• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Man I’m so tired of these skyrocketing prices over everything. Memory, GPUs, car parts, groceries, insurance… fuck. Eating us alive.

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      5 hours ago

      Hi totally not a mad max fallout style raider just spreading this fun new game: on the count of three let’s both say where our pcs are

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      2 hours ago

      Dang, 16GB of RAM is barely enough these days! I feel you though. Maybe you can list it and get some cash for that expensive upgrade.

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    20 hours ago

    Did my upgrade back in April. Got 64GB for $240. Now I checked the price on the same kit… $700. Just crazy.

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    1 day ago

    People are panicking but market will correct itself. RAM is basically a solved technology and supply is limited by lack of factories not ability to manufacture.

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      20 hours ago

      On the other hand, we’re currently in the midst of what many people already consider to be an AI bubble, so investing in new DRAM factories might be considered too risky, since the bubble might have popped before it even gets production going.

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        6 hours ago

        Good point tho if the bubble does end up popping it’ll bring down ram price as the market will be flooded with hardware from closed/reduced farms. But I guess we’ll have bigger issues preventing us enjoying the discounts lol

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    1 day ago

    A PS5 currently costs less than £300. I can’t even get 32GB of RAM for that, let alone a GPU or any of the other parts.

    PC gaming is dead for now. The only affordable way is Steam Decks and similar.

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    1 day ago

    In moments like this I always wonder if I should temporarily make my PC unusable by reselling the component that’s overpriced.

    Then wait out the shortage and buy 4x as much RAM then x)

    Almost did it with my GPU during covid.

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      6 hours ago

      If you’re in the USA I would wait until the dickhead in charge is gone or else you might wake up to find he told Taiwan to eat his ass and charge 600% tariffs on all goods coming from them.

      I mean its a joke, but how unlikely would it be really?

  • SabinStargem@lemmy.today
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    24 hours ago

    Provided you don’t need to upgrade for the next year or two, I think you will eventually have a ton of cheap and quality DDR5 memory to buy. I am looking forward to that, I want to build an endgame Threadripper Pro, and be set for a decade.

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    1 day ago

    I decided to build a new PC about a month ago. 64gb of ram was $250 and I thought that was excessive.

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    2 days ago

    I needed a 32gb kit of ddr4 about 18 months ago… $80

    I needed a 32gb kit of ddr4 last week, $160!!! Wtf! Okay… Let’s click order and if it drops I can just return it…

    Checked this morning, $225!!!

    Holy fuck!

    Bought a 2tb SSD last week, $199. Checked prices this morning… $225

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      1 day ago

      If you still need some DDR4, I can sell you my old set of 64 GB G. Skill RAM. I swapped it out for Corsair just so the RGB would match my other stuff. I’m not looking for a huge profit.

      Edit. I read that wrong. Looks like you ordered some last week.