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Best RAM deals: Discounted 16GB and 32GB from Corsair, Crucial

While a lot of people who are building a PC don’t necessarily focus that much on RAM, it’s possibly one of the most important bits of a PC that can help decrease hangups or issues with having too many tabs and apps open. In fact, RAM is important for performance, and if you’re planning to build or own a mid-range PC or better, then having a good set of RAM is important. To that end, it’s worth checking out our guides on how to choose the best RAM for your PC and how much RAM you need for a laptop, gaming PC, or tablet before making any purchase, just so you’re getting the exact thing you need.

To that end, we’ve collected some of our favorite RAM deals below, both for DDR4 and DDR5, so you can pick the RAM that best fits your needs. If this is part of a gaming rig upgrade, check out other gaming PC deals, such as SSD deals and GPU deals.

Crucial Pro RAM 32GB DDR4 (2x16GB) — $51, was $95

Crucial Pro RAM 32GB
Crucial

If you are the sort of person who does a lot of CAD work or programming and you need a ton of RAM, then this kit from Crucial is perfect, as it nets you a whopping 32GB of RAM. Granted, it’s also the older DDR4 standard, but most people are likely still on that, so that’s not too bad. It supports Intel XMP so you don’t have to overclock it yourself, and the 3200 MT/s speed isn’t too bad for the price tag. Even better, because it doesn’t have any RGB, it’s a great option for those who want a more minimalist and muted look to their PCs.

Crucial laptop RAM DDR4 32GB (2x16GB) — $53, was $80

Crucial laptop RAM DDR4 32GB (2x16GB)
Crucial

A lot of folks don’t really realize or consider upgrading their laptop’s RAM, but you can absolutely do that, and there are some solid deals on them, like this massive 32GB kit. It is DDR4, so it should be compatible with any laptop that has similar RAM, and the 3200MHz clock speed is pretty fast, and about what you’d expect for a pair of mid-range RAM sticks. These are a great upgrade for a work or programming laptop, especially if you constantly struggle with apps and too many tabs.

Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 16GB (2x8GB) —  $57, was $65

Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB RAM modules.
Corsair

While this Corsair Vengeance RAM is of the older DDR4 variety, it’s going for a pretty excellent price, especially if you want to snazz up the internals of your PC, given that it has quite a bit of visible RGB. In terms of speeds, its not incredibly fast at 3200MHz CL16, but at least it does support Intel XMP, so you don’t have to sit and optimize the RAM yourself if you don’t want to. It also integrates with Corair’s iCube software, so you can control the RGB for the RAM and any other Corsair device from one app, and synchronize everything, which is pretty neat.

Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO SL DDR4 32GB (2x16GB) — $86, was $95

Corsair

Another similar option is this set of Corsair DDR4 RAM, which it is a good alternative if you’re already running a bunch of Corsair peripherals and want to synchronize the RGB across devices. It has a 3,200 Mhz speed, so it’s pretty fast, and it also supports Intel XMP 2.0, so you don’t have to worry about optimization, just be sure to set that up in the BIOS.

Crucial laptop RAM DDR5 32GB Kit (2x16GB) — $90, was $110

Crucial laptop RAM DDR5 32GB Kit (2x16GB)
Crucial

If you’ve just picked up a recent laptop deal, then you’re probably running on the newer DDR5 memory, which means that you can’t upgrade your laptop with the older standard. Luckily, this bundle will bump up your RAM capacity quite a lot, and it’s actually a pretty reasonable price too. It has a clock speed of 5600MHz, although it can downclock to 5200MHz or 4800MHz if the system requires a slower speed. It also supports both Intel XMP 3.0 and AMD EXPO, so you can get the automatic clock speed adjustment on both AMD and Intel.

CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) — $114, was $125

CORSAIR VENGEANCE
image: Corsair/Amazon / Corsair

The last option on the list is our only DDR5 RAM option. Before purchasing it, it’s important to make sure your motherboard can handle DDR5, especially since older DDR4 motherboards are not compatible with it. It may be a bit pricey, but you get a whopping 32GB of RAM with this deal, plus it runs at the much faster 5600 MHz speeds, which is a benefit of the new RAM standard. It also comes with the newer Intel XMP 3.0 for easier optimization and overclocking, and while it doesn’t have any RGB, it can still interface with Corsair’s iCube, so you can see the real-time frequency and things of that nature.

Crucial Pro DDR4 64GB Kit (2x32GB) — $110, was $170

Crucial Pro RAM 32GB
Crucial

This kit is similar to the 32GB version, except that it goes up to a whopping 64GB, which is probably more than you’ll ever likely need. They run a 3,200 MHz clock speed, although they can be downclocked to 2666MT/s if the system only supports those speeds. There is also support for Intel XMP 2, so you don’t have to figure out the optimal clock speed on your own, and it’s worth noting it only supports 8th to 13th-gen Intel CPUS and 1000–5000 Series AMD Ryzen CPUs, which is the majority of CPUs out there these days, so you should be fine.

Albert Bassili
Deals Writer
Albert’s been a tech and gaming writer for over a decade, writing for websites such as CNET, PopSci, and How-To-Geek, and…
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