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64GB of DDR5 RAM now costs more than a MacBook Air - memory prices have surged 300% in just six months (www.techradar.com)
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[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 200 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Damn never thought the gaming PC I built two years ago would actually be APPRECIATING in value over time.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 29 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Just about all electronics older than a year or so have. Even a Switch, which came out 9 years ago, costs more to buy now than it did then!

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 14 hours ago

Wait what? I still remembered it as a recent console...

I feel like my brain is stuck. When I think of most powerful GPU, my brain's muscle memory replies with 1080 Ti.

[–] Asmodeus_Krang@infosec.pub 46 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It's truly mental. I don't think I could afford to build my PC at the same spec today with RAM and SSD prices being what they are.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 26 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I have 128 GB of ddr5 memory in my machine. I paid 1400 for my 7900xtx which I thought was crazy and now half my ram is worth that.

Never thought I would see the day where the graphics card was not the most expensive component.

[–] couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe you should have bought 256 GB

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 hours ago

I should not have even gotten the 128.

I can use it but barely at 4600 because ryzen chips can't handle 4 dimms of 32gvb.

I honestly didn't even bother to check at the time of purchase and it is is still a roll of the dice if I restart.