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Memory prices climb 500% in 12 months, up to 10x the lowest ever tracked prices — 128GB of DDR5 now $3,399
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Yeah, I splurged on some hardware upgrades with great shame almost 2 years ago because I was preparing for the idiotic tariffs, expecting modest price increases.
I did not expect a 5x. So glad that I did it. It would no longer be an option.
I did not ever think PC prices would go as crazy as they are now.
but I thank my fucking asscheeks every day that I upgraded my CPU, GPU and RAM right before the shit hit the fan just by pure luck and coincidence.
I still wish I had a better GPU, I had to settle for the one I got cause finances.. but I sure as fuck aint getting anything better for a reasonable price at this rate.
My 7900xtx was a rollercoaster of emotions all the way till now, so I decided to buy nvidia even tho I don't support them as a company in the slightest (nor do I support amd at this point, considering they dipped in same AI bubble as soon as they had the chance).
So yeah, "I will just buy next top-tier gpu as soon as it arrives" was looking like this for past couple of years:
I'm rockin a 6700xt for my gpu :\
I really shouldnt complain, its a great card, it just doesnt have the horse power to chug through the bullshit lack of optimization in Unreal5 based games. especially ones that force some form of raytracing to be on with no toggle.
I kick myself every day for putting off replacing this 2017 build of mine.. My 1080 weeps.
I built a new PC around that time for the same reason. I am kicking myself for not getting more ram.
Same! I got 64 GB but wish I got 96 or 128 GB (it's a server).
I stupidly only got 32GB and figured I would get more later because I spent more to get a good GPU. 32GB is feeling pretty limiting at the moment, but I'll just have to deal with it given the current prices.