Now might be the perfect time to load up your gaming PC with a 32GB RAM kit, thanks to these sub-$100 Cyber Monday deals

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It wasn't that long ago when games started listing 16GB of RAM as being the recommended amount of memory to run them. You could get by with less but for those games really did use that much, the performance would take a bit of a dip.

Well, we're now moving into the 32GB era, though only for a small number of games and even then, only for specific settings. For example, Returnal is happy with 16GB but the developers recommend 32GB with Epic quality settings and ray tracing. Microsoft Flight Simulator is another one that suggests you pack in the RAM at high settings and the same is true of Forspoken.

I switched from a 2x 8GB DDR4-3000 kit to a dual channel 32GB DDR4-3600 in my own system earlier this year and while I can't say the difference was incredible, the overall snappiness and stability of my work-and-gaming PC was certainly better.

So if you're currently using 8GB of RAM and a slow dual channel kit, now might be the perfect time to grab a tasty 32GB kit in the Cyber Monday sales. Just don't expect to see any massive discounts, though, as RAM prices have been tightening over the past few months.

Team T-Force Vulcan Z 32GB | DDR4 | 3600MHz | CL18 | 2 x 16GB | 1.35v | $76.99 $56.99 at Newegg (save $20)

Team T-Force Vulcan Z 32GB | DDR4 | 3600MHz | CL18 | 2 x 16GB | 1.35v | $76.99 $56.99 at Newegg (save $20)
Not the fastest DDR4 you can get and it doesn't have super low latencies either, but Team Group make pretty solid memory modules. This kit eschews the usual RGB bling so if that's something you want, you'll need to look elsewhere.

Price check: $56.99 Amazon

Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB | DDR4 | 3600MHz | CL18 | 2 x 16GB | 1.35v | $94.99 $79.99 at Newegg (save $15)

Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB | DDR4 | 3600MHz | CL18 | 2 x 16GB | 1.35v | $94.99 $79.99 at Newegg (save $15)
If you're looking for some RGB goodness to upgrade the memory of your gaming PC, then this Corsair kit does the job nicely. You'll need to use the iCUE application to get the most out of the colors and it doesn't have the best reputation for being bug-free! That said, I use these in my PC and they work perfectly well.

Price check: $79.99 Amazon

Starting with DDR4, there are still hundreds of thousands of PCs out there that can easily support either of the above kits. You can get much faster ones but you'll pay a lot more money for them and there's no guarantee that your PC will even boot with them installed.

DDR4-3600 is probably the highest 'safe' speed for most machines but if you find things aren't perfectly stable, once you've enabled the XMP profile in the BIOS, you can always tweak the settings manually to a slower rate. Of course, not all PCs let you use XMP or adjust memory timings, and in such cases these RAM kits will just run at the fastest rates your motherboard supports.

Team T-Force Vulcan DDR5 32GB | DDR5 | 5600MHz | CL36 | 2 x 16GB | 1.2v | $83.99 $77.99 at Amazon (save $6)

Team T-Force Vulcan DDR5 32GB | DDR5 | 5600MHz | CL36 | 2 x 16GB | 1.2v | $83.99 $77.99 at Amazon (save $6)
These might seem to be a little expensive for a no-fuss, frills-free dual channel kit, but it's another quality set of RAM from Team Group. You can go cheaper but the CAS latency will always be worse, taking the edge off your gaming PC's CPU performance.

Price check: $85.99 Newegg

Lexar THOR 32GB | DDR5 | 6400MHz | CL32 | 2 x 16GB | 1.35v | $104.99 $84.88 at Amazon (save $20.11)

Lexar THOR 32GB | DDR5 | 6400MHz | CL32 | 2 x 16GB | 1.35v | $104.99 $84.88 at Amazon (save $20.11)
Lexar might have the same level of renown as Team Group, G.Skill, or Corsair but they're actually a decent brand. You're not getting anything special here, just really fast DDR5-6400 that's best suited to Intel 13th and 14th gen PCs.

From when it first appeared, DDR5 speeds having got increasingly better and more stable, and the latest CPUs from AMD and Intel are generally more than happy to run with modules faster than the stock ratings. That said, a lot will depend on your motherboard, so it's worth checking the manufacturer's website to see if they have specific issues with certain types of RAM.

Generally speaking, it's quite hard to find quality, fast DDR5 32GB kits under $100 with RGB lighting, which is why most of the above and below deals look somewhat plain.

But if you're currently using a set of DDR5-4800 or 5200 (which is often the case with pre-built machines), not only will these kits give you lots more memory but they'll also give your system a handy performance boost.

You're not going to suddenly double the frame rate in games or anything like, but the extra speed and/or tighter RAM timings will just give things that little bit more snap.

G.SKILL Flare X5 Series AMD EXPO 32GB | DDR5 | 6000MHz | CL36 | 2 x 16GB | 1.35v | $95.99 $84.99 at Newegg (save $11 with promo code BFCY2Z722)

G.SKILL Flare X5 Series AMD EXPO 32GB | DDR5 | 6000MHz | CL36 | 2 x 16GB | 1.35v | $95.99 $84.99 at Newegg (save $11 with promo code BFCY2Z722)
Got a Ryzen 7000-series gaming PC and don't care about RGB fancy lighting? Well this kit from RAM wizards G.Skill is tuned for AMD systems and runs at the sweet spot for Zen 4 memory. It's not really on sale but with the promo code, you can save a little bit of cash.

Price check: $91.99 Amazon

Team T-Force Delta RGB 32GB | DDR5 | 5600MHz | CL32 | 2 x 16GB | 1.2v | $99.99 $89.99 at Newegg (save $10)

Team T-Force Delta RGB 32GB | DDR5 | 5600MHz | CL32 | 2 x 16GB | 1.2v | $99.99 $89.99 at Newegg (save $10)
For just $10 more than Team Group's basic DDR5-5600 kit, you get more RGB than you could ever hope for and a nice boost in the RAM timings. Some PCs might be a little twitchy with that XMP profile, though, so you may need to do some BIOS tweaking.

Price check: $89.99 Amazon

RAM prices absolutely tanked last year and they've been slowly edging back up over time. The reason for the crash was a combination of manufacturers having too much inventory and the market not placing a heavy demand on DDR5 RAM.

Things have somewhat normalized now so that only means one thing: Memory prices will almost certainly start to go back up again, especially DDR4 as fewer new PCs will need it.

So while none of these deals are really good, in terms of the size of the discount, it's probably as good as you're going to see in this year's Cyber Monday sales. What more reason do you want to load up PC with lots of silky fast RAM?

Nick Evanson
Hardware Writer

Nick, gaming, and computers all first met in 1981, with the love affair starting on a Sinclair ZX81 in kit form and a book on ZX Basic. He ended up becoming a physics and IT teacher, but by the late 1990s decided it was time to cut his teeth writing for a long defunct UK tech site. He went on to do the same at Madonion, helping to write the help files for 3DMark and PCMark. After a short stint working at Beyond3D.com, Nick joined Futuremark (MadOnion rebranded) full-time, as editor-in-chief for its gaming and hardware section, YouGamers. After the site shutdown, he became an engineering and computing lecturer for many years, but missed the writing bug. Cue four years at TechSpot.com and over 100 long articles on anything and everything. He freely admits to being far too obsessed with GPUs and open world grindy RPGs, but who isn't these days? 

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