32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 – AI shortage continues to squeeze PC building

Re:32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 – AI shortage continues to sq... by tosti on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @01:33PM (#48387003)

Well boo-hoo. It's about time more people got to know what it's like not to be on the bleeding edge. I've always had second-hand computers and only once bought myself a new laptop, the asus EeePC after the price dropped.

Ten years from now I'll get to watch inception in 4K.

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Re:32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 – AI shortage continues to sq... by linker3000 on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @01:50PM (#48387250)

A few weeks ago I needed a computer to be a Debian server for some at-home simple Web dev / learning stuff. I bought an HP Prodesk 400 G3 SFF PC with i5-6500, 8GB RAM and a 256GB off a popular auction site for £44. It'll do. I might upgrade to 16GB. An additional 8GB stick costs £19.

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Re:32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 – AI shortage continues to sq... by tosti on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @04:34PM (#48389614)

Good work. I bought an AMD Ryzen 3 3100 for €35 with shipping. A Radeon W5500 would set me back €150 at the moment. 16 GiB of RAM another €90. And that's on a relatively cheap site in my country.

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Re:32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 – AI shortage continues to sq... by cwmoore on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @04:32PM (#48389588)

You’ll want 64K bro Inception is a very loud movie

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