I just find it hard to imagine people will buy a worse computer instead of keeping the one they have, but I’ll happily admit it if I turn out to be wrong.
Not necessarily, most people will be able to upgrade their CPU to a better model with the same socket. Sockets aren’t updated every time a CPU is released, and most people won’t be buying the top of the top even if they were, meaning there’s room to grow as prices drop.
Well the last couple of years is pretty restrictive. If you’re upgrading every few years you’ll probably just bite the bullet and pay for the RAM.
My last comment was basically saying you can upgrade to the top of the line CPU that fits your mobo, giving you an upgrade for not too much cash. Better than forking out for DDR5.
Maybe but hardly anyone had 32GB of RAM 5 years ago so that’s unlikely to feed into the average. My original thought was that I don’t think the average will go down, because people will keep their current hardware for longer. Maybe we will see mobos with modern sockets and DDR4 support if this drags on, but hopefully the bubble will burst by Christmas and we’ll all be picking up refurbished DDR5 for pennies from the decommissioned data centres.
More people buying new computers, new computers have 16 GBs of RAM, average drops.
I just find it hard to imagine people will buy a worse computer instead of keeping the one they have, but I’ll happily admit it if I turn out to be wrong.
RAM is only 1/3 of the most critical components.
If you have DDR4 on want to upgrade your CPU, you’ll end up with a DDR5 MoBo, your old RAM will be useless.
Not necessarily, most people will be able to upgrade their CPU to a better model with the same socket. Sockets aren’t updated every time a CPU is released, and most people won’t be buying the top of the top even if they were, meaning there’s room to grow as prices drop.
If you have DDR4 RAM, no modern* CPU will fit your MoBo.
* as in: from the last couple of years
Well the last couple of years is pretty restrictive. If you’re upgrading every few years you’ll probably just bite the bullet and pay for the RAM.
My last comment was basically saying you can upgrade to the top of the line CPU that fits your mobo, giving you an upgrade for not too much cash. Better than forking out for DDR5.
A two year old CPU with 16 GB of DDR5 RAM will be around two to four times faster than a five year old CPU with 32 GB of DDR4 RAM.
Maybe but hardly anyone had 32GB of RAM 5 years ago so that’s unlikely to feed into the average. My original thought was that I don’t think the average will go down, because people will keep their current hardware for longer. Maybe we will see mobos with modern sockets and DDR4 support if this drags on, but hopefully the bubble will burst by Christmas and we’ll all be picking up refurbished DDR5 for pennies from the decommissioned data centres.