Ha! its almost as if we have hit a point where the new stuff is not as good as the old. DD4 is really good, but now we will be forced into DD5 and all the shit CPU and boards that come with it.
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I love me some Dance Dance Revolution, but I had no idea it was coming back
Please tell me why...do we build castles in the sky...
[Darude - Sandstorm intensifies]
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This version of the article misses important information from the original source Trend Force who issued a report on DDR4 prices which news sites have been quoting.
In addition to the supply constraints mentioned, the original report also cited Trump's tarrifs which alongside the manufacturing supply slump could cause panic buying in the US specifically. This is speculation but based on the possibility Trump could "issue new tariffs or restrictions related to production capacity against China. This, in turn, may trigger another round of panic buying,"
The original report was posted to twitter with "Tarriff fears may trigger further panic buying"
It's odd to talk about panic buying and not explain where that has come from. Also odd not to mention Trump's tariffs when that was a key part of the original report in June.
Panic buying == the republicans’ idea of economic stimulus
tomshardware is known garbage reporting
I always take it as good clickbait. The articles never have good info, but the headlines are never outrageous IMO. Just kind of a "Tom's said X, let me do some research."
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Shouldn't be a problem for me - I plan to skip DDR4 and go straight to DDR5, or maybe what comes after, at some point. Still running 32GB DDR3 here.
I am in the same boat. I am waiting for a CPU that properly handles more then 128gb of memory while not costing 5 grand.
What kind of tasks do you do that require over one hundred gigabytes of RAM? Just curious. Video editing?
Virtualization, container's, databases to name a few. Mostly hobby though. But I do not need a thread ripper. It would be nice but the huge price jump is not worth it. Unfortunately HEDT is dead.
You must run a bunch of stuff, I imagine.
But yeah, a Threadripper with 96 cores runs at 11k+ USD where I live. There are cheaper ones, like half of that. But that's still no joke. 5k is still more than I paid for my entire new beefy computer with a 9950X3D, 9070 XT, 64 GB DDR5, 2 TB 9100 Pro SSD, and a 24 TB HDD, plus a very high-end motherboard.
All that, cheaper than a single Threadripper. 😅
Yeah also with Ryzen you quickly run in to PCIe lane limits. 2 GPUs a fiber nic and say 1 HBA and your over the limit
What kind of speeds you get on that old DDR3?
I'm not sure - I don't measure it. It's in my home server running Linux. It does everything I want and is >90% idle most of the time - so it's fast enough. And I just realized I lied in my original comment - my laptop has DDR4 RAM, but it's already at max. capacity so I won't have to worry about buying more.
I wouldn't waste any money on DDR4 at this point. The only excuse I could think of is if you have a motherboard that requires DDR4 and your current RAM is not working. Otherwise, get a motherboard that supports DDR5 and you're good.
I have a server on AM4 that is running fine, but the 16Gigs of ram are getting tight and I might need 32. All other aspects of the system are completely sufficient. Why should I get a new CPU and board?
I think that falls under the category of "RAM is not currently working". If you need 32, 16GB isn't working for you.
Which would also require a new CPU depending on the current setup. And rebuilding the whole PC just to upgrade the memory?
Get a new case, and fan, and maybe a liquid cooling setup too. And switch operating systems while you’re at it. Might as well upgrade to larger SSDs. And it’s a good opportunity to go down the mechanical keyboard rabbit hole as well.
That'll be 3500, and 2 months of tweaking please.
What stage is after 'owning more mechanical keyboards than you have excuses for using them'?
Hmm. I’ll let you know when I figure that out because that’s the stage I am at?
Ergonomics, forget the gaming gear and move into healthier computing. New office chair, standing desk, adjustable pneumatic monitor arms, fatigue mat, clean up wiring, vertical mouse ball, split keyboards, desk organizers. It never ends
Split ergo keyboard is next on my list in fact
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AMD is still putting out some AM4 CPUs just because it's cheap for them to do so. They can run its chiplets off an old node, so no big deal. It's still a halfway decent budget option, though that may change with DDR4 going out of manufacturing.
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Also get a motherboard made in Taiwan 🇹🇼
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I thought this was about dance dance Revolution at first?
It is, this is the latest version, Dance Dance Revolution 4: G.SKILL edition.
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I hope 16 gigs is good for a while.
I have 64 and I have rarely ever used as much as 16.
you must have correctly moved on from Chrome
Haven't used Chrome since the Windows 7 days.
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