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This is interesting. Remember that British company that was selling "gaming computers" without GPUs? Well now Microcenter is selling "gaming computers" with the GPU but with NO CPU OR RAM OR HD.
Maybe it is psychological warfare, I saw a prebuilt 3080 for well under $2,000 and was impressed, until I looked at the specs.
Exactly, it's a way to bundle goods without seeing like they're bundling goods since they're selling prebuilt "systems"Their version of the Newegg shuffle bundles I guess.
I’m not opposed to buying a bundle, but that bundle better have a Seasonic titanium power supply, a good motherboard (Asus Dark Hero would be a good place to start), and a Samsung pro nvme drive. No sneaking in trash components at any step. like, what is the “liquid cooling” in this microcenter combo - some kind of cheap AiO?
Irony...
I don't feel that bundle is really over priced. It is custom hard tubing wc. Which alone is over $400.
Honestly adding it up it a pretty decent deal. The components in are pretty good. No fire hazard PSU like NE is forcing down people's throat. It could use a other radiator if you want a decent cpu in there also is my only complaint.
That pre-bundled Bitspower kit has been around since beginning of year in AMD and Intel variants. It's not MC's bundle, it's a self-contained thirdparty SKU that's got nothing to do with Microcenter making any policy decisions about selling computers without CPUs .
MSRP + a Power Supply you don't want
It’s a lot less important if you’re an every generation GPU buyer. Generally CPU + MB + Ram + Storage + Power Supply can make it though 2 or 3 vid card generations before you really need to upgrade. And, honestly, you can make it 10 years on a Seasonic Titanium and still have warranty left.
I have Seasonic gold 650 going on 5 years and I'm expecting at least another 5 out of it and the fan never kicks in even when using a GTX 970 ... IMO Seasonic offers BEST PC supplies out there
For the 3080 : $699 + whatever you feel is fair for a fancier cooler.
R u joking with me? We all know 699 is not a reality right now for a 3080.
Don’t get me wrong, I’d probably still pay like 749 - 799 for the right overclocked 3080 model, but I’d even only do that for another couple of months. I’ll stick with my 1080ti and 6700XT before I’d buy a “new” card with less than a year to go to the next model.
I'm not joking, your question is what is a fair price. Simply following the trend of insanity doesn't make prices any more "fair"
I paid 1200 for my 2080Ti EK-X 2 years ago. I don't expect prices to get near msrp pretty much ever. Also I'm not going to sit around and wait. Lifes short & I wanna enjoy it. Buying my 2080Ti 2 years ago above msrp was the best decision I made cause I have enjoyed it for 2 years. I would do it again. If prices go down great. If they don't I'm not going to be determined to wait for a couple hundred bucks it is what it is and if I "waited" 2 years ago I would not have had a fantastic card that I have fully enjoyed for 2 years even overpriced.
Yes it did because it meant the difference in having a more enjoyable experience with smoother higher refresh closer to 144 with higher detail settings. Absolutely worth it for 2 years of top shelf fun. Also it wasn't 700 more because the EKX is the highest version of 2080Ti waterblocked and highest clocks so it was at a premium even at its true msrp. So much less than 700 wasted the item actually is worth more than your average 2080ti.
If you’re so ultra, can we eat you?
They why ask what a "fair price" is? That answer is going to be incredibly subjective. If you want to guarantee one right now, look to eBay there's the "fair" price, otherwise you take your chance and compete with everyone else buying from local stores, and again you can see the price there. That's the point about waiting. You want to forever be a part of the secondary (scalper) market because you must have it now because life is too short, that's your business
Yeah, they were trying to sell me on one of these awhile back. The price was about $1700+tax for a 3080 bundle, but the PSU was worth maybe $100, the motherboard about $200-250, and the case I would probably just have to throw away. No CPU, RAM, SSD, or anything else was included. I generally cheap out on motherboards and the PSU wouldn't do me a lot of good either so it was unfortunate. I would think they'd at least try to bundle high end components with a high end GPU to get rid of slower moving, expensive items together but what do I know.
Whoa there. I’m married so I don’t do that kinda stuff anymore.
....OHHH! It's THAT type of taco.
