Sorry guys, i'm the one who wished computers would become popular back when i was an awkward preteen in the 90's. Oops.
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People a week ago: "you're all stupid, DDR4 is not impacted"
Just wait. Scarcity loves company.
I bought some RAM about 6 months ago. It costs me $299AUD for 64Gb, the same set from the same store is now $1,399. That’s an insane increase.
2 x 48 GB Crucial 6200 DDR5 RAM in April for 310€, now it's 1.290€. Totally insane.
AM4 is the greatest CPU socket that has ever been created.
The fact some shitty athlons were sold on it, but also something like a 5800X3D that has held up so well that some people are still willing to pay this much years later is astonishing to me.
AMD fucked up hard by discontinuing 5700/5800X3D
I fucked up by not buying a 5700X3D
I love my AM4 5800X3D system. Paired with a 6900 XT (nice card) and 64 gigs of ram there is nothing it can't run for me. I have played with newer gen stuff and its all worse (ether bad linux support, stability, or the hardware cooks itself).
I honestly wonder if this shift away from consumer facing products has something to do with the plateauing of hardware as much as chasing a quick buck. I would think that if AMD just restarted 5800X3D production people would be happy.
Ha, my system is exactly identical! I really have no reason to upgrade, besides maybe 5950X/5900XT for more cores for compiling software (I run Gentoo on it). Can't justify that though because it's more of a sidegrade, and they're all out of stock now that AM4 is back in style.
My 6900XT is a slightly-cheaper-than-6950XT frankenstein with the 6950XT full chip but 6900XT clocked VRAM. It's so efficient. The fans don't even spin for some games. There's nothing it can't play at max settings, but I'm also rendering at 1600x1200 (or less for specific older titles) on a CRT.
I really dodged the bullet by upgrading my aging 2600X with an 5950X and filling the memory banks to 64GB on my AM4 platform half a year ago, I really hope that the current price level entices a few new players to enter the market.
Unfortunately, RAM production is not something you start up on a whim. There are only a few players and adding new capacity is a very long process. They won't do that unless they're convinced that the market will still be there in a couple of years.
From what I've read the additional capacity that's currently on the way will come 27-28, tho if the bubble keeps growing that won't be nearly enough. Further capacity will take even longer...
I just hope that random economist whose name I don't remember is right and it is just the tp-hoarding-phase. When the panic buying stops and stock can recover somewhat, prices will go down to higher than before but more reasonable level.
This is the kind of weird stuff that happens near the peak of a bubble.
I should sell my machine for more than I paid, I don't mind dropping back to AM3+/DDR3 if it means I can spec a replacement later and make some extra money on top of it.
AM3+ is straight ass though. There is a reason why most people who had a high end rig 10 years ago ran intel cpus.
I have an old blade server that I got from work many years ago. I never set it up but just opened it up to see what's in it and discovered it had DDR2 memory. Interested?
Guess it was good I jumped on the 5700 X3D when I was able to.
Wonder what 3 series sells for... 3700X, etc.
I sold a 3700x for $75 on marketplace two weeks ago
So glad I don’t have money for a new PC for some years anyways 😂
This is a weird post. 5800x3d might be "legacy" but other am4 chips are still being manufactured.
An AM4 computer is still pretty capable.
And here I was thinking id just upgrade to one of these on my AM4 board... guess not.
Jokes on them I just ordered a used r 5 5600x for a $140 upgrade. My shits old as dirt. I was on a 1600x and a 1060 GPU.
Makes sense, considering DDR4 has only gone up 2x.
Though now I need to but the motherboard sooner than later, lest there be no good stock by the time I get to it.
built a dual athlon. think it was on a tyan mb. remember it needed ec, maybe ddr
I orderes a new 5700x 2 days ago fearing they might vanish forever as there are probably only stocks left.
I had one added for around 2 weeks in my amazon cart, but over here, in Spain, they went out of stock meanwhile, so I managed to order one from pccomponentes.com and I'm glad I did.
I still get to keep my 32 Gb DDR4 for a couple more years, hopefully.
I guess my overheating 3800X is going to have to last a few more years...