060 page: ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge 12GB GDDR6 192-bit 15 Gbps PCIE 4.0 Gaming Graphics Card, IceStorm 2.0 Cooling, Active Fan Control, FREEZE Fan Stop, ZT-A30600E-10M - Newegg.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 8, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Agent_ZX said: So I've been trying to build a computer for the past year, and I was eyeing this card, since it was the cheapest 30 series. Yesterday I was checking to see if it was in stock; of course it wasn't, so I got on the notification list. I checked this morning, and it had jumped to $2000 without, it seems, the help of the scalpers. What piece in the system (besides scalpers) is making these so expensive? I was able to get a Ryzen 5 5600x just by waiting with the aforementioned notification list, so why are graphics cards so vulnerable? The 3060 page: ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge 12GB GDDR6 192-bit 15 Gbps PCIE 4.0 Gaming Graphics Card, IceStorm 2.0 Cooling, Active Fan Control, FREEZE Fan Stop, ZT-A30600E-10M - Newegg.com mining craze + limited supply + scalpers + extremley high demand + Global Silicon Shortage also thats not being sold by newegg, thats why the price is outrageous Edited March 8, 2021 by Downkey forgot about silicon shortage geometry is hard b550 > x570 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 8, 2021 It's a silicon shortage problem. It's not just GPUs that are effected. CPUs, Cars etc. https://www.forbes.com/sites/palashghosh/2021/02/22/theres-a-worldwide-shortage-of-semiconductors-hurting-car-and-smartphone-companies-heres-how-investors-can-benefit/?sh=5f2dd1e9795b I'm not actually trying to be as grumpy as it seems. I will find your mentions of Ikea or Gnome and I will /s post. Project Hot Box CPU 13900k, Motherboard Gigabyte Aorus Elite AX, RAM CORSAIR Vengeance 4x16gb 5200 MHZ, GPU Zotac RTX 4090 Trinity OC, Case Fractal Pop Air XL, Storage Sabrent Rocket Q4 2tb, CORSAIR Force Series MP510 1920GB NVMe, CORSAIR FORCE Series MP510 960GB NVMe, PSU CORSAIR HX1000i, Cooling Corsair XC8 CPU block, Bykski GPU block, 360mm and 280mm radiator, Displays Odyssey G9, LG 34UC98-W 34-Inch,Keyboard Mountain Everest Max, Mouse Mountain Makalu 67, Sound AT2035, Massdrop 6xx headphones, Go XLR Oppbevaring CPU i9-9900k, Motherboard, ASUS Rog Maximus Code XI, RAM, 48GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB 3200 mhz (2x16)+(2x8) GPUs Asus ROG Strix 2070 8gb, PNY 1080, Nvidia 1080, Case Mining Frame, 2x Storage Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB, PSU Corsair RM1000x and RM850x, Cooling Asus Rog Ryuo 240 with Noctua NF-12 fans Why is the 5800x so hot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 9, 2021 Author Yeah I know there are other factors; my question is, why is everything else through the roof, yet Ryzen 5000 series isn't? Is it really because GPUs are used for crypto and so miners are buying all of them? There was some inflation in the price of the 5600x, but it was only around $50 to $80, so is the crypto enough to exponentially raise the price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Agent_ZX said: Yeah I know there are other factors; my question is, why is everything else through the roof, yet Ryzen 5000 series isn't? Is it really because GPUs are used for crypto and so miners are buying all of them? There was some inflation in the price of the 5600x, but it was only around $50 to $80, so is the crypto enough to exponentially raise the price? For the cpu it was just limited production. For gpu it is added with the same or larger demand from gamers but miners that will also pay more for the same product to mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 9, 2021 I know that we are not supposed to say this: because people who mine don't like it... But both AMD and Nvidia shipped record numbers of GPU the last two quarters despite the shortage. There is a shortage compared to demand no doubt about it. But much of it is caused by mining which is increasing year over year demand significantly. You can even see that on the various channels where people are tracking drops: They are full of people who already have many GPU yet are looking to buy many more because they think mining is easy money. The other factor is a "relatively" new one, and a problem we are going to have to figure out. As everything is going to online shops bots are getting more and more prevalent and sophisticated. Cartels are growing and dark money will soo be investing in manipulating markets particularly anything that is "hot". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 10, 2021 u could get a 3080 on ali express for that (probably) The direction tells you... the direction. -Scott Manley, 2021 Softwares used: Corsair Link (Anime Edition) MSI Afterburner OpenRGB Lively Wallpaper OBS Studio Shutter Encoder Avidemux FSResizer Audacity VLC WMP GIMP HWiNFO64 Paint 3D Paint GitHub Desktop Superposition Prime95 Aida64 GPUZ CPUZ Generic Logviewer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 10, 2021 Buy a gaming laptop. The only smart choice right now unless you're willing to give a POS scalper double or even triple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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