In Christopher Nolan's film Interstellar, there's a classic scene where protagonist Cooper sees his past self making wrong decisions in a multidimensional space, filled with regret. This poignant moment is now being used by gamers to mock the PC hardware market, as if reminding their past selves: Why didn't you buy it back then? Why did you have to wait?
As the AI industry's demand for hardware resources continues to grow, prices for discrete graphics cards and RAM have skyrocketed. Gamers who once thought prices were too high and decided to wait now look back at past hardware prices with nothing but regret.
GPU prices in 2025: RTX 5090 launches at $2,000, RTX 5070 at $549.
By the time you wait for the next-gen GPU, current graphics card prices will be out of your reach: the cheapest RTX 5090 costs $7,199, while the most expensive hits $11,229.
RAM prices in 2025:Corsair 64GB DDR5 6000MHz for just $170!
G.Skill 96GB DDR5 RAM, also just $170!
"I'm so smart": I'll just wait for Black Friday to buy RAM.
Result: RAM prices in 2026 have gone through the roof. G.Skill 32GB DDR5 6000 costs $670, and Corsair 64GB costs $1,049.
PC gamers' mood right now:
