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32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 minimum — AI shortage continues to squeeze PC building
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Waiting until 2028 for anything involving RAM would be a good idea, if possible. You're likely to get more for your money.
If you've got money burning a hole in your pocket and are determined to spend on gaming computer hardware in 2026/2027, it might be a good idea to consider things like game controllers, displays, or something like that, since those don't have prices driven by memory price.
2028? You're quite the optimist.
I’m really focusing on saving up for some stickers with flames on them, that’ll speed it up as much as I can afford for a while
Damn this is a hot tip!
Make sure that they are red. That would make the PC become 3x faster.
Have you tried speed holes? They make it go faster.
I hate to break it to you, but...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=zyQwAhppWj8
TL;DW - shit bad
That is a worst case horror story that everyone should think about, and I'm not usually an optimist, but I don't think it's likely.
Ultimately AI is a hype wildfire, and it will eventually run out of fuel - signs are already showing that happening as AI hyperscalers and vendors are ending investments, restricting access and raising prices to recoup unsustainable losses.
At that point, I hope we stay sane and not jump at the first discounts, and just sit tight while prices return to normal. Prices need to fall heavily before we start supporting these AI-first companies again, or else we are going to lock ourselves into that AI-inflated price dystopia.
The best part is when it crashes, all the hardware will be available very quickly. A lot of the shortage are caused by future orders that are not delivered yet.
Bad news is, most consumers would just rush to buy them before the price drop and the manufacturers will realize they can get away with higher price and not lower them.
As I understand it, unfortunately most of the memory that has already started manufacturing or been sold will not be usable, since it is specifically packaged HBM for AI servers/systems.
So once the crash happens, that is presumably the beginning of a longer re-supply ramp-up.
At this point, I will never buy Micron again even if they bring back their consumer RAM lines. I probably won't buy another Nvidia card as well. AMD has almost lost me as well. Might have to wait for Chinese GPUs.
This is why I'm considering jumping the gun and buying at least the case for the new PC I wanted to get since last year
(My current one doesn't have a proper side panel so anything would be an upgrade)