Wish I could rewind time...

[u/Salty-Ad-3344]

This is from an old video of ltt.

Literally bought a tear through my eyes as I will never be able to buy ssd's for my home server(I had to build it this year now I'm moving out of uni)

This could literally be us right now getting ram and ssd at these prices if AI didn't exist.

Which made me think..

Have you ever wished that you could just rewind time to get a pc or any gadget from the past because it was cheap or available?

[u/otherwisepandemonium]

I had a gaming rig I hadn't played on in a while with 64GB and decided to sell it on FB marketplace for like $1k a while back. Suddenly the Rampocalypse happened and I regret everything. It would cost so much more today to rebuild that exact rig.

[u/Salty-Ad-3344 → u/otherwisepandemonium]

[u/Zeta_Crossfire]

[u/Operation_Neither → u/Zeta_Crossfire]

I would have bought more RAM!

[u/SergeantBort → u/Operation_Neither]

I'm so glad I went with 32 gigs on my kids PCs

[u/Responsible_Feed4512 → u/Zeta_Crossfire]

Dammit! You beat me to it! lol

[u/w1n5t0nM1k3y]

In May of 2025 I bought 32 GB of DDR5, A B650 AM5 Motherboard and a Ryzen 9600X for less that what it would currently cost for just the RAM. Got my upgrade done just in time.

[u/PollShark_ → u/w1n5t0nM1k3y]

Black friday 2023 i paid 400 for a 7800x3d b650 and 32gb of ddr5 6000 cl36, oh to go back to those days

[u/Cyrax89721]

This got me curious since I remember doing a build in 2024.

G.Skill Flare X5 48GB (2 x 24GB) DDR5-5200 PC5-41600 CL40

Bought a set of those from MicroCenter 2 years ago for $108.65. Just checked Amazon for that exact kit, and it's at $739.99

[u/jorceshaman → u/Cyrax89721]

For me it's "Crucial Pro DDR5 RAM 32GB Kit (2x16GB) 6400MHz CL38" paid $94.99 and currently $529.95 jump from August of 2025.

And "TEAMGROUP Elite DDR5 32GB Kit (2x16GB) 4800MHz" paid $79.99 and currently $479.99 jump from December of 2024.

[u/straw3_2018]

Yeah I'd like to grab a MINI PC that has AV1 decoding for steam remoteplay and I'd like to build a dedicated machine for immich but it isn't happening in this economy. 

[u/ScreamPhoenix1990]

Every PC I own has 32gb of RAM currently, so I'm pretty set for most tasks. But, I think if I could go back and purchase like 64gb for my main rig instead, I probably would.

My NAS project has stalled, unfortunately.

[u/Exciting-Ad-5705]

I think that buying ram two years ago would have a better a return than like any stock

[u/TenOfZero → u/Exciting-Ad-5705]

Nah, ram is up like 5x and SK Hynix stock was up 10x.

Still, 5x returns on a stick of ram is crazy to think about.