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Lots and lots of people built their first PC. Because being on lockdown and getting a stimulus check does that. Demand has gone up, shortage even on PSU. There'

Lots and lots of people built their first PC. Because being on lockdown and getting a stimulus check does that. Demand has gone up, shortage even on PSU. There's hardly any shipping through air, because that is usually done in cargo bay of passenger planes. (with 5x increase in air shipping prices), so most must happen through ship, and all ships are full. There is also Chinese new year, where fabrics are closed for a while. I do hope that this is a revival of the desktop PC!

ineedasername 6y ago
Yes, COVID has made this worse, but the trend extends back years. If you pick a random GTX 1060 card and look at its price trend (see my other replies in this thread for an example, I don't want to copy/paste spam) you'll see trends that, since sometime in 2017, were about 25% higher than MSRP and their lowest prices, often higher.