I cannot get a video card

[NETWizz]

Is there a place I can shop (i.e. for industry professionals only) that might stock one (1) RTX 3060?

I am asking because I have checked online, Best Buy, and Microcenter, and NOBODY has so much as one (1) video card, and all I want is one middle-of-the-road, current-generation Nvidia card for my own personal build.

I have no issues with showing a business license, degree, CompTIA, Microsoft, or Cisco certification to prove I am, indeed, an IT Pro. Just wondering if there is a way to get dibs.

I have no desire to mine crypto or scalp cards, but it would sure be nice if the supply chain would supply me a card.

 

[britechguy]

but it would sure be nice if the supply chain would supply me a card.

Unfortunately, I can't help, and no snark is intended in the observation that you're one among many who has this wish right now. They seem to have entered the "rare as hen's teeth" category at the moment and don't appear to be on the horizon for a comeback in the immediately foreseeable future.

 

[phaZed]

Yep. Wait a year or two - really looks like the answer. Glad I splurged early.

 

[Sky-Knight]

I've been waiting in line with EVGA for two 3060s since Jan of 2020, still don't have them.

 

[Blues]

For a while there were lottery sign-ups but I haven't seen any in some time.

 

[thatdude]

Unfortunately the only way we've been able to get high-end GPU's is when we order a computer directly through a manufacturer (i.e. Dell) and pay the high fee. The days of getting a mid range Dell and adding the GPU we needed for our Architectural/Engineering clients are gone. Maybe in a year or two things will change but for right now we're screwed.

 

[Kitten Kong]

May not be what you want to hear, but I can get hold of the card you are looking for here by end of the year.

I am in the UK however.

If you want me to get it, send me a pm, and we can talk.

 

[fincoder]

In Australia the major distributor Synnex has stock of RTX 3060 cards, but the issue is price. They're AU$999 + 10% GST. Street price is about AU$1150 incl GST.

 

[gadgetfixup]

Purchase a Dell refurb, $1400, pull the $1000 card, sell the refurb with onboard graphics for $700-$800. That's how most of the guys I know are getting them.

 

[sapphirescales]

I can get them consistently through my distributor, but the prices suck. For example, I can get a 3060 for $589. The card goes for $750+ on eBay so it's better than that, but MSRP on the card is only $399 or something so it still feels like I'm massively overpaying. A few weeks ago I bought 14x 3070's for a mining client of mine and made a cool $180 profit apiece on the cards even at these high prices.

Prices on D&H are pretty good, but the cards are backordered for months.

 

[NETWizz]

I can get them consistently through my distributor, but the prices suck. For example, I can get a 3060 for $589. The card goes for $750+ on eBay so it's better than that, but MSRP on the card is only $399 or something so it still feels like I'm massively overpaying. A few weeks ago I bought 14x 3070's for a mining client of mine and made a cool $180 profit apiece on the cards even at these high prices.

Prices on D&H are pretty good, but the cards are backordered for months.

Who is your supplier?

 

[NETWizz]

May not be what you want to hear, but I can get hold of the card you are looking for here by end of the year.

I am in the UK however.

If you want me to get it, send me a pm, and we can talk.

What kind of pricing am I looking at?

 

[Kitten Kong]

Right now it's £609.00

Details​

Brand
Zotac
Graphics co-processor
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Video output interface
DisplayPort, HDMI
Graphics Chipset Brand
NVIDIA
Graphics RAM type
GDDR6
Graphics RAM size
12 GB
Memory clock speed
7500 MHz
GPU clock speed
1807 MHz
Graphics card interface
PCI-Express x16

 

[Blues]

So around $815 not terrible by comparison to most the market where you can find them in the states but still too much in my personal opinion though I fear I won't see prices back to where they were last time I bought a GPU.