Are DDR4 prices also bad? Might have to switch to DDR3. I don’t even know what the differences between them are, all I know is the lower numbers are generally slower. I bet I could game and use my PC with DDR3 though. Or is last-last-generation also expensive now?
I guess the only issue is that my motherboard supports DDR4 and not DDR3, so I’d have to either use my really old PC (which barely manages to run a Minecraft server) or buy a new motherboard that supports my processor and DDR3 (it’s unlikely such a board exists, AM4 slot + DDR3 slot, really?)
Anyway, I’ll just hope my 16 gigs never “go bad”. I never had DDR5, and I sure won’t be having it now…
Are DDR4 prices also bad? Might have to switch to DDR3. I don’t even know what the differences between them are, all I know is the lower numbers are generally slower. I bet I could game and use my PC with DDR3 though. Or is last-last-generation also expensive now?
I guess the only issue is that my motherboard supports DDR4 and not DDR3, so I’d have to either use my really old PC (which barely manages to run a Minecraft server) or buy a new motherboard that supports my processor and DDR3 (it’s unlikely such a board exists, AM4 slot + DDR3 slot, really?)
Anyway, I’ll just hope my 16 gigs never “go bad”. I never had DDR5, and I sure won’t be having it now…
Tl;Dr it’s faster and uses less power so it’s just better for everything
If you’re not playing new AAA games you don’t actually need it though, for now.
I was able to purchase 128gb of ddr3 a few months ago. 8gb sticks of Samsung ECC for $17 a pop.
that’s still almost doubled from what it was a while back - i bought a bunch of 16GiB DDR3 ECC sticks about 3 years ago for $20 each
Well, also less ram on stick and older CPUs (ram isn’t backwards compatible).
I can’t even find where to buy DDR5 in my country (but it’s Slovenia so…).