Acer executive: Overall PC prices are expected to still have about 5% room to rise in the third quarter, and are likely to stabilize in the fourth quarter - IT之家

Acer's Taiwan executive said memory and SSD remain the tightest components, while CPU supply has improved but still lacks some high-end mainstream parts.

Rising component costs and software licensing fees, including Windows, could push PC prices up by about 5% in the third quarter.

Brand vendors are trying to control OEM costs by cutting SSD capacities and adjusting configurations.

Prices and supply are expected to stabilize gradually in the fourth quarter.