I was considering splashing out a bit for some ram upgrades to my laptop from 2018. It's got 8 gig now, but can support 32. Or maybe just one 16gb stick to start slow, it's got overheating issues.

I was watching videos from a IT tech about how he gets performance/cooling upgrades from just replacing thermal paste/putty on chips. Oh, I didn't know about putty on non CPU chips, I guess I'll get some of the right thickess from a store near me. Oh no, looks like that's out of stock. Well, I want to replace everything at once.

Oh here's another place that sells putty, let me get that while I have some time off. Do they have ram too? Oh no, they don't that's ok. I can wait, and get it for myself as a treat for achieving some behavioural goals I have for myself.

After all, why not? It's late October 2025 , I have plenty of time to buy ram whenever I want to.

Late October 2025
Plenty of time to buy ram
October 2025
RAM

Fuckig fUCK FUCKFNGUFKC

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A Laptop from 2018 has an older DDR version, than the current ones. So less affected by high RAM prices as current ones.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

... oh shit, looks like prices dipped again? Thanks for making me check again.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It's still anywhere between 50% to 150% more expensive.