About to? Comparatively it’s been up for quite some time now and I expect it to get more expensive as we go. Used to be $1000 could build you a pretty decent PC for gaming. Now? $2000+. And the tariffs are just gonna exacerbate everything for Americans.

Looks like I’m running the 1660 Super for the next decade

BOOO! You won’t be able to afford what you’re already not able to afford!

This is why I built my new pc, my wifes new pc and built a friend a new pc. The writing was on the wall and you had to have been blind not to see it.

yeah, well, my gripe since covid has been how high end graphics cards are triple the cost of a new switch 2. For just a graphics card. There’s no way the hardware and R&D costs so much they need to be that much. Get fucked. I’ll wait until another player gets up to speed or they come down.

Is the US really that central to PC component manufacturing, or is this (mostly) just a US thing? Like, don’t get me wrong, I know a lot of these companies are US-based, but isn’t basically all the manufacturing and most of the distribution handled elsewhere?

Maybe I’ll finally be able to find current gen hardware for a decent price in my country!