RAM prices show signs of levelling out, albeit at inflated levels — some modules stabilizing in price, increases on higher-end kits tapering off

RAM pricing seems to be hitting a plateau after several months of constant hikes. We see this in the pricing data compiled by PC-building platform PCPartPicker.com, with the cost of some DDR4 and DDR5 modules finally hitting a stable value. Memory modules that have leveled off prices include DDR4-3200 (2x8GB), DDR4-3600 (2x16GB), DDR4-3600 (2x32GB), DDR5-4800 (2x16GB), and DDR5-5200 (2x16GB). On the other hand, other high-performance memory modules like the DDR5-5600 and DDR5-6000 still seem to have some upticks, although at a slower pace compared to the previous months.

Pricing Trend for DDR5-6000 2x32GB(Image credit: PCPartPicker)

Pricing Trend for DDR5-5600 2x32GB(Image credit: PCPartPicker)

Pricing Trend for DDR5-6000 2x16GB(Image credit: PCPartPicker)

Pricing Trend for DDR5-5600 2x16GB(Image credit: PCPartPicker)

Pricing Trend for DDR5-5200 2x16GB(Image credit: PCPartPicker)

Pricing Trend for DDR5-4800 2x16GB(Image credit: PCPartPicker)

Pricing Trend for DDR5-4800 2x16GB(Image credit: PCPartPicker)

Pricing Trend for DDR4-3600 2x32GB(Image credit: PCPartPicker)

Pricing Trend for DDR4-3200 2x32GB(Image credit: PCPartPicker)

Pricing Trend for DDR4-3600 2x16GB(Image credit: PCPartPicker)

Pricing Trend for DDR4-3200 2x16GB(Image credit: PCPartPicker)

Pricing Trend for DDR4-3600 2x8GB(Image credit: PCPartPicker)

Pricing Trend for DDR4-3200 2x8GB(Image credit: PCPartPicker)

Beyond these trends, specific examples include the Corsair Vengeance 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 on Amazon, which stabilized at $339 between November and January (from a low just over $100), before making another hike to $439 in early January and staying there until today. There’s also the Patriot Viper Elite 5 16GB DDR5-6000 CL30 on Newegg, which was priced at $169.99 since early December 2025, although it only cost $43.99 in October 2025. We also saw this Corsair 32GB Vengeance kit go on sale for a brief period, bringing its price down to $344 from a high of $410.

Indications of a memory shortage started appearing in the third quarter of 2025, when the insatiable demand for HBM by the AI infrastructure build-out coincided with several fabs phasing out DDR4 in favor of higher margin DDR5. We started to fully see its impact by November and December, when retailers in Japan and Germany started rationing memory and storage chip-heavy components, like RAM, SSDs, and even GPUs. This is why a Kingston rep told users that they shouldn’t wait if they need to upgrade their RAM or SSD, as prices will only continue to go up.

For now, chip prices seem to be stabilizing, albeit at a new, inflated price that will be difficult for enthusiasts to stomach. One Sapphire employee predicted in December 2025 that we will eventually hit this plateau in six to eight months — hopefully, the price equilibrium we’re seeing at the moment is the early arrival of this forecast and isn’t just a pause before they start racing up again.

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