VideoCardz: "ASUS ROG launches its first DDR5 memory kit with 48GB capacity and DDR5-6000 CL26 specs (CN¥5999 or ~US$880 or ~€755)"
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windozeFanboi@reddit
RAM market can't crash soon enough
I wanna buy 128GB DDR5 8400 for 200£...
maybe next year,
/ ^(or never)
Lincolns_Revenge@reddit
If the AI bubble pops perhaps. But then we're set up for an global economic crash rivaling 1929. Maybe put the money aside now.
EnderPrimeMk2@reddit
That wont happen until after ddr6 is late in its life.
Frexxia@reddit
I'm fully expecting the hardware market to be a train wreck for at least 2-3 years
TemptedTemplar@reddit
Long after DDR6 becomes available.
wordswillneverhurtme@reddit
Disgusting price. Can’t wait for china branded ram to take over the market these companies spat at.
Frexxia@reddit
I hate to break it to you, but the Chinese companies don't have any incentive to sell memory much cheaper either.
wordswillneverhurtme@reddit
If they want to dominate the market, as they do with many sectors, they absolutely will.
Frexxia@reddit
They can do that by selling for a marginally lower price. They're not gonna send at pre-memory apocalypse prices.
dantemp@reddit
don't know about that, some people are not gonna upgrade at marginally lower price, but would if they see a normal price.
wordswillneverhurtme@reddit
I'm not saying it would be pre-apocalypse. Def disagree with marginally lower. Thats not how dumping works.
Simp_Simpsaton@reddit
Yea I was gonna say, Chinese industries have a tendency to flood the market. Should also consider that their ram likely won't have as great performance (as in, they'd have to be sold for less to begin with, in which case volume naturally makes sense).
Prize-Trouble-7705@reddit
+5000 social credit
jenny_905@reddit
Laughable.
Who exactly is buying this stuff and how long can certain manufacturers stay in this segment?
I'm not saying Asus will collapse or anything but surely they must be selling a fraction of what the were only a couple of years ago, especially in this high end enthusiast gamer segment.
constantlymat@reddit
I bought a 32GB Kit of Lexar Ares 6000Mhz CL26 with the SK Hynix chips for 240€ last December as prices were already rising.
These current prices are absolutely bonkers.
ScienceMechEng_Lover@reddit
You remember back when Asus denied rumours of them entering the RAM market? I wish they didn't lie, these sticks look terrible.
Leondre@reddit
Not ecc even at that price? I sleep. Hell, non-ecc ram shouldn't exist anymore, I'm so tired of consumers not caring about it.
ITaggie@reddit
Not that I don't care about it, I'm just not willing to pay a premium for it on a gaming rig. I have ECC in my home servers, but honestly I just don't see a need for it on my desktop and laptop.
pemb@reddit
While I agree that the lack of ECC by default is a sad state of affairs when every other modern bus has it, it does significantly add cost: you need extra physical DRAM chips to implement it because of the redundant data. It’s not just bus overhead taking a bite out of your bandwidth.
Like you said, consumers don’t care, and Intel desktop platforms don’t even support ECC anyway. In any case, DDR5 already has on-die ECC that works transparently, mostly to improve yields. It won’t report errors (as those are going to be routine) or detect in-flight corruption, but should catch random bit flips from cosmic rays or whatever.
denoflore_ai_guy@reddit
I bought a 6800MT 96GB DDR5 kit 2 years ago for 350 CAD. That same kit is worth 2400 CAD today.
Frexxia@reddit
It may sell for that, but it isn't worth it
denoflore_ai_guy@reddit
Oh I know lol. I’m just gobsmacked as everyone.
Deeppurp@reddit
News: This would have been $200 8 months ago.
imaginary_num6er@reddit
Soon you can build an ASUS PC
Sylanthra@reddit
And for that money you will see a 1 fps increase in games at 1080p with your 9800x3d chip.
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