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usertests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR2_SDRAM The maximum capacity on commercially available DDR2 DIMMs is 8 GB, but chipset support and availability for those DIMMs is sparse and more common 2 GB per DIMM are used. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR3_SDRAM The DDR3 standard permits DRAM chip capacities of up to 8 gigabits (Gbit) (so 1 gigabyte by DRAM chip), and up to four ranks of 64 Gbit each for a total maximum of 16 gigabytes (GB) per DDR3 DIMM. Because of a hardware limitation not fixed until Ivy Bridge-E in 2013, most older Intel CPUs only support up to 4-Gbit chips for 8 GB DIMMs (Intel's Core 2 DDR3 chipsets only support up to 2 Gbit). All AMD CPUs correctly support the full specification for 16 GB DDR3 DIMMs. I don't think the 4-8 GB DDR2 sticks are common, so you could be looking at 4x2GB. Which is enough for Linux or retro systems. But it seems to be a small amount of production still occurring for legacy systems, not relevant to 99.99% of consumers. DDR2 SDRAM is largely obsolete for consumer desktop and laptop markets , having been succeeded by DDR3 in 2007 and phased out of mainstream production by the mid-2010s. However, limited production continues for industrial, embedded, and automotive applications where long-term component availability is critical. Manufacturers such as ATP Inc. and Micron maintain partnerships to produce DDR2 modules for mission-critical systems that cannot upgrade to newer platforms. While major consumer-focused producers have ceased output, companies like Nanya and Winbond still manage legacy DDR2 inventory, though some are gradually reducing capacity in favor of higher-margin modern memory types. Consequently, newly manufactured DDR2 is rare and typically sourced from surplus stock or specialized industrial suppliers rather than standard retail channels. I think people out there are considering Haswell + DDR3 if they are really trying to cut costs. Reply
JeffreyP55 Admin said: DDR2 contract prices rose 55% to 60% in the second quarter of the year and are projected to climb another 35% to 40% in the third. 2003-era DDR2 memory prices jump up to 60% — AI-driven DRAM shortage reaches the oldest standard still in production : Read more Great chance to dust off the Phenom II X2 555. "One giant leap for man." One huge step backwards for technology.. Reply
Neilbob A while ago I wondered (jokingly, I thought) if the 4GB of Crucial Ballistix DDR1 I have kicking around could gain a new lease of life. It's rather scary that it soon could, genuinely. Reply
PEnns I think I will treat my 4×8 DDR3 sticks with more loving care……who knows, I might be running cutting age hardware with them at this rate!! Reply
JeffreyP55 PEnns said: I think I will treat my 4×8 DDR3 sticks with more loving care……who knows, I might be running cutting age hardware with them at this rate!! Yes indeed. My i7 4790k, GTX 1080 ti + 32GB of DDR3 is still chugging along running Win 10 for now. Hmmm, parting it out when the price is right! I hope that never happens. Reply
Thunder64 JeffreyP55 said: Yes indeed. My i7 4790k, GTX 1080 ti + 32GB of DDR3 is still chugging along running Win 10 for now. Hmmm, parting it out when the price is right! I hope that never happens. Damn that 1080 Ti is bottlenecked. Reply
derekullo DDR2-3200 has a single channel bandwidth of 3.2 gigabytes per second PCIe 2.0 has a per lane bandwidth of 500 megabytes a second allowing for 2 gigabytes per second read and write on a x4 card. (for the NIC) In theory you could create a 10 gigabit ZFS NAS using sata hard drives or …. SSDs and 32 gigabytes of ddr2 ARC caching. Reply
PEnns JeffreyP55 said: Yes indeed. My i7 4790k, GTX 1080 ti + 32GB of DDR3 is still chugging along running Win 10 for now. Hmmm, parting it out when the price is right! I hope that never happens. That 4790K (I have one too) is a true workhorse even now!! So many years later and it can handle almost everything!! Reply
JeffreyP55 Thunder64 said: Damn that 1080 Ti is bottlenecked. That is true. Purchased the 1080ti in 2017. The purchase is when I was looking to upgrade in the near future. By the time that happened the 1080ti was getting dated. Reply
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