DRAM Prices Surge 172% YoY with No Signs of Slowing Down

Gibbo said:
That 64G kit or 32G?
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32GB, and it wasnt even cl30, i had downgraded just to get the cheaper price out of a lil bit of desperation. This was cl36 lmao.

I ended up getting some cl36 from you here in the end but its been really frustrating. I wanted to build two months ago when 64gb was still reasonable, i wish I had.
 
This whole thing.... has happened before. In early 2019 I ended up having to spend over £110 on 2 x 8GB for rather average (but RGB) DDR4, as it had spiked at the time, because 'reasons' (this was pre-COVID, pre-crypto, pre-AI, and pre-'reasons')

A few years later I got another 2x sticks, matched down to the long ID, off eBay second hand for like £24.

Any RAM or storage stuff varies like mad. I had some HDDs that I left on eBay auto-renewing for years, which I forgot about, at a rather high BIN price, and then suddenly they were being bought out. That was the moment even modest physical HDD's had bounced in value.
 
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I'm almost getting DDR FOMO with BF pricing at OCUK , even though I have no use for it yet as I'm on 5800X 3D for the foreseeable.
Any day now my current DDR 4 kit will be worth more than my GPU given DDR4 32GB dimms are almost unobtainable.

Really hope this is a blip and supply somewhat normalises next year.

Next upgrade likely to be Zen 6 if we get a 3D part with 12 cores per CCD as rumoured.
 
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ChocAndGray said:
Before and after, absolutely ridiculous. Will it hit a grand…..

What’s interesting is cudimm ram hasn’t increased by anywhere near as much. Why would that be?

As a comparison you can pick up cas 26 from overclockers far cheaper (still high of course but some retailers are taking the absolute ****)





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Glad I upgraded months ago I picked up that cl26 Gskill for about £320 which obv still expensive. It’s gone up another £100 in a week on OC so it’s £599 now.

Bad time for new builds. Obviously affects new gpu prices going forward so expect that 6090 to be £4K lol
 
I'm looking at building a couple of systems i have the RAM already thankfully I'm tempted to hold out to see if boards and CPUs drop a bit as it's bound to be slowing sales for those.
 
I checked my 128GB GSkill Trident Z5 RGB CL32 6400MHz DDR5 order it was £404.50 back in December 2023, now it cost £1019.98. :eek:

A grand for 128GB DDR5 in 2025! Cost the same as 64GB GSkill Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200MHz CL14 which are really very rare and impossible to buy for my old 8700K PC in 2023 so I ended up buy new build cheaper with 128GB DDR5 instead.
 
AthlonXP1800 said:
I checked my 128GB GSkill Trident Z5 RGB CL32 6400MHz DDR5 order it was £404.50 back in December 2023, now it cost £1019.98. :eek:

A grand for 128GB DDR5 in 2025! Cost the same as 64GB GSkill Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200MHz CL14 which are really very rare and impossible to buy for my old 8700K PC in 2023 so I ended up buy new build cheaper with 128GB DDR5 instead.
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You best be having a few instances of textpad open to make 128GB of RAM worthwhile.
 
decto said:
I didn't see any for sale new anywhere it'd trust in 2 x 32GB or 4 x 32GB.
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Yes, but you said:
decto said:
Any day now my current DDR 4 kit will be worth more than my GPU given DDR4 32GB dimms are almost unobtainable.
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But you are holding onto your ram until it's secondhand value, exceeds the value of your GPU, because you plan to sell it, secondhand with no warranty, ala what you've just critacised?
decto said:
Which is fine if you want to pay premium prices for random used memory with no warranty.
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So what makes buying from you any different?
 
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Deleted member 280263 said:
Yes, but you said:

But you are holding onto your ram until it's secondhand value, exceeds the value of your GPU, because you plan to sell it, secondhand with no warranty, ala what you've just critacised?

So what makes buying from you any different?
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It was a joke about RAM prices, I have no plans to sell, nor did I suggest so.

Perhaps the internet isn't for you.
 
this is just a temporary situation

like all goods, Console releases GPU releases ect, they jump up in price, give it till Q2 next year, which isnt far off, manufacturers will up the levels, AI will stabilise and RAM prices will come down

And its only hitting DDR5
 
hobib_ali said:
this is just a temporary situation

like all goods, Console releases GPU releases ect, they jump up in price, give it till Q2 next year, which isnt far off, manufacturers will up the levels, AI will stabilise and RAM prices will come down

And its only hitting DDR5
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ddr5 isnt really a new thing though is it?
 
CaptainRAVE said:
Prices are becoming a real barrier for high end PC gaming.
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well for the majority the people already have their hardware and builds

For the the new builders, people who need new PC parts they will suffer a bit, actually a lot

People who need replacement ram can RMA as most RAM has life long warranty

Ive been holding back on my new build for nearly a year now because its the CPU's I'm concerned on, want a good CPU/MOBO combo that will take me to 2030 minimum

my last build was 2021 so im on the line but I'm gonna wait now as my DDR4 build is still very capable of maxing out performance for my 4K panel.

PEOPLE IGNORE THE FOMO

The bubble will burst
 
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