This timeline sucks.
this post was submitted on 26 Nov 2025
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Was it the current RAM module scarcity that cemented it for you?
No. It’s just another strike of the sjambok on the hide of a horse that died years ago.
I didn't think the horse was still intact enough that you could find any hide.
You can, but it's hidden
+1 for sjambok. I learned something I'll never need. Aka - the wheelhouse
On the other hand, they already sell it so high I ended up buying mine without RAM. I found 2x16Go for 125€ vs 180€ sold by Framework 😅. Same speed, but I can't compare CAS as Framework do not list them on their page.
Edit : some source claims DDR5 5600 C46 for those sold by Framework, which is the same as the ones I bought. So I consider myself lucky, despite the price hike (the same kit was 65-70€ last summer)
It's the same with other vendors though. I man those that allow you to swap internals without losing warranty. Bought my laptop with just a 16g stick (base price/included), then bought 2x24g for the price one additional 16g module would've cost. And now I got a 16g module left over, too.
Start the eBay bidding at $500
$250 for 32gb (2x16) DDR5-6000-CL30 at microcenter.
This memory thing feels way overblown. It has an impact, sure, but unless you're building your own system (probably for video games) you probably wouldn't even notice it. Odds are the price increases for pre-builts are insignificant. The companies that build the majority of systems end up paying wholesale prices anyway, not the retail we pay. It's still nothing compared to Q4'24-Q2'25 GPU scalping / price markups.
Yeah that was a pretty big sale price over what was typically $160 before tax/shipping.
I paid $200 on a set a couple weeks before your one with similar specs but better voltage which was right around the 9800x3d launch. My motherboard was like $300 too for an x870.
You might have gotten the better deal. I was tight on money, so I got a $200 B650 board. I was worried about the ASRock voltage issues, but no problems so far.
That said, even the $190 that my kit was at full price is ridiculously better than $250 for half the capacity and lower speeds.
Walked a friend through a build a month or so ago and actually ended up being cheaper buying from Frame.Work instead of from anywhere else at the time.
This sucks so much.
Do scalpers get doxxed regularly?
Because if not, we live in a really bad world.
I think there are 2 kinds: the fast ones that manage to use the rising wave and fuel the scheme and the late ones that end up with devaluated stocks... the later ones plus any contributing buyer got scammed for all the scalpers, the fast ones win as parasits of the colectivity and everyone else with a shity soul want to become one of those, ready to feed the next tulip fever... in countries which legal system is indirectly kidnaped by the 1% there will unlikely be any sort of consequences beyond that.
I feel like this is an excuse, but whatevs
So they keep enough for the pre-builds, and if there's no stock over, mark them as "sold out" on the shop. That's how everyone else does it.