ArmchairAce1944 comments on RAM shortage chaos expands to GPUs, high-capacity SSDs, and even hard drives

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[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I am intensely lucky and smart to gave gotten my new computer and a 14TB HDD right before this insanity happened. I am thinking of buying another 8TB HDD just for the hell of it.

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[–] njordomir@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

I feel similarly. I pretty much maxed the RAM on my DDR5 gaming/daily driving desktop before this. I wish I had also maxed the RAM on my DDR4 server, though I did acquire significant storage space and a new SSD while it was more affordable. If we see a reasonable dip in storage prices or RAM, I'm buying spare drives in the sizes I use so I can be a bit more insulated from market swings and will have spares on-site immediately if needed.

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[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

I got 64gb of DDR5 ram. I got my computer from Dell and maxed out all what was available on their option. I have zero regrets.

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[–] njordomir@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Yeehaw! Sounds like you are set for a while. If you get replaced by AI, you could sell 32 gigs and live off that for a couple of years while still being able to run a zillion tabs at once!

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