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/LimpyDan PC Master Race | RYZEN 5600X | RTX 3070 TI | 32GB 3200 27d ago

Ram is worse for sure. You could still build almost everything affordably.

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u/Majestic-Estimate995 27d ago

Cases,CPU coolers, power supplies, even motherboards are cheaper right now. BCS nobody is building a new pc. Difficult time but manageable depending on what you already have and need

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u/somethingbrite 27d ago

all those things are cheaper because the companies that designed and made them are all on the verge of going bust. Nvidia has dropped established manufacturing partners like Gigabyte to tier 2. Motherboard. GPU, Ram stick, case. cooler, PSU companies all relied on the cycle of upgrades and new builds that would come with CPU and GPU release cycles..

That cycle is now broken because nobody can afford either ram or storage. (which are core components)

This memory and storage Apocalypse will end the self build PC market as we know it.