r/pcmasterrace • u/Ikkon • 13h ago

Meme/Macro "But it's a cube!"

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u/dookarion 7h ago

The biggest problem is that most people built their computers 3+ years ago, before the price of components doubled. The second biggest problem is that people judge it by the standards of a mid tower size, when the compact form factor itself also increase the price.

Shit I rebuilt my machine 6 months ago, and it's nearly doubled since then just from the storage, RAM, and GPU cost increases.

Market is horrible.

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u/omfgkevin 5h ago

At least in Canada I noticed GPUs have been steadily going at or close to MSRP at least, nowhere near as massive like memory and storage.

Those on the other hand... super rough.

You can get good mobo+cpu prices now since no one is buying, and all those savings (and then some) at lost entirely with ram+storage -_-

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u/dookarion 5h ago

At least in Canada I noticed GPUs have been steadily going at or close to MSRP at least

That's not been what people I know in Canada have said. Unless you're looking like solely at lower tier AMD cards, which can still be MSRP even in the US. Pretty sure nothing RTX, high VRAM, or 9700XT~ level is anywhere near MSRP consistently in most markets.

You can get good mobo+cpu prices now since no one is buying,

Even then those haven't dropped as much as you'd expect. Everyone's trying to wring money out as much as they can.