Memory

It looks like Intel will finally introduce memory overclocking support on non-Z motherboards, starting with the 500-series. By enabling memory overclocking support, systems equipped with H570 or B560 motherboards will allow memory modules to operate above their official specifications for increased performance. Unlike AMD, which offers overclocking support on almost all …

Adata has begun work on DDR5 memory... with speeds up to 8400MHz in the works!

Patriot Viper Gaming is revamping its memory line-up today with the new Viper Steel RGB DDR4 RAM kits. These kits are focused on bringing a big memory capacity boost, with kits up to 64GB.  The new Viper Steel RGB series has evolved from the previous Viper Steel series with the …

The end of the DDR4 era is coming faster than some might think. TeamGroup has started the validation of the first consumer-grade DDR5 memory with its partners, outpacing the competition by being the first company in the memory industry to reach this phase. Despite the lack of desktop and laptop platforms …

For Day 9 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar 2020, we’re teaming up with Patriot to give you the chance to win an SSD and RAM upgrade bundle! The bundle includes a Patriot Viper VPN100 1TB M.2 SSD and a Patriot Viper Steel Series DDR4 32GB memory kit.

For Day 5 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar 2020, we’re teaming up with the folks at G.Skill to give you the chance to win an excellent memory upgrade. Our prize today is a 3600MHz, 64GB kit of Trident Z Neo memory.

Update: This competition is now closed and we can announce the winner… @Fionny from our Discord server! Thanks to all our Patrons for their continued support, and don’t forget about our Advent Calendar running daily this month. We are back with another exclusive competition for our Patreon supporters! As a thank …

Black Friday has officially arrived and with it, there are a ton of new deals floating around, making this weekend the best time to buy some new upgrades for your gaming setup. We’ve been on the lookout for some of the best storage and memory deals. SSDs: SSDs have become …

A new world record for memory frequency has been set this week, with one overclocker pushing a 16GB module of Crucial Ballistix Max DDR4 RAM to over 7000MHz.  The new record was achieved by overclocker ‘baby-J’, using Crucial Ballistix Max DDR4-4000 memory. In order to achieve the massive 7000MHz memory …

Looking for 64GB of DDR4 memory? We check out a kit from Patriot

Alongside AMD’s Ryzen 5000 series CPU launch, G.Skill has also updated its Trident Z Neo memory series. The Trident Z Neo series was introduced to offer an optimised memory solution for AMD Ryzen systems. The latest kits are looking to be the best yet.  G.Skill’s new Trident Z Neo DDR4 …

G.Skill has released plenty of super-fast memory kits over the DDR4 generation but this week, we are focusing on extreme low-latency. This week, G.Skill is announcing low-latency DDR4 kits with up to 64GB capacity. These kits will be DDR4-3600 CL14-15-15-35 and released in 32GB and 64GB kits under the Trident …

An AMD slide belonging to the “When Gaming Begins” presentation has leaked, detailing the memory overclocking in Ryzen 5000 desktop processors. As per this slide, “DDR4-4000 is to Ryzen 5000 series as DDR4-3800 was to AMD Ryzen 3000 series”. The slide shared by TechnoPat, details what Infinity Fabric clock (fclk), …

After announcing plans to develop DDR5 memory back in 2018, this week, SK Hynix has announced its first DDR5 RAM modules.

How good is this 3600MHz CL14 memory kit from Team Group?

Let the mods begin! Today we strip down the Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO modules and mod out the heat spreaders...

We check out this kit of 4600MHz memory from Thermaltake - just how fast is it?

In a Micron Tech Brief, the company has confirmed the launch of the successor to HBM2E, named HBMnext. This next evolution of High-Bandwidth Memory is expected to arrive in 2022. HBM (high-bandwidth memory) was used in GPUs for the first time by AMD in 2015. Back then, AMD used SK Hynix …

Is this the sexiest ram ever made? We think so

HyperX is revamping its lineup of Predator and Fury DDR4 RAM, this time with up to 256GB of memory and up to 4800MHz speeds. These new kits were designed to pass “rigorous certification test procedures” for both Intel and AMD based systems.  The Predator modules are available with 8GB, 16GB, …

This week, TeamGroup is making waves in the overclocking scene, as the company’s T-FORCE XTREEM ARGB memory modules have been pushed to world record speeds.  Working with overclocker ‘LeeGH’, TeamGroup’s XTREEM ARGB DDR4 3200MHz was able to take the quad-channel memory record on AIDA64. Utilising the ASUS ROG Rampage VI …

Today, July 2, SK hynix has announced that it has started mass-production of high-speed DRAM,”HBM2E” – only 10 months after the company announced it had started the development process. SK hynix’s HBM2E is said to support speeds of over 460 GB per second, with 1,024 I/Os – based on 3.6Gbps …

Lexar has announced its entry to the DRAM market, where the company plans to offer memory solutions for both laptops and desktops. Lexar is mainly known for its flash storage products, including SD cards and, more recently, SSDs. Now, the company says it is “excited to announce its entrance into the …

G.SKILL has announced new memory kits for the Intel Z490 platform, forming part of the Trident Z Royal family. The new kits offer both 8GB and 16GB modules up to DDR4-4400 speeds, with a latency of CL17-18-18-38.  G.SKILL said that the new memory modyles have received an “upgrade across all three …

Geil has just announced a new series of DDR4 memory kits aimed at gamers and content creators. The Orion DDR4 memory will be available in single and dual-channel kits, with a Rust Red or Charcoal Gray coloured heat spreader. There’s also Orion AMD Edition memory modules specifically designed to be used …

Viper Gaming has introduced 32GB UDIMM and SODIMM memory modules to the Viper Steel DDR4 series. With frequencies ranging from 3000MHz to 3600MHz for the UDIMM modules, and 2400MHz to 3000MHz for the SODIMM modules, the new Viper Steel memory kits support XMP 2.0 for “optimum performance” in laptops and …

Corsair has released its latest addition to the premium Dominator Platinum RGB family, with a new kit that uses white heatspreaders. Similar to the black versions, these memory modules feature the same RGB lighting system, consisting of 12 Capellix ARGB LEDs. Besides the change to white heatspreaders, Corsair has also added multiple gold-coloured …

Today Samsung announced its plans to expand its NAND flash production capacity in Pyeongtaek, Korea. Samsung said that the facility is being constructed to address upcoming data centre and mobile demands. Construction of the new facility started in May of this year and, if everything goes according to plan, it …

GELID has announced a new line of memory module heatsinks with RGB lighting effects. The new Lumen RGB RAM Cooler that was unveiled by GELID earlier this week offers PC builders an easy way of adding RGB lighting to the system. The new Lumen RGB RAM Cooler from GELID is …

Thermaltake began showing off its new TOUGHRAM DDR4 modules at Computex last year, with enhanced RGB lighting features, a 10-layer PCB and pre-binned memory ICs to ensure performance. Over the course of 2019, speeds for these kits were pushed from 3600MHz all the way up to 4400MHz and now in …