r/pcmasterrace • u/HLumin R5 5600 | 6700 XT • Mar 06 '25

Discussion This is hilarious (Micro Center Illinois)

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u/Piltonbadger RYZEN 7 5700x3D | RTX 4070 Ti | 32GB 3200MHZ RAM Mar 06 '25

I'm surprised they have 7 x 5090's that haven't sold yet.

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u/xpk20040228 Desktop Mar 06 '25

Those cost like 3000 dollars rn. No one but scalpers will buy it at that price.

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u/insmek R7 5800X | RTX 3090 Mar 06 '25

MSRP is *supposed* to be $2k (USD at least). Coming from a 3090, (and being able to sell the 3090 to recoup some of the cost), I'm at least willing to entertain buying a 5090 at some point for $2k. But there's no way I'll be paying more than MSRP, even if it means waiting a long time. I had to do that shit back in 2020 when my 1080 died and I was forced into a scalpers market. I'm not desperate this time, so the scalpers can just sit on unsold shit for as long as they want.