A gamer wants to upgrade and gets a high-end graphics card for little money. Included: More hardware for a total of 200 euros.
Anyone who has upgraded their gaming PC or wants to know: Graphics cards are often the most expensive upgrade for a system. For mid-range graphics cards, you can pay more than 500 euros. For high-end models like an RTX 4080, you can quickly pay more than 1,000 euros.
Even more surprising was a German gamer on reddit, who was able to get an RTX 3080 Ti for 300 euros. On top of that, he got an 850-watt power supply, 32 GB of RAM, and an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X for another 200 euros. For a complete PC, he only needs a case and a motherboard.
Normally, you would pay between 1,000 and 1,200 euros for this high-end graphics card (via geizhals.de). The RTX 3080 Ti from Nvidia is still among the fastest graphics cards that you can buy for your gaming system.
What are the reactions like? Very positive and sometimes a little envious. Because the price is really good if his story is true. It’s always good to have a bit of skepticism with such “great” stories. Maybe the gamer simply needed money. As someone explains:
Great bargain! You can find some crazy good deals on local marketplaces. A former friend of mine got a 1200 euro system for about 500 euros because the guy was getting married and needed the extra money.
Used hardware can often be worth it, beginners should beware
Buying used graphics cards, processors, or other components is often considered a tip. Because here you can often save good money if you don’t want to spend 1,000 euros on a graphics card right away.
Because gamers often swap their hardware and sell their old graphics cards. Here you can often be sure that the GPU was treated with care. But also miners try to sell their graphics cards, sometimes with unfair methods.
Beginners should generally prefer to use new hardware for their first build. Because if you have no experience with hardware or technology, then building a PC can quickly turn into trial-and-error until you find the error. Experienced people have it much easier to find the error or the defective part.
Other people haven’t had much luck with used hardware. The well-known tech YouTuber JayzTwoCents wanted to build a gaming PC using only used hardware from eBay, but that went wrong:
Tech YouTuber buys used hardware for 600 € – Builds a gaming PC from it that dies after 25 minutes
