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RAM is so expensive, Samsung won't even sell it to Samsung (www.pcworld.com)
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[–] Kjell@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I regret so much that I didn't, I was planning to build a new PC now or in the beginning of next year. But with the current RAM prices I will stick to my 5 years old AMD 5600x. I will have to start playing games in my backlog if the framerate in new games becomes too low.

[–] renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s insane. Back then I still had to deal with GPU prices and availability. I had to buy the 9070xt in a MOBO bundle that I’ll never use and was cheaper than buying alone at the time. The same GPU now is $50 US less than what I paid for then so it was a pretty good price considering.

[–] Kjell@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Normally the GPU prices decreases so 50$ cheaper in 1 year is completely normal. However, in the coming years I fear that the GPU prices will increase again when the GDDR production decreases to make room for the HBM production for AI.

[–] renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 23 hours ago

Yeah, but that was a bundle promo price offer. I essentially got a free AM5 board and still paid less than the GPU sold separately. Classic Newegg dumping unsold merch. What sucks is you can't return one without the other, even with an RMA.

[–] Wigglesworth@retrolemmy.com 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'd upgrade to your cpu lmao

[–] Kjell@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

I was thinking about upgrading to 9600x or 9800x3D, so the 5600x is old and slow compared with those CPUs.

[–] bob_omb_battlefield@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

I just upgraded to 5700x to future proof my PC, lol