The Ram is too damn high!

[wuseche]

Seriously. The big 3 are price gouging.

 

[Blain]

Seriously. The big 3 are price gouging.

Prove that.

 

[dma0991]

Seriously. The big 3 are price gouging.

Just use cheap value RAMs or..

 

[lilrayray69]

Seems pretty cheap to me...8GB of DDR 3 1600, G.SKILL Ripjaw (which to me has always been solid RAM) for less than $50..that's pretty damn good

I can remember spending almost $200 on 2GBs of DDR2 500mhz

 

[Rakehellion]

I can remember spending almost $200 on 2GBs of DDR2 500mhz

I remember buying 32MB of DRAM for $196 so I could play Myth II.

But I really won't pay more than $5/GB for DDR3-1600.

 

[thelastjuju]

So maybe now people will be forced to actually buy the amount they NEED (a mere 4-8 gigs) rather than wasting money on absurd amounts (like 16-32) :sneaky:

 

[Cerb]

Prove that.

No can do. They reduced output, raising prices on RAM, but not so much that you can't easily buy enough for your needs.

RAM would have to spike in price by enough to risk another memory maker going under, I think, before it could be considered gouging.

 

[gipper53]

So maybe now people will be forced to actually buy the amount they NEED (a mere 4-8 gigs) rather than wasting money on absurd amounts (like 16-32) :sneaky:

Believe it or not, some of us actually do real work on their PC instead of just play games. Sometimes productivity needs more RAM than WoW

My PC will easily eat 10+ GB when I'm doing heavy Photoshop work.

 

[Cerb]

Believe it or not, some of us actually do real work on their PC instead of just play games. Sometimes productivity needs more RAM than WoW

My PC will easily eat 10+ GB when I'm doing heavy Photoshop work.

Does the price going to $6/GB really affect you all that much? If it's real work, you could surely afford that, without worrying over the cost. At 16GB, it's gone up like $30-40, so far. Significant, with a budget <$1000, but not terrible. Compare that cost, FI, with the cost of Photoshop, which can exceed $500.

I'm sure it hasn't stopped rising, so we may be $7/GB or $8/GB, but that's still not really that bad. For awhile, yes, it was cheap enough to just get enough for the whole computer's lifespan. Now it's not quite that cheap. Oh well.

 

[Cloudfire777]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4o-TeMHys0

 

[bryanl]

Just use cheap value RAMs or..

A very 1980s solution, judging from the clothing and hair style.

 

[Dadofamunky]

So maybe now people will be forced to actually buy the amount they NEED (a mere 4-8 gigs) rather than wasting money on absurd amounts (like 16-32) :sneaky:

Speak for yourself Buster. For my workload, 16 GB is is the baseline.

 

[Pottuvoi]

Speak for yourself Buster. For my workload, 16 GB is is the baseline.

Indeed.
Been hitting the 18GB limit way too much lately..