「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhat's this ram price surge thing going on in the memes? Is this gonna affect pre-builts, laptops, tablets, phones, and other electronics?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down15
arrow-up162arrow-down1message-squareWhat's this ram price surge thing going on in the memes? Is this gonna affect pre-builts, laptops, tablets, phones, and other electronics?「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squarekhannie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months ago Eventually it will influence consumer electronics. It already has and in a big way. I saw one comment on a Jeff Geerling video saying they had bought 96G of DDR5 RAM a year ago for $205 and that it was well over $600 now.
minus-squareThunderwolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoI just looked online for 64GB of DDR5 and it was $900…
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoRAM has been cheap the last decade, these new prices are closer to early 2000s. Next, we will be locking up desktop cases in offices and factories.
It already has and in a big way. I saw one comment on a Jeff Geerling video saying they had bought 96G of DDR5 RAM a year ago for $205 and that it was well over $600 now.
I just looked online for 64GB of DDR5 and it was $900…
Tomorrow it’ll be $1200!
What the FUCK!
RAM has been cheap the last decade, these new prices are closer to early 2000s. Next, we will be locking up desktop cases in offices and factories.