The RAM sham AI scam
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Frant
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PostPosted: Fri, 21st Nov 2025 18:58    Post subject: The RAM sham AI scam
I think most of us know about the recent super-price-hike on RAM, right?
I just checked what my 32GB (2x16GB) Corsair Vengeance set cost in July this year (Sweden).

Corsair 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3600MHz CL18 Vengeance LPX
I paid 1,099 kr which is 99 Euro.

It's no longer in stock so I had to look elsewhere to find a kit for price comparison.
I checked on Corsair's own page:

2,639 kr which is 215 Euro

215 Euro for a kit that cost 99 Euro just ~3.5 months ago. That a 117% increase.

I really hope the AI bubble pops soon. The recent OpenAI deal meant that they're suddenly buying 40% of all RAM silicon. FFS.


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Stormwolf




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PostPosted: Fri, 21st Nov 2025 19:13    Post subject:
Lol thats nothing. The one i bought was 2300kr, now its 6300kr. Like what the actual fuck.
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couleur
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PostPosted: Fri, 21st Nov 2025 19:14    Post subject:
FFS indeed.


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Frant
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PostPosted: Fri, 21st Nov 2025 19:38    Post subject:
The sneakiest part is that they still raised prices on DDR4 which is obviously not what the AI nitwits are buying. I guess it has to do with production allocation in their fabs. DDR4 is slowly being phased out. Still, the DDR4 they're now selling for 100%+ higher price is what they had in stock already.

Everything is getting more expensive though. We have some serious shrinkflation going on here in Sweden.

The most sold (ever) assorted chocolates box named Aladdin (200 grams) was ~84 SEK in 2023. They shrunk the box to 160 grams and the price is 160 SEK now. That's just the worst example; they've done it on many different food products, sometimes very sneakily. Hyper-greed has definitely taken hold of what was once a welfare nation where things were fair and safe.


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"The sky was the color of a TV tuned to a dead station" - Neuromancer
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Stormwolf




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PostPosted: Fri, 21st Nov 2025 20:51    Post subject:
They're just increasing profits, everything else is just noise and excuses.
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PickupArtist




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PostPosted: Tue, 25th Nov 2025 12:52    Post subject:
it should be impossible for ddr4 to increase tat fast with the flood of obselete win10 hardware flooding themarkets . massive scam going on indeed
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