• Agent641@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 minutes ago

      The stocks who’s value is based on the purchase of ram you just made using stocks as payment? Seems perfectly logical to me.

  • andros_rex@lemmy.world
    81·
    10 hours ago

    There’s never going to be a time in my life where I will be able to afford even a modest gaming computer :(

    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 hours ago

      sure there is.

      steal it.

      order ddr5 ram. return ddr3 ram as ddr5 and tell them it was opened and the wrong thing.

      it’s no different than what AI fascists are doing right now.

    • The_Almighty_Walrus@lemmy.world
      6·
      9 hours ago

      Pre-built machines are still going for reasonable prices but once those companies run out of old stock that’ll be done for. If you’ve got a Costco membership they have some IBuyPower PCs for a pretty reasonable price. I got a ryzen 7, RTX5070 and 32GB of ddr5 for $1600. They have an Intel ultra 5, RTX5060, and 32GB ddr5 for $1,099.

  • FireRetardant@lemmy.world
    16·
    16 hours ago

    I tried to make a new build on pcpartpicker and several times my RAM choice sold out before I could complete the build. It really opened my eyes to the state of the market

    • raker@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      11·
      14 hours ago

      I don’t even wanna upgrade my PC atm, just a SATA 6 SDD as a cheap data grave, but guess what: even these cost as much as the M.2s in Sep. 2025. Though luck!

      • FireRetardant@lemmy.world
        2·
        13 hours ago

        My 15ish year old pc blue screened of death on me. It had a few new parts over time but the same cpu and gpu so I had little choice but to upgrade. I figured I’d go mid range now and it will keep up with my needs for a few years to come.