Build now or later?

[dtaflorida]

So I've been leisurely gathering bits and pieces for a new PC since the beginning of the year. But with the new tariffs coming I'm wondering if I should buy now or will pc hardware be mostly unaffected by the tariffs? Should I be accelerating purchases of specific parts? 

[ManosMax13]

3 minutes ago, dtaflorida said:

So I've been leisurely gathering bits and pieces for a new PC since the beginning of the year. But with the new tariffs coming I'm wondering if I should buy now or will pc hardware be mostly unaffected by the tariffs? Should I be accelerating purchases of specific parts? 

Well if you see that the pric to some things has gone up just wait and or buy everything quickly

[dtaflorida]

Cases seem to have fallen off the Tomshardware Deals sections. I've been watching that for a while waiting for a nice MATX. What next...

[whoisjaya]

I think you might want to consider buying when nvidia's new gpus come out, that way you should be able to either save money on current-gen("=last-gen") cards or just get a next-gen("=current gen") card.

 

It might just be me, but that's probably how I'd do it...  

[TechMasterMind]

7 minutes ago, dtaflorida said:

So I've been leisurely gathering bits and pieces for a new PC since the beginning of the year. But with the new tariffs coming I'm wondering if I should buy now or will pc hardware be mostly unaffected by the tariffs? Should I be accelerating purchases of specific parts? 

PC cases, storage and PSUs might be affected but storage for one is getting cheaper so even if materials increases that will be more than offset by the steady decrease in price that SSDs have been having constantly for the past few years.#

But honestly it dosn't matter in the world of tech there will always be a better deal you missed in the past or in the future so unless there is a giant leap in technology iminent then I really wouldn't sweat it. The best thing you can do is focus your time and mental energy on getting the best possible deal you can right now.

And to avoid your question completely I truly believe that just buying used is not only cheaper anyway but also should be less affected by such things as tarrifs etc as items you buy will have been bought by the seller probably long before such tariffs were even conceived by some mad men.

And on top of all of this if you really do look at a significantly better deal after you've bought use return policies.

[linustechtips fan]

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