The RAM crisis and the PC apocalypse

[F. King Daniel]

This sad situation provoked me into accelerating my plans with getting a new pc, my old one was bought in 2019 and the 2070 super inside it was struggling to keep up on top of other aging factors.

Got one with 32gb ddr5 ram, rtx 5080 and an i9-12-something processor. £2000 so that's going to take me at least 2 years to pay off but it was a need and if I delayed any longer that price would only go up at this rate.

I probably spent more than I would have done if I'd done this last year but I was waiting to build up my savings and mulling between a whole new machine and just installing new parts. I kept telling myself there'll always be computers...

That is cheaper than I'd expected for that spec.

 

[Detached Nacelle]

That is cheaper than I'd expected for that spec.

Thus my pouncing

 

[Owain Taggart]

5 years from now, we'll probably be laughing at this as spending on AI would have plateau'd. At least I'd think that they'd get more power and memory efficient as the technology improves, allowing us to utter a sigh of relief on the hardware front.

I think it's just so unfortunate that it's been several years in a row of bad luck due to tech-related issues out of our control that have been blowing up the prices. The fact that Valve have had to delay their Steam Machine shows how nuts this has all been.

I've been in the market for a new phone, and the current one I have is midrange, and it's been a good one, but I've had it for about 5 years and it only ever had 2 years of OS and security updates.

When looking around at specs and comparing, I've realized that what my carrier has on offer has left me feeling a little limited on my choices, as some of the other midrange phones seem to have lower specs, so I'd be going backwards, so I eventually settled on getting a Pixel 9a. I would have waited for the 10a which is supposed to come out on March 5th, but the prices for it aren't any better than the 9a, and with taxes and all, I'm still nearly paying $1000 for this phone, which is crazy when you realize it's not even in the top range.