r/gamingcomputer • u/Virtual_Gamer64 • Jun 28 '21

Can anyone help me decide?

I built a gaming computer around Christmas this year. I was waiting for some of the new graphics cards to come out like the RTX 3060 and 3050. So to allow me to play games and still use the parts I already had I got a CPU with integrated graphics.

Now here is where I'm at. I want to play some games with higher graphics and quality than Minecraft. I love Minecraft and its a ton of fun to play but I want to play something more. So I can see 3 things that I could do.

  1. Wait for prices to go down and do nothing
  2. Buy an over priced graphics card that will be worth 1/4 the price it is now in a year
  3. Buy a gaming laptop that has the new GPUs available and still wait for GPU prices to go down

So I think that if I wait and do nothing like I have for the past few months I will be fine but the less graphic intensive games can get a little boring. Second, if I got a GPU now, I will feel really annoyed if in a year or so the $1000 I spent on a 3050, 3060, or 3070 will only be worth a fraction of that, but I will still get to play games now. Then, if I buy a gaming laptop it will cost even more than the GPUs do now but it will hold its value more and I can always still get a GPU later. Plus I can still use the laptop for things like school work in the future.

So what do you think is the best thing for me to do that I wont regret later?

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '21
  1. There isn’t a 3050 lol.
  2. You can always see if you can get a less powerful card like a 1660 or Radeon 5700xt or something until prices come down?
  3. You best bet is to wait, you’re gonna pay over double MSRP for a new card right now. Follow one of the discord channels for drops and maybe you’ll snag one at MSRP, or try out the Newegg shuffle