Micro Center has
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.70GHz 8-Core Processor + ASUS B650E-E TUF Gaming WiFi AM5 ATX Motherboard + 32GB (2 x 16GB) G.Skill Flare X5 Series DDR5-6000 Desktop Memory Kit Computer Build Bundle for
$679.99. Select free store pickup where available.
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I was able to snag a 4TB NVME for $240 and a 5070 Ti for $780 as open box items right before the prices went exponential. Then got the 9800X3D kit awhile back for $680. Got about $2000 total in it, but everything is hand-picked quality components. Sad that I had to get really, really lucky to match the paper specs of some pre-built systems right now. Unlucky for Micro Center that I probably won't build anything for at least 2 years now, as both storage and RAM are just ridiculously priced, as everyone is aware I'm sure. I hate that my favorite hobby got so out of reach for so many now; it sucks!
Anyway, the sucky thing is I have another PC that I killed the CPU and motherboard on. It's 4-5 years old so was AM4 and had 32GB of DDR4. I kinda want to rebuild it but I just don't really need RAM as I have the spare DDR4 AND the the 32GB of DDR5 from the MC PC but all the bundles come with that. I've looked at various deas but don't know if I should buy cheap AM4 components or AM5.
Anyway, we've had price spikes before (eg GPUs in the crypto boom) but nothing that affected multiple components so badly. I really don't know when this ends but I expect when we next fall into recession after the AI bubble bursts. But it's killing or delaying consoles, I suspect it's effectively killed the Steam Machine because they didn't long in prices and it's even impacted Apple (eg they discontinued the 512GB Mac Studio quietly last week). It sucks.
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