I'm curious others thoughts on when (or perhaps if) this supply issue with chips and GPUs comes to an end. I have to think it will at some point, but I don't follow PC stuff much.
Reasoning is I'm trying to solve a dilemma. I was about to sell off my old Radeon card, I only replaced it because the fan was noisy. I fixed the fan, then got distracted and let it sit in a drawer. Now I'm in drawer clean out phase. So I put it in my PC to test it. The thing is, it is still more than enough graphics card for me and I've got a friend offering me $100 more than I paid for my GTX 1660 in December 2019. I think they are fucking insane myself (it's not even a good card), but the prices check out when I look online.
So, I'm thinking about selling it, because I'm pretty much only a couch/TV/console gamer. I may convert to PC and build a totally new HTPC when my Xbox wears out it's welcome, but we are talking 2023-ish. I can't imagine I'd even want a GTX 1660 in 2023. Do we think it will still be impossible to get hardware by then?
I wasn't even poking at inflation, more hardware lifecycle and a GPU being a depreciating asset, but I like your point in the grand scheme anyway as it's spot on.
I've been on a massive spending spree this year. Not buying useless shit, just trading cash for assets. I was looking at my plan for the rest of the year and at year end I will have less cash in the bank than I think at any point since about 2015. By a large margin. My 2021 goal was to reduce cash down to just what I'm comfortable with as a minimum and maintain it there. Don't add to it but invest in other things. I've probably had my hands in about anything that could be considered an investment this year.