alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agoSay Goodbye to the Idea of Chinese RAM Being Cheap; 32GB DDR5 Modules Now Retail for Over $500 as Local Prices Catch Up Globallywccftech.comexternal-linkmessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up1239arrow-down15
arrow-up1234arrow-down1external-linkSay Goodbye to the Idea of Chinese RAM Being Cheap; 32GB DDR5 Modules Now Retail for Over $500 as Local Prices Catch Up Globallywccftech.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square39linkfedilink
minus-squareCantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoGoodbye cheap PC components that people can easily afford, how I’ll miss you.
minus-squarealessandro@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·2 months agoSecond hand market: “I am a joke to you?”
minus-squareSmaile@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agolike they aren’t being gobbled up either.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoIn the 90s, a decent desktop cost the equivalent of $7600 today. We would lock computer cases because people would steal RAM DIMMS. This weekend, I was at an electronics recycling depot and people were being shooed away for trying to scavenge RAM.
Goodbye cheap PC components that people can easily afford, how I’ll miss you.
Second hand market: “I am a joke to you?”
like they aren’t being gobbled up either.
In the 90s, a decent desktop cost the equivalent of $7600 today. We would lock computer cases because people would steal RAM DIMMS. This weekend, I was at an electronics recycling depot and people were being shooed away for trying to scavenge RAM.