Luke takes a look at the new Thermaltake ToughRAM DDR4 RGB 3600mhz 16GB kit. Thermaltake first showed off its ToughRAM series ...

We pitted some fresh DDR5 memory against tried-and-true DDR4 to see what this new kind of RAM will net you on Intel's 12th Generation "Alder Lake" platforms.

If we consider the "sweet spot" memory frequencies on both the standards, i.e. 3,600MT/s for DDR4 and 6,000MT/s for DDR5, it turns out that DDR5 is only around 5% faster than DDR4, on average, at ...

Should I buy DDR4 or DDR5 RAM? That's the question we're going to answer here, with a focus on gaming. If you're considering using Intel's LGA1700 platform with its powerful 12th, 13th, and 14th ...

You can see how, as memory frequencies ramp up, we get a corresponding increase in read, write and copy speeds. Our DDR5-6600 overclock allows us to breach the 100K barrier in read speed, with ...

DDR4 and DDR5 are not compatible with each other, despite how similar they look. Memory manufacturers will still stock both varieties for a bit, and they have similar product names, so always ...

CPU socket Processor type Supported RAM clock; Intel 1700 Core i5/i7/i9-13000 3200 MHz DDR4, 5600 MHz DDR5; Intel 1700 . Core i3/i5/i7/i9-12000, Pentium Gold, Celeron, Core i3/i5-13000. 3200 MHz ...

DDR5 RAM has become the new standard for most consumer-grade PCs and laptops. While DDR4 is still around, the first DDR5 chips came out in 2018.

As DDR4 is phased out, a new RAM standard will be introduced. Expected to launch in 2025 or 2026, DDR6 RAM is being designed to reach greater performance, and will appear in next-generation hardware.

We pitted some fresh DDR5 memory against tried-and-true DDR4 to see what this new kind of RAM will net you on Intel's 12th Generation "Alder Lake" platforms.