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RAM prices are about to rise nearly 50 percent. And it gets worse. (mashable.com)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 43 points 3 months ago (1 child)

I've come to terms with the fact I'm not going to be buying any new computer-type devices until the bubble pops.

I'm just terrified what happens if one of my existing devices breaks. If a RAM stick goes bad, I might have to mortgage my non-existent house.

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  • [–] 22 points 3 months ago

    In case you are being serious, there are ways around faulty RAM sticks, usually just a few cells/rows are affected. In case anyone needs to know this, here is a pretty good summary on stackoverflow on how to deal with this on linux. In general, look for "memmap".

    Keep your hardware running as long as possible! Iirc newer RAM is unfortunately somewhat more susceptible to failing. My DDR3 is still working fine.

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