We live in tough times

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/51472380

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eezeebee@lemmy.ca · 25 pts · 3d (5 replies)

I went "overkill" on my build 10 years ago with 32GB of RAM for $170. Now they're going for $350.

Soulphite@reddthat.com · 9 pts · 3d (4 replies)

Ddr4 prices are affected too? I thought it was only 5

BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 24 pts · 3d

DDR3 and DDR2 prices are also trending upwards. There was an article a month or two back about how used DDR2 was up 60%.

restingOface@quokk.au · 19 pts · 3d

wjrii@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3d

18 months ago I upgraded my very old build one last time. I think the thread where I was asking about it should be in my history, actually. As part of that, I grabbed 16GB of no-name DDR4 for $22. It was almost an afterthought. That exact same pair of sticks is now listed at $104.

FellowEnt@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2d

My 128GB DDR4 Corsair kit went up to like 900

Dyskolos@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 3d

Q4 2025 I bought 2x 128gb for my servers. For 800 moneyz. Now it's between 4400 and 6600...If I'd sell them now i could buy a shitty used car for it. Or even a rtx5090. Jeez. It's not fun anymore.

MrMobius@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 3d (3 replies)

I just sold 2x8Gb of G.Skill DDR4 RAM for only 60€ so I guess I was way below market. I don't really mind because I mostly wanted to get rid of it and help someone get cheaper RAM in doing so. Hopefully the buyer won't try to speculate to make a lot of money off of someone else…

darkwing_duck@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2d (2 replies)

Doesn't make sense, why sell anything below market, especially when you have 0 idea who bought it? Charity I understand, but this ain't it boss.

MrMobius@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2d (1 reply)

I sold it at this amount when I saw offers for the same RAM model around 60€. I don't get why they would be so much lower than many other offers though.

darkwing_duck@sh.itjust.works · -1 pts · 2d

Cheapskates lowballing to resell later.

The_Hideous_Orgalorg@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 3d

WD Red Plus 10TB NAS HDD in January 2022 cost 229 each. Today they are 640 new, or 500 new for the 10TB Red Pro. I had intended to upgrade size around now or before long, but the now largest 26TB Red Pro are 1150 each!

JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 3d

Heheh yep. I just RMAd a Corsair set of 2x16s and saw the same when I had to pull up the receipt.

DigDoug@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3d

I bought 32GB of DDR4 RAM for cheap (even for the time) just before the prices really started skyrocketing. They only had a few extras in stock and I strongly considered buying them out and trying to resell them. If I'd done so I could probably retire by now.

starblursd@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 3d

My 32gb kit went from 107 to 599 😭