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How much is your ram today?
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Kemosabe666
Neo Member
CORSAIR Vengeance RGB DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) 6000MHz CL30
Bought for 240€ now 920€...Ridiculous to say the least...
Radical_3d
Member
LOL 1.000€ for 64GB of RAM. I think I can kiss my dreams of 32GB next gen goodbye.So I read on here about the price of ram going up but I didn't quite think it would be as dramatic as it turned out to be.
I checked on how much my ram is to buy today compared to when I bought it
This was in March
This was today
Insane!
How much is your ram today?
Edit. Also, my poor ass investing and loosing money:
Everyone else in this thread:
More than 8X! I'm officially retiring from investing.I paid $93 for my 64GB of DDR5 less than 2 years ago:
Almost $800 now:
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AltruisticFormality
Neo Member
Why? 8000 or 7800 CL36 still has lower CAS latency (9ns or 9.231) than 6000 at CL30 (10ns). If you are running at lower frequencies because of the motherboard/CPU you probably have headroom to tweak the timings. But probably won't get a meaninful performance uplift outside of especific memory sensitive scenarios. Even less if you have a X3D SKU.
01DragonFly
Member
CORSAIR Vengeance DDR5 96GB directly from Amazon current price 1,174
Bought them for 349 in April.
I am glad I built my current pc in April , I don't think I could have bought all the components I have now with those prices .
Bought them for 349 in April.
I am glad I built my current pc in April , I don't think I could have bought all the components I have now with those prices .
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unfashionable
Member
a 4TB waterproof external SSD from amazon they are out of stock. they want 50% more than I paid for a used one!
also looks like high memory speed RAMs are hit hardest. is that low % of units available for high speed vs low speed SKUS or fastest needed for AI/servers
also looks like high memory speed RAMs are hit hardest. is that low % of units available for high speed vs low speed SKUS or fastest needed for AI/servers
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Autistic_Pancake
Member
> Patriot Viper Steel PVS464G360C8K DDR4 - 2x 32GB
Bought in July for $120, and now it costs $500 in my country. Shit's messed up, it's not even DDR5!
Bought in July for $120, and now it costs $500 in my country. Shit's messed up, it's not even DDR5!
SiegeDamage
Member
Corsair Vengeance DDR5 64 GB 6000 MHz CL30
Purchased Aug. 2025 on sale for $400 CAD (tax included)
Currently priced at $1,220 CAD ($1,380 tax included)
That's more than a PS5 Pro + an extra controller + a few games. Madness.
Purchased Aug. 2025 on sale for $400 CAD (tax included)
Currently priced at $1,220 CAD ($1,380 tax included)
That's more than a PS5 Pro + an extra controller + a few games. Madness.
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Bojji
Gold Member
Like the rest of 64gigs of ddr5 club:
It's like investment.
My DDR4 (bought in 2023) is just more than 2x
HerjansEagleFeeder
Member
Thanks for reminding me to put some of my RAM sticks on eBay, OP.
delishcaek
Member
32GB Kingston Fury Beast 6000Mhz CL30 White version bought as open box for 90€ in May last year.
Now the cheapest I can find this kit for is 479€.
out of curiosity I looked up the 4TB T7 shield I bought at the same time, it was 230€, cheapest now is 360€.
Now the cheapest I can find this kit for is 479€.
out of curiosity I looked up the 4TB T7 shield I bought at the same time, it was 230€, cheapest now is 360€.
tylrdiablos
Member
I thought you guys were going insane but I've just checked my Amazon UK order from Jan 19th 2025:
CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR5 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 6000MHz - cost me £179.99
Amazon says it's "current unavailable" so I looked on the official Corsair site:
www.corsair.com
Where it's £858.99
Da fuq!?
CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR5 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 6000MHz - cost me £179.99
Amazon says it's "current unavailable" so I looked on the official Corsair site:
VENGEANCE® 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 DRAM 6000MT/s CL30 AMD EXPO Memory Kit
Deliver the higher frequencies and greater capacities of DDR5 RAM technology in a high-quality, compact DDR5 memory module that suits your AMD® Ryzen™ AM5 system.
www.corsair.com
Da fuq!?
Corsair sells a lot more than just memory. AI companies aren't going to buy their gaming PC cases, lower watt power supplies. or probably any of their gaming accessories. And neither will regular people because the cost of components to build PCs is too high. They are focused on the consumer market, not enterprise.
Interesting.
Considering this should be a prolonged thing, surely Corsair should be / will be making massive profits from the price hikes?
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unfashionable
Member
they dont make their own memory so its possible that demand from the AI clusterfk takes away their inventory
Interesting.
Considering this should be a prolonged thing, surely Corsair should be / will be making massive profits from the price hikes?
Myuni
Member
WTF! it's 564,23€ now (December 9th 2025), just 4 days later
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Pedro Motta
Gold Member
Paid 440 euros for 128Gb of ram, now they are costing about 1490 euros lol ridiculous.
CliffBronger
Member
I Paid £249 in December 2023
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Nintendo's Witch
Member
Yeah fuck this into oblivion. I rather spend it on heroin.
LMAO
LMAO
Trilobit
Absolutely Cozy
If you really cared you wouldn't have given up.I begged people to stock up while they still could. They didn't listen. They just didn't listen.
Nintendo's Witch
Member
Not in a long while
smbu2000
Member
Certain RAM upgrades are only for specific chips. The M4 Pro comes with 24GB and the only upgrade is to 48GB.
The lower tier M4 Max (32 GPU core version) is only available with 36GB. The full 40core gpu M4 Max starts at 48GB and can be upgraded to 64GB or 128GB.
OT: My RAM is on sale at micro center (in store pick up only) for only $949.99! (Save $350 off the 1,299.99 original price). What a fantastic bargain!
https://www.microcenter.com/product...top-memory-kit-f5-6400j3239f48gx2-tz5rk-black
G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 96GB (2 x 48GB) DDR5-6400 PC5-51200 CL32 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit F5-6400J3239F48GX2-TZ5RK - Black
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alabtrosMyster
Member
If it keeps going up for a few months I'll sell it to buy a cottage.
YeulEmeralda
Linux User
You can RAM these prices up your ass!
So glad I bought my PC this summer.
So glad I bought my PC this summer.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Dorago
Member
How does that bling shit look in real life?
OverHeat
« generous god »
Good when you setup the RGB right.
Dorago
Member
I think the producer price index that the finance eggheads were shouting about three years ago finally came home to roost.
Interesting.
Considering this should be a prolonged thing, surely Corsair should be / will be making massive profits from the price hikes?
It's not that RAM is so much more expensive, it's that everyone making it almost went out of business and now there's increased demand they can't possibly meet.
Demand went way down, income went way down, costs went way up from PPI tariffs and the China chip export ban.
The funny thing is despite demand most of them will go out of business trying to meet it right now.
Jack Videogames
Member
Glad I decided to splurge with my latest build some months ago (Splurge: spend 280€)
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
I dunno.. I spent $3500 on a laptop.. it plays games well, couldn't tell you what RAM it has. Games go brrrrr.
Andrew Evenstar
Member
2 options from $500?
WTF. i paid $146.27 with tax and shipping back in August.
WTF. i paid $146.27 with tax and shipping back in August.
metareferential
Member
Bought for 88 (chf) 8 months ago.
Myuni
Member
WTF! it's 564,23€ now (December 9th 2025), just 4 days later
December 15th 2025: Currently out of stock, restock expected for December 18th: Preorders are live for just 805,53€
tylrdiablos
Member
Are there any signs/early-indicators that AI is just a bubble? (Rather then wishful thinking.)
The two recent bubbles I can think of are NFT's and (meme) crypto currencies/mining.
I feel like people were immediately suspicious of NFT's and 95% of people knew they were a scammer and the remaining 5% were trying to convince you they were legit/had value.
As for crypto... some people liked the idea but it had flaws. There were several hidden fees, retailers never bothered to implement systems to take payments, the value was too volatile, the lack of regulation put a lot of people off and it became possible to create scammy meme coins seconds. Which just confused people and scared them off. Only ETH and BitCoin seemed to survive the test of time and they're dropped off heavily in recent months.
But I feel like AI is being heavily rammed down our throats. And it's not some random start-ups with no money doing it. It's Apple, Microsoft, Twitter and Google.
We could wait out NFT's and NVIDIA pivoted slightly by trying to make GPU's purely for crypto mining... but can we wait out companies valued in the billions?
A lot of people see AI generated art, music and code as lack-lustre at best... but surely that just makes the AI companies want to pump more money into their LLM's in an attempt to improve what it outputs.
The two recent bubbles I can think of are NFT's and (meme) crypto currencies/mining.
I feel like people were immediately suspicious of NFT's and 95% of people knew they were a scammer and the remaining 5% were trying to convince you they were legit/had value.
As for crypto... some people liked the idea but it had flaws. There were several hidden fees, retailers never bothered to implement systems to take payments, the value was too volatile, the lack of regulation put a lot of people off and it became possible to create scammy meme coins seconds. Which just confused people and scared them off. Only ETH and BitCoin seemed to survive the test of time and they're dropped off heavily in recent months.
But I feel like AI is being heavily rammed down our throats. And it's not some random start-ups with no money doing it. It's Apple, Microsoft, Twitter and Google.
We could wait out NFT's and NVIDIA pivoted slightly by trying to make GPU's purely for crypto mining... but can we wait out companies valued in the billions?
A lot of people see AI generated art, music and code as lack-lustre at best... but surely that just makes the AI companies want to pump more money into their LLM's in an attempt to improve what it outputs.