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Electronics hobbyist converts $120 DDR5 SODIMM kit into ‘$1000’ desktop kit to fight RAM crisis — ICs from SK hynix DDR5-5600 16GB modules used to create DDR5-7800 desktop sticks

So just read this article and had a couple questions about this as I have not much experience in this. Maybe the more experience people may be able to explain it better. Is this a viable path to upgrade hardware at a lower cost for LLM, is it much harder than as stated in the read like soldiering a…

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  1. 2026-10-28 23:08 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Electronics hobbyist converts $120 DDR5 SODIMM kit into ‘$1000’ desktop kit to fight RAM crisis — ICs from SK hynix DDR5-5600 16GB modules used to create DDR5-7800 desktop sticks

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