Just built a new rig last week. This isn't at all surprising. Prices are so out of whack right now. $1000 used to be the ceiling for the highest end video cards (like a 1080 Ti), now $1000 is the floor. There are no good current gen (or even previous gen) cards available for under $1000. The 4080 is a horrible value and still regularly listed at $1200-$1400. The 4090 is overkill and sits around $1700-$2200. Even 2 year old tech 3080's are regularly selling for near a grand. AM5 motherboards are insanely priced. Want a 10Gb onboard NIC? Be prepared to shell out $1000 just for the motherboard. Add to all of that, this latest batch of CPUs are just stupid power hungry - like 240w+ under load (except for the non-x variants of AMD 7000 series, just released last month).
It used to be you could buy a lot of computer for $2-3K, now that figure is closer to $5K. These prices, combined with the folks that just went through this pain 2 years ago during the pandemic and yeah you aren't going to see stuff flying off the shelves any time soon.
It used to be you could buy a lot of computer for $2-3K, now that figure is closer to $5K. These prices, combined with the folks that just went through this pain 2 years ago during the pandemic and yeah you aren't going to see stuff flying off the shelves any time soon.