Me with my DDR3 system seeing all these RAM memes

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• Hazmatastic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Hey, same processor as me, still stuck in its stock Dell motherboard. Still does what I need, but man is it disheartening trying to dream of upgrading these days

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• Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I needed ddr3 for my NAS this weekend was happily surprised when I saw the price.

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• Kichae@piefed.ca ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  My 4690k diedast summer, just before the component prices started to skyrocket. Upgraded to a Ryzen 7 5800X with 96GB of DDR4 memory for $300. Mobo, SSD, wifi module, the whole works.

  I couldn’t believe how 16GB of DDR4 was listed on Kijiji for $250 like just a month later.

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  • kalpol@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I was considering this but put it off as I’d just built a new file server paying 100 apiece for 2 TB NVMe drives. I’m not sure if I won or lost, but my FX-8350 keeps plugging along.

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• sanpo@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I’ve got great news for you!

  Because of the soaring prices for DDR5/4 the DDR3 wasn’t spared either, so you can join in on the fun!

  Not to the same extent, but still…

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  • Fortatech@gregtech.eu ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Fake, I just found ddr3 8Gb for 13€ on some island near Sicily.

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  • Allero@lemmy.today ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Hey, at least some 20-year-old RAM sticks are still relevant! Speak of reducing e-waste…

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• mlg@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You laugh but I’m pretty sure only ddr2 and below was unaffected because its quite literally a dead standard you’d only find hobbiests using.

  ddr3 is still the primary option in a lot of 3rd world countries and the prices for those have also gone to crap.

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    3rd world? DDR4 came out what, shortly after 2020? And adoption was slow.

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    • RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      1. So just like, five years ago I think.

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    • hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      did it? I built a PC in 2018 with ddr4

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• THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I ran my 3930K for a decade from 2012 to 2022 and then rebuilt the system into its final form with a 4960X and 32gb of the fastest DDR3 the mobo would take. Then two years ago I finally replaced it with a 7800X3D build. I didn’t really have to. The 4960X/3070 did everything I threw at it. Except Cities Skylines, which is still one of my most played games, and thus, after 12 years, it was time.

  If my last rig lasted me 12 years, my current 7800X3D/9070XT will last me two decades with the way things are currently. Felt like I wasted money spending $670 for a 9070XT Reaper. Now that same card is $1050.

  Tldr; If you need a new rig, a time machine may be cheaper to develop. This shit is ass. Shit from an ass.

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• Allero@lemmy.today ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  DDR3 is still totally viable for many applications, no worries there!

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• ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Hell, I just bought 128Gb of ECC DDR3 for one of my homeservers. I’m rich as Croesus!

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• SpaghettiMaster@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Still got a 16GB i7-4790k system in the loft. No PSU as moved that when upgrading. I expect motherboards are a bit difficult to get hold of for DDR3 systems now.

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  • xiaolizhi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    thats my exact specs, and its still doing ok, even for gaming

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    • SpaghettiMaster@feddit.uk ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Don’t doubt it, only upgraded from it a few years ago

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  • TehWorld@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I have an old i7-4790 with 32 GB running as a proxmox node. It runs Proxmox Backup Server and my torrent client. It works fine for that purpose.

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• Pacattack57@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I have been waitinf to upgrade my pc for 10 years and prices haven’t fallen. I still have 8gb of ddr3 and a gtx750. I am truly suffering.

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• Casuls_Die_Thrice@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I have DDR4; I’m seeing good pairs of 8GB sticks in the <$150 range, but I think I’m gonna wait till Black Friday or Cyber Monday to snatch it up.

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  • zebidiah@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I bought my 32gb of ddr4 for under a hundred Canuck bucks in the before times… :(

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  • Allero@lemmy.today ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Super high recommend to look at the second-hand market

    In that price range, you may get up to 32 gig DDR4 if you’re lucky.

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