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Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead
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The unfortunate part for DIY PC is that the RAM is likely all buffered ECC. And used flash is sketchy in my experience, even if you buy SLC where the whole point is supposed to be that it is more durable.