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At those prices I will just remember things myself, thank you.
Meat ram making a comeback.
Yeah, pencil and paper is back!
Holy shit
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
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.
Man I’m so tired of these skyrocketing prices over everything. Memory, GPUs, car parts, groceries, insurance… fuck. Eating us alive.
Looks like DDR6 is due in 2027, so DDR5 prices will start to fall in 2-3 years when all the AI bros move over to DDR6 instead.
It might be sooner, but that would mean the AI bubble popped.
Meanwhile, here I am on a PC that’s less than two years old with DDR4 in it. Works fine for my needs.
DDR4 prices also nearly doubled
Yep, discovered that looking for a 2x16 sodimm kit for one of my mini pc’s. It’s nuts.
It might be sooner, but that would mean the AI bubble popped.
Unless the next insanity-driven hype cycle also relies on specific hardware components.
HBM is what’s used for enterprise AI hardware, and not at all used in the consumer space, at least in recent years
The problem is you need RAM for the OS/General Purpose parts which share the same manufacturing lines as consumer stuff.
On top of all of this, memory companies just aren’t going to prioritize consumers when billions of dollars are coming from Enterprise AI
I’m genuinely considering putting some cash aside in case the AI bubble does pop so I can load up on cheap PC parts if they start dumping them lol
Not really, shortage in one category spills over to the next ones as well
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.
Got it. Buy PS5, harvest memory.
Could you actually do this? I assumed it would all be some weird proprietary hardware that wouldn’t work in a regular computer setup but I’ve never really read up on it.
I’m out of touch WRT hardware, but it looks like the PS5 uses something called GDDR memory. Your standard desktop or laptop most likely would use DDR. I’m not familiar with GDDR, though I’m guessing just based on the letters that it helps run graphics; still, it probably would not work with your tower or notebook.
I’m sure someone else in the thread can provide a more informed answer.
You also have DIMM, SODIMM, RDIMM and others which have different pinning.
PS5 memory is soldered to the board
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.
Fabs take like 5 years to spin up. No one is going to set up another without some kind of guarantee
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.
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
Pop goes the bubble
The Trump Trombone.
Wow, I just went back and checked. I spent $215 for 64GB of RAM last year. I should’ve bought more!
I spent $160 on 64gb its now $625
Can’t really remember the last time it wasn’t a horrible time to build a PC.
Pre-COVID, when the Ethereum mining went crazy… so around the time of the RTX 2000 series? Which honestly was pretty lacklustre compared to the GTX 1000 series…
So yeah, it’s been a while!
That’s when I build my current machine. Looks like upgrading is off the menu. Again.
Honestly, if you don’t mind gaming at 1080p, and keeping graphical settings reasonable in order to maintain a playable frame rate - you could be OK for a couple more years.
Otherwise if the upgrade itch just becomes too much, the Steam Machine could very well be a suitable entry point - provided that RAM model prices don’t continue to skyrocket.
I truly cannot wait for the day that the current AI bubble bursts.
1080 will look a bit small on my screen, but if that’s what I have to put up with…
last time I built one was in 2012. That was a golden age for PC builds
man I’m glad I got my 96gigs last year. fuck this mess.
I’ll hold out until the bubble pops and pick it all up for pennies.
RIP GabeCube 😢
The return of PlayStation clusters?
Wonder if this is going to turn into people cutting out catalytic converters, or stripping out copper wiring.
So glad I upgraded before this shit got so crazy.
same,but DDR4
