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RIP Crucial (Micron) RAM and SSDs

Pink Jazz

Pink Jazz

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Another major computer hardware brand gone. SK Hynix has largely pulled out of the consumer retail SSD business in the US this year, and it looks like Crucial is following them for both consumer RAM and SSDs.

This is not good. Crucial was one of the best brands for laptop RAM and SSD upgrades. Crucial RAM had some of the broadest compatibility with many different systems with its conservative timing profiles. The Crucial T500 SSD was one of the best for laptops due to having one of the best performance-per-watt ratings in its class, making it an ideal choice for laptops where thermal performance and battery life matter.

For RAM, it looks like Kingston will be the next best option as far as broad compatibility. SSDs might be tougher, with only two major brands left (Samsung and SanDisk/WD). This might lead to consumers buying second-tier SSD brands such as Kingston, MSI, AData, or Sabrent.
 
Everybody is on the money-trail when it comes to AI taking up all the industry resources.

But when it finally becomes "market-ready", the same folks who got rich over investing in AI may be the only ones who can afford to use it. :rolleyes:
 
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Judge said:
That the prices have jumped so far so fast that it's best to just pass on upgrades and improvements for the timed being.
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I haven't looked at parts for about 3 years now so this comment got me curious and I had a quick look. Here everything's gone up in price a bit the last few years and this is true for computer parts too but I'm not seeing price increases outstripping other industries.

We have quite a few online parts dealers here, below is a link to one of them. When I'm buying I tend to shop around a bit and this mob's prices are sort of average, good on some things and not so good on others.

These prices are in Aussie dollars, rough conversion: AU$3 = US$2

https://www.mwave.com.au/memory/pc-ddr5?sortid=1&display=list
 
Judge said:
I was shocked at seeing what Best Buy wanted for the DDR4 memory I used for my latest computer build.
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That's because it's now outdated. Supply and demand, almost all manufacturing of DDR4 is ending and it's becoming more scarce. I just did a quick search on the site you linked and the DDR5 prices aren't all that different to here, a little more expensive maybe but not by much.
 
Outdated said:
That's because it's now outdated. Supply and demand, almost all manufacturing of DDR4 is ending and it's becoming more scarce. I just did a quick search on the site you linked and the DDR5 prices aren't all that different to here, a little more expensive maybe but not by much.
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The memory isn't scarce as much as the lack of new motherboards that will accept them. That much is old news though. But these price jumps were relatively recent. And the DDR5 increases were much worse, at least in terms of this retailer. (Memory was one of the few components that doesn't carry a substantial markup with Best Buy compared to other retailers.)

But then you also have to consider that you live considerably closer to the manufacturing and distribution of such components. Where the disparity in pricing will not be so impactful as in the Western Hemisphere.
 
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