Any tech fags have any idea when the RAM prices will go back down?
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I mean holy shit
I was going to upgrade my RAM then found out the prices have 5x'd in less than a year because all these fucking AI Data Centers people seem so happy about are buying up all the RAM
I also have heard that locals in the areas where they're building them are having their water and electric bills go through the roof because the data center is hogging it all.
Ready for rolling blackouts to keep the stupid Chat GPT running?
Rumor is all the RAM for 2026 is spoken for, and they're trying to get their hands on 2027 RAM.
This isn't advice, but if i needed RAM i would be buying it now, even if the prices are inflated. Who knows what it will be in a year or 2.
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Maybe look at buying a used laptop / full PC just to get the RAM. Quick, before everyone tries it.
I could be wrong. I've been through a few RAM price cycles. If i knew the future for sure i'd tell you exactly when to buy, but i don't.
I forsee it affecting electronics prices though.. at least for another 6 months.
If this AI bubble bursts it could be sooner.
I feel like Trump admin should have factored this in and brought some RAM production back home while they're busy carpet-bombing us with AI datacenters. We should be making RAM, GPU's etc here anyway. We could make a ton of it it doesnt take that many people to run a line iirc
With AI you will own nothing, have no job and you will like it. The writing is on the wall.
Manufacturing for retail is shrinking Micron didn't help it's Crucial brand is now dead as of a couple days ago...now retooling all retail manufacturering for Commercial RAM chips for AI platforms it doesn't make for make good times ahead.
What if there is a hole in the water line?
Highly doubt these AI datacenters use consumer grade RAMs. I just checked, in 2023 I spend $399 AUD for Corsair Dominator RGB 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5.
Right now its selling at $364: https://www.devicedeal.com.au/corsair-vengeance-64gb-2x-32gb-ddr5-5600mhz-c40-me
Agreed the server RM is all ECC, most consumer main boards do not support ECC ram anyway
I have. been hearing this, and having lived through 'Banana shortages", "Toilet Paper shortages", "Egg shortages", "Meat shortages" and having read "Silent weapons for Quiet Wars", I have a pretty good idea what kind of psyop this is.
Many big tech companies have been more focused on selling you services and subscriptions, and would be very happy if the average persons "computer" was a monitor with an internet connection so they can cut you off if you don't pay your sub fees.
Sadly this is already happening. The number of people I know, who dont use computers or laptops, but rather mobiles and tablets is staggering. But the group of people who are geeky and are the ones still running computers will never give up because for us, mobiles are a curse and we dont understand how anyone can do even simple things like buying something online, on these devices. They just suck badly.
It's the chips that go into them not the modules themselves. OpenAI alone ordered like 40 percent of the global supply this year iirc for AI data center fab stuff.
It's pretty well known by now, I just found out. I was looking to spend around $400 but now I'd have to basically double that to do what I wanted to do.
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/memory/keep-up-to-date-with-the-pc-memory-and-ssd-supply-crisis-as-we-track-prices-and-the-latest-news/
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/memory/ram-and-storage-is-ridiculously-expensive-right-now-because-of-drumroll-ai-of-course-and-theres-little-reason-to-think-prices-will-drop-any-time-soon/
I only know what I can see. Those articles sound like the kind of typical propaganda we are all so well versed in by now. Mostly opinions with no sauce.
BTW, what config are you trying to build?
You might already know this, but this site is really useful for finding the best prices for all the parts.
I need 128GB 4x32GB 288-Pin DDR5 6000Mhz and right now I'm being charged in the $1100's at my supplier
Oof, I remember paying around $750 two years ago for 5200MHz!
Just like the toilet paper shortage and egg shortage etc, this too shall pass once they finish whatever psyop they are running. Just wait it out.
FYI: Your site link circled back to this post.
https://pcpartpicker.com/
Expect prices to continue to rise, on the order of 30-40% through Q1. RAM should stabilize, maybe start slowing coming down in Q2-Q3. NVMe and other enterprise grade memory will continue to rise throughout 2026, almost certainly.
Not until supply increases. Let's build those chip factories.
When people stop paying.
It truly is that simple
Small consumers are a tiny portion of the profits these tech companies are getting right now as they funnel money into one another with AI, etc, it's more profitable to chase money from each other than the average consumer at the moment. In short, they would be happy if they didn't need us at all.