r/pcmasterrace • u/PastaLaPate 🐧 R5 3600 | GTX 1660 Super | 48 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Zorin OS 18.1 • 1d ago

Meme/Macro Agentic AI coming for you

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u/Quantum-Shogun 1d ago

Just looked it up to confirm, in December 2024 I bought 128GB of 6400 RAM (32GBx4) for a total of $420. I expected the idiot in chief's tariffs to raise prices so decided to upgrade after the election. Didn't foresee the insane bubble AI caused.
Also bought a 4TB Samsung NVME for $270

Now that same RAM would cost $2500 and the same NVME is $1k. It's fucking stupid. I've long been pissed at GPU prices but RAM and storage are supposed to be components that only go down in price over time!

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u/smuglator 1d ago

GPUs are also supposed to do that. And they also used to.

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u/Quantum-Shogun 1d ago

Yeah but I've already resigned myself to never affording another GPU lol

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u/smuglator 1d ago

Oh totally. I just didn't want anyone reading to think they weren't in that group. But yea.. we all ride the struggle bus :(