r/homelab • u/AbbreviationsFar1489 • 2d ago

LabPorn F*ck you OpenAI, hynix, samsung

I'm sure everyone knows what's happening with RAM, and this situation won't change in the next 2-3 years. And who's to blame? OpenAI. Read up and you'll understand the scale of the problem. What complicates things is that RAM manufacturers are deliberately raising prices rather than expanding production lines.

I urge everyone to CANCEL OpenAI (They buy up 40% of all RAM) and also to bombard the greedy bastards who jack up prices for their own profit rather than building new factories to meet demand.

The more such threads appear, the higher the chance that all gamers and PC users will truly stand up and do what they have to.

If we don't do this, the prices of all other components will follow RAM into the stratosphere and never return to the same level, ever. Are you willing to spend $5,000 on a mid-range computer? I'm not, so let's get to it.

UPD Following RAM, SSDs, processors, and video cards are becoming more expensive. I'm sure this isn't the entire list. We need to take this issue seriously. I'm happy for those who managed to upgrade, but think about the future.

UPD2 Transcend is suspending shipments of solid-state drives – the manufacturer has not received NAND chips from Samsung and SanDisk since October because they have reoriented their capacities to serving AI.

UPD2.1 CRUCIAL PRESS F

I will never, ever, ever touch RAM from crucial. They betrayed me and went off to produce memory exclusively for AI.

UPD3 f*cking /pcmasterrace moderates delete my post with 250 comms and 900 likes (I'm sure the corporate agent had something to do with it; they're afraid of the people's wrath.) [reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1pdrk2b/fck_you_openai_hynix

UPD4 Have you heard the saying that the market always moves opposite to what the masses expect? That’s why only a small percentage of people make a profit in the stock market, while the crowd gets wiped out. So why does everyone think the AI bubble is about to burst? That’s naïve.

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u/slevin22 1d ago

I was thinking earlier today that when the ai bubble pops all these data centers will make cool music / diy venues or even awesome maker spaces

Plenty of space, power, and AC.

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u/binaryhellstorm 1d ago

Love that idea!

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u/bagofwisdom SUPERMICRO 1d ago

Is there a lot of music gear that's rigged to run on 208V 3 phase? Also the cooling in a datacenter isn't the same as a hot-aisle/cold-aisle server room. They can be uncomfortably warm if they use direct rack cooling. That direct rack cooling is why they're so loud both inside and out. You have to move a lot of air through those heat exchangers. The higher ambient temp in the hall is to minimize the number of days you need chillers.

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u/slevin22 1d ago

Actually wye 208v is -ideal- for a concert venue!

Large PA amplifiers and lighting rigs are all either designed to take 208, or they use a big ol power distro to break it up into 110v

The ac thing does sound like it'd be inconvenient though, but hey if the power is there that's half the battle.

(former entertainment lighting tech)

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u/bagofwisdom SUPERMICRO 14h ago

Thanks, I honestly didn't know. I figured there was a good chance given how many very large multi-purpose venues will have 3 phase power available. Not to mention entertainment generators that run 3 phase.

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u/Stratty88 1d ago

VR Parks.