Help with gaming pc

[Stg-Flame]

Yea but everything gets expensive in the fall to prepare for the holidays. This is why every time I build a new computer, it happens around April and May.

 

[Aikouka]

RAM goes cheap in the summer. Even on Black Friday/Cyber Monday they hike the prices a few weeks prior, then give you a small discount during the sale, so you're still spending a lot more than you should.

Just wait until next spring and you should see the same stick(s) of RAM for a hell of a lot cheaper.

Memory isn't expensive due to the time of year. The issue is a shortage in the DRAM chips, which go into more than just sticks of memory. For example, one of the reasons cited for continued shortage was Apple purchasing large amounts of memory for their new phones. The issue started with fab problems, and we just never really got back on track to meet demand.

It would be interesting as well to see how memory usage has gone up recently. I can remember thinking that 8GB of RAM was good enough in a fairly modern system, and then it became needing 16GB. Now, I use 32GB in my main desktops and 16GB in my HTPCs. (I don't just use them for video playback. For that, I'd use 8GB.)

 

[DigDog]

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i can't remember a time when ram prices didnt swing from half to double over the year. but you tell me.

 

[Ranulf]

How did this thread make it to page 2 without asking if the OP lives near a Microcenter?


Can probably find a good deal there on a 7700k if you want to save a bit. The coffee lake chips are in high demand and low supply so far. From my experience with Rust, it likes gpu and cpu but you'll really want it installed on an ssd for quicker loading times. I too don't think a nvme ssd m.2 drive is worth the extra cost right now. You can always add one in later. Use the savings to get a 500gb or larger sata ssd.

 

[Stg-Flame]

Memory isn't expensive due to the time of year.

Do you by chance live in a cave for half the year? Lots of hardware prices fluctuate over the year.

 

[Aikouka]

Do you by chance live in a cave for half the year? Lots of hardware prices fluctuate over the year.

Read this.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Do you by chance live in a cave for half the year? Lots of hardware prices fluctuate over the year.

Read this.

There is a fair bit of fluctuation, but evidence suggests that prices have simply been on the rise in general, not specific to holiday pricing.
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/9NPzK8/gskill-memory-f42800c15s8gvrb?history_days=730
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/L2VBD3/gskill-memory-f43200c16d16gtz?history_days=730
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/p6RFf7/corsair-memory-cmk16gx4m2b3200c16?history_days=730

Trending charts are pretty much identical for all brands/quantities.

FWIW, I'd consider now to be a terrible time to buy RAM, and would only do so if I absolutely had to build a new system, paying 50-100% over a year ago is hot garbage. Compound that with vid card prices, and it's kind of a not-great-time to build a new system.

Give it another 6mo imo, see how things look at that point, or wait for the glut of mining cards to hit ebay first at least.

 

[BudAshes]

There is a fair bit of fluctuation, but evidence suggests that prices have simply been on the rise in general, not specific to holiday pricing.
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/9NPzK8/gskill-memory-f42800c15s8gvrb?history_days=730
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/L2VBD3/gskill-memory-f43200c16d16gtz?history_days=730
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/p6RFf7/corsair-memory-cmk16gx4m2b3200c16?history_days=730

Trending charts are pretty much identical for all brands/quantities.

FWIW, I'd consider now to be a terrible time to buy RAM, and would only do so if I absolutely had to build a new system, paying 50-100% over a year ago is hot garbage. Compound that with vid card prices, and it's kind of a not-great-time to build a new system.

Give it another 6mo imo, see how things look at that point, or wait for the glut of mining cards to hit ebay first at least.

I decided to just get 16GB now and I'll wait until prices go down for the next 16GB. I lose a hundred bucks on the deal but really it's not much money in this day and age. Honestly the processor and motherboard was surprisingly cheap since I could go with AMD again like the good old days.

 

[Stg-Flame]

Read this.

I'll get my information from actual charts showing prices over the course of the year (which DHT Osiris was nice enough to supply). Because you know, that whole ordeal about facts and what not rather than an online magazine telling us about estimates.