i’m seeing some estimates stating ram prices are going to jump 400% by the end of june 2026. major price increases are inbound.
here is some of the information i’m seeing:
- Memory shortage deepens, extending boom for Korean chipmakers
- Samsung expects memory shortage to worsen through 2027 and last until 2028
- SK Hynix CEO sees worst memory shortage in 2027, demand to outstrip supply beyond 2030
- SSD and memory price to remain high at least until 2029?
- Micron: Memory Crunch Outpaces 20% Supply Growth
- Price of SSDs in 2026: why it’s a panic (and when it will calm down)
- The Rising Cost of RAM & SSDs: What’s Happening, Why It’s Happening AGAIN and What Comes Next
- Riding the AI Supercycle: Navigating the 2026 Memory & Storage Market
- Electronic Pricing Pressures Will Last Beyond 2026
- Memory’s $200B Inflection
- Micron Is Up 900%. Here’s Why the AI Memory Trade May Still Have Room to Run
- Memory & HBM
- Prediction: Micron Could Be the Most Important AI Stock After Nvidia
- Memory Will Cost Cloud Giants More Than GPUs by 2027: NVIDIA Uses That to Justify 15% Server Hike
- Gartner Says Surging Memory Costs Will Reduce Global PC and Smartphone Shipments in 2026
prices may never come down again.
“post consumer computing”
I mean, I just bought two used systems for under $500 CAD, both capable of being used as servers, if I wanted to. I’m more worried about HDD prices, nevermind flash storage. I have no idea when I will be able to afford a 10+ TB HDD in the next couple years, at least.
I got myself a whole new ARM mini pc for 600$ with soldered 64GB of ddr5 RAM. I think of it like a very beefy rpi5 and use it as my homelab server. They were not very popular and selling leftover stock for the same pre-bubble price.