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Just more AI fucking everyone over.
Ah yes, the expensive RAM in my power supply and CPU cooler. Classic.
10% is par for the course of greedflation, that is nothing compared to the 500% increase on RAM in 6 months.
But it’s cumulative. Owning a computer is about to be like home ownership out having kids: something that used to be totally normal that now only rich people can afford.
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I cannot wait for the bubble to burst. Good god it’s so fucking infuriating to open every single app and get greeted with “Try our new garage door opener AI, Laurence!” or “Get the newest features for your coffee maker with Stanley, the coffee maker AI!” I just want to make some damn coffee and get my car out of the garage! I don’t need two fake friends to help me with that!
Seriously, look at this god damned bullshit:
I know what a fucking beef enchilada is! You don’t need to make RAM $400 a stick just to teach me about Mexican food!
We need to somehow accelerate the burst…
Otherwise there’s a good chance they became so savvy with bubble bursts, that they have a good plan on how to avoid it…
Bubble bursting won’t mean prices will go down significantly. Coin mining doubled GPU prices. When it ended, prices went down around 20%.
I expect the same with everything else. Ram will have doubled and then “crisis over!” will mean a 20% decline from paying triple what Ram cost 6 months ago.
Sure but the bubble not bursting means it will keep going up 500% every 6 months
You mean you don’t want an AI soulmate? You’re missing out. For just the price of your soul and privacy you can have a device sit on your desk and tell you how amazing you are. Your own personal sycophant.
By the time the bubble bursts it will be when the usd collapses
In which case, I’ll set aside a very good bottle of whisky for that day.
Huh. I was wondering if the RAM prices being so high will lead to other PC components getting cheaper, since fewer people will build computers now. Good to know I was mistaken before I got around to figuring out if there’s something small I could improve on my build.
No because short sighted CEOs see less sales as lower profits, so they increase prices to make up for lost profits, which might work for one or two quarters but then eventually leads to even less sales so they raise the prices again to make up for it until there is only people who literally cannot function without buying the components for an arm and a leg making up 100% of the companies sales.
Fuuuuuuuck
Thanks for coming to my TED talk
Thankfully decent CPU air coolers are already quite cheap, so this won’t sting as bad.
Ah fuck this altogether, hopefully steam locked prices otherwise i am sticking with consoles.
The prices are insane
Hate to break it to you but consoles aren’t going to be exempt from any of this.
Console prices were going up even before RAM prices. Its ridiculous!
Oh yeah but I have a PS5 but was waiting for my bonus to start a PC build which nowlooks like I will need to wait for a lotto win. I had stopped buying games so I had some to play when I moved over.
A decent, high wattage, well rated PSU will last you a long time and actually use less power then one that maxes out at your peak load.
A good after-market CPU cooler is also a great way to keep your computer running well for longer.
The efficiency rating (in example bronze, gold) has nothing to do with the quality or how secure it is: https://www.velocitymicro.com/blog/what-is-psu-efficiency-and-why-is-it-important/ and https://cultists.network/7028/80-plus-issues-and-solutions/ Here is an up to date tier list (unfortunately a Google spreadsheet): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1akCHL7Vhzk_EhrpIGkz8zTEvYfLDcaSpZRB6Xt6JWkc/htmlview?gid=1719706335&pru=AAABm9YLTts*XFZjbFuCDKD48lUPIDVicA#gid=1719706335
Yeah, I’ve had an RM1000 for like ten years!
My ex spouse’s computer is still rocking the psu I got from my first computer build back in like 2010
Hooray! I was getting worried that ANY of the components of my desktop PC would be affordable to replace when it becomes necessary! 🤦🤬
