Want to Buy Mobo, CPU and RAM - nothing for now

[donimo]

Looking to upgrade an Intel 7700k system that has been my gaming rig for far too long. Budget is tight so I am reusing as much as I can but am open to a few extras like an nvme drive or WHY.

For reference a 5700x3d, good mobo and RAM would be the level of cost vs performance I'm looking for. Am5 would be lovely. Looking to avoid Intel 13/14 due to the issues but for the right price?

TIA

 

[donimo]

Ended up buying some budget am5 stuff new, got tired of everyone wanting insane prices for am4 or borked 13/14 series.

I miss the old days...

 

[anabioz]

Computer parts sky rocketed in price during pandemic, things got really screwed up financially. Can't blame people for that. If you had to buy a GPU during the pandemic - RTX 3060 Ti was $850CAD.

 

[Bond007]

Ended up buying some budget am5 stuff new, got tired of everyone wanting insane prices for am4 or borked 13/14 series.

I miss the old days...

That’s the exact situation I found when I was on the fence for new vs used for my son. The prices many people want makes the used market unappealing, and the actual good prices are gone in 30seconds.

 

[freeagent]

I paid 1350 for my 3070Ti and a cheap psu combo from ME during those days. Taxes in of course..

As I was paying for my puny GPU (that rocked my 980) some guy was paying cash for a 3090.. like 2800 lol..

When I called they got 10 in that day, sold 3, and by the time I got there I got one of the last two.

Now the CIA is like yeah.. we think it came from Wuhan..

 

[donimo]

Computer parts sky rocketed in price during pandemic, things got really screwed up financially. Can't blame people for that. If you had to buy a GPU during the pandemic - RTX 3060 Ti was $850CAD.

I can, and will, blame people for buying up stock when it was low with the sole purpose of selling for a huge profit to people that were stuck at home and scared. Which then showed the vendors, and then OEMs that they could jack up prices and people would still pay inflated prices. I decided not to play that game and kept my 7700k and 1070 (which I could have sold for 4x what I paid during peak stupidity) until prices went back to normal on the used front, but they didn't. It kind of ruined the hobby for me, buying up used parts and putting together systems, and selling them for a reasonable price after using them for a while, kept it fun. I get people have to exist in the reality we are in now, and my bitterness isn't to anyone on this site, but the used market is busted, plain and simple.

 

[donimo]

That’s the exact situation I found when I was on the fence for new vs used for my son. The prices many people want makes the used market unappealing, and the actual good prices are gone in 30seconds.

Yep, and as frustrated as I get missing those deals I am still grateful some people remember what is reasonable for used electronics.

 

[anabioz]

I can, and will, blame people for buying up stock when it was low with the sole purpose of selling for a huge profit to people that were stuck at home and scared. Which then showed the vendors, and then OEMs that they could jack up prices and people would still pay inflated prices. I decided not to play that game and kept my 7700k and 1070 (which I could have sold for 4x what I paid during peak stupidity) until prices went back to normal on the used front, but they didn't. It kind of ruined the hobby for me, buying up used parts and putting together systems, and selling them for a reasonable price after using them for a while, kept it fun. I get people have to exist in the reality we are in now, and my bitterness isn't to anyone on this site, but the used market is busted, plain and simple.

I hear you and in order for a used market to exist, someone has to buy something at retail price. If retail prices are high, you can't expect people to sell at 10% of the cost that they paid. It's tough man, it really is tough out there these days. I get better deals on enterprise hardware than I do on used desktop gear. Brutal.

Good luck.

 

[donimo]

I hear you and in order for a used market to exist, someone has to buy something at retail price. If retail prices are high, you can't expect people to sell at 10% of the cost that they paid. It's tough man, it really is tough out there these days. I get better deals on enterprise hardware than I do on used desktop gear. Brutal.

Good luck.

You aren't wrong but no matter how you cut it these prices are artificially high. The PC component industry was thriving before covid so this is just pure greed.

I'm also not asking for $0.10 on the dollar. Locally I'm seeing some people sell things for higher than the cost of new. It's just dumb. You can't buy something new and then expect to get what you paid for it back.

It's all good I'm not as bitter as I sound I just miss the old days and the community around pc building. It's become a rich man's game and I didn't get any richer over the last 10 years haha.

 

[freeagent]

To be fair, our dollar is toilet paper right now. The kind that they have at work that just smears and absorbs nothing.