GPU price rise

[CornyQuotient14]

With the cryptocurrency affecting mid and high end cards, I was wondering if it would be smart to wait and buy a card (Like wait around 6 months), or buy it soon rather than later since it could fluctuate and go higher. Also would the new AMD card coming out affect market at all? Mainly just posted this as to get ideas whether to get a 1070 now or in 6 months.

[RGProductions]

6 minutes ago, CornyQuotient14 said:

With the cryptocurrency affecting mid and high end cards, I was wondering if it would be smart to wait and buy a card (Like wait around 6 months), or buy it soon rather than later since it could fluctuate and go higher. Also would the new AMD card coming out affect market at all? Mainly just posted this as to get ideas whether to get a 1070 now or in 6 months.

What's your current GPU? if it can still game, wait.

[CornyQuotient14]

Just now, RGProductions said:

What's your current GPU? if it can still game, wait.

A laptop with onboard graphics. I am doing this build over 6 months, I was just wondering if I should purchase it last

 

[Billy_Mays]

Go used with the market today or wait till end of the year

[RGProductions]

Just now, CornyQuotient14 said:

A laptop with onboard graphics. I am doing this build over 6 months, I was just wondering if I should purchase it last

 

yeah, please do. Waiting for a 1070 even though my 660 is painful

[CornyQuotient14]

Just now, Billy_Mays said:

Go used with the market today or wait till end of the year

I'm just worried I cant return or anything if it is DOA or something goes wrong

[Billy_Mays]

3 minutes ago, CornyQuotient14 said:

I'm just worried I cant return or anything if it is DOA or something goes wrong

That's where EBay comes in handy you can see if the seller is reputable (some new sellers won't get as good sells when they have less than 50 sold items)

[CornyQuotient14]

16 minutes ago, Billy_Mays said:

That's where EBay comes in handy you can see if the seller is reputable (some new sellers won't get as good sells when they have less than 50 sold items)

What would you say is a good price range to buy a good 1070

[Billy_Mays]

3 minutes ago, CornyQuotient14 said:

What would you say is a good price range to buy a good 1070

1070s are used with mining so there prices will be high

[CornyQuotient14]

Just now, Billy_Mays said:

1070s are used with mining so there prices will be high

Yeah, that's why the price inflated, but would 200-400 be good? For a used

[Billy_Mays]

Just now, CornyQuotient14 said:

Yeah, that's why the price inflated, but would 200-400 be good? For a used

Yes if you can find one for that

[SteveGrabowski0]

24 minutes ago, CornyQuotient14 said:

Yeah, that's why the price inflated, but would 200-400 be good? For a used

Buy the GPU absolutely last if it's going to take you six months. In six months Volta and Vega will both be out, Coffee Lake will be too, and hopefully the ether mining bubble will be dead. With six months out I would only snipe really great deals, especially for things that won't be replaced with better shit in six months. Eg if you find a really good deal on a case, a really good deal on a power supply, a really good deal on an SSD or a hard drive, DDR4 RAM, etc, jump on those. Newegg Shell Shocker deals are a great way to chip away parts for great prices, so visit their site every day to see if they have a crazy good deal. When I built my system in 2014 for instance I sniped a $70 power supply for $23 and a case for $20 off Newegg Shell Shockers before I started putting money away for my cpu and gpu together (I recycled board, RAM, and hard drives from my low-end system I was using).

 

But don't touch the 1070. In six months it'll likely be replaced by a cheaper and/or better gpu.

 

Well, there is one exception to my advice above: the only way I would advise the 1070 is if ether mining dies and the used market starts getting flooded with cheap 1070s. Then you could buy an EVGA one since I think anyone can get warranty service on the card without a receipt, though if you don't have a receipt I think the three year warranty starts from the date EVGA shipped the card to the retailer and not the date it was first bought from the retailer. It's a possibility. It's exactly what happened with the R9 290 after the LiteCoin bubble burst. Cards that launched at $400 and sold at $700 during the boom went for around $200 or so used. That bubble popping flooding the used market with 290/290x plus the increased production from AMD left 290/290x sitting on store shelves, and the launch of the GTX 970 kept them there. That caused new R9 290 to sell for $200-$230 pretty regularly through all of November 2014 and most of December 2014. It was by far the best deal I had ever seen on a card. It would be like getting a GTX 1080 for $230 today.

[aisle9]

20 minutes ago, CornyQuotient14 said:

Yeah, that's why the price inflated, but would 200-400 be good? For a used

If you can find a used 1070 for $200, buy it and put it back on eBay for $400, then use that to get a 980 Ti and something nice for the lady.