News Newegg Slaps $520 Upcharge on RTX 4090-Equipped Pre-Built Gaming PC

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Another example of newegg gone to trash.
I shopped for a 4090 opening day. All sold with garbage you didnt need still in "bundles" of trash.
they are also posting this with a 13th gen intel which is probably a good combo, but with the old 690 board, instead of the newer 790 board with updated features. Another way to get rid of old stuff.
 
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If the exact same system is ordered with a 3080Ti instead of a 4090 then the cost would be lower, but would the upcharge be the same? If so then this has nothing to do with there being an RTX 4090 in the system.
 
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Newegg is upcharging its own pre-built RTX 4090 gaming machine by over $500, compared to building an equivalent gaming PC yourself.

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Newegg is upcharging its own pre-built RTX 4090 gaming machine by over $500, compared to building an equivalent gaming PC yourself.

Newegg Slaps $520 Upcharge on RTX 4090-Equipped Pre-Built Gaming PC : Read more
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I’m kind of shocked that someone who shops on Newegg would go for something like this in the first place.
 
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Seems fair to me. If you've got over $1500 to throw away at an absolutely unnecessary power-hungry ridiculous Goliath of a video card, then you can certainly afford the extra $500. The people that buy these things are called "whales". There are not a lot of them, but the profit margin is high. Personally, I'd crank it up a bit more. $500 is too low.
 
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it's not like newegg is the only one who will do it. pretty much every builder marks it up well past cost of the parts. the difference here is that the build is likely not as good as many of the top custom builders who readily charge more than $500 over part costs.

yah it seems uncool and all but supply and demand, fool and his money and all that.......
 
All the hige computer companies do the same thing so it's not really a surprise. Let the whales eat the 4090s. Nvidia knows there are enough people that want one so they can charge $1600 for a graphics card because they simply have to have the absolute latest equipment. I was like that when I was younger, but now I realize how foolish that was.
 
This article stub must have been written by a complete idiot. It should never have even been considered for posting. You expect them to build the system, store it, and then deal with warranty for free? I guess you have never looked at any other company that sells pre-built computers.

The article is extra rich from a site that actively displays multiple ads that cover content, and even cover login boxes on mobile. The only thing that's going to hell is this damn website.
 
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This article stub must have been written by a complete idiot. It should never have even been considered for posting. You expect them to build the system, store it, and then deal with warranty for free? I guess you have never looked at any other company that sells pre-built computers.

The article is extra rich from a site that actively displays multiple ads that cover content, and even cover login boxes on mobile. The only thing that's going to hell is this damn website.
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Not surprised at all. It does seem steep but that doesn't take into account a number of factors like you mentioned. It's also lower volume, requires repackaging and instructions, customer support in addition to aforementioned warranty support, etc. I expect they also will have to reduce the price in the near future once demand for ridiculously expensive and power hungry GPUs and CPUs dies down, which shouldn't be too long now that mining rewards aren't worth the cost for GPUs anymore. I think there simply aren't enough gamers willing or able to pay that kind of money for demand to be much higher than production for long. Nvidia will end up having to refund card makers for some of their clearance inventories with margins as thin as reported.
 
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tomshardware really is not what it used to be. why post such an inflammatory article? this is purely rage bait.
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Disagree.. it's information ppl should know.

<Mod Edit> newegg. Stopped purchasing from them long Time ago. It needs to die. And go away.
 
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