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RAM Prices Got You Down? Try DDR3. Seriously! (hackaday.com)
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[โ€“] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

This is basically the exact scenario that led me to detail that I was only talking about consumer gear. Server gear is a very different beast, with a variety of tradeoffs that I didn't want to get into. For instance, I'm assuming you can only use Registered RAM.

[โ€“] DaPorkchop_@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 hours ago

Fair enough, it seems I overlooked the parenthesis in your original comment.