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Production of DDR4 memory and motherboards is restarting amid unprecedented memory shortages — PC industry preparing for a world without DDR5 (www.tomshardware.com)
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Back to the (stone) DDR4 age.

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[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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.