Aaron Klotz Social Links Navigation Contributing Writer Aaron Klotz is a contributing writer for Tom’s Hardware, covering news related to computer hardware such as CPUs, and graphics cards.
A Stoner Yeah, with the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and RX 9070 XT finally starting to hit MSRP or lower, I was thinking of updating my ALT computer that has DDR4 in it. Then I noticed that the memory that I had in my pcpartpicker build was $390 instead of the ~$160 it was when I originally picked it. That increase completely wipes out any savings from CPU and GPU price declines leaving the total cost of the upgrade higher than I am willing to pay. Reply
bit_user I wonder how much effect scalpers are having, in making matters even worse. Well, I have some extra DDR5 that I'll probably unload on ebay. Not because I need the money, but just because there's no point in sitting on it, if someone else could use it. Reply
Heat_Fan89 bit_user said: I wonder how much effect scalpers are having, in making matters even worse. Well, I have some extra DDR5 that I'll probably unload on ebay. Not because I need the money, but just because there's no point in sitting on it, if someone else could use it. Sell it!!!!! The TeamGroup 32GB 6000Mhz CL30 AMD Expo 2×16 sticks I purchased earlier this year from Amazon for $88, now cost an eye watering $288. Reply
bit_user Heat_Fan89 said: The TeamGroup 32GB 6000Mhz CL30 AMD Expo 2×16 sticks I purchased earlier this year from Amazon for $88, now cost an eye watering $288. Sadly, it's nothing fancy. Just some 8 GB and 16 GB SODIMMs and one 16 GB full-size DIMM. I checked the latter and looked at sold listings. I found a few cases where people listed a dual-kit for the same price as others were selling single DIMMs?? All were in the last couple days and located in the USA, so that doesn't explain the pricing weirdness. I guess some people just don't know what they're selling! Reply
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