themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoAn entire PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory, even after a discount — simple memory kit jumps to $600 due to DRAM shortage, and it's expected to get worse into 2026www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1501cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1501external-linkAn entire PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory, even after a discount — simple memory kit jumps to $600 due to DRAM shortage, and it's expected to get worse into 2026www.tomshardware.comthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square62fedilinkcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.ml
minus-squareLawnman23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·13 hours agohttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/spiking-memory-prices-mean-that-it-is-once-again-a-horrible-time-to-build-a-pc/
minus-squareGeth@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 hours agoCan’t really remember the last time it wasn’t a horrible time to build a PC.
minus-squarethatKamGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 hours agoPre-COVID, when the Ethereum mining went crazy… so around the time of the RTX 2000 series? Which honestly was pretty lacklustre compared to the GTX 1000 series… So yeah, it’s been a while!
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/spiking-memory-prices-mean-that-it-is-once-again-a-horrible-time-to-build-a-pc/
Can’t really remember the last time it wasn’t a horrible time to build a PC.
Pre-COVID, when the Ethereum mining went crazy… so around the time of the RTX 2000 series? Which honestly was pretty lacklustre compared to the GTX 1000 series…
So yeah, it’s been a while!