MUO on MSN

There's a BIOS setting that decides whether your RAM speed does anything — most people never touch it

Faster RAM isn't the whole story — Gear Mode changes how it behaves.
Hosted on MSN

3 things I wish I knew before pairing slow RAM with a fast CPU

When I upgraded to the Ryzen 7 5800X3D last year, I encountered stability issues with the same 64GB DDR4-3600MHz RAM kit that had worked well with my 5900X previously. Despite passing memory tests, my ...

The RAM crisis is resurrecting DDR4 memory and motherboard production as hardware cycle reverses

Several manufacturers at Computex 2026 informed Tom's Hardware that they are preparing to increase production of DDR4 memory ...
HotHardware

AMD Ryzen 9000 Zen 5 DDR5 Memory Buying Guide: Best Kits For Your New CPU

AMD's all-new Zen 5 CPU core is going to debut with the launch of its "Strix Point" mobile processors in less than two weeks. However, those parts will largely be paired with soldered-down LPDDR5X ...
AppleInsider

Why Apple uses integrated memory in Apple Silicon — and why it's both good and bad

Apple's Unified Memory Architecture first brought changes to the Mac with Apple Silicon M1 chips. There are clear architectural benefits for the hardware — and it is both good and bad for consumers.
TechSpot

AMD 3D V-Cache CPU memory used to create incredibly fast RAM disk

Why it matters: A RAM drive is traditionally conceived as a block of volatile memory "formatted" to be used as a secondary storage disk drive. RAM disks are extremely fast compared to HDDs or even ...
Ars Technica

VMWare infrastructure, Memory:CPU Core ratio

We are looking at getting some large machines for our new VMWare infrastructure. One of the questions that have been asked is how much memory should we have per core? We currently use blades with 4 ...