I build my last pc right before the rampocolypse. I haven’t checked prices since them, it’s absolutely bonkers. Everything is affected and it sucks. Steam doesn’t ship to where i live, so i checked an electronic store for a steam controller. They wanted something like 260 dollars for it.
I’m still on the waitlist for the Steam Controller with an estimate of 2027 -.- Second hand ones go for around 200€, double the price. I can deal with using my Speedlink Rait MX with hall effect sticks and gyro until then.
Edit: I also upgraded my PC right before prices were getting insane, upgraded to 64GB DDR4 and an 5950X, in addition to a direly needed AIO Water cooling system for that CPU (with even a fucking chunky 2 fan cooler the CPU was throttling down hard after ca. 45 seconds of full load), which is the max my mainboard supports. If i ever want to upgrade my system, a completely new one is needed - but if prices dont go down in the next decade, i will keep this sturdy beast running, whatever it costs. I still have enough spare parts to keep it running at a bit lower performance for the next years.
I build my last pc right before the rampocolypse. I haven’t checked prices since them, it’s absolutely bonkers. Everything is affected and it sucks. Steam doesn’t ship to where i live, so i checked an electronic store for a steam controller. They wanted something like 260 dollars for it.
I’m still on the waitlist for the Steam Controller with an estimate of 2027 -.- Second hand ones go for around 200€, double the price. I can deal with using my Speedlink Rait MX with hall effect sticks and gyro until then.
Edit: I also upgraded my PC right before prices were getting insane, upgraded to 64GB DDR4 and an 5950X, in addition to a direly needed AIO Water cooling system for that CPU (with even a fucking chunky 2 fan cooler the CPU was throttling down hard after ca. 45 seconds of full load), which is the max my mainboard supports. If i ever want to upgrade my system, a completely new one is needed - but if prices dont go down in the next decade, i will keep this sturdy beast running, whatever it costs. I still have enough spare parts to keep it running at a bit lower performance for the next years.