When something's in high demand, it's easy to catch the bug of herd mentality and think that you suddenly need it too. Remember panic buying right before the global pandemic in 2020? No one could find toilet roll anywhere in the UK, and such is life in the AI-induced global memory shortage.
Now that DDR5 and DDR4 RAM are in such high demand, it's become very, very expensive. That sucks, because it had just reached the point where veteran PC gamers with DDR4 machines were finally seeing reasonable prices that were tempting them to upgrade to the latest standard. Now, prices have skyrocketed, and what would cost $100 six months ago will now set you back $300 or even $400.
