For raw materials like copper and silver, significant demand comes from industrial processes, particularly in modern data centers. Modern AI data centers consume large amounts of copper wiring both internally and for external connections.
Just more AI fucking everyone over.
I cannot wait for the bubble to burst. Good god it’s so fucking infuriating to open every single app and get greeted with “Try our new garage door opener AI, Laurence!” or “Get the newest features for your coffee maker with Stanley, the coffee maker AI!” I just want to make some damn coffee and get my car out of the garage! I don’t need two fake friends to help me with that!
Seriously, look at this god damned bullshit:
I know what a fucking beef enchilada is! You don’t need to make RAM $400 a stick just to teach me about Mexican food!
Bubble bursting won’t mean prices will go down significantly. Coin mining doubled GPU prices. When it ended, prices went down around 20%.
I expect the same with everything else. Ram will have doubled and then “crisis over!” will mean a 20% decline from paying triple what Ram cost 6 months ago.
We need to somehow accelerate the burst…
Otherwise there’s a good chance they became so savvy with bubble bursts, that they have a good plan on how to avoid it…
By the time the bubble bursts it will be when the usd collapses
Ah yes, the expensive RAM in my power supply and CPU cooler. Classic.
Ah fuck this altogether, hopefully steam locked prices otherwise i am sticking with consoles.
The prices are insane
Hate to break it to you but consoles aren’t going to be exempt from any of this.
Console prices were going up even before RAM prices. Its ridiculous!
Oh yeah but I have a PS5 but was waiting for my bonus to start a PC build which nowlooks like I will need to wait for a lotto win. I had stopped buying games so I had some to play when I moved over.
Thankfully decent CPU air coolers are already quite cheap, so this won’t sting as bad.
A decent, high wattage, well rated PSU will last you a long time and actually use less power then one that maxes out at your peak load.
A good after-market CPU cooler is also a great way to keep your computer running well for longer.
The efficiency rating (in example bronze, gold) has nothing to do with the quality or how secure it is: https://www.velocitymicro.com/blog/what-is-psu-efficiency-and-why-is-it-important/ and https://cultists.network/7028/80-plus-issues-and-solutions/ Here is an up to date tier list (unfortunately a Google spreadsheet): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1akCHL7Vhzk_EhrpIGkz8zTEvYfLDcaSpZRB6Xt6JWkc/htmlview?gid=1719706335&pru=AAABm9YLTts*XFZjbFuCDKD48lUPIDVicA#gid=1719706335
