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The RAM shortage is coming for everything you care about (www.theverge.com)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 72 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Frustratingly this is not just affecting the current generation of devices, but the previous one too. DDR4 RAM (which I use in my desktop) has gone up 300% since I bought it a few years ago.

Here's hoping that nobody needs to replace current or previous gen hardware if it breaks in the next 2 years...

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  • [–] 26 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I overbuilt my system when I bought it and am glad I did. I also prioritize heat management.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Yeah so glad I went with 32GB when ram was cheap.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Same. Spent about 65 € I think, now it's looking like > 200 €

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I bought some expensive ram back when i bought my current CPU to maximize Factorio and that was about 200 €. Don't even want to know how much it would be today. Also cheaped out and bought 16Gb ram for my home automation server last summer for less than 50€. Regrets hits me now as more would totally be better.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Yeah even used ram is going for like 2x-3x the price I bought it at new. I just checked and similar capacity (4x 8GB) at lower speed (3200 compared to 3600) would cost me about 300-400€ now. And I paid about 70-80€ back then

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    Me too. But I learned a while back that my cpu or slots are fucked and I can only have one stick installed at a time.

    So I'm drowning in RAM that I cannot use. I could sell the RAM and get another motherboard but then I won't have the RAM!

    It's not fair.... It's not fair.

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