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#91

PC Rigs, Builds, and Peripheral Devices / Re: PC RAM Prices Are Now Insa...

Last post by CreepinDeth - January 21, 2026, 10:00:04 PM

And It's amazing costs haven't come down more on NVMEs at this time.  In 2026... it's not new anymore and larger and cheaper drives should be cycling out... with better reliability.

Costs can't come down if all components are going straight to AI.

Kioxia exec says the AI boom means the era of the cheap 1TB SSD is over —company's NAND supply is sold out for this year and likely through 2027


And then you got companies who are just straight up not caring about anything but money.

Think SSDs Are Getting Expensive? Well, NAND Makers Are Reportedly Cutting Production to Make Even More Money


And on top of that, we have everybody's favorite economic tactic... tariffs!!

Spraying kerosene over the DRAM inferno, US commerce secretary suggests memory chip makers could face 100% tariffs unless they commit to increased US production

#92

General Discussion / Re: What AD blocker do you use...

Last post by retro junkie - January 21, 2026, 05:58:09 PM

Don't those browsers have their own ad blockers? I don't use anything special, just what is supplied with the browsers. And I use Duck Duck go for a search engine. I am not bothered by ads that much. YouTube is an issue in itself. If you pick some old movie you will rarely see an ad, but pick something popular and current, and it is a target that is bombarded relentlessly. Facebook is another issue. I can sometimes spend ten or fifteen minutes knocking out ads, unless I go into my feeds. Just go up to the top hit menu and then feeds.

#93

PC Rigs, Builds, and Peripheral Devices / Re: PC RAM Prices Are Now Insa...

Last post by BLUEVOODU - January 21, 2026, 05:11:44 PM

I hope Systems prices aren't too affected.  I partly wonder if their last increases were timely that either:
1.) they put them in ahead of time... so they won't raise prices again.

OR

2.) Hopefully this is not the case... but they put in their increases ahead of time to not get complaints when they have to increase prices AGAIN due to rising costs of ram. 

You know, generally... once prices increase, they don't come back down.  Bubble pricing is different. However, bubble pricing might become the norm in this case like what happened to GPU prices.

And It's amazing costs haven't come down more on NVMEs at this time.  In 2026... it's not new anymore and larger and cheaper drives should be cycling out... with better reliability.

#94

Nintendo - Switch 2, Switch, 3DS, and Wii-U / Re: Animal Crossing New Horizo...

Last post by BLUEVOODU - January 21, 2026, 05:04:33 PM

@retro junkie - Did you have a chance to test these new features out?   I've been slammed the last 2-3 weeks with a bunch of things and life... and haven't had a chance to play test them.  My son says they are cool though.

#95

General Discussion / What AD blocker do you use?

Last post by BLUEVOODU - January 21, 2026, 01:08:09 PM

What Ad blocker do you use today that works well?    This would especially be the case for Youtube.  Some of their ads are bonkers these days.

Post up your favorite ad blockers (for Safari, Chrome, Firefox... and also mobile)!

#96

General Discussion / Re: What music are you listeni...

Last post by BLUEVOODU - January 20, 2026, 11:40:11 AM

Man... Down in a Hole is such a great song. That whole Dirt album was amazing. @CreepinDeth - the universe is definitely telling us something!    What a great time for music.  I remember when the MTV Unplugged Alice N Chains happened... and I didn't catch on to it at 1st.  This is even though I really dug Alice N Chain's music. 

Headbangers ball! Lol.. the 1 episode where it was Ricky's birthday and they threw cupcakes at him.  I think I read a story and those cupcakes were still frozen LOL.     I will check that MTV Rewind out.

Speaking of Alice n Chains Dirt... I'm now listening to Dam that River.

#97

PC Rigs, Builds, and Peripheral Devices / Re: PC RAM Prices Are Now Insa...

Last post by CreepinDeth - January 19, 2026, 09:58:57 PM

@CreepinDeth  If you had to guess... how much higher do you feel this is going to jump?

It's very hard to guess. Things just keep getting worse. We're probably looking at $200 for 16GB of RAM and $150 for 1TB NVME SSDs for the foreseable future.

#98

PC Rigs, Builds, and Peripheral Devices / Re: PC RAM Prices Are Now Insa...

Last post by retro junkie - January 19, 2026, 08:16:47 PM

I don't think we have seen yet just how this is going to effect the game consoles. What is being manufacture now will soon show up on the shelves with a price increase. I am seeing the talk that the Switch is going to have a price increase of a possible $50.

#99

PC Rigs, Builds, and Peripheral Devices / Re: PC RAM Prices Are Now Insa...

Last post by BLUEVOODU - January 19, 2026, 11:06:57 AM

@CreepinDeth  If you had to guess... how much higher do you feel this is going to jump? 

Everyone else... feel free to chime in as well!

#100

General Discussion / Re: What music are you listeni...

Last post by CreepinDeth - January 17, 2026, 06:31:15 PM

Nice @Grindspine !


I'm digging this right now:

I wonder if the universe is trying to tell us something because I just got back into Alice In Chains again these past couple of weeks. Would? is such a great song.

So apparently, some web programmer created an "MTV" website where you can watch tons of videos and even has channels like "Headbanger's Ball" and "MTV Unplugged." Music lovers should check it out.

Link: MTV REWIND


The MTV Unplugged channel played AIC's Down In A Hole and I had forgotten how great of a performance it is. Then started listening to more of their stuff again.