7 Red Flags When Choosing Cheap PC Components
While the GPU is the main driver of PC gaming performance, skimping on other parts like storage, mobo or PSU can lead to a bad experience. Here are 7 things to avoid when building or buying a budget PC.
DDR5 memory prices dropped by over 20 percent in the last month
Hopefully, the trend continues
Philips may be planning to enter the RAM market
It'd be quite a jump from consumer electronics
RAMMon helps you ID the type, speed, timings and SPD of your RAM modules
RAMMon uses SysInfo DLL SDK to collect all your RAM attributes such as manufacturer, clock speed, DDR type, and SPD. It's free to download.
Europe's only DRAM and NAND factory is expanding
The factory produces Goodram memory
High Bandwidth Memory: HBM3 is twice as fast as HBM2e, up to 819 GB/s per stack
And quadruple the capacity
Best RAM for Intel 12th-Gen Core: DDR4 vs. DDR5
A close look at memory scaling performance with Intel Core 12th-gen CPUs, to help you choose the best DDR4 and DDR5 memory kits for Alder Lake.
YouTuber prototypes way to use DDR4 memory on DDR5 motherboards
A solution to the Alder Lake motherboard dilemma?
DDR4 vs. DDR5: The Best Memory for PC Gaming
DDR5 memory supply is expected to improve, and so will pricing. So let's take a more in-depth look at what DDR5 has to offer gamers when using an Alder Lake CPU.
Corsair: DDR5 memory will need better cooling as VRMs move to the module
Water cooling would probably do the trick, but that might be overkill
Researchers develop a pneumatic computer memory 'chip' that plays the piano
Paving the way for 'soft' processors and RAM
TeamGroup will start selling DDR5-4800 in stores by the end of June
Selling it to who, though?
Acer will soon sell SSDs and RAM kits made by Chinese chipmaker Biwin
Acer products in name alone
Israeli researchers use RAM as a small Wi-Fi transmitter to leak sensitive data from isolated systems
The latest in a series of unorthodox methods uncovered over the years
World record overclock sees Crucial Balllistix memory reach 7,004MHz
Incredible memory frequency
Ryzen 5000 Memory Performance Guide: 2 vs. 4 RAM Sticks
In this article we'll be searching for Zen 3's memory sweet spot and looking at DDR4 memory performance with the new Ryzen 5000 CPU series, and a brief explanation of why 4 RAM sticks are faster than 2.
TechSpot's Quick Guide to Sockets and Ports
The average desktop PC has over 10 different types of connections and often sports over 30 individual sockets. Whether you're wanting to sort out SATA from M.2, or DVI-D from DisplayPort, welcome to our quick guide to sockets and ports.
Overclockers push DDR4 to record frequency using AMD's Ryzen 4000
There's a new DDR4 memory frequency world record
JEDEC releases next-gen DDR5 memory specification
Bigger, better, faster, a bit more expensive than DDR4
Grab 32GB of Corsair DDR4-3200 for less today
Upgrade your RAM like a boss with Corsair's LPX 32GB (2x16GB) 3200MHz C16 DDR4 memory kit. Amazon has it on sale at $124.99, saving you $35 of the regular price. With 29k user reviews and a 4.7/5 score, this high-performing memory works and looks great.
Anatomy of RAM
Every single computer has RAM, whether it's embedded into a processor or sitting on a dedicated circuit board plugged into the system, computing devices simply can't work without it. RAM is an astonishing feat of precision engineering, and yet it is manufactured in epic quantities every year. Given how super important RAM is, a proper dissection is called for.
