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| ▲ | noboostforyou 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| But it's a cascading effect, OpenAI gobbled up all of DDR5 production to the point that consumers are choosing to upgrade their older DDR4 systems instead of paying even more to upgrade to a new system that uses DDR5. As a result, DDR4 ram is at a new all time high - https://pcpartpicker.com/trends/price/memory/ |
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| ▲ | auspiv 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| DDR4 prices are up 2-6x in the last couple months depending on frequency. High end, high speed modules (e.g. 128GB 3200MHz LRDIMM) are super expensive. |
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| ▲ | legobmw99 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Isn’t that due to different reasons (like the end of production for older standards)? I recall the same happening shortly after manufacturing for DDR3 ceased, before eventually demand essentially went to 0 |
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| ▲ | jl6 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Demand spills over to substitutes. |
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| ▲ | gpderetta 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| The price of DDR4 is also going up! |
