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RAM is so expensive that stores are selling it at market prices (www.pcworld.com)
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Generative “AI” data centers are gobbling up trillions of dollars in capital, not to mention heating up the planet like a microwave. As a result there’s a capacity crunch on memory production, shooting the prices for RAM sky high, over 100 percent in the last few months alone. Multiple stores are tired of adjusting the prices day to day, and won’t even display them. You find out how much it costs at checkout.

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[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, this is my point and experience too. 32 is better, I'd say 16 min. But people crying about needing 128 should rethink their priorities for gaming, were in a recession lol. Save your money.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Are people throwing 128GB in for shits and giggles these days? I'm kinda out of the loop and still used to people arguing about if 32GB is excessive or not. Used to be only needed for media production and honestly it's still debatable for pure gaming systems if more than 16GB is overkill

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

It's not that it's excessive, that's a lot of money to spend right now with the way things are.