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Is it the right moment to buy? (kbin.melroy.org)
submitted 1 day ago by SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
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European here. I'm pretty content with my setup (Ryzen5 3600XT, 16GB RAM, GTX 1060... I play in 1080p) for the games I'm playing at the moment, and I don't plan on playing many AAAA games in the future. BUT. With the recent tariffs flying around, China denying rare earths, etc etc I fear we might see an increase in hardware prices like we had with covid, so I was thinking on upgrading at least CPU+VGA; more than FOMO let's say is Fear Of Being Overpriced. What do you think, should I upgrade now that things looks a little more relaxed? Will the whole mess involve only the USA or everyone cause globalization?

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[–] iopq@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not buying at all saves even more money.

A 3080 was great value if you somehow got one on release in 2020 for $700

A 9070 xt, if you can get one even for $700 will beat the 3090 even in a lot of ray tracing games

[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

That's why when I'm deciding to buy something I always end up not buying it 10 times. So when I finally buy it I'm still saving 9x the amount of money.