Vissyeesh. im glad i bought my new house server when i did.
crucial is going away so its parent company can fellate ai datacenters?
reality is turning into a looter shooter
i bought this one stick of ram for 286 less than a month ago.
its FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS NOW.
prepare for the same scalping bullshit fuckery we saw with gpus a couple years ago
kajer :notverified:so dumb
MiraWelp: computers are over for a while....
https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/01/07/2250243/ai-chip-frenzy-to-wallop-dram-prices-with-70-hike
AI Chip Frenzy To Wallop DRAM Prices With 70% Hike - Slashdot
Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are projected to raise server memory prices by up to 70% in early 2026, according to Korea Economic Daily. "Combined with 50 percent increases in 2025, this could nearly double prices by mid-2026," reports the Register. From the report: The two Korean giants, alongs...
Phillip 
@Viss @kajer @mira I upgraded my server to 96gb of ram a few months before this craziness started. So glad I did.
We buy and deploy machines on-site for clients at work all the time. I’m nervous for computer companies cheaping out on SSDs to save costs/because it’s all they can get. We already had issues with dying drives in the field, but I think those problems are about to get a whole lot worst.
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