What do you prefer, RAM being really expensive or RAM being out of stock?
Of course, it would be nice if there was enough supply to meet demand, but there currently is not, so it has to be one or the other. I still prefer expensive over not available.
[−]probably_wrong · 2026-11-15 Sun 12:19 UTC ·
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If I can't get any RAM then it's immaterial whether it's because I'm poor or because I'm unlucky. But if the second case ensures that (say) research institutions get as good a chance as OpenAI then that's (IMO) better than "we'd love to research your idea but Elon Musk bought all the RAM for Grok".
It wouldn't be down to luck, you just wouldn't be able to buy it. All the RAM would have been sold out about a year ago and you wouldn't have been able to buy any RAM at whatever price and wouldn't be able to for maybe years to come.
You can still buy 64GB DDR5 RAM today. It just costs a little over a thousand dollars. This price discourages enough buyers for there to be stock left.
Of course, this assumes there is no price fixing going on, which hasn't been determined, yet.
[−]newswasboring · 2026-11-15 Sun 12:59 UTC ·
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There is enough supply to meet demand, it's being hoarded for future projects not even started yet.
Of course, it would be nice if there was enough supply to meet demand, but there currently is not, so it has to be one or the other. I still prefer expensive over not available.
You can still buy 64GB DDR5 RAM today. It just costs a little over a thousand dollars. This price discourages enough buyers for there to be stock left.
Of course, this assumes there is no price fixing going on, which hasn't been determined, yet.