cm0002@suppo.fi to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 days agoAn entire PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory, even after a discount — simple memory kit jumps to $600 due to DRAM shortage, and it's expected to get worse into 2026www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1198
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minus-squareLavaPlanet@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoWhen the bubble pops on ai, will there then be all those parts up for offer?
minus-squarePabloSexcrowbar@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoIf it’s anything like the crypto bubble from a couple years ago, then yeah. eBay should be flooded with used RAM and GPUs.
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoCrypto bubble? checks price Wut?
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoNot too long ago BTC was hovering around $120K. The price has fallen quite a bit in recent weeks
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoNot too long ago bitcoin was hovering around $10K. The price has risen astronomically in recent years
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoYep. It’s not a bubble. It’s just volatile. And increasing long-term
minus-squarePabloSexcrowbar@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThere was one a while ago, back when mining on GPUs was still viable. I wanna say the GTX 1000 series was still in vogue at the time.
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoSo you mean recession, not bubble
minus-squarePabloSexcrowbar@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoIt crashed hard and it crashed fast after a prolonged period of unsustainable growth. Is that not a bubble? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264999321002327
minus-squareTheOakTree@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoRegardless of what happened to crypto, it was certainly a crypto mining hardware bubble for anyone invested in that.
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoCorrect. It was not a bubble. It is a volitile system that will continue to crash and rise forever.
When the bubble pops on ai, will there then be all those parts up for offer?
If it’s anything like the crypto bubble from a couple years ago, then yeah. eBay should be flooded with used RAM and GPUs.
Crypto bubble?
checks price
Wut?
Not too long ago BTC was hovering around $120K. The price has fallen quite a bit in recent weeks
Not too long ago bitcoin was hovering around $10K. The price has risen astronomically in recent years
Both are true.
Yep. It’s not a bubble. It’s just volatile. And increasing long-term
There was one a while ago, back when mining on GPUs was still viable. I wanna say the GTX 1000 series was still in vogue at the time.
So you mean recession, not bubble
It crashed hard and it crashed fast after a prolonged period of unsustainable growth. Is that not a bubble?
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264999321002327
Regardless of what happened to crypto, it was certainly a crypto mining hardware bubble for anyone invested in that.
Correct. It was not a bubble. It is a volitile system that will continue to crash and rise forever.