discussion DDR5 pricing going up FAST

[JD]

Another SI doing RAM-less build call Bring Your Own RAM. The Rando commenter is right, if you know how to stick RAM into a slot, what is stopping them from building their own rig? My friend knows how to do it but don't because he was doing it for a living for a few years. Kind of like a guy that flips burger at McD that don't want to BBQ.

MAINGEAR says "Bring Your Own RAM", lets buyers bring their own memory for new prebuilt PCs - VideoCardz.com

MAINGEAR launches "BYO RAM" option for custom PCs as DDR5 prices spike The company says it is reacting to higher memory pricing, which it links to AI data

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Doesn't make much sense, I was expecting system integrators to continue to offer acceptable prices since they'd have the "direct" contacts and be able to buy in mass quantities, higher than any retailer would.

 

[moocow]

I doubt they have better access than other people. Probably treated just like a retailer and everyone got shafted anyway.

 

[moocow]

Not as bad as the $2K one but this got no heatsink. But it's Crucial so it could be a collectable! /s

 

[moocow]

Brand new 16x 256 GB ECC DDR5 at $77K USD or a new Corvette C8. The 2TB kit is only $39K or a Nissan Sentra (now discountinued).

This 4 TB DDR5 RDIMM kit is now more expensive than a sports car - VideoCardz.com

This 4 TB DDR5 kit just hit $76,999 The kit is sold by NEMIX and is built for servers and workstations, not gaming rigs. It is a 16-stick set, with 16x

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[freeagent]

I wouldn't give Crucial any of my money..

 

[moocow]

I wouldn't give Crucial any of my money..

You mean Micro? Kind of hard since they are 1 of 3 companies making the actual chips and supplies them to people like Kingston, GSkill, and other people.

 

[freeagent]

You mean Micro? Kind of hard since they are 1 of 3 companies making the actual chips and supplies them to people like Kingston, GSkill, and other people.

Yes my bad

 

[Shadowarez]

Looking through my Amazon orders for ram Holy that price increase Jesus is ashamed of Sam Altman that POS.

 

[moocow]

Now it's rumor ASUS is going to make more DDR4 boards in Q1 2026 because no one can afford DDR5 (relatively speaking).

ASUS said to be increasing production of certain AM4 and LGA1700 motherboards with DDR4 memory support - VideoCardz.com

More AM4 and LGA-1700 motherboards Report: ASUS plans higher DDR4 motherboard output in Q1 2026 A rumor from Board Channels claims ASUS is adjusting its

videocardz.com

 

[stoanee]

Was going to update to am5 but now that is on hold....