PC Prices Are So Bad Now, Companies Are Selling You Old Components Like New
Admit it: You can’t afford high-end DDR5 RAM or that new GPU that would help you create the future-proofed PC of your dreams. That means it supports the older DDR4 memory standard, rather than the newer, faster, and entirely too expensive DDR5. At the very least, the Aorus B550X series will support the latest Wi-Fi 7 standard and 160MHz channels for faster wireless speeds.
- ▪Admit it: You can’t afford high-end DDR5 RAM or that new GPU that would help you create the future-proofed PC of your dreams.
- ▪That means it supports the older DDR4 memory standard, rather than the newer, faster, and entirely too expensive DDR5.
- ▪At the very least, the Aorus B550X series will support the latest Wi-Fi 7 standard and 160MHz channels for faster wireless speeds.
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Admit it: You can’t afford high-end DDR5 RAM or that new GPU that would help you create the future-proofed PC of your dreams. Instead, some of the large makers of PC components would rather sell you new versions of already outdated motherboards, CPUs, and memory—almost ensuring you won’t actually be upgrading your PC for a long, long time.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000794593","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"tech","SECTION":"gadgets","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"gadgets","TAGS":"amd,dekstops,gaming,gigabyte,pcs","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); Late last week, Gigabyte—one of the most…
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