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Pick up 16GB of DDR5 RAM for $70The lowest price we’ve seen on a single DDR5 stick.
The lowest price we’ve seen on a single DDR5 stick.
DDR5 continues to drop in price, as more kits enter the market and supply increases. Today we spotted a 16GB stick of Crucial DDR5-4800 RAM going for just $70 at Amazon, nearly $20 below its original $89 MSRP set earlier this year. This is an awesome chance to build a new system with 32GB of DDR5.
Get Crucial 16GB DDR5-4800 for $70 (was $89)
I tested DDR5fairly extensivelyfor Digital Foundry, and I’m happy to report that there’s minimal speed differences between the base DDR5 spec - like this 4800MT/s CL40 kit - and more expensive 5200MT/s CL38 kits. Most games perform identically, and it isn’t until you overclock an already high-end DDR5 kit (I managed around 6600MT/s) that you start to see a noticeable performance difference between different DDR5 RAM configurations. Therefore, getting the JEDEC spec part at the lowest price possible makes the most sense in terms of bang for buck right now.
For more info on DDR5, check out James' scintillating investigation intoDDR5 vs DDR4 on Intel’s Z690 platform.
