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RAM and SSD prices are still climbing—here’s our best advice for PC builders (arstechnica.com)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I went to a pc building shop and the price of 64 RAM DDR5 was over $1000. I could have built an entire PC with that price a year ago.

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[–] 31 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

One of the commenters said:

"avoid building a PC right now" is advice I've been following since 2017

And honestly yeah. I guess at this point if you can afford it, just pull the plug whenever, it's always some bullshit going on the PC Market anyway.

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

    I built my PC in 2019 right at the end of the year and I thank the gods everyday. I've only done one CPU upgrade since and it's still great for 1440p gaming. The whole tower minus monitor and what not was probably like $900 at the time

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

    I am running a 2020 ryzen 5950x CPU and a 2080TI I got from a closing down sale of a computer store for $700 in 2019, just before the first Crypto rush.

    I dont see myself buying any hardware for performance reasons for the next 3 years. Also not buying new AAA games anymore.

    Small studio and indie titles on 50% off steam sales has been my jam of late.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago*

    Small studio and indie titles on 50% off steam sales has been my jam of late

    Oh, same.
    The wacky performance I've been getting on Talos Principle 2 has been annoying me though. Wish they stayed on the Serious Sam engine instead of switching to UE5

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