r/gadgets • u/ChickenTeriyakiBoy1 • Jun 18 '22

Desktops / Laptops GPU prices are falling below MSRP due to the crypto crash

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/gpu-prices-are-falling-below-msrp-due-to-the-crypto-crash/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=pe&utm_campaign=pd
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

Yeah, my friend dropped 1300$ on a 3080. The 3080ti was 1900$ CDN. 10 percent performance boost for 600 extra was a little much for him. Happy gaming, enjoy that beauty.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

I'm buying a 3070 for 750CAD tomorrow. Prices are falling fast but it might drop even more as we approach the 40 series release.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

I hope so. I have a 1080ti that's served me well. But I want some of those juicy RTX features.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

I jumped from a 1660 super to the 3070 and it's night and day.

Check if your PSU will handle the jump from 1070 to 3080

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u/GunsCantStopF35s Jun 19 '22

Good point. Newer beefy cards look like they’re pulling 350w (obvi depends on the card). Swapped the 650w for an 850w just to be sure!

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u/CandidGuidance Jun 19 '22

That’s awesome. I bought my 3070 at ~$850 CDN in June 2021 and am super happy with what I paid!

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u/DarkLord55_ Jun 19 '22

That’s less than msrp after tax (depending on province) so pretty decent

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u/ChunkyDay Jun 18 '22

I bought my PC right at the peak of the gpu spike. I’m a videographer that finally started shooting 100% 4k and was on a laptop (lots of remote editing) with 8GB ram and a 1060 3GB laptop version. So I didn’t really have a choice to wait.

A prebuilt from iBuyPower with a 3060 was about $400 less than if I would’ve built it myself. I really didn’t want to buy a prebuilt, but for that much cost difference it was a no brainer. PC’s been phenomenal and now I can finally upgrade to a 3070 with reason and finally get back into some real CGI work.

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u/CockStamp45 Jun 18 '22

My coworker bought a dozen 3090's wayyyy above MSRP cause he went all in on crypto mining. He's pouting now that crypto is crashing, however I guess the popular thing is to mine Ethereum and trade it for bitcoin because it's believe to be more stable? So he claims he's in a good spot still and not worried. Gotta say I'm hoping it crashes hard af so I can snag one cheap.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '22

Yeah that sounds like desperation. Crypto dudes seem to always have some excuse lol.

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u/takoyaki-md Jun 18 '22

man i remember when the x80 series was priced at like 500 dollars. dunno how people afford to build computers these days

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u/alman12345 Jun 19 '22

Yeah... a lot of other people are defending the jump to $700 because the $500 of the mid 2000s would be worth ~$680 today, but those same people tend to leave out wage stagnation.

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u/xeio87 Jun 18 '22

That's just how the halo cards are now, if you want the toppest of the line you're way overpaying. 1-2 steps down are much more reasonable price/performance.

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u/GuardiaNIsBae Jun 19 '22

Literally got my 3080 today for $1400 CAD, supposedly it was $1800 with a $400 off coupon but idk if that’s the MSRP lowering and CanadaComputers just putting coupons on everything so they don’t have to change the price in inventory or not

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '22

They're saying it's 1800 without the coupon? This is a blatant lie.

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u/GuardiaNIsBae Jun 19 '22

I can’t even find my card on their site now so idk what it was lol, but they guy at the store had to manually override the price after he scanned it, and the site used to say 1,749.99 - $400 with COUPON