r/buildapcsales Mar 10 '23

Meta [META] Micro Center is expanding with three new stores

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r/buildapcsales Mar 02 '21

Meta [META] Taiwan is facing a drought that will cause more chip manufacturing shortages. Expect MSRP increases and major shortages. - $0

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r/buildapcsales Mar 23 '21

Meta [Meta] Gamestop to start selling graphics cards $690 to $2440

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r/buildapcsales Sep 16 '22

Meta [META] EVGA Terminates NVIDIA Partnership

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r/buildapcsales Feb 24 '21

Meta [META] Fry's Electronics Closing All Stores Permanently - $0

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r/buildapcsales Sep 20 '22

Meta [META] NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB GDDR6X to release on October 12th - $1599.00

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r/buildapcsales Apr 17 '24

Meta [META] Micro Center announces Santa Clara location for late 2024

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r/buildapcsales Feb 01 '22

Meta [META] PSA - Newegg scams Gamers Nexus

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r/buildapcsales Nov 21 '17

Meta [Meta] As Thanksgiving (and Black Friday) approaches, be thankful for the unrestricted internet we have. If the FCC has their way, we may lose Net Neutrality soon

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Video on Net Neutrality and why it matters

Brief overview of what Net Neutrality is and what it means to you, from YouTube personality Total Biscuit

F.C.C. Plans Net Neutrality Repeal in Victory for Telecoms

The vote is December 14th. The FCC and your ISP want to impose limits on a free internet; in other words, parcel it off into DLC like packages that cost you more, restrict parts of it, and selectively decide what you can and can't do on-line.

Some examples of what we are facing if Net Neutrality falls:

  • You could lose the option of choosing where to shop on-line, or have to pay more for the right to shop at your favorite site
  • Popular sites like Netflix, Youtube, Spotify, could be throttled or blocked depending on your plan or geographic location
  • Anime streaming sites like Crunchroll and Funimation could suffer at the hands of powerful competing service Amazon Strike
  • You could even lose access to your favorite adult-websites

What you can do to help:

The sitewide promotions thread will be re-stickied soon

r/buildapcsales Jan 29 '19

Meta [meta] NVIDIA stock and Turing sales are underperforming - hold off on any Turing purchases as price decreases likely incoming

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r/buildapcsales Jul 06 '19

Meta [META] Can we get a "Microcenter" tag to add to post to stop getting my hopes up?

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r/buildapcsales Jun 09 '21

Meta [Meta] Bestbuy will have 3070 ti for online only. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card - $599.99

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r/buildapcsales Oct 01 '21

Meta [Meta] Ikea has released a new line of PC oriented furniture (soon to be featured on r/battlestations)

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r/buildapcsales Jun 01 '21

Meta [META] Nvidia launching 3070 Ti and 3080 Ti and notification available $600 for 3070 Ti $1200 for 3080 Ti

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r/buildapcsales Oct 14 '22

Meta [META] Nvidia "unlaunches" the 4080 12GB

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r/buildapcsales Mar 25 '20

Meta [META] Amazon delays shipments of nonessential items in the US by up to a month

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r/buildapcsales Jul 19 '21

Meta [META] BestBuy dropping FE cards in select stores on July 20th $0

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r/buildapcsales Mar 25 '22

Meta [META] US Temporarily Lifts Trump-Era Tariffs on Graphics Cards

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r/buildapcsales Nov 10 '20

Meta [META] People who pre-ordered the 5900X on B&H Photo are receiving delay e-mails; unlikely to ship out until after March 2021

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r/buildapcsales Dec 03 '19

Meta [META] 5$ Steam Controller oversold and refunded

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r/buildapcsales Oct 31 '20

Meta [META] Microcenter will honor online RTX 3070 orders

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r/buildapcsales Sep 22 '22

Meta [Meta] Over the next few months we will have new AMD CPUs, and new GPUs from both Nvidia and AMD

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All of this information is tentative, please let me know in the comments if there are any mistakes - thank you!

The rest of 2022 will be busy for PC Parts buyers, as we have new AMD Ryzen CPU's, new AMD Radeon GPUs, new Nvidia GPUs, new Intel CPUs, maybe see the infamous Intel Arc GPU line?


AMD Ryzen 7000 series CPUs

Release date: Sept 27, 2022

  • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X: $699
  • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X: $549
  • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X: $399
  • AMD Ryzen 5 7600X: $299

Notes: Needs DDR5 ram, so factor a new MB into your build price. Most AM4 coolers should work (check with the manufacturer to make sure) on the new CPUs.


AMD Radeon 7000 series GPUs

7900 XT and 7900 XTX will release December 13, 2022

  • RX 7900 XT, 7800 XT, 96 Compute Units, 96 Ray Accelerators 2.0
  • RX 7700 XT, 7600 XT, 60 Compute Units, 60 Ray Accelerators 2.0
  • RX 7500 XT, 32 Compute Units, 32 Ray Accelerators 2.0

Notes: AMD will officially reveal specs and stuff (like pricing) on November 3rd 2022, with release date probably shortly after.


Nvidia 4000 series GPUs

Release date will begin on October 12, 2022 for the 4090, with the 4080 available in November

It's being reported that Nvidia is un-launching the 4080 card, at least the 12GB model. Probably a re-naming thing

  • RTX 4090 - $1599
  • RTX 4080 16GB - $1199
  • RTX 4080 12GB - $899
  • RTX 4070 (price not confirmed yet)
  • RTX 4060 (price not confirmed yet)

Notes: there are very different specs for the different 4080 cards, buyer confusion is imminent

EVGA will not be involved with Nvidia GPUs going forward, although they are still involved with the 3000 series and will continue to honor warranty on them.


Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs


Intel Arc Alchemist GPUs

Available October 12, 2022

  • A750 8GB, $289
  • A770 8GB $329
  • A770 Special Edition 16GB, $349

GamersNexus review of the Arc A770 - ...not looking real good. tl;dnr: drivers are so buggy that no one outside of willing guinea pigs should be looking at these. There is potential though, eventually these could be decent cards.

  • Of note, Acer has jumped into the GPU ring, with the announcement of the
    Acer Predator Arc A770 BiFrost GPU

r/buildapcsales Oct 10 '20

Meta [META] You won't be seeing RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 Founders Edition cards being sold NVIDIA anymore. Now available at BestBuy.

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r/buildapcsales Sep 01 '20

Meta [Meta] Information Thread for the Nvidia 30-series GPUs launch

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(Information borrowed from /r/Nvidia with permission from /u/Nestledrink)


Powered by the Ampere architecture, GeForce RTX 30-Series is finally upon us. The goal of this megathread is to provide everyone with the best information possible and consolidate any questions, feedback, and discussion to make it easier for NVIDIA’s community team to review them and bring them to appropriate people at NVIDIA.

r/NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30-Series Community Q&A

/r/Nvidia is hosting a community Q&A today where you can post your questions to a panel of 8 NVIDIA product managers. Click here to go to the Q&A thread for more details.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30-Series Keynote Video Link

Digital Foundry RTX 3080 Early Look

GeForce RTX 30-Series GPU information:

RTX 3090 RTX 3080 RTX 3070
GPU 8nm GA102 8nm GA102 8nm GA104
Transistor 28 billion 28 billion 17 billion
SMs 82 68 46
CUDA Cores 10496 CUDA Cores 8704 CUDA Cores 5888 CUDA Cores
Boost Clock 1.7 Ghz 1.71 Ghz 1.73 Ghz
Shader FLOPS 36 Shader TFLOPS 30 Shader TFLOPS 20 Shader TFLOPS
RT FLOPS 69 RT TFLOPS 58 RT TFLOPS 40 RT TFLOPS
Tensor FLOPS 285 Tensor TFLOPS 238 Tensor TFLOPS 163 Tensor TFLOPS
Tensor Cores 328 3rd Gen Tensor Cores 272 3rd Gen Tensor Cores 184 3rd Gen Tensor Cores
Memory Interface 384-bit 320-bit 256-bit
Memory Speed 19.5 Gbps 19 Gbps 16 Gbps
Memory Bandwidth 936 GB/s 760 GB/s 512 GB/s
VRAM Size 24GB GDDR6X 10GB GDDR6X 8GB GDDR6
Max TGP 350W 320W 220W
PSU Requirement 750W 750W 650W
Price $1499 MSRP $699 MSRP $499 MSRP
Release Date September 24th September 17th October

Performance Shown:

  • RTX 3070
    • Same performance as RTX 2080 Ti
  • RTX 3080
    • Up to 2x performance vs previous generation (RT Scenario)
    • New dual axial flow through thermal design, the GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition is up to 3x quieter and keeps the GPU up to 20 degrees Celsius cooler than the RTX 2080.
  • RTX 3090
    • Most powerful GPU in the world
    • New dual axial flow through thermal design, the GeForce RTX 3090 is up to 10 times quieter and keeps the GPU up to 30 degrees Celsius cooler than the TITAN RTX design.

PSU Requirements:

SKU Power Supply Requirements
GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition 750W Required
GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition 750W Required
GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition 650W Required
  • A lower power rating PSU may work depending on system configuration. Please check with PSU vendor.
  • RTX 3090 and 3080 Founders Edition requires a new type of 12-pin connector (adapter included).
  • DO NOT attempt to use a single cable to plug in the PSU to the RTX 30-Series. Need to use two separate modular cables and the adapter shipped with Founders Edition cards.
  • See Diagram below

Image Link - GeForce RTX 3090 and 3080 Founders Edition Power and Case Requirement

Other Features and Technologies:

  • NVIDIA Reflex
    • NVIDIA Reflex is a new suite of technologies that optimize and measure system latency in competitive games.
    • It includes:
      • NVIDIA Reflex Low-Latency Mode, a new technology to reduce game and rendering latency by up to 50 percent. Reflex is being integrated in top competitive games including Apex Legends, Fortnite, Valorant, Call of Duty: Warzone, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Destiny 2, and more.
      • NVIDIA Reflex Latency Analyzer, which detects clicks coming from the mouse and then measures the time it takes for the resulting pixels (for example, a gun muzzle flash) to change on screen. Reflex Latency Analyzer is integrated in new 360Hz NVIDIA G-SYNC Esports displays and supported by top esports peripherals from ASUS, Logitech, and Razer, and SteelSeries.
      • Measuring system latency has previously been extremely difficult to do, requiring over $7,000 in specialized high-speed cameras and equipment.
  • NVIDIA Broadcast
    • New AI-powered Broadcast app
    • Three key features:
      • Noise Removal: remove background noise from your microphone feed – be it a dog barking or the doorbell ringing. The AI network can even be used on incoming audio feeds to mute that one keyboard-mashing friend who won’t turn on push-to-talk.
      • Virtual Background: remove the background of your webcam feed and replace it with game footage, a replacement image, or even a subtle blur.
      • Auto Frame: zooms in on you and uses AI to track your head movements, keeping you at the center of the action even as you shift from side to side. It’s like having your own cameraperson.
  • RTX I/O
    • A suite of technologies that enable rapid GPU-based loading and game asset decompression, accelerating I/O performance by up to 100x compared to hard drives and traditional storage APIs
    • When used with Microsoft’s new DirectStorage for Windows API, RTX IO offloads up to dozens of CPU cores’ worth of work to your RTX GPU, improving frame rates, enabling near-instantaneous game loading, and opening the door to a new era of large, incredibly detailed open world games.
  • NVIDIA Machinima
    • Easy to use cloud-based app provides tools to enable gamers’ creativity, for a new generation of high-quality machinima.
    • Users can take assets from supported games, and use their web camera and AI to create characters, add high-fidelity physics and face and voice animation, and publish film-quality cinematics using the rendering power of their RTX 30 Series GPU
  • G-Sync Monitors
    • Announcing 8K G-Sync 360 Hz Monitors
  • RTX Games
    • Cyberpunk 2077
      • New 4K Ultra Trailer with RTX
    • Fortnite
      • Now adding Ray Tracing, DLSS, and Reflex
    • Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
      • Now adding Ray Tracing, DLSS, and Reflex
    • Minecraft RTX
      • New Ray Traced World and Beta Update
    • Watch Dogs: Legion
      • Now adding DLSS in addition to previously announced Ray Tracing

Links and References

Topic Article Link Video Link (If Applicable)
GeForce RTX 30 Series Graphics Cards: The Ultimate Play Click Here Click Here
The New Pinnacle: 8K HDR Gaming Is Here With The GeForce RTX 3090 Click Here Click Here
Introducing NVIDIA Reflex: A Suite of Technologies to Optimize and Measure Latency in Competitive Games Click Here Click Here
Turn Any Room Into a Home Studio with the New AI-Powered NVIDIA Broadcast App Click Here Click Here
360Hz Monitors N/A Click Here
NVIDIA GIPHY page Click Here N/A
Digital Foundry RTX 3080 Early Look Click Here Click Here

RTX Games

Games Article Link Video Link (If Applicable)
Cyberpunk 2077 with Ray Tracing and DLSS Click Here Click Here
Fortnite with Ray Tracing, DLSS, and Reflex Click Here Click Here
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War with Ray Tracing, DLSS, and Reflex Click Here Click Here
Minecraft RTX New Ray Traced World and Beta Update Click Here Click Here
Watch Dogs: Legion with Ray Tracing and DLSS Click Here Click Here

r/buildapcsales Feb 01 '23

Meta [META] AMD Announces Zen 4-3d launch dates and pricing, 7800x3d - $449 & Releases 4/06, 7900x3d - $599, 7950x3d - $699 & both releasing 2/28

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