Thrifty modder salvages laptop RAM for custom desktop DIMM

According to VideoCardz.com, a penny-pinching PC user in Russia bought up much older, cheaper DDR4 RAM in laptop SO-DIMMs, ...

The Cheap And Easy Way You Can Instantly Upgrade Your Steam Deck

If you got a Steam Deck years ago, or you snatched one of the cheapest models when they were still available, you need to ...

The Daring Attempt to End the Memory Shortage Crisis

The supply shortage of the RAM needed to build phones and PCs isn’t going away. But a few companies have a plan to solve it.
PC World

RAM prices are painfully out of control: 4 ways to avoid the gouging

In case you hadn’t heard, there’s currently a RAM crisis affecting the PC market. The high demand by AI companies for RAM has led to a shortage of supply and pushed prices sky high. It’s a big hassle ...
PCGamesN

Expensive DDR5 RAM is driving PC gamers to make this major mistake, and you need to avoid it

The current DDR5 RAM price rises are alarming. In just a handful of weeks, prices have more than tripled for PC RAM upgrades, raising the cost of 32GB DDR5 kits from under $100 to well over $300. It's ...
Pocket-lint

3 ways you can get around the RAM crisis to upgrade your PC

Roger is a long-time tech journalist with many site credits including AppleInsider and Android Authority. His specialties include everything from Apple, Android, and Windows devices through to ...
TweakTown

Patriot's new Viper Elite 5 Ultra DDR5 RAM: tuned for Intel Core Ultra CPUs, up to 8000 MT/s

Patriot Memory shows off its new Viper Elite 5 Ultra DDR5 memory at CES 2026: specifically designed for Intel Core Ultra ...
TweakTown

Patriot's next-gen Viper Steel 5 RAM at CES 2026: up to 128GB at 8600 MT/s for high-perf users

Patriot Memory shows off its new Viper Steel 5 DDR5 memory, offering up to 128GB capacities and up to 8600 MT/s speeds for a ...
Digital Trends

You might want to skip a phone upgrade in 2026, as memory crisis threatens industry

You might want to think twice before upgrading your smartphone in 2026. Smartphone specifications are on the verge of moving backward in the near future, not due to a lack of innovation, but because ...
TechSpot

PC and smartphone prices could jump as much as 8% as memory shortages worsen

In a nutshell: Memory prices have climbed amid worsening shortages of consumer DRAM, primarily driven by surging demand for high-bandwidth memory from AI data centers. A new report warns that if the ...
New York Post

American Airlines unveils luxury, premium upgrades to win back customers

American Airlines is betting big on luxury to regain altitude. From lie-flat seats and Bollinger champagne to Lavazza coffee and ultra-fast Wi-Fi, the carrier is rolling out a premium makeover to claw ...
PC Gamer

Kingston sounds the SSD pricing alarm as the company has seen a 246% increase in NAND wafer prices, with the biggest increase 'within the last 60 days'

As if skyrocketing RAM prices wasn't enough, Kingston's Datacentre SSD Business Manager Cameron Crandall says to expect rising SSD costs throughout 2026, confirming what we already feared. Why?