The tragic state of PC building in 2021

PC component shortages. We've been here before. Sadly, shortages of high-performance components have been an all too common problem in the past half decade, although never quite as pronounced, or as broad as the one facing PC gamers today. Over the past year we've seen 'out of stock' or 'sign up for stock notifications' plastered on store pages for graphics cards, CPUs, PSUs, and even gaming mice.

The cause for today's PC component shortage is many sided. Perhaps the root cause for it all has been the coronavirus...