SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 12 hours agoAre people buying refurb pcs just to strip out the DDR 4 ram with the current price hikes on new ram?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down10
arrow-up166arrow-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 · 12 hours agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·11 hours agoThe RAM in demand is DDR5. The price of older RAM might be driven up somewhat because more people are buying older computers due to the price increases, but I doubt buying refurbs just to harvest the RAM would be commercially viable.
minus-squareIronKrill@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-27 hours agoDepends. The price of the same DDR4 kit I bought earlier this year is now 4x what it was, new.
The RAM in demand is DDR5. The price of older RAM might be driven up somewhat because more people are buying older computers due to the price increases, but I doubt buying refurbs just to harvest the RAM would be commercially viable.
Depends. The price of the same DDR4 kit I bought earlier this year is now 4x what it was, new.