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rkauer · 07 July 2008, 08:21

One more issue if someone wants to use a CF as memory expansion: the lifetime of each cell!

OK, each cell is able to be written ~1000 times until fail. For a HD, that's fine (even brilliant), but not for RAM! RAM cells are written/read dozen times. The CF card will fail in a week or so.

07 July 2008, 08:21	#76
rkauer I hate potatos and shirts Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sao Leopoldo / Brazil Age: 58 Posts: 3,482	One more issue if someone wants to use a CF as memory expansion: the lifetime of each cell! OK, each cell is able to be written ~1000 times until fail. For a HD, that's fine (even brilliant), but not for RAM! RAM cells are written/read dozen times. The CF card will fail in a week or so.