PileOfWalthers
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$96.99 for a pair of 16GB DDR5 SODIMMs last year.
Same exact brand model specs and store is now $303..
Dec 4, 2025 6:37 PM
PileOfWalthers
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$96.99 for a pair of 16GB DDR5 SODIMMs last year.
Same exact brand model specs and store is now $303..
Kenbamazingbutprobablywontbe
Even ddr4 is up in price. Fuck ai i fucking cant believe the entire world is betting everything on this fucking bullshit. The better ai gets the more it can confidently give you the wrong answer.
Kuiper
My ram went from $230 to $700
seenunseen
Yeah, we new this last year because of tariffs and general fuckery, the clock was ticking. I built a brand new super pc that should last me till we're out of this mess
Vkiwi2
wife built her pc 9 weeks ago.. 2x 32gb.. 300nzd... today.. 1400 for the same sticks
argyodite
Crucial RAM is being shut down, I’m not sure if manufacturing is officially done or not, but anyone selling those products will have raised and be continuing to raise prices on those products now that restocks are limited.
wigglemywammybar
And Crucial or rather Micron, are doing so well because of AI, they are quitting the consumer side of the business first quarter next year.
MadCatIV
I'm planning on doing some wiring in my garage for a welder. Bought a 50' loop of 6 awg for $73. The same exact one is now $205.... My brother commented that it's just going to keep going up due to the expanding datacenter needs for AI as well as electric cars. FML...
FckleberryFarms
https://youtu.be/ZIC602Z-MCE?t=138
Clockworkdancerobot
I'm so glad I kitted out my VM host server with 96GB early on.
psugab
I was just thinking about rebuilding my PC for Christmas. I guess not
PileOfWalthers
EndlingGer
Be happy you got them. Crucial will abandon business with end consumers and only sell to datacenters.
PileOfWalthers
I saw. Guess there's more money to be made there.
vurcease
Anyone else old enough to remember in the early-mid 90's there was some fire or something at what might have been one of the ONLY factories making memory, and the price went through the roof for 12-18mo? Trying to remember the numbers... something like $80 per MB. Was trying to upgrade my 486 from 4MB to 8MB (whoa look out).
PileOfWalthers
In those days, I upgraded my 486 DX 2 66 rig from 8 MB of fast page mode RAM to 32, for the princely sum of 320 Deutsche Mark.
vurcease
LitterBoxKing
Yeah. I bought some RAM for a home server a little less than a year ago. I checked again just last week and prices had more than tripled across the board.
CurtainDoggo
The 220€ kit I purchased in January is now 870€.
PedroBenecol
The motherboard, I assume.
LitterBoxKing
Clockworkdancerobot
Yep. OpenAI bought up all the wafers for next year to stuff in a warehouse. The computer industry is going to be a right mess. Worse.
Marsupialmessiah
Again, anyone remember the video card shitshow from 5 years ago?
Clockworkdancerobot
Yep, and now with Crypto and now with AI? Regular consumers of video games are no longer their biggest customers. We'll see them no longer selling consumer models eventually. Especially with the memory/GPU mess from Nvidia. They're no longer selling Video ram with GPU dies. The number of GPU vendors is going to shrink fast.
Marsupialmessiah
Guess back to the 'ole console
Clockworkdancerobot
feels a lot like that might be part of the idea, consolidate the market, force people into their walled gardens, raise prices all the way.
Marsupialmessiah
Yuup