… Due to unprecedented demand from AI data centers, manufacturers pivoted to enterprise memory and storage, leaving little silicon for producing consumer counterparts. …
… Worse, expanding a mirrored pool means buying in pairs, and every pair you buy returns exactly one drive's worth of new usable capacity. At current pricing, that is the most expensive method of adding a terabyte if you're using ZFS like I am. …
… If you're building from scratch, it's worth noting that you can pair one of these processors with a cheap X99 motherboard from a reputable recycler to gain quad-channel memory support too. RAM has become extortionate, but there is an absolute gold mine when it comes to X-Enterprise units. …
… Claude’s Max tiers are explicitly based on higher usage than Pro, while Team plans add separate Standard and Premium seat pricing. Google Gemini / Google AI AI Plus, AI Pro, AI Ultra 5x, AI Ultra 20x AI Plus : $7.99/month. AI Pro : $19.99/month. AI Ultra : $99.99/month or $199.99/month. …
… Related SSD prices aren't coming down anytime soon, but used enterprise SSDs could be the answer you're looking for Pre-owned enterprise SSDs are built to last, and they're quite cheap on eBay The current PC hardware crisis is here to stay Things won't change anytime soon When the AI data center de… …
… Nearline capacity has been absorbed by hyperscale buyers on multi-year contracts, and the effect on retail pricing has been substantial and sustained. …
… They're inexpensive for what you get, constantly being restocked because of corporate hardware refresh cycles, and have features that are normally locked to enterprise-grade gear. It's a no-brainer for anyone looking to upgrade their home lab, and certainly worth considering over new hardware.
… Related CAMM2 RAM is coming to desktops, but there's one major downside The economics of upgrading are about to change again The DDR5 era might extend way beyond anyone's predictions More memory-efficient LLMs might not slash RAM prices In the midst of all the doom and gloom, consumers are hoping t… …
… When enterprise AI demand gobbled almost all the available memory, GPU manufacturers could no longer continue to sell GPUs at the prices we saw until the end of last year. …
… Nvidia may want to prioritize its limited memory supply for high-margin enterprise AI chips rather than consumer gaming cards. These super cards would need to feature GDDR7 VRAM, which is the new standard, but its production is being throttled by the same facilities making AI memory. …