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Valve says there's no end in sight to the memory crisis, and prices are only going to increase: 'Honestly, it's still getting worse' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] 6 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Would DDR4 or DDR3 be easier to produce?

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  • [–] 15 points 3 months ago

    In some ways yes. Older designs on older nodes use older equipment- less precise, easier to build. There's actually a lot of PC builders who are building machines on DDR4 mainboards because the memory is more affordable. A couple of DDR4 mainboards have been 'un-discontinued' as a result.

    For a desktop or laptop PC, the difference of DDR4 to DDR5 often doesn't make a huge difference. So you get a last-gen chipset and RAM and you get a decent machine without paying $thousands extra.

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