Continued memory shortages have been causing DRAM prices to go up for quite some time now, and are likely going to skyrocket further in the coming months. This has made RAM extremely expensive for the common user, making it one of the costliest parts of any PC.
Needless to say, RAM theft has become quite a lucrative business, and recently, according to a ZOD post, a thief broke into a public office to smash the glass case of a cabinet and steal the RAMs inside.
The post states,
“An acquaintance of mine runs a factory, and a thief broke into the design office. After receiving a call from a security company, we went to the factory during a company dinner, and the police were there and it was chaos. However, there were no signs of theft in the desk drawers in the office, and the tempered glass next to two design computers was shattered. Yes… the thief broke the tempered glass panel on the side of the computer and ran off with only the memory.
The damaged items are a total of 4 Micron CL46 5600 32GB. Fortunately, I signed up for a special liability insurance policy when I signed up with the security company, but the memory value is currently crazy. Even the compensation officer is having a hard time processing compensation immediately.”
The situation in the RAM market is deteriorating
The situation in the RAM market is getting worse by the day. Memory shortages have spiked module pricing to new and absurd levels, where a 256 GB memory stick is going for thousands of dollars.
DRAM shortages are completely killing the consumer markets, which in turn is leading to this absurd pricing of RAM modules compared to some of the other PC parts.
So it’s not surprising that a thief who knows about the ongoing RAM issues broke into an office to just steal four 32 GB Micron memory modules after breaking the PC case’s tempered glass case. Instead of just running away with the entire setup, they found it more convenient and lucrative to just take the RAM.
Note: We are not promoting RAM or any kind of theft in any way. The article gives a rough outline of just how bad the PC gaming industry has become ever since the rise of AI Slop.
