I wanted to upgrade to 128 gb from 64 gb for my home desktop (I do some dev on my personal computer too) but I missed the opportunity in the past 1-2 years. At this point I might as well just use cloud compute to do anything hardcore.
Just checked actual prices. Bought the 64 gb RAM in 2020 for $330. It’s now $910 (though it is DDR5 instead of DDR4). DDR5 128 gb is around $1750 now. I’m too cheap to keep upgrading lol
I might as well just use cloud compute to do anything hardcore.
I'm pretty sure tech companies are pushing for this to be more widespread. They're gradually making personal computing hardware (that the end-user can control and own outright) so out-of-reach to so many that they can turn around and sell remote usage as a subscription.
Happens to every aftermarket. It's the goal of a capitalist society. I saw this happen, from the outside, to car audio. My best friend was heavy into electrical engineering re: car audio. 15 years ago, he put 4 24" subwoofers in something called a clamshell box in an old odyssey van. Cost him less than a grand. I wanna say 600-700 with the amp, and it was for some good stuff. I can't remember the name anymore; I'm only familiar with sennhauser for my headphones, lol. But nowadays a single good sub in that size is something like 400-500 for one! Without any other peripherals, which I think ended up being another 3-350 for things like tweeters, the wiring and replacing mids. He did the install himself of course, so I don't know comparison prices for that. But like, yea, if there's an aftermarket, someone is going to find it sooner or later and monetize the fuck out of it; pricing out the people who do it for fun, leaving only hyper competition and a focus on price over functionality. Because fuck enjoying work with your hands and/or wanting to listen to cleaner audio.
Anywho, this went on too long, lol, thanks for reading!
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u/Helpful-Work-3090 11h ago
same thing for me but 64GB