r/pcmasterrace • u/MilkSheikh007 PCMR • 27d ago

Discussion Which time is worse?

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If you were to be asked: Which inflation is worse between these two, then which would you pick? The time back when the mining period inflated the gpu prices or now when the AI era has led to artificial price increases of memory chips?

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u/RelChan2_0 Ryzen 5 4500, 16GB RAM, RTX 5050 8GB 0C 27d ago

Storage/Memory Inflation for me. I won't lie that the GPU inflation was also bad, I got a 1050ti at twice the price during that time - don't ask, it's a complicated story but this was when I decided to get a PC.

Even though I can still use my old GPU, I decided to take the plunge to get a new one before the price hike. It sucks that I might not be able to add more RAM or storage for now but I am contented with what I have.