Getting 4000/7000 series GPUs will be interesting this gen.
My personal game plan to get a 4080/4090 is this:
1) Get up at 6AM PT. That is when restocks go live. Doesn't happen everyday but generally 6AM to 10AM PT is when stores like newegg/bestbuy restock. Sometimes they restock throughout the day as well but majority of the stores do it in the morning.
2) Get into a bot discord server and enable alerts. Mute every other Discord notification and make sure it's set to high volume. Also continuously browse bapcsales/bapcsalescanada subreddit.
3) Add the GPUs you want to newegg's wishlist in the newegg app on the phone and setup PayPal or Apple Pay on your phone. Buying from newegg will give you a higher chance of getting a GPU in NA than anywhere else. Keep the wishlist page on the newegg open on your phone at all times. The moment you hear the notification on Discord, refresh Newegg app, hit add all to cart, pay using paypal or apple pay if you have an iphone.
4) Get into as many waitlists as possible. In Canada, Evga, Memory Express and Canada Computers all had queue lists. It took quite a few months but I did receive various notifications.
Getting a GPU these days isn't about thinking, it's about reaction time. Even if you have say 10 GPUs on your newegg wishlist and you add 5 of them to cart, do not delete the ones you don't want cause it will be too late. Check out all 5 of them and complete the payment process. After you have completed the payment, you can go back and cancel the ones that you don't need.
If you think this is too much of a hassle, get Ampere while you still can and enjoy worry free gaming. I'll also be selling my 3080 Strix once I get a 4080/4090 if anyone wants it. I won't scalp you obviously but be aware that I did use it for mining but I did under-volt it so it shouldn't be a big deal. Otherwise I'll sell it on craigslist/ebay.
PC Specs: CPU: 7800X3D || GPU: Strix 4090 || RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 || Main SSD: WD 2TB SN850
