[legobmw99]

If they’re DDR4 (or even DDR3), it has no value to e.g. OpenAI so it shouldn’t really matter

[noboostforyou]

But it's a cascading effect, OpenAI gobbled up all of DDR5 production to the point that consumers are choosing to upgrade their older DDR4 systems instead of paying even more to upgrade to a new system that uses DDR5. As a result, DDR4 ram is at a new all time high - https://pcpartpicker.com/trends/price/memory/

[auspiv]

DDR4 prices are up 2-6x in the last couple months depending on frequency. High end, high speed modules (e.g. 128GB 3200MHz LRDIMM) are super expensive.

[legobmw99]

Isn’t that due to different reasons (like the end of production for older standards)? I recall the same happening shortly after manufacturing for DDR3 ceased, before eventually demand essentially went to 0

[jl6]

Demand spills over to substitutes.

[gpderetta]

The price of DDR4 is also going up!