Mini PC maker Minisforum to hike prices on all models with SSDs and DRAM, cites 'significant increase in our overall costs'
Posted by nohup_me@reddit | hardware | View on Reddit | 19 comments
INITMalcanis@reddit
If it's not GPUs, it's RAM, and if it's not RAM it's NAND.
This AI bullshit cannot end soon enough. Shame the people who are running this scam are too rich to be punished.
Blueberryburntpie@reddit
Don't forget electrical rates going up, so even people who are chugging away on old computer hardware are impacted: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-ai-infrastructure-is-driving-a-sharp-rise-in-electricity-bills
pomyuo@reddit
This is incredibly misleading. I'm happy to support AI and decentralised currency, they're both important things. Watching TV shows or playing console games isn't.
Waterty@reddit
Rage baiting shit, deserve a ban
Deciheximal144@reddit
And you'll see that news of the cure for the cancer you have, on the newspaper you're sleeping under after you've lost your job to AI.
reticulate@reddit
LLM's aren't curing cancer lol
htwhooh@reddit
Nah man, we just have to crash the economy because AI might do something useful one day.
Liatin11@reddit
If you want it to end sooner then you need to start burning their resources generating bs nonstop. The quicker they run out of money the quicker the bubble pops
relik39@reddit
Bought 2 sticks of 64 GB DDR5 SODIMM exactly 2 months ago, now I see them priced 30% up at the same retailer.
Canadian_Border_Czar@reddit
Ive got 16 GB of DDR4 Samsung B dies im sitting on. Wonder what theyre worth at this point.
zeronic@reddit
At least barebones aren't changing. Unless you were buying these for family/friends the barebones and buying your own storage/RAM was always a better deal anyways.
red286@reddit
Minisforum prices are exceptionally low. It's actually pretty hard to build a complete miniPC with the same specs for a lower price than theirs. I got a Core i5-1250P w/ 16GB RAM + 512GB NVMe SSD for ~$350 USD.
Not very impressed with it though. The HDMI port is bugged out and the DisplayPort port doesn't work at all. Haven't tested out the USB-C (not even sure it supports video), but not super hopeful there either.
Kitchen-Clue-7983@reddit
Don't think they're even the cheapest out there. (Among the more known Chinese brands)
For a slight premium Beelink has a better reputation.
zeronic@reddit
I really like their Neptune/NUC/MS series. Have worked with the HX99G and own an MS-01/A2 which both work great. Doesn't mean every model is gonna be a winner though.
mediandude@reddit
It is useful to buy a new computer when DRAM prices are low (below detrended average, whatever that means).
imaginary_num6er@reddit
They should be ready to send a new notification next week since RAM prices are going up 20% each week
nohup_me@reddit (OP)
Yes but fortunately companies place an order at *today price for 1 million modules. So now they are paying this price for X time, next order on next months/years they will pay more if the price will be higher.
Hoping that we will not face days like when the prices of video cards were skyrocketing due to the bitcoin mining. This time for memories due to AI.
constantlymat@reddit
That's how DRAM procurement works in a normal market. Not in an overheated seller's market where they can point at completely full order books. Plus Minisforum doesn't have the volume of other OEMs.
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