Rekall Incorporated@piefed.socialM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoProduction of DDR4 memory and motherboards is restarting amid unprecedented memory shortages — PC industry preparing for a world without DDR5www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1158arrow-down1external-linkProduction of DDR4 memory and motherboards is restarting amid unprecedented memory shortages — PC industry preparing for a world without DDR5www.tomshardware.comRekall Incorporated@piefed.socialM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmit.online
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoI bet the fact that people are clinging to DDR4-era stuff is partly to blame. Like me: I have a bunch of ddr4 stuff because I buy on the Second market. I am part of the problem.
minus-squarekyTdKZx9PtDQ9e56u06@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoYou shouldn’t see the majority of active users (being ddr4) as the problem, my guy. There has been zero need to upgrade. They created their own problem, they can figure it out.
minus-squaremuusemuuse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 days agoLast year I built a ddr4 machine. It was easier to source, a bit cheaper, and DDR5 solved zero problems for me. People like me saw this coming a mile away and did the same damn thing which is why this is happening.
I bet the fact that people are clinging to DDR4-era stuff is partly to blame.
Like me: I have a bunch of ddr4 stuff because I buy on the Second market. I am part of the problem.
You shouldn’t see the majority of active users (being ddr4) as the problem, my guy. There has been zero need to upgrade. They created their own problem, they can figure it out.
Last year I built a ddr4 machine. It was easier to source, a bit cheaper, and DDR5 solved zero problems for me.
People like me saw this coming a mile away and did the same damn thing which is why this is happening.