27/04/2026 1:25 pm
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Does anyone know if there is a website or a tool that shows how much computer parts used to cost months ago? I am trying to build my first ever PC and I am totally lost. I have a budget of about 900 dollars and I'm trying to buy everything by next month here in Chicago. I saw a graphics card today that looked like a good deal but I have no clue if the price is actually low or if it just goes up and down all the time and I am just getting tricked by a fake sale.
Sorry if this is a really basic question but I literally have no idea what I am doing and I am kind of scared of overpaying for stuff that is actually old or about to get cheaper. My friend told me prices change every day like the stock market or something? That sounds exhausting to keep track of myself. I am looking for something simple that shows:
- a graph that shows the price history over a few months
- something that works for Amazon or other big stores
- maybe an alert when it gets cheap?
I just dont want to spend my whole savings and then find out the same part was way cheaper last week. Is there like a specific tracker for this stuff or do people just guess...
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27/04/2026 1:25 pm
Honestly, building for the first time is stressful so i get why you're worried. I always use PCPartPicker because it has price history graphs for almost every major retailer. It basically solves the issue of your friend's stock market analogy. For Amazon specifically, camelcamelcamel is a decent tool to check. Just a heads up tho, be really careful with third party sellers. Sometimes a price looks amazing but the seller has zero ratings or no return policy. Also, watch out for those fake sales where they jack up the price by fifty bucks just to give you a forty dollar discount the next day. Its a common trick to make things look like a steal when they're actually just average. Stick to the charts and you'll be fine. You're doing the right thing by checking first.
