Memory expert predicts huge RAM price hikes over the rest of 2026 — but I’m not buying it (the forecast, or the RAM)
Memory expert predicts huge RAM price hikes over the rest of 2026 — but I’m not buying it (the forecast, or the RAM)

Fed up with high RAM prices? They could get way worse in 2026, and this is getting seriously depressing now.

SSD expert shares some worrying truths about Chinese chip makers — and I think this could be more bad news for the RAM crisis

Here’s another sign the RAM crisis is here to stay, as boss in SSD supply chain shares some home truths about Chinese chip makers.

The PC component crisis isn’t going away: retail market for SSDs has ‘almost disappeared’ we’re told, and DDR5 RAM prices refuse to drop

SSD prices remain sky-high alongside the cost of RAM — and a report suggests hard drives are getting more expensive too.

Old Nvidia GPUs are being resurrected to cope with the RAM crisis — but one big chip maker seems determined that a memory shortage won’t happen again

The RAM shortage is driving Nvidia’s partners to bring back half-decade-old boards — but SK Hynix has a masterplan to solve future memory woes.

The RAM crisis will last ‘quite a few years’ says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang — so despite hiked prices, I think if you want a new laptop, now might be the time to buy

If the memory crisis will last ‘quite a few years’ what does that really mean for consumers? Here are my expert predictions for laptop, PC, and component prices.

AMD’s Ryzen AI Max 400 chip offers 192GB of memory, but getting your hands on one is another story

AMD’s Gorgon Halo chips raise the memory ceiling to 192GB and make a compelling case for local AI compute.

Nintendo announces price increase for Switch 2 handheld — but you still have time to beat it

Rumors have long suggested that Nintendo would ultimately increase the Switch 2 price, and unfortunately, that day has indeed arrived.

The RAM crisis just got so bad that YouTubers are making it in their sheds — and our only hope now is a consumer rebellion

Over the past week, we’ve suffered a whole lot more pain with RAM pricing, one way or another — and it’s unlikely to get any better.