That feels so bad for signal integrity, especially at 5+ GT/s
It is. As Salem Techsperts tested on their YouTube channel, you often have to downclock the RAM for it to actually function without errors.
However, with the prices for RAM still being so high, you could save a decent amount of money with this if you’re willing to keep your speeds a little lower.
“Partial workaround” wou’d probably be more accurate. As the article body points out, DDR5 SO-DIMM prices are also up, albeit not as much as DDR5 DIMM prices.
But it’s substantial enough of a price difference to be interesting, especially with larger-capacity SO-DIMMs.
EDIT: For those not familiar, SO-DIMMs are “laptop memory” and DIMMs are “desktop memory”.
The 48GB x 2 kit of so-dimm i bought in the summer is 5x the price I paid for it… If anything it seems so-dimm is worse right now
Horrible idea
