RAM prices are ridiculous

I don't think WW3 is likely. Too much to lose here for all sides. Loss of Taiwan is not existential to the U.S.
 
Mirai said:
When PRC invades Taiwan, it will cause major supply issues. Memory and CPU prices will be extremely high. It may happen next year or 2028 (US elections).

My earlier point was that with 100% tariffs, importing from US to SA will factor those prices in, so all that tech will be more expensive too.
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China will never invade Taiwan... they would suddenly have economic sanctions whacked on them and lose +$1tr-$4tr per year.
Then every single western company would shut down inside China.
Their entire country would grind to a halt, and they would go back into mass poverty.

Does that sound economically viable to them?
 
MTIRAWCP said:
China will never invade Taiwan... they would suddenly have economic sanctions whacked on them and lose +$1tr-$4tr per year.
Then every single western company would shut down inside China.
Their entire country would grind to a halt, and they would go back into mass poverty.

Does that sound economically viable to them?
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You do understand that's a country which went through a cultural revolution right? Where they identify themselves by their nation? Their country is the middle kingdom, it's the best place on earth.

The Chinese leader has said they need to be ready for invasion by 2027. Many US senior planners actually believe them.

Now I'm not saying it's a definite, but many experts do say it is imminent and not so much an IF but a WHEN.

As for sanctions, the world needs China. Your medicine you drink, has many base ingredients made in China. An invasion will be very serious for the whole world, but we can't decouple from them the way we can decouple from Russia.
 
netstrider said:
It works the other way. The tariffs are to make our goods more expensive to the US so they end up buying less.
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When you import a US product, that product will include the tariff so it will be more expensive in the US. So eg Macbooks made in China will be more expensive, and if you import that from America, you will be importing a more expensive product.
 
The entire world's economy = USA

China would shoot themselves in the foot for life, China cannot survive without the West, they know that dah. China only evolved when they opened their borders and trade to the West, before that they were all peasants in poverty.
 
Seeing some some really good deals on Carb for DDR4 still, if you need to grab some that'd be the place to start.
 
Just scored 2 x 4GB DDR4 for free, party on!
 
MTIRAWCP said:
The entire world's economy = USA

China would shoot themselves in the foot for life, China cannot survive without the West, they know that dah. China only evolved when they opened their borders and trade to the West, before that they were all peasants in poverty.
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USA is only 26-28% of the world economy. And US experts are worried about China.

You have, Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Philip Davidson, former commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, Admiral John Aquilino, also former commander Indo-Pacific Command, Amiral Samuel Paparo, Commander INDOPACOM, and others, all claim the risk of kinetic war with China is a real possibility. Not inevitable but there is an urgent need to be ready.

But even the war does not materialise, Chinese build up will rattle things and drive prices of everything up. A war between China and US over Taiwan will stuff up Korea, China, Taiwan, Japan and a good part of the US as well as the global economy.

So just putting it out there for you guys, b/c you guys are all AI this, and AI that, but AI server taking the RAM is peanuts compared to what can happen even if a minor conflict breaks out over there.
 
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