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RAM and SSD prices are still climbing—here’s our best advice for PC builders (arstechnica.com)
submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I went to a pc building shop and the price of 64 RAM DDR5 was over $1000. I could have built an entire PC with that price a year ago.

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[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 31 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

One of the commenters said:

"avoid building a PC right now" is advice I've been following since 2017

And honestly yeah. I guess at this point if you can afford it, just pull the plug whenever, it's always some bullshit going on the PC Market anyway.

[–] Xenny@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I built my PC in 2019 right at the end of the year and I thank the gods everyday. I've only done one CPU upgrade since and it's still great for 1440p gaming. The whole tower minus monitor and what not was probably like $900 at the time

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago

Same timing for me also. Still plays new games relatively well. Especially considering I have an ultra wide monitor

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I am running a 2020 ryzen 5950x CPU and a 2080TI I got from a closing down sale of a computer store for $700 in 2019, just before the first Crypto rush.

I dont see myself buying any hardware for performance reasons for the next 3 years. Also not buying new AAA games anymore.

Small studio and indie titles on 50% off steam sales has been my jam of late.

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Small studio and indie titles on 50% off steam sales has been my jam of late

Oh, same.
The wacky performance I've been getting on Talos Principle 2 has been annoying me though. Wish they stayed on the Serious Sam engine instead of switching to UE5