I live in the netherlands and the pc prices haven't really changed drastically. The 1600AF is almost since its launcha stable €113,95.What price are you seeing the 1600AF for? That processor was a really good value for a while, but at this point it tends to not be priced as attractively, at least in the US. It might be worth looking at a faster Ryzen 3000-series part instead at this point. You would need to make sure the motherboard has a compatible BIOS installed for the newer processor though.