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My son, who has a 5800x3d, complained last week about skyrocketing ram prices, just when he wanted to buy some extra ram. I told him that's mostly ddr5 ram and he needs ddr4 which is less affected. Apparently that's not true anymore.
Edit: now he's considering if he just wants to sell it and go without gaming for a while.
Turns out he only has the 5700x3d, although that's still worth more than he paid for that plus his GPU.
IMO, not worth it unless the RAM is not in use.
What does ram use have to do with it? We're talking about the CPU.
And as parent of a son in an exam year, I see a lot of value in him downgrading his PC.
I meant dealing with the hassle of downgrading and then upgrading the RAM. Might be easier to stick with what you have and not risk it with current shortages.
For sure, I am taking in a general manner.
You mean why everybody is suddenly flocking to DDR4 and AM4 CPUs? They might actually be new systems. If you need a new system, with the current prices you're pretty much screwed. I don't blame people for looking for creative solutions, but I'm really glad I buy my PCs a bit oversized so they will last me a long time. I can afford to ignore PC prices for a couple of years.
Yeah, I would just not risk doing a downgrade at this point. Where I live prices are elevated in general (import duties, less common and/or expensive SKUs tend to pieced even bigger) and things are only going to get worse.
With RAM specifically it can even be difficult to find certain high performance variants (this was back when DDR4 was being mass produced) at all.