Re:32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 – AI shortage continues to sq...
by snkline on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @09:25AM
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The memory in the PC I put together early last year is now worth about three times the total cost of all the parts I used to build the thing. It is absolutely crazy.
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Re:32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 – AI shortage continues to sq...
by expedition32 on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @12:46PM
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You could get a 990pro 2 terabyte Samsung SSD for €150 just last year. Memory had become a commodity product.
Re:32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 – AI shortage continues to sq...
by nradov on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @12:58PM
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Memory is still a commodity product, in that there isn't a huge amount of difference between vendors selling products that comply with a certain technical standard. Sometimes the prices of commodities (wheat, silver, crude oil, etc) go way up when supply and demand get out of balance.
Re:32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 – AI shortage continues to sq...
by serallak on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @02:02PM
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I did buy one of those for 155eur on 9 November 2025.
Very lucky me!
Re:32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 – AI shortage continues to sq...
by at-fates-hands on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @06:04PM
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I'm still flying under the radar with a Dell Precision T5820. 128GB of DDR4 and a Quadro P4000 graphics card (8gb). Handles everything I need it to do including photo/video editing, and some random FPS games without any issues.
I was thinking of upgrading the video card to something better, but looking at the cost of replacing that Quadro? I might just stay put for now. Costs on those have also pretty much doubled.