Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago64GB of DDR5 RAM now costs more than a MacBook Air - memory prices have surged 300% in just six monthswww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square174linkfedilinkarrow-up1974arrow-down16
arrow-up1968arrow-down1external-link64GB of DDR5 RAM now costs more than a MacBook Air - memory prices have surged 300% in just six monthswww.techradar.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square174linkfedilink
minus-squarehdsrob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·22 hours agoSame … I hadn’t upgraded since 2012, and had some extra cash, so rebuilt in August. Feeling pretty lucky to have done it then, and really glad I went ahead and put 64GB RAM in it.
minus-squarePalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-219 hours agoYou waited a long time holy shit. I regret not getting 64 gb in 2024 when I did my current build.
minus-squarehdsrob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoYea, the 2012 build was a 3770k with 16 gb ram, multiple SSDs, a GTX680, etc. So it was a pretty fast machine back in the day. I upgraded the video card and SSD drives several times, just didn’t have the budget to replace it all at once for a long time.
minus-squarePalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoThat processor was nice overclocked for a while so I am not surprised.
Same … I hadn’t upgraded since 2012, and had some extra cash, so rebuilt in August. Feeling pretty lucky to have done it then, and really glad I went ahead and put 64GB RAM in it.
You waited a long time holy shit. I regret not getting 64 gb in 2024 when I did my current build.
Yea, the 2012 build was a 3770k with 16 gb ram, multiple SSDs, a GTX680, etc. So it was a pretty fast machine back in the day.
I upgraded the video card and SSD drives several times, just didn’t have the budget to replace it all at once for a long time.
That processor was nice overclocked for a while so I am not surprised.