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Re:32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 – AI shortage continues to sq... by fullstop on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @09:25AM (#48383713)
I regret not building the PC when I was looking at it. It's not a money thing, at the end of the day, but I can't bring myself to do it.

I had it all priced out, but a bunch of birthdays in my family were coming up and I felt like I shouldn't buy something for myself if it's really their time.

My old laptop will have to cut it for a while. :-)

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Re:32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 – AI shortage continues to sq... by chrismorgan on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @02:43PM (#48388046)
Similar situation—just as I was about to buy, an emergency occurred, and when I came back two months later my ₹1,00,000 build was ₹1,20,000, and I felt I couldn’t quite justify it any more. And after all, my laptop had stabilised and no longer seemed to be dying like it had been a year earlier. Well, now my build would be ₹1,75,000 and feeling even less justified.
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Re:32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 – AI shortage continues to sq... by ajam1507 on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @04:06PM (#48389255)
Pre-built PCs are the way to get a deal right now. The price of individual components is much more expensive than buying something from Micro Center or one of the Chinese integrators.
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