Chinese DRAM can work for gaming, but it's not necessarily a bargain

Corsair, G.Skill, and Kingston are familiar names in gaming DRAM, and their kits have long dominated major markets. With the RAMpocalpyse driving prices up, lesser-known Chinese-made brands such as Cusu, Gugda, and Juhor—made in and for China—are appearing more often, alongside better-known Chinese offerings like Adata's XPG.

Price checks turned up mixed results: a 16 GB DDR4-3200 Eaget kit on Temu for £65, a Juhor DDR4-3200 set at $265 on DHgate, and a Cusu kit for $123 on AliExpress. That undercuts some retail listings but not all: a 16 GB G.Skill DDR5-5600 sits around $259 at Amazon or $220 at Newegg with a promo, and a 32 GB DDR5-6000 CL36 Corsair kit is about $440 at Newegg.

For DDR4, a Timetec 16 GB DDR4-3200 kit is roughly $120 at Newegg and the 32 GB option about $220. There are a few reasons the Chinese market doesn't consistently undercut big retailers: the global memory supply crunch affects China too, and some marketplace homepage bargains turn out to be tiny or near-useless sticks.

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