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 Instead, some of the large makers of PC components would rather sell you new versions of already outdated motherboards, CPUs, and memory—almost ensuring you won’t actually be upgrading your PC for a long, long time.
Late last week, Gigabyte—one of the most prolific names in PC components—unveiled its new Aorus B550 X series motherboards built around AMD’s older AM4 socket. 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…
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