Got all excited today to see I got an email from PCS to find it was offering me the chance to change to the 3080ti.
Believe from chatting to sales today that it hopefully won't be many more days waiting anyway!
Currently on day 98 so not going to change to the 3080ti as I would love...
I put my order in Jan 14th, knowing that I didn't need my new PC until June and that the delays with the 3080 were significant. Hopefully I'm still around the middle of June so despite the emails I will hold on a bit longer. Now if the rest of you can switch to their suggestion of the 3070 maybe...
So glad I put my order in 28 days ago, knowing I didn't actually need a replacement PC until June. Just got to keep my fingers crossed that the situation improves by then.
I trust PCS having had a PC from them before, I saw the delay in the stock levels and ordered my new PC in January, hoping that by the time I need it in June that the situation has calmed down a bit. I will keep my fingers crossed.
This is the partial content of an email I received from PCS on 1st Feb which I am happy to share. Hopefully it answers the questions asked above about numbers of outstanding orders.
"The global supply situation from Nvidia is extremely tight, and Nvidia are only providing a small allocation to...
@BetFin It was on a buy now pay in 12 months deal with Hitachi- agreement says first payment due 14/01/22. I can't see anywhere where it says from shipping date unfortunately. Maybe @Ghosthud can help me out on that one.