If you've ever been computer shopping, you'll undoubtedly have heard the term RAM thrown around willy-nilly. You might know a few things about RAM, such as that it's one of the most important parts in ...
DDR4 officially debuted on the desktop in 2014, with the launch of Intel's Haswell-E, but 2015 is when we should start to see the standard go mainstream. We've previously discussed how increases in ...
It's time we take a fresh look at DDR4 vs. DDR5 memory, using the "new" Intel Core i9-14900K. The last time we compared DDR4 and DDR5 memory was nearly two years ago using the i9-12900K in 41 games.
I will shortly be upgrading my CPU and motherboard from an i5-6500 to an i5-9600K, and a B150 board to a Z390 board (Gigabyte Z390 Gaming X). I currently have 4 x 8 GB DDR4-2133 DIMMS in there. I was ...
Gaming myths persist across forums, YouTube tutorials, and social media posts, often misleading players into chasing tweaks that deliver little to no improvement. FPS myths about RAM speed, VSync ...
While not completely upgradeable like modular gaming desktop PCs, modern laptops still have certain components that users can upgrade, such as storage and memory. Both are required in modern games in ...
In this article we'll take a closer look at memory scaling performance with Intel Alder Lake CPUs, or more specifically the Core i9-12900K, though these results should apply across the entire 12th-gen ...
Understanding what CAS latency is and how it works is important to deepening your knowledge of RAM. Whether you're running the best DDR4 RAM or the best DDR5 RAM, this metric will become an important ...