• Switorik@lemmy.zip
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    We’re going to go back to covid times when it was cheaper up buy a computer with the graphics card in it than to buy the graphics card out right, but now with ram.

    I’m getting so burnt out with the blatant corruption and data centers sucking up all the hardware. You know at the end of the day, all these companies are boasting record profits.

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      That’s the thing, they’re absolutely not. Nearly all AI implementation fails and returns on investment are minimal, if they exist at all. They’re all part of a big gamble.

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    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

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      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.

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      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: