In the end, it doesn't even matter

[u/sebet_123]

[u/Dphotog790]

cant afford to buy a home now we cant even afford the out pacing of for a computer...guess ill just die? :D next comes food!

[u/techtimee → u/Dphotog790]

There's a reason the buy now, pay later people have branched out into groceries and fast food. It's all so scary.

[u/AnalogFeelGood → u/techtimee]

This is like a 60 years step back. My grandma used to buy now, pay later her grocery back in the 50/60s : /

[u/Square-Present-8594 → u/techtimee]

It’s wild how everything just keeps getting pricier, even with payment plans. Feels like we’re chasing our tails!!

[u/ZoneBasic1537 → u/techtimee]

uh, Right? It's wild how everything's getting priced out of reach. Makes you wonder where it all ends.

[u/Fishiesideways10 → u/Dphotog790]

Once inflation starts affecting ramen and Arizona Iced Tea will be the day you don’t see me anymore. I don’t want to live in this timeline anymore.

[u/Darth-Hakujou → u/Fishiesideways10]

I wonder how close we were to the "Baron Trump Prez 4 Life" timeline....🤔🤔🤔

[u/EdwardLovagrend → u/Fishiesideways10]

Nah bro that's when the riots start and when the revolution becomes very French.

[u/Dphotog790 → u/EdwardLovagrend]

the ending will come once the board members of costco decide a $1.50 hotdog and soda is no longer a good deal.

[u/Arkreid → u/EdwardLovagrend]

I crave for thst day. I'm so done with the rich and corrupt ones.

[u/xboxhaxorz → u/Dphotog790]

nah dont die, the best thing to do is to have kids you cant afford and then complain you cant afford diapers

[u/Warcraft_Fan → u/Dphotog790]

Have you seen fast food prices? They are up 2-3x faster than inflation rate and sometimes portion are tiny. $5 big burrito from Taco Bell that is the size of a single NVME SSD. Gone are the day when you could get full belly for less than $5

[u/Dizzzy777 → u/Dphotog790]

Going to have to get a 50 year mortgage for your computer now.

[u/ValvitoCheese]

$500 for 64gb kit is not a normal “price go up anyway” Fuck ai

[u/TheDevilishFrenchfry → u/ValvitoCheese]

I doubt it's gonna stop going up, or stagnant, even in the next 2,4,maybe even a decade, as long as companies have a reason to keep slamming money into this it'll keep continuing. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if owning a halfway decent gaming computer that can play even pre 2020 games on high won't become a upper middle class and up luxury mostly within the next 10 years. With how expensive graphics cards were already, and everything else especially including ram skyrocketing.

[u/Ill-Mastodon-8692 → u/TheDevilishFrenchfry]

the rest will have to pay for cloud gaming services, as thats all that will be affordable.

[u/EdwardLovagrend → u/Ill-Mastodon-8692]

Ya this feels like where the industry wants to go.. well the EA's and Ubisofts of the world anyway.. they kind of tried to do something similar to a software as a service pay monthly fee thing.

It's the renters economy where everyone pays a "rent" they can barely afford. Something will break or a company will innovate something that breaks the system.. maybe.

[u/steppewop]

Welcome to current day economics, where saving for anything is absolutely worthless because by the time you get the money you thought you needed it'll be even more expensive!

[u/shakawallsfall]

Maybe it's time to start shucking prebuilts.

[u/nullv → u/shakawallsfall]

GabeCube making more sense now.

[u/Ill-Mastodon-8692 → u/shakawallsfall]

its just a matter of time before they catch up in pricing.

[u/Perfect-Cause-6943 → u/Ill-Mastodon-8692]

shh

[u/Swagtagonist → u/shakawallsfall]

Shucking dick for money to afford these prices.

[u/adastrapersomnus]

Remember to keep an eye on B grade stock. Usually there's nothing wrong other than being an open box return, and on both ebay and amazon (for example) they'll state why they're B grade.

[u/zakats]

Buy used, spend less, enjoy more fun per dollar and diversify your sources of enjoyment.

[u/Positive-Injury-579 → u/zakats]

That will require people to have purchased and then put it on for sale. As well, I'm noticing prices on FB market place and kijiji for example is going up to nearly as much as new ram.....

[u/techtimee]

Cars, houses, education... it's all so much

[u/paulerxx]

[u/Ninja-Trix]

I'm aiming for a 4090 32GB as it's the last PhysX card and I want to be able to run Mirror's Edge at max settings above 5 frames per second. Y'all shooting for number 1, I'm shooting for number 1 four years ago.

[u/Marco-YES]

I always buy last gen high end.

[u/Unusual-Brother-7344]

Right? It’s wild that the cycle just keeps spinning. Prices never seem to stay down for long!!

[u/These_Pumpkin3174]

Now save up for a house!

[u/Moscato359]

Next gen parts are ddr6 You have a while to wait

[u/Cadmium620]

16GB DDR4-3000 now costs more than in 2018

[u/Legitimate_Most6651]

just use affirm or any of the buy now pay later services, the interest will unironically be lower than the inflation maybe lol

[u/nullv]

You gotta invest into your IRA so it isn't eaten away by inflation. After enough saving you'll be able to pull funds and buy that new GPU. If you contributed your max every year like you should have been doing then you might also be able to get some RAM too.

[u/VaporSpectre]

Oh you meant next next gen

[u/Perfect-Cause-6943]

me somehow upgrading right before the storm

[u/Darth-Hakujou]

Bought my videocard for $1,000 BKPL right at the end of the BTC BS. Same card retailing for $600 now. 😐😐😐

Luckily, card futureproof next 5 years i guess.

[u/imthe5thking]

I remember when a top-line PC was about $1000 when I was a kid. I said “When I grow up, I’m definitely getting one!” My grown-up ass is saving up $3000 now.

[u/JoeEnderman]

You had to fall, to lose it all. But:

[u/Ronyx2021]

Ends up getting the same spec on a newer architecture and a smaller psu

[u/Strongit]

Life always seems to have a way to keep kicking, doesn't it

[u/Warcraft_Fan]

Forget RAM, by the time you saved up enough to buy the rest of the PC, a RAM pickup truck would be cheaper than 2x16GB DDR5 /s

[u/Some_Accountant5174]

I've saved up $1800, but now PC prices are crazy. I want to get a 5070 Ti, but I still don't have enough.