• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    6 days ago

    Man I’m so tired of these skyrocketing prices over everything. Memory, GPUs, car parts, groceries, insurance… fuck. Eating us alive.

  • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
    112·
    7 days 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.

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      7 days 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.

      • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        6 days ago

        Good point tho if the bubble does end up popping it’ll bring down ram price as the market will be flooded with hardware from closed/reduced farms. But I guess we’ll have bigger issues preventing us enjoying the discounts lol

  • b34k@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    7 days ago

    Did my upgrade back in April. Got 64GB for $240. Now I checked the price on the same kit… $700. Just crazy.

  • termaxima@slrpnk.netEnglish
    4·
    7 days 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.

    • BD89@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      If you’re in the USA I would wait until the dickhead in charge is gone or else you might wake up to find he told Taiwan to eat his ass and charge 600% tariffs on all goods coming from them.

      I mean its a joke, but how unlikely would it be really?

  • SabinStargem@lemmy.todayEnglish
    2·
    7 days 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.

  • Chivera@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    I decided to build a new PC about a month ago. 64gb of ram was $250 and I thought that was excessive.

    • Destide@feddit.ukEnglish
      11·
      6 days ago

      Hi totally not a mad max fallout style raider just spreading this fun new game: on the count of three let’s both say where our pcs are

    • EuroPapa@feddit.nlEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      Dang, 16GB of RAM is barely enough these days! I feel you though. Maybe you can list it and get some cash for that expensive upgrade.

  • limerod@reddthat.comEnglish
    662·
    8 days 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.

    • Squizzy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      8 days 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.clubEnglish
      3·
      8 days 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)
      i usually dont publish or upload the ai generated stuff to the internet(maybe only another llm).
      but i am trying to quit/use less AI

  • Thomas Douwes@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    291·
    8 days 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…

    • dizzy@lemmy.mlEnglish
      5·
      8 days 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.worldEnglish
      2·
      8 days 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.