According to PCPartPicker these are the prices of the RAM I’ve had my eye on - Corsair Vengeance DDR5 2x32GB 6800MT/s…
Start of 2025 - £230
Oct 15th - £290
Nov 25th - £866
At this rate, we’ll get sold dumb terminals and subscription services for any computing needs under the excuse of “AI crunch”. Too many centralized tech cartels getting away with controlling supply and demand that paired with global powers turn completely corrupt has helped create these circumstances.
It’s monstrous, even that A-tech… :( I hate to imagine the corps sucking them up buying them in bulk at about 80% off… But they can afford it. The only ones losing are us, either buying them at this price, or the sellers, forced to dissuade the public from buying any because Daddy Meta wants it all
According to PCPartPicker these are the prices of the RAM I’ve had my eye on - Corsair Vengeance DDR5 2x32GB 6800MT/s…
Start of 2025 - £230
Oct 15th - £290
Nov 25th - £866
Insane in the memrange.
At this rate, we’ll get sold dumb terminals and subscription services for any computing needs under the excuse of “AI crunch”. Too many centralized tech cartels getting away with controlling supply and demand that paired with global powers turn completely corrupt has helped create these circumstances.
Microsoft has you covered, they sell a thin client box that has enough OS to reach the internet and use their browser and office swuite online.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-365/link
866???
Yup.
I mean, there’s the slightly slower model for £500 but you know, that’s actually worth ~£200 or below
Holy shit, even in the states it’s quite bad. This is just sorting by cheapest on Newegg - either 2x32 or 1x64 DDR5 modules, no speed filters:
It’s monstrous, even that A-tech… :( I hate to imagine the corps sucking them up buying them in bulk at about 80% off… But they can afford it. The only ones losing are us, either buying them at this price, or the sellers, forced to dissuade the public from buying any because Daddy Meta wants it all
I’m just hoping none of my sticks shit the bed in the next couple years, because I do NOT want to support that price point 😬