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Bewildered enthusiasts decry memory price increases of 100% or more — the AI RAM squeeze is finally starting to hit PC builders where it hurts (www.tomshardware.com)
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"I've been saving for months to get the Corsair Dominator 64GB CL30 kit," one beleagured PC builder wrote on Reddit. "It was about $280 when I looked," said u/RaidriarT, "Fast forward today on PCPartPicker, they want $547 for the same kit? A nearly 100% increase in a couple months?"

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[–] elvis_depresley@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

soon the bubble will burst and RAM will be so cheap! (I hope)

[–] ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 1 points 1 hour ago

RAM prices fluctuate but always return to normal pretty fast, at least compared to gpus and cpus

[–] Dremor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It always does. I remember buying my DDR4 RAM 200€, and two months later the same kit was 550€. Some month later it was back at 220€.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

RAM used to cost 8x that. It's the reason why HP cases have locks.