Thanks to AI, the desktop PC I had spec’ed out back in September 2025 for around $1,400 would now cost around $2,600 for essentially the same components. Most of the cost increase is tied to RAM and solid state drive (SSD) costs. And guess what’s driving those costs through the stratosphere: AI data center.
I would not be surprised if the increase was greater than $1,200. The problem for the entities that hoarded a lot of hardware which is largely responsible for this mess... is that the appropriate architecture for these facilities have already changed. A huge amount of hoarded hardware is going to be dumped for pennies on the dollar. Unfortunately, a lot of it is only going to be useful for specific uses.
“Thanks to AI, the desktop PC I had spec’ed out back in September 2025 for around $1,400 would now cost around $2,600 for essentially the same components. Most of the cost increase is tied to RAM and solid state drive (SSD) costs. And guess what’s driving those costs through the stratosphere: AI data center.”
PC prices have not almost doubled.
“Thanks to AI, the desktop PC I had spec’ed out back in September 2025 for around $1,400 would now cost around $2,600 for essentially the same components. “
32Gb ram +200
4070 GPU +100
Sandisk 1TB +100
NET $500 increase
Thanks to AI, the desktop PC I had spec’ed out back in September 2025 for around $1,400 would now cost around $2,600 for essentially the same components. Most of the cost increase is tied to RAM and solid state drive (SSD) costs. And guess what’s driving those costs through the stratosphere: AI data center.
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What video card? This must be a gaming PC. In Best Buy I saw no “regular” desktops. Only 10 diff gaming desktops. Plenty o laptops and tablets and Apple gear.
This will do great on internet $101 @ eBay >>> Dell Latitude 5520, i3-1125G4 @ 2.00GHz, 8GB RAM, 256GB NVMe-No OS/AC
Add a bit more RAM + external monitor.