Not a terrible idea if you have a good process. Not sure my hand is steady enough to do it without a bga machine, but solder paste, custom masks, and a diy rig for lowering the chip could possibly do it.
Russian enthusiasts planning do-it-yourself DDR5 memory amidst the worldwide shortage — building your own RAM is as 'easy' as sourcing your own memory modules and soldering them on empty PCBs
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JiveTurkey@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I thought part of the reason for increased ram prices was a shortage of chips and not the assembly of ram modules
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
It may be a viable option if you have a source of e-waste to salvage the chips from. Of course that will mean even more work since the chips will have to be reballed.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
I’m not sure there’s many DDR5 sticks of ram that are ewaste. Most probably still work just fine unless they were DOA and tossed.