Samsung has reportedly doubled the cost of DDR5 RAMThis is the contract price for DDR5 charged to RAM manufacturersAs ever, though, price rises in the supply chain will be passed on to consumers – if this rumor is correct, of courseThere’s yet more worrying news on the cost of RAM, as Samsung is rumored to…
Nvidia is rumored to be dropping production of RTX 5000 modelsIt’s cutting RTX 5000 GPU supply by around 30% to 40%, we’re toldThis is in the first half of 2026, compared to 2025, and it’s related to VRAM supply issuesWant more gloomy news about PC components? Of course, you don’t, but sadly, a new rumor…
Christian de Looper/BGR Top-tier Honor Magic phones have long offered some of the best of Android, and now Honor is back with its latest ultra-flagship in the form of the Honor Magic8 Pro. The Magic8 Pro follows the same playbook as previous-gen Honor flagship phones, with hardware that’s designed to be the best of the…
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Larian Studios CEO highlights RAM crisis impact on game developmentReports of more 8GB RAM and VRAM configurations suggest harder game development in terms of optimizationsIt could turn out to be a major positive for better PC portsWhile the ongoing RAM crisis that has impacted pricing for manufacturers has also affected consumers, it’s not the only…
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Origin Code will demo its new Vortex DDR5 memory at CES 2026This RAM has a triple-fan cooling solution (which is removable)That active fan cooling promises to offer 40% better performance than passive cooling, but given the RAM crisis, expect this memory to be seriously costlyOrigin Code is a lesser-known RAM brand that has a rather…
Buyers are running into RAM scams due to the price of high-end kitsThere are reported cases of DDR5 RAM sticks being swapped out for inferior productsThese scenarios may be scammers gaming the returns system, but whatever the case, there’s a crucial step you can take to protect yourselfWith the price of RAM increasing so fast…
A Redditor reportedly bought a 96GB DDR5 RAM kit from CorsairOne stick was faulty, we’re told, so the kit had to be returnedThe replacement turned out to be $35 worth of dummy RGB lighting modules, and Corsair is now investigating what happened hereWe’ve recently witnessed a number of costly RAM purchases gone wrong, and here’s…
Maingear has launched a BYO RAM schemeThis allows buyers of prebuilt PCs to supply their own system RAMAssuming you have RAM, or can get a good deal on DDR5 memory, this could save you some money on a new PC – albeit with caveatsMaingear has revealed a new scheme to give the buyers of its…
Retailers have increased pricing of Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 GPUsPrices are almost double the original retail pricingIt appears to be a direct impact from the RAM crisis due to AI demandWe’re officially in 2026, and last year’s rumors regarding GPU price hikes on Nvidia and AMD GPUs (due to the ongoing RAM crisis) appear to…
A new rumor suggests a purported Nvidia RTX 5080 32GB GPU was planned for cloud servicesThis supposedly didn’t happen due to the GPU BIOS being leaked to the consumer marketA launch of a new RTX 5080 GPU with more VRAM is highly unlikely due to the ongoing RAM shortageWith CES 2026 on the horizon, as…
