The desktop PC market in Singapore has seen a pointy value enhance attributable to a worldwide scarcity of key parts, pushed by the diversion of silicon wafers and reminiscence to synthetic intelligence (AI) server infrastructure. According to retail monitoring by The Straits Times and the analysis company IDC, assembling pre-built methods and upgrading particular person parts has grow to be considerably costlier for finish clients. A comparability of common costs for key {hardware} parts for the interval from August 2025 to August 2026 is as follows:
- RAM (32GB dual-channel DDR5 RAM): value elevated from $195 to $763, a 291% enhance.
- Solid-state drive (1TB inside solid-state drive): value elevated from $149 to $328, a rise of 121%.
- Graphics card (Nvidia RTX 5060 8GB RAM): common retail value elevated from $572 to $824, a rise of 44%.
- Hard drive (4TB inside onerous disk drive): value elevated from $205 to $336, a rise of 64%.
- Processor bundle (Intel Ultra 9 285K chip and motherboard): value modified from $1,316 to $1,318, no vital adjustments had been recorded.
The speedy rise within the value of particular person parts has had a direct impression on the price of pre-built desktop methods offered in specialised retail facilities like Sim Lim Square. Analysts have recorded the next value developments for pre-built desktop configurations:
- Gaming Desktop PC: The common value in Q2 2025 was $1,334, whereas in Q2 2026 it reached $1,859, representing a rise of 39%.
According to analysts at IDC Asia Pacific, chip producers are prioritizing enterprise clients attributable to greater provide margins, making a extreme scarcity within the client market. Retailers are reporting a decline in pc tools gross sales of between 20% and 80% as clients postpone deliberate upgrades. Experts predict that elevated costs for reminiscence and graphics accelerators will persist all through 2027, with the retail sector not anticipated to stabilize till 2028.