▲ 341 ▼ DDR4 costs soar as manufacturers pull the plug — panic buying and stockpiling impact DDR4 spot pricing as supply dwindles (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 1 year ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 86 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au -3 points 1 year ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) The issue is that's a weird alternative to just buying some DDR4 RAM. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au -2 points 1 year ago* (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Sure, not forever obviously. I'm not suggesting that. But why right now when I already have a DDR4 setup that works fine and just needed some more RAM for some applications? It just seems overkill to replace everything now for questionable benefit when I could always buy new kit later. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) The issue is that's a weird alternative to just buying some DDR4 RAM. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au -2 points 1 year ago* (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Sure, not forever obviously. I'm not suggesting that. But why right now when I already have a DDR4 setup that works fine and just needed some more RAM for some applications? It just seems overkill to replace everything now for questionable benefit when I could always buy new kit later. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au -2 points 1 year ago* (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Sure, not forever obviously. I'm not suggesting that. But why right now when I already have a DDR4 setup that works fine and just needed some more RAM for some applications? It just seems overkill to replace everything now for questionable benefit when I could always buy new kit later. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Sure, not forever obviously. I'm not suggesting that. But why right now when I already have a DDR4 setup that works fine and just needed some more RAM for some applications? It just seems overkill to replace everything now for questionable benefit when I could always buy new kit later. permalink fedilink source parent