Why you should not hold off your computer purchases

Posted by StandardLovers@reddit | LocalLLaMA | View on Reddit | 15 comments

The strait of Hormuz is closed again, but it does not only affect Oil.

Also Helium, helium is needed in all of semi-conductor industry. Helium can't be stored (it leaks). If this continues the whole industry will not be able to make parts.

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BrightRestaurant5401@reddit

A computer is a once in a 4-5 years expense? It is always funny to me people are so dramatic about 100 dollar/euro/pound more or less.

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StandardLovers@reddit (OP)

how about a 3-400% increase in RAM prices ? That wasn't just a 100$ event. My message is humble, I believe we will see another hardware price increase.

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lemondrops9@reddit

yeah some people live in lala land. The ram I bought last year in Jan is now worth 7x more. But I guess the people who cant do simple math come to the conclusion its only a few bucks.

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lemondrops9@reddit

you dont get out much, PC prices are starting to get crazy. Even the mechanical hdd drives have 2-3x in the last year

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ProfessionalSpend589@reddit

Yeah, I’m dusting 2 1TB HDDs to hook them back to store a bit of files.

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as I've wrote multiple times already, all these heliums and wars are just an excuse, look at the things globally: the globo-shlomo does not want you to own the personal equipment, you must rent the equipment from them.

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Hector_Rvkp@reddit

Also, the moon phase, and the colour of your mom's underwear today.

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StandardLovers@reddit (OP)

Very rude comment but let me summarize current situation from 4 sources with an LLM: Chipmakers are already raising prices or planning increases (~10–15%) ftcelectronics.com Helium prices have reportedly spiked >50% in the current situation ftcelectronics.com Energy costs are rising and fabs pass some of that to customers Business Insider PC components (chips, PCBs, materials) are seeing broad cost increases and delays

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Hector_Rvkp@reddit

I'm sorry. If the LLMs say it's true, then it's totally true, you're right. In fact whenever i need macro economic advice, i go to reddit and listen to users with "love" in the name and bananas as icons, because i once met an LLM that was into crystal ball reading that said that your mom liked going commando, in fact.
#science.

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Turbulent_Pin7635@reddit

It still more accurate than the best economist available.

But, the bar is already low.

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StandardLovers@reddit (OP)

how about a 3-400% increase in RAM prices ? That wasn't just a 100$ event. My message is humble, I believe we will see another hardware price increase.