The global memory market is going through a bit of an unexpected shift in 2026. DDR4, which has long been the go-to option ...

If you have an older PC and are considering a memory upgrade, you might want to do it sooner than later. Prices for DDR4 memory are expected to jump sharply as the major memory vendors phase out their ...

The AI hardware boom is sending memory prices sky-high, so knowing exactly how much you need is more critical than ever. I've ...

Bottom line: The global DRAM market is sending mixed signals as 2025 enters its final months, with older DDR4 memory chips now trading at higher prices than their next-generation DDR5 counterparts.

If AMD’s new Ryzen 7000-series processors get their way, DDR4 RAM is destined for the trash heap. Sure, Intel is still supporting the obsolete RAM architecture, but after yesterday’s AMD event, I’m ...

Last summer, the workstation I use for writing these articles felt sluggish. You know how it goes, right? I'm using the same web browsers and word processor as always ...

The memory market is seeing a sharp surge, fueled by rising contract prices since the second quarter and Samsung Electronics' move to phase out DDR4 modules, as revealed in communications with ...

Previously I introduced DDR4 for space applications (see “Fast DDR4 SDRAM to enable the new space age”) offering 4 GB of volatile storage at a clock frequency up to 1.2 GHz and a data rate of 2.4 GT/s ...

TL;DR: DDR4 and GDDR6 memory prices are set to surge by up to 43% in Q3 2025 due to end-of-life status, supply shortages, and shifting production to DDR5 and GDDR7 technologies. This trend impacts PC ...

We recently stacked the Ryzen 5 7500F against Intel's Core i5-12400F across a wide set of games to see which CPU makes the most sense on a new budget PC build. The takeaway was easy: the 7500F came ...

The ASRock H610M Combo II motherboard is built for Intel 12th, 13th, and 14th-gen CPUs, and supports both DDR4 and DDR5 modules.