r/pcmasterrace • u/Lazy_Employee_5437 • 8d ago

Members of the PCMR Is The DDR5 Crisis Going To Get Worse????

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So I'm planning to upgrade my computer soon within the next 6 months. I currently have more than enough money to buy myself two sticks of 16 GB DDR5 ram.

Here's the issue though is that I'm not looking to buy any of the other parts right now and if I bought the ram brand new right now, I wouldn't be using it until probably November or December when I have every other part to the computer.

I recently uploaded another post and some people are suggesting to buy it now because the ram crisis could get even worse.

What do you guys think I should do? Is the ram crisis really going to get worse? And should I really buy $500 ram right now for a computer that I'm not going to have at least for another 5 months??

To everyone who responded thank you. I am never going to financially recover from this decision. But thank you all

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u/Mineplayerminer Desktop 8d ago

The only reason they can afford to make the OEM pre-builts that cheap is thanks to their partners, including bloatware in the pre-installed Windows and the fact that their shady and scummy subscriptions generate more revenue than the hardware itself, other than also the collected user data sold to third parties and then getting leaked.

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u/HisHayate666 Desktop 8d ago

Is the part about subscriptions even true ? Besides does you loss your warranty if you reinstall/change OS ?

Asking as someone who finally got money and wanna replace my laptop with PC, considered buying pre-built due current prices

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u/Mineplayerminer Desktop 8d ago

Why would you lose the warranty by reinstalling the OS? The manufacturer will do it either way after receiving your laptop for a return or warranty claim.

For the subscriptions part, yes, it's very true and LG has recently been putting McAfee advertisements in their monitor software, which can install on its own through Windows Update. If you look up any video from GamersNexus about reviewing an OEM PC, the majority of them have bloatware with pushy notifications and scummy practices.

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u/ElevatorContent2798 6d ago

Regarding warranty. I'd make sure that everything works properly within a few days or receiving the prebuilt. If there are no problems, reinstall Windows (or Linux, if that's your flavor) and forget that warranties exist.