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[Mitsu3000gt]

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I called Memex back just to see if the guy came to pick up his AORUS 3070 8GB Master and he didn't, so I hopped back into the car and picked it up.

I never wanted a 3070, but have been thoroughly frustrated by the lack of 3060ti availability. This card wasn't cheap either at $1029.99.

If anyone has a 3060ti for trade, please let me know. Willing to do a straight swap + MSRP difference.

That's the same price as a 3080, crazy.

[rx7boi]

Yup, it's high. But at the same time, my ASUS 3060ti TUF is retailing for 709.99 these days, which you can argue is also overpriced lol.

[KRyn]

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[msommers]

Damn is 850 insufficient for the Ti version?

[BigDL]

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Damn is 850 insufficient for the Ti version?

Probably made him buy a bundle XD

[rx7boi]

I ended up selling the 3070 for $1150, just to recoup my time and gas running back and forth grabbing it.

Back to square 1 lol. The guy said they also had 3060 in stock, I wonder if I should get one of those.

[Mitsu3000gt]

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Damn is 850 insufficient for the Ti version?

Yup, more than enough for the vast majority builds - some GPUs are only offered as part as a PSU or MOBO bundle as another strategy to sell more stuff. Most people buy way more PSU than they need and PSUs actually lose efficiency when you run them too far below their ratings. A 3080Ti can draw around 350W at 100% load and then you are looking at maybe another 200-300W tops for the rest of the system also running at 100% load, which almost never will happen simultaneously with the GPU unless you're running certain benchmarks. Exceptions would be if you had one of the really inefficient Intel CPUs and/or a huge OC or multiple GPUs.

In my old PC I had an Intel 7820X OC'd pulling nearly 300W, 8 HDDs, 1080Ti GPU, 4 sticks of RAM, 7 fans, obviously the mobo, and including monitor and all peripherals I never saw more than 550W draw at the wall under full load. If you have any Ryzen CPU you are going to be at least 100-150W less than that stock.

[KRyn]

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[msommers]

haha all good. I understand the dislike for dealing there

[rx7boi]

Considering the amount of messages I got offering $1000 for the 3070 like they were doing me a favour, can't blame him lol.

[CompletelyNumb]

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considering the amount of messages i got offering $1000 for the 3070 like they were doing me a favour, can't blame him lol.

cash

[msommers]

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Considering the amount of messages I got offering $1000 for the 3070 like they were doing me a favour, can't blame him lol.

How much were you hoping to get for a 3070?

[rx7boi]

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How much were you hoping to get for a 3070?

Oh dude, it's not so much that it was just a 3070, but one of the more expensive ones.

It came out to $1080 after taxes and I had posted it for $1200 to give myself a buffer in case someone wanted a further deal.

A lot of guys didn't bother researching the card and just assumed that this was another GPU that was being flipped for $400 profit, so I was getting lowballed below MSRP lol.

But like I mentioned yesterday, I ended up selling it for $1150 so I could recoup the couple hours I spent.

With supply chains being the way they are, if I could buy my 3060ti for an extra $70 bucks, sign me up.

[Mitsu3000gt]

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A lot of guys didn't bother researching the card and just assumed that this was another GPU that was being flipped for $400 profit, so I was getting lowballed below MSRP lol.

Or maybe they knew exactly what it was and were hoping you didn't haha. Then again the average Kijiji buyer never ceases to amaze me. The deals some people expect are hard to wrap your head around sometimes.

It's funny that the partners even bothered with 'variants' this time around, with single digit performance differences between a 3080 and a 3090 despite a $1500 price difference, it doesn't matter if you have, say, a 3080 or a 3080 OC super mega xtreme haha.

[schocker]

Finally they have a 3080ti on the website, zotac halo for $2240, at this point I am just going to join the evga waitlist for the waterblocked 3080.

[Mitsu3000gt]

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Finally they have a 3080ti on the website, zotac halo for $2240, at this point I am just going to join the evga waitlist for the waterblocked 3080.

Zotac cards usually use really cheap VRMs and caps - I would avoid those regardless. I think that's a smart move, anything above a 3080 is an enormous waste of money. You may even want to skip the waterblocked variant unless you want it for aesthetics, just more things that can fail for an incredibly small performance delta.

[schocker]

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Zotac cards usually use really cheap VRMs and caps - I would avoid those regardless. I think that's a smart move, anything above a 3080 is an enormous waste of money. You may even want to skip the waterblocked variant unless you want it for aesthetics, just more things that can fail for an incredibly small performance delta.

Thanks, I really have no idea anymore on who makes something good as my last card was nvidia. I already have full watercooling for noise/temps so I am looking to have one with a block to save hassle of installation and also cost.

[Mitsu3000gt]

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Thanks, I really have no idea anymore on who makes something good as my last card was nvidia. I already have full watercooling for noise/temps so I am looking to have one with a block to save hassle of installation and also cost.

Ah, gotcha - that makes sense re: the waterblock.

From all the teardowns/PCB analysis I watch, the Asus STRIX cards are *usually* some of the best built but it does vary. Any of the major brands like EVGA, Gigabyte or ASUS are all usually fine. EVGA has the best warranty and support for pretty much any product as well. Nvidia founders edition cards are usually built well but they will never have the best or quietest cooling solutions.

Zotac cards are normally priced to reflect their build quality however these days with the GPU market as it is, that all becomes irrelevant haha.

[scboss]

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Thanks, I really have no idea anymore on who makes something good as my last card was nvidia. I already have full watercooling for noise/temps so I am looking to have one with a block to save hassle of installation and also cost.

If you want the best quality try to go for ASUS this gen because they are the only cards to not cheap out on capacitors. The only downfall is asus has some of the worst customer support if something does goes wrong and they are such a hassle. If you are worried about that and want a warranty directly from the company nothing beats EVGA. My friends 3070 RMA'd and he had a new one within 7 days of him shipping his card.

[blairtruck]

Meshlicious case finally arrived in Canada, should be delivered next week. Maybe I can get a 3080 within the next 6 months.