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RAM and SSD prices are still climbing—here’s our best advice for PC builders (arstechnica.com)

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I would avoid building a PC right now, but if you can’t, here’s our best advice.

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[–] KaRunChiy@fedia.io 32 points 9 months ago (1 child)

I lucked the fuck out and got my build done 1 week before this started. Same kit i got for 90 costs 375 now

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[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

Paid $1.42/GB for 256GB DDR4 at the beginning of the year. 1 64GB kit of the same spec RAM now costs more than what I paid for all 256GB.

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