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Prices for older PC hardware soar

Rob Beschizza
Jan 28, 2026
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The only ram you’ll be getting for Christmas. Photo: Shutterstock

AI datacenters’ demand for processing power, memory and storage has seen prices for GPUs and RAM soar, and now last year’s technology is following suit. DDR4 and older cards are joining the latest models on the top shelf. People building systems are finding that the savings “aren’t as sign…

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