The year keeps rolling on and I’ve been keeping an eye on the upcoming components that will serve as the cogs in my new computing rig. With new standards rolling out across the board, patience will pay dividends as a new generation of computing components are set to hit market. Graphics cards, storage, memory and much more are set to see performance gains as the year closes out. It’s encouraging to see the computing industry continue to strive forwards and with the current state of the world, performance and value are ever more important. I eagerly await new builds and benchmarks to make an informed decision later when planning my new build. It’s a simple yet rewarding exercise, picking components and studying the market.
Memory is a big part of any computing rig and it’s often a bottleneck that a wide user base either misunderstand or pay no attention to. What’s under the hood is very important and for multitasking and memory intense tasks, RAM plays a huge role in keeping a system smoothly running. Over the past few years, ram prices saw massive surges in price for a few reasons including natural disasters that would strike. It’s suggested that the tail end of this year will see a discount in memory prices across the board as Q4 2020 arrives. This proposed reduction nearing the 10% range is supposedly due to an overstock in supply and diminishing demand. Disparity is mostly due to the wider market biding their time before upgrading this year and as I’ve stated, it’s simply the logical thing to do with new components around the corner. We can’t forget about the pandemic either that has definitely slowed things down considerably.
Sans pandemic in mind, the reduction in price will be an attractive prospect for pc enthusiasts that are waiting. Upgrading existing rigs or passing on this value to customers will certainly drive an influx of sales but for now, things are most likely to slowly trickle as more news and perhaps additional cuts are seen in areas that are experiencing similar market conditions. GPUs, CPUs and various other components are most likely the bigger reason as to why buyers are holding on their hard earned cash. However, I do realise that this price reduction will be short-lived as production adapts and demand rises once more when all the cards are on the table for picking. Better swoop in when the time is right.
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