Couldn't even buy a Raspberry Pi nowadays :(
this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2026
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I'm so glad I bought 128gb RAM in my new PC 1 year ago...
Let me check...
Yeah, Morrowind still runs fine. I'm cool.
I'm glad I saved the 120gb of old DDR3 ram, that is in a server. No way I am buying that new shit. Even used is expensive.
Right right, great timing with the class action lawsuit.
Ram demand expected to drop another 40-50% in Q3?
I still demand new RAM, but still caan't afford it
If you're going to measure demand in a way that makes sense for a demand vs supply formula, you must do it in a way that's independent of the price.
Prices are increasing because demand is high, and supply is not keeping up.
I wouldn't say demand is high I would say demand is glitched and infinite. The AI bubble has gotten to such a scale where all the existing parts are already sold but even further they have sold parts that don't even exist yet for datacenters which haven't even started construction yet in order to satisfy a projected demand curve the sales people dreamed up in order to somehow promise a slight profitability of this entire mess.
It sounds more and more like planned economy rather than capitalism lol
Fair enough, I meant consumer demand as in not ai and data centers
Also most consumer demand indirect. Few people buy RAM sticks but a lot of people buy laptops, tablets, smartphones, TVs, consoles, cars, fridges, toasters etc.
Dodge RAM? Fuck yeah! 😃
Oh, that kinda RAM ☹️
Guess I'll keep using my DDR3 machine for a few more years.
Legit thinking of selling RAM sticks to rich people so that I can pay rent a bit easier lol (not actually loling)
Is RAM finally worth more than a kidney? I have two of those but I have 4 32GB ram sticks, can I keep my kidneys when I need to pay my bills?
You and I, friend.
We'll recycle A pile of scrapped computers and we'll be in Belize by winter!
🏝️🍹
Virtual memory slider go Brrrrr!
Not my dodge truck! Oh, wait...