You can spend $50 more to get an entire PS5 Pro.
  • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    3 hours 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.

  • SabinStargem@lemmy.todayEnglish
    1·
    3 hours 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.

  • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
    10·
    5 hours ago

    A PS5 currently costs less than £300. I can’t even get 32GB of RAM for that, let alone a GPU or any of the other parts.

    PC gaming is dead for now. The only affordable way is Steam Decks and similar.

  • termaxima@slrpnk.netEnglish
    2·
    3 hours 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.

  • Chivera@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 hours ago

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

  • Applesnake@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    5 hours ago

    Man wish upgrade many ox ddr4 to something more then 16g oh welll now my ram and graphic card match in members size would love 32 or 64 go of ram

  • Pyr@lemmy.caEnglish
    71·
    12 hours ago

    Whelp guess I’m not upgrading my PC to ddr5 anytime soon 😂

  • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    12 hours ago

    I am in the final stages of building two PCs for relatives of mine, and I don’t think I did so an hour too soon. I watched RAM double in price the day after I bought it.

  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    14 hours ago

    man I’m glad I got my 96gigs last year. fuck this mess.

    I’ll hold out until the bubble pops and pick it all up for pennies.

      • thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        4 hours ago

        Pre-COVID, when the Ethereum mining went crazy… so around the time of the RTX 2000 series? Which honestly was pretty lacklustre compared to the GTX 1000 series…

        So yeah, it’s been a while!

  • zebidiah@lemmy.caEnglish
    20·
    19 hours ago

    I needed a 32gb kit of ddr4 about 18 months ago… $80

    I needed a 32gb kit of ddr4 last week, $160!!! Wtf! Okay… Let’s click order and if it drops I can just return it…

    Checked this morning, $225!!!

    Holy fuck!

    Bought a 2tb SSD last week, $199. Checked prices this morning… $225

    • ElectricTrombone@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      15 hours ago

      If you still need some DDR4, I can sell you my old set of 64 GB G. Skill RAM. I swapped it out for Corsair just so the RGB would match my other stuff. I’m not looking for a huge profit.

      Edit. I read that wrong. Looks like you ordered some last week.

  • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    16 hours ago

    I’m glad I opted to start at 64GB ram on the PC I built about a year ago. Compared to the other parts like CPU and GPU, it felt relatively cheap to bump it up from 32GB.

    Wondering if I should pull the trigger on more storage though… Don’t really need it right now but eventually I’ll probably need some.

  • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    14 hours ago

    I stopped putting it off and built a ddr4 based pc as soon as I could. Didn’t plant it out as much as I normally would and now it’s biting me in the ass somewhat but that’s always part of the fun.