Not modular Soldered to the motherboard
I guess for laptops, possibly phones if you can get the form factor small enough? For a desktop or a system I intend to use for 5-10 years? Fuck no
No shit. My work computer has been a nearly 10 year project of incremental upgrades as I could find deals on things. It's got 4x the ram it started with and the graphics card has been upgraded like 4 times. Other things as well.
I don't want to buy a computer that I can't do anything to. Horrible idea. And I barely know anything about computer hardware. I'd imagine an enthusiast really hates the idea of soldering shit permanently like a smartphone.
I just recently upgraded from a Xeon 5650 CPU and board to a Ryzen 5800x. Used the Xeon for about 10 years. Still solid board, but was starting to show it's age on modern games. I know every part in my computer, and am VERY picky about what goes in there. As a result? The only parts in my house that I've had issues with are hard drives, and those are fincky at the best of times.
article explains what you're talking about is called LPCAMM, the breakthrough is LPCAMM2 which is modular
Still not sure how I'd feel about a singular, module of ram in a main system rig. Knock on wood, I haven't had issues with corrupt memory modules, but I've heard of it frequently. Compartmentalizing memory into channels means if one goes bad, it's just 1 night of mem test to find the culprit, and a small payment to replace if not under warranty. A full board puts your entire rig out of action.
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