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A photo of a DDR5 RAM kit by Corsair, mounted in a gaming PC motherboard

My testing shows that 16 GB of system memory is still absolutely fine for today's PC games but there are some caveats to it all

By Nick Evanson published

If it's good enough for consoles, surely it's good enough for a gaming PC?

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A battery of WD hard drives.

WD's new HDD tech promises 'flash-like' performance and just maybe a way out of the dreaded memory supply crisis

By Jeremy Laird published

News But it will probably just make hard drives more expensive, too!

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A photo of a set of Lexar Thor OC DDR5 UDIMMs, resting on top of a motherboard's heatsink

RAMpocalypse be damned, I've tested a range of games to see if slow DDR5 will ruin my gaming experience

By Nick Evanson published

Going slow And you know what? It doesn't. Mostly.

Going slow
A promotional image by SK Hynix, showing two 321-layer QLC NAND flash modules with a flash memory wafer in the background.

Memory chip specialist SK Hynix reports record-breaking profits but doesn't have a word to say about almost anything apart from AI

By Jeremy Laird published

News AI, AI, oh.

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A Samsung 9100 Pro SSD in both 2 TB and 4 TB sizes.

New report claims Samsung, SK Hynix and Sandisk are all planning to double the price of NAND memory chips this year

By Jeremy Laird published

News The PC memory crisis just gets worse.

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A collection of DDR4 and DDR5 DIMMs against a blue background, with a PC Gamer Recommended logo

Best RAM for gaming in 2026: I've tested the best DDR4 and DDR5 RAM to find the right kits for you

By Chris Szewczyk last updated

Dynamic I've put the top gaming memory through its paces to find out what the best RAM to pair with your new gaming PC is.

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An image showing multiple DRAM DIMMs arrayed in a fan, against a gradient blue background.

Seeing the absolute state of memory pricing, Chinese DIY community opts for DDR3 motherboards instead

By Jess Kinghorn published

News You can play Arc Raiders on 10-year-old hardware, but would you want to?

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Framework Desktop PC

Framework 'held off as long as we could' but just cranked up prices of its Desktops and Mainboards

By Jeremy Laird published

News 32 GB and 64 GB models only up a little, 128 GB option now very spendy.

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A promotional image for Samsung's 12 nm-class DDR5-DRAM production, showing multiple DRAM modules on a UDIMM circuit board.

Explainer: The RAMpocalypse is making memory, SSDs, and even GPUs much more expensive, and it's all down to AI

By Jacob Fox last updated

Memory blues Here's all we know about skyrocketing memory prices and what's causing it.

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Memory blues
A dramatically lit close up of computer memory/ RAM on a motherboard-style background.

With memory in short supply, Gigabyte unveils high-capacity set-up that can support up to 256 GB of DDR5-7200 and is bound to cost the prettiest of pennies

By Jess Kinghorn published

News No signs of slowing down.

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