Very difficult decision.

[elixx]

My sister is going to America for 3 weeks I am allowed for her to get 1 part for me,I chose the GPU since it is the most expensive part of my rig and I will save the most money since US prices are a lot lower.

I am getting the r9 290x,this one to be exact:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-r9290xdc2oc4gd5

Costs $508 or €370,right now if I buy it from US I will save €214 as the UK version(http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-r9290xdc2oc4gd5) costs £467 or €584 although there doesn't seem to be much competition on that item,here is where it gets complicated though,In order to save enough money to buy the rest of the components for this rig and final assemble it,it will take me 6 months.

So here is my question:

If I do not buy this part from US and wait 6 months would the item or a similar item have depreciated enough that I wouldn't save money by buying in the US now?

[Izaya Orihara]

Sorry to break the news to you but that isn't an option. You can't export something from the US to the EU that costs more than 430$ unless you want to pay a bunch  of taxes...

[Sauron]

6 months aren't enough to make you save of 200 euros, the real concern is that in that time the new generation of gpus should be very close and you might regret not having waited for those. If you want that exact gpu, then you will save more if you get it from the us, but as I said, 6 months down the line you might want something else instead.

 

-EDIT-

 

as the post above mine says, are you sure you can get it through for that price with no export taxes?

[BarisERY]

Sorry to break the news to you but that isn't an option. You can't export something from the US to the EU that costs more than 430$ unless you want to pay a bunch of taxes...

But if you get the card from a store that has 'TaxFree' agreement he wont have to pay any taxses to both US and where he lives

[Meijilol]

My sister is going to America for 3 weeks I am allowed for her to get 1 part for me,I chose the GPU since it is the most expensive part of my rig and I will save the most money since US prices are a lot lower.

I am getting the r9 290x,this one to be exact:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-r9290xdc2oc4gd5

Costs $508 or €370,right now if I buy it from US I will save €214 as the UK version(http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-r9290xdc2oc4gd5) costs £467 or €584 although there doesn't seem to be much competition on that item,here is where it gets complicated though,In order to save enough money to buy the rest of the components for this rig and final assemble it,it will take me 6 months.

So here is my question:

If I do not buy this part from US and wait 6 months would the item or a similar item have depreciated enough that I wouldn't save money by buying in the US now?

Don't buy an Asus R9 290. Big problems because the DCU II cooler hasn't been made for it but for a GTX 780. Some heat pipes are not in contact with the card.

[elixx]

6 months aren't enough to make you save of 200 euros, the real concern is that in that time the new generation of gpus should be very close and you might regret not having waited for those. If you want that exact gpu, then you will save more if you get it from the us, but as I said, 6 months down the line you might want something else instead.

 

-EDIT-

 

as the post above mine says, are you sure you can get it through for that price with no export taxes?

Like something equal to this GPU at the same price?

[Sauron]

Like something equal to this GPU at the same price?

 

Something BETTER than this gpu at a slightly lower price, perhaps with better power consumption and heat management.

[loccilucas]

Sorry to break the news to you but that isn't an option. You can't export something from the US to the EU that costs more than 430$ unless you want to pay a bunch of taxes...

You can put it in the suitcase and not tell anyone quite easily, nothing will happen.

I know it's different for Japan, but I have brought back swords, metal airsoft guns, fireworks and food back from Japan to the UK in suitcases and nothing has ever happened.

Besides if it's for personal use, and you can prove that. you won't have to pay tax. You only pay tax if you being back 10 for example as you are ovbiously gonna sell them.

[elixx]

Something BETTER than this gpu at a slightly lower price, perhaps with better power consumption and heat management.

Even at UK prices which are volumes higher?

[Sauron]

Even at UK prices which are volumes higher?

 

Let me be clear: it won't be at a lower price than an r9 290 from the us. but it will be cheaper than how an r9 290 from the uk is now. and it will be better. Probably for the exact same price you won't get the same performance, but, for the price of an r9 290 in the uk you will be able to get a faster card that (hopefully) has less power consumption and heat output issues.

[elixx]

6 months aren't enough to make you save of 200 euros, the real concern is that in that time the new generation of gpus should be very close and you might regret not having waited for those. If you want that exact gpu, then you will save more if you get it from the us, but as I said, 6 months down the line you might want something else instead.

 

-EDIT-

 

as the post above mine says, are you sure you can get it through for that price with no export taxes?

If I was charged export taxes how much would they roughly amount to?

[Sauron]

If I was charged export taxes how much would they roughly amount to?

 

I have no idea, but realistically more or less you'd reach what you would pay for the card in the uk.

[fishy]

just buy in EU

I always buy in Germany cuz they seem to have lowest prices and acceptable shipping and no taxes or customs since it's all in EU 

 

http://www.idealo.de/preisvergleich/OffersOfProduct/4211691_-r9290x-dc2oc-4gd5-4096mb-asus.html

 

just 40-50€ more than US price

depending on which store would ship to UK