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RAM is so expensive that stores are selling it at market prices (www.pcworld.com)
submitted 10 months ago by 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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[–] 14 points 10 months ago (3 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.

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  • [–] 29 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Same except for me it's 10 years.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months 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. 🫡

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago*

    Yeah, i think the correct response to planned obsolescence from the side of computer manufacturers is to exclusively buy products from companies who have produced long-living machines in the past.

    That gives manufacturers an incentive to make the machines they produce last longer, instead of shorter to sell newer products more frequently.

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