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32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 minimum — AI shortage continues to squeeze PC building
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My CostCo is selling a gaming PC for $1,300, with 64gb of DDR5 and a RTX 5060. If that is a decent deal, go pick one up before the oil shocks start to really hit.
Depends on other things as well. It could be a decent deal but a pre built PC rarely is, even pre covid.
I like to go to the nearby shop and pay the guy to put one together for me. I don't know nearly enough to keep up with the industry, so I'll defer to expertise.
I always go for a custom build myself. Got a Thor NAS chassis, I am just waiting for de-dollarization and the AI bubble to pop, so that I can use my Euros to build a top-shelf PC. Debating whether to pick up the motherboard now, since that is more unique component that can potentially stop being available. A Threadripper CPU and the RAM would be more generic.
Honestly I might go for that Costco deal just for the RAM.
it's going to be have like the slowest frequency a DDR5 can have but at current prices, getting your hands on one is already good enough.
Yeah. I actually started building a PC just this week? The timing is horrid, but I felt like, is it actually going to get better? When does that happen in my life?
Anyway. The RAM I ended up with cost a significant fraction of the GPU. It's all ballsed up. At least it isn't covered in stupid LEDs. I bought the cheapest 32gb DDR5 I could find and still spent like £400. All I can say is that Outlook had better run so good that I don't wonder what £400 of cocaine would have been like instead.