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RAM is so expensive, Samsung won't even sell it to Samsung (www.pcworld.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 79 points 7 months ago (5 children)

So glad I built my computer earlier this year. RAM prices now are triple what I paid for.

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  • [–] 41 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I regret so much that I didn't, I was planning to build a new PC now or in the beginning of next year. But with the current RAM prices I will stick to my 5 years old AMD 5600x. I will have to start playing games in my backlog if the framerate in new games becomes too low.

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    It’s insane. Back then I still had to deal with GPU prices and availability. I had to buy the 9070xt in a MOBO bundle that I’ll never use and was cheaper than buying alone at the time. The same GPU now is $50 US less than what I paid for then so it was a pretty good price considering.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Normally the GPU prices decreases so 50$ cheaper in 1 year is completely normal. However, in the coming years I fear that the GPU prices will increase again when the GDDR production decreases to make room for the HBM production for AI.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Yeah, but that was a bundle promo price offer. I essentially got a free AM5 board and still paid less than the GPU sold separately. Classic Newegg dumping unsold merch. What sucks is you can't return one without the other, even with an RMA.

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  • [–] 19 points 7 months ago

    I'm in the exact opposite position... hoarding bits on the cheap, all I need is ram and psu but ram now costs more than I paid for everything else put together and scavenging sources have dried up completely

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