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HP Omen 35L gaming PC from various angles
PC shipments have actually grown this quarter despite the RAMpocalypse says IDC. Well, everywhere except the Americas

By Nick Evanson Published

News It's probably going to be the only bit of good news for PC vendors this year.

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A processed photo of a data center server room, showing racks of computers lit by overhead lights, reflecting off the ground.
Dell's CEO reckons that the total memory demand from the entire AI market in 2028 will be 625x bigger than it was in 2022

By Nick Evanson Published

News Who needs DRAM in their PC anyway? Mine works on wishes and positive thoughts.

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A collage of dual channel memory kits against a colorful background, with the phrase 'Deals' on the right side, above a PC Gamer logo
The RAMpocalypse won't end any time soon, so here are the cheapest 16 and 32 GB memory kits I'd fit in my own gaming PC

By Nick Evanson Published

Deal Don't pay more for stuff you don't need.

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Workers carry a Micron sign during a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Micron Technology Inc. semiconductor manufacturing facility in Clay, New York, US, on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. New York has provided up to $5.5 billion in tax incentives for Micron to create 9,000 new jobs with the company and over 40,000 jobs in supporting industries tied to the project.
From a dentist's basement to half a trillion dollars and AI: Here's how memory manufacturer Micron Technology got there

By Jess Kinghorn Published

Just call me the 'Potato Consumer Gamer' from now on.

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A close-up photo of a set of Corsair DDR5 DIMMs installed in a motherboard, lit by their own RGB lights
Intel's new 200K Plus chips support ultra-fast DRAM out of the box but as my tests show, there's little benefit for most PC gamers in using warp-speed stuff

By Nick Evanson Published

Warped speed Unless you've got a very specific setup that involves an Intel CPU, an RTX 5090, a 1080p monitor, and potato-quality graphics settings.

Warped speed
A promotional image of an SK hynix LPDDR6 module, against a stylized electronic circuit background
DRAM maker SK hynix has validated its next-gen LPDDR6 which would be great news for handheld PCs, except that the targeted market is AI devices

By Nick Evanson Published

News Lots more performance and way better power efficiency, but destined to be rarer than pixie dust.

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Phison logo displayed on a phone screen with a binary code reflected on it, a laptop keyboard, a memory card, an adaper and cables are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on January 30, 2023.
Phison CEO says 'both money and inventory are insufficient' as NAND prices continue to climb at an astronomical rate

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News More bad news for us mere mortals.

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Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks while holding the company's new GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards and a Thor Blackwell robotics processor during the 2025 CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. Huang announced a raft of new chips, software and services, aiming to stay at the forefront of artificial intelligence computing. Photographer: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images
'I think the fact that everything is scarce is fantastic for us' says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang '...in a world of constraint, you have no choice but to choose the best'

By Andy Edser Published

News At least someone is positive about it.

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Two DDR5 RAM modules lit up in pink inside a gaming PC
Industry insiders say Samsung has confirmed a DRAM price increase of 'over 100%' for its customers, so brace yourself for the next phase of the dreaded RAMpocalypse

By Andy Edser Published

News Memories, of the way things used to be...

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The official splashscreen for Steam, showing the logo at the centre and various games as horizontal tiles in the background.
Valve owns up to inaccurate Steam hardware survey findings, saying 'VRAM on some graphics cards was not reported correctly'

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Still, it's reassuring that not everyone but you is gaming on the shiniest hardware.

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