# RAM crisis provokes enthusiast to try Windows 11 on DDR1-era hardware — other key vintage components included the Core 2 Q6600 and ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP

> The RAMpocalypse is hitting enthusiasts hard. We recently reported on the crisis seeping down to affect supplies of the decades-old DDR2 gen RAM.

- **Source:** [Tom's Hardware](https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/ram-crisis-provokes-enthusiast-to-try-windows-11-on-ddr1-era-hardware-other-key-vintage-components-included-the-core-2-q6600-and-ati-radeon-hd-4650-agp?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a401a65d2e4a413fa9a3249)
- **Published:** 2026-06-27
- **Category:** Computers & IT
- **Tags:** #microsoft #intel #windows
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a401a65d2e4a413fa9a3249

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