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[Brian Boru]

November is probably the best month for buying most things, with Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Singles Day. But if that doesn't suit, when's the best time?

July, August, September

Two articles by credible authors Christopher Elliott and Whitson Gordon zero in on Q3 as the best time to buy PCs in USA. There should be similar articles available for your country, please post below if you know of any.

Q3 is July, August, September. Christopher also includes 2 months each from Q2 & Q4, but they agree that you should avoid December to March if possible.

Whitson says: "Intel and AMD start ramping up for new stuff in July, and back-to-school sales get pretty good around this time too."

Note that this was compiled before the era of pandemic supply chain problems and scalpers, so may be less valid at the moment due to those market distortions.

Price History Trackers

If you're 'out of season', use PHTs to see how the price you can get now compares. There are many I'm sure, the ones I use most often are:
CamelCamelCamel;
Edge browser;
Honey.

 

[Why_Me]

Graphics cards are now within 12% of MSRP

The latest report from 3D Center, which has been collecting GPU price and availability data from German/Austrian retailers since January 2021, shows the average selling prices for...

www.techspot.com

 

[Brian Boru]

@Why_Me, did you read the comments on that article? Seem to be saying it ain't true, altho that's mostly USA it seems

 

[Why_Me]

@Why_Me, did you read the comments on that article? Seem to be saying it ain't true, altho that's mostly USA it seems

I haven't read the comments yet and although gpu's are still expensive they've been coming down in price slowly but surely.

 

[karmaunkown]

Well, I'm just worried em scalpers will cause mayhem in November again

 

[Brian Boru]

worried em scalpers will cause mayhem in November

If Ethereum doesn't go PoS by then, it could be bad…

 

[Ricky1861]

I'm so confused, I want to build a new computer, the 30-series graphics cards have finally dropped in price,but 40 series graphics cards are also coming soon

 

[Brian Boru]

also coming soon

Welcome to the forum

There will always be new stuff on the horizon where PC parts are concerned. So if you need a machine now, go for it.

I don't 'need' one now—hoping my 2017 holds out another year or so—so I'm waiting for GPU supplies to return to last decade levels, and also hopefully for DDR5 memory to become practical.

Who remembers the GODs when there were sales on graphics cards? I don't think I've ever bought one at over 70% of MSRP. Here's to the return of those Good Old Days!

 

[Colif]

I'm so confused, I want to build a new computer, the 30-series graphics cards have finally dropped in price,but 40 series graphics cards are also coming soon

there is always something better coming, just have to jump in when you can.

I bought in August but it wasn't due to knowing if it was a good month, just when I could afford it...a few more months later I wouldn't have been able to get some parts but that was 2 years ago.

 

[bay.kun]

November is probably the best month for buying most things, with Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Singles Day. But if that doesn't suit, when's the best time?

July, August, September

Two articles by credible authors Christopher Elliott and Whitson Gordon zero in on Q3 as the best time to buy PCs in USA. There should be similar articles available for your country, please post below if you know of any.

Q3 is July, August, September. Christopher also includes 2 months each from Q2 & Q4, but they agree that you should avoid December to March if possible.

Whitson says: "Intel and AMD start ramping up for new stuff in July, and back-to-school sales get pretty good around this time too."

Note that this was compiled before the era of pandemic supply chain problems and scalpers, so may be less valid at the moment due to those market distortions.

Price History Trackers

If you're 'out of season', use PHTs to see how the price you can get now compares. There are many I'm sure, the ones I use most often are:
CamelCamelCamel;
Edge browser;
Honey.

The best time to buy a gaming PC is when you have more money.