Such a weird concept. At first, I was thinking it was like some cables you plug into your mobo to move the slots to the box, but nope. It's literally just a display box. Makes me wonder how many ppl will actually buy this.
According to G.Skill, they had had several requests from users (Youtubers perhaps?) if they could get the boxes that G.Skill were using for presentational events. As a result, G.Skill has decided to put them at retail.
I'm sure there's people that will buy it, just wonder how many ppl actually did request it. Maybe someone with like a home computer parts museum that they created. Anything is possible I guess.
Why not? You have bling RAM and know that sooner or later, you'll upgrade to something else so you may as well buy one of these boxes to tuck away for that eventuality so you can toss your last gen, obnoxious looking RAM on display when the time comes. That way you get some fun out of your stuff after it reaches end of life and that's omitting the need to buy a kit only for display (as long as you're patient enough to wait for that point in your current RAM's lifespan).
I would assume most would just sell off their old hardware. I use my hardware over and over again. Everything starts on my main gaming rig and when upgraded, those old parts move to my backup gaming rig. The parts from the backup gaming rig, end up in my file server. Eventually, all parts end up turning into a new machine that I sell off.
Although I do end up with stuff that I really can't sell off. Like old PCI IDE raid controllers.
Well if someone finds worth in something like this, good for them. I personally would have designed it differently. The ram along the 4 sides, laying flat (like a laptop), then you can put something in the middle, like a small figure. Course, it wouldn't be designed around showcasing off the ram, like this box is.
I not understand WHY going by what others mentioned overall, to ME, however maybe years from now when the system died or whatever you can show off your "kit" or maybe people are doing something "tricky" with the RAM that the average person would not even think about making this mentally "click" or something when someone were to explain it to you.
Once I got over my immediate reaction of "how many dozen crazy enthusiasts are there in the World?", I quickly thought better:
I believe the main use case for this would be marketing - either in stores where the kits are available for purchase, or in events. The user would be a company involved in the marketing, distribution or sales of the kits.
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khanikun - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link
Such a weird concept. At first, I was thinking it was like some cables you plug into your mobo to move the slots to the box, but nope. It's literally just a display box. Makes me wonder how many ppl will actually buy this.Ironchef3500 - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link
Very odd..Ian Cutress - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link
According to G.Skill, they had had several requests from users (Youtubers perhaps?) if they could get the boxes that G.Skill were using for presentational events. As a result, G.Skill has decided to put them at retail.khanikun - Monday, April 15, 2019 - link
I'm sure there's people that will buy it, just wonder how many ppl actually did request it. Maybe someone with like a home computer parts museum that they created. Anything is possible I guess.PeachNCream - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link
Why not? You have bling RAM and know that sooner or later, you'll upgrade to something else so you may as well buy one of these boxes to tuck away for that eventuality so you can toss your last gen, obnoxious looking RAM on display when the time comes. That way you get some fun out of your stuff after it reaches end of life and that's omitting the need to buy a kit only for display (as long as you're patient enough to wait for that point in your current RAM's lifespan).khanikun - Monday, April 15, 2019 - link
I would assume most would just sell off their old hardware. I use my hardware over and over again. Everything starts on my main gaming rig and when upgraded, those old parts move to my backup gaming rig. The parts from the backup gaming rig, end up in my file server. Eventually, all parts end up turning into a new machine that I sell off.Although I do end up with stuff that I really can't sell off. Like old PCI IDE raid controllers.
Well if someone finds worth in something like this, good for them. I personally would have designed it differently. The ram along the 4 sides, laying flat (like a laptop), then you can put something in the middle, like a small figure. Course, it wouldn't be designed around showcasing off the ram, like this box is.
wr3zzz - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link
It needs Swarovski crystals...boozed - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link
Hahaha but seriously what?Hxx - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link
"Hey Honey I got you something for our anniversary! Oh Sweetie you shouldnt ..*opens up box* What the *%&##@ is this?!"Dragonstongue - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link
I not understand WHY going by what others mentioned overall, to ME, however maybe years from now when the system died or whatever you can show off your "kit" or maybe people are doing something "tricky" with the RAM that the average person would not even think about making this mentally "click" or something when someone were to explain it to you.r3loaded - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link
Another pointless ornament to distract you from the fact that DRAM chip manufacturers are fixing DDR4 prices.rpg1966 - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link
Jeebus get over it.oRAirwolf - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link
This is a late April fool's joke.Hul8 - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link
Once I got over my immediate reaction of "how many dozen crazy enthusiasts are there in the World?", I quickly thought better:I believe the main use case for this would be marketing - either in stores where the kits are available for purchase, or in events. The user would be a company involved in the marketing, distribution or sales of the kits.
Hul8 - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link
The fact that they can additionally offer them for sale to the "crazy people" is just a bonus.GreenReaper - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link
But will it cope with double-height DDR4? I have my doubts.