Has PC Building hit rock bottom?

Is PC Building Dead? - Probing Paul #100 ▷ MY STORE - shirts, pint glasses & hoodies: http://paulshardware.net ► TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Welcome to Probing Paul #100 1:07 Pre-Probing Notes 1:27 Has PC Building hit rock bottom? How much worse can it get? 6:33 Is it a problem to connect M.2 drives to chipset-supported slots? 10:29 Does ASUS own AsRock? 13:17 How do I get on Mail Time? 14:11 Did you know this fun fact about Vermont? ► LINKS My Wrist Rest (a regular question I get) - https://geni.us/xuUD4Rw Probing Paul Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkwkx5E21fo&list=PLRnHcRQUxuoeoGY_iOR-Jw_Fk2ak7ITas&index=1 https://www.trendforce.com/presscenter/news/20260202-12911.html https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/02/ongoing-ram-crisis-prompts-raspberry-pis-second-price-hike-in-two-months/ https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/memory/oh-great-now-copper-prices-are-surging-and-threatening-to-make-pc-hardware-even-more-expensive/ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr5/ddr5-ram-begins-to-stabilize-in-germany-january-saw-only-a-0-1-percent-increase-in-pricing-across-the-month-some-kits-even-saw-price-cuts-as-volatility-begins-to-plateau https://www.msi.com/blog/pcie-lane-bifurcation-and-bandwidth-sharing-on-msi-x870e-x870-motherboards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASRock https://www.legitreviews.com/asus-to-gradually-reduce-holdings-in-pegatron-technology_12747 https://matrixbcg.com/blogs/owners/pegatroncorp https://www.asus.com/ea/About_ASUS/The-Meaning-of-ASUS/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish%E2%80%93Windsor_Covered_Bridge January Build - https://youtu.be/aSp34Q9k7PA Please note that links above may be affiliate links -- if you click them and make a qualifying purchase I earn a commission. ▷ MY STORE - shirts, pint glasses & hoodies: http://paulshardware.net ▷ SOCIAL Twitter: @paulhardware http://www.twitter.com/paulhardware Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pauls-Hardware/195425877329550 Instagram: http://instagram.com/paulhardware :::Send Me Stuff::: Paul's Hardware P.O. Box 4325 Diamond Bar, CA 91765 ► Edited by Joe Aguilar - ShaostylePostProductions https://twitter.com/joe_editing Audio file(s) provided by Epidemic Sound http://www.epidemicsound.com/