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[Pasta la Vista]

This article sounds like its trying to make a mountain out of a molehill. But of course PC gamer is fucking trash so I don;t know why people are actually taking this seriously.

 

[Montauk]

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/openais-stargate-project-to-consume-up-to-40-percent-of-global-dram-output-inks-deal-with-samsung-and-sk-hynix-to-the-tune-of-up-to-900-000-wafers-per-month

OpenAI alone bought 40% of global DRAM production, add other AI companies and gamers don't really matter in this scale

They didn't buy 40% of 2025 global DRAM production. Nor will they be in the little that remains of 2025.

They told Samsung/SK Hynix that they think/expect that by sometime in 2029 that they may need an amount that Tom's Hardware estimate may be around 40% of 2025 production rates. And it sounds like 40% of specifically advanced DRAM, i.e HBM chips.

That'll be based on projections and everything going to plan with their Stargate data centre buildout. It may be the high end of their most optimistic projections in the sense that it is the max they might need if there are no delays to any of these data centres being built and demand increases as they expect.

Now if you assume that global DRAM production is going to stay at 2025 EOY production levels for three more years then, well, LOL. Quite the assumption.

Again, nobody reads articles. Nobody reads the sources of those articles.

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/samsung-sk-hynix-supply-memory-chips-openais-stargate-project-2025-10-01/

 

[EverydayBeast]

Protesting is an easy recipe, I remember 4gb, 8gb or ram was a big deal it's not any longer.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Plot twist: this "boycott" is being astroturfed by AI companies to keep their prices down.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Soaring RAM Prices Have Reportedly Halved Motherboard Sales; Are CPUs Next?

As per a report, due to sky-high DRAM prices, particularly DDR5, the motherboard sales have almost halved in November.

wccftech.com

Gamers trying to kill their industry is very on brand for them. Consumer motherboard manufacturers do not make server and enterprise boards. If gamers "boycott" MSI, Asus, Gigabyte, ASRock and those companies die, there will be nobody making consumer motherboards for gamers anymore lmao

Deals like this make sense in the context of what I posted

Get a free X870 motherboard and Corsair H115i RGB cooler with 32GB of DDR5

This bundle includes 32GB of DDR5 memory, and X870 motherboard, and a 280mm AIO for the same price as a kit of 32GB memory alone.

www.tomshardware.com

 

[RoboFu]

I'm doing my own silent protest. I'm quitting PC gaming and won't buy another game on pc until we can build a decent pc for $1,200.

Mind you I have 2 gaming PCs one with a 5070 ti and one with 7900 xt. Both are unplugged starting today.