[kwlug-disc] ***SPAM*** Re: OVH costs and prices?

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

> From: Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com>
> 
> RAM prices have gone up 500% in 12 months, because of AI data centers.
> 
> https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/memory-prices-climb-500-percent-in-12-months-up-to-10x-the-lowest-ever-tracked-prices-128gb-of-ddr5-now-usd3-399

Part of the headline: "Memory prices climb 500% in 12 months, up to 10x 
the lowest ever tracked prices — 128GB of DDR5 now $3,399"

My gosh.  At the end of November last year, I bought a min-PC with 128G of 
soldered DDR5 laptop RAM.  I paid about C$2100.  Now the RAM alone is 
worth US$3,399?!?

The company's web site will sell me the same computer for C$5095 now: 
<https://ca.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-ms-s1-max-mini-pc>

(I bought mine through AliExpress and got a rebate from Rakuten.  If I 
had bought it through the minisforum site, it would have been more like 
$3,000.)