A Stopgap for upgraders: turning SO-DIMMs into desktop memory Source: Hardware Canucks Hardware Canucks has published a video that looks at running laptop
“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”.
“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