RAM PRICE DOUBLE END OF YEAR.
I buy ram like once every 10 years. get a life nerd.
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>>108992779thisram is not a problem if you're not a gaymer
>>108992765>ram kit company encourages you to quickly buy their productsGetting desperate cause almost nobody is buying at these prices
>>108992779The RAM cartel wants this man dead!
>5600x>32gig ddr4>5060ti 16gigI will weather the storm with this rig.
>buy our ram, goy
>>108992779this.who the fuck upgrades RAM yearly? only a rich idiot
>>108992765>quick buy them at these prices or itll GET EVEN WORSEno thanks and thats fine>accelleratecant wait for it to become unjustifiable from a business perspective, the pricier it gets the sooner that is
china will save us!>trump tariffs chink ramoh...( ._.)
>>108992779This is true, however, some people have shit PCs right now and would like to upgrade.
At most I will buy one (used) 8GB ddr4 stick to get old laptop up to 16 and I will be good.
>>108992779>>108992795>>108992823>>108993057pcfags cope in such strange ways
>>108993249I bought a 96GB kit like 2 years agoWhy do I need to buy RAM now?
>>108993285mmm feet
>>108992765The more you buy the more you save!
>>108992765>Do you feel in charge?
>>108992765not seeing the issue desut. 48gb laptop, 128gb desktop
>>108992779>>108992795>>108992849>>108993057>>108993285>>108993389And if RAM stick go bad, then?
This is why I bought my shit back in early December when it became clear the market was fucked.I still paid slightly inflated prices compared to mid 2025, but I got a steal compared to mid 2026 pricing.
>>108993574Literally never happened to me in 30 years of pc gaming but even if it does, I think I'll be ok.
Are you telling me Linus "Linus Tech Tips of Linus Media Group" Sebastian lied to me?
>>108992765Guess I'll have to stay with my 2070 and 16gb of ram for another five years.
>>108992765Good, let Valve get fucked for still not releasing the Steam Machine
>>108992765nah, they're scared and want to clear inventory ASAP
just some casual market manipulation, no big deal.>You would be WISE to BUY more before it DOUBLES soon guys...>It's gonna go UP, and definitely not as a result of our publicly available "expectations" at all...
>>108992779Same. I don't even remember the last time I bought memory.
>regional manager saysthank god, ram prices are finally gonna plummet
>>108992765Imagine my face when I bought a ddr5 ram with only 16gigs thinking that the price will drop in a year or so and I can get more ram
in 5 years a midrange PC will cost as much as a Lancer or a Z4. right now a highend build is already that expensive
>>108992765Cheapest DDR5 32g, no RGB kit is 300 USD in my cunt. If that is going to double and go to 600 (even 500) then who's gonna buy it? It seems rediculous to me
>>108994060the chinese are already selling ddr5 32gb for $150-$180
>>108992765I have multiple DDR4 16GB RAM sticks of different frequencies (don't give a fuck about that) as a backup. I don't need to upgrade because 16GB is more than enough for professional desktop usage. Just tell me a legitimate use case where you need more than 16GB of RAM.
>>108992765RAM prices will violently crash when the AI bubble bursts. And speaking of AI.....
>>108992765with how every other pc component dropped in price, the ram price hike doesn't matter that much, it evens out
>>108994138total ceo unemployment
>>108994026At least they still make DDR5, I built a DDR4 system thinking it was good enough for now. If anything in it dies I'm fucking screwed.
>>108994100This is a fucking lie, go fuck yourself you lying twat.
>>108994173>with how every other pc component dropped in priceWhy do you lie constantly, you fat piece of shit?
>>108994138reminds me how microsoft, not a long ago, rebranded some of their software under copilot(tm) naming , in order for the management chain lie to the board about the subscription count for their services.
>>108994338>All of our users are using copilot!>Amazing, how did you achieve that?>Well, we renamed every one of hour products 'copilot'...
>>108994313There are tons of ddr4 ram on the used market.
>>108994113>Just tell me a legitimate use case where you need more than 16GB of RAM.I max out my 16GB laptop all the time doing CAD/CAM stuff and even my 32GB desktop comes close, and the stuff I work on is relatively simple compared to what a lot of people do.
Prices will double every year in case you still haven't caught on.
>>108994419Yeah and they got the idea that it was now worth 300% markup.
>>108994641I've seen RAM on a 500% markup.It was DDR4 registered ECC which tends to be cheaper than desktop DDR4 and yet sellers still had the scones to try to charge $120 for a 16GB DIMM when they where $20
>>108994606>CAD/CAM>what a lot of people do.Let's be honest, there are not that many people doing cad work in general, let alone some advanced stuff
>>108993697one of mine has some bad spots.for now i just map it so it goes unused.
>>108994606Depends of the type of CAD, and the kind of work you do. Eagle/KiCAD aren't demanding and 2D autocad is quite lightweight on the hardware. Your usecase is quite niche.
>>108992823The cascading industry failure is going to be hilarious yet also depressing to watch.
>>108992849You say that like those are impressive specs.
32GB is the current "gaymer tier" spec. Anyone who actually wants to play around with new shit like local AI or gaussian splats needs more that that.
>>108992765Top signal
>>108993285Ummmm you need more ram to get more ram
>>108992823it is for non-gaymer pc builders
>>108992765
>>108992765So, those Nvidia systems are about go up to 8k each then?
>>108992849Get the 5800X3D when it rereleases soon and you're good unironically
>>108992765What about chink RAM? werent they flooding the market or some shit?>inb4 botnet>inb4 qualityAll shit is botnet'd here too and quality is at an all time low anyway, no difference getting chink stuff anymore
>>108995117Might be a good time for it, I saw a story claiming companies are spinning DDR4 production up because DDR5 is being swallowed up by big players, so there's a gap in the market with DDR4
>>108994913Beggars can't be choosers.I only play factorio these days anyway. Maybe the new anno soon. >>108995117If the price is right, i probably will.
>>108995120That's still years away, even longer if the yields really are as bad as the rumors are.
>>108992765At this point should I even sell my old computers I have lying around? They're appreciating faster than real estate.
>>108995128>Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition, it hits store shelves again on June 25, 2026, for a lowered retail price of $349.
>>108995222So it's going to be at least 450, and sold out in a hour.
>>108995244unless if it's real paper launch, I doubt big retailers will sell them for higher than msrp, at worst they might require you to buy as a bundle due to very limited supply
>>108992878This. Imagine you can wait until prices are normal again. You would not buy RAM at the current fantasy prices, which would be bad for sellers.
>>108992823I use 3D graphics production software that's more resource intensive than today's games.
>>108993697>3600dude
Imagine if building a PC were to become more expensive than buying a Mac of equivalent performance.
>>108994925It feels like 16GB was the "somewhat plenty" standard just a while ago.What the fuck happened?
>>108995344Windows 11 happened, everything is now basically a web browser, etc16GB is the minimum for office work these days
>>108995340Memory fuckery affects Apple too so how would that work. They can absorb the memory hikes only for so long
>>108995340>>108995367Yeah even mediocre Mac Studios are going to become like $5k or something crazy
>>108995120>What about chink RAM?Why would their RAM be any cheaper if megacorps are buying the next decades' worth of supply?
>>108995353If to compare my old laptop with W10 and new laptop with W11 (and arguably not much stuff installed yet but I don't think much shit is running in background in old laptop either, might need to check again with antivirus installed on new laptop), then the difference is about 2, maybe 3GB. I used to run the old laptop on 12GB of RAM for years without much issue besides gaming but the rig isn't made for modern AAA slop anyway. It runs DRG perfectly fine.
>>108995121How bad are DDR4 prices?
>>108992849Almost literally me (non-x), but I fear the storm may not actually end naturally.
>>108994814Compared to people who use PCs for gaming or basic productivity, sure, but it's still a big niche with probably hundreds of thousands of people, particularly because 3D printing is so widespread now and lots of people use the free version of Fusion or the maker version of Solidworks to design random shit to print. >>108994896True, 2D CAD is light, but there's way more 3D stuff being done these days between architecture, engineering/manufacturing, and hobbyist stuff these days. There are tons of other people doing similarly demanding stuff like (non-CAD) 3D modeling and video editing as well. It's a small number compared to general PC use but the other anon said "professional desktop use."
>>108993697we are based. im a bit baseder thoughever
I built my PC around the end of 2023. I likely won't upgrade again until 2030.Sucks to suck
>>108992765LLM corps have already increased price/decreased quotas few times. Some software dev companies run out of yearly budgets for AI just in few months. In the company I work for the tech leadership also has introduced weekly limits. I have no idea how LLM corps are going to pay for the hardware if the price doubles.
>>108992765>cartel says that prices will just keep going up
>>108993165should've upgraded last year like I did, the tariffs should've compelled everyone with an old computer to upgrade
>>108995672>last lawsuit was dismissedi bet antitrust isn't getting involved this time lol
>>108995660They wont, its 2001 again and they are all about to explode. Back then there was the same circular economy where big corpo invested in small corpo so small corpo could buy overpriced shit from big corpo. Back then it was yahoo and sun microsystems doing this shit with a bunch of startups nobody remembers, the result is yahoo becoming a shitheap and sun having to whore themselves to oracle for nothing, I'm gonna laugh when nvidia's value goes down to nothing and they get acquired too.
>>108992849>>108994913Well for me it's:>1600x>32gb ddr4>rx570 4gb
>>108992765that will teach microshit to stop mismanaging ram and hopefully to deny execution of every programs that are using too much ram
>>108995905they don't care, they want you to buy a cloud computer subscription anyways
>>108993697>1800mhz
>>108992765does that mean a phone coming out this october or november will cost more?
>>108995746Even in a bubble pop scenario LLMs are still going to grow (at a slower pace) and companies are still going to need AI hardware for managing essential things like robotics and facial recognition.Nvidia aren't going anywhere besides remaining at the top.
>>108995880>1600x
>>108995452the x in ryzen names just indicates which fan is bundled with the cpu, you have the same chip otherwise
>>108998158>the x in ryzen names just indicates which fan is bundled with the cpuAre you retarded? X variants have higher clock and boost speeds. Its basically still the same chip, but it has nothing to do with the cooler
>>108992823>phonefaggot npcniggergoycattle
>>108995367apple is going to use their own custom designied HBM for iphones and macs next yearhttps://wccftech.com/apple-to-use-hbm-advanced-ai-memory-technology-for-better-ai-experience/
>>108995920even thier "cloud" computer have 16GB of ram lol
>>1089941382 more weeks?
>>108998359Because x365 web uses a shitload of RAM, work dropped the desktop licences and the web version of teams uses something like 5gb of memory.
not my problem
>overpriced RAM will force programmers to make native apps againI kneel, Altman-sama
>>108992765>Lexar managerabsolutely fucking kill yourself
>>108998633Oh yeah, about that...
