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> I recommend that you consider buying a lot of RAM, and using a RAM drive instead. That suggestion makes no sense. It's one thing to buy a SSD/PCI interface t

> I recommend that you consider buying a lot of RAM, and using a RAM drive instead. That suggestion makes no sense. It's one thing to buy a SSD/PCI interface that allows you to plug in your RAM sticks. It's an entirely different thing to buy a brand new computer. Your suggestion is like "do you need more disk space? Just buy a new computer."

MrGilbert 4y ago
Why would you need to buy a new computer, if you just need more RAM? ..unless, of course - you are blessed with one of the devices that have RAM soldered on. I cannot express how much I dislike these devices.
- simplotek 4y ago
  > Why would you need to buy a new computer, if you just need more RAM? No one presented such use case in this discussion.
  - jeezfrk 4y ago
    adding ram to a motherboard is not possible without upgrading it, costing far more.
    - brokenmachine 4y ago
      Motherboards have ram slots? Most have four and I'd say most people have two free.
- _a_a_a_ 4y ago
  1. Because you've already maxed out your DIMM slots 2. For the cost of upgrading to larger RAM is prohibitive because you have to throw away your existing DIMMs and replace them with new-to-market DIMMs that are extortionate because they've only just appeared
capableweb 4y ago
?! You don't have to buy a whole new computer to add RAM to it, unless you're already hitting the limits of the motherboard, either slots or total capacity. And if you are, you should be able to get away with getting a new motherboard instead of a whole new computer.
- simplotek 4y ago
  > You don't have to buy a whole new computer to add RAM to it, unless you're already hitting the limits of the motherboard Right. Do you think that anyone interested in using RAM drives and willing to spend money on hardware wouldn't have already considered using freely available software RAM drive?
  - capableweb 4y ago
    If my time on the internet have thought me anything, it is to not assume anything when people ask questions. Countless of times when people complain about their GPU is not working, it's because they didn't change the display cable from directly to the motherboard into the GPU itself. Maybe author is not super into "build a PC" movement, but know they need more RAM, so they ask the question that makes sense to them. I don't know, and I won't assume either, so asking basic questions first makes sense. Maybe they weren't aware you could create arbitrary memory space on hard-drives via swap, so questions around that would be appropriate as well.
toast0 4y ago
The suggestion was probably to put more ram in the computer you already have. To answer your question though, devices like that have been made from time to time, but I don't think I've seen one since DDR2. It really would be easier to increase your system ram and run a software ram drive. If you're already maxed out on ram, you would need to get a new system with more ram slots or higher capacity per slot, etc of course. If you get some off-lease server hardware, you can get tons of slots though. If you're wanting to do something with old ram sitting around, you should probably find a marketplace to sell it. Or plan to hoard it until it's retro.
downrightmike 4y ago
Op, you didn't outline your assumptions and we're just trying to be helpful.

MrGilbert 4y ago

Why would you need to buy a new computer, if you just need more RAM? ..unless, of course - you are blessed with one of the devices that have RAM soldered on. I cannot express how much I dislike these devices.

simplotek 4y ago
> Why would you need to buy a new computer, if you just need more RAM? No one presented such use case in this discussion.
- jeezfrk 4y ago
  adding ram to a motherboard is not possible without upgrading it, costing far more.
  - brokenmachine 4y ago
    Motherboards have ram slots? Most have four and I'd say most people have two free.
_a_a_a_ 4y ago
1. Because you've already maxed out your DIMM slots 2. For the cost of upgrading to larger RAM is prohibitive because you have to throw away your existing DIMMs and replace them with new-to-market DIMMs that are extortionate because they've only just appeared

capableweb 4y ago

?! You don't have to buy a whole new computer to add RAM to it, unless you're already hitting the limits of the motherboard, either slots or total capacity. And if you are, you should be able to get away with getting a new motherboard instead of a whole new computer.

simplotek 4y ago
> You don't have to buy a whole new computer to add RAM to it, unless you're already hitting the limits of the motherboard Right. Do you think that anyone interested in using RAM drives and willing to spend money on hardware wouldn't have already considered using freely available software RAM drive?
- capableweb 4y ago
  If my time on the internet have thought me anything, it is to not assume anything when people ask questions. Countless of times when people complain about their GPU is not working, it's because they didn't change the display cable from directly to the motherboard into the GPU itself. Maybe author is not super into "build a PC" movement, but know they need more RAM, so they ask the question that makes sense to them. I don't know, and I won't assume either, so asking basic questions first makes sense. Maybe they weren't aware you could create arbitrary memory space on hard-drives via swap, so questions around that would be appropriate as well.

toast0 4y ago

The suggestion was probably to put more ram in the computer you already have. To answer your question though, devices like that have been made from time to time, but I don't think I've seen one since DDR2. It really would be easier to increase your system ram and run a software ram drive. If you're already maxed out on ram, you would need to get a new system with more ram slots or higher capacity per slot, etc of course. If you get some off-lease server hardware, you can get tons of slots though. If you're wanting to do something with old ram sitting around, you should probably find a marketplace to sell it. Or plan to hoard it until it's retro.

downrightmike 4y ago

Op, you didn't outline your assumptions and we're just trying to be helpful.