My base starting point parts list (full build with 9800x3d, 64GB/4TB, 9700xt) was 2000usd about five months ago when it was last used to base a build on.

It’s currently ‘down’ to about 3400 after peaking last week at over 3500. The excess is nearly entirely from RAM and SSD prices.

Flash is slow to write to. Even ‘USB3’ ones can get bogged down on long writes or copying lots of little files.

state laws, including their constitutions, mean zip when federal law or the nation’s constitution conflicts and takes precedence.