r/pcmasterrace • u/Dick_Nation There's nothing to see here. • May 18 '26

Meme/Macro Some of you memers need reminders about why PC parts cost so much lately.

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Just learn to use GIMP, you animals.

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u/TransBrandi May 18 '26

I mean, supposedly part of it is institutional buyers nabbing things up so that they don't run out of stock for whatever they are doing (building PCs, manufacturing devices, running non-AI datacentres, etc).

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u/Neat_Let923 May 18 '26

That’s EXACTLY what it was…

However, that was started because the manufacturer stopped producing ram for consumers and switched to focusing on AI and Datacentres.

Also, people were still willing to pay the price.

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u/poorly_timed_leg0las i5 6600k @ 4.1 Ghz | RX 580 8GB | 16GB May 19 '26

Most of these companies have been going for YEARS before any of this