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- Win 11 Pro, Win 10 pro, Win 13.7 Pro Chinese Ver
- Rising RAM prices have made upgrading your PC more expensive.
- Virtual RAM is a less expensive way of boosting an older computer's performance.
- Virtual RAM has limited use cases because it can't match the speed of physical RAM.
It's been a rough seven months or so for shoppers. Prices for RAM and PCs have surged to record levels, fueled in part by the rise of generative AI and broader economic turmoil. Because of the price shifts, upgrading your old computer -- or buying a new system -- is now more expensive than ever. There is some good news. RAM prices have recently started to drop, but only slightly; memory and hardware remain very expensive.
I compared virtual RAM with real RAM on my Windows PC - here's what the numbers told me
Virtual RAM can help improve PC performance when resources are scarce. But can it take over when physical RAM no longer cuts it?
www.zdnet.com
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win 11 Pro, Win 10 pro, Win 13.7 Pro Chinese Ver
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- It's a Dell Dude
- CPU
- 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900 2.40 GHz
- Motherboard
- Father is bored too...
- Memory
- 64.0 GB of transcendental dimensional RAM
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
- Sound Card
- N/A
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 27" Samsung Monitor/Alternative Dimensional Viewing Portal
- Screen Resolution
- Fuzzy after a couple drinks
- Hard Drives
- 2 or 3, depending on if it's a night they're arguing about having a "split personality crisis" because I partitioned the drive.
- PSU
- Shockingly active
- Case
- Don't get on my case....man
- Cooling
- Scotch on the rocks on the weekends.
- Keyboard
- Steel Series Lighted Glow in the dark something or another
- Mouse
- Currently being stalked by the cat...
- Internet Speed
- DSL
- Browser
- Defeated by Mario...wait...OH...BRowser...
- Antivirus
- Yep




