Get 32GB of RAM for only $241 in this 3-item gaming combo from Newegg —save $249 on this inclusive bundle with Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Corsair Vengeance RAM, and a Gigabyte X870E motherboard
Get 32GB of RAM for only $241 in this 3-item gaming combo from Newegg —save $249 on this inclusive bundle with Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Corsair Vengeance RAM, and a Gigabyte X870E motherboard

Newegg’s AM5 combo bundles 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 RAM with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Gigabyte X870E board for only $1,009.99. $249 savings puts the RAM at only $241

Get 16GB of DDR5 RAM free when you buy AMD’s 9900X and an Asus TUF motherboard — $659 Newegg combo saves $274, and you get a free 240mm AIO
Get 16GB of DDR5 RAM free when you buy AMD’s 9900X and an Asus TUF motherboard — $659 Newegg combo saves $274, and you get a free 240mm AIO

Save $274 and snag 16GB of DDR5 RAM for free in this 3-item Newegg combo with Ryzen 9 9900X, Asus TUF Gaming X870E-Plus Wifi7, and 16GB of dual channel Team Group T-Force Vulkan RAM

Lexar lists 32GB DDR5 memory with homegrown Chinese chips — 3,999 Yuan ($592) price undercuts hopes for cheaper CXMT-powered RAM

Lexar’s latest Thor RGB kit likely uses CXMT-made DRAM, but its pricing remains comparable to premium DDR5 memory from established brands.

Single-DIMM DDR5 gaming works better than you probably think — one DDR5 DIMM beats dual-channel DDR4 RAM, AMD’s 3D V-Cache chips drop less than 3% with single stick
Single-DIMM DDR5 gaming works better than you probably think — one DDR5 DIMM beats dual-channel DDR4 RAM, AMD’s 3D V-Cache chips drop less than 3% with single stick

To avoid rising RAM costs, some PC builders and OEMs have shifted toward using a single DDR5 module for gaming PCs. We test how much of a performance loss that actually represents.

Re-examining the DDR4 gaming gap with Intel’s LGA 1700 CPUs in mid-2026 — performance drops of 14% on average, and up to 25% in some games
Re-examining the DDR4 gaming gap with Intel’s LGA 1700 CPUs in mid-2026 — performance drops of 14% on average, and up to 25% in some games

Given the unprecedented surge in memory prices, we’re looking back on Intel’s LGA 1700 stack of CPUs to see how DDR4 and DDR5 match up with our modern gaming suite in 2026.

Gigabyte announces support for Chinese-made CXMT memory — pushes it to 8200 MT/s on Socket AM5
Gigabyte announces support for Chinese-made CXMT memory — pushes it to 8200 MT/s on Socket AM5

The performance is impressive and it’s good to see official support, but the question remains whether you can actually buy any of it.

CXMT’s DDR5 RAM isn’t as performant or as consistent as SK hynix dies, early testing shows — reveals resistance to voltage scaling and inferior manual overclocking capabilities

Early testing hints that CXMT-made DDR5 RAM performs worse than SK Hynix-made DDR5 at the same clock speeds, while being harder to manually overclock as well. It also allegedly doesn’t scale with voltage or allow the subtimings to be tuned properly.

China-made CXMT memory now supports faster speeds on MSI’s AMD motherboards — new BIOS adds DDR5-8200 validation on dual-DIMM, DDR5-7200 on quad-DIMM models
China-made CXMT memory now supports faster speeds on MSI’s AMD motherboards — new BIOS adds DDR5-8200 validation on dual-DIMM, DDR5-7200 on quad-DIMM models

MSI has officially validated region-bound Chinese RAM using CXMT modules to run at up to 8,200 MT/s on its AM5 motherboards. Models with two RAM slots can handle these high frequencies a bit better than four-DIMM variants.

32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 minimum — AI shortage continues to squeeze PC building

32GB of DDR5 RAM can now no longer be found for less than $374.97.