Get your new PC now before you get priced out of the game

[igor_kavinski]

Ryzen has DDR5-6000 while Arrow Lake has DDR5-7000 (no idea how long that will remain in stock).

 

[Grimlakin]

And no discreet vjdeo!

 

[igor_kavinski]

And no discreet vjdeo!

Plenty of those on the USED market

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

I'd expect the 9800X3D to drop to $449 or lower pretty soon once the 9850X3D launches. Rumors are strong for CES announcement and I wouldn't be surprised if it launches not long after.

 

[igor_kavinski]

I'm curious about one thing though. Whatever happened to 2x12GB=24GB kits???? Those could've softened the blow but only a little bit. Still, better than 2x8GB kits.

 

[LazyGamer]

I'm curious about one thing though. Whatever happened to 2x12GB=24GB kits???? Those could've softened the blow but only a little bit. Still, better than 2x8GB kits.

Neither of those are optimal, for DDR5 they're essentially 'half rank' kits. DDR5 needs at least 32GB for 'single rank' operation, and 64GB for 'dual rank' operation, due to the increase in minimum DRAM die density.

But really you want at least single-rank, or 32GB. Sadly what used to be ~US$90 is now three or four times that, for a while it wasn't really even worth buying less than 32GB.