You laugh but I’m pretty sure only ddr2 and below was unaffected because its quite literally a dead standard you’d only find hobbiests using.

ddr3 is still the primary option in a lot of 3rd world countries and the prices for those have also gone to crap.

I ran my 3930K for a decade from 2012 to 2022 and then rebuilt the system into its final form with a 4960X and 32gb of the fastest DDR3 the mobo would take. Then two years ago I finally replaced it with a 7800X3D build. I didn’t really have to. The 4960X/3070 did everything I threw at it. Except Cities Skylines, which is still one of my most played games, and thus, after 12 years, it was time.

If my last rig lasted me 12 years, my current 7800X3D/9070XT will last me two decades with the way things are currently. Felt like I wasted money spending $670 for a 9070XT Reaper. Now that same card is $1050.

Tldr; If you need a new rig, a time machine may be cheaper to develop. This shit is ass. Shit from an ass.

I have been waitinf to upgrade my pc for 10 years and prices haven’t fallen. I still have 8gb of ddr3 and a gtx750. I am truly suffering.

Before upgrading my server to a DDR4 platform, I’m pretty sure I had bought the last 32 GB kit of DDR3 in the country. Dude at the store was surprised it was even there.