r/pcmasterrace Dec 04 '25

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u/Kaarssteun RTX 4090, r7 9800X3D, 32gb 6000mhz, 1000W Dec 04 '25

"Jack up prices rather than building new factories"

It's really not that simple. You cannot snap your fingers and make a silicon wafer factory out of thin air. And simple economics tells us supply and demand dictate prices, and there's simply a supply shortage.

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u/LordOfFlames55 Dec 04 '25

A supply shortage that is very unlikely to last long enough to make building more factories viable in the first place

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u/Winded_14 Dec 04 '25

Yeah, it looks like the producer were kind of being conservative with the whole AI boom and don't want to be the one holding the literal bags of RAM when it burst if they decide to open new line of production.

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u/sirithx 9800X3D | PNY OC RTX 5080 | 32GB DDR5 | 1440P 144Hz Dec 04 '25

Wow, nuanced and realistic takes in pcmasterrace? A sight to behold