I never left DDR3. Still never upgraded from an FX-8350.
this post was submitted on 25 Jan 2026
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I bought one of these 64GB packs for less than $50 not even a year ago
TIL I have about $8000 in ram sitting in a drawer.
I don't know how to feel about this...
Bought my am5 pc late 2023, bought extra storage and a new phone last summer. I don't need anything right now but I can't wait for this bubble to pop.
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When i looked for ddre mobos they were expensive af. Is it possible to use ddr3 in a ddr4 or 5 mobo? Is there an adapter or something?
Are you looking at new? Look at used, off eBay or whatever is in your country.
But everything is more expensive right now anyway.
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DDR3 isn't still what everyone's using anyway?
Huh, I guess it has been a few years since I looked in to RAM...
I mean DDR3 is provably fine. I ran a 16GB DDR3 machine with a goddamn 2500k up until several years ago and pre-2020 games usually ran fine, on playable framerates ( i did have win7, not sure how win10 fares ). Question is: who is this article for? Most tech enhusiasts have probably moved on by now, and even those are a small subset of PC users. "Normies"? Those moved on to phones and tables - it's why MS Windows has lost 400million machines in 3 years. So who are all these people so left behind that DDR3 is an upgrade but are still currently itching to buy ram? I don't get it.
Sure, you can do that. You might as well be gaming on a Steam Deck though, because that's the level of CPU you'd be limited to.
Which is fine, I've got a Legion Go S, it works fine as long as you're aware of the limitations.
But if I want the AAA big screen shiz, I'm loading up something on my PS5.
I had 96 GB DDR3 for sale and no one even looked at the ad. $20.
My pc uses DDR2 and it runs Linux with no problem. I can even game, just not the new ones