You can spend $50 more to get an entire PS5 Pro.
  • zebidiah@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    2 hours ago

    I needed a 32gb kit of ddr4 about 18 months ago… $80

    I needed a 32gb kit of ddr4 last week, $160!!! Wtf! Okay… Let’s click order and if it drops I can just return it…

    Checked this morning, $225!!!

    Holy fuck!

    Bought a 2tb SSD last week, $199. Checked prices this morning… $225

  • Mwa@thelemmy.clubEnglish
    1·
    1 hour ago

    am lucky i dont plan to upgrade.
    but i wonder if only one per customer can buy ram.

  • favoredponcho@lemmy.zipEnglish
    7·
    3 hours ago

    Wow, I just went back and checked. I spent $215 for 64GB of RAM last year. I should’ve bought more!

  • Kyden Fumofly@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    3 hours ago

    I was literally looking prices to upgrade from 32 to 64GB last month. And i was, nah 120€ is too much, I’m ok for now. 320€ today and still climbing…

    • zebidiah@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      2 hours ago

      I talked myself out of upgrading to 64gb six months ago when I still could have grabbed 32gb of ddr4 for like $80… Kicking myself over that decision

  • palordrolap@fedia.io
    15·
    6 hours ago

    Looks like DDR6 is due in 2027, so DDR5 prices will start to fall in 2-3 years when all the AI bros move over to DDR6 instead.

    It might be sooner, but that would mean the AI bubble popped.

    Meanwhile, here I am on a PC that’s less than two years old with DDR4 in it. Works fine for my needs.

    • Random Dent@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      3 hours ago

      I’m genuinely considering putting some cash aside in case the AI bubble does pop so I can load up on cheap PC parts if they start dumping them lol

    • cyberwolfie@lemmy.mlEnglish
      6·
      5 hours ago

      It might be sooner, but that would mean the AI bubble popped.

      Unless the next insanity-driven hype cycle also relies on specific hardware components.

      • ag10n@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        HBM is what’s used for enterprise AI hardware, and not at all used in the consumer space, at least in recent years

        The problem is you need RAM for the OS/General Purpose parts which share the same manufacturing lines as consumer stuff.

        On top of all of this, memory companies just aren’t going to prioritize consumers when billions of dollars are coming from Enterprise AI

    • BD89@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      2·
      3 hours ago

      Could you actually do this? I assumed it would all be some weird proprietary hardware that wouldn’t work in a regular computer setup but I’ve never really read up on it.

      • toynbee@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 hours ago

        I’m out of touch WRT hardware, but it looks like the PS5 uses something called GDDR memory. Your standard desktop or laptop most likely would use DDR. I’m not familiar with GDDR, though I’m guessing just based on the letters that it helps run graphics; still, it probably would not work with your tower or notebook.

        I’m sure someone else in the thread can provide a more informed answer.

  • fubarx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    7 hours ago

    Wonder if this is going to turn into people cutting out catalytic converters, or stripping out copper wiring.

  • limerod@reddthat.comEnglish
    704·
    11 hours ago

    Fuck AI. There is a use case for simple apps like chatgpt.

    But, for most things you don’t need AI. Things like chat support for product/services, vibe coded app/website. Its all crap.

    • Mwa@thelemmy.clubEnglish
      1·
      1 hour ago

      But, for most things you don’t need AI. Things like chat support for product/services, vibe coded app/website. Its all crap.

      I agree, i dont use it for anything useful tho i only use it for entertainment purposes(Like generating stuff)
      i usually dont publish or upload the ai generated stuff to the internet(maybe only another llm).
      but i am trying to quit/use less AI

    • Squizzy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      11 hours ago

      The use case for those is doing what we could do on the internet 15 years ago ourselves but it has been so bastardised that it is too inconvenient now.

  • Thomas Douwes@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    54·
    12 hours ago

    Every time I decide to upgrade my damn computer something like this happens, come on i7-5820K, just a little longer, the prices will drop any time now…

    • dizzy@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      Yeah lol last time I needed a new GPU because mine died, it was pretty much the peak of Ethereum mining. I was doing lots of freelance motion graphics work at the time and needed something beefy but all these guys were buying every high spec card that came out, in bulk, to mine ETH.

      Really hoping my 3090 doesn’t suddenly burst into flames in the next few months… fingers crossed.

      • JordanZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        7 hours ago

        Well funnily enough since graphics cards use ram…those are impacted as well. Rumors nVidia is killing off the unannounced 50 series super cards, another about AMD/nVidia stopping/slowing production of budget oriented cards, and another about AMD raising graphics cards prices 10% for next year.

    • Eheran@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 hours ago

      I got 2x32 GB for 200 € in April. Seems okay for something I am going to use for 10 years again. It was a i7 4790K to Ryzen 9 7900X transition.