With all my free time in quarantine I’ve been wanting to build my first gaming PC but I’m torn because I would imagine that with the current situation in the world right now prices would be inflated. I’m wondering what others think; would it be better to wait until things get back to normal?
Posted May 12, 2020, 1:21 AM UTC
I've not seen any particular complaints about price spikes. The bigger concern here, is whether or not your finances are secure enough to drop the money. Is your job recession proof? Do you have dependents, or do you live with parents?
Essentially it's a question of; do you need it now or can you wait a bit. Prices are inflated at the moment, but they'll likely get worse for around another couple of months. Factories are starting to open up again in China, but you probably have another few months before prices get back to normal, and before that point the prices are going to inflate further.
Another thing to consider is that the 4th Gen Ryzens, the next gen of Nvidia, and the 10th gen of Intel are coming out later this year, so if you wait you may get a PC you can keep around for longer.
Now is a bad time due to shipping issues and us being on the tail end of a generation. Next gen GPU’s from AMD and NVIDIA are sub 6 months away.
No it’s not a bad time. There is always gonna be “the next big thing” people are telling you to wait but if you do listen people will always be saying “wait another 3 months this is releasing”. It’s never gonna end. It’s always gonna keep happening so just build whenever you want to or else you will always be waiting.
This is a valid remark when waiting for the next release. These are other circumstances.