Samsung Semiconductor says it’s churning out 32GB sticks for the premium server market, as well as what the company claims is the world’s smallest and highest performing 4GB RAM chip.

Is there any reason to be excited about DDR4 memory? Read on as William gives us an overview of performance on what to expect versus DDR2 and DDR3 RAM.

If you have two sticks of DDR4-2400, and you add DDR4-4400, all four sticks will run at DDR4-2400. To run at the faster speed, you must replace the slower sticks.

RAM comes in sticks which typically offer anywhere from 4GB of space up to 64GB. Many desktops and laptops typically offer multiple RAM slots on the motherboard for dual channel memory configurations.

Apacer is not typically known for its overclocking friendly memory kits, but that notion may need to change after looking at its Panther DDR4-2666 RAM.

For our laptop upgrade we added an 8GB stick of RAM to the existing 4GB stick, tripling the capacity and increasing the memory bandwidth by going from single- to dual-channel.

Best RAM sticks for gaming: THE G. Skill Trident Z Neo is another great DDR4 RAM for gaming (Image via Amazon) The G.Skill Trident Z Neo is another great RAM stick, especially for gaming in 2024.

Dual-channel memory is when RAM is installed in two memory channels to increase the transfer speed between the CPU and the computer's memory.

We don't have 2GB of DDR4 memory and since we already know 4GB isn't enough we didn't waste any time or money to acquire a dual-channel kit. But still be aware of this.

We're rounding up all the best RAM for gaming that you can throw into your machine in 2025.

Adding the best RAM is one of the easiest ways to make your PC run faster. Read on to check out our picks of the best RAM you can buy today.

RAM comes in sticks which typically offer anywhere from 4GB of space up to 64GB. Many desktops and laptops typically offer multiple RAM slots on the motherboard for dual channel memory configurations.