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Crypto mining has driven up the price of the top graphics cards, and RAM prices are high in general. Consequently, it is not a great time to build a high-end gaming PC.

With that said, lower end machines can be purchased or produced for next to nothing right now, provided that you don't care about a ton of RAM. I've been shopping for something for my wife, as she needs to run some design programs. Machines that cost $1000 a year ago are $600 now. And, you can get a machine capable of running Rift for $500.