Quote Originally Posted by MindCrime View Post
I'd think the prebuilt companies get hit the hardest. The crypto miners are buying from the same outlets as the home-builders so they won't be hurt, I mean they're the ones driving the prices up. Demand doesn't make it cost any more to produce anything at the foundry, the lack of stock is how newegg, microcenter, tigerdirect can justify upping the price. It then behooves AMD/Nvidia to keep demand up and focus on quality/efficiency than overall throughput.
I am talking about all the other component suppliers for the self-build industry. For example, if I am putting off a build because of GPU prices, that means I am also not buying a case, a PSU, a mobo, etc. So are those suppliers being hurt because of GPU prices? It could be hurting the whole industry, aside from the GPU suppliers. Miners don’t buy chassis. And only one mobo per many GPUs, where normal builders are closer to one mobo for each GPU. Same with PSUs, heat sinks, liquid cooling, etc.

OTOH, DIMM suppliers are doing just fine due to demand in other markets.




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