There’s no denying that all of our next PC upgrades are likely to be more expensive than they’ve been in a long time. Memory shortages, SSD shortages, graphics card shortages—it’s all driving prices up. And if history is anything to go by, they won’t come all the way down again. (They will come down at some point, it’s just not clear when.)
So, one strategy to survive this current crisis in PC components? Outlast it. Stave off your next upgrade as long as you can, hope prices stabilize soon, then retreat as demand falls off.