▲ 435 ▼ 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 themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 133 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 33 points 7 months ago (1 child) Clearly the best advice is "Build your PC a year ago" permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 7 months ago (1 child) Not even. More like 3 months ago. The pair of 2x16 DDR5 6000 TEAMGROUP I bought back in April was $90 from Amazon. According to pcpartpicker, pricing started trending upwards late September, which Newegg still had it at $89 (9/30/25; B&H @ $109). The same pair at B&H is currently $439 (12/21/25) and MemoryC is asking $596. It's insane. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 months ago (1 child) Ya but video cards have been insane since covid too permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jupiter_jazz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 7 months ago Even before covid, when crypto was the big thing permalink fedilink source parent
[–] renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 7 months ago (1 child) Not even. More like 3 months ago. The pair of 2x16 DDR5 6000 TEAMGROUP I bought back in April was $90 from Amazon. According to pcpartpicker, pricing started trending upwards late September, which Newegg still had it at $89 (9/30/25; B&H @ $109). The same pair at B&H is currently $439 (12/21/25) and MemoryC is asking $596. It's insane. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 months ago (1 child) Ya but video cards have been insane since covid too permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jupiter_jazz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 7 months ago Even before covid, when crypto was the big thing permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 months ago (1 child) Ya but video cards have been insane since covid too permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jupiter_jazz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 7 months ago Even before covid, when crypto was the big thing permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jupiter_jazz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 7 months ago Even before covid, when crypto was the big thing permalink fedilink source parent