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RAM Prices Got You Down? Try DDR3. Seriously! (hackaday.com)
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[–] THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 32 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Same but 2024. I missed all of DDR4. Jumped straight from 3 to 5.

[–] maccentric@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I went 2 to 4, and honestly my 5800x w 32GB DDR4 @3800 from 2020 is still just fine, hopefully till this shitshow shakes out.

[–] gerryflap@feddit.nl 2 points 5 hours ago

Yeah I'm on a 5700 or something with 64 GB of DDR4 and I don't see any issues with it yet. I went that route because I could keep my mobo and it was also way cheaper than DDR5 back then. I figured I'd rather have more older RAM than a full system upgrade.

Is RAM already at a price that it's worth considering selling one of those sticks? :3

[–] gerryflap@feddit.nl 1 points 5 hours ago

Yeah I'm on a 5700 or something with 64 GB of DDR4 and I don't see any issues with it yet. I went that route because I could keep my mobo and it was also way cheaper than DDR5 back then. I figured I'd rather have more older RAM than a full system upgrade.

Is RAM already at a price that it's worth considering selling one of those sticks? :3

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 22 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I’ve noticed my ram speed much less than the amount of ram for quite some time.

SSDs were game changers.

[–] THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago

My mom and dad both have ancient machines at home and I swapped both to SATA SSDs. The improvement was incredible. They went from basically unusable, in my opinion, to completely functional for anything they would be doing.