In the past, when assembling a computer, the lion's share of the budget was usually taken up by graphics cards, CPUs, and monitors, while memory prices represented a relatively minor portion. Nowadays, however, the skyrocketing prices of memory have dramatically increased its share in the overall budget. Blogger Han Lu recently highlighted a controversy in the computer-building community: A netizen planned to build a computer with a total budget of 15,000 yuan, and 64GB of memory ended up accounting for the largest chunk of the cost. This shift underscores the current strained state of the memory market, prompting consumers to be more vigilant about memory prices and configuration options when assembling their computers.
