• yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    I’ve mentally just settled with the fact this is completely out of the average pc enthusiast’s hands.

    I just remember when I built my first pc back in 2012, how a pair of 8GB DDR3 sticks of kingston fury RAM costed almost $500 dollars at the time (after tax, Canada), and that’s 5 years after DDR3 was released. Feels odd to be back there price wise, but it’s not the first time prices will soar, and it certainly won’t be the last.

    My plan is just to save up for anything like I did back then.

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
    
    
    • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml
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      1 day ago

      As long as you have “enough” RAM and drive space, its not an issue in short term. Just save up for what is coming next until the bubble plops, as you said. However those who need it right now, have mercy with them.

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        2 hours ago

        I’m eternally grateful that I had the extra ram for my girlfriend when she built her computer, didn’t feel right speccing out everything and having 300 dollars of ram on the part list

        • utjebe@reddthat.com
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          16 hours ago

          I was just building a small home server / NAS. I went with a similar AM4 stack like 2 other PCs we have at home. More spare parts if needed.

          Also a some manufacturers offer liftime warranty on RAM.