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[M1chl]

Crazy I bough 64GB pair for like 200 bucks back in February, I believe. And not the cheapest RAM either

 

[Sethbacca]

If the AI bubble pops then our economy is pretty fucked. But it'll be fun to buy a bunch of dirt cheap computer parts.

Those of us who watched the dotcom bubble burst happen in real time are just getting the popcorn ready.

 

[Paasei]

Good thing I was ahead of AI. Already got my 64GB of RAM at the start of this year. AI is great guys!

I can sell my PC and buy a house.

 

[jm89]

Scalping assholes out in force aswell to make matters worse.

 

[Fortress of Regrets]

To be fair, I'd rather have the RAM sticks. Even without the rest of the PC, you could light them up, and they'd make a pretty decoration.

 

[foamdino]

https://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/product/B0CTHXMYL8?context=search&tp=1y

The price increases are insane - I just checked 64Gb ram kit oof

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

At least these are affordable. I'm going to grab a pair to impress my friends with this status symbol.

 

[Fbh]

The RAM has RGB though, the light on the Ps5 can only turn white or orange.

 

[Radical_3d]

So glad I bought last year!

Awesome savings!

 

[dDoc]

I am so happy I got a new rig in August. Set for a few years.

There is always something on the horizon isn't there. The crypto boom, the sniffles, and now frickin AI.

What will be next?

 

[Memati187]

Wtf! I am barely able to buy new underwear.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

How it was

How it is now

 

[SolidQ]

 

[RCX]

Sit tight.

RAM manufacturers are delaying expanding capacity as they're waiting to see if this AI bubble is popping or if there's room for it to run a bit more. They don't want to be sitting on a mountain of depreciating product if a big fall is imminent. It also appears that the demand is coming from a very select few AI companies who are trying to hoard supply. If they come up against a financial squeeze then prices will correct very quickly. If you don't need to buy right now then don't feed into the "price go up" doom loop.

Fucking Sam Altman. If I ever run into that cunt in the supermarket I'm going to beat him to death with a frozen chicken.

 

[kruis]

AI has become a bigger problem than crypto and covid, combined.

Well. when that AI bubble finally bursts RAM, SSDs and graphic cards will be affordable again. Too bad we can't enjoy those good prices because when a trillion dollars goes up in smoke that will crash the stock markets, banks and ruin the economy....

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Here in Mexico, we have a similar week... We call it El Buen Fin (The Good Weekend). And even with all the sales they advertised... Nobody went to buy anything.

The companies are now even more desperate... It's a race to the bottom.

I'm ready to buy a top-of-the-line foldable cell phone... But until I see some easy ways to get one, I'm not buying anything.

 

[kruis]

Video cards prices will be going up in price too because of this RAM shortage.

AMD Prepares 10% GPU Price Hike Amid Memory Shortage

AMD has reportedly notified its supply chain that it will increase pricing across its entire GPU product line by about 10%. The main driver behind this is the massive memory shortage driving DRAM prices to skyrocket and eating up all the margins for GPU makers. Apparently, AMD's AIB partners...

www.techpowerup.com

 

[CentralScrutinizer]

Here in Mexico, we have a similar week... We call it El Buen Fin (The Good Weekend). And even with all the sales they advertised... Nobody went to buy anything.

The companies are now even more desperate... It's a race to the bottom.

I'm ready to buy a top-of-the-line foldable cell phone... But until I see some easy ways to get one, I'm not buying anything.

I hoenstly can't wait to see what the december deals look like when these coprorations realize people have fuck all in regards to spending money this holiday.

 

[Venom Snake]

 

[ReBurn]

I guess I will be riding my 32gb with a 4070s rig until the damn wheels fall off. I refuse to take part in purchasing hardware at these prices.

I'm not fucking upgrading.

I have a 4070 ti super and 64 GB DDR5-6000 in mine and all I am thinking of doing is getting a new CPU. I really want a 9950X3D. Curious to see if the RAM squeeze causes a slowdown that might lower CPU prices due to people pulling back on new builds.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

This is a small taste, an aperitif of things to come if China invades Taiwan.

That's not because of China... That's because of orange.

 

[Boo Who?]

That is just a troll listing. You can still get 32gb at fairly low prices elsewhere

Please post these mythical places where I can get RAM for fairly low prices.

 

[01DragonFly]

Crazy that 7 months ago bought 94GB(2x48) 6000 mhz for $349

 

[Donald mac Ronald]

I remember when ram used to be cheap as chips.
I'm running 3000hz ram do 5000/6000 actually any performance uplift in gaming?
If not when I build a future pc I'll just reuse this ram.

 

[Witchilich]

I already bought my 32 GB DDR5 RAM in like September for my PC build. That should last me until RAM prices go down.

 

[OLED_Gamer]

Cheapest 32GB DDR5 I have seen is about $300 in Canada. PS5s are one sale for $450.

Hell, even Steam sales don't always beat console anymore:

 

[phant0m]

Soon Industry will be buying PS5's to strip them of their guts to put in server blades.

I member when there was a shortage of PS3's because they were getting bought up to make datacenter superclusters

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[phant0m]

I guess I will be riding my 32gb with a 4070s rig until the damn wheels fall off. I refuse to take part in purchasing hardware at these prices.

I'm not fucking upgrading.

TBH the only thing you're missing is more frames.

32GB is fine for even the heaviest games. There are no visual features you can't turn on with a 4070S, and should still be able to pull 4K/60 or high frame rates at 1440p, on almost everything, esp w/ DLSS + Framegen

Biggest concern is the 12 GB VRAM, which currently is still juuuuuust enough to max things out but won't be for much longer. My 7900XT has 20 GB and I think I've seen it go over 12GB utilization once

Visually/performance-wise still leagues ahead of consoles

 

[peish]

Micron stocks are up 165% this year. Beating Nvidia, AMD, Intel and whatever AI slops.

behold the memory squeeze!

 

[The_hunter]

LectureMaster got a new tag

 

[demigod]

https://www.newegg.com/corsair-vengeance-rgb-32gb-2-x-16gb-ddr5-6000-pc5-48000-cas-latency-cl30-desktop-memory-white/p/N82E16820982277?srsltid=AfmBOopZiTqfjmvnj5PzlQnexwz13EIbwlg7lv73igcONkhOksZ5MtvE

I got 32GB of these from a combo and they were like $150. Was waiting for a black friday sale but that's not happening. It went up in price and are now sold out.

 

[Neo_game]

It's happening. This will impact others too. Steam Machine and also Consoles in 2027 as well.

 

[mckmas8808]

Crazy how my PC is just quietly trebling in value while they are having to heavily discount PS5s to shift them.

Heavily discount . Do you even know what the launch PRICE was for the PS5?

 

[calistan]

Just looking through my Amazon orders, the first 32 GB I got for this PC cost me £175 in August 2021.
I reordered another 32 GB of the same stuff in October 2024 for £56.
Today that model is £190 and Amazon has a note on the page saying 'prices higher than typical'.

 

[ByWatterson]

You'd think a master race would be smart enough not to blow money on dumb shit

 

[Celcius]

I just looked up my RAM kit on newegg and it's now on sale for $600, normally $640. That's insane as I paid like $200 a year ago!

 

[damidu]

so $1K steam machine incoming ?

 

[A.Romero]

Those of us who watched the dotcom bubble burst happen in real time are just getting the popcorn ready.

Oh shit, how old are you?

I thought I was on the upper end of the age scale here but I'm 42 and I was 12-17 when the doctom happened. I was aware of it but didn't understand all the implications (and by the time I was 17 I was very into computers).

I'm also outside the US. Did it have an impact in consumer grade equipment?

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Heavily discount . Do you even know what the launch PRICE was for the PS5?

"heavily discount". It's now the same price as launch in the USA for some models and 50 cheaper than 2020 launch in europe lmao.

 

[buenoblue]

Crazy. I bought 32Gb corsair vengeance 6000mts cl30 for £126 in August.

Edit: just checked and it's £368 on Amazon right now

 

[calico]

"heavily discount". It's now the same price as launch in the USA for some models and 50 cheaper than 2020 launch in europe lmao.

I was of course referring to the current price being heavily discounted from the regular price, but isn't the disc version also cheaper right now than at launch?

 

[MisterXDTV]

Doesn't matter, we will see people on YouTube still trying to convice people you can build a PC with better specs than a PS5 at the same price...

LOL

Just like they think Steam Machine will be $400

 

[BlackTron]

I'm on 16GB RAM, 8GB VRAM, Switch 2, Series S. I'm not desperate for new hardware at all, but I'm getting worried what the state of affairs will be for years from this point.

It's tempting to grab a 5060ti 16GB and 32GB RAM right at what might be the last moment? Intelligently fueled fomo or just fomo? Thing is I don't really need it for games right now, I just don't want to run out of RAM later on and get destroyed.

 

[ReBurn]

I member when there was a shortage of PS3's because they were getting bought up to make datacenter superclusters

 

[//DEVIL//]

It goes without saying and coming from someone who laughs at the PS5 before they are released, buying a PC brand new for gaming purposes should be on hold till further notice unless you find good prices for used parts.

Ram being as expensive as a whole console is a joke.

With that being said I think console prices will rise again because of ram

 

[jm89]

Crazy how my PC is just quietly trebling in value while they are having to heavily discount PS5s to shift them.

That's how holiday discounts work.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

It goes without saying and coming from someone who laughs at the PS5 before they are released, buying a PC brand new for gaming purposes should be on hold till further notice unless you find good prices for used parts.

Ram being as expensive as a whole console is a joke.

With that being said I think console prices will rise again because of ram

All i know is th secona PS6 is made available for preorder i'll be there. If it comes out in 2028 it will probably only have discounts that are bigger than its launch price by 2033 or something lol.

 

[UnrealEck]

Can I play the trillions of PC games on that PS5 thing?

 

[adamsapple]

That'll be $399.