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To: Chartgod who wrote (1357)	1/8/2026 2:22:14 PM
From: nicewatch	1 Recommendation Recommended By Chartgod Respond to of 1380

That's my kind of deal! I have had good success with multiple off-lease HP Z workstation class. 32GB is minimum I'd use in any system. My modern laptops and mini PCs are 64GB or more, and the few desktops are 128GB or 256GB. In most use cases there's not a huge performance bump from DDR4 to DDR5 ime, and some of the laptops and mini PCs work on both. Just glad I stocked up when I did on DDR4, DDR5, and NVME storage several years ago at cycle lows. Although maybe a moot point if one has owned MU, SNDK, etc. recently. :-) Some fabs have recently said they may bring back DDR4 production, and some mobo makers are putting out updated models backwards compatible with it. Crazy times.