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[Hot5pur]

PC-manufacturer Acer has said that it plans to raise the prices of its PCs in the US by 10 percent, a direct response to the new 10 percent import tariff on Chinese goods that the Trump administration announced earlier this month.

"We will have to adjust the end user price to reflect the tariff," said Acer CEO Jason Chen in an interview with The Telegraph. "We think 10 percent probably will be the default price increase because of the import tax. It’s very straightforward."

These price increases won't roll out right away, according to Chen—products shipped from China before the tariffs went into effect earlier this month won't be subject to the increased import taxes—but we can expect them to show up in PC price tags over the next few weeks.


Chen also said that Acer was considering moving more of its manufacturing outside of China as a result of the tariffs, something that Acer had done for some of its desktop PCs after Trump imposed similar tariffs on Chinese imports during his first term. Manufacturing systems in the US is also "one of the options," according to Chen.

Acer CEO says its PC prices to increase by 10 percent in response to Trump tariffs

Depending on the PC, prices could go up by as little as $20 or as much as $380.

arstechnica.com

Buy your hardware sooner than later, as if PC gaming wasn't getting bad enough already. There is also a note from Newegg about the same, lots of AIBs make their GPUs in China, if not all (https://www.pcmag.com/news/newegg-confirms-tariffs-are-to-blame-for-rtx-5080-5090-gpu-price-hikes).

 

[violence]

Unless they manufacture here, correct?

 

[Nintendo's Witch]

 

[GHG]

Unless they manufacture here, correct?

And how exactly do you think that's going to happen?

Assuming by "here" you mean America.

 

[cyberheater]

What about the UK?

 

[Killjoy-NL]

 

[Esppiral]

That should only affect the US... But we know how things work...

 

[Hot5pur]

And how exactly do you think that's going to happen?

Assuming by "here" you mean America.

LOL I noticed that too. The world does not exist outside of America apparently.
People just think production can magically move to America in a short amount of time. No conception of supply chains, quality control, logistics, hiring and training a capable workforce, and getting yield to a place where things are profitable. Can take years to build up certain capability.

 

[Gaiff]

Got my 4090-powered rig and PS5 Pro, so I'm good for the rest of the gen and years into the next one.

Sucks for those who'll be affected by this though.

 

[M1chl]

Art of the deal

 

[RoboFu]

Only if people pay the higher prices. for the most part things will stay the same and instead of 100% profit the companies make 90%

 

[Guilty_AI]

Chen also said that Acer was considering moving more of its manufacturing outside of China as a result of the tariffs, something that Acer had done for some of its desktop PCs after Trump imposed similar tariffs on Chinese imports during his first term. Manufacturing systems in the US is also "one of the options," according to Chen.

so the plan's paying out basically

 

[poppabk]

Only if people pay the higher prices. for the most part things will stay the same and instead of 100% profit the companies make 90%

Good luck with that one.

 

[RoboFu]

Good luck with that one.

Oh they will try to raise the prices that is a sure bet. but it wont last. The hard thing with this is prices were already going up across the board for everything so how do you really know whats true or not? either way if a little bit of hardship brings jobs and industries back the US so my kids and their kids have a better life then I am okay with it.

 

[Sybrix]

Ironic as America is the Mother & arbiter of Globalization.

 

[Skifi28]

That should only affect the US... But we know how things work...

30% euro prices increase becaue Yuroplol

 

[proandrad]

I’m sure they prices would have stayed the same without the tariffs. Now they can blame increases on tariffs instead of inflation.

 

[Esppiral]

Bow prices will raise in every country because reasons, the perfect excuse

 

[jm89]

Switch 2 $500?

 

[violence]

And how exactly do you think that's going to happen?

Assuming by "here" you mean America.

By manufacturing in America? I know it’s not something that can happen overnight and there will be some initial pain.

 

[BlackTron]

In response, my framerate dipped by 10% after throttling my card to save 10 degrees of heat.

 

[ReBurn]

10%? Laughs in 5090.

 

[kruis]

That should only affect the US... But we know how things work...

What's probably going to happen is that the US market is so important that a 25% tariff won't lead to a 25% price hike in the US but a 10% price hike everywhere. The rest of the world will pay more to keep US prices lower than they should be.

 

[adamsapple]

Folks who already got 50xx cards got them in at the best time.

 

[Skifi28]

Folks who already got 50xx cards got them in at the best time.

Not if they melt.

 

[SHA]

I'm not missing anything with my console and business laptop, good games tend to perform great anyway, if it perform shit then all platforms are affected, prove me wrong.

 

[rodrigolfp]

And how exactly do you think that's going to happen?

Assuming by "here" you mean America.

Which America?

 

[GHG]

By manufacturing in America? I know it’s not something that can happen overnight and there will be some initial pain.

Do you realise what sort of time frames you'd realistically be looking at?

Which America?

The America that has created this situation.

 

[adamsapple]

The America that has created this situation.

 

[Magic Carpet]

PC power isn't increasing. Is Acer just replacing PC's that have been through a spilt coffee accident?

 

[SeriousCrayon]

Only if people pay the higher prices. for the most part things will stay the same and instead of 100% profit the companies make 90%

That's not how the world works....You'll pay more and you'll like it.

 

[j0hnnix]

Prices wouldn't have increased with new hardware and Nvidia gpus, damn tariffs have ruined everything.. we could of had a 600 dollar 5090 gaming pc.

 

[Fabieter]

Unless they manufacture here, correct?

Tsmc already said they won't produce their most advanced chips in the us.

 

[BigBeauford]

NOT ACER!!! NOOOOOOO

 

[Fabieter]

Only if people pay the higher prices. for the most part things will stay the same and instead of 100% profit the companies make 90%

Do people still think the company's are paying for the tariffs

 

[SeriousCrayon]

Oh they will try to raise the prices that is a sure bet. but it wont last. The hard thing with this is prices were already going up across the board for everything so how do you really know whats true or not? either way if a little bit of hardship brings jobs and industries back the US so my kids and their kids have a better life then I am okay with it.

You do realize that if they were to manufacture any of these pc's, laptops etc in the us the prices would be even more ridiculous then they are now...I mean unless you want your kids making $20/day then yes please push for more domestic production. its past that point..you can't bring manufacturing back. Nobody will pay for it..I guarantee you if you had 2 identical laptops on store shelves and one was made in USA with a huge eagle and american flag on the display and it was $3500 and the other was made overseas and was $2000 everyone is still buying the $2k laptop.

 

[K' Dash]

That should only affect the US... But we know how things work...

Prices for electronics in the US are cheap as fuck compared with the rest of the world.

 

[StereoVsn]

so the plan's paying out basically

They will move to Vietnam or India before the US.

 

[Zacfoldor]

 

[violence]

Do you realise what sort of time frames you'd realistically be looking at?

I heard Elon mention it could be five years (depending on what it is of course). It didn’t seem like he was fully sold on the idea. Hopefully things pan out long-term.

 

[Guilty_AI]

They will move to Vietnam or India before the US.

Apart from bringing manufacturing to the US, there's also the broader goal of just removing these industries from China so it's technically still a plus for their intentions

 

[StereoVsn]

Apart from bringing manufacturing to the US, there's also the broader goal of just removing these industries from China so it's technically still a plus for their intentions

To an extent yes, but Trump is now planning more tariffs against everyone. Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, India are all targets.

 

[Guilty_AI]

To an extent yes, but Trump is now planning more tariffs against everyone. Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, India are all targets.

from my understanding, those are reciprocal tariffs he plans to impose on countries who apply high tariffs for US goods, so different goal from this one.

 

[StereoVsn]

from my understanding, those are reciprocal tariffs he plans to impose on countries who apply high tariffs for US goods, so different goal from this one.

Nah, he is planning to also apply tariffs to chips, electronics and more. Vietnam, India, Thailand, etc. all have large surpluses hence the targeting.

We shall see what happens, might make a deal to buy more gas or soybeans or something like that, who knows.

Either way it’s likely prices will go up.

 

[Fabieter]

Either way it’s likely prices will go up

No matter what. If they move to the us prices will be up as well.

 

[GHG]

I heard Elon mention it could be five years. It didn’t seem like he was fully sold on the idea. Hopefully things pan out long-term.

Would take much longer than that to match the output coming out of Taiwan at the moment.

Realistically you're looking at decades.

 

[ResilientBanana]

Unless they manufacture here, correct?

Which will never fucking happen. Thanks for making everything more expensive, Trump! Chances are, this will be reversed in 4 years or become the new norm.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Nah, he is planning to also apply tariffs to chips, electronics and more. Vietnam, India, Thailand, etc. all have large surpluses hence the targeting.

We shall see what happens, might make a deal to buy more gas or soybeans or something like that, who knows.

Either way it’s likely prices will go up.

Yes, these are part of the reciprocal tariffs he mentioned. Apart from bringing production to the US, if said countries decide to instead lower tariffs on US goods, the US could export more stuff instead. That's more or less the idea.

 

[Elog]

To an extent yes, but Trump is now planning more tariffs against everyone. Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, India are all targets.

The salary gap between these countries and the US is way higher than the tariff. Net-net it will simply increase the prices of the goods for the US consumer - question is whether they can circumvent some of the tariffs by adding a screw or two in the US and work with internal transfer prices between the various legal entities in their corporate structure (to minimize the tariff impact).

The aim of the tariffs is not to move manfacturing around - that is just a PR ploy - it is to change the tax system structure.

 

[soulbait]

Only if people pay the higher prices. for the most part things will stay the same and instead of 100% profit the companies make 90%

Oh yeah, the corporations will let their profit margins lessen, which will cause their stock prices to fall. Sure, that's what they will do....

Did you take an economics class in school?