Not that they were ever a great deal, but an RTX 5090 today costs upwards of $3,500 thanks to the global component shortage, even though they fell below $3,000 at the end of last year. That said, perhaps there are less conventional ways to acquire one if you really want to score a deal. Case in point: French retailer LDLC is selling broken RTX 5090s for about half of their new price, with no return policy.
The store has put up two separate pages for these non-functioning RTX 5090s. The first listing is more generic; it just says "[DEFECTIVE] NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090" with a list price of 1,499.95 Euros, or about $1,760. You'll get different variants depending on the inventory. The second listing is specifically for an MSI Ventus 3X OC variant of the RTX 5090, and it's marked at 1,699.95 Euros, which is almost $2,000.
