If you’re on the cutting edge of PC gaming or building, DDR5 RAM is a must.
With Intel’s 12th generation Alder Lake CPUs, the company rolled out support for the latest generation of RAM for both laptops and traditional desktop machines.
DDR5 RAM is different from DDR4 in several ways. For a start, it’s not interchangeable as its design is different, meaning DDR5 won’t fit in DDR4 slots and vice versa. The RAM timings and speeds are also significantly different, so it’s worth keeping that in mind too.
In this guide, we’re rounding up the best DDR5 RAM we’ve tested. We’ve been running these DDR5 RAM options in our machines for day-to-day use, gaming, video editing and much more besides. So we’re able to recommend the best DDR5 RAM to buy based on that experience.
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What is the best DDR5 RAM? We currently recommend the Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 6000Mhz as our top choice. Other DDR5 RAM options we’ve tried and recommend checking out include Corsair Vengeance DDR5 32GB 5200MHz, Crucial DDR5 16GB 3200MHz, Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5 32GB 5,600MHz C36 and XPG Lancer RGB DDR5 5200MHz 32G (2x16GB).