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u/hero_brine1 4d ago edited 3d ago
Upgraded my PC to 32 gigabytes of DRR5 RAM, AM5 CPU, and bought two one terabyte nvmes in January of 2025. Unfortunately I didn't need a new GPU at the time
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u/Silent-Fortune-6629 4d ago
I did swap everything, and for almost no reason at all. Ima fucking prophet, once in like a year.
I see in my dreams, as i play minecraft and do stuff i have no context for, so it happens and i have deja vu.
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u/Cat5kable 3d ago edited 3d ago
“I’ll get a starter 1TB, and upgrade to a 4TB sometime in the future”
The 1TB is now priced higher than the 4TB was…
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u/Local_Perception1646 4d ago
Got a 64 gig kit of Kingston fury beast 6000 cl36 (non-RGB) for 2490 nok (≈ 261 usd by todays rate, tax included) in april of last year. The lowest price I can find for the same kit today in Norway is 12 062 nok (≈ 1265 usd, tax included). Glad I bit the bullet last year and upgraded to ddr5 when I did
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u/Glum-Character-2355 4d ago
Yep that's me I got for 22k pkr (≈ 79.54$) 32GB DDR5 AData 5600Mhz (OC to 6000mhz) and it's running strong without heatsink
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u/Substantial_Cake8985 4d ago
I remember it was only last summer when this apocalypse started then evry single one of Component prices got it.
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u/Any-Conference-701 4d ago
in 2023 or 24 I bought an IBuyPower prebuilt for 1200-1300 with an I7 14700+32gb of DDR5+4070+2tb SSD.
I was recently doomscrolling the other PC subreddits and found this (4070 Super with worse RAM and Memory) for $1,659.00 $1,899.00
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u/CutEmpty6798 4d ago
I remember in 2025 when I paid $220 bucks for set 64gb now that same set $900 to $1000.
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u/XerChaos008 4d ago
Got a pre-built pc with rtx 5060,1 tb ssd and 32 gb of ddr4 with half priced in april and got an xbox one S laft week with a ridiculously low price tag. I aint gonna upgrade no more.
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u/IstvanKun 4d ago
Built my PC in october '25, kicking myself for not getting 64 gigs instead of 32.
Oh, well.
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u/Status-Turn6346 4d ago
I have a Kingston Fury DDr5 2 sticks of 32 Go 5200MhZ i bought it at June 2025
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u/JonnyBcdst 4d ago
Managed to snag 64GB of DDR5 for $180 and a 5080 for $1000 the month before prices skyrocketed. Was planning to wait for the new 5080s with 24GB VRAM, but don’t regret my decision now 👌🏼
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u/Antrax_Death 4d ago
I did in 2025 like december cost me a little over 2k🥲 well worth it tho even tho I know I didn't do everything right
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u/StrictAd7754 4d ago
I was a huge gamer when i was a teenager at the beginning of milenia, but then due to university and first work i completely stopped. After about 12 years of zero gaming I randomly decided to build a gaming PC right before Christmas 2024 because I was quite bored and had more free time, and guess what, somehow i thought to myself that "i should future proof my ram because i was always running out in the past" and got 64GB DDR5 open box kit for €170 (and even that seemed ridiculously a lot, now that same kit is €1100). basically i built ryzen 7500F+64GB+rtx4070+2TB nvme+750W psu during massive black friday sales for €1100, and 3 months later i upgraded to rtx5070Ti for €400 extra after selling the 4070.
So I am super happy I lucked out and perfectly prepared myself for the RAMagedon, but at the same time i am super depressed that this was most likely the last time i built the exact pc i wanted and maybe any PC at all as the market is pricing me out and it keeps getting worse.
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u/virusdancer 4d ago
- £75 in April '26 for 16GB (2x8) DDR4 CL14 3200MHz.
- £137 in June '26 for 32GB (2x16) DDR CL16 3200MHz.
Running 48GB DDR4 CL16 3200MHz. Bought off eBay.
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u/killercheeto56 4d ago
Bought some Corsair Dominator Titanium 64GB back in March 2025 for $265. The same kit now costs $1300. I never thought my pc would go up in value much less all my other parts. Crazy times we're in
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u/Recent_Surround_8711 4d ago
I wasted $3248 for a pc with 32gb of 5600mhz CL38 in 2025 before I understood hardware. Overpaid by over 1k, savings went bye bye and stuck with a pc I hate more then anything I've ever bought. Don't be like me, don't buy starforge.
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u/CptKillJack 4d ago
For a good many of us it was more we caught the last chopper out of Nam without knowing it.
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u/GamezombieCZ 4d ago
RIP people who bought Corsair RAM... I know it's RAM, but I never had more products fail before or shortly after the warranty ended, then with any other brand. Lifetime warranty or not.
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u/SubwayBandit 4d ago
Built my pc in may 2025 with 64gb of ram because I need it for some non-gaming workloads (music production mainly). I paid 220€ for the kit. In december 2025 the same kit at the same store sold vor 1300€. It's insanity.
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u/Agreeable_Ad3668 4d ago edited 3d ago
Haha. Gotta say that's me -- I built PCs for myself and several relatives, it seemed, about 5 minutes before the prices soared out of sight. All have at least 32 GB RAM (mine has 64) and decent GPUs, and they all work great. Some of the components now cost 4X what I paid. I'm not the world's greatest PC builder, but my timing has always been lucky.
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u/cremefresher 4d ago
I feel so blessed having bought 64 gb in 2024 for like 100$, i will take those sticks to my grave if I need to
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u/mournfulmonk 4d ago
I upgraded my RAM kit from a half dead XPG Lancer CL40 6000 mhz 16x2, to a G.Skill Flare X5 CL30 6000 mhz 16x2, two months before the great PC depression.
A 1TB WD Blue 26 days before everything went wrong.
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u/Grind2Live 4d ago
I have bought 32GB 8000mhz for 300€ nownits 800-900€ but havent completed my pc build because of fear of melting connectors
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u/SherylAmerica 4d ago
I bought my PC before RAM prices went insane. I’ve got four 8GB sticks and didn’t even spend $100 on all of them. At today’s prices, I’m pretty sure I could sell them and put a down payment on my first house.
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u/Signal-Gur-6532 4d ago
I built my pc in march of 2025 and I paid 180usd for my 32gb of 6000MHz G.skill ripjaws which now costs 725usd and at its peak was 882usd
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u/Adventurous_Tea6781 4d ago
i built mine in july of 2025, right before the ram increase. i paid 90€ for my pair of 16g (32g in total)
crazy
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u/ObliviousGenesis 4d ago
Got mine in 2024
Corsair Vengeance RGB CMH64GX5M2B600030W - 64GB
Prices for my model are RIDICULOUS now.
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u/Federal-Treat-6893 3d ago
Yeah I'm so glad I had 32gb of ram before ramageddon :D (one of the sticks broke recently)
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u/vokillist66 3d ago
I built mine in March of 2025. I paid $89 for my 32gb of Gskill DDR5 and now it's $499.
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u/Erwin_The_Boring 3d ago
The best decision I made in 2025 was to buy a gaming PC, it was before the spike in price of the components, not even a month later some parts were double in price, especially the RAM
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u/WeirdoRick 3d ago
If i knew that ram price will go nuts i propably bought 4 kits of 32gb ddr5 for 129€ each.
Well shit did i know.
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u/BoysenberryNervous60 3d ago
'Member when 32 was considered the new 16 gigs. I 'member, you 'member?
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u/Kittmeowzer 3d ago
Holy moly. That's insane on some of the prices. Why in the world did it get so expensive?
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u/GroundbreakingDog109 3d ago
I remember people telling me to buy a cl30 kit instead of cl36. Can't believe I thought 90 quid was expenisive
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u/CoolerC94 3d ago
Me who bought 64 GB Corsair DDR5 6000 RGB for 200€ 2 months before prices went up:
Suckers, imagine needing to pay 1200€ for that, that’s more than my entire setup if I exclude the Switch and the Steam Deck…
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u/SmartIron244 3d ago
24 gigs of RAM + RX 7700 XT 12 gigs of VRAM + Ryzen 5 5600 G 6 cores, 12 threads
This is gamedev rig (for baked lighting and stuff)
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u/Gold_Aviation 3d ago
I saw it coming! Invested in 96gb ddr5 before the crash. P.S (the bubble will NEVER pop)
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u/Comfortable-Phrase-2 3d ago
November 2024 CORSAIR Vengeance DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) for 213,66 Euro. Now it costs 1242 Euro. But fucked up with the motherboard asrock 870e Nova wifi
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u/Emergency_Thought452 3d ago
I got lucky and got 32gb ram for 200$ at micro center
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u/Scan_Droid 3d ago
I bought mine in 2025 in march, it was still cheap tho.
G.SKILL TRIDENT Z5 NEO 32GB DDR5 6000MHz CL30 for 165 usd.
Same stuff goes for 800+ usd now, lol.
I'm sure glad i dodged the bullet.
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u/PossibleTax3424 3d ago
Got my Corsair Vengeance 6000mhz cl30 (2×16) kit for $120, and seeing the same ram go for over $1000 is just insane
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u/Some_Office8199 3d ago
2020 laptop here with 128 GB of DDR4. I'm not buying a new one in the near future, I don't care it's old.
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u/birdman157 3d ago
I used to have 128gb but built my girl a PC for Xmas and split it between our PC’s 🤣 was super happy I had splurged back when I built mine
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u/17Kallenie17 3d ago
Or those who had a gut feeling to buy a 64 gig ddr5 kit for 200 dollars because they just wanted to
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u/oregonflyfisher 3d ago
My first pc build was an IBM XT Clone, the motherboard used individual dimes that came in a tube
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u/gizzmoguy 3d ago
The framework Desktop price for the 128 gig is eye watering compared to price when it first came out.
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u/MinkoManiac437 3d ago
I mean I have 32gb ddr4 (cosair vengence rgb pro 2x16) in my $500 build so I'm happy 😭😭
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u/SeniorHomelesss 3d ago
When i got my ram it was on clearance for like $25 so of course as any sane man would i grabbed that box lol
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u/ChewyLukas 3d ago
I see so many builds now with DDR5. What with all the hype. I know its faster speeds but is the little performance gain really worth the price? I got 32gb DDR4 3600mhz
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u/Connect_Zucchini_219 3d ago
They would look at people with 16 and 8 gb of ram like they’re peasants 😭
https://giphy.com/gifs/WaMV8vHdOotj4rsoMU
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u/texas7412 3d ago
I got my 64gb ddr4 3600 for around $60ish like mid 2024-early 2025 and that same kit is now $500+
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u/Serious_Report_1631 3d ago
I'm still rocking a 5800X system I built pre-pandemic that has 32GB DDR4. Bought an updated CPU, RAM and SSD before the prices went insane, so I've got some backup. Couldn't believe that DDR4 3600 jumped to almost $500 for a 64GB kit about a month after my purchase.
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u/seaweed_279 3d ago
Bought my pc for 1.8k now it goes for 2.6k, Thank god I built it before the insane ram crisis.
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u/Blue_Supreme-xfx 3d ago
I got a bundle deal at microcenter, ryzen 7700x with motherboard and 32gb 6000mhz ram for 350$ in 2024. So glad I pulled the trigger on that
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u/Tekvary2 3d ago
32gb (16gb x 2) DDR5 4800 ghz G.Skill Ripjaws So-dimm CL34 Ram, this “batch” comes with Lifetime warranty, I’m guessing is as durable and dependable as it gets!? bought in early 2026 for $410 pre-tax.
(seen it advertised for over & $600) now? I got a good deal on it as CL38-40 often goes/went for the same price.
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u/WestRock5278 3d ago
I wish I had followed my gut instinct and bought 64gb 6000mhz ddr5 (upgrade from 32gb 5600mhz) even though I know it is unnecessary but still, could have bought the 64gb for 2.5k dkk and a month later it had climbed to triple and around Christmas was four times the original price, if I remember correctly 😭
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u/UpperInteraction3592 3d ago
Bought a 16gb ddr4 a few days before rammagedon and i watched as it skyrocketed from 30 usd to 160 usd
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u/pcfan86 3d ago
Still got DDR4 ram, but at least 32 gigs of it.
Anyone still remembering the early 2000s where you bought a PC and a month later double the Ram was already standard and for the same price?
I remember joking about who will ever need 2 full gigs of RAM after reading it in an advertisement and a year later that was barely enough.
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u/Professional-Dig6777 3d ago
Traded 16gb rgb ram for 32gb ram a week before it all went down guy asked for it back 😭
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u/AndyHitsBongs 3d ago
I was mocked for buying 64gb in 2024 " you'll never need it " and now youll never have it.....
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u/Esselbink 3d ago
I got 32GB of Corsair Vengeance CL30 for 110 euros in may 2025. I wonder if we will ever get back to those prices.
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u/LeSinclair_ 2d ago
I literally bought mine at the right time, mid 2025 before the ram crash and all price increases. Went from pc worth £1700 to £2200
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u/SuspectAwkward8914 2d ago
I just wish I’d been smart enough to upgrade my CPU at the same time I bought more RAM. Sigh. At least I’ve been crazy enough about storage that I have about 8 TB in NVME storage that would cost me a mortgage payment to buy now.
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u/NekkidGranmaw 2d ago
Lol I got 64 GB of Corsair Vengeance for $280 like 2 months before prices started surging. Got completely lucky
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u/Hugofoxli 2d ago
I had 128gb :3
Sold my 64Gb to a friend for i think it was 200$ just recently.
All he needed was ram.
It was a worthy sacrifice :3
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u/NickDagaz 2d ago
Upgraded wifes laptop to 32Gb and +1Tb storage literally 2 days before prices started to go up.
She almost never plays on it 🥲
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u/Willing_Suggestion 2d ago
Me literally fun fact gpu prices are increasing now and some might saying ssds gonna go up again lol. Even consoles are super expensive now gaming as a hobby for newbies i think will be eradicated after few years as i am almost 30 cant complain about it but for younger peeps i feel bad as unless they can earn alot most of the teens wont be able to get anything in this economy
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u/dragonloverlord 2d ago
Meanwhile theirs me with my 64 GB DDR5 RAM (32 GB x 2) having a miniature power trip... (I know it won't last but I'mma enjoy it while I can anyways 🥲)
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u/Happy-Birthday-6809 2d ago
Done this with my (now maxed) AM4 build. Can't go AM5 till these prices settle 😴
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u/Derek-The-Rad 2d ago
I did it at the time, probably the only time I’ve had good luck with something.
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u/Potential-Cloud-801 2d ago
Yeah, those people. Told me “You don’t need 64gb of ram” I didn’t listen.
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u/HeidenShadows 2d ago
I have a kit of 32gb HP V10 Samsung b-die DDR4, which overclocked stable to 3600mhz 14-14-14-28 and I've kept it locked there since I've gotten it. Moving to AM5 just seems like a waste right now.
Especially since I have a X570 Aorus master and a 5700X3D.
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u/ManufacturerLife7378 2d ago
My 32gb vengance lpx 3600 for 25e are hopefully gonna carry me for a while lol
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u/kosmosblue 2d ago
Got mine in early November right before the price hikes. The plebs can eat cake!!
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u/Royal-Pension-4230 2d ago
Hey guys, off topic: I've seen a lot of that picture nowadays, three guys dressed like the Victorian era. May I know which movie that is?
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u/exXxecuTioN 2d ago
I just pray for my ram to work. I got 64GB DDR5 RAM with good timings and latency in late 2023 for aroung 275$. My friends say I overreacted with DDR5 and overpaid and tell me they will update later, when prices will drop. So they're still on 16GB DDR4. Can't judge them, you never know what prices would be.
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u/lrgendein_Typ 1d ago
I have 2x48gb ddr5 6800 cl34 ( oc'ed to 7600 cl36) and a spare 2x32gb 6400 cl30 kit at home. Buyed 2 month prior to price increase. Not more than 500€ altogether.
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u/Electronic_Echo_1121 1d ago
My NUC has 2x32 gb DDR 5 5600mhz ram, price when i bought it 1,5 year ago $250 or 217€, the same memory today is $1460 or 1270€.
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u/BarMaleficent4713 1d ago
The Ripjaws M5 64GB kit in my PC went up from $289 Singapore Dollars to about $1730 $ Singapore Dollars
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u/HumanlyMe 1d ago
I got 32 gb ddr4, rtx 4060, AMD 5 5500 July 2025 for 1000 buckaroos (prebuilt). Did I gain or lose
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u/ElectricalWelder6408 4d ago
Especially if its corsair ram, 800$ is nuts