RAM prices are insane!

[brianmanahan]

i wanted to get 32gb of ddr4 3200 cl 14 for my 8700k, but at these prices?

no way, i'll just be content with 16gb of ddr4 2400 cl 16

 

[Skunk-Works]

Why would you need that much RAM? 16GB is the sweet spot for most anything unless you are doing heavy picture/video editing.

And I should mention 2600 MHz is all you need.

 

[Herr Kutz]

No kidding, I was pricing out a 1500 with a hemi the other day and couldn't believe the price.

 

[ElFenix]

 

[QueBert]

Back in 1995, Microsoft introduced Windows 95. I went with a friend to a computer outlet and paid $299 for a ONE GIGABYTE hard drive because I wanted enough room for this new OS and all my DOS games like Doom and Castle Wolfenstein and all the basic programs I had written in the BASIC programming language.

in 1988 I paid close to a G for a 120 megabyte drive, and I think $600 for a USRobotics 14.4k HST modem. I laugh at people today complaining how 16 gigs of memory costs like $200.

 

[thebestMAX]

List of stuff from the old days I still have around. Could probably look up what I paid for the ram. Paid $400 for a 40 M Indus drive and about the same for the 2 Atari drives I had on my 800.

processors:

amd 5x86 p75 133mz

amd 1.4 tbird

amd 1.0 tbird

amd 2700+

amd 1700

amd k6-2



SODIMMs

ddr 128mb 266hz

ddr 256 333hz cl2.5

ddr 256 333hz cl2.5

pc 133 16mb crucial

pc 100 64mb 100 mz cl 2 crucial



Ram STICKS



2 each ddr 256mb 400 cl3 ecc crucial

2 each ddr 128mb 266 cl 2.5 crucial

2 each ddr 256mb 266 hz cl 2.5 crucial

1 each sync 128mb 133 hz cl2 crucial

1 each pc 100/32 mb Kingston

3 each 64mb pc 133 TCW

1 each pc 100 64 mb Apacer

1 each 72pin 4 mb 60ns

 

[ElFenix]

found a microcenter flyer from august 2016 stuck behind some stuff in my office. 16 GB ballistix sport lt: $65. kinda makes you want to cry

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

found a microcenter flyer from august 2016 stuck behind some stuff in my office. 16 GB ballistix sport lt: $65. kinda makes you want to cry

Yup. Insane DDR4 prices, insane GPU prices thanks to mining, and Meltdown / Spectre
==> unhappy enthusiast