I’ve been collecting so I have some, not enough to rebuild from zero though.
If I have to I’ll downshift to DDR3-era, I still have a lot of that. It’s not ideal but it’s mostly serviceable with expectations appropriately set.
Edit: it kinda looks like you could downshift also, as long as you had a video card (and software set up right) that could understand newer video codecs.
i used to collect mine too, but incidentally so as i encountered discarded towers in e-waste bins and my own failed hardware.
somewhere along the way; i stopped using towers and lost access to e-waste bins, so my personal inventory ran low enough to make resuscitating my home server for free an impossibility.
there’s something strange about knowing that it’s impossible to obtain a full sized tower for free in the present day; i suspect it’s indicative of the technological change that collectively stands before us.
DDR4-era is plenty good enough for anything I’ll use it for, and if not I’ll use two. 🤷
My own ddr4 era hardware died a few months ago and finding replacements have been difficult; I hope you’re better prepared to warehouse your own spares than I was
I’ve been collecting so I have some, not enough to rebuild from zero though.
If I have to I’ll downshift to DDR3-era, I still have a lot of that. It’s not ideal but it’s mostly serviceable with expectations appropriately set.
Edit: it kinda looks like you could downshift also, as long as you had a video card (and software set up right) that could understand newer video codecs.
i used to collect mine too, but incidentally so as i encountered discarded towers in e-waste bins and my own failed hardware.
somewhere along the way; i stopped using towers and lost access to e-waste bins, so my personal inventory ran low enough to make resuscitating my home server for free an impossibility.
there’s something strange about knowing that it’s impossible to obtain a full sized tower for free in the present day; i suspect it’s indicative of the technological change that collectively stands before us.