The market isn't apparently ready for lower capacity storage drives, but for most, lower RAM capacity is still acceptable. Lexar Says Demand for Smaller Capacity SSDs Have Dwindled While Smaller RAM Capacity RAM Kits are Still Popular Not every component has the same influence when it comes to building a PC. While RAM and SSDs have both gone insanely expensive in recent months, their influence varies when it comes to what gamers prefer. RAM shows a clear impact in gaming and non-gaming workloads, but storage drives contribute much except for faster loading times. Irrespective of that, faster SSDs are always […]

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Last year, it was easier to get a decently powerful budget gaming PC for under $1000. Thanks to the DRAM shortages, this is no longer possible. The worsening DRAM availability directly affected PC components, such as GPUs, making it more difficult than ever to build a PC. Plus, higher NAND costs drove SSD prices as well, making the situation worse than ever. We have been tracking the RAM and SSD prices for months, and these are still rising. So, it's unlikely that prices will return to the pre-RAMpocalypse era very soon. With so much demand for DDR5 memory, many gamers […]

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The cheapest X3D chip is now available in more regions, offering higher gaming performance at a budget price. Retailer PC Tec UK Lists AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D for 179 Pounds as AMD Expands its Availability AMD needs more of these, as the market cannot survive without DDR4 platforms at the moment. AMD's long-lasting AM4 platform is single-handedly saving the hardware market from the RAM shortages, and its Ryzen 5000 series still sells like hotcakes. Unfortunately, AMD discontinued the most powerful Ryzen 5000 gaming processors, i.e., the Ryzen 7 5700X3D and 5800X3D, last year, but thankfully, the Ryzen 5600X3D and Ryzen […]

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A several-year-old Zen 3 CPU is selling like hotcakes on Amazon US, which clearly indicates a big shift in user interest. AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Sells 4,000 Units in a Single Month, Trading Blows With the Best Gaming CPU on Amazon Shockingly, a several-year-old processor is outselling the majority of the CPUs on one of the biggest online retailers, thanks to the DDR5 price hikes, leaving users no choice but to settle for an older platform. Until recently, the Ryzen 7 5800X/XT remained the top seller on Amazon in various regions, but the Ryzen 5 5500 just pushed it to […]

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This is the second motherboard with both DDR4 and DDR5 slots and is aimed at entry-level builds with Intel processors. ASRock Quietly Debuts H610M COMBO II Motherboard With DDR4 and DDR5 DIMMs; Entry-Level m-ATX Board with Just Three DIMM Slots This is the second consumer motherboard that supports two DDR types (DDR5 and DDR4). ASRock unveiled a similar motherboard, the H610M COMBO, at CES, which brought both types of DIMM slots onboard for users who need flexibility to choose between DDR4 and DDR5 memory modules. The new model is called H610M COMBO II, which is another similar Micro-ATX motherboard, but […]

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Another user got lucky with his purchase and bought a 32 GB DDR5 RAM kit for much lower than the current prices. Seller Lists DDR5 Corsair Dominator RAM as "DDR4", Buyer Grabs it for Just $120 We are regularly hearing stories of someone getting extremely lucky in snagging high-end PC hardware for a much lower price, and this one is no different. The user u/HappifyChris is another Redditor who was able to get a DDR5 memory kit for a much lower price than he would have found on the retailers. As you might know, a 32 GB DDR5 memory kit […]

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