The RAM demand won't resolve in 2026, and 2027 doesn't look great either, claims report
… Sign in to your XDA account Summary RAM and storage prices are skyrocketing; don't expect relief anytime soon. …
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N100 mini PCs quietly killed the Raspberry Pi for home servers
… The Raspberry Pi’s unhinged prices are the final nail in the coffin Ironically, N100 systems have become cheaper than a full-fledged Raspberry Pi setup Although the OG Raspberry Pi’s affordable cost was its biggest draw, modern RPi systems besides the Zero have seen massive price hikes. …
My RTX 5090 can't keep up with Apple Silicon on the biggest local LLMs, and I hate to admit it
… A MacBook Pro M4 Max with 128GB and a terabyte of storage costs about the same as a well-specced gaming PC built around a 5090. …
You're paying $100+ extra for motherboard features you'll never use
… By the time you need faster storage for your second drive or multi-gig Ethernet , chances are you'll need a new platform for a CPU upgrade, anyway. …
These PC building "best practices" are costing you money and doing nothing for your rig
… Greater adoption of DirectStorage would have changed the situation, but that hasn't happened yet. PCIe 5.0 storage makes sense for some productivity workloads, but by and large, PC builders should just save the money and get a Gen4 drive for now. …
I tested Claude's two biggest competitors because of its usage limits, and one banned my account
… And for a fraction of the price. …
Valve isn't ditching Windows or x86, but it's quietly making both optional
… Reports have suggested that Valve's final pricing and release-detail announcements have been complicated by the massive increase in memory and storage costs. …