(Fire fighters working to extinguish the dumpster containing the global computer hardware market)
In one form or another, the Logical Increments PC Buying Guide has existed for approximately 17 years now, which is quite a span. During this time, we have maintained a policy of never venturing outside the very strict scope of the guide: Consumer PC hardware. The only times that this rule was broken was when there was simply no alternative. PC hardware exists in real life, and real life sometimes throws the world into situations where PC hardware is affected, and we must acknowledge these situations.
We discussed the cryptocurrency hurricanes when they were the biggest determinant of GPU prices, and we acknowledged the *cough* global situation *cough* in 2020-2021 when it affected shipping and availability of all PC hardware.
As we head into the second quarter of 2026, we face some unavoidable and uneasy realities once more. There are two issues that are pointing towards dire times ahead:
