I built a PC last November. Got two 8GB sticks of second hand DDR5 SODIMM for 50 bucks. The SODIMM to DIMM adapters were like 30€ for 4 iirc. It runs perfectly fine (Minecraft VR, Cyberpunk, RDR2) and I’m sure I can wait out the current memory prices before I need to upgrade.
I built a PC last November. Got two 8GB sticks of second hand DDR5 SODIMM for 50 bucks. The SODIMM to DIMM adapters were like 30€ for 4 iirc. It runs perfectly fine (Minecraft VR, Cyberpunk, RDR2) and I’m sure I can wait out the current memory prices before I need to upgrade.
True but that was last November. Now days (early aug 2026) the cheapest 8GB sodimm sticks are like 140 USD each.
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