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Alby_da_Wolf said:
If I find dirt cheap 2x2GB ECC 800MHz DDR2 kit, I think I'll make a temporary update to my HW (just 4GB is really its weakest point, I should have bought another 4GB before DDR2 went out of production, making prices rise again, last time I searched, I opted for GPU upgrade, from on board HD3300 to R7 250 was a far greater improvement for ~90 euros last year, just 15 euros more than what they asked for those darn 2x2GB, and it "saved" me allowing me to free that half GB the on board GPU used, nmot much, but enough to solve the worst RAM related slowdowns), so that I can wait a little more before the next major upgrade, AMD being so late with DDR4 support forced me to delay it, as I don't want to get again RAM tech that will be phased out relatively soon, making me pay more for upgrades if I wait too much.

DDR2 won't get any cheaper, and has in fact become pretty expensive. Just checked at Alternate.de (where I normally buy my hardware) and the cheapest 4GiB ECC DDR2 Kit did cost almost 100€, and 8GiB kits varied from 157€ to over 300€. So if you still want to upgrade your RAM, better don't wait too long or the RAM will become even more expensive.

Yes, alas, my only hope is finding some shops that do bargains to get rid of old stocks or some used kits on eBay or else, but in the end the most likely thing is that I'll stay with just 4GB until my next major upgrade. If AMD started supporting DDR4 earlier, there wouldn't be any problem, DDR4 itself would have probably become widespread,  with low-end offers too, earlier, maybe just after next Xmas, but due to how things actually went, middle-low end configs with DDR4 will become viable some months later, probably during next Summer slump. And I'll definitely bite the bullet and wait, I won't repeat the same mistake, not for the performances, but for the longer term support.