Rising memory prices are pushing PC builders to look for cheaper alternatives, and some are turning back to much older platforms.
Where can one buy reliable DDR3 memory at a reasonable cost? I’ve got a machine that needs it mothballed due to a failed stick.
Bought some just the other day on Amazon. Had no trouble finding it.
Unironically: e-waste recyclers or things like government auctions for their ancient equipment getting upgraded from the windows 10 EOL phase. Those are usually verified working parts that are not as abused as stock that may come from ancient gaming PCs or home users.
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I’m still using a DDR3 system for my home server, so I wouldn’t call it exactly useless.
It runs on my old computer hardware, with an Intel i5-4670k and 16 GB of RAM.For anything that doesn’t need to be the most performant, it could be a decent way to save some money on the RAM at the moment.
It’s especially worth it if you have a lot of hoarder tech friends. I could go ask them all right now and get parts for a DDR3 era system for free from their closets. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with it.
We are past the time when ten years made something “ancient” in computers and you seem to have very little experience using them.
