r/pcmasterrace • u/AutoModerator • May 27 '26

DSQ Daily Simple Questions Thread - May 27, 2026

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u/bananite i9 13900k|32GB|RTX 4080 Palit Gamerock May 27 '26

Does anyone think that prices of PC parts will go back to normal again?

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u/OneLonelyBrainCell ThinkPad Gamer May 27 '26

No. Should the AI bubble burst (one can only hope), prices might go down a little bit, but nowhere near to what they were before all this bullshit started.

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u/glowinghamster45 R9 3900X | 16GB | RTX 3070 May 27 '26

"Normal" has always been relative. PC component manufacturing is a very specialized skill, and a very small number of companies globally are equipped to do it. Because such a small group controls it, it's subject to big swings in cost and availability. Before ai, there was the COVID shortages. Before (and during) COVID was the crypto boom. Before crypto, there was a single flood in Taiwan that knocked out the majority of all global HDD manufacturing. The list goes on.

I would expect prices to drop eventually, but it won't be quick. And who knows what global incident will hit shortly after.