Memory

Canadian RAM prices 2026 are splitting by generation. Across the comparable July 24 to August 29 window, the lowest qualifying DDR4-3600 prices were flat or down, while all four DDR5-6000 capacities rose. The 32GB DDR5 premium widened from 66.7% to 94.7%. At 128GB, the lowest observed kit price jumped by CA$1,100 in one day. Those … Read more

DDR4 is still good in 2026 for an existing AM4 or LGA 1700 PC, a repair, or a genuinely cheaper budget build. Do not buy it for a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, any other Ryzen 7000 or 9000 desktop chip, or Intel Core Ultra 200S: those platforms require DDR5. Canadian pricing makes the decision unusually concrete. … Read more

You can reduce RAM usage on Windows 11 for free, and right now that is a smarter move than buying a memory upgrade. DDR5 prices have climbed into ugly territory this year, so the 8GB or 16GB already sitting in your machine has to stretch further than it did twelve months ago. The catch is … Read more

For local AI, buy 32GB for 8B to 14B models, 64GB for a 70B model at 4-bit quantization, and 128GB for large mixture-of-experts models or long context. The harder question is whether that capacity is system RAM, discrete VRAM, or unified memory the GPU can actually use. This guide maps current Ollama model files to … Read more

The RAM shortage 2027 warning did not come from a doom-posting blogger. It came from Kwak Noh-Jung, the CEO of SK hynix, in a Reuters interview on July 10, 2026: “We forecast that next year will be the worst year in the industry’s history from the supply perspective.” That is one of the two companies … Read more