SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 days agoAre people buying refurb pcs just to strip out the DDR 4 ram with the current price hikes on new ram?message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down10
arrow-up1100arrow-down1message-squareAre people buying refurb pcs just to strip out the DDR 4 ram with the current price hikes on new ram?SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareberty@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 days agoI don’t think so. ddr5 is in demand, prices for older ddr4 seems unaffected. No way someone buys a refurb PC to sell the ddr4 kit and have a useless PC.
minus-squareSolidShake@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 days agoDdr4 went up a little bit to ride the inflation wave, but not nearly as much as ddr5
minus-squareYggstyle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoSupply and demand… We have tons of ddr4 on the secondary market - if they try to spike retail too much it won’t sell at all.
I don’t think so. ddr5 is in demand, prices for older ddr4 seems unaffected. No way someone buys a refurb PC to sell the ddr4 kit and have a useless PC.
Ddr4 went up a little bit to ride the inflation wave, but not nearly as much as ddr5
Supply and demand… We have tons of ddr4 on the secondary market - if they try to spike retail too much it won’t sell at all.