At those prices I will just remember things myself, thank you.
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
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ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 15 hours ago
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Yeah, pencil and paper is back!
ViscloReader@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Fuck ai
limerod@reddthat.com 1 day ago
Fuck AI. There is a use case for simple apps like chatgpt.
But, for most things you don’t need AI. Things like chat support for product/services, vibe coded app/website. Its all crap.
tehn00bi@lemmy.world 1 day ago
All the AI generated video
limerod@reddthat.com 1 day ago
Yeah, AI video! Useless, we have humans we don’t need to burn resources on stupid.
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 hours ago
What was even used for the fake videos before AI? Blender? I legitimately don’t know and would like to know.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The use case for those is doing what we could do on the internet 15 years ago ourselves but it has been so bastardised that it is too inconvenient now.
Mwa@thelemmy.club 1 day ago
But, for most things you don’t need AI. Things like chat support for product/services, vibe coded app/website. Its all crap.
I agree, i dont use it for anything useful tho i only use it for entertainment purposes(Like generating stuff)
moseschrute@lemmy.world 1 day ago
thomasdouwes@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Every time I decide to upgrade my damn computer something like this happens, come on i7-5820K, just a little longer, the prices will drop any time now…
kylian0087@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Planning to upgrade my I7-4790K for a while now… First the GPU shortage and now this…
JordanZ@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Well funnily enough since graphics cards use ram…those are impacted as well. Rumors nVidia is killing off the unannounced 50 series super cards, another about AMD/nVidia stopping/slowing production of budget oriented cards, and another about AMD raising graphics cards prices 10% for next year.
dizzy@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Yeah lol last time I needed a new GPU because mine died, it was pretty much the peak of Ethereum mining. I was doing lots of freelance motion graphics work at the time and needed something beefy but all these guys were buying every high spec card that came out, in bulk, to mine ETH.
Really hoping my 3090 doesn’t suddenly burst into flames in the next few months… fingers crossed.
Eheran@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I got 2x32 GB for 200 € in April. Seems okay for something I am going to use for 10 years again. It was a i7 4790K to Ryzen 9 7900X transition.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 13 hours 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.
Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 hours ago
Did we try tariffing them?
b34k@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Did my upgrade back in April. Got 64GB for $240. Now I checked the price on the same kit… $700. Just crazy.
drmoose@lemmy.world 11 hours 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 33 minutes 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 6 hours 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.
fuzzywombat@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Memory prices are crazy. I bought 96GB of DDR5 6400Mhz sticks for $320 back in February. Now it’s $750.
MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
A couple of months ago I bought 148gb and it was fuck all
njordomir@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
64Gb of DDR4 w/ fancy RGB lights in July 2025 for ~$160. Can’t imagine paying the current prices.
Orygin@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I saw a listing for 1370€ for 96gb. Prices are truly insane
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I believe I paid around $60 for the equivalent in 2015 or so.
TheBat@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Won’t someone pop this dastardly bubble? 🤬
turdcollector69@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I just hope that the power plants get built then AI collapses so we get cheap power.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 minutes ago
I think companies would rather commit seppuku than producing cheap electricity.
genau@europe.pub 1 day ago
Maybe the bubble pops you sooner. 😔
zebidiah@lemmy.ca 1 day 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 23 hours 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.
palordrolap@fedia.io 1 day 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.
wasabi@feddit.org 23 hours ago
DDR4 prices also nearly doubled
Lawnman23@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Yep, discovered that looking for a 2x16 sodimm kit for one of my mini pc’s. It’s nuts.
Damage@feddit.it 12 hours ago
Not really, shortage in one category spills over to the next ones as well
cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml 1 day 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 1 day 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
CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 1 day 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
toynbee@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Got it. Buy PS5, harvest memory.
BD89@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day 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 1 day 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.
termaxima@slrpnk.net 11 hours 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.
favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 1 day 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 1 day ago
I spent $160 on 64gb its now $625
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The Trump Trombone.
Lawnman23@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 hours ago
Can’t really remember the last time it wasn’t a horrible time to build a PC.
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 12 hours 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!
chunes@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
last time I built one was in 2012. That was a golden age for PC builds
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 20 hours ago
Whelp guess I’m not upgrading my PC to ddr5 anytime soon 😂
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 22 hours 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.
SabinStargem@lemmy.today 10 hours 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.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 20 hours 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.
HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org 1 day ago
The return of PlayStation clusters?
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 day 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 33 minutes 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.
nuko147@lemmy.world 1 day 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 1 day 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
fubarx@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Wonder if this is going to turn into people cutting out catalytic converters, or stripping out copper wiring.
Amputret@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
So glad I upgraded before this shit got so crazy.
Mwa@thelemmy.club 1 day ago
same,but DDR4
Chivera@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
I decided to build a new PC about a month ago. 64gb of ram was $250 and I thought that was excessive.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 21 hours 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.
Applesnake@lemmy.world 13 hours 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
turdcollector69@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Damn I’m sitting on 16gb of 7000mhz ram, I need to list it