New to Amazon, Think I Found a Good Deal but Not Sure? GTX 970 OC

Slippy on 04/11/2014 - 10:19

Hi All

Just wanting some advice as I am looking for a bargain on an overclocked 970, and found this :

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NH5T1UA/ref=ox_sc_act_ti…

Its temporarily out of stock, but I can order and they will notify me when available, its $367 AUD shipped to sydney apparently, seems really cheap !!! But what kind of time frame would I be looking at do you think?

Or is it better to wait for actual Black Friday sale (only learnt about this sale today) as it says there is 20% or more of Nvidia cards with the black friday sale ?

Confused, but if its genuine at that price I want to jump on it !!

Any help would be much appreciated,

Kind Regards,

Slippy

Gaming

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Comments

  • scrimshaw on 04/11/2014 - 11:07
    +2

    But what kind of time frame would I be looking at do you think?

    7-9 days itself for delivery. Not sure when it comes back in stock.

    But it's a pretty good deal if you can get it for under $400.

  • ProjectZero on 04/11/2014 - 11:18
    +3

    usd $349 —> aud $401.5 according to google currency calculator.

    Add shipping to it, it's around the same price as Aus stock i think.

    -Edit-

    $469 at MSY according to staticice. I reckon you'd save maybe $30 or so… best to just buy from MSY if you can't wait for a deal.

    -Edit 2-

    I just saw you have a price including delivery, and I'm pretty sure that price is usd and not aud.

    usd $367 —> aud $422.14 using the same google currency calculator. so you save about aud $40

  • Slippy on 04/11/2014 - 11:36

    Cheers for the replies guys, I think im confused I thought that #367 was AUD

  • fimmwolf on 04/11/2014 - 14:58

    $349 USD was the recommended retail for a GTX 970

    I bought the ASUS STRIX for $349 + 16.95 shipping, which is now selling on Amazon for $424.95 (and no longer ships to Australia)

  • Vmeisterkun on 04/11/2014 - 15:24
    +3

    If you're going to buy overseas. you should get EVGA as it has international warranty. If any other brand you would have no way of fixing the card. I bought a card (EVGA SC 970 2.0) when the dollar was at 90 cents, so it was around $370 including delivery.

    • Slippy on 04/11/2014 - 15:57

      Hi Vmeisterkun

      I am intersted in the EVGA one, I found this for $393 USD http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Superclocked-Graphics-04G…

      When you say $370, is that AUD or USD? So confusing lol.

      I am so keen to get this card, but I will be so upset if I dont get it at a bargain price so its about patience I guess lol

  • ProjectZero on 04/11/2014 - 16:49
    +1

    If you are looking to purchase from US… try Newegg, they now ship to Aus and show their prices in AUD so less confusion.

    Newegg

    $379.19+shipping

    It's EVGA so should have international warranty. Still cheaper compared to local stock. Not by much though… Good news is that apparently i can get it express shipped for $67.08 (to NSW)

    Also, don't bother getting factory OC editions… it's easy to OC it yourself.

    • WT on 05/11/2014 - 10:54

      Amazon can ship it quite cheap, like around $10 USD. Newegg shipping seems expensive in comparison

      • ProjectZero on 05/11/2014 - 11:58

        I always thought Amazon doesn't ship PC parts, or at least not all anyway.

  • Slippy on 04/11/2014 - 16:57

    ok cool. main reason i was looking at factory OC was some video i watched saying that the 970 is faster than 980 for much cheaper price with the factory OC, but if i can just do myself then that will be even cheaper, the standard gigabyte one hopefully I can find cheaply

    • ProjectZero on 04/11/2014 - 17:02
      +1

      Yeah, the video maker probably matched a factory OC 970 to a stock 980… it will definitely be faster… the comparison is seriously wrong, but i do agree that 970 is definitely the to go like the 670…

      Key points to note are

      • Same bus width meaning they will mostly likely only use up to 3.3GB of the 4GB vram
      • Same architecture with a cluster difference.
      • Almost half the price of a 980… 970 @ $429 and 980 @ $699. 60% increase in price from the 970 for maybe 10% increase in performance…

      Seriously Nvidia…

      Prices from PCCG and using cheapest models

  • matabuntu on 04/11/2014 - 18:21
    +1

    OP you can also check the GTX 970 stock (in US) on this page: http://www.nowinstock.net/computers/videocards/nvidia/gtx970…

    Gigabyte G1 Gaming, MSI Gaming, EVGA FTW or Asus Strix are the best out there. I recently switched to GB 970 g1 gaming and so happy with it. Clockspeed out of the box hits 1405 mhz constant boost, on 50% fan and 66 max temp.

    Currently I see the MSI GTX 970 Gaming available on newegg (with express 2-3 business days delivery) for USD 408 or ~AUD 468. Cheapest on staticice is AUD 518.

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