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I am in the final stages of building two PCs for relatives of mine, and I don’t think I did so an hour too soon. I watched RAM double in price the day after I bought it.
Whelp guess I’m not upgrading my PC to ddr5 anytime soon 😂
I stopped putting it off and built a ddr4 based pc as soon as I could. Didn’t plant it out as much as I normally would and now it’s biting me in the ass somewhat but that’s always part of the fun.
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.
I’m glad I opted to start at 64GB ram on the PC I built about a year ago. Compared to the other parts like CPU and GPU, it felt relatively cheap to bump it up from 32GB.
Wondering if I should pull the trigger on more storage though… Don’t really need it right now but eventually I’ll probably need some.
I bought the latest of some devices earlier this year, but didn’t have cash to buy a completely new PC. I’ve decided if my older desktop breaks, I’ll just have to get a “cheap” laptop & install Linux. Hopefully things stabilize within the next few years as manufacturers shift production.
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.
The return of PlayStation clusters?
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
I was literally looking prices to upgrade from 32 to 64GB last month. And i was, nah 120€ is too much, I’m ok for now. 320€ today and still climbing…
I talked myself out of upgrading to 64gb six months ago when I still could have grabbed 32gb of ddr4 for like $80… Kicking myself over that decision
Holy shit
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.
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
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
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.
Fuck ai
