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Thank God I bought 128GB or RAM about 3 years ago for a homebuilt. As an example of how dramatic the RAM price rise has been, look at the price of thus (incomplete) build I posted here 10/24/2025, compared with almost the same today:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type Item Price

CPU AMD Ryzen 7 5700G 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor $163.99 @ Amazon

Thermal Compound Arctic Silver Ceramique 2 Tri-Linear 2.7 g Thermal Paste $3.85 @ ModMyMods

Motherboard ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4/ac ATX AM4 Motherboard $79.98 @ Amazon

Memory PNY Performance 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL22 Memory [lowest price] $38.40 @ Walmart

Memory PNY Performance 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL22 Memory $38.40 @ Walmart

Storage Patriot P300 512 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive $37.50 @ Amazon

Storage Leven JS600 512 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $30.99 @ Amazon

Case Thermaltake Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case $52.99 @ Amazon

Power Supply Thermaltake Smart 500 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply $39.49 @ Amazon

Case Fan Masscool SL-FD14025 45.32 CFM 140 mm Fan $5.99 @ Amazon

Case Fan Thermalright TL-P12W-S 52.86 CFM 120 mm Fan $5.39 @ Amazon

Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts

Total $496.97

Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-10-24 06:39 EDT-0400

NOW:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 5700G 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor $174.99 @ Amazon
Thermal Compound Arctic Silver Ceramique 2 Tri-Linear 2.7 g Thermal Paste $3.85 @ ModMyMods (OOS)
Thermal Compound ARCTIC MX-4 (2019) 4 g Thermal Paste $5.49 @ Amazon
Motherboard ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4/ac ATX AM4 Motherboard $74.98 @ Amazon
Memory PNY Performance 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL22 Memory $144.95 @ B&H
Memory PNY Performance 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL22 Memory $144.95 @ B&H
Storage Patriot P300 512 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive $54.99 @ Newegg Sellers
Case Thermaltake Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case $54.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply Thermaltake Smart 500 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply $39.68 @ Amazon
Case Fan Masscool SL-FD14025 45.32 CFM 140 mm Fan $5.99 @ Amazon
Case Fan Thermalright TL-P12W-S 52.86 CFM 120 mm Fan
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total $704.86
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-12-04 16:59 EST-0500

The local (well, nearest) computer recycling place peaked with the collection center and two retail locations (the addresses varied), went down to one, then closed that main drag location and went back to having their sales floor in the collection center. This could be good for their biz.