Corsair’s pricey DDR5 RAM now comes in very different packaging — and it’s all about foiling RAM scammers

Corsair is putting its high-end RAM in a sealed plastic clamshell to help prevent return-related scams.

Valve’s Steam Deck OLED is out of stock in the US, and I think we can guess why

Valve’s Steam Deck OLED models are out of stock in the US, and the RAM crisis looks like it may be responsible again.
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I can’t find any RAM kits without overspending during this memory crisis – but this Adata 32GB option might do the trick

The RAM crisis has left very few inexpensive options available on the market, but Adata’s XPG 32GB option fits the bill.
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The RAM crisis is so bad this new gaming handheld costs more than an RTX 5090

No handheld needs 128GB of RAM, but Ayaneo doesn’t care as its Next 2 handheld costs up to $4,299.

More RAM misery? The bad news keeps coming as analyst firm warns of an ‘unprecedented and record-breaking surge’ with price hikes

If you thought the RAM crisis was levelling off, think again — the next couple of months could be seriously painful.
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Raspberry Pi price hike means it’s now 70% costlier than pre-RAM crisis — but there’s promising DDR5 news at least

After several months of dizzying price rises for DDR5 RAM, we’ve got what looks like a respite – but not one that applies to the Pi 5.
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RAM is the new gold – why Costco is pulling memory from display PCs to halt a shoplifting surge

It used to be GPUs that might be shoplifted from display PCs on retailer shelves – now it’s high-end RAM.

AMD could be working on a way to minimize RAM price hike pain — by bundling Ryzen CPUs and DDR5 memory

An official collaboration between AMD, V-Color and Cooler Master hints at more possible bundle deals in the future.

The RAM crisis in a nutshell: Amazon reveals ‘flash deal’ for DDR5 RAM that’s over twice the price it was four months ago

The worrying thing is that while this ‘deal’ is a painful reminder of just how bad things have gotten, the worst may be yet to come.
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