RAMageddon!!

[blackbird9]

A few months ago I was eying an RTX-5090. Nah, 2200,- is too much (I could afford it, just don't want to pay it). That same card is now 4200,-, almost doubled in price. Should have bought it at 22

bloody hell... excuse my french!

 

[AlfredoLlaquet]

Edit: In moments like this, I miss so much being able to like multiple times my own posts. Darn it!

 

[USerID]

Should have bought it at 22

So grab it now, because in few months there'll be another "crisis." The price will only go up!
There are no "shortages"... I'm shocked by your reasoning. These are just so-called bubbles being created. The money-makers are simply squeezing money out of you for nothing... it's pure scam and fraud. You have to be obedient, and they'll set your prices even higher. That's how the system of Klaus Schwab, the bankers at "Goldman Sachs", and the swindlers at "BlackRock" works... damn, I sincerely feel sorry for you. But it's your life. You have the right to choose.

 

[blackbird9]

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Edit: In moments like this, I miss so much being able to like multiple times my own posts. Darn it!

Pretty funny, I like the rams! Red headband, eye-patch, flak-jackets...

 

[blackbird9]

Crucial Ballistix DDR3 16Gb (2x8Gb) 1600MHz PC3-12800U 2R8 CL9 (BLS8G3D1609DS1S00) - $33.
Is it expensive? Taken from the website https://bigl.ua/ua/

DDR3 is pretty old now... I guess that doesn't seem very expensive, but its only going to work in an older machine.

 

[blackbird9]

The problem is that the info are usually not regally forced to disclose to sell, thus, purchasing one, check SMART, finding that it's almost worned out could be possible.

Yes, buying a used SSD, there's always a risk you could pick up a dud that is near end of life. I've inadvertently ended up with a few used SSD's over the years, usually they came inside old thinkpads that I've bought on ebay, but I've been lucky so far, they have all worked ok, that is, the ones that didn't get chucked in the spares box.

 

[blackbird9]

We have to pray for Chinese memory but i think it will be scalped or same pricing.

Bring on the local FABs... micron, samsung, sk-hynix, etc. I wish the useless UK government would start investing in a chip manufacturing industry here, even little Ireland next door has a booming semi industry while we have nada... Lets hope some of the gazillions of investment promised for the US will turn out to be real and not just hot air. There are some interesting projects happening in Japan too; rapidus, saimemory...

 

[T-Aoki]

Yes, buying a used SSD, there's always a risk you could pick up a dud that is near end of life. I've inadvertently ended up with a few used SSD's over the years, usually they came inside old thinkpads that I've bought on ebay, but I've been lucky so far, they have all worked ok, that is, the ones that didn't get chucked in the spares box.

It would mean you're lucky!

 

[bjs]

Lets hope some of the gazillions of investment promised for the US will turn out to be real and not just hot air.

I expect no more than what happened with the Micron plant that was supposed to be built...

 

[blackbird9]

I expect no more than what happened with the Micron plant that was supposed to be built...

Oh... has it been canned? The one in new york state? That's a real shame if that's so... I saw an 'asianometry' yt video about the samsung plant in texas, that seemed to having some problems, they've spent billions trying to make the ground vibration stable enough to make chips... anyway, let's hope something good comes out of it.

 

[kenrap]

Welcome to the AI datacenter-mageddon. Where AI companies think it's a really good idea to keep constantly investing and spending much of their money in affordable highend hardware components to the point of willing to pay premiums which spike up the prices and hurt the rest of us.

 

[MG]

Welcome to the AI datacenter-mageddon. Where AI companies think it's a really good idea to keep constantly investing and spending much of their money in affordable highend hardware components to the point of willing to pay premiums which spike up the prices and hurt the rest of us.

I don't believe it. If the product prices duplicate due to lack of supply, adding production capacity can't be a problem.
The problem is not needing remote services because the PC at home does most of what's required. The scarcity is fabricated. AI-brokers are fighting consumer computer hardware because it limits the demand of their service. It's not as special as they wish it was.

 

[EmperorOfSwag1111]

My storage has long been due for an upgrade with fresh new disks, i care a lot about my data so getting a raidz up and better backups are very much needed. But it will cost me so much if i decide to upgrade before this stupid bubble pops. If it ever does pop.

 

[T-Aoki]

AI techs are not only slurping up RAMs/SSDs/HDDs/electricity, but also greedily accessing all over Internet to obtain learning data, almost DDoS attack.

 

[astyle]

Crucial Ballistix DDR3 16Gb (2x8Gb) 1600MHz PC3-12800U 2R8 CL9 (BLS8G3D1609DS1S00) - $33.
Is it expensive? Taken from the website https://bigl.ua/ua/

$33 USD is quite cheap for a 16 GB RAM stick, even DDR3. I'm seeing $40-50, even more than $60 USD for same stuff on Amazon. And I'm in the market for DDR5-SODIMM, a 32 GB stick alone runs $300 USD!

Also, SSD prices are double from what they were a year ago, and I'm regretting not stocking up on 2TB SSDs now.