Thanks to the ongoing AI-related chip shortage, pricing for computer parts like RAM and graphics cards has risen exponentially, with the price of DDR5 RAM estimated to rise further, up to 63% ...

DDR4 started hitting the market in 2014 and has since been succeeded by the much faster DDR5. Under normal circumstances, ...

DDR4 memory is becoming more expensive faster than DDR5 despite being the older standard. Barclays estimates that DDR4 ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. DDR4 was supposed to be the safe fallback once DDR5 pricing went off the rails. That is no longer true. According to a new DigiTimes report, Taiwanese ...

TL;DR: DDR4 memory prices are rising due to supply constraints as manufacturers shift focus to DDR5 and HBM for AI applications, causing DDR4 demand to outpace supply. This trend makes upgrading to ...

Memory prices have gone up sharply in the last few quarters, and it now appears the situation isn’t going to get better anytime soon, at least for the next two years. DDR5 is already facing price ...

Running DDR4 memory on an Intel Raptor Lake gaming rig in mid-2026 costs the average gamer between 11% and 14% of their frame rate — and in the most memory-hungry titles, that figure climbs to 25.3%.