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> any costs for CPU, chip set, and motherboard redesign. Yes they spent those costs to switch from DDR4 to over-priced DDR5 and I suggested the cost could be s
by codedokode 2mo ago
> any costs for CPU, chip set, and motherboard redesign.
Yes they spent those costs to switch from DDR4 to over-priced DDR5 and I suggested the cost could be spent on adding more DDR4 channels instead.
- cthalupa 2mo agoThe problem is if DDR4 was viable here it would also be absurdly expensive. There’s no world in which we survive this demand without a corresponding increase in supply. It’s not like there are zettabytes of spare cheap DDR4 sitting around.