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Memory prices climb 500% in 12 months, up to 10x the lowest ever tracked prices — 128GB of DDR5 now $3,399 (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 27 points 2 months ago* (4 children)

Do I want more memory or do I wait for two years...

I wait for two years. As long as the existing memory modules doesn't break, Linux will continue to be happy with existing amount.

If you are on windows, good luck.

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

    I built a PC for work (I'm going to take it with me when I leave) and I bought used adata ram (2x32gb) with a lifetime warranty on it. I immediately needed to send one of the sticks for warranty. I bought the initial set of ram in May, and yesterday I paid roughly the same for a used set of 2x16gb. The price of the 32gb sticks is prohibitively expensive now. I'm betting the price only goes up, just wish I would be at 128gb rather than 96gb.

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

    We could have been so rich if we could have seen the future. Just buy tons of memory modules at low prices five years ago and sell them now. What a profit.

    Its not like memory tech has changed so much either.

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