themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoAn entire PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory, even after a discount — simple memory kit jumps to $600 due to DRAM shortage, and it's expected to get worse into 2026www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1508arrow-down16cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
arrow-up1502arrow-down1external-linkAn entire PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory, even after a discount — simple memory kit jumps to $600 due to DRAM shortage, and it's expected to get worse into 2026www.tomshardware.comthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square63fedilinkcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
minus-squareLawnman23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·15 hours agohttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/spiking-memory-prices-mean-that-it-is-once-again-a-horrible-time-to-build-a-pc/
minus-squareGeth@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 hours agoCan’t really remember the last time it wasn’t a horrible time to build a PC.
minus-squarethatKamGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 hours agoPre-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!
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoThat’s when I build my current machine. Looks like upgrading is off the menu. Again.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/spiking-memory-prices-mean-that-it-is-once-again-a-horrible-time-to-build-a-pc/
Can’t really remember the last time it wasn’t a horrible time to build a PC.
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!
That’s when I build my current machine. Looks like upgrading is off the menu. Again.