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There is increasing concern that skyrocketing RAM prices will impact high-end gaming not just in the short term, but the long term.<\/p>\n

With the explosive growth of generative AI, AI data centers are hoovering up the world’s memory and storage supply, sparking price hikes that some experts fear could last for decades. Cheap SSDs, DRAM, and HDDs are pretty much a thing of the past, with prices rising as AI demand outstrips supply.<\/p>\n

This has already caused price rises, with PC retailer CyberPowerPC announcing a hike for memory modules across the U.S. and the UK \u201cdue to market conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cRecently, global memory (RAM) prices have surged by 500% and SSD prices have risen by 100%,\u201d CyberPowerPC said<\/a>. \u201cThis has had a direct impact on the cost of building gaming PCs since 10\/1\/25.\u201d Price rises thus kick in on December 7.<\/p>\n

The impact on PC gaming could be significant and long-lasting, Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney tweeted<\/a>. \u201cRAM price increases will be a real problem for high-end gaming for several years,\u201d he said. \u201cFactories are diverting leading edge DRAM capacity to meet AI needs where data centers are bidding far higher than consumer device makers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The situation has become so out of control that, as PCWorld reports<\/a>, stores are beginning to sell RAM at ‘catch-of-the-day’ market prices. As CyberPowerPC pointed out, these price rises come with the holidays right around the corner, which is less than ideal.<\/p>\n

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Just checked the price of the RAM that is currently installed in my gaming PC; the AI bubble cannot implode fast enough. pic.twitter.com\/G7N5lthE9O<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rin | \u51db (@TheIshikawaRin) November 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“Bro stop being such a loser, get a gaming PC”<\/p>\n

CPU: $500
GPU: $1000
Motherboard: $300
RAM: Notify me when available
Primary SSD: $150
CPU Cooler: $150
PSU: $150
Case: $125
OS: $50<\/p>\n

Just take my kidney and go pic.twitter.com\/nr257QpAr1<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bahamut (@Icewallowcumin) November 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But the issue may stretch out for years to come. \u201cThe AI build-out is absolutely eating up a lot of the available chip supply, and 2026 looks to be far bigger than this year in terms of overall demand,\u201d Dan Nystedt, vice president of research at TriOrient, told CNBC<\/a>. <\/p>\n

As CNBC points out, AI servers primarily run on processors from chip designers like Nvidia. These AI processors heavily rely on High-Bandwidth Memory or HBM. Nystedt said AI server companies are willing to pay top dollar for premium chips. \u201cIt could be very bad for PCs, laptops, consumer electronics and automotive, which depend on cheap memory chips,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

And there is concern for the price of video game consoles, too. There are online rumors that Microsoft may soon be forced to up the price of Xbox consoles again in reaction to the RAM crunch. Valve has yet to announce a price for its next-gen Steam Machine<\/a>, and fluctuating RAM prices may have something to do with it.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Mohamad Salaheldin Abdelg Alsayed\/Anadolu via Getty Images.<\/em><\/p>\n

Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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