“Can’t compete with the global super rich? Lower your standards and be happy!”
RAM Prices Got You Down? Try DDR3. Seriously!
Submitted 3 hours ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to technology@lemmy.world
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/20/ram-prices-got-you-down-try-ddr3-seriously/
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ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 33 minutes ago
This is how existence works, yes. Being happy means adjusting your wants to what you have.
Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
Ddr3 was kind of the point where the technology stopped incrementing with large jumps.
Not saying ddr3 is as good as ddr4 or 5 but I used ddr3 until 2021 with no issue.
THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Same but 2024. I missed all of DDR4. Jumped straight from 3 to 5.
fyrilsol@kbin.melroy.org 2 hours ago
I'm fine on DDR4. DDR5 feels to me, something I'll get into in like 5 - 10 years from now. This is from someone who has sat on DDR2 and DDR3 machines for extended periods of time. If they're still doing the job I want them to, no complaints.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2 hours ago
There’s so many good games made per year now it’s impossible to play them all so buckle up and start playing some older titles. I got into the Witcher 3 6 or 7 years after release and was blown away how I slept on that.
qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 hours ago
I’m already considering building a maxed out AMD based machine, with DDR3.
The last machine I had with that technology lasted me 12 years. I can vouch for it.
Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I had an 8350 machine with 32gb of ram when if was in season and while it never really left me short of power, the intel 4770k and 4790k were better performers. That may not be the case anymore with stuff being more multi-core optimized but at the time, the intel single core performance was so much better than the 8350s which made a bid difference in gaming.
My old rig was an 8350 overclocked to 4.5 on liquid, crossfired 3gb 7950hd’s, and 32gb of matched corsair dominator ddr3 all in a corsair 230t chassis with the bright orange paint and led fans.
Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 hours ago
I’m about to go dumpster diving for ram or some shit, holy fuck the prices are fucked
absquatulate@lemmy.world 57 minutes ago
I mean DDR3 is provably fine. I ran a 16GB DDR3 machine with a goddamn 2500k up until several years ago and pre-2020 games usually ran fine, on playable framerates ( i did have win7, not sure how win10 fares ). Question is: who is this article for? Most tech enhusiasts have probably moved on by now, and even those are a small subset of PC users. “Normies”? Those moved on to phones and tables - it’s why windows has lost 400million machines in 3 years. So who are all these people so left behind that DDR3 is an upgrade but are still currently itching to buy ram? I don’t get it.
einsteinntuli@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
Just dusted off my old desktop and set it up as a server.
Glad I still have it. I might buy more DDR3 if I need it. I’m sorry for those who don’t have a CPU/motherboard already to support it.
spookedintownsville@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I never left DDR3. Still never upgraded from an FX-8350.
chilicheeselies@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
When i looked for ddre mobos they were expensive af. Is it possible to use ddr3 in a ddr4 or 5 mobo? Is there an adapter or something?
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 hour ago
No
frongt@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
Are you looking at new? Look at used, off eBay or whatever is in your country.
But everything is more expensive right now anyway.
Nollij@sopuli.xyz 2 hours ago
The biggest problem with DDR3 is that the last (consumer) boards/CPUs that could use it are really, REALLY old. 5th-gen Intel or AM3 AMD. Which means you’re looking at a full decade old, at the newest. These boards also probably can’t do more than 32GB.
Now, I suppose if you only need 32GB RAM and a CPU that’s pathetic by modern standards, then this is a viable path. But that’s going to be a very small group of people.
14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 18 minutes ago
what is the difference between this and having new board, but not being able to afford that 32gb anyway?
humanamerican@lemmy.zip 1 hour ago
I think this is actually most people. Power users and hardcore gamers are a relatively small portion of the PC market.
dehyzer@piefed.social 1 hour ago
I would be surprised if this is still true, at least for home use. It seems like the non-gamer, non-power user segment of the PC market just switched over to tablets and smartphones instead. PCs and laptops just aren’t really necessary anymore for “normal” people who just want to check their email, watch YouTube, and surf the web.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Non-power users would have no operating system, no Windows 11 support and grandma isn’t going to learn Linux
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Its been good for my homelab
Dran_Arcana@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
There are server chips like the E7-8891 v3 which lived in a weird middle ground of supporting both ddr3 and ddr4. On paper, it’s about on par with a ryzen 5 5500 and they’re about $20 on US eBay. I’ve been toying with the idea of buying an aftermarket/used server board to see if it holds up the way it appears to on paper. $20 for a CPU (could even slot 2), $80 for a board, $40 for 32gb of ddr3 in quad chanel. ~$160 for a set of core components doesn’t seem that bad in modern times.
I think finding a cooler and a case would be the hardest part
b_tr3e@feddit.org 21 minutes ago
These server boards are usually the same as scientific and engineering workstation boars. They’re pretty good if you put the right CPU in. Xeon or i7 4770 and you’ll get a quite useable workstation out of them.