Laptops, graphics cards, and other PC components may soon be more expensive – and price hikes could get worse later this year

An unhappy PC Gamer sat at their desk.

Prices hikes are inbound for laptops, PC components, and pretty much all electronics besides, and you can blame the rising cost of precious metals.

Tom’s Hardware picked up on a report from DigiTimes which observes that Chinese semiconductor manufacturers have notified the firms they supply that their prices are going up by 10% to 20% across the board, and this is happening immediately.