Topic.

Get while the getting is good and overpay.

Or wait and risk paying even more for crap products

I mean what do you have currently?

Oh boy my current was purchased like 3 or 4 years ago

radon r7250 or something like that. 1gb
I'm at work so I can't check it's details. It was 100 back then and just something to throw in my basic home computer to play wow decently

This post was edited by T_O_K_I_O on Jan 28 2018 06:33pm

there's pretty much nothing to work with here OP

PSU wattage?
monitor resolution/refresh rate?
What's your pci power connector situation like?
what's the rest of your rig so that possible power/bottleneck limitations can be considered?
case clearance i.e how much room is there for a gpu?
what are you going to be using it for?
how much are you looking to spend?

This post was edited by DCSS on Jan 28 2018 06:49pm

It was more of a general opinion of jsp about the market. Since options are limited due to mining for now is it safe to go ahead and get one while you can (gtx1050 budget 150-200 on the lower side preferred )
Or wait and hope that something happens to bring stock of gpus back and prices back down.


Lower mid range build
Case
https://m.newegg.com/products/N82E16811139108?ignorebbr=true&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-Mobile&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-Mobile-_-pla-_-Cases%20(Computer%20Cases%20-%20ATX%20Form)-_-N82E16811139108&gclid=Cj0KCQiAhrbTBRCFARIsACY7MW2rutT1nbzU4_n31K38fY7KmEMf4uXzLuhNYmSntQzQPZfni6dIpN4aAnlVEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
Mobo msi b250 gaming pro
CPU Intel Pentium g4560
2400 ddr4 8gb ram, haven't chosen which I'm going with yet

I'm not changing my monitor for now.just a standard everyday desktop monitor

This post was edited by T_O_K_I_O on Jan 28 2018 07:00pm

it's a horrible time to buy anything higher than a 1050 non-ti, you would have got more bang for your buck in 2015 getting a 960 at MSRP

Yeah I picked the worst time ever to build one but I'm almost done ordering so no turning back now.

I wish I would have bought about 100 bitcoins back in 2013 also and cashed them out this month.


Basically the people of jsp are much smarter and more experienced with computer hardware

Both Nvidia and AMD have been making noise about their opinion of bitcoin miners grabbing up all the gaming vid cards. They seem to have some kind of plan for putting a stop to it.

Something about creating as new line of cards that are useful only for mining. These cards are supposed to be BETTER for mining than the normal gaming cards.
This should force the mining market to buy these new cards so the prices can then drop on the gaming cards.

Yeah I read that the gpus they make won't have display adapters. Making them useless to gamers and directed to mining

Once POS happens all the miners should flood the market with highly used good gpus IDK if they would be good to buy though

This post was edited by T_O_K_I_O on Jan 28 2018 09:12pm

Link please.