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After Intel, AMD is now also raising CPU prices by up to 15% (www.tweaktown.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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[–] 52 points 7 months ago (10 children)

Building a PC the past 2 years has been the best decision ever...depleted inventories my fucking ass, less people are building PC's now than ever because of the memory chip prices. They're cutting supply to increase prices.

This is a reminder to all AMD fans that NO company gives a damn about any of us.

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    Same here. Built a new PC like 6 months ago when it was all barely starting (good timing) and my notebook and phone are also fairly recent, like 1.5 years old. Tablet as well fairly recent, 2y old, but that's really only used for home media consumption so it doesn't even matter in that case. So I should be good for the next 5+ years or so. Hopefully the AI bubble has burst until then.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I was planning on replacing my 2017 build next year but I bit the bullet this month. Even if prices drop by 50% in the next year there are going to be no parts to buy :/

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    I did a 2020 build just as we were all going home, and it was decent enough. After the first wave of GPU craziness, I thought you know what, I'm going to grab one of those 4070ti cards and a 5800x3d, and topped it up to 128gb of Ram (it was on sale for like under $200, so why not, I just wanted to fill the slots). I mean sure it's AM4, and the 4070 was supposedly the worst card ever and such a waste of money and blah blah blah, but it works. Will work for quite some time. And hey if things keep going the way they are, at least I can put my kids through college by selling some of the Ram in 10 years time lol.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    This is a reminder to all AMD fans that NO company gives a damn about any of us.

    Foundry costs have gone through the roof, because demand is greater than supply. So AMD's production costs have surely increased.

    So while companies are not our friends, it is surely quite reasonable for AMD to raise enduser cost, when AMD's production cost increases. And not necessarily some conspiracy against the user. Right? Cartels and illegal monopolies are absolutely a thing that can happen, but you have to actually argue that is the case here, before saying AMD is acting badly.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    I think that is reasonable, but, either this article is not accurate, or that is not the cause that AMD stated.

    From the top of the article:

    Increasing CPU demand for servers and data centers, along with depleted inventories, are forcing AMD's hand to jack up the prices once again.

    Read more: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/110699/after-intel-amd-is-now-also-raising-cpu-prices-by-up-to-15-percent/index.html

    Nothing about a supplier or service provider mentioned. They mention their BS made-up shortages.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    No need for the reminder, but AMD is still better than intel :P.

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