DDR5 scalper bots now outnumber shoppers 10 to 1 — automated scraping hits listings every 6.5 seconds as 32GB kits surge from $72 to $392, DataDome researcher says
DDR5 scalper bots now outnumber shoppers 10 to 1 — automated scraping hits listings every 6.5 seconds as 32GB kits surge from $72 to $392, DataDome researcher says

Bad bots account for 91% of the traffic reaching one retailer’s DDR5 memory product pages, roughly 10 automated requests for every legitimate visit.

Get 32GB of RAM for only $241 in this 3-item gaming combo from Newegg —save $249 on this inclusive bundle with Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Corsair Vengeance RAM, and a Gigabyte X870E motherboard
Get 32GB of RAM for only $241 in this 3-item gaming combo from Newegg —save $249 on this inclusive bundle with Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Corsair Vengeance RAM, and a Gigabyte X870E motherboard

Newegg’s AM5 combo bundles 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 RAM with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Gigabyte X870E board for only $1,009.99. $249 savings puts the RAM at only $241

Get 16GB of DDR5 RAM free when you buy AMD’s 9900X and an Asus TUF motherboard — $659 Newegg combo saves $274, and you get a free 240mm AIO
Get 16GB of DDR5 RAM free when you buy AMD’s 9900X and an Asus TUF motherboard — $659 Newegg combo saves $274, and you get a free 240mm AIO

Save $274 and snag 16GB of DDR5 RAM for free in this 3-item Newegg combo with Ryzen 9 9900X, Asus TUF Gaming X870E-Plus Wifi7, and 16GB of dual channel Team Group T-Force Vulkan RAM

Lexar lists 32GB DDR5 memory with homegrown Chinese chips — 3,999 Yuan ($592) price undercuts hopes for cheaper CXMT-powered RAM

Lexar’s latest Thor RGB kit likely uses CXMT-made DRAM, but its pricing remains comparable to premium DDR5 memory from established brands.

Single-DIMM DDR5 gaming works better than you probably think — one DDR5 DIMM beats dual-channel DDR4 RAM, AMD’s 3D V-Cache chips drop less than 3% with single stick
Single-DIMM DDR5 gaming works better than you probably think — one DDR5 DIMM beats dual-channel DDR4 RAM, AMD’s 3D V-Cache chips drop less than 3% with single stick

To avoid rising RAM costs, some PC builders and OEMs have shifted toward using a single DDR5 module for gaming PCs. We test how much of a performance loss that actually represents.

Re-examining the DDR4 gaming gap with Intel’s LGA 1700 CPUs in mid-2026 — performance drops of 14% on average, and up to 25% in some games
Re-examining the DDR4 gaming gap with Intel’s LGA 1700 CPUs in mid-2026 — performance drops of 14% on average, and up to 25% in some games

Given the unprecedented surge in memory prices, we’re looking back on Intel’s LGA 1700 stack of CPUs to see how DDR4 and DDR5 match up with our modern gaming suite in 2026.