RAM: WTF?

SUPPORT THE AI DYSTOPIA REPORT SERIES: https://store.gamersnexus.net/ai-dystopia Memory prices have skyrocketed over the last several months. RAM price increases are for a number of reasons, including AI server demand chewing through supply, previous oversupply leading to a draw-down in manufacturing (which has now caught-up), and probably also RAM companies being a-holes. We'll explore why RAM prices have gone up, the impact to NAND (Flash Memory, or non-volatile memory), the impending impact to GPU VRAM prices, and how there's nothing any of us can do -- but we can at least collect price data and make decisions on purchasing. Watch our "WTF is Going On" video about the circular AI economy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3JfOxx6Hh4 Learn about the special backer tiers with bonus videos and digital content: https://store.gamersnexus.net/ai-dystopia Or grab our new "RETRO I/O" Coaster Packs! https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/gn-drink-retro-io-coaster-pack-4-custom-3d-coasters-100x100mm And our new Vaporwave Smiley T-shirt: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/unhinged-vaporwave-smiley-t-shirt-cotton-black Or grab our sticker packs! https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/unhinged-ai-dystopia-computer-case-sticker-pack We also have a new REDACTED glass with nucleation base: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/censored-unhinged-smiley-glass-nucleation-base And our Copyright Takedown T-Shirt: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/copyright-strike-takedown-black-cotton-t-shirt Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: http://www.patreon.com/gamersnexus TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - The RAM Situation is Crazy 03:21 - We Need Your Help 04:45 - DDR4 and DDR5 Skyrocket in Price 05:50 - Price Trend DDR5-6000 CL30 2x16GB 07:34 - Price Trend DDR5-7200 CL34 2x16GB 09:01 - Price Trend DDR4-3200 CL16 2x16GB 10:41 - DRAM Spot Price 13:39 - CARTEL for DRAM 16:23 - DISASTERS Natural and Artificial 22:53 - NAND and GPU VRAM Price Climbing 24:09 - Conclusion Worse Before Better ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: http://www.twitter.com/gamersnexus f: http://www.facebook.com/gamersnexus w: http://www.gamersnexus.net/ Our policies, processes, and ethics statements relating to review samples, advertising, travel, errors, and more are transparently and publicly available on this page: https://gamers.nexus/ethics-statements Steve Burke: Host, Writing Vitalii Makhnovets: Editing Tannen Williams: Writing Andrew Coleman: Editing