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YouTuber buys and turns 32 GB of laptop DDR5 into desktop RAM for just $175 (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] 44 points 1 week ago (9 children)

I’m pretty sure you can just use special risers to get sodimms to work on a desktop. Not completely necessary to microsolder. It’ll run at a slower speed though

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  • [–] 12 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    Yea there are risers but they are a PITA for stability. From testing I've seen, you can get them in one time and they work just fine. You take them out, put them back in, now there's a chance your PC will just not work right anymore.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    I vaguely recall using them once for some project eons ago and I must have been lucky, because they just worked. This was back in the DDR2 days though, I think. Like I said, back when dinosaurs were still roaming the Earth.

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