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Adding Pizazz to Your RAM

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-i-wanted-chutzpah dept.

EliteTEK noted that Extreme Tech is running a review of some fancy new illuminated DDR RAM. This one actually has a 10 char alphanumeric display that normally displays stats on your system, but with their software can display anything you like. It's about time that people can read RSS feeds on their RAM.

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  1. Hungry? by cloudmaster · · Score: 4, Funny

    At first, I thought "Why woudl my RAM want Pizzas?" Then I read the article, and I still thought "Why?"...

  2. REAL Nerds... by goldspider · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...don't give a shit about case mods and flourescent lights and blinky RAM, just like how real car enthusiasts don't adorn piece-of-shit imports with stickers and tacky wings. It's all about what's under the hood, not how pretty it looks on the outside.

    People who waste money on this nonsense should be ridiculed by us proud, genuine nerds.

    --
    "Ask not what your country can do for you." --John F. Kennedy
  3. Review? by publius1234 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here's an actual review:
    [H]ard|OCP,

    and here's a better picture:
    Legit Reviews

  4. Except a PC is in your house, not your garage by P-Frank · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I agree with you to a point, the functionality of my PC is what comes first. But looking at the aesthetic of Apple computers and the growing amount of pretty cases out there, people want their appliances to look nice, or at least not look completely out of place in their homes.

    Now there are some pretty ugly cases out there, giant flashing LED monstrocities with bad car paintjobs and racing stripes, but some people are making interactive sculptures that have computers inside them and I don't think that's negative at all.

  5. Re:from the B-F-D dept by LurkerXXX · · Score: 5, Insightful
    No. This is 'ricing out your computer'. The equivalent of sticking on a big wing on the back of a civic. Something that makes it look fast rather than be fast.

    This is all show, no go.

    A real mod would be adding a bigger heatsink so you could actually run the machine faster or more quietly.