A few years ago I mistakenly bought some used ECC DDR3, 256GB (8x32GB) of the stuff for $110. Given the current memory shortage, is it time to dust it off and let someone else put it to use somehow? Or is DDR3 just too old to be worth it? I already have 128GB of DDR4 in my server and don't really need more for myself, but I have considered getting a second server to play with that I can stick these in.
Glue two sticks together: DDR6
Too old, unfortunately. You might be able to find a buyer but the prices won't have changed much, if at all
If you can find a ddr3 server with no ram you could put it in there. But do you really need a 10-15 year old server? DDR4 servers are getting cheap and are WAY better than those end game DDR3 machines in every way. Like even our base R640 blows away our older R620s.
I'm still using DDR3 in some of my systems, so there's probably someone out there who could make use of it -- finding them may be a challenge though.
Sell it to an AI datacenter. I hear they’re buying up all the RAM.
If you had 24 of these I'd be interested in buying, 32GB ECC DDR3 DIMMs are hard to come by and I need more RAM
DDR3 is too old.
throw it up on ebay, get most or all your 'investment' back. just make it the cheapest comparable BIN.
It's worth it to sell it. What type is it exactly?
My main gaming system still uses DDR3. Haven’t seen a need to upgrade the RAM though, it’s been still at 16gb. Plays Minecraft and Space Engineers fine though.
I recently bought some DDR3-1866 (cheap) because I deferred a new PC build for yet another year and instead chose to max out the RAM slots on my LGA1150 socket PC build from late 2014.
By the way, if anyone has an old GTX1080 they want to unload for pennies, lemme know.
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