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PC Nvidia N1 and N1X: the first prices are here, and it’s expensive
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We're starting to get an idea of the price of the first PCs with Nvidia chips, and it's not easy on the wallet. According to a note from the Morgan Stanley bank relayed by Wccftech during Computex 2026, a PC equipped with the N1X chip, the most powerful, will not be able to go below 2,899 dollars, or 2,495 euros. The N1 version, more modest, would start around $1,799 (1,549 euros). In other words: even the entry level is already at the top of the basket.
To put it in perspective, $2,899 is the price of a well-equipped MacBook Pro, or even more once converted and taxed in euros. Price leaks from manufacturers point in the same direction: a Lenovo Yoga Pro 7 running N1X appeared at the equivalent of 4,049 euros in a 64 GB memory configuration, and 3,199 euros for the 32 GB version. We are far from the laptop PC we are offering for the start of the school year.
A chip for designers and engineers, not for the average person
With these prices, Nvidia is not targeting the general public, at least not right away. The obvious target is content creators and engineers who run AI locally: the N1X has up to 128 GB of unified memory and a Blackwell GPU, enough to run large models without going to the cloud. This is exactly the logic of the Apple Silicon positioning that Nvidia has adopted for its RTX Spark platform. Microsoft also got the ball rolling by unveiling a mini Surface designed for developers, capable of running models with 120 billion parameters. In short, for the moment we have a niche product.
Prices could fall once production begins on a larger scale. But Nvidia does not decide alone: it is PC manufacturers who set the final prices, and the current shortage of memory does not help them tighten margins. Until things relax, the promise of Nvidia driving Intel and AMD out of mainstream PCs remains theoretical.
At these prices, the first Nvidia PC is a professional tool, not a family purchase: if you don't run AI locally all day, wait for the second wave. According to Morgan Stanley, the first models under N1X (MSI, Asus) are expected for the third quarter of 2026, and Nvidia is targeting around thirty laptop PCs and around ten desktop PCs by the fall. Enough to expand the offer, without guaranteeing that the entry prices will change.
