Generative “AI” data centers are gobbling up trillions of dollars in capital, not to mention heating up the planet like a microwave. As a result there’s a capacity crunch on memory production, shooting the prices for RAM sky high, over 100 percent in the last few months alone. Multiple stores are tired of adjusting the prices day to day, and won’t even display them. You find out how much it costs at checkout.

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    6 days ago

    I have 128gb of corsair ddr5 in my closet. IM RICH!

    Just did a quick check, it’s worth double what I paid for it. I’ll just let it sit in my closet until it’s worthless.

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      6 days ago

      I also have 128gb of ddr5 ram

      And 64gb of ddr5 ram

      And some laptop ddr5 ram

      I’m going to wrap them all in Saran Wrap and stick them up my ass so my brain works faster