What is RAM?Over the past few years, nearly every PC component, including storage drives, graphics accelerators, motherboards, and CPUs, has seen significant performance updates—everything except the ...

If you want to choose the best RAM for your PC, you’ll be faced with a lot of terms that may not sound familiar at a glance. DDR? DIMM? CAS? XMP? When you just want something that goes well with the ...

I'm sure we have plenty to actually thank AI for, but DDR4 pricing isn't one of those things. For a long time, DDR4 RAM was cheap enough to be worth consideration if you were looking to build a budget ...

Major changes to the PC’s RAM subsystem typically occur once in blue moon, but mere years after DDR4’s delayed rollout, that time is upon us yet again. How fast is DDR5? What will I need to run what?

Since the introduction of DDR5 memory kits to the consumer market, there is one thing that everyone is talking about – which memory type between DDR4 and DDR5 is the best. While both RAM types have ...

While not completely upgradeable like modular gaming desktop PCs, modern laptops still have certain components that users can upgrade, such as storage and memory. Both are required in modern games in ...

Most computer technologies only last a short time before they are replaced by something new, but DDR RAM is one of the few that tends to last a while before being replaced. The original DDR SDRAM was ...

You can buy a lot of RAM for north of $800, or you can grab the fastest memory kit in the world, Corsair's new 16GB (2x8GB) Vengeance LPX DDR4-4866. It's the only kit officially rated for DDR4-4866 on ...

Intel introduced the consumer market to DDR4 with the introduction of the X99 platform. These are the early days of DDR4, and top kits are in the 3300MHz range, which is quite modest considering DDR4 ...

RAM prices are going up across different types, including older formats like DDR3 and DDR4, as well as newer ones like DDR5 and GDDR6. In the third quarter of 2025, price hikes have been reported ...

I’m just going to come out and say it: RAM is not the most exciting part of your computer. That doesn’t mean it’s not an important part of your system. Picking the best RAM for your gaming PC is ...