1.) Find a kit you want to buy

2.) Go buy it

3.) Change your mind and decide not to at the last moment

4.) You’ve just saved at least $500+ depending on the kit you were after

5.) Repeat until you save so much that money won’t be an issue anymore

6.) Now buy it with some of the money you’ve just saved

(bonus tip: works for real estate as well)

    • Bobo The Great@startrek.website
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      2 days ago

      Quite significant in theory, DDR3 maxes out at about 2000 MT/s (mega transfer per seconds) while DDR5 can go above 8000 MT/s, so about 3x-4x. I don’t know if this metric already includes the capability of DDR ram to access multiple data in a clock cycle, but I think it does. If it doesn’t, the difference is even higher.

      Of course in practice the difference is not as remarkable, but still noticeable. Still, DDR3 is perfectly usable with a decent processor (light gaming and professional software), my main rig is a 4th generation i7 and I have no intention of upgrading for the foreseeable future.