I think the AM4 platform is exceptional. I don’t have any experience with AM5 and I’m not sure if I would notice the difference. Maybe in high end gaming if I had the hardware for it and I was a gamer.
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I only built 2 AM5 machines so I could get the hardware before Turnip became president and inflation could go through the roof again because of him. I left the AM4 setup completely together sans there video cards so they could just be dropped into a tower and be back up and running in under 15 minutes if needed. The AM5 systems gave me the excuse to purchase a Geometric Future case and give my roommate the old case containing the other AM5 build I did.
For context, the US inflation rate for the last 10Y
I’ll leave it up to you to determine political circumstances during that period.
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Inflation Reduction Act baby. But it is clear that prices are not coming down and wages are stagnating. For most of us at least.
Those numbers aren’t accurate and you damn well know it.
Yes and No. A.I is also the Excuse. Everyone is looking to cut cost where ever they can and if they can use A.I as and excuse to get rid of people they will. However A.I wont replace most people any time soon.
That US graph, is reflected by inflation data in other countries too (eg, eg, eg) . The accuracy of the data need not be controversial.
To clarify, it represents a rate of inflation, not an indicator of price. So while the rate has come down, I agree with @Archie1 with respect to prices remaining high and wages stagnating.
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An obvious question is why would you expect them to be cheap when they have no competitors. All they need is to be relatively cheaper (few-ish %) to sell. But when the price is already several times higher than what the customer expect then that is not much.
Unless they have some very low quality in which case buying that is not a good choice in the first place.
I’m predicting consumer memory prices dip in 2028/29.
AI data centers have all purchased HBM product in advance; being manufactured now. When AI data centers get what they need to startup, then these memory factories go from 3 shifts around the clock to 2 shifts maybe. The consumer will start looking good again.
My postulation ^ does not factor in if they will keep consumer memory prices Sky High though…there is nothing to prevent that.
OpenAI locking up 40% of global DRAM wafer production is surely the linchpin behind all this.
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It is also my misguided fantasy wish that someone could step into this bare market and service the home user again. Then I woke up when i realized memory making machines are the size of luxury yachts and not just anyone can make memory.
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ha, tell the Germans;
Germany used to have its own memory manufacturer, a spin off of Infineon that went bankrupt due to Infineon, the parent, selling high priced wafers to its subsidiary, and Qimonda (the memory manufacturer spin off) not earning enough to pay the bills, during the Great Recession years (2008–9).
And then, ten years ago, or so, the German bankruptcy lawyer got a visit from China: “we’re buying the patents and internal documentation, want cash?”
So came into being Kingbank.
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this gets so tawdry. Too bad for the German factory.
I have a few DDR4 16GB laptop modules that are surplus to requirements. How do I get them to Singapore without any tax authorities knowing and selling them at such high premiums?
Transfer pricing.
Unfortunately most things ordered at least in the U.S. from China have been at or at least closer to American prices for a few years now instead of being a big money saver like they use to be.
Not a big fan of this trend; seeing it more and more.
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