RAM Prices Will Surge Even Higher in 2026 as AI Demand Triggers a ‘Memory Pandemic’ for Gamers

RAM prices are climbing fast in 2026 as AI demand reshapes the market, creating major upgrade and affordability issues for PC ...

High RAM prices mean record-setting profits for Samsung and other memory makers

Micron—which recently decided to exit the consumer RAM and storage markets but is still selling its products to other ...

Why memory prices are rising in 2026 and why it affects every device you buy

If you’ve noticed that your next smartphone, laptop, or PC upgrade suddenly costs noticeably more than it did a year ago, you ...
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PC memory prices are up again!

Unless you've been living under a very large rock, or maybe only just escaping the marathon session of Battlefield 6 to end all marathon sessions of Battlefield 6, you may have noticed that PC memory ...
Game Rant on MSN

Don't Hold Your Breath for New Consoles: the RAM Crisis Could Delay the PS6 and Next-Gen Xbox

The ongoing RAM shortage and subsequent price hikes cast doubt over the release window for the PlayStation 6 and ...
TechSpot

PC and smartphone prices could jump as much as 8% as memory shortages worsen

In a nutshell: Memory prices have climbed amid worsening shortages of consumer DRAM, primarily driven by surging demand for high-bandwidth memory from AI data centers. A new report warns that if the ...
Business Insider

Dell's computer prices are about to rise for corporate clients. Here's what to expect, and what it's telling sales staff.

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Ars Technica

RAM and SSD prices are still climbing—here’s our best advice for PC builders

The first few months of 2025 were full of graphics card reviews where we generally came away impressed with performance and completely at a loss on availability and pricing. The testing in these ...
PC World

PC prices could rise by 8% in 2026 due to memory shortages

Research firm IDC predicts that the average price of computers could rise by up to 8% in 2026 due to a global shortage of memory chips (RAM and NAND). The background is the sharp increase in demand ...

How AI boom is pressuring videogame console industry in race for memory chips

Videogame console sales were already under pressure owing to tariff turmoil and weak consumer spending. Now a surge in the prices of memory chips is threatening to make the devices costlier in what ...
Gizmodo

RAM Prices Are So Bad, PC Builders Are Telling Consumers to BYO Memory

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Gizmodo may earn an affiliate commission. Reading time 3 minutes The ...
PC Gamer

Tech price rises: Tracking the PC memory and SSD supply crisis, now with added GPU fun

Unless you've been living under a very large rock, or maybe only just escaping the marathon session of Battlefield 6 to end all marathon sessions of Battlefield 6, you may have noticed that PC memory ...