A new survey from Tom's Hardware shows a big slowdown in the PC building market. It polled more than 1,500 PC gamers > 60% have no plans to build a new PC in the next two years >only 25% of the remaining 40% want to build one in the next 12 months, and far fewer plan to do so in the next six or three months. The main reason is the AI boom, as major memory companies are using most of their factories to make parts for huge AI data centers instead of normal PCs. Experts predict big drops in PC sales for 2026, with some motherboard makers reporting sales down 25% or more. Prices are not expected to drop soon because new factories will take time to open and AI demand keeps growing, so the market may improve by late 2027.