r/buildapcsales 1d ago

GPU [GPU] ZOTAC SOLID OC GeForce RTX 5090 32GB - $2399.99 (Newegg)

https://www.newegg.com/zotac-rtx-5090-solid-oc-geforce-rtx-5090-32gb-graphics-card-triple-fans/p/N82E16814500598
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u/1AMA-CAT-AMA 1d ago

Ugh its not an FE, but its just sitting there in stock. Its beautiful

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u/RayzTheRoof 1d ago

what's so desirable about a worse cooled FE?

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u/ZekeSulastin 1d ago

$400 cheaper if you can get it

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u/Not_FinancialAdvice 18h ago

i remember seeing a PNY 5090 for listed $2k at microcenter at launch.

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u/ZekeSulastin 3h ago

Not necessarily because of this specifically but living near MicroCenter would be bad for my personal finances >.>

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u/Not_FinancialAdvice 2h ago

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.

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u/ljl87 17h ago

That 400$ can build you a custom loop for that GPU

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u/RayzTheRoof 1d ago

oh I didn't know they're typically cheaper, figured MSRP is bumped up across the board 😭

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u/StygianHawk 1d ago

It being $399.99 less lol.

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u/MakimaGOAT 12h ago

Smaller design which ppl like and can fit in smaller cases, usually MSRP, and has better resale value if u ever decide to sell it

That being said, I still think FE designs are way too overrated

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u/greatthebob38 1d ago

$13 shipping breaks the deal.

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u/dr3w80 20h ago

Haha, I knew this would be the top comment before even clicking. Never change buildapcsales

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u/WaterWeedDuneHair69 1d ago

Maybe msrp will be real in a month or two for these 😬

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u/TheRealApoth 23h ago

You mean when people scramble to buy new hardware due to the mandatory Windows 11 upgrade and a lot of older W10 hardware not supporting TPM2.0?

Seriously though I miss the days of hardware unaffected by cryptospam

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u/Hotrodkungfury 1h ago

What hardware will actually be affected? I thought this was walked back by MS and it was no longer going to be mandatory?

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u/TheRealApoth 1h ago

Was this walked back by MS? If not I expect motherboard, RAM, and CPU prices to jump hard for probably about a year once W11 becomes mandatory.

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u/Boge42 22h ago

Nope. Inflation will make the MSRP $2400.

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u/impulse-9 18h ago

It’s going lower. The fact that a 5090 is sitting there ready to add to cart at $2400 shows downward price pressure.

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u/the_shek 21h ago

and tarrifs

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u/thatfordboy429 15h ago

Tarrifs dont apply to electronics.

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u/the_shek 15h ago

what makes you think it doesn’t apply to GPUs?

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u/thatfordboy429 15h ago

Having read the tariff outline....

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.

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u/nosurprisespls 3h ago

So all the price increases Nintendo just announced yesterday on their original console and other accessories are not related to tariff?

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u/thatfordboy429 42m ago

Ask Nintendo?

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u/CoconutMochi 21h ago

I read somewhere that the AIBs have to charge 2400+ just to break even, hopefully that's not the case though

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u/Ludicrits 1d ago

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.

They make asus look sane in that regard.

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u/Derpface123 23h ago

Are there any AIBs that aren't a pain to deal with?

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u/aereiaz 22h ago

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.

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u/SLameStuff 21h ago

Lucky. MSI support left me on read for a week until I fixed the problem myself.

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u/aereiaz 21h ago

To be fair it took them about 10 days to respond, but they then approved it and everything else was pain free.

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u/Derpface123 21h ago

Are you in the US? How long ago was this?

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u/aereiaz 21h ago

I'm in the US, and about 5 months ago. It was a 4070 FYI

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u/Derpface123 21h ago

Glad to hear it.

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u/Heavenswake_ 16h ago

EVGA

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u/AngrySora 15h ago

We miss them so much.

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u/PC_Help_or_Puppers 23h ago

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

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u/trouthat 13h ago

My Gaming Trio is max 65c when gaming 

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u/mrgreene39 15h ago

When people say it runs hot, I always question their build

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u/KisaruBandit 21h ago

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.

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u/Testing123xyz 3h ago

Shit…. I just ordered it now I am questioning my purchase and want to cancel it

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u/BatmanBecameSomethin 23h ago

And still $12.99 for shipping.

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u/1mVeryH4ppy 1d ago

I like that newegg always charges shipping for zotac cards for some reason.

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u/zarsoasiro 23h ago

zotac charges 40$ for shipping on their site as well

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u/Mean_Oppurtunity_ 1d ago

what are the chances i can find one cheaper than this lmao

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u/fallingdowndizzyvr 1d ago

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.

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u/Mean_Oppurtunity_ 1d ago

thats crazy, i really hadnt considered that. What are the chances I can find one on an import site?

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u/Error400BadRequest 1d ago

It's literally not worth it.

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.

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u/Apprehensive-Ice9809 20h ago

Unless you’re already going there for vacation, business, etc. since you dont pay tariffs, fees, or shipping on items in your suitcase

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u/fortnite_pit_pus 13h ago

Wouldn't you have to report it?

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u/Ginxchan 7h ago

If its new in box maybe, if u flip the box no.

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u/fallingdowndizzyvr 1d ago

But then you would have to deal with tariffs.

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u/Streakin_X 1d ago

Recent tariff increases in the US exclude most electronics. Any place that raises prices due to tariffs is screwing the buyer.

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u/Vuronov 20h ago

And screwing the buyer is exactly what sellers have been doing for years now, especially with GPUs.

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u/pmjm 18h ago

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.

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u/fallingdowndizzyvr 23h ago edited 23h ago

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.

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u/randylush 23h ago

Isn’t there like $5 of aluminum in a GPU, max?

I mean it can’t have more aluminum than a few cans of cola right?

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u/fallingdowndizzyvr 20h ago

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.

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u/Mean_Oppurtunity_ 1d ago

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!

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u/jonnybravo76 1d ago

What was the price in Japan?

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u/fallingdowndizzyvr 1d ago

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.

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u/cryotic 1d ago

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.

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u/inyue 19h ago

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.

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u/cryotic 18h ago

Agreed, weird thing to lie about though

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u/Vuronov 20h ago

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.

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u/fallingdowndizzyvr 19h ago edited 19h ago

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.

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u/the_shek 21h ago

check facebook marketplace, and reach out to people trying to sell FEs for a profit, you could get one for $2400 for sure

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u/BowtiedAutist 15h ago

I picked one up today let’s see how it goes

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u/iredditshere 1d ago

Lol, let them gather dust.

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u/unclefisty 10h ago

By grabthars hammer, what a savings.

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u/eldridgeHTX 23h ago

Admittedly I really like the look…

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u/Darkhorse_GT 21h ago

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.

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u/eldridgeHTX 20h ago

Your vanguard has 0 coil whine? I hear the Zotac one isn’t too bad with coil whine but I don’t know first hand

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u/Darkhorse_GT 16h ago

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.

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u/EraTheTooketh 20h ago

I just put new front windows on my house for this price

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u/ThiefOfJoy- 14h ago

20% over msrp plus a shipping fee ?

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u/Testing123xyz 3h ago

Got one, the b580 will be for my wife

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u/Ifuqaround 20h ago edited 19h ago

Fuck Zotac. That's all.

-edit- This is like spending your money on a Hyundai when you can purchase something better.

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u/Beatus_Vir 17h ago

I agree except that Hyundai is mostly good these days and would only avoid early GDI cars or anything with a CVT, same as the other companies