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So i recently changed the setup of gaming pc, was custom loop and all that fancy stuff and well long story short. I need to buy a new GPU. (i know im f**ked).

I'm in Australia and there's only a handful of gpus available, nothing will be in stock for a few months even then they got hundreds of backorders.

So left to decide between

 

RX 6700 XT for $1200

RTX 2060 for $750

GTX 1660 for $660

a few rtx 3080 for over $2500 from scalpers

 

What to do? budget wise i could prob afford the 3080 in few weeks

 

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What games do you play, and at what resolution? Definitely not the 3080 for $2500. That's highway robbery, even if it's $2500 AUD. Would you prefer to just get it over and done with, or could you do with a placeholder for a little while until things settle down a bit? Demand should come down eventually (fingers crossed). But if you're wanting to get the most performance per dollar ASAP, I'd say the 6700XT. 

Main PC:

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X • Noctua NH-D15 • MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk • 2x8GB G.skill Trident Z Neo 3600MHz CL16 • MSI VENTUS 3X GeForce RTX 3070 OC • Samsung 970 Evo 1TB • Samsung 860 Evo 1TB • Cosair iCUE 465X RGB • Corsair RMx 750W (White)

 

Peripherals/Other:

ASUS VG27AQ • G PRO K/DA • G502 Hero K/DA • G733 K/DA • G840 K/DA • Oculus Quest 2 • Nintendo Switch (Rev. 2)

 

Laptop (Dell XPS 13):

Intel Core i7-1195G7 • Intel Iris Xe Graphics • 16GB LPDDR4x 4267MHz • 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD • 13.4" OLED 3.5K InfinityEdge Display (3456x2160, 400nit, touch). 

 

Got any questions about my system or peripherals? Feel free to tag me (@bellabichon) and I'll be happy to give you my two cents. 

 

PSA: Posting a PCPartPicker list with no explanation isn't helpful for first-time builders :)

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2 minutes ago, bellabichon said:

What games do you play, and at what resolution? Definitely not the 3080 for $2500. That's highway robbery, even if it's $2500 AUD. Would you prefer to just get it over and done with, or could you do with a placeholder for a little while until things settle down a bit? Demand should come down eventually (fingers crossed). But if you're wanting to get the most performance per dollar ASAP, I'd say the 6700XT. 

yeah i been thinking same. I play most games to come out at 1080p and max settings.

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51 minutes ago, cedge206 said:

a few rtx 3080 for over $2500 from scalpers

 

stay away from scalpers, never worth it

51 minutes ago, cedge206 said:

RTX 2060 for $750

depends which 2060, just doing a quick google search lead me to most going for around 750 - 800 UD new, so id go with this if you cant wait.

Main PC: the literature club machine

Intel I5 9600k @ 4.2 Ghz | MSI z390-a pro | G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB 3000Mhz | Samsung 970 1TB | 2x Seagate barracuda 3.5" 2.5tb  | Thermaltake Floe Riing RGB 240 | MSI Ventus 2x black RTX 4060 TI 8gb | Be Quiet Pure Base 500DX

 

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