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RAM shortage chaos expands to GPUs, high-capacity SSDs, and even hard drives (arstechnica.com)
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[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 35 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I upgraded all of my devices to 16gb or 32gb of RAM just as all this crap started happening, before prices spiked, and made sure I have enough storage.

Now I'm just praying that all of the hardware holds out for 2-3 years to weather this storm. Please keep on chugging, my 5800X in a B550 mobo.....I literally can't afford to replace you anytime soon.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Same. I'm thinking about replacing the PSU, which is one of the original parts, to ensure the rest of the parts don't fail due to improper power delivery.

At least PSUs haven't yet spiked in price.

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Good thing about a PSU is they are simply basic electronics with some copper wire in them

[–] starblursd@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Copper shortage rumored 😭

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

Gonna have to make a complaint to Ea-nāṣir

[–] eli@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is where I'm at. I'm selling off some old DDR3 RAM I have and I'm hanging onto my DDR4 stuff and systems.

Just bought a 3700X to replace an aging Ryzen 1700X. $100 on eBay, so not bad.

For your 5800X if it does die(*knock on wood) then at least you can snag a 5700X or 5800X on eBay for $200. Hopefully that stays consistent.

[–] TheOakTree@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

If my 3600X has taught me anything, it's that AM4 platform is truly a long-haul legend.