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The RAM shortage is coming for everything you care about (www.theverge.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 16 points 8 months ago* (14 children)

I'm aware, thanks.

Now I'm just contemplating whether I should upgrade from 32 GB DDR4 to 64 or 128 while it's still within the realm of possibility, or bet on memory prices coming back down within the next few years, and upgrade to an entirely new platform with DDR5 then.

At least I'm not planning on buying a brand new car anytime soon, or even a nearly new one. And my phone's fine for a few more years.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Just get a 256GB SSD and boom, cheap RAM - albeit slow

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  • [–] -2 points 8 months ago (9 children)

    What do you need all that ram for?

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

    To get rid of swap and mount /tmp entirely in RAM. Right now I only have 32 gigs and a 64 gig swap file to compensate.

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