YouTuber converts their laptop DDR5 memory into desktop memory
www.pcgamer.com
They then overclocked it.
  • ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    175 $ are still expensive as hell for RAM. Cheaper than 400 though, but don’t let them scam you into thinking it’s cheap.

    • definitemaybe@lemmy.caEnglish
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      1 day ago

      He also did $hundreds of labour to convert the kit.

      Not to detract from what he did—it’s genuinely awesome, but it’s not practical at scale.

  • rounding_error@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I’m pretty sure you can just use special risers to get sodimms to work on a desktop. Not completely necessary to microsolder. It’ll run at a slower speed though

    • 87Six@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Yea there are risers but they are a PITA for stability. From testing I’ve seen, you can get them in one time and they work just fine. You take them out, put them back in, now there’s a chance your PC will just not work right anymore.

    • Godort@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I use them in my NAS because I happened to have 2x16GB sticks of DDR4 SODIMM lying around and didnt feel like dropping $400 to get proper RAM

      They report at 3200MT/s in the OS through the riser. I’ve never actually tested the real speed to see if that is correct, but they seem to work okay.