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RAM prices are moving higher again, with both DDR4 and DDR5 seeing upward pressure as supply tightens and suppliers push through firmer pricing. The increases are being felt most on popular kits and higher-capacity modules, where availability can swing week to week. For builders and upgraders, the market now looks less like a bargain window and more like a "buy sooner if you need it" cycle. Keep an eye on short-lived promos, because the baseline trend is currently pointing up.

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SK hynix tells customers it will raise DDR5 DRAM prices by 15-20%, Samsung, Micron to follow

August 14, 2024 | SK hynix notifies its clients that it will raise DDR5 DRAM prices by 15-20% and that RAM competitors Samsung and Micron are 'likely to follow'.

NVIDIA preps GeForce RTX 4070 with regular non-X GDDR6 memory, specs leaked

August 6, 2024 | NVIDIA looks to be prepping a GeForce RTX 4070 with 12GB of GDDR6 memory due to a GDDR6X shortage, with leaked specs detailing what to expect.

GDDR6X memory shortage to make this popular GeForce RTX 40 Series GPU hard to find

July 29, 2024 | New report points to the GeForce RTX 4070 being in short supply as of August 2024. The reason? Issues with the supply of GDDR6X memory.

Samsung notifies supply chain in Taiwan that its HBM3E AI memory has been qualified by NVIDIA

July 17, 2024 | Samsung has reportedly notified its Taiwan supply chain partners that its new HBM3E memory chips have been qualified by NVIDIA, ready for AI GPUs.

DRAM memory shortages coming, manufacturers are pushing all-in on HBM production for AI chips

June 27, 2024 | The DRAM memory industry is expected to experience a chip shortage as AI chips makers are eating up all of the HBM supply, chewing up production facilities.

HBM prices to increase 5-10% in 2025, while DDR5 prices to increase 15-20% for PC gamers

May 6, 2024 | SK hynix and Micron are sold out of 2024 + 2025 HBM supply, with TrendForce estimating a 5-10% increase in HBM memory pricing in 2025.

Analyst: TSMC the world's biggest semiconductor maker by revenue: beats Intel, Samsung, NVIDIA

February 6, 2024 | TSMC becomes the world's largest semiconductor maker by revenue, beating out big tech titans including Intel, NVIDIA, and Samsung.

Sandisk and Western Digital drives and memory prices slashed on Amazon up to 64%

November 20, 2023 | Black Friday deals have arrived early on Amazon, and to kick off the week of deal madness, Sandisk and Western Digital have slashed prices up to 64%.

Thinking of a system RAM upgrade for your PC? Now might be a good time to buy

July 5, 2023 | Prices are bottoming out after quarter upon quarter of big drops, and would-be DDR5 buyers might want to make a move - though DDR4 is a little different.

Budget AM5-based MSI A620 motherboard listed on retail sites for less than $100

March 28, 2023 | Sub USD 100 AM5 motherboards? It's certainly looking likely as listings for the new A620 range point to it being the most affordable Ryzen 7000 option.

DDR5 RAM drops in price: 20% cheaper in a month so far

June 5, 2022 | DDR5 memory pricing is coming down slowly, with DDR5-4800 memory now 20% cheaper in the last month alone: ready for AMD Zen 4.

Micron confirms DDR supply issues: PCIM and VRM shortages are hurting

December 22, 2021 | Micron says that DDR5 memory availability is hurting because of PMIC and VRM shortages, but supply will improve throughout 2022.

DDR5 will cost 60% more than DDR4, huge 2-year wait for cheap DDR5 RAM

October 22, 2021 | How much more expensive is DDR5 going to be? We're looking at around a 60% premium for DDR5 over DDR4, price parity: 2 years away.

GDDR6 memory prices to increase 8-13% by Q3 2021: hurts GPUs, consoles

June 14, 2021 | GDDR memory prices will hurt Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 consoles, as well as NVIDIA GeForce and AMD Radeon graphics cards.

RAM prices expected to increase up to 23% over the next few months

April 20, 2021 | TrendForce is expecting a sharp 18-23% rise in RAM prices for the PC in Q2 2021, laptop manufacturing blamed on the increases.

Early Black Friday deals discount Kingston HyperX RAM by up to 28%

November 25, 2020 | Black Friday is closing in, and Amazon have already kicked things off early with discounts to a range of Kingston RAM modules.

Don't buy an SSD or RAM right now, prices are about to freefall

August 19, 2020 | If you were about to upgrade, hold off a little while longer -- RAM and SSD prices are expected to PLUMMET soon, and into 2021.

Raspberry Pi 4: 40x CPU perf, 8x memory, 4x pixels, and only $35

February 28, 2020 | Effective immediately, Raspberry Pi 4 is the same price as 2012's Raspberry Pi 1.

DRAM prices spike 20% with 'skyrocket' in price warned

July 22, 2019 | DRAM prices could 'skyrocket' if Japan-South Korea trade issues worsen.

Samsung increases DRAM production, cheaper prices in 2H 2018

November 1, 2017 | Samsung is increasing DRAM production, with cheaper RAM prices in our future in 2018-2020.

Toshiba to open new chip plant in Japan

September 6, 2017 | Toshiba makes plans to open new chip fabrication facility in Japan even as it negotiates the sale of its flash business.

Nintendo should have big Switch stockpile for holidays

August 19, 2017 | Nintendo has been holding back Switch inventory to coincide with software launches; Super Mario Odyssey should see biggest tide of units to date.