I was looking to get my son a gaming pc, but ended up deciding to wait; I am glad I did. I found this:
https://m.newegg.com/products/N82E16814137256I was was trying to get under 150 for a video card. I don’t need the card now, as his birthday is still 8 months away.
Is it worth getting the card now for a build in September or do you think better performance may be available for the price in a few months? 139 after rebate seems like a great deal.
“It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money - that's all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot - it can't be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will have enough to pay for something better.”
--John Ruskin
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Go Intel i9/i7 CPU Socket
AMD have had problems for many years i've tried them run into glitches in video games, driver issues, performance just never what it should be, not recommending Nvidia, as they don't even use OPEN GL code.
Also he will end up with an AMD cpu, unless market factors change significantly.
--John Ruskin
thats not a bad deal but 8 months is an eternity in hardware
Computer parts are constantly getting better and cheaper. It's never good idea to purchase many months in advance.
Also warranty for the card starts running from the moment you get it.
Also, if the card is defective and you don't find out for eight months, it's going to be a lot harder to return it and get it replaced.
https://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Radeon-GDDR5-DVI-D-Graphics/dp/B07MCDNQX2/
They also had an 8 GB version of the same thing for $120. Granted, the card was built for mining, so it only has one monitor port, but still, that's awfully cheap.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/02/21/amd-drops-radeon-vega-56-to-279-to-fight-nvidias-gtx-1660-ti/#398e8437a287