Damn never thought the gaming PC I built two years ago would actually be APPRECIATING in value over time.

Apple over here not raising their RAM prices because they’ve always been massively and unjustifiably inflated. Now, they’re no longer unjustifiably inflated.

This article sucks... I think they felt the need to excuse AI lest they upset corporate masters

While it’s easy to point the finger at AI’s unquenchable memory thirst for the current crisis, it’s not the only reason.

Followed by:

DRAM production hasn’t kept up with demand. Older memory types are being phased out, newer ones are steered toward higher margin customers, and consumer RAM is left exposed whenever supply tightens.

Production has not kept up with demand... demand being super charged by AI purchases

...newer ones are steered towards higher margin customers... again AI

consumer RAM is left exposed whenever supply tightens... because of AI

Me to my 10 year old gaming pc: "I guess it'll be another couple of years, buddy."

Increasing RAM (from 16) and SSD space (from .5TB) on a laptop now is easily +$1k and up.

When the yet-to-be data centers never get built because AI slop bubble pops, we will be able to build houses out of RAM sticks for the poor 

Ruining the PC market for consumers on purpose so people will think it's cheaper to rent computers than to own.

In the future, you will lease your computer and not own it, just as you are told to do by the billionaires who steal your pay.

US oligoarchys wants to have all computation done in their warehouse so they have to power to change any computation at any time

Apple was overpricing RAM before it was cool.

I can't believe how lucky I was to upgrade my desktop before the surge. This is an outrage!

Im on Linux and it requires just as much memory as it did in 2018. No problem here.

TBF that is a crucial ram stick in the picture, those are rare shinies now

Built my new PC in late 2023... so glad I put 96 GB of RAM into it, despite several people asking me why the fuck I need so much RAM...

This is crazy because I bought 64 gb ram for like 130 in July of 2025.

Now it’s 530 for the same exact brand.

We're in the late stages of the AI bubble.

32GB of DDR4 3200Mhz cost me $115 in October, now the listing is out of stock and says $392. 240% increase.

The DDR4 sticks I got 18 months ago now cost 300-400% the price they were, so it's not just DDR5.

... and I just realised the title doesn't actually mean "DDR5 prices", but that was an easy misinterpretation on my part, so I guess I'll post this anyway.

The 64gb memory i bought in june are up 400%

Still cheaper than my macbook air though

Yeah, I bought 32GB of RAM about three months ago for my new computer build and last I checked it had doubled in price. Thinking about selling it for a profit. Can a computer run without RAM?

My RAM kit is worth more than my GPU 🥲

All of these fucks kiting $10B checks need to be locked up for price fixing.

Ram is the new Bitcoin.