SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 hours agoAre people buying refurb pcs just to strip out the DDR 4 ram with the current price hikes on new ram?message-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down10
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squareAre people buying refurb pcs just to strip out the DDR 4 ram with the current price hikes on new ram?SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 hours agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squarePriorityMotif@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·8 hours agoIsn’t new ram ddr5 and ddr4 is old? I bought 3 i5-6500 machines with 16gb of ddr4 for $55/each and slapped in $30 rx480 GPs and been selling them for $150/each.
minus-squareReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 hours agoDDR5 was the first to be hit with 200-400% price increases, but DDR4 is also seeing similar price hikes as demand cascades to what’s available.
Isn’t new ram ddr5 and ddr4 is old? I bought 3 i5-6500 machines with 16gb of ddr4 for $55/each and slapped in $30 rx480 GPs and been selling them for $150/each.
DDR5 was the first to be hit with 200-400% price increases, but DDR4 is also seeing similar price hikes as demand cascades to what’s available.