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[QUOTE="Munyaradzi Mafaro, post: 74148, member: 636"]
Some Redditor wants everyone to stop buying RAM to tank prices, but that strategy is basically pointless right now. PC memory got expensive because manufacturers slashed production during COVID when nobody wanted to upgrade, and then AI companies swooped in and bought up everything once demand came roaring back. Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron are pumping out HBM and other specialty memory for data centers instead of consumer stuff, since those contracts print way more money than selling to gamers.

A consumer boycott would accomplish nothing because the AI supply chain already snatched up most of the DRAM capacity. Even if every gamer stopped buying modules tomorrow, manufacturers wouldn't care since NVIDIA, AMD, and cloud providers are their actual cash cows. The advice is to hold off on upgrades if you can limp by on 8GB or 16GB for a few more months, or grab a prebuilt system since those haven't fully priced in the shortage yet.
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