▲ 1019 ▼ 60% of PC gamers have no plans to build a new PC in the next two years — AI pricing crunch on RAM and other components paralyze enthusiast market (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 3 months ago by mintiefresh@piefed.ca to c/games@lemmy.world 218 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] eletes@sh.itjust.works 30 points 3 months ago (1 child) I upgraded my 8 year rig right when Trump was elected thinking tariffs would screw me. Did not forsee AI being the bigger factor permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago Gratz, good decision. I live on the other side of the pond and did not build a new rig in 2024, because the tariffs were never going to affect me much... Did not foresee the bubble inflating this big though. I originally wanted to build in autumn 2025, now I have no idea when it'll actually happen. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago Gratz, good decision. I live on the other side of the pond and did not build a new rig in 2024, because the tariffs were never going to affect me much... Did not foresee the bubble inflating this big though. I originally wanted to build in autumn 2025, now I have no idea when it'll actually happen. permalink fedilink source parent