vvvslaxman Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) My ancient desktop started acting up with CPU fan failure message. Thermal throttling made my desktop unusable. I do have laptop. But i prefer desktop. So i was shopping around PC. This time instead of buying from OEM thought of buying from system integrator. That is when i learnt how expensive GPUs have become. Also crypto miners expedited the GPU (Graphics processing unit) shortage. Some GPUs are sold at a price 4 times more than MSRP price. Especially Nvidia RTX cards. Any decent configuration was going to cost me a fortune. So i decided to fix my ancient computer. Bought a 15$ fan second hand and thermal throttling gone as the old one became unusable. A CPU upgrade (replacing one ancient CPU with another one with much better performance) bit of memory upgrade i am all set. Instead of spending 2500 to 3000$. I have solved my issue with 15$. This is the beauty of desktop. You can prolong it. Especially if you buy a non-OEM you can keep it for 15 to 20 years. Mine is an OEM. Semi conductor shortage has driven the desktop prices to sky high. Edited March 1, 2022 by vvvslaxman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bharathh Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Best to salvage parts from older computers atm. You can buy one for cheap and a lot of parts can be reused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted March 1, 2022 Author Share Posted March 1, 2022 4 hours ago, bharathh said: Best to salvage parts from older computers atm. You can buy one for cheap and a lot of parts can be reused. Precisely what i am doing. Dell computers use proprietary parts. So replacing parts is very hard. I found a CPU that matches this chipset. Ordered on ebay for like 30$. It is significantly faster. This will also drastically increase the memory limit from 24GB RAM to 288 GB. I can now install 32 gb ram. With a slight upgrade of CPU, RAM you can dramatically increase the speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarke Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 (edited) A neighbor waited almost a year to get their new car due to this shortage. Stretching equipment use often is good for the environment besides the pocket unless one is using inefficient equipment or polluting vehicle like the old 2 stroke engines. Edited March 2, 2022 by Clarke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diga Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Its a travesty that we make more transistors per year than the amount of rice grains that we grow... but then both are different worlds & markets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravishingravi Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Hmm. Imagine if China takes over Taiwan. Could be game, set and match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Thought the OP was about a fall-out of the Ukraine Russia war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vickydev Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 GPUs prices have been over the roof since Covid times. However there is an expectation that they should fall in coming days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share Posted March 3, 2022 7 hours ago, Vickydev said: GPUs prices have been over the roof since Covid times. However there is an expectation that they should fall in coming days That is when real shortage started. Miners expedited the GPU shortage. It is impossible to get GPU at MSRP. Mostly twice, thrice, in some cases 6 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share Posted March 3, 2022 On 3/2/2022 at 2:25 AM, ravishingravi said: Hmm. Imagine if China takes over Taiwan. Could be game, set and match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vickydev Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 15 hours ago, vvvslaxman said: That is when real shortage started. Miners expedited the GPU shortage. It is impossible to get GPU at MSRP. Mostly twice, thrice, in some cases 6 times. I think its best to wait for next gen GPUs for now. IIRC Nvidia 40 series should be built on 5nm and Id hope more people wait on them, bringing down the current prices to atleast somewhat close to pre covid levels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 2 hours ago, Vickydev said: I think its best to wait for next gen GPUs for now. IIRC Nvidia 40 series should be built on 5nm and Id hope more people wait on them, bringing down the current prices to atleast somewhat close to pre covid levels yes. It is likely to support pcie 5.0 standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autonomous Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Everything is being affected due to this from graphics card to even mobile sim cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted March 19, 2022 Author Share Posted March 19, 2022 https://www.wepc.com/news/gpu-prices-mid-march/ GPU prices fall by 37% . Market is stabilizing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted March 19, 2022 Author Share Posted March 19, 2022 Situation in Russia lol https://videocardz.com/newz/russian-gpu-heist-foiled-warehouse-employees-detained-after-stealing-20-geforce-rtx-3070-ti-graphics-cards Russian GPU heist foiled, warehouse employees detained after stealing 20 GeForce RTX 3070 Ti graphics cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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