• iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    I mean, Crucial is just the name that Micron puts on the memory they want to sell to consumers. So this story is basically just, “Micron no longer wants to sell to consumers”.

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      2 months ago

      When the shit hits the fan and they come back to consumers, we should just buy from anyone but them, on principle alone.

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        2 months ago

        So Samsung or SK Hynix. Because there are only 3 real players in the market :/

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            2 months ago

            Well it turns out that Samsung and SK Hynix also sold out to Altman. Literally whose RAM we gonna buy now? There were only 3 major manufacturers in the first place.

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              2 months ago

              I’m pretty fucked then, because I was one of those that was waiting until 2026 to build a new rig.

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                2 months ago

                I’m super lucky, I have 32 gigs and a graphics card. It’s just a 3060 ti, but it’ll do for now. CPU is a bit shit, BUT since it’s one of the lowest end CPUs of the second to last generation on AM4, I can go forward a generation AND get hella more cores with higher clock rates. Lately I use my PC more for work than gaming, so extra CPU cores will carry it till 2027 or 2028. 300 euros will take me from 6 cores/6 threads (ryzen 5 3500x) to 16 cores/32 threads (5950x) lol

                Put it this way, I’m waiting for DDR6 and AM6 now to buy any more RAM. Just a full on platform upgrade and I’ll make it a company computer because I work on it. Will save like 60% because taxes (social tax, income tax, VAT)