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Why your next RAM upgrade is going to hurt
I had a look at RAM prices on our site the other week and had to look twice. The same kit that would've been pocket change a year or so ago now costs multiples of that. Turns out I'm not imagining things, memory and storage prices have gone properly haywire in 2026, and it's not a blip. It's bad. Like, historically bad. DRAM contract prices jumped 90–95% quarter-over-quarter in Q1 2026 alone, then piled on another 58–63% in Q2. On a longer scale DRAM is up roughly 172% year-o
Jason Day
2 days ago4 min read
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