Speaking as someone with 128gb DDR4 3600 RAM and uses mid-size AI like GLM Air, it is too slow to have much fun with. I suspect that a lot of hobbyists will adopt and discard DDR4 in short order, so you can probably get a good deal if you buy used.
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ulterno@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
Guess I should have bought the 128GB 3600 kit earlier.
Are DDR4 also affected?
SabinStargem@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
ulterno@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
Sadly I am not in a location where people just discard useful parts.
If I were to try buying 2nd hand here, I would most probably end up with stuff that has some or the other kind of of damage.For instance, in one of the companies I worked at, their policy for getting rid of stuff was:
- If unneeded but working, then send to another department
- If malfunctioning but fixable, get it fixed
- If not worth fixing, then auction it off
- HDDs? repurpose or shred
And the auctions occurred years later after much red tape…
Mostly bought by other companies, who get to do more red-tape stuff to buy it.While on one hand, this is a good thing, reducing wastage, it also means that I have no way to get 2nd hand stuff for hobbyist usage.
In case we do get 2nd hand stuff, it is usually through a 2nd hand dealer, who then ends up with a higher asking price than what it’s worth.
Geologist@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Ddr4 is apparently out of manufacturing at a lot of places now, so it’s even more affected (at least in my market, prices rose more then ddr5)
ulterno@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
Yeah, just checked the 2 sites I use for computer components.
1 had no RAM listed.
The other had 32GB DDR4 at 2x the price and no 128GB kit (96 was the highest, 64 for DDR4)
__hetz@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I paid $160 US for 2x32GB DDR4 3200 ECC almost exactly a year ago, when I built my TrueNAS server. I told myself I’d grab another pair down the road to fill out the last two slots in my board. Now I can’t find the same pack anywhere for less than $350. Upgrades are indefinitely postponed, to say the least.