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RAM is so expensive that stores are selling it at market prices (www.pcworld.com)
submitted 7 hours ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Generative “AI” data centers are gobbling up trillions of dollars in capital, not to mention heating up the planet like a microwave. As a result there’s a capacity crunch on memory production, shooting the prices for RAM sky high, over 100 percent in the last few months alone. Multiple stores are tired of adjusting the prices day to day, and won’t even display them. You find out how much it costs at checkout.

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[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It’s why I started treating computers as commodities — I rarely upgrade anymore; just wait the 5 years and by an entirely new system.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 16 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Same except for me it's 10 years.

[–] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

This is about my upgrade cadence, except for storage. I ran my Ryzen 1600 until the 7000 series dropped and upgraded mobo+RAM at once for about $600.

I then moved the old parts to another case to use as a low load server only for both the motherboard and CPU die within a few weeks. 🫡