DDR5 RAM prices are going up again. A US system builder says its supplier has announced another 10–15% price increase for DDR5 memory, with the new prices taking effect this week. This comes after months of already massive RAM price increases. 32GB DDR5 kits that once cost around €100 can now cost several times more. If you’re planning a PC upgrade, RAM prices probably aren’t going to get cheaper anytime soon.

DDR4 and DDR5 module prices are rising in China’s channel market, while prices for some lower-capacity embedded storage products are falling, according to CFM’s Oct. 13 market update. CFM attributes the DRAM price increases to tight chip supply and higher procurement costs. Some module suppliers are becoming more cautious about buying as PC makers resist further price hikes. During the week covered by the report, prices fell for eMMC products with capacities of 64GB or less and for 64GB UFS products. CFM cites weak demand and high customer inventories, with some buyers reselling stock. These findings reflect conditions in the spot and channel markets.

DDR5 RAM is becoming a nightmare for PC builders. According to DataDome, 91% of the traffic hitting one retailer’s DDR5 product pages comes from scalper bots, meaning automated traffic outnumbers real shoppers by roughly 10 to 1. These scalper bots constantly check listings for new stock, with some operations hitting RAM pages every 6.5 seconds, DataDome previously identified one operation responsible for more than 10 million scraping requests. Retailers are responding with purchase limits and CPU/RAM bundles, while some companies have stopped selling RAM separately.

DDR5 memory prices continue to climb in Germany, with average prices now at 419% of their July 2025 levels. According to data from 3DCenter some high-end kits have seen massive increases. One 64GB DDR5-6000 CL28 kit that sold for €208 in July 2025 has climbed to nearly €1,000, including a 22% jump in the last month.

DDR5 MEMORY PRICES UP NEARLY 10X DDR4 is older memory that was being phased out but it's spiking too as $MU, Samsung & SK Hynix shift wafer capacity from conventional memory into HBM for AI chips. The AI cycle is pulling on compute, memory, storage & servers at the same time with pricing power now flowing through the rest of the hardware stack.

DDR6, the next version of RAM, is planned to start selling in 2028. Major companies Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron are developing it. It will launch with base speeds of 8,800 MT/s and can go up to 17,600 MT/s. This means much higher bandwidth than today’s DDR5 memory, so computers can move data faster and handle tough jobs better. Early test samples of DDR6 are already being tried out by processor chip companies.

32GB of DDR5 RAM is getting seriously expensive. A 32GB Crucial Pro DDR5-6000 CL36 kit has gone from around €70 to almost €500 on Amazon. That’s roughly a 530% increase in just one year. A Corsair Vengeance RGB 32GB DDR5-6400 CL36 kit has also jumped from €115 to around €529, which is about a 360% increase. And it doesn’t look like prices will drop back to normal anytime soon. Current forecasts suggest the shortage could continue into 2028.