• GMac@feddit.org
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    7 hours ago

    Can we all buy cheap hardware when the bubble bursts and the billionaires decide not to pay the electricity bills for these ridiculous datacentres?

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      4 hours ago

      Unlike with the GPU shortage, where the cryptomining gpus could be used by regular consumers, the datacenter ram and so on is not usable on personal computers. It is all going to be e-waste, and we will still have a shortage after the bubble burst.

      • Pika@sh.itjust.works
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        4 hours ago

        is datacenter ram really not usable on personal PC’s? I figured it was the same as consumer ram but with ECC features, but I haven’t gone out of my way to try and buy any.

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          They’re using the new SOCAMM standard, which current consumer hardware can’t use.

          It’s a different physical interface.

          Whether it will end up coming to consumer grade motherboards… 🤷‍♂️

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        4 hours ago

        Well that sucks. I assumed the ram, ssds, hdds could be recycled into useful forms.