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99% of hobbyist and small business use cases can be served by hardware from 5-10 years which is still relatively cheap. You don't need to compete with Nvidia fo
by paxys 9mo ago
99% of hobbyist and small business use cases can be served by hardware from 5-10 years which is still relatively cheap. You don't need to compete with Nvidia for brand new DDR5 RAM for your basement NAS.
- kasabali 9mo agoNah. Even goddamn 8GB DDR3 modules have tripled in price. SSD prices, similarly.
- nebula8804 9mo agoI distinctly recall purchasing 8GB DDR3 during the Windows 8 boom when RAM was overproduced with the expectation that Windows 8 was going to cause a huge surge of PC sales. When that did not materialize, it really allowed prices to go down. I paid $35 for 8GB DDR3 ram in 2012: https://i.imgur.com/e7XKcqX.png https://i.imgur.com/e7XKcqX.png Here is a 20$ 16GB DDR3 purchase in 2022: https://i.imgur.com/1V1FpYh.png https://i.imgur.com/1V1FpYh.png That same ram is now 40$: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L8C37DH https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L8C37DH So if we normalize prices for 16GB: 2012: 70$ 2022: 20$ 2026: 40$ I think we are still ahead for DDR3 but I really would prefer prices to be 20$ again. :) Surprisingly looking my order history I found a different brand 16GB DDR3 for 15$ in early 2025. Not sure if I even noticed the price drop because it was cheap enough for me I just impulse purchased it.
- caconym_ 9mo agoWow, thank you for this incredibly valuable perspective. I guess I should just be happy I can still own my computers!
- overfeed 9mo agoEven DDR3(!) prices have surged - and that's from 20 years ago. Many people realized what you outlined - or just bought what was available, which resulted in higher demand for older tech. Higher demand + constant supply = higher prices.
- throwaway85825 9mo agoDDR3 is no longer in production.
- overfeed 9mo ago...and?
- nebula8804 9mo agoI believe CXMT is producing modules no?