Ah, the eternal hardware price rollercoaster. Finally, after surviving the crypto mining apocalypse and scalper hellscape, GPU prices return to sanity and you're ready to upgrade. Your wallet is out, credit card warmed up... then BAM! RAM prices decide to pull a "hold my beer" moment and skyrocket 50%. It's like the universe has a dedicated department making sure tech enthusiasts can never be completely happy. The hardware gods giveth, and the hardware gods immediately taketh away.