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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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[–] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 child)

175 $ are still expensive as hell for RAM. Cheaper than 400 though, but don't let them scam you into thinking it's cheap.

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[–] definitemaybe@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

He also did $hundreds of labour to convert the kit.

Not to detract from what he did—it's genuinely awesome, but it's not practical at scale.

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