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Hello! I am a newer person to the PC community. I have pretty general knowledge and wish to know more. One I would like to know is where I can buy a GPU for MSRP. I am not having any trouble finding any other parts for MSRP. If any veterans have tips for newbies in general please let me know!

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4 minutes ago, ViruzMage said:

Hello! I am a newer person to the PC community. I have pretty general knowledge and wish to know more. One I would like to know is where I can buy a GPU for MSRP. I am not having any trouble finding any other parts for MSRP. If any veterans have tips for newbies in general please let me know!

Newegg Shuffle, Sleeping at a best buy. Its pretty hard rn and it might be a while before its back to normal.

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Take the EVGA queue system, or maybe microcenter.

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AMD Direct has been good in the past for getting a GPU for true MSRP if you're fine with going AMD, but they changed their system up to a random queue and you're required to get lucky to get one. Your best bet if you really need an MSRP GPU is to go into those Discord bots and hope for the best, but don't expect to pay $700 for a 3080, those advertised MSRP numbers don't really exist anymore outside of FE and reference cards, and those are the hardest ones to get by far. 

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3 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

Your best bet if you really need an MSRP GPU is to go into those Discord bots and hope for the best, but don't expect to pay $700 for a 3080, those advertised MSRP numbers don't really exist anymore outside of FE and reference cards, and those are the hardest ones to get by far. 

Thank you for this! I'm not going for anything crazy regarding the 3080 and 3060. I'm honestly just looking for one in general with my only requirement being that its pretty decent.

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27 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Take the EVGA queue system,

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Due to high demand, the notify queue sign-up is temporarily disabled.

 

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7 minutes ago, Vishera said:

 

uhm, a quote with no source? Cuz this is what I see, if the queue system is disabled then why have such a notice at all

 

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14 minutes ago, ViruzMage said:

Thank you for this! I'm not going for anything crazy regarding the 3080 and 3060. I'm honestly just looking for one in general with my only requirement being that its pretty decent.

Even most 3060s are still around $500, give or take. I was mainly saying that as to show that the price advertised back in September 2020 doesn't exist, and arguably never did. My 3080, for example, cost me $840 back in March, and it was the cheapest 3080 available at Micro Center with some 3080s costing over $1100. Prices have gone up across the board, so expect to pay $200-300 more than what you thought you were going to otherwise.

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14 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

uhm, a quote with no source? Cuz this is what I see, if the queue system is disabled then why have such a notice at all

 

The page in the screenshot is outdated.

 

My source is a post EVGA posted on their forums:

https://forums.evga.com/EVGAcom-30-Series-Queue-System-m3108092.aspx

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17 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

Even most 3060s are still around $500, give or take. I was mainly saying that as to show that the price advertised back in September 2020 doesn't exist, and arguably never did. My 3080, for example, cost me $840 back in March, and it was the cheapest 3080 available at Micro Center with some 3080s costing over $1100. Prices have gone up across the board, so expect to pay $200-300 more than what you thought you were going to otherwise.

Mhm! Thank you for the tips. I honestly don't mind paying $200-$300 extra for a good graphics card (rather than paying less than that for a terrible one). I just would prefer to have one at MSRP. I am finding like the 20 series costing just as much as the 30 series (pre-shortage). 

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4 minutes ago, ViruzMage said:

I clicked the link and they are the same article. The only difference is that the screenshot doesn't have a link.

Nevermind,

Americans switch the numbers of month and date is confusing.

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Just now, Vishera said:

You missed the update that came after that paragraph.

After update 10/5/2021 there is:

 

Oh my gosh! I completely missed that. My bad. 

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1 minute ago, ViruzMage said:

Oh my gosh! I completely missed that. My bad. 

Forget that,

I was wrong (Americans switch the numbers of month and date is confusing to us Europeans.)

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Just now, Vishera said:

Forget that,

I was wrong (Americans switch the numbers of month and date is confusing.)

Ah, I see. I'm American and I don't even know which version it is sometimes. Most people in my country are just stubborn. Also, you are completely fine! 

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1 hour ago, SignatureSigner said:

Newegg Shuffle,

 

Can you tell me more about this?

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3 minutes ago, ViruzMage said:

Can you tell me more about this?

Every day (normally 11am EST) there's a 2 hour window where NewEgg launches a handful of cards/bundles that you can select as a potential want. Approximately 6-8 hours later they do a "drawing" like a raffle, and will send emails out to the winner of that particular card/bundle.

 

You have 2 hours after receiving notification that you were selected as a winner to purchase the item. Otherwise it's forfeit and put into a future shuffle again.

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24 minutes ago, NinJake said:

Every day (normally 11am EST) there's a 2 hour window where NewEgg launches a handful of cards/bundles that you can select as a potential want. Approximately 6-8 hours later they do a "drawing" like a raffle, and will send emails out to the winner of that particular card/bundle.

 

You have 2 hours after receiving notification that you were selected as a winner to purchase the item. Otherwise it's forfeit and put into a future shuffle again.

Thank you! I will be sure to use this to get my GPU (whenever I buy one).

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6 minutes ago, ViruzMage said:

Thank you! I will be sure to use this to get my GPU (whenever I buy one).

Good luck, I've been entering the shuffle daily for months and have not had any luck. (I was actually selected once but was not able to order it within the 2 hour timeframe sadly)

 

It doesn't hurt to enter and try!

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2 minutes ago, NinJake said:

Good luck, I've been entering the shuffle daily for months and have not had any luck. (I was actually selected once but was not able to order it within the 2 hour timeframe sadly)

 

It doesn't hurt to enter and try!

Yes, although I would like to know if they do phone number reminders. Do they?

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1 hour ago, ViruzMage said:

Thank you for this! I'm not going for anything crazy regarding the 3080 and 3060. I'm honestly just looking for one in general with my only requirement being that its pretty decent.

What is your definition of "pretty decent"?  Are you planning on gaming?  CAD? Web browsing?  I've got a GTX750ti which is enough for light gaming and some research work, those you can get on the used market pretty cheap right about now (although nvidia has officially stopped supporting them).  If you aren't planning to do gaming so much as technical work, you might consider looking at Quadro GPUs as you might have better luck finding those; they're just not very good for gaming/mining/etc.

If I have to explain every detail, I won't talk to you.  If you answer a question with what can be found through 10 seconds of googling, you've contributed nothing, as I assure you I've already considered it.

 

What a world we would be living in if I had to post several paragraphs every time I ask a question.

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1 hour ago, ViruzMage said:

Yes, although I would like to know if they do phone number reminders. Do they?

I don't believe so, you can check but I think they are just email reminders.

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3 hours ago, mr fobs said:

https://www.twitch.tv/falcodrin

I watched this guys bot to get 2 RTX 30 cards.

how does that work, does it just tell u when one is in stock and then you go buy it or what 

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