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by extraduder_ire
18 hours ago
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Intel has released CPUs that support multiple memory standards, but it's up to motherboard manufacturers to wire them up correctly and it's one or the other not both. Boards with both slots on them have started to be released due to this current ram squeeze. e.g. ASRock's H610M COMBO board[0] has 4 DDR5 and 2 DDR4 slots [0]: https://asrock.com/MB/Intel/H610M%20COMBO/index.vn.asp#Overv... |
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I got around the high RAM prices by purchasing a micro center bundle deal to upgrade from my 5600X3D to a 9850X3D.
The total price was $699 for the processor, 32GB DDR5 RAM, and motherboard.
I’m not even sure how they do it. They’re basically discounting the CPU by $200 and the board and RAM by $50 each.
One theory I have is that inventory has piled up at retailers like Micro Center as consumer sales have dropped off a cliff. Perhaps consumer demand has been hurt so much that micro center’s cost basis for the RAM is still pretty low; it’s old inventory.
RAM prices have gone up but micro centers can’t magically sell their consumer ram to data centers. They are stuck selling it to consumers. So maybe they’re only willing to discount the price below market rate if you buy more stuff from them and buy in-store only. If they sold it for the old price they’d see customers coming in just to flip the memory on eBay.
I know the consumer RAM and motherboard brands are hurting and it’s only the companies producing the underlying chips that are benefiting.