Surprise! DDR3 isn’t dead—and it might be the budget PC gaming answer you need

Go back to DDR4 because of memory shortages? Nah. That’s too new.

DIY builders are already making do with older hardware. Many are squeezing more life out of AM4 systems—building newer configs around existing DDR4 memory kits. But the real champions? They’re kicking it all the way back to DDR3.

When I first heard news about this last week, it seemed a novelty. Something being done halfway across the globe, in a market different than my own. But as it turns out, you can actually...