▲ 357 ▼ DDR4 costs soar as manufacturers pull the plug — panic buying and stockpiling impact DDR4 spot pricing as supply dwindles (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 11 months ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 95 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) Explain why. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 0 points 11 months ago* (2 children) Unused RAM is wasted RAM. If you've got 64GB of RAM but your system never uses more than 8GB of RAM, you don't need 64GB of RAM and you're not getting any benefit from it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 11 months ago (1 child) How does it follow then that one should use nearly all of it at all times? Sometimes I need all the memory, sometimes I don't. Sure, I don't get the benefit all the time. Same as I don't have four passengers in my car at all times. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (1 child) I think the point is, if you're not carrying 4 passengers all the time, why the fuck did you buy a car when you could have bought a unicycle instead? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 11 months ago (1 child) Silly me, I should buy a car each time I have four passengers and sell it afterwards, to avoid any wasted space. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago Don't forget to sell the unicycle when you buy the car. permalink fedilink source parent [–] raldone01@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) On any modern os unused ram is not simply unused. It is used for caching files and other stuff. So more ram can provide significant performance improvements for some taks even if "unused". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 point 11 months ago That doesn’t show as unused. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 0 points 11 months ago* (2 children) Unused RAM is wasted RAM. If you've got 64GB of RAM but your system never uses more than 8GB of RAM, you don't need 64GB of RAM and you're not getting any benefit from it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 11 months ago (1 child) How does it follow then that one should use nearly all of it at all times? Sometimes I need all the memory, sometimes I don't. Sure, I don't get the benefit all the time. Same as I don't have four passengers in my car at all times. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (1 child) I think the point is, if you're not carrying 4 passengers all the time, why the fuck did you buy a car when you could have bought a unicycle instead? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 11 months ago (1 child) Silly me, I should buy a car each time I have four passengers and sell it afterwards, to avoid any wasted space. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago Don't forget to sell the unicycle when you buy the car. permalink fedilink source parent [–] raldone01@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) On any modern os unused ram is not simply unused. It is used for caching files and other stuff. So more ram can provide significant performance improvements for some taks even if "unused". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 point 11 months ago That doesn’t show as unused. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 11 months ago (1 child) How does it follow then that one should use nearly all of it at all times? Sometimes I need all the memory, sometimes I don't. Sure, I don't get the benefit all the time. Same as I don't have four passengers in my car at all times. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (1 child) I think the point is, if you're not carrying 4 passengers all the time, why the fuck did you buy a car when you could have bought a unicycle instead? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 11 months ago (1 child) Silly me, I should buy a car each time I have four passengers and sell it afterwards, to avoid any wasted space. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago Don't forget to sell the unicycle when you buy the car. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (1 child) I think the point is, if you're not carrying 4 passengers all the time, why the fuck did you buy a car when you could have bought a unicycle instead? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 11 months ago (1 child) Silly me, I should buy a car each time I have four passengers and sell it afterwards, to avoid any wasted space. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago Don't forget to sell the unicycle when you buy the car. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 11 months ago (1 child) Silly me, I should buy a car each time I have four passengers and sell it afterwards, to avoid any wasted space. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago Don't forget to sell the unicycle when you buy the car. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago Don't forget to sell the unicycle when you buy the car. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] raldone01@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) On any modern os unused ram is not simply unused. It is used for caching files and other stuff. So more ram can provide significant performance improvements for some taks even if "unused". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 point 11 months ago That doesn’t show as unused. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 point 11 months ago That doesn’t show as unused. permalink fedilink source parent