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What killed consumer RAM was the decision to sell DDR5 to consumers
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Date: January 13th, 2026 4:56 PM Author: https://i.imgur.com/ovcBe0z.png I've done the math. DDR5 is 11x more complicated than DDR4 because the industry standard was developed with the expectation that it would be used in servers and run at much slower speeds. No one gave a FUCK about consumers.
What happened was a bunch of DDR5 failed QC and could not support proper error correction, but was otherwise functional. These defective RAM chips were sold to companies like Corsair and G.Skill, who tested them to see how fast they could run and then binned them accordingly. RAM that could run stable at higher settings would be programmed with XMP/EXPO settings and sold a price point that reflected its rated speed. This was all super retarded because no one can tell a difference between DDR5 5600 and DDR 7200. It was 100% marketing flame and 100% of what these companies sold was just defective server RAM. No one at Samsung ever tried to make DDR5 7200 for your home PC. Sorry.
Now that manufacturers are shifting to HBM, there is simply no industry demand for DDR5, so there are fewer defective chips for anyone to sell to consumers. That's the bottom line. Eventually everything will shift to HBM and you'll never think about "buying memory" again unless you operate a computer factory. |