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The RAM shortage is coming for everything you care about
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this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2026
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I'm aware, thanks.
Now I'm just contemplating whether I should upgrade from 32 GB DDR4 to 64 or 128 while it's still within the realm of possibility, or bet on memory prices coming back down within the next few years, and upgrade to an entirely new platform with DDR5 then.
At least I'm not planning on buying a brand new car anytime soon, or even a nearly new one. And my phone's fine for a few more years.
Just get a 256GB SSD and boom, cheap RAM - albeit slow
Read/write cycles are absurd with RAM. One good way to break SSDs if I am getting this correctly.
I've already got a 64 gig swap file to complement my 32 gigs of RAM tbh. I just wish I didn't have to swap lol