B. Friday 👎

[Shane_B.]

I saw some great software deals, but everything else was a joke.

I've been watching pc part prices. 

They jacked everything up, then gave a discount to what the original price was. And on memory,  better get some KY while it's on sale. 

It's gone up 200% plus (ram and drives) and none of it was on sale. 

If I want to build the system I've been piecing together for months now I literally have to cut the memory and m2 drive capacity in half to get slightly higher pricing then I could 6 months ago on double the capacities.

Frustrating.

[Amicus717]

From what I've read and heard, prices will stay high and maybe even keep climbing until the A.I. bubble pops -- and who knows if that will actually happen anytime soon?

 

Edited yesterday at 12:06 AM by Amicus717

[Gswitz]

I got a mic parts mic.

 

https://microphone-parts.com/?srsltid=AfmBOop7lLPsepXKdhrktYgsltt1-6gTNyT1H3l5tWrZpzt9SLQVZUoY

[craigb]

I worked 15+ hours!  Yay. 🙄

[kitekrazy]

They'll drop is no one is buying.

I have no desire to build a new system.

[Byron Dickens]

On 11/30/2025 at 11:55 AM, Shane_B. said:

I saw some great software deals, but everything else was a joke.

I've been watching pc part prices. 

They jacked everything up, then gave a discount to what the original price was. And on memory,  better get some KY while it's on sale. 

It's gone up 200% plus (ram and drives) and none of it was on sale. 

If I want to build the system I've been piecing together for months now I literally have to cut the memory and m2 drive capacity in half to get slightly higher pricing then I could 6 months ago on double the capacities.

Frustrating.

That sounds like my property taxes. The county cut the tax rate by almost half then doubled the appraisal value. 

[Shane_B.]

2 hours ago, Byron Dickens said:

That sounds like my property taxes. The county cut the tax rate by almost half then doubled the appraisal value. 

Thankfully mine is still appraised at the pre-housing crisis assessment. That said, they just raised mine this year here in NJ.

To put it in perspective, I had a 2200 sq/ft house on 5 acres in MO. I also had a 1200 sq/ft Morton building. They also tax you on your vehicles.

FF to being back in NJ. I have a 1500 sq/ft house on 1.25 acres. 1.25 acres here is a luxury. 5 acres in MO is bare minimum. 

My property taxes in NJ are over $2,000/year more than in MO. 

I can count on 1 hand the amount of times my power has been out in the 25 years I lived in rural IA and MO. Here, it's out at least 3 times a month. Schools, utilities, roads, law enforcement, hospitals, jobs, quality of life, the people, it was all vastly better in MO and even better in IA. I don't know who is benefitting from my tax dollars here, but I assure you it is not the citizens.

I got 1 of the 3 parts I was able to order for my new PC build. I have no idea where the h e double hockey sticks this AIO is gonna fit that I was told I had to have. Lol. At least it got here before the below freezing temps hit tomorrow. I was a little worried about that.