Blame AI

you actually paid £740 for 64GB RAM?
you really couldnt wait?
thats like paying £2000 for a rtx 3080 during the gpu shortage a few years ago

Eh, man you have bad reading skills.

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you actually paid £740 for 64GB RAM?
you really couldnt wait?
thats like paying £2000 for a rtx 3080 during the gpu shortage a few years ago

Seriously?
No he said HE PAID 140 for it.... OMG

not because AI, this just everyday made up reason Corporate 101, if there is no problem, make some

Yes just like AMD says all their GPU prices will now go back up due to higher prices when it comes to things like RAM chips, such as the VRAM chips and how this would increase the costs of newly manufactured GPUs.

For DDR5 to get hiked that much.... no this is a cooperation effect of scamming us all for profits. Nothing more. AI server clusters would not be using those RAM. Your merchants are simply jumping onboard the excuses train

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Oprindeligt skrevet af ChickenBalls:

you actually paid £740 for 64GB RAM?
you really couldnt wait?
thats like paying £2000 for a rtx 3080 during the gpu shortage a few years ago

Seriously?
No he said HE PAID 140 for it.... OMG

nah this what i read
My 64GB kit has gone from £140 I think I paid £740

OMG! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

You can still get 32gb Crucial for £150 on Amazon. Corsair has gone up to £320.

Oprindeligt skrevet af St✩rlight:

You can still get 32gb Crucial for £150 on Amazon. Corsair has gone up to £320.

Might be time to do some RAM scalping, cash in when all the cheap RAM is gone.

Retailers are scalping just like the covid gpu they are addicted now to crisis profiteering. It works because some saddo will cry and pay 400 for ram and then moan about it while fuelling the scam.

Wtf. My ram now cost 100% more

It is mostly a 2 way problem. Datacentres popping everywhere, making companies prioritise using wafers towards "server" memories and also still an effect from the covid years. There was a big boom in computer and parts purchasing during the covid years and companies kind of thought it would go on forever, so they cranked up production by a lot. When it didn't keep growing like they expected (well, duh) they cut down on production by (some experts say) too much. And they kind of have been living off inventory they didn't sell before. But now with the datacentre boom they have been slow (willing or unwillingly, take your pick) to adjust.
Not to mention that ram module manufacturers, distributors and resellers and also putting their hand in the money jar.

Oprindeligt skrevet af St✩rlight:

You can still get 32gb Crucial for £150 on Amazon. Corsair has gone up to £320.

Maybe, maybe not. I too saw some not so expensive RAM on amazon but months of delivery time. One deal was 3 to 7 months, I think.

simple google search for that same ram is £200 from currys business, and many other outlets ranging from £200 to £350.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Tezzious:

simple google search for that same ram is £200 from currys business, and many other outlets ranging from £200 to £350.

Show me 64GB CL30 in stock for that price, Currys is £290 but out of stock.