I was semi lucky at the beginning of the year, cause I planned to upgrade my whole 7 year old system and found a prebuild (HP Omen 30L) with an 3080 for a price tag slightly over reasonability, but was willing to pay.
What I didn't know at the time, was, that I had to wait for almost 4 months to get the system delivered. And, in the middle of waiting, my old card (an until then good old reliable 980Ti) crapped out and left me hanging for a good month.
It was an Odyssey, but PC-gaming is good again.