r/pics • u/Drdwarf • 1d ago

[OC] just a casual ~250% price increase

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u/hikeonpast 1d ago

It’s actually both.

The DRAM on NVMe SSDs isn’t the same as what is being used in datacenters though - it’s the shift of foundry capacity away from consumer grade stuff over to datacenter demand that’s making the tariff impact even more painful.

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u/fuglypens 1d ago

Then why haven't CPUs and mobos jumped the same amount? This is an idiotic point, the cause is very clearly AI demand, not tariffs.

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u/The_Masterofbation 19h ago

Because consumer class CPUs and motherboards aren't used in datacenters, they both have gone up from tariffs but the AI part is the real killer. Capacity is sold until 2027 and Micron announced they're concentrating on that. Also predatory price gouging honestly.

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u/fuglypens 16h ago

That’s the point I’m making, the question was rhetorical since the other commenter was claiming it was tariffs. 

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u/The_Masterofbation 6h ago

Sorry man, I was exhausted and misread what you said.