You can still get a graphics card at MSRP, it's just a bit of work.
Is there a microcenter near you? Join the unofficial microcenter discord and someone will probably tell you when they have stock or are likely to get stock.
Otherwise, Bestbuy drops on every other monday, usually around 11 AM,. You can sit in the stockdrops discord and log into bestbuy around then and there will be a notification when stock starts showing up.
Immediately open a new window for every graphics card you want and refresh each every few seconds until you get an "add to cart" button. Then you wait a few minutes, and the real add to cart button appears. Buy and check out as fast as you can, the card isn't actually reserved for you until you complete the checkout.
You can still get a graphics card at MSRP, it's just a bit of work.
Is there a microcenter near you? Join the unofficial microcenter discord and someone will probably tell you when they have stock or are likely to get stock.
Otherwise, Bestbuy drops on every other monday, usually around 11 AM,. You can sit in the stockdrops discord and log into bestbuy around then and there will be a notification when stock starts showing up.
Immediately open a new window for every graphics card you want and refresh each every few seconds until you get an "add to cart" button. Then you wait a few minutes, and the real add to cart button appears. Buy and check out as fast as you can, the card isn't actually reserved for you until you complete the checkout.
I got a 3070 for $530 this way.
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