TL;DR: Soaring DDR5 RAM prices have caused a 40-50% drop in motherboard sales for ASUS, MSI, and GIGABYTE, forcing them to lower 2025 sales targets. This decline impacts new PC builds and may lead to ...

TL;DR: Framework is increasing DDR5 RAM upgrade prices by 50% due to rising supplier and distributor costs amid a volatile memory market. Despite this, their pricing remains below market rates.

James Ratcliff joined GameRant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is a ...

The answer: AI of course.

Memory shortages thanks to the AI boom are causing prices to balloon for consumers. Credit: Nestea06 via iStock / Getty Images Plus It seems certain at this point that laptop and smartphone prices are ...

If you were thinking about upgrading your gaming PC with a chunky 64GB of DDR5 RAM, you might want to sit down first. Memory prices have shot up so fast in the past couple of months that a top-tier ...

A hot potato: The chaotic state of RAM prices continues to impact the industry. According to a new report, motherboard sales have fallen by as much as 50% as a result of the crisis. It has also led to ...

In case you hadn’t heard, there’s currently a RAM crisis affecting the PC market. The high demand by AI companies for RAM has led to a shortage of supply and pushed prices sky high. It’s a big hassle ...

Maingear, a well-respected boutique PC builder, has taken note of the ongoing RAM crisis and is attempting to offer a potential solution, beyond simply raising prices. Its solution is a new "BYO RAM", ...

AMD’s 2026 PC strategy focuses on incremental CPU updates, price-to-performance GPUs, and cautious AI upscaling.