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RAM prices go wild as AI companies buy every chip

Rob Beschizza
Dec 20, 2025
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Hot DIMM!

A few months ago, I got two sticks of RAM for my kid’s laptop, an 8GB model staggering under the weight of hundreds of Minecraft mods. 64GB cost about $150 and maxxed out his HP Victus. Now the same set is $580 at Amazon, with cheapo brands pushing $400. And that’s laptop RAM; full-size DIMMs go for even more. PartPicker tracks the price for tw…

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