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

[Deleted member 280263]

I did a quick calc and during my (multi)annual home/family hardware refresh (tablet,lappie,desktop,other stuff away) this year I've bought just under 300GB of DDR5/6.

Admittedly 128GB is in one machine.

I dodged most of the bullets in terms of pricing.

Won't be buying again for a while....

Think how much you'll get for 300GB on the black market!

 

[Trig]

So, turns out our new car radio, uses Micron RAM...
That'll increase prices for us then..

 

[Cyber-Mav]

Just ram or is SSD also affected?

 

[MissChief]

Just ram or is SSD also affected?

SSD prices have already started spiking as well. It's not an easy, or cheap process to change factories from DRAM to DDR but it is possible. Some manufacturers have started doing so.

 

[TNA]

Woaa prices have gone up a lot!

Good thing I had the foresight to buy 32GB around 4 years ago

 

[Trig]

If the prices are right, I might be tempted to stick the single 32Gb DDR5 stick I have in my server, and sell the 2x24Gb sticks that are in there, need to get my shizz together this weekend and get everything I need to shift listed...

 

[TNA]

If the prices are right, I might be tempted to stick the single 32Gb DDR5 stick I have in my server, and sell the 2x24Gb sticks that are in there, need to get my shizz together this weekend and get everything I need to shift listed...

Can pay off mortgage then!

 

[AthlonXP1800]

The 96GB of 7200MTS Corsair Dominator Titanium I bought back in October 2024 for around £350-390 is now priced at £1,065.

Yike! I checked price of my 128GB GSkill Trident Z5 RGB CL32 6400MHz DDR5 I bought for £404.50 back on December 2023 and on 22 November 2025 it was priced £1019.98. Then near 3 weeks later today on 11 December 2025 the price now increased again to £1579.98!

 

[Grim5]

 

[Brutal biff]

Can pay off mortgage then!

And still have change

 

[kar]

Everyone has been rushing into Gold as a hedge against inflation, silly, they should have been buying sand!

 

[Deleted member 280263]

 

[Rilot]

I remember paying £300 for a 64kB RAM expansion module for my Commodore 64 in 1985.

 

[MissChief]

I remember paying £300 for a 64kB RAM expansion module for my Commodore 64 in 1985.

Back in the darkest depths of the early 90's I was considering a 4MB upgrade to my then 486 DX2 66MHz machine for a huge 8MB. It was over £100. For 4MB!

 

[bigmike20vt]

worst for me was a 512k upgrade for my A500 for £35 - which at the time I thought was a bargain - (it was worth it for Wings and Dungeon Master however)
(and I think I paid £200 for an 80MEG HDD for my A1200.)

I am glad I don't need a pc upgrade at the moment (I was on the fence but these increases have helped make my decision easier) I just have to hope nothing fails on my machine. hopefully in 12-18months time things will settle down.

 

[Trig]

I paid over £200 for an 8Mb stick for my A1200's accelerator card...

 

[Ernie]

I was looking into upgrading my modest set up from chipset b550 to b650, cpu, gpu etc. Ram was an afterthought because I didn't realise I needed DDR5 instead of DDR4 - my eyes nearly popped out my head when I looked...and 32gb recommended instead 16 , yikes !

 

[AMDPower]

I have this feeling this is what open AI were thinking

 

[RavenXXX2]

Be careful out there, gamers.

 

[Deleted member 280263]

Be careful out there, gamers.