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How to buy a GPU in 2021

niofalpha
By niofalpha
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I built this PC in Winter 2019 right before Covid, planning on buying a 3070 at launch. My existing 980 is on it's last legs, and I'm looking to upgrade. How do I buy a 3070/ 3060Ti/ AMD equivalent for within 133% MSRP? Just get lucky? Or do I have to give in to Scalpers? 

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You join a stock tracking discord, sign up for notifications and react to them immediately. 

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12 minutes ago, rickeo said:

You join a stock tracking discord, sign up for notifications and react to them immediately. 

I'm in 2, usually join fast. By the time I join they're always out. 

 

Do I just have to be quicker?

Just remember: Random people on the internet ALWAYS know more than professionals, when someone's lying, AND can predict the future.

i7 9700K (5.2Ghz @1.2V); MSI Z390 Gaming Edge AC; Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16GB 3200 CAS 16; H100i RGB Platinum; Samsung 970 Evo 1TB; Samsung 850 Evo 500GB; WD Black 3 TB; Phanteks 350x; Corsair RM19750w.

 

Laptop: Dell XPS 15 4K 9750H GTX 1650 16GB Ram 256GB SSD

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My question is with pricing, I didn't start building til after the shortage started so I don't know what's what. I found an  "MSI Suprim GeForce RTX 3070 8GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 x16 Video Card RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G LHR" on Newegg to upgrade my 970 I paid way too much for and to get closer to a 100% MSI build. It's listed at $1,113.99 US and I don't know if that's fair or scalped. 

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