Comment on Bewildered enthusiasts decry memory price increases of 100% or more — the AI RAM squeeze is finally starting to hit PC builders where it hurts

elvis_depresley@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I don’t think the bubble bursting will slow AI that much, it’ll just be a round of hot potatoe over, the losers will lose their money and others will come in hoping to be profitable since they can skip a bunch of R&D costs.

  AI is overhyped, but just like the internet after the dotcom bubble burst, it’s not going anywhere.

  Plus I suspect that this time will be a dollar collapse rather than stock market collapse, which would mean prices would go up even more.

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• Dremor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  It always does. I remember buying my DDR4 RAM 200€, and two months later the same kit was 550€. Some month later it was back at 220€.

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  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    RAM used to cost 8x that. It’s the reason why HP cases have locks.

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• ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  RAM prices fluctuate but always return to normal pretty fast, at least compared to gpus and cpus

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• AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Buy one RAM and you get two GPUs thrown in for free!

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