It's pretty crazy when computer components go tulip bulbs better than gold.
This is just some vibe-coded crap, isn't it?
Probably not tracking eBay but retail stores..
But if you look at individual DDR-2x8GB items on pcpartpicker, it becomes obvious that ramtrack is just completely off here (why would 16GB be only 6% cheaper than 32GB, that is just not credible).
This supply crunch is such a fraud - I was on a call with a analyst group covering the memory market and they described the current situation in hilariously depressing corpo speak:
"Pricing dynamics are reflective of coordinated production discipline amongst major suppliers."
I had to give them props, that is one of the most creative ways to describe the pricing fixing cartels.
Is a common phrase in cyclical industries. Increasing production requires huge capex (like Micron's new $100 billion plant in New York), but the reward for that investment are lower prices... A decade ago, during the shale boom people started talking about it and you can find plenty of use in the early 2000s already.
While it was the right idea at the time (for me), I wonder if I should have upgraded while the prices were a little more "normal"...
No real point here, just complaining to the room.
Don’t really need 64gb
replooda•2h ago