RAM is so expensive, it comes with a free Intel Core 9 CPU
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In summary:
- PCWorld reports a Newegg bundle that offered 64GB of G.Skill Ripjaws DDR5 RAM for $885 with a free Intel Core 9 285K processor worth almost $600.
- This limited-time offer highlighted the dramatic rise in PC component prices, with retailers creating creative bundles to help consumers manage costs.
- The deal has since ended and been replaced by software, demonstrating the temporary nature of such pricing solutions in today’s expensive PC building market.
How can you even build a PC these days, when component prices are rising faster than the price of gasoline? As often happens when in-demand products become scarce, we start to see bundling, as retailers and consumers look for relief. Such an example? Buy 64GB of desktop RAM and get a free Intel Core 9 285K processor.
This particular set comes (or came from) Newegg, a seller that likes to wrap up commonly associated purchases at the best of times. Shoppers spotted a 64GB set of G.Skill Ripjaws DDR5 RAM (that’s two 32GB 6000 DIMMs) for a terrifying $885 USD. For comparison, I’m looking at a receipt in my personal email for RAM with identical specifications from July 2024 for $164. Forgive me while I scream into a pillow.
To sweeten the “deal”, Newegg temporarily added an Intel Core 9 285K desktop processor. This is, at least for the moment, the high-end Intel chip aimed at consumers: 8 cores, 16 threads, retail price of almost $600. It wouldn’t exactly do the RAM it came with affordable– again, RAM increased by more than 500% compared to the previous figure. But in the newest sense, getting coins worth almost six hundred dollars for free is hard to sneeze at.
Alas, it seems that haggle agreement discount The retail adaptation mechanism has run its limited course. A screenshot captured by VideoCardz indicated that this was a “limited offer” and that limit appears to have been reached. Looking at the Newegg listing now, you only get a free copy of 3D Mark. No hardware bundles to be seen.
It’s often said that “we can’t have nice things”, and if you’re not quick to the draw, it seems you can’t even have things a little less horrible.
