Author Topic: Have costs of computer items gone up recently?  (Read 3006 times)

Offline Vulcan

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Re: Have costs of computer items gone up recently?
« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2019, 06:46:22 PM »
When a component goes end of sale and is no longer an actively 'built' component then it becomes more of a spare part, as that part becomes scarce the price goes up. Happens a lot with CPUs and RAM.

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Re: Have costs of computer items gone up recently?
« Reply #16 on: February 25, 2019, 01:33:19 AM »
When a component goes end of sale and is no longer an actively 'built' component then it becomes more of a spare part, as that part becomes scarce the price goes up. Happens a lot with CPUs and RAM.
Funny coincidence! While waiting for the bus to Slumberland I was thinking about the life cycle of a component: Expensive novelty> "normal" priced standard> cheap outlet bulk> expensive spare part. Applies to most anything.
Quote from: BaldEagl, applies to myself, too
I've got an older system by today's standards that still runs the game well by my standards.

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