I was in the store for something completely different, but I decided to walk by the BYO aisles and noticed these, instant decision! Wasn’t even looking for a 5090 but kind of wanted one at the $2k mark. Only a 10% extra for the Astral and I walked out of there with it!
Card was brand new, didn’t even look like it was ever installed, had all the peels etc and even the accessories!! Haven’t tried undervolting yet, and a quick OC pushed me above 15k on Steel Nomad with a 9800X3D.
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Nice find. Curious why a microcenter would have it priced like that.
Yo congrats and no hate, but
I just wanted to state how insane it is to considerate to get the consumer flagship for 2,2k instead of 3k as highly discounted deal.
We’re truly fucked
I’m curious, what case and coolers are you using?
roughly $1200 less compared to the original price…. more than a third… seems like a great deal, was there any accessory missing or was it just an opened and returned package? Truth is even if it was just the GPU on a static bag it would still be worth it in my opinion as long as it has warranty… Some people who are not sponsored by brands purchase GPUs for reviews and return them within the 15 day window, might have been the case… Does it have full warranty or just a year?
cheapest???
My god.. I could build a whole pc for that money. A decent one too. Where have we come.
So you can finally get 5090 at MSRP.
Incomplete, open box
2200$ for a GPU, how much do you make a month, 10-15.000$, you must be rich.
Beautiful colours.
No doubt you got relatively good deal there … crazy tho how suddenly 2k for a goddamn gpu is considered a good deal … lol
What case is that?
It says incomplete
What was missing?
https://preview.redd.it/5g4xvvucgh6f1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ec8d1cc663b542fd7f56cfdadbc601ffc9912e67
Define “cheapeast” 😂
$2200 is still too much even for a flagship
Happy for you and you’re allowed to do whatever you want with your money…but you’re part of the problem.
“Cheap” 2X marp
Lofl I can’t believe people are happy to buy a graphics card for $2200. Talk about being tricked by a business.
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You know things are truly fucked when we‘re posting about how lucky we are to only spend $2.1K on a single GPU.
The current PC market has made me move my focus to consoles and posts like this just remind me it was a good call.
Its also not new
weird flex but ok
lol
Man, my local MC shaves off the smallest discounts and then inches it up over time.
Beautiful PC. Looks better than a lot of PCs with too many colored RGBs. Also makes me want to drink Fanta.
Check if you got all the ROPs, that could be a reason it was $2200
God I wish the 5080 Astral wouldn’t be such a bad buy… It’s such a beautiful card
We live in a world now where someone brags with pure happiness for paying $2k for a graphics card. lol madness
Congrats and fuck you
lol. cool but. it’s a gpu. 2.2k$. gpu. and unless you eager to spend such amount of money i think you wouldn’t care if it was 2k or 5k. jesus…
lol I’m an idiot I paid 3359 🤡
$1999 FE here. No complaints
I’m seeing more and more of these posts, does that mean that GPU prices are starting to stabilize, globally?
I mean, they’ve already pretty much stabilized in my country and have become readily available, but the baseline prices are always inflated here, so…🥹
People buying the 50 series truly shows nvidia how far they can push their shitty pricing and still have people buy it out of FOMO
Perfect for browsing web
Still overpayed 😂
2k for a GPU? It might be a good price for that GPU compared to other prices, but that’s a terrible price regardless. You should be able to build a good PC for 2k lmao, JUST a GPU? Legitimately pathetically terrible price. You got a discount, you still paid more than I’d ever even consider (like, I ordered a 9060 XT, which was 550 CAD (approx 405 USD) after tax, and that was still a touch expensive).
I still don’t trust the 40 and 50 series cards won’t burn down the house.
Guy is flexing over spending $2,100 on a GPU. Remember when you could build a whole system for that?
Tag says: Incomplete, Open Box
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What was it missing?
That Case looks sick man! What RGB hex code is that?
Im not In a big hurry to upgrade, so I will try to only buy a gpu at msrp so immediately 4090 and most 50 series are off the table 😂
Hopefully, your cables won’t melt.
Bro 2k I don’t know it will cost in 2 years ~1k is it really worth it?
Good looking build. What is the rest of the specs?
That’s Awesome. Happy for you dude
It’s the none OC version? I think the OC version is a bit more expensive. I’m in the market for a 5090 just having a hard time deciding if I want a liquid cooled version or an air cooled version lol.
Honestly if I saw one for that price, I’d do that too
I don’t understand why people buy this thing, it’s crazy expensive and hardly any actual upgrade to the 40 series.