32 GB of DDR5 RAM for $83 will see you ready to shield bash your way through Doom: The Dark Ages

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That's two sticks of 16 GB DDR5-6000 for a little more than 40 bucks each.

Two of Silicon Power's 16 GB XPower Zenith RAM in white float in the teal gradient PC Gamer deal void.
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Silicon Power 32 GB Zenith DDR5 | 2 x 16 GB | 6000 MT/s | CL30 CAS Latency | Aluminium heatsink |$106.97$82.97 at B&H Photo (save $24)

Silicon Power 32 GB Zenith DDR5 | 2 x 16 GB | 6000 MT/s | CL30 CAS Latency | Aluminium heatsink | $106.97 $82.97 at B&H Photo (save $24)
It's hard to say no to 6,000 MT/s—harder still to turn your nose up at an offer of two 16 GB sticks for just shy of $42 each. The aluminium heatsink not only keeps temps low, but really pulls this deal together in a fetching white finish.

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Dear reader, I have a confession: I still haven't played 2016 Doom. That's not due to any matter of taste, or particularly strongly held conviction—there are just not enough hours in the day to get to every game in my Steam library. However, Doom: The Dark Ages' dark fantasy twist has definitely bumped it up the list. And now that I've just stumbled on a devilishly good deal for 32 GB of DDR5 RAM, I now have even less excuse not to rip into it.

A total of 32 GB of DDR5 RAM for comfortably under $100 is a cracking deal. What's great about this particular pick of sticks is that Silicon Power's RAM offers 6000 MT/s on a silver platter; supports both Intel XMP 3.0 and AMD EXPO profiles, you can squeeze even greater speed out of your RAM just by selecting the corresponding profile in your motherboard's BIOS, though it's largely designed to land in the sweet spot for AMD Ryzen chips. The CAS latency of 30 will also be great for a Ryzen chip. You can read more about what XMP and EXPO profiles are in Jacob's explainer.

Besides dissipating heat through the fetching white finish of its aluminium heat sink, the relatively low voltage (between 1.25 and 1.35 V) and its power management integrated circuit also keep temps low—which is just as well because you do not want to see me turn the Doomslayer's helm into a bucket full of sweat.

Doom: The Dark Ages is far from the only release really recommending an awful lot of RAM for the best experience. Mafia: The Old Country, which has just set its sights on an August 8 release date, also recommends a full whack of 32 GB. Looking at all of 2025's upcoming games, I doubt it will be the last either.

That said, even if you upgrade your RAM, you may still be out of luck if you've held on to an older GPU. Mafia: The Old Country requires either the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT or the Nvidia RTX 2070 at least to meet its minimum system requirements.

Even the minimum spec for Doom: The Dark Ages requires a graphics card with ray tracing capability; with either a Nvidia RTX 2060 Super, an AMD RX 6600, or an even better graphics card, you'll be off to the races on the back of Doom's cyberdragon. Though release day is still a ways out, you can read Morgan's Doom: The Dark Ages review in the meantime.

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Jess Kinghorn
Jess Kinghorn
Hardware Writer

Jess has been writing about games for over ten years, spending the last seven working on print publications PLAY and Official PlayStation Magazine. When she’s not writing about all things hardware here, she’s getting cosy with a horror classic, ranting about a cult hit to a captive audience, or tinkering with some tabletop nonsense.

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