Five smart ways to ride out the RAM price apocalypse — get the most of your old DDR4, buy a prebuilt or new GPU before prices rise, get a better CPU for your socket, or make your game frames look better with a new monitor

In case you haven’t noticed, RAM prices have been rising faster than most of us can think of appropriate metaphors other than space. It’s causing PC builders and upgraders a lot of consternation and financial pain during this Black Friday deals season, as capable and speedy DDR5 kits now cost as much (or more) than a current-gen gaming console. But just because modern RAM now resembles gold-pressed latinum in both form and value, doesn’t mean you have to haggle with a Ferengi at a Micro Center to…