“more expensive” really is underselling it. It’s out of control. Some kits have tripled.
2x8 GB RAM for 130 dollars? What the fuck? I knew theyve gotten more expensive recently but that stings.
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 hours ago
Yep. Everthing had at least doubled in the past ~ two months, because Nvidia’s AI bubble must not be allowed to pop.
CMLVI@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Brother it’s so bad. I’ve been trying to help a friend do one recently, or at least plan it, and I’ve watched my previously $85 2x16 sticks of GSkill DDR5 (like the cheapest option I had) shoot up to like $260 in under a month has been insane. It’s not even good ram…
entwine@programming.dev 1 hour ago
I recently (a few months ago) built a new high-end server for my homelab, and bought 512GB of DDR4 ECC RAM for around $510. I just looked it up, and those exact same modules are around $2.5k to $3.5k for the same amount. That’s more than I paid for the entire machine.
lavenderleague@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours ago
In the same boat actually. Helping a friend with a build and RAM is ridiculous right now. crappy slower 2x16 kits costing $350 and far beyond. Their desired upper end CPU is less than most RAM kits. I was trying to find a middle ground for them with 2x24 but I can’t even find those kits anymore. Doesn’t help that these days 32 is recommended for some games, let alone aminimum for productivity software. I got lucky when I built. Prices were bad (~150 for 2x24!!) but shot up not even days after I built last month and my kit hasn’t even been in stock since I got it.
This bubble can’t burst soon enough…
marighost@piefed.social 3 hours ago
A friend of mine just dropped $700 on 2x64Gb for his upcoming editing rig. Most expensive part of the build.
CMLVI@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
That’s insanity lol
SalamenceFury@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Yeah, the AI (manufactured) hype has caused RAM prices to skyrocket thanks to them buying out ALL the fucking RAM for those servers.
MrLLM@ani.social 3 hours ago
That’s almost the Apple fee
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
jogaklaa@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
PCPartPicker has a general price tracker where you can see how much RAM has spiked in such a short time. It really emphasizes how crazy things have gotten
verdi@feddit.org 1 hour ago
In the past decade, PC hobbyists have been the victims of the latest group of regards “getting the bag”. Crypto 1.0, 2.0 and now AI. It’s the biggest fool theory doing its thing. I fucking hate tech bros and crypto bros. They are the huma race’s macro analogy for cancer cells.