In this live Hardware AMA, I’m catching you guys up on what’s going on in the PC hardware space right now—because yeah, pricing is still elevated and it’s been that way since around October/November. We finally got movement on Intel with the 250K and 270K (launch timing is around March 26), and I talk about why I’m leaning 270K for my upcoming build: I want to test it myself and see what the uplift actually looks like. I also touch on the reality of planning a build in 2025/2026 when rumors keep floating around about another 20–30% price bump. I also pivot into gaming hardware requirements with Crimson Desert—this game is going to be big (150GB), and the published specs are honestly pretty reasonable for most PC owners. I walk through minimum all the way up to 4K/Ultra targets, plus what GPUs and CPUs make sense at each tier. And since RAM pricing is still wild (some kits hovering around $500), I explain why bundles are the move—like the kind of Newegg combo where you knock out board/RAM/case/PSU in one shot and only have to worry about CPU, GPU, and cooler.