alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 8 days agoSay Goodbye to the Idea of Chinese RAM Being Cheap; 32GB DDR5 Modules Now Retail for Over $500 as Local Prices Catch Up Globallywccftech.comexternal-linkmessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up1239arrow-down15
arrow-up1234arrow-down1external-linkSay Goodbye to the Idea of Chinese RAM Being Cheap; 32GB DDR5 Modules Now Retail for Over $500 as Local Prices Catch Up Globallywccftech.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square39linkfedilink
minus-squareCantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 days agoGoodbye cheap PC components that people can easily afford, how I’ll miss you.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 days agoIn the 90s, a decent desktop cost the equivalent of $7600 today. We would lock computer cases because people would steal RAM DIMMS. This weekend, I was at an electronics recycling depot and people were being shooed away for trying to scavenge RAM.
minus-squarealessandro@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·7 days agoSecond hand market: “I am a joke to you?”
minus-squareSmaile@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 days agolike they aren’t being gobbled up either.
Goodbye cheap PC components that people can easily afford, how I’ll miss you.
In the 90s, a decent desktop cost the equivalent of $7600 today. We would lock computer cases because people would steal RAM DIMMS. This weekend, I was at an electronics recycling depot and people were being shooed away for trying to scavenge RAM.
Second hand market: “I am a joke to you?”
like they aren’t being gobbled up either.