First they took our homes, then they took our computers. It will never be enough. They must be destroyed.
this post was submitted on 03 Feb 2026
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They will keep taking whatever they want because they can and we don't stop them.
Because we're stupid... because we're stupid!
I've mentally just settled with the fact this is completely out of the average pc enthusiast's hands.
I just remember when I built my first pc back in 2012, how a pair of 8GB DDR3 sticks of kingston fury RAM costed almost $500 dollars at the time (after tax, Canada), and that's 5 years after DDR3 was released. Feels odd to be back there price wise, but it's not the first time prices will soar, and it certainly won't be the last.
My plan is just to save up for anything like I did back then. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
As long as you have "enough" RAM and drive space, its not an issue in short term. Just save up for what is coming next until the bubble plops, as you said. However those who need it right now, have mercy with them.
I'm actually terrified of something breaking and needing replacement.
Turn those OCed rigs back to stock everyone...
Yeah, at least one of my RAM sticks seems to be going out... Very not happy about it, but not much I can do about it rn
Dont most reputable ram companies cover RAM failure for life?
Fair point. I'll need to figure out which stick it is, and if it's the old one hope they're still in business
I was just building a small home server / NAS. I went with a similar AM4 stack like 2 other PCs we have at home. More spare parts if needed.
Also a some manufacturers offer liftime warranty on RAM.
I'm eternally grateful that I had the extra ram for my girlfriend when she built her computer, didn't feel right speccing out everything and having 300 dollars of ram on the part list
nrly. Folks just need to composts fascists.
Then the markets can resume.
But folks seem to want keep fascists hoarding everything.
So
Maybe this can be a path toward independent software that's less RAM intensive. It's kind of wild the amount of overhead that's now required to accomplish tasks that were functional in the 90s when that much space simply did not exist on any consumer product.
Yeah, the fact that so many things just automatically require 16gb of RAM is wild to me. Why does a web browser need 16gb of RAM??? Why did a calculator leak 32gb of RAM???
They need a centralized spying service in the computer. Too many redundant services
In August 2023, I bought 2x8gb sticks of DDR4 for $45. Today, the exact same memory from the same seller is $140.
I bought 64GB for $85 or so 8 months ago. Today it's $850.
Sell now before open AI pops and brings the market down.
2 things I can't wait to see pop... AI bubble and tRumps aneurysm.