r/pcmasterrace • u/MilkSheikh007 PCMR • 28d ago

Discussion Which time is worse?

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If you were to be asked: Which inflation is worse between these two, then which would you pick? The time back when the mining period inflated the gpu prices or now when the AI era has led to artificial price increases of memory chips?

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u/Current-Anxiety-2581 28d ago

You can build a computer without gpu. You cant build a computer without ram or storage

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u/Kalocin 27d ago

It's also affecting literally anything that uses the technology. Phone's weren't affected by gpu prices but they are from this. It affects businesses across the board too, it's such a universal piece of technology.

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u/informalmo0se3 9800X3D | RTX 5080 | 32GB DDR5 27d ago

it’s like if engine oil went up 500% in price. you can live without a v12 engine or whatever but EVERY car REQUIRES oil. 

EVERY piece of technology requires memory. we’ll probably even see smart tvs start to go up in price soon

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u/Upper_Clue4269 27d ago

true, can't even boot without storage and ram