Great, now motherboard prices might be next to spike thanks to component costs increasing by up to 50%

This is by design imo, to get everyone renting

PC gaming sure ain't cheap

Never was, but considering I can do significantly more with it, including 240fps gaming, getting free games for my library, and modding (to say nothing of general computing), it's still a great value if you don't constantly upgrade.

That said, the buy-in hurdle is getting awfully tall...

Price of a few individual components of a motherboard: goes up 50%

Price of the entire motherboard: triples

... price of motherboard PCBs alone has increased by between 15% and 50%. Wi-Fi modules are said to have gone up between 10% and 20%, while capacitor prices have also gone up approximately 50% ...
... these price increases are likely caused by material shortages resulting from the Strait of Hormuz crisis and the ongoing Iran war ...

Damn I'm 0/10

just what we needed 😅 PC building is getting more expensive every year

Like all things that has a chip in it. Big surprise.

X Doubt.

Much more likely due to market collapse than component prices, that's an excuse. Still got mostly the same costs but no-ones buying thanks to SamA's market cornering and NVIDIA only caring about the datacentre? You're going to have to jack up prices to stay afloat, and only the rich or desperate will buy.