Boy am I happy I built my PC with 64 GB of DDR5 earlier this year. 😬
An entire PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory, even after a discount — simple memory kit jumps to $600 due to DRAM shortage, and it's expected to get worse into 2026
Submitted 3 months ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to technology@lemmy.world
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victorz@lemmy.world 3 months ago
sirico@feddit.uk 3 months ago
Hi totally not a mad max fallout style raider just spreading this fun new game: on the count of three let’s both say where our pcs are
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Man I’m so tired of these skyrocketing prices over everything. Memory, GPUs, car parts, groceries, insurance… fuck. Eating us alive.
turdcollector69@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Damn I’m sitting on 16gb of 7000mhz ram, I need to list it
EuroPapa@feddit.nl 3 months ago
Dang, 16GB of RAM is barely enough these days! I feel you though. Maybe you can list it and get some cash for that expensive upgrade.
Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
Did we try tariffing them?
b34k@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Did my upgrade back in April. Got 64GB for $240. Now I checked the price on the same kit… $700. Just crazy.
SabinStargem@lemmy.today 3 months ago
Provided you don’t need to upgrade for the next year or two, I think you will eventually have a ton of cheap and quality DDR5 memory to buy. I am looking forward to that, I want to build an endgame Threadripper Pro, and be set for a decade.
Chivera@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I decided to build a new PC about a month ago. 64gb of ram was $250 and I thought that was excessive.
termaxima@slrpnk.net 3 months ago
In moments like this I always wonder if I should temporarily make my PC unusable by reselling the component that’s overpriced.
Then wait out the shortage and buy 4x as much RAM then x)
Almost did it with my GPU during covid.
BD89@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
If you’re in the USA I would wait until the dickhead in charge is gone or else you might wake up to find he told Taiwan to eat his ass and charge 600% tariffs on all goods coming from them.
I mean its a joke, but how unlikely would it be really?
termaxima@slrpnk.net 3 months ago
I’m in Europe, so if anything that would benefit us x)
drmoose@lemmy.world 3 months ago
People are panicking but market will correct itself. RAM is basically a solved technology and supply is limited by lack of factories not ability to manufacture.
carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Fabs take like 5 years to spin up. No one is going to set up another without some kind of guarantee
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 months ago
On the other hand, we’re currently in the midst of what many people already consider to be an AI bubble, so investing in new DRAM factories might be considered too risky, since the bubble might have popped before it even gets production going.
drmoose@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Good point tho if the bubble does end up popping it’ll bring down ram price as the market will be flooded with hardware from closed/reduced farms. But I guess we’ll have bigger issues preventing us enjoying the discounts lol
dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 3 months ago
Applesnake@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Man wish upgrade many ox ddr4 to something more then 16g oh welll now my ram and graphic card match in members size would love 32 or 64 go of ram
Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 months ago
A PS5 currently costs less than £300. I can’t even get 32GB of RAM for that, let alone a GPU or any of the other parts.
PC gaming is dead for now. The only affordable way is Steam Decks and similar.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 3 months ago
At those prices I will just remember things myself, thank you.
flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Meat ram making a comeback.
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yeah, pencil and paper is back!
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Whelp guess I’m not upgrading my PC to ddr5 anytime soon 😂
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
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.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
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.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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.
thingAmaBob@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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.
Lawnman23@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Can’t really remember the last time it wasn’t a horrible time to build a PC.
chunes@lemmy.world 3 months ago
last time I built one was in 2012. That was a golden age for PC builds
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Pre-COVID, when the Ethereum mining went crazy… so around the time of the RTX 2000 series? Which honestly was pretty lacklustre compared to the GTX 1000 series…
So yeah, it’s been a while!
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
If you don’t have immediate needs, I’d wait.
The AI payments will dry up and factories won’t know where to put it.Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Ah too late lol, ended up grabbing a 990 pro 2tb for $200 CAD. Looking around online, there seems to be a bunch of retailers at that price, though mostly the brick and mortar ones. I kinda thought they might be slower to react to quickly moving prices than the more specialist places (I got it from Staples).
Mwa@thelemmy.club 3 months ago
am lucky i dont plan to upgrade.
zebidiah@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
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
ElectricTrombone@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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.
HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org 3 months ago
The return of PlayStation clusters?
nuko147@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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…
zebidiah@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
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
favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Wow, I just went back and checked. I spent $215 for 64GB of RAM last year. I should’ve bought more!
carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
I spent $160 on 64gb its now $625
nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
damn 64gb would be crazy i should do that
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
wait for the ai bubble to burst
palordrolap@fedia.io 3 months ago
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.
Damage@feddit.it 3 months ago
Not really, shortage in one category spills over to the next ones as well
wasabi@feddit.org 3 months ago
DDR4 prices also nearly doubled
Lawnman23@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yep, discovered that looking for a 2x16 sodimm kit for one of my mini pc’s. It’s nuts.
CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
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
cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
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.
ag10n@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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
toynbee@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Got it. Buy PS5, harvest memory.
BD89@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
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.
toynbee@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The Trump Trombone.
sunbunman@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
RIP GabeCube 😢