SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 hour agoAre people buying refurb pcs just to strip out the DDR 4 ram with the current price hikes on new ram?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
arrow-up123arrow-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 · 1 hour agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squarePriorityMotif@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·53 minutes 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-up3·44 minutes 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.