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GMKtec Small Form Factor Mini Gaming PC on sale for $369.99 - $23 clippable coupon =
$346.99.
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Specs:
- AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 8-Core Processor
- 16GB DDR5 4800Mhz Memory
- 512GB PCIe Solid State Drive
- AMD Radeon 680M Integrated Graphics
- Dual NIC Intel i226V 2.5Gbps + WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.2
- Windows 11 Pro
- Ports:
- 2x USB 4 Type-C
- 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2
- USB 2.0
- 1x HDMI 2.1
- 1x DisplayPort 2.0
- 1x M7 Oculink
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If anyone wants to try this with a (mini) PC without an OCuLink port, but with a spare M.2 slot, you can try looking for an adapter like a "F4C". This converts an M.2 slot, which is really a PCIe x4 slot, into an OCuLink port.
(I believe the BK7, F9G, and F4C are all made by the manufacturer "ADT". But you'll find a lot if listings on places like Amazon and AliExpress just list the model name. So just search for those.)
In reality, study after study shows that consumers in the receiving country bear most of the cost. According to Amiti et al. (2020) and Fajgelbaum et al. (2020), U.S. consumers absorbed nearly 100% of the cost of the tariffs imposed during the U.S.-China trade war under Trump's first administration. Feng, Han, and Li (2023) found U.S. importers bore 93% of U.S.-imposed tariffs. The numbers are remarkably consistent across time and geography: under normal conditions, consumers absorb between 60% and 90% of the cost. That's the economic consensus, not a debate.
Happy to list more studies if you're actually curious:
Amiti et al. (2020) – Who's Paying for the US Tariffs?
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?i...p.
Fajgelbaum et al. (2020) – The Economic Impacts of the US–China Trade War
https://www.nber.org/system/files...w29315.
Feng, Han, and Li (2023) – Asymmetric Tariff Pass-Through Between China and the US
https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/wh...ina-and-us
Hayakawa (2017) – Asymmetric Tariff Pass-Through to Trade Prices
https://ideas.repec.org/p/jet/dpa...er631.htm
Bown & Crowley (2013) – Import Protection, Business Cycles, and Exchange Rates
https://econpapers.repe
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I mentioned something along those lines in a deal thread about a power supply and the next day, it was deleted. I know I posted there because someone repped me on a post that doesn't exist anymore
SD wants to pretend that the tariffs don't exist.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=GMKtec...nb
Guess how often companies just absorb an increase in COGS as opposed to finding ways to pass it off to the consumer? I'll give you a hint: it's somewhere between extremely rarely and never.
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You saved me the breath. It's sad/amusing to see how many people don't understand basic economics and how businesses actually run.
Costco is reportedly pressuring Chinese suppliers to cut prices, potentially absorbing the burden of rising U.S. tariffs, following a similar approach taken by Walmart.
The Chinese government is on top of it, keep up. If you think we can just forget about China - Americans aren't ready to pay those prices.
Mods wipe this thread about tariffs and China on a Chinese PC in 3..2..
In regards to OP's post, solid deal but wait for price to go lower.
Basic supply and demand, not negotiation of COGS as the other person mentioned. If price ever goes down it will go down due to softening demand, not an efficiency of supply. Couple that with the fact that we are nearing recession and/or stagflation, your idea that companies are going to magically reduce costs through a trade war is an ineffective argument.
Can you please provide an example where a company has lowered prices when their costs increased?
Tell us more professor...
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If this is professor level stuff to you then nah.. I'm good.
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