Rekall Incorporated@piefed.socialM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoProduction of DDR4 memory and motherboards is restarting amid unprecedented memory shortages — PC industry preparing for a world without DDR5www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 17 days agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLink@rentadrunk.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 days agoSo what do we do with all the PCs that only support DDR5? Throw them away and get DDR4 ones? Don’t get me wrong this is great news but wouldn’t it make more sense to allocate this production to more DDR5 instead as that is the future?
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 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-squaremuusemuuse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 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 a way and did the same damn thing which is why this is happening.
minus-squarefurry toaster@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoI think there still more active computers with ddr4 than with ddr5, most people dont havr the shiny thing
So what do we do with all the PCs that only support DDR5? Throw them away and get DDR4 ones?
Don’t get me wrong this is great news but wouldn’t it make more sense to allocate this production to more DDR5 instead as that is the future?
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.
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 a way and did the same damn thing which is why this is happening.
I think there still more active computers with ddr4 than with ddr5, most people dont havr the shiny thing