DRAM Prices Surge 172% YoY with No Signs of Slowing Down

[LostCorpse]

That is the issue for many though there are literally millions of PC's that don't meet the hardware requirements for Windows 11.

Look at some of the "refurbished" PCs with pre 8th gen cpus that are being sold with W11 pre installed at inflated prices to people that don't really know what they are buying.

im in the first camp, as a lot of people likely will be..

and my parents did the 2nd camp..

its not pretty out there at the moment. im considering my options.
ive managed to pre-order ram at a half resonable rice given everything but it still has to arrive.

 

[Deleted member 280263]

It will be when ot will be. No point waiting. Just get on with life and check again a couple.of years and see what's what then.

What one manufacturer said was it wont normalise until 2028, so there is that.

Unless you was looking to get a new pc or upgrade, shouldn't make any difference. That's the position i am in anyway. Waiting for DDR6.

By 2028, you'll have managed to finish some of your games

 

[TNA]

By 2028, you'll have managed to finish some of your games

I have managed to get some gaming time the past month or so. Not doing to badly. But yeah, with all the games I want to play, replay and ones on my wishlist. That is years and years worth of gaming right there.

DDR7 might even be out by then

 

[BUDFORCE]

It won't be funny if your motherboard dies or something and your on an older platform.

I'm on am4 and they still sell new motherboards, at least today.

I was almost half tempted to buy one for "just in case" because if your motherboard died and you can't get a new one your screwed.

I reckon I can weather a good few years on my current build.... provided nothing goes wrong.

 

[Deleted member 280263]

DDR7 might even be out by then

But you'll only buy it if it's on offer, right

 

[TNA]

But you'll only buy it if it's on offer, right

I'll buy your DDR6 or maybe even 5

 

[aaronyuri]

It won't be funny if your motherboard dies or something and your on an older platform.

I'm on am4 and they still sell new motherboards, at least today.

I was almost half tempted to buy one for "just in case" because if your motherboard died and you can't get a new one your screwed.

I reckon I can weather a good few years on my current build.... provided nothing goes wrong.

You can buy decent used AM4 boards for £50-70. That's a good shout if you have no plans of upgrading for the next year or two.

Once the boards fall out of new supply, their used prices will moon a little bit without a doubt.

 

[ChocAndGray]

I suspect cpu prices will drop since no one wants to build a new system with ram being so expensive so CPUs could end up sitting on the shelves

If the price of cpu's and motherboards drop it might just take the sting out of an upgrade. So I hope you're right.

If I decide to spend say £1500 for cpu, board and ram I don't really care how that price is made up, as long as I can get the parts I want for the price I've set myself. If ram is £700 but I can get the board for £400 and cpu for £400 I can live with that.

 

[TNA]

If the price of cpu's and motherboards drop it might just take the sting out of an upgrade. So I hope you're right.

If I decide to spend say £1500 for cpu, board and ram I don't really care how that price is made up, as long as I can get the parts I want for the price I've set myself. If ram is £700 but I can get the board for £400 and cpu for £400 I can live with that.

I can't

 

[Cyber-Mav]

I can't

Agreed, now that I know how cheap ram was I just can't make myself make a purchase unless it's back at the original cheapo price or cheaper

 

[Rob_B]

OpenAI's Stargate project to consume up to 40% of global DRAM output — inks deal with Samsung and SK hynix to the tune of up to 900,000 wafers per month

Working at scale.

www.tomshardware.com

OpenAI taking an absolutely huge percentage of the global DRAM output, unless we get that pop this is going to get so much worse.

 

[AMDPower]

OpenAI's Stargate project to consume up to 40% of global DRAM output — inks deal with Samsung and SK hynix to the tune of up to 900,000 wafers per month

Working at scale.

www.tomshardware.com

OpenAI taking an absolutely huge percentage of the goal DRAM output, unless we get that pop this is going to get so much worse.

its not going to pop anytime soon

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[LostCorpse]

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[SuperElectric]

'Under £300' didn't last long:

Plenty of companies running their office machines on 4GB of DDR2 / DDR3 for Excel, even housing associations, councils etc having worked for them, you don't need a lot of Ram for MS office etc.

I would have said the same thing, but my office pc had to go from 8GB to 16GB to 32GB very quickly (over the last 18 months). Even with 32GB, I'm using 20-25GB just with Outlook, Excel, Chrome, Remote Desktop, Teams, and couple other minor software (nothing exciting). I was surpised at how quickly the RAM gets swallowed up, and how 'coping' with 8GB was slowing me down and making me balder

 

[decto]

'Under £300' didn't last long:

I would have said the same thing, but my office pc had to go from 8GB to 16GB to 32GB very quickly (over the last 18 months). Even with 32GB, I'm using 20-25GB just with Outlook, Excel, Chrome, Remote Desktop, Teams, and couple other minor software (nothing exciting). I was surpised at how quickly the RAM gets swallowed up, and how 'coping' with 8GB was slowing me down and making me balder

My corporate T14S Lenovo laptop with 16GB is always running out of RAM as soon as I open a few decent spreadsheets, had it about 6 months when my T480S with 32GB was forcefully retired.

I usually have to restart it a couple of times per day and make sure I'm not running many browser windows when I need to work in multiple excel sheets which isn't convenient as most things we use are through some type of web portal.

I'm guessing a good chunk of the RAM gets used by all the monitoring and whatever they have installed on it... best of it.... soldered RAM so stuck with the thing for the next few years

 

[SuperElectric]

My corporate T14S Lenovo laptop with 16GB is always running out of RAM as soon as I open a few decent spreadsheets, had it about 6 months when my T480S with 32GB was forcefully retired.

I usually have to restart it a couple of times per day and make sure I'm not running many browser windows when I need to work in multiple excel sheets which isn't convenient as most things we use are through some type of web portal.

I'm guessing a good chunk of the RAM gets used by all the monitoring and whatever they have installed on it... best of it.... soldered RAM so stuck with the thing for the next few years

At the end, I just told them to let me choose what I want within reason. I went with a custom laptop from *, Ryzen HX370 (full 54W TDP), 32GB 5600mhz, 1TB Samung 990 Pro, 180hz screen. Jump in the BIOS, full power, max turbo, power settings, high performance. Now I have a normal computer where any slowdown can be blamed on software, not hardware.

Less than £1,200 for proper office laptop, when the Dell/HP crap they were buying before was £750+

 

[LostCorpse]

Crucial Pro DDR5 RAM 32GB Kit (2x16GB) 6000MHz CL36, Overclocking Gaming, Intel XMP 3.0 / AMD EXPO, Computer Memory (PC), Black - CP2K16G60C36U5B dispatched
for 240 is already gone up to 290.. from were i purchased from.

so i guess i best be getting a CPU/MB/gpu soon..

 

[Deleted member 280263]

Crucial Pro DDR5 RAM 32GB Kit (2x16GB) 6000MHz CL36, Overclocking Gaming, Intel XMP 3.0 / AMD EXPO, Computer Memory (PC), Black - CP2K16G60C36U5B dispatched
for 240 is already gone up to 290.. from were i purchased from.

so i guess i best be getting a CPU/MB/gpu soon..

Wait a few months, it'll only increase more, then sell it and retire

 

[pre]

HBM apparently uses three times the density of DDR5 and with memory production being so cyclical, this is probably the outcome on retail.

 

[LostCorpse]

im actually considering it as the same ram is listed for over 500 notes elsewear! seen some sites lsited for over 12k but i might just be the out of stock price.