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RAM and SSD prices are still climbing—here’s our best advice for PC builders

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RAM and SSD prices are still climbing—here’s our best advice for PC builders

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Low-Spec Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 days ago

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I would avoid building a PC right now, but if you can't, here's our best advice.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/59968339

I went to a pc building shop and the price of 64 RAM DDR5 was over $1000. I could have built an entire PC with that price a year ago.

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DDR4 is still OK for gaming, and about half the price.
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  But DDR4 compatible CPUs are raising in price
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    Bought a 10-core Intel i5 recently for less than $200. It’s more than sufficient.

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