Ditch windows, ditch Chrome and ditch the latest AAA titles. Make your current PC last. Look into mild underclocking/volting.
An interesting chart, but difficult to interpret in more depth. The article suggests this refers to price changes not “market growth”, but then what is the unit per price value?
According to TechInsights, memory pricing was already on the rise in 2024, growing 88 percent from a rather steep valley the year prior. Based on previous DRAM booms, one might expect it to grow at a slower pace in 2025, before contracting in 2026 or 2027.
Do RAM modules ever wear out? As in, will my six year old DDR4 sticks work a few more years?
They can die, but that can happen at any time and isn’t strictly linked to how much they’re used
I have never seen a DIMM fail, and don’t believe that failure is remotely on the order of something like hard drives or fans.
I’d imagine, based on the fact that modern DIMMs often have heat spreaders, that there’s probably some level of thermal stress that can cause problems. But it’d be pretty low on my concern list as computer components go.
Right! Mine do indeed have heat spreaders. :)
No, you’ll likely be fine. A power surge or something maybe but they don’t have write cycles like SSD
