▲ 228 ▼ 2003-era DDR2 memory prices jump up to 60% — AI-driven DRAM shortage reaches the oldest standard still in production (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 4 months ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 37 comments fedilink hide all child comments TrendForce expects another 40% rise in Q3 as buyers downgrade specs to secure supply.
[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 months ago (2 children) No joke, I recycled a bunch of this last year. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mesamunefire@piefed.social [S] 8 points 4 months ago At our local makerspace, we have a drawer thats labeled "memories" with just random RAM chips for the last 20 years. Its probably worth some $$ now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] toddestan@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago I've still got a pile of DDR2 around, mostly 512MB-1GB sticks in the slower speeds. The better stuff got used, some of it is still in use. The real money is the 2x16GB 2400MHz DDR4 sticks I have sitting on a shelf. Not long ago I figured it wasn't worth trying to sell some old, slower DDR4 memory but now it's apparently worth something. On the other hand, I might need it myself if one of the old DDR2/DDR3 era systems kicks the can. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social [S] 8 points 4 months ago At our local makerspace, we have a drawer thats labeled "memories" with just random RAM chips for the last 20 years. Its probably worth some $$ now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] toddestan@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago I've still got a pile of DDR2 around, mostly 512MB-1GB sticks in the slower speeds. The better stuff got used, some of it is still in use. The real money is the 2x16GB 2400MHz DDR4 sticks I have sitting on a shelf. Not long ago I figured it wasn't worth trying to sell some old, slower DDR4 memory but now it's apparently worth something. On the other hand, I might need it myself if one of the old DDR2/DDR3 era systems kicks the can. permalink fedilink source parent