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Pc market right now
Main Post: Pc market right now
Top Comment: First the excuse to raise prices was COVID. Then the excuse was inflation. Now the excuse is tariffs. Gee, I wonder if mega corporations will still be making historic profits while small businesses collapse. Weird.
PC Market Online
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Is PC Market Online a legitimate company and are their claims about genuine Microsoft products true?
Top Comment: Is PC Market Online a legitimate company and are their claims about genuine Microsoft products true?
Best place to sell computer parts?
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So I recently built a pc and during the process of buying all the products I purchased a motherboard online. I later saw the same motherboard (MSI B450 A-Pro) at a Micro Center for a bit cheaper. I purchased it there with the intent of returning the one I bought online. Unfortunately amidst the holidays I forgot to send back my motherboard that I never used. Is there a community on reddit or a place you recommend I sell this? I can always do craigslist/eBay/Facebook market. But just wondering if there was a more direct marketplace for computer stuff you all knew about?
Thanks for any and all information!
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I've had the best luck on r/hardwareswap
The current state of the PC components market - A message from your mod team
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Howdy folks,
As you may or may not be aware, the PC component market is reeling from a multitude of factors. Graphics Cards are extremely hard to come by, selling out instantly even at inflated prices and being resold on the second hand market for many times their original retail price. However the issues run deeper than this with a combination of Covid-19, cryptocurrency mining, tariffs, production limitations and other supply and demand factors coinciding to mean that finding graphics cards has become incredibly frustrating and the pricing on some other components is inflated whilst availability is limited. This situation has persisted since late 2020 and current trends do not show any sign of improvement for GPU availability specifically.
We all want to build great PCs, and right now it’s hard and that sucks.
We ask for your help during these shortages by requesting that you pay mind to the following:
- We cannot predict when this situation will ease or end. No one has a crystal ball.
- Don’t ask us how to buy a GPU. You can read about others’ experiences and see if you can emulate them with the time and skills you have available, but no-one has an easy answer. People are finding GPUs at retail and patience is one of the primary methods that yields rewards.
- Some people might decide to use bots to assist them in making a purchase. On r/buildapc, we do not condone the discussion, recommendation or advertisement of bots.
- Please don’t get scammed. This is a fraught market and fraudsters will exploit your desire to buy a GPU. If a product is being sold by a third party below market price in all probability it is bait for a scam. Never send money by bank transfer, Paypal Friends & Family, or strange cash apps you’ve not heard of until your seller suggests them. Engage in any non-retail transaction with extreme caution. Ensure any payments you make are covered by robust buyer protection. We will not permit topics such as ‘Is this a scam?’ or ‘Did I get scammed?’
- Do not offer to sell or ask to buy components in this subreddit or via direct message. Posts will be removed and posters banned.
- Be kind to one another. Some people may choose to pay inflated prices. Other people may mine with their GPUs. Neither of those make abuse or harassment acceptable and we will take action against breaches of our rules concerning civility.
In the meantime there are ways to build a PC now despite the GPU shortage:
You could build a stop-gap system with graphics output integrated into the CPU or search for cheaper older used cards such as the AMD RX480/570/580 or Nvidia GTX 970/1060. Somne weaker cards are no longer optimal for mining and so may be more readily available. There are many possible solutions, and we’re sure the buildapc community can help you if you need a PC right now and can’t wait for supply to catch up to demand.
To keep the rest of the subreddit on topic, please keep discussion of the GPU shortages, retail frustrations, etc. to this thread only. Other submissions will be removed.
(Reviewed 24th August 2021)
Top Comment: PC building is dead lmao close the sub
The PC market is now a horror show : r/technology - Reddit
Main Post: The PC market is now a horror show : r/technology - Reddit
Pc market
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The other day I was making a part list on pc part picker and the total came out to around $2,600. Today I checked it out again and the price dropped to about $1,700
The market is weird as hell
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Are you sure something didn't just go out of stock and didn't appear on the price? Or like a GPU going into stock meaning it doesn't auto chose the single most expensive available one?
Is there a subreddit to sell pc parts?
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I'm looking for a place to sell some of my pc components to upgrade to new ones. I know there are places like mouse market so i was wondering if there was anything else like it?
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Thanks
PC graphics market on track for post-pandemic correction
Main Post: PC graphics market on track for post-pandemic correction
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Can someone let Nvidia know about this?
Should I Build or Buy a PC in the current market?
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To preface, I've never had a gaming PC but finally want to get into it on a genuine level - I've wanted to for a while but i've just been putting it off. Given the current conditions would it be a smarter design to buy one pre-built or build my own.
I want it to look nice but I feel like that's going to sacrifice if I build it myself - however if the cost difference (potential savings) of building my own PC is worth the additional upgrades of building my own right now then I'll be sure to do it. Budget wise, I was looking to throw 1.5-2k at it - I just want the best possible PC that can handle 4k gaming with solid frames and will last; willing to spend more but don't want to go crazy with the overkill.
So in all I guess I have two questions - as of now would it be best to buy a pc or build my own, and how much is a upper mid/high range pc going to run me? Appreciate any feedback!
Top Comment: It's always best to build your own, as you'll save anywhere from $100 to $300 one what I like to call 'prebuilt tax, and just because you'll be able to look for the best deals on the hardware you want. want it to look nice but I feel like that's going to sacrifice if I build it myself Not necessarily. Pc cases have a cavity behind all the cool stuff for your wires to go, it's not super difficult to make it nice and neat, especially if you get a modular power supply. You end up with way less of a bird's nest back there. Budget wise, I was looking to throw 1.5-2k at it - I just want the best possible PC that can handle 4k gaming with solid frames and will last this list makes a monster pc for about 2k, that'll run 4k. If you want 4k, you're actually in a position where you could wait for the Nvidia 4000 GPUs or the RTX 7000 range, but 30 series cards are gonna come down in price and they have a ton of power already.