Ruining the PC market for consumers on purpose so people will think it's cheaper to rent computers than to own.
In the future, you will lease your computer and not own it, just as you are told to do by the billionaires who steal your pay.
this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2026
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I remember when people claimed that Socialism meant people would own nothing and like it. Turns out, they were actually describing capitalism. Granted, I don't like one bit of this.
In the future you will connect to a corporate owned terminal and use an online hosted OS, where your files are kept in their cloud ecosystme.
Yep cloud providers definitely came up with the AI boom in a roundabout conspiracy to end PCs. Total direct chain there.
This is crazy because I bought 64 gb ram for like 130 in July of 2025.
Now it’s 530 for the same exact brand.
I'm kicking myself so hard right now. I went in and upgraded my PC when word of tarrifs were coming back in 2024 but decided to chill on ram because the prices were still low and I felt I had enough. I have 16gb of DDR5 and my rig feels like it's chugging with newer software.
I should've bit the bullet and future proofed with a 64gb set up. My ass decided to buy a house instead 😮💨
Whoah! A house instead of RAM! /s
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US oligoarchys wants to have all computation done in their warehouse so they have to power to change any computation at any time
When I first saw "GeForce Now" that's exactly what I imagined. Building a market for cloud computation. "Just own the display, we will rent you the brain for it". Currently they are choking the market with orders for ram that does not exist, paid with money that does not currently exists and the output of this situation is that prices go up artificially which will eventually drive the users exactly in a scenario where they will rent out computing power "for cheap" to play that latest game for 2-3 hours.
Damn never thought the gaming PC I built two years ago would actually be APPRECIATING in value over time.
It's truly mental. I don't think I could afford to build my PC at the same spec today with RAM and SSD prices being what they are.
I have 128 GB of ddr5 memory in my machine. I paid 1400 for my 7900xtx which I thought was crazy and now half my ram is worth that.
Never thought I would see the day where the graphics card was not the most expensive component.
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Just about all electronics older than a year or so have. Even a Switch, which came out 9 years ago, costs more to buy now than it did then!
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All of these fucks kiting $10B checks need to be locked up for price fixing.
When I saw people's already processed orders getting cancelled with no reason other than to price gouge I was infuriated.
The level of greed in this world sickens me.
Built my new PC in late 2023... so glad I put 96 GB of RAM into it, despite several people asking me why the fuck I need so much RAM...
AS long AS you dont plan on selling your Ram I would still ask why you need so much RAM (if youre not running a lot if AI locally)
I installed 64GB when I built my current rig five years ago, because I do (or, did) graphic design for a living and Photoshop will use all the RAM you can throw at it. I routinely worked on files in the 10GB size range, and sometimes larger. The RAM makes a big difference in how long filters take to render on such large image layers--from minutes, down to seconds.
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I'll be the first to say "well done, you". I only got 32 could've easily spulrged at least for 64.
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Apple over here not raising their RAM prices because they’ve always been massively and unjustifiably inflated. Now, they’re no longer unjustifiably inflated.
I dunno. "AI companies bought literally everything" seems like an unjustifiable reason still.
Perhaps. I guess my point is they no longer are as out-of-line with the rest of the market. Comment meant as a backhanded “compliment” toward Apple.
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This article sucks... I think they felt the need to excuse AI lest they upset corporate masters
While it’s easy to point the finger at AI’s unquenchable memory thirst for the current crisis, it’s not the only reason.
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DRAM production hasn’t kept up with demand. Older memory types are being phased out, newer ones are steered toward higher margin customers, and consumer RAM is left exposed whenever supply tightens.
Production has not kept up with demand... demand being super charged by AI purchases
...newer ones are steered towards higher margin customers... again AI
consumer RAM is left exposed whenever supply tightens... because of AI
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When the yet-to-be data centers never get built because AI slop bubble pops, we will be able to build houses out of RAM sticks for the poor
Theyll just manufacture another reason to keep prices high
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We're in the late stages of the AI bubble.
Me to my 10 year old gaming pc: "I guess it'll be another couple of years, buddy."
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Yeah, I bought 32GB of RAM about three months ago for my new computer build and last I checked it had doubled in price. Thinking about selling it for a profit. Can a computer run without RAM?
Increasing RAM (from 16) and SSD space (from .5TB) on a laptop now is easily +$1k and up.
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I can't believe how lucky I was to upgrade my desktop before the surge. This is an outrage!
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32GB of DDR4 3200Mhz cost me $115 in October, now the listing is out of stock and says $392. 240% increase.
I looked at how much my 128GB DDR4 costs and holy shit £900. Timed my build well I feel with the 3080Ti.
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Im on Linux and it requires just as much memory as it did in 2018. No problem here.
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