NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB Custom Model From GALAX Listed Online For Over $400 US, Sold Out Within Hours
https://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3050-8-gb-custom-model-from-galax-listed-online-for-over-400-us-sold-out-within-hours/
So basically, a 6500 XT's "real" price is $300 while a 3050's "real" price is $400.
Overall if I was in the market, I'd probably try and fork the extra $100 and get the 3050. The 3050 will only be faster, but thanks to DLSS, superior Ray Tracing, more Vram, a good memory bus, hardware encoders/decoders and non gimped pci express lanes, it will age much better. While it sucks that a 50 class GPU is $400, if you need a budget GPU, sadly avoiding AMD is the way to go.
i5 12400 + 3050 would probably be the best budget build combo as sad as that is.
PC Specs: CPU: 7800X3D || GPU: Strix 4090 || RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 || Main SSD: WD 2TB SN850
