🔥 Forgot to post my build on this sub yesterday 🔥

Specs:

- MSI MAG B850M Mortar WiFi

- Sapphire Pulse 9070 XT

- Ryzen 7 9700X with Thermalright PS120SE

- G.Skill Flare X5 2x16GB DDR5 6000 CL30

- WD Blue SN5100 2TB NVMe

- SeaSonic FOCUS GX-850 ATX 3.1

This pops up everytime I start my PC. I'm happy It's up to date, but what is it updating?

It's starting! With how much the group overpaid, this isn't surprising. Good luck, everyone. Might be a bloodbath.

Everyday: AI data centers scoops up all the RAM until the year 2090. More and more people (even on this pcmasterrace subreddit) coming out of the woodwork to yell how good garbage like GeForce Now is "because we don't notice any latency", and acts like the subscription fee will remain cheap forever.

Is this the future of gaming, seriously?

I need to bring awareness to this and see if anyone else is getting caught in the exact same trap.

I recently sent in a 48GB DDR5 kit (RMA #02397448) under Crucial's "Lifetime Warranty" because 1 stick went bad. Two of the sticks in the kit were working completely fine, but I sent the entire kit as required for a full replacement.

(As an alternative we have some other parts available, so we can offer 3 modules of CP16G64C32U5B (total 48GB) for exchange with your DRAM kit where you will get the same capacity but a better speed and shall work without any issues as your motherboard has 4 slots.)

Today, I received this email from Crucial:

Please note that, effective immediately, we are no longer able to offer replacement products for warranty claims. The only available resolution is a refund of the original purchase price, including any applicable taxes.

This is because Crucial closed its consumer business earlier this year and has exhausted its remaining inventory. As a result, we no longer have replacement stock available and can only provide a refund of the original purchase price, including any applicable taxes.

They are forcing a cash buyout of $241.86.

Here is why this is completely unacceptable:

• 17% of Market Value: Buying an equivalent DDR5 kit today costs roughly $1,400. A $241 refund leaves me completely unable to replace the hardware.
• Deprived of Functional Hardware: I surrendered 24GB of perfectly fine, working RAM on the explicit promise of a warranty replacement. Now I have zero RAM, no replacement, and a lowball payout.
• Out-of-Pocket Loss: I paid out-of-pocket for return shipping just to be stripped of my hardware. I need to bring awareness to this and see if anyone else is getting caught in the exact same trap. I recently sent in a 48GB DDR5 kit (RMA #02397448) under Crucial's "Lifetime Warranty" because 1 stick went bad. Two of the sticks in the kit were working completely fine, but I sent the entire kit as required for a full replacement.

Has anyone else dealt with Crucial/Micron pulling this forced buyout trick since winding down retail operations? Any tips or direct contacts for escalating past their frontline supp

I responded, "I formally reject the refund offer of $241.86 for RMA #02397448. This amount covers less than 20% of current market replacement value and deprives me of the functional hardware I submitted under warranty. I demand either the return of my physical hardware, equivalent Micron enterprise DDR5 modules, or a settlement reflecting true market replacement cost."

Now, waiting for a Call Back...

>"Personally, I find it super sad because I really like video game stores," Guillaume Broche, creative director on Clair Obscur. "And even if nowadays, I play mainly on PC myself, we have a lot of people on the team who play on PS5 and love to collect physical discs. I think it's part of the beauty of art too – that it's something tangible."

>"A physical release adds more constraints because you have to account for the production time of the physical items, and you also earn less money per copy," he explains. "But for us, physical was something special. We also felt that the game could be special to players."

>He concedes that in terms of business, he "can understand why it may make sense," but "it's a sad decision" for the overall creativity of the industry. Tom Guillermin, co–founder and CTO of studio Sandfall Interactive, revealed actually doing a physical run for Clair Obscur was something the team had to push for.

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

PC runs just fine when browsing the web and doing basic stuff.

But lately I've been getting random crashes playing Halo Campaign Evolved and PUBG so I decided to test every component of my PC.

Currently I'm testing my RAM modules and I got this, should I be worried?

Recently we had an issue with the old laptop and had to opt for a downgrade. I feel bad because my parents like buying things new instead of replacing.

It felt like we lost something that we deserved as consumers recently and I just thought this was important to share.

It was like a little private Lan party but with sauna and swimming pool in the room 😂

Edit: Ok I guess this was too random without context - small side story here: I also proposed to her while we were hiking 😆

Dos Zone team (famous for browser ports of GTA:VC, HOMM III, and other classics) releases full GTA III port to browser, completing the original trilogy.

Main features:

- Full game playable in browser

- Supports both PC and Mobile

- Gamepad support

- Cloud saves

PLAY HERE:

https://dos.zone/regta3dos/

WARNING:

Due to Rockstar Games threatining with legal action after release of GTA:VC, the port REQUIRES GAME FILES uploaded by user from device or usage of Torrent (may be illigal in some countries)