• FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    The RAM in demand is DDR5. The price of older RAM might be driven up somewhat because more people are buying older computers due to the price increases, but I doubt buying refurbs just to harvest the RAM would be commercially viable.

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      3 months ago

      Depends. The price of the same DDR4 kit I bought earlier this year is now 4x what it was, new.

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      3 months ago

      I bought DDR4 ram a year or two ago for $30 bucks. It’s $70 for the same RAM now.

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        3 months ago

        Yep. Annoying. A few weeks ago I didn’t realize all of this was starting, I wanted another 16gb ddr4 for a computer I was converting into a server.

        Was annoying to discover the price increase for seemingly no reason.