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.

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

You can't tighten the timings either, apparently.

Chinese RAM proves itself once again.

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

Of course, there's some RGB involved, too.

Corsair typically only buys from Micron, Samsung, or SK Hynix.

Impossible to detect on desktop memory with heatspreaders.

Turns out, halving the bandwidth... halves the bandwidth.

DDR5 sticks have 2x 32-bit subchannels, otherwise.

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