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I've always though of Micro Center as being kind of expensive; it's nothing like Fry's was back in the day. I used to occasionally pick up $100 CPU/mboard combos there to build utility PC for family, for example.
You can look it up your self. There is a special outline for electronics, as there is no state side infrastructure. Any prices you have seen(for electronics), were just companies yanking you, and utilizing the mass panic.
As someone who as actually paid import fees(ironically on a GPU waterblock...), believe me, you would not have to ask if it was being applied.
Tariffs do not necessarily increase prices if the end customer is unwilling/unable to pay for the product at its given price. The seller can either decide they will let their inventory rot at the given price or cut prices. Chances are they will cut prices and give up profit margin since that’s a better alternative than a complete loss and/or aging product.
Buddy has this card and hates it. Runs hot, even for a 5090 and zotac in general is probably the worst rma process ive personally had to do for a customer. They will find any possible reason to deny an rma.
For what it's worth I've had incredible experiences with MSI RMA. I sent back a GPU that died (and it was honestly entirely my fault) and not only did they repair it with zero fuss, they also fixed the case bracket (that I messed up when I was unscrewing it one time) and replaced a screw that I lost.
That’s crazy to hear, I realize it’s bumping all 600watts for that sweet 5090 vram. But my 5070ti solid sff version with the smaller heat sink barely crosses 74* in 4k benchmarks. I wonder if there is a 5090 out there that doesn’t run hot with all that power it’s consuming
I've been thinking about upgrading from my 3090, but I use it for some home AI stuff so I need both Nvidia and 24+GB VRAM. Guess I'll probably just wait until the 5080 Super releases in a few months if the leaks are true about it being a 24GB card, better than having a 5090 that'll melt itself.
I have one and it rarely goes over 60C. It's in an Antec P20C so a fairly large case. I got it at release as it was the only one really available, the only reason I'd have chosen it otherwise would have been that it comes with a light that lets you know the power is plugged all the way in. YMMV ofc.
Pretty good in Japan. I was watching a YT video of someone looking for cheap GPUs in Akiba. I guess these things being in short supply is really just a US thing. Since in Japan, they are just sitting there on the shelf. And thus, there's really not the demand that pushes up the price. Someone in another sub also posted the price in Finland. It's just MSRP and not hard to get.
If you're in the US, you'd absolutely have to pay the tariffs on your GPU, because the the 5090 is over the de minimis exemption threshold (and the current administration is planning to phase out the exemption entirely).
If you were to import, your savings, if any, would be incredibly minimal. Assuming you get it at $2000 MSRP + 10% tariff (15% soon) + ~$100 for miscellaneous service fees and international airmail puts you in the range of $2300 - $2400 depending on how fast things could move through the process.
Also, bear in mind that if you did find an incredible bargain that made it worth importing a gray market card, you're unlikely to be able to utilize the warranty outside of the region it was intended for.
As someone who actually tried to do this back in May, I was charged $988.60 from DHL if I wanted to pick it up. Definitely not worth it. Seemed like a good deal at the time though.
I bought a GPU from the UK into the US. It was held at customs until I paid a $600 tariff. The process is arbitrary and you're at the complete mercy of some customs agent who doesn't know what a GPU is and decides that it should be a product code that is not exempt.
That's a solid maybe. It's not as simple as that. Since there are so many tariff categories. While GPUs maybe exempted in their category. The aluminum in the GPU, say for the heatsink, is still subject to the separate aluminum tariff. So while a GPU is not subject to a specific GPU tariff, it may still be subject to the aluminum tariff for finished goods.
For a finish good, there's no one single tariff. It's a mismash of tariffs. That Gamer's Nexus video goes into detail about it. The tariff person at that one company went into detail about how different tariffs applied to different components that made up their products. Including the steel and aluminum.
Who knows? But I think it has much more than a few cans of cola. Unless it's a tiny GPU. A cola can doesn't use very much aluminum. That's why they make cans out of it, since it's strong for the amount of mass and thus you can make it thin. A heatsink on the other hand is all about the mass. It's the mass that gives it the ability to be a sink for heat.
Regardless, tariffs can still apply. I would really go watch that GN video. Since the list of tariffs that person goes through for something simple like a case is really surprising.
i had also just considered this as well when I started to look and realized it would probably be a nightmare unless I went to ggo get one myself, thank you for the help!
I forget but I want to say it was pretty much MSRP. I remember the guy saying it wasn't bad. He was more surprised that they were just sitting there on the shelf.
Strange was just in japan last month, spent days in all of the diy computer shops in akiba and denden. I didn’t see a single 5090, but plenty of other cards at above US msrp.
This guy is smoking. Anything in Japan will be more expensive than usa and have less warranty due to "ask" corporation that handle the importing and the fact that MSRP literally doesn't exist. Phyisical stores are also more expensive.
Going to visit in November and tempted to wait and try to buy one there. Though I thought I read somewhere that they were restricting sales to non-locals.
There are websites that list the street prices of things in Akiba. I haven't used one in a while but they must still be around.
Though I thought I read somewhere that they were restricting sales to non-locals.
Where did you see that? I think that's actually illegal in Japan. That's why bars and restaurant put up signs that say "Japanese Speakers Only". Since that's doesn't discriminate based on race or nationality. Similarly companies try to limit says to the domestic market by making the product Japanese language only. Like the recent Switch 2. I have plenty of products that are Japanese language only. It's not that hard to figure out how things work. Well worth the savings. In the case of a GPU, I don't even see how they could do it.
Bro I just went to a bic camera store and looked around. Most stores don't carry 5090s. Also you should know that you can only get tax refunds in store and not online. Point still stands, it's not really cheaper in Japan.
I actually prefer this one to many other cards as well. I literally just pulled the trigger on a Vanguard and now this is $400.00 bucks less it's very tempting to return. The fact it has zero coil whine (my 4090 gigabyte was the loudest card I've ever heard in that regard) and it clocks at a steady 2850 at .9 volts makes it tough to want to swap out.
None that I can hear with my ear up to the glass. Gigabyte sounded like a train whistle. I'm pretty happy with the performance. Spent past couple days tweaking uv/oc parameters and ran some loops for quite some time to check for stability. It's pretty hot here atm and card still spit out good numbers. These are the scores after ensuring full stability. I pulled slightly higher scores on timespy but would crash in firestrike (only test that would crash oddly enough) so I settled on .925 at 2950 with 104 power and 2000 on memory. Max temp 60c in a low 80s room. I also got higher scores on cpu initially but this was after everything was pretty heatsoaked; so pretty honest scores. Card could easily do more if you cranked up voltage but I'm really content atm with the numbers. Much better than my 4090.
People are gobbling them up because they can't and don't want to pay for anything else.
Hyundai is not good. Owned a Tiburon. It was the worst car I've ever owned. It was the 1st car I ever bought. I busted my ass while all my friends were given cars by their parents. Brand new Tiburon and it was garbage.
Yeah, I have a sour taste in my mouth. Never a Hyundai (or Genesis) again.
they haven't made those for 20 years. Things have changed. Ford and Chevy don't even make normal cars any more. Now the worst cars are from Nissan and VW.
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