u/Fit_Salad7348

so basically i want to build my first pc since i just have my laptop and its very slow, i just need a midrange 400-600 dollar PC. i looked up where i could make a list of my parts and get price estimates and i found PCpartpicker. i did some research and picked out my parts. then got to the RAM and storage, i know RAM recently got way more expensive but is 150 bucks for 16 GB of DDR4 normal? same for the storage, 180-200 dollars for 1TB sometimes even 300 dollars. the only storage options under 100 bucks are hard drives that are 512 GB. and does it make a difference if i am colombia?