Comment on RAM is so expensive that stores are selling it at market prices

umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Xella@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  For real. I’ve been building a completely brand new computer for my husband for a couple months now. Buying a new piece each paycheck, then I get paid this week and I discover I can’t buy the RAM… It’s fucking half way finished and the only 2 parts left to buy is GPU and RAM.

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  • InputZero@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Unfortunately those are the most expensive parts right now because they both require memory chips. Perhaps consider buying used, might be tough to find DDR5 DIMMs but used GPUs are plentiful.

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    • Xella@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I’m definitely looking for used parts, especially in my local classifieds. I’m going to jump on the first affordable set of ddr5 ram I can find lol

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      • absentbird@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        It’s sweet how much effort you’re putting into it. When I was a kid I built my first computer one piece at a time with money I saved from mowing lawns, there’s something so satisfying about earning a computer through dozens of shrewd bargains and months of dedicated labor. It’s all worth it in the end, you’ve got this!

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      • kilgore_trout@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        You may have to settle on DDR4 for now

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