And 4 sticks ate 4 times more prone to break down.
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just_another_person@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The real question is: why do you need this much memory?
If it’s not actually going to be used, you’re spending more money acquiring it now than you would later.
Valmond@lemmy.world 4 days ago
herrvogel@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Twice, because usually it’s two sticks.
In any case, RAM failure is rare enough that quadrupling its chances is not gonna make any meaningful difference. Even if it does, RAM is the easiest thing to replace in a PC. Don’t even need to go offline while waiting for a new stick. Someone who’s got the cash to build that thing in the first place won’t be too upset by the cost of another 32gb stick either, I don’t think.
Valmond@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Well, anecdotal evidence of course but with the exception where a PSU blew up (and damaged a whole lot of things) I only ever have had RAM stick problems since like -95. Three times. Over some 30-40 PCs.
cron@feddit.org 4 days ago
I’e seen that some want it to host their own LLM. It’s far cheaper to buy DDR5 memory than somehow getting 100+ GB of VRAM. Whether or not this is a good idea is another question