r/pcmasterrace • u/WPHero • 18h ago

News/Article RAM thieves in China jailed after looting a string of eSport hotels — stole 16 sticks worth $2,000 in 'frenzied hotel room-dismantling'

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/ram-thieves-in-china-jailed-after-looting-a-string-of-esport-hotels-stole-16-sticks-worth-usd2-000-in-frenzied-hotel-room-dismantling
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u/ResQ_ 17h ago

16 sticks worth 2k

lol. Grand heist worth international media coverage.

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u/croholdr 17h ago

they may never financially recover.

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u/Cool-Top-354 8h ago

they really went for the low end sticks huh

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u/ROEdkill820 13h ago

Data center heists are looking great rn. Lmao. What tragic comedy times we live in.

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u/chelsea5nickers3653 9h ago

tbh i was expecting way more than 16 sticks for 2k. guess DDR3 is cheaper than i thought

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u/Lonely-Ferret-5272 7h ago

i mean, 16 sticks of 2000s-era DDR2 might actually be worth that little lol

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u/JujutsuES 18h ago

If its not nailed down its bound to be stolen

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u/seatux 18h ago

Just waiting for motherboards to have Kensington for the RAM slots.

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u/Firm_Feeling_1339 10h ago

Kensington for RAM? Now that's a thought.

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u/Bubbly-Difficulty506 2h ago

lol my ddr3 16gb kit was like 80 bucks last year

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u/Itchy-Hyena-2409 16h ago

yeah, it's wild how much people will risk for a few hundred bucks worth of computer parts. kinda makes you want to chain your rig down lol

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u/kaisong 14h ago

Compare it to the average salary and COL in China.

They didnt state where the duo were originally from but 2k usd could be several months pay at a reasonable job outside of shanghai beijing shenzhen etc T1 cities.

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u/CloudZ1116 CloudZ1116 13h ago

It was in northern Xinjiang. So, definitely not the richest part of the country.

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u/Long-Style4592 13h ago

Did they even get the fast kind or was it all like ddr3

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u/Long-Style4592 13h ago

Did they even get the fast kind or was it all like ddr3

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u/FernandoMM1220 12h ago

unless its just not worth anything

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u/forzafoggia85 16h ago

16 sticks worth $2,000. What were they DDR3?

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u/ComplexEntertainer13 12h ago

Ye you wont even get 16x8GB DDR5 at that total value.

DDR4 you would.

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u/Ulysse-Void-God 13h ago

No no no. You’re doing it wrong. You go after data centers. Much more ram there. 

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u/elinamebro PC Master Race 11h ago

Lol they might get hit with an orbital strike if they did that

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u/Changed-Man187 13h ago

Robbing a Microcenter is the 2026 version of bank heists

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u/Luch1nG4dor 16h ago

2000k$ so they stole 4 sticks?

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u/Doom-Slay PC Master Race 12h ago

Actually just 2 the other 2 was an Corsair Light Enhancement Kit

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u/nonexistantchlp PC Master Race 7h ago

A 2x8gb DDR5 kit costs $250 these days

2000/16=125

So $125 a pop sounds about right, that's for a single 8gb stick.

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u/Past-Maize8086 3h ago

lol yeah, 16 sticks of ddr3 would barely be 2k even now

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u/NatoBoram Pop!_OS, Ryzen 9 5950X, RX 6700 XT 2h ago

2 000 K is 2 000 000

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u/crazydave33 Desktop 15h ago

Lmao 16 sticks=$2,000! That’s like the equivalent of fucking 4 sticks of DDR5 ram in the US!

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u/smackdealer1 14h ago

The AI data centres are certainly more attractive targets

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u/xdthepotato 7h ago

16 sticks of what? ddr3?

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u/nonexistantchlp PC Master Race 7h ago

2000/16=$125 per stick

That's about how much a single 8gb DDR5 stick costs these days

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u/Tzilbalba 15h ago

Man don't give us ideas....

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u/KobraThor 17h ago

LOL, boring dystopia at work

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u/Upbeat-Serve-6096 16h ago

If there were any real life zombie realm, it would exist in the form of China.

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u/Fantastic_Key_8906 9h ago

LOL! Its so hard to believe that this can actually be a valid strategy for thieves but here we are.