RAM, SSD, and GPU Pricing - Ugh šŸ˜ 

General system Gaming, sound and video
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I was considering the possibility of building a PC. But, with the price hikes and shortages of RAM, SSDs, and GPUs, I figured itā€™s just not the right time.

While my older PC build is NOT ā€œpremiumā€, it works quite well for now. So, for the time being, Iā€™ll hold off on a ne build. Finances just wonā€™t allow for now.

Current PC Specs -

  • Tower: Corsair case, mid-tower size
  • MB: MSi Z370 GAMING M5
  • PSU: Corsair CX750M (750 Watt)
  • CPU: Intel i7-8700k @ 3.7GHz
  • GPU: ZOTAC Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
  • Ram: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4 DRAM 3000MHz
  • Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 500 GB NVMe M.2 SSD
  • Storage: Crucial P310 1 TB NVMe M.2 SSD
  • OS: EndeavourOS

Considering my older specs, itā€™s still respectable. Hell, trying to acquire 32GB ram (even DDR4) nowadays may require a mortgage. Hopefully in the coming year or two, things will subside a bit. But with all this A.I. bullsh*t going onā€¦ timing is anyoneā€™s guess.

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Yep, a few months ago were much more favorable. Wait and see what another six months will do.

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What is it that you want to build? What parts are you looking at and what are their prices? How much did you think it would cost or what was your budget you had in mind?

Edit: Are you wanting the AM5 platform?

Edit: AM5 is going to be more expensive. DDR5 is way too much money and the motherboards are also much more expensive than AM4. You can still get DDR4 for a respectable price.

Edit: Am4 is still a very good platform that you can build and have higher end Gpu along with Cpu and faster nvme drives for a reasonable price.

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I wasnā€™t really looking at specifics yet. But just the idea of paying $300-$600 for a 32GB set of DDR5 RAM is insane. A few months ago, it would have cost $150 or so. SSD and GPU prices are suffering similarly.

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There are still worthwhile CPU upgrade paths at the moment as long as you stick to your existing DDR4 memory. Even GPU options if you just want to increase the VRAM. But building a complete new PC, yeah, it is what it is.

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Iā€™m not so sure about that. :thinking: You could get DDR4 for those prices for 32 GB but not DDR5 I donā€™t think. Iā€™m always looking at it and DDR5 has been expensive from the get go.

Edit: You can get DDR5 6000 for around $249.99 US.
Edit: Actually there is some Gskill for $224.00 US.

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If gaming is driving your upgrade, you could get a lot out of just a GPU upgrade. But to get a meaningful upgrade in the new market I would say you would need to get to at least an RTX 5070 or an RX 9070.

I would say you should either plan to buy now or wait for what may be a significant amount of time. It wouldnā€™t shock me if it took a couple of years to get back anywhere near reasonable.

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I wanted to populate the two remaining NVMe slots on my current motherboard, but now Iā€™m just praying nothing goes KABOOM especially with my RAM and my existing 2TB NVMe drive.

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Where can you get 32GB of DDR5 for 224?

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The first 2 are 2x8 for 16GB, not 2x16 for 32GB. Hence the less expensive price. A 32 GB set nowadays is crazy expensive.

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Sorry, I was looking at 32 GB at first.

Edit: Ya my mistake I thought it was 32 GB and I was looking for lower speed because the high speed 8000 is really expensive. I know that DDR4 is still reasonable here if available. I have already two AM4 platforms and I canā€™t justify upgrading to AM5 although i would like to. Itā€™s just not my priority right now when i have 3 desktops and 3 laptops. :zany_face:

Edit All my AM4 systems have 32 GB but they are 3200 Mhz.

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@UncleSpellbinder
Looking at the prices for DDR5 I myself would go with 2x8 16GB total because that is the only reasonable pricing going right now. I mean I could justify $ 379.99 but in Cdn itā€™s almost double.

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Well ā€¦

I canā€™t tell you how happy i was when that happened ā€¦
Thankfully the warranty covered everything (and even more), that would have been pretty expensive otherwise.

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**32GB of ram? Cheap on ebay. My only two electronics filters are ā€˜open boxā€™ and ā€˜free shipping.ā€™ Open box has served me well, and it is a leap of faith, but dramatically reduced prices. Times bit over 100 Open Box purchases? One out of one hundred (leaky ink cartridge).

food fer thought

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Me too. It;s a bad time to be a computer freak.

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Nvme prices are insane! Back in late 2023 i bought 2x Samsung 990 Proā€™s 4TB for ā‚¬498 for my msi notebook (wanted to max out everything). Monday i checked what these drives cost these days.

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better seek for all amd Zen3 / Zen4 / Zern5 with AMDGPU video card on the second-hand market

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nvme prices are expected to increase substantially from even their current prices as flash memory manufactures are now starting to shift capacity away from the consumer space.