Valve confirms Steam Machine will be priced ‘like a PC with the same level of performance’ | VGC
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  • simple@piefed.socialOPEnglish
    109·
    6 days ago

    2x8 GB RAM for 130 dollars? What the fuck? I knew theyve gotten more expensive recently but that stings.

    • jogaklaa@lemmy.worldEnglish
      85·
      6 days ago

      PCPartPicker has a general price tracker where you can see how much RAM has spiked in such a short time. It really emphasizes how crazy things have gotten

    • CMLVI@lemmy.worldEnglish
      371·
      6 days ago

      Brother it’s so bad. I’ve been trying to help a friend do one recently, or at least plan it, and I’ve watched my previously $85 2x16 sticks of GSkill DDR5 (like the cheapest option I had) shoot up to like $260 in under a month has been insane. It’s not even good ram…

      • entwine@programming.devEnglish
        18·
        6 days ago

        I recently (a few months ago) built a new high-end server for my homelab, and bought 512GB of DDR4 ECC RAM for around $510. I just looked it up, and those exact same modules are around $2.5k to $3.5k for the same amount. That’s more than I paid for the entire machine.

      • marighost@piefed.socialEnglish
        15·
        6 days ago

        A friend of mine just dropped $700 on 2x64Gb for his upcoming editing rig. Most expensive part of the build.

    • Sal@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      6 days ago

      Yeah, the AI (manufactured) hype has caused RAM prices to skyrocket thanks to them buying out ALL the fucking RAM for those servers.

    • TwitchingCheese@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      6 days ago

      The 2x48GB kit (CMK96GX5M2B6000Z30) I bought in August for $300 is currently going for $1175, and it’s likely not getting better any time soon.

    • Gigasser@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      6 days ago

      My guess is that maybe Valve was able to get a bunch of RAM before the price hikes.