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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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[–] 17 points 10 months ago (7 children)

That's insane. I literally just got that same kit of memory free in a NewEgg bundle just 2 months ago! And the 32GB kits I was looking at were all priced at around $75-125 for 32GB

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    took out a loan early in the year to build my new pc

    Are you okay?

    Edit: Mean comment. Don't let assholes like me stop you from enjoying your life. I've definitely spent sums of money on my hobbies and enjoyed every minute of it

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (2 children)

    Yikes you're literally financing your hobby! Better financial move is to get a used system to start with (usually a used gaming PC can be had for like $500ish, and I'm sure there's plenty of people online you can ask for help speccing something out), squirrel away money for a couple of years (I like to keep a dedicated savings account just for big purchases like tech upgrades. $40 biweekly dissearing into another account you don't touch is $2k every 2 years, so a 4 year complete refresh cycle for 2 people) and buy when you feel like it. Good news is it's a small enough amount of cash to easily right the financial ship but still yikes!

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