GPU prices coming down are an indicator of the overall market sentiment around buying and building PCs with parts.
5090 are still not anywhere at MSRP though reliably. Seems like 2800 is the lowest on a shelf near me. 9070xt comfortably under 600 now though.
Memory prices are hitting the news everywhere but even at 200% or 300% of normal price you’re still saving money over buying a gaming GPU in the first 6 months of the year when GPUs were chronically sold out. 16GB is kind of tight but 32gb is only $250 for 2x16gb @ 6000mhz CL30 at microcenter right near me. If this is “200-300%” pricing then I don’t see what the big deal is.
News outlets have pointed the finger at “AI” rollouts, but we’re several years in to AI rollouts and although HBM memory used in AI cards has had elevated prices, it hasn’t affected desktop memory very much until the last couple of months. I suspect pre-emptive hoarding by commercial system builders is more to blame as companies like lenovo have mentioned having 150%+ of normal part inventory levels. Buy and hoard has been a key strategy to handling taco tariffs too for all kinds of nonperishable products all year long.
GPU prices coming down are an indicator of the overall market sentiment around buying and building PCs with parts.
5090 are still not anywhere at MSRP though reliably. Seems like 2800 is the lowest on a shelf near me. 9070xt comfortably under 600 now though.
Memory prices are hitting the news everywhere but even at 200% or 300% of normal price you’re still saving money over buying a gaming GPU in the first 6 months of the year when GPUs were chronically sold out. 16GB is kind of tight but 32gb is only $250 for 2x16gb @ 6000mhz CL30 at microcenter right near me. If this is “200-300%” pricing then I don’t see what the big deal is.
News outlets have pointed the finger at “AI” rollouts, but we’re several years in to AI rollouts and although HBM memory used in AI cards has had elevated prices, it hasn’t affected desktop memory very much until the last couple of months. I suspect pre-emptive hoarding by commercial system builders is more to blame as companies like lenovo have mentioned having 150%+ of normal part inventory levels. Buy and hoard has been a key strategy to handling taco tariffs too for all kinds of nonperishable products all year long.