PRICE SNAPSHOT · JULY 29, 2026

Your PC build aged remarkably well.

You paid $1,500.93 before tax in March 2023. A comparable eight-part build today is about $1,799.92—roughly $299 more.

Original build$1,500.93before tax
Comparable today$1,799.92before tax
Difference+$298.9919.9% more today

THE SURPRISE

RAM and storage flipped the comparison.

Most of your other parts are cheaper now. But a comparable 32GB RAM kit is up $223, and the Samsung 1TB storage replacement is up $230. Those increases outweigh the savings everywhere else.

ALL EIGHT PARTS

Original purchase vs. today

2023Today

Ryzen 7 5800X3D

+$0.99
Paid$349.00
Today$349.99

RTX 3060 Ti → RTX 5060 Ti 8GB

−$50.00
Paid$479.99
Today$429.99

MSI B550 Tomahawk Max WiFi

−$40.00
Paid$199.99
Today$159.99

Corsair 32GB DDR4-3600

+$223.00
Paid$76.99
Today$299.99

Corsair RM850x power supply

−$10.00
Paid$149.99
Today$139.99

NZXT H7 Flow case

−$30.00
Paid$129.99
Today$99.99

Cooler Master Hyper 212

−$25.00
Paid$54.99
Today$29.99

Samsung 1TB NVMe replacement

+$230.00
Paid$59.99
Today$289.99

YOUR UPGRADES

Where you stand now

64GB DDR4$141.98 → $539.98

Your two kits would cost about $398 more today.

SPARE GPU VALUEAbout $712.50

Roughly $212.50 for the RTX 3060 Ti and $500 for the RTX 4070 FE, before fees.

RTX 5070 TI DEALYou beat today by $260

You paid $839.99. The exact card is listed around $1,099.99 new.

Sources and comparison method

Same parts were used where available. The RTX 5060 Ti 8GB stands in for the discontinued RTX 3060 Ti. Used-card values are estimates, not guaranteed sale prices.