Gigabyte announces support for Chinese-made CXMT memory — pushes it to 8200 MT/s on Socket AM5
Gigabyte announces support for Chinese-made CXMT memory — pushes it to 8200 MT/s on Socket AM5

The performance is impressive and it’s good to see official support, but the question remains whether you can actually buy any of it.

CXMT’s DDR5 RAM isn’t as performant or as consistent as SK hynix dies, early testing shows — reveals resistance to voltage scaling and inferior manual overclocking capabilities

Early testing hints that CXMT-made DDR5 RAM performs worse than SK Hynix-made DDR5 at the same clock speeds, while being harder to manually overclock as well. It also allegedly doesn’t scale with voltage or allow the subtimings to be tuned properly.

China-made CXMT memory now supports faster speeds on MSI’s AMD motherboards — new BIOS adds DDR5-8200 validation on dual-DIMM, DDR5-7200 on quad-DIMM models
China-made CXMT memory now supports faster speeds on MSI’s AMD motherboards — new BIOS adds DDR5-8200 validation on dual-DIMM, DDR5-7200 on quad-DIMM models

MSI has officially validated region-bound Chinese RAM using CXMT modules to run at up to 8,200 MT/s on its AM5 motherboards. Models with two RAM slots can handle these high frequencies a bit better than four-DIMM variants.

32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 minimum — AI shortage continues to squeeze PC building

32GB of DDR5 RAM can now no longer be found for less than $374.97.

Cooler Master is bringing active cooling to DDR5 RAM, promising up to 15-degree temperature drops — ‘MasterDIMM’ combines G.SKILL memory with a built-in fan, kits run up to 128GB

Cooler Master and G.Skill are launching “MasterDIMM” — a new line of DDR5 memory sticks that comes enveloped in a stylishly-thick black and gold heatsink that features a blower fan. Two RGB stripes run along the top to add…

Chinese memory maker CXMT enters mainstream consumer memory with Corsair Vengeance DDR5 kit — Chinese-made DRAM emerges as an antidote for crushing shortages

Is the answer to the RAM crisis Chinese-made DRAM that’s much cheaper to source since those companies aren’t tied up in AI data center contracts? It’s too early to say yet, but when a manufacturer as big as Corsair starts …

This $329.99 32GB Corsair Pro Overclocking kit is the cheapest DDR5 RAM on sale right now — ultra-fast 6400 MT/s memory upgrade for your gaming PC comes with $70 price drop that makes it $40 cheaper than its next-best rival

You can grab 32GB of fast DDR5-6400 Corsair Pro Overclocking RAM for just $329.99 right now. That’s a $70 price drop compared to its list price and one that makes it the cheapest option on sale, turning it into an unmissab…

Scammers are selling fake DDR5 with empty plastic chips relabeled to pass as legit — fake components mounted to PCBs are yet another sign of the RAMpocalypse

DDR5 memory is overpriced right now, which might make some people desperate to get their hands on a good deal. Unfortunately, that could lead to you being taken advantage of with fake modules that are literally empty insid…

Fake DDR5 RAM sticks are now using plastic chips to fool buyers

Counterfeit DDR5 RAM sticks with fake labels and even dummy plastic chips are reportedly flooding PC markets amid rising memory prices.