Stop WASTING Money on Fancy RAM
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One keyboard, one mouse, all your machines—Synergy makes it easy. Use code LTT to save 50% here: https://symless.com/synergy/ltt36 With slow DDR5 RAM prices going through the roof, and the expensive stuff through the stratosphere, we investigate if RAM speed matters in 2026 Check out the LABS article: https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/02/26/who-is-high-speed-ddr5-memory-actually-for Discuss on the forum: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1632845-stop-wasting-money-on-fancy-ram-does-ram-speed-matter-2025/ Check out the parts from the video! Intel Core Ultra 9 24-Core CPU: https://geni.us/w50F9t ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 Hero Intel 1851 Motherboard: https://geni.us/wQjbrw Intel Core i9 14900k 24-Core CPU: https://geni.us/gpyo ASRock Z790 Riptide WiFi LGA1700 ATX Motherboard: https://geni.us/Ay1c4ck AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core CPU: https://geni.us/fcQARV AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core CPU: https://geni.us/m2M3dT GIGABYTE X870E AORUS Master AMD AM5 Motherboard: https://geni.us/wIFY ARCTIC Liqu
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