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Built my son's first gaming PC 2 months ago. Figured it would be cheaper around Black Friday, but the prices were reasonable enough that we didn't wait. Turned

Built my son's first gaming PC 2 months ago. Figured it would be cheaper around Black Friday, but the prices were reasonable enough that we didn't wait. Turned out to be a huge savings to buy that fast DDR5 in September.

EddieB 11mo ago
Just went through this today for my daughter- struggled to find an i5 not on pre-order, and the RAM was crippling- ended up going Ryzen 7 for a first time and 2x8Gb DDR5 6000 @ £119 - looking forward to building it with her!
- Anamon 11mo ago
  Ryzen is the better choice anyway :) Props on building a PC with your kid, I have very fond memories of doing that with my dad. Have fun!
  - EddieB 11mo ago
    Thanks :) very much looking forward to it! Maybe I’ll be a AMD convert after this!
cwbriscoe 11mo ago
I wish I would have done what you did. Especially since I wanted 128GB. Now I am probably going to settle for 64GB or maybe 96GB.
- venturecruelty 11mo ago
  The better play would've been to buy Bay Area real estate in the 1970s, but what're you gonna do? lights cigarette
vkou 11mo ago
I bought 64GB of DDR5 two weeks ago. That same RAM is now twice the price.
wiredfool 11mo ago
I just got one of the last beelink ser-8s with 64gb for $750. They sold out by the time my order arrived. The newer ones are starting around 830 for a 32gb machine (admittedly with newer everything)
mikesickler 11mo ago
I bought 32GB x 2 of G.SKILL a year ago and paid $204. Now it's $600. Insane
- bpye 11mo ago
  Just checked my invoice from last year, $316 CAD for 2x32GB 5600MHz DDR5 ECC UDIMMs. I'm now seeing $480 CAD for a single stick.
f0rgot 11mo ago
This is really crazy. I built my first computer not too long ago; like I'm talking less than a month maybe, definitely less than 2. I paid $320 for 64GB Kit (CMK64GX5M2B5600C40) at Microcenter. It is now sold out in Chicago store and listed at $530.
- f0rgot 11mo ago
  $760 on NewEgg! Yeeezus Christ. Literally 50% of what I spent on the entire build just on RAM.
  - alias301 11mo ago
    I bought that exact model on 11/1/2024 @ $164.99
    - NekkoDroid 11mo ago
      Luckily I bought my extra 32G of DDR4 (now have 64G) used a while ago, only paid like 80€ for it. I remember back in like 2018 or so when I originally build this PC I got 4x4G DDR4 for like 160€ when prices were also crazy.
djvdq 11mo ago
I wanted to build a gaming PC around summer, to be able play with my son, but I postponed it for no real reason. I built this PC a 2 weeks ago, so instead of paying 250 pln (~$70 usd) for 32 GB RAM, I paid 899 pln (~$250). Now, exactly the same RAM costs 1099 pln (~$300).

EddieB 11mo ago

Just went through this today for my daughter- struggled to find an i5 not on pre-order, and the RAM was crippling- ended up going Ryzen 7 for a first time and 2x8Gb DDR5 6000 @ £119 - looking forward to building it with her!

Anamon 11mo ago
Ryzen is the better choice anyway :) Props on building a PC with your kid, I have very fond memories of doing that with my dad. Have fun!
- EddieB 11mo ago
  Thanks :) very much looking forward to it! Maybe I’ll be a AMD convert after this!

cwbriscoe 11mo ago

I wish I would have done what you did. Especially since I wanted 128GB. Now I am probably going to settle for 64GB or maybe 96GB.

venturecruelty 11mo ago
The better play would've been to buy Bay Area real estate in the 1970s, but what're you gonna do? lights cigarette

vkou 11mo ago

I bought 64GB of DDR5 two weeks ago. That same RAM is now twice the price.

wiredfool 11mo ago

I just got one of the last beelink ser-8s with 64gb for $750. They sold out by the time my order arrived. The newer ones are starting around 830 for a 32gb machine (admittedly with newer everything)

mikesickler 11mo ago

I bought 32GB x 2 of G.SKILL a year ago and paid $204. Now it's $600. Insane

bpye 11mo ago
Just checked my invoice from last year, $316 CAD for 2x32GB 5600MHz DDR5 ECC UDIMMs. I'm now seeing $480 CAD for a single stick.

f0rgot 11mo ago

This is really crazy. I built my first computer not too long ago; like I'm talking less than a month maybe, definitely less than 2. I paid $320 for 64GB Kit (CMK64GX5M2B5600C40) at Microcenter. It is now sold out in Chicago store and listed at $530.

f0rgot 11mo ago
$760 on NewEgg! Yeeezus Christ. Literally 50% of what I spent on the entire build just on RAM.
- alias301 11mo ago
  I bought that exact model on 11/1/2024 @ $164.99
  - NekkoDroid 11mo ago
    Luckily I bought my extra 32G of DDR4 (now have 64G) used a while ago, only paid like 80€ for it. I remember back in like 2018 or so when I originally build this PC I got 4x4G DDR4 for like 160€ when prices were also crazy.

djvdq 11mo ago

I wanted to build a gaming PC around summer, to be able play with my son, but I postponed it for no real reason. I built this PC a 2 weeks ago, so instead of paying 250 pln (~$70 usd) for 32 GB RAM, I paid 899 pln (~$250). Now, exactly the same RAM costs 1099 pln (~$300).