Graphics card prices really are something. In late 2019 I purchased an nvidia gtx 1060 used for $120. Now just yesterday I sold that same card with an additional year of wear on it for $220. This is a four-year-old card design that can barely run modern games at 1080p/60fps/medium settings.
I'd also been keeping track of used i7-4790k CPU prices, looking to upgrade from my i5-4670k. They started out at $120-$130 earlier in 2020 and are up to $160-$170 now. For an eight-year-old CPU!
It used to be the case that computer components aged like milk, price wise, but with the death of Moore's law in the 2010s that is less and less the case. I remember RAM prices spiked a couple years back too.
I'd also been keeping track of used i7-4790k CPU prices, looking to upgrade from my i5-4670k. They started out at $120-$130 earlier in 2020 and are up to $160-$170 now. For an eight-year-old CPU!
It used to be the case that computer components aged like milk, price wise, but with the death of Moore's law in the 2010s that is less and less the case. I remember RAM prices spiked a couple years back too.