64GB of DDR5 RAM surges from the low $200s to over $1000 in six months
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64GB of DDR5 RAM surges from the low $200s to over $1000 in six months, with prices still on the up
  • Jhex@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    16 days ago

    This article sucks… I think they felt the need to excuse AI lest they upset corporate masters

    While it’s easy to point the finger at AI’s unquenchable memory thirst for the current crisis, it’s not the only reason.

    Followed by:

    DRAM production hasn’t kept up with demand. Older memory types are being phased out, newer ones are steered toward higher margin customers, and consumer RAM is left exposed whenever supply tightens.

    Production has not kept up with demand… demand being super charged by AI purchases

    …newer ones are steered towards higher margin customers… again AI

    consumer RAM is left exposed whenever supply tightens… because of AI

  • rogsson@piefed.socialEnglish
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    15 days ago

    When the yet-to-be data centers never get built because AI slop bubble pops, we will be able to build houses out of RAM sticks for the poor

    • Asmodeus_Krang@infosec.pubEnglish
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      16 days ago

      It’s truly mental. I don’t think I could afford to build my PC at the same spec today with RAM and SSD prices being what they are.

      • tempest@lemmy.caEnglish
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        15 days ago

        I have 128 GB of ddr5 memory in my machine. I paid 1400 for my 7900xtx which I thought was crazy and now half my ram is worth that.

        Never thought I would see the day where the graphics card was not the most expensive component.

  • blitzen@lemmy.caEnglish
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    16 days ago

    Apple over here not raising their RAM prices because they’ve always been massively and unjustifiably inflated. Now, they’re no longer unjustifiably inflated.

      • blitzen@lemmy.caEnglish
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        16 days ago

        Perhaps. I guess my point is they no longer are as out-of-line with the rest of the market. Comment meant as a backhanded “compliment” toward Apple.

  • MochiGoesMeow@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    15 days ago

    This is crazy because I bought 64 gb ram for like 130 in July of 2025.

    Now it’s 530 for the same exact brand.

    • Felis_Rex@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      15 days ago

      I’m kicking myself so hard right now. I went in and upgraded my PC when word of tarrifs were coming back in 2024 but decided to chill on ram because the prices were still low and I felt I had enough. I have 16gb of DDR5 and my rig feels like it’s chugging with newer software.

      I should’ve bit the bullet and future proofed with a 64gb set up. My ass decided to buy a house instead 😮‍💨

  • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    15 days ago

    Im on Linux and it requires just as much memory as it did in 2018. No problem here.

    • pHr34kY@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      15 days ago

      I upgraded mine from 16GB to 32GB two years ago beacuse RAM was cheap. I didn’t really need it, and have probably never hit 16GB usage anyway.

      Meanwhile my work Windows laptop uses 16GB at idle after first login.

      Windows has always been wasteful computing, and everyone just pays for it.

      • Honytawk@feddit.nlEnglish
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        15 days ago

        Seems like you (or your company) installed loads of bloat.

        You do know you can disable programs from starting during boot, right?

        • pHr34kY@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          14 days ago

          I fired up procexp and found nessus scanning every file on my drive. I found the SentinelOne had written 10GB of logs since start. I found some bullshit dell service was slamming the CPU. It’s all shit that my company put there.

          I found that it adds an extra 7 minutes to a 12 minute build when I compile my project, compared to doing it on WSL. The Windows bloat is insane.