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Memory prices climb 500% in 12 months, up to 10x the lowest ever tracked prices — 128GB of DDR5 now $3,399 (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] DeLancre@piefed.social 22 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

And suddenly me "unjustifiably" buying 128gb of DDR5 was a good investment of money.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 minutes ago

Only if you actually use that much. You almost certainly don’t.

[–] lapping6596@lemmy.world 1 points 33 minutes ago

I paid $350 for a similar kit back in October. Same kit selling at the same place is 4k...

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

sell 64gb of it today and pay for your entire PC build, plus a new (used) car.

[–] pool_spray_098@lemmy.world 13 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

Yeah, I splurged on some hardware upgrades with great shame almost 2 years ago because I was preparing for the idiotic tariffs, expecting modest price increases.

I did not expect a 5x. So glad that I did it. It would no longer be an option.

[–] Jeffool@lemmy.world 1 points 11 minutes ago

I kick myself every day for putting off replacing this 2017 build of mine.. My 1080 weeps.

[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 48 minutes ago

I built a new PC around that time for the same reason. I am kicking myself for not getting more ram.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I did not ever think PC prices would go as crazy as they are now.

but I thank my fucking asscheeks every day that I upgraded my CPU, GPU and RAM right before the shit hit the fan just by pure luck and coincidence.

I still wish I had a better GPU, I had to settle for the one I got cause finances.. but I sure as fuck aint getting anything better for a reasonable price at this rate.