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Jason England

A major RAM price rise will impact laptops, PCs and GPUs in 2026 — Black Friday is your only chance to survive the surge

Memory price increase.

The price of laptops, tablets, GPUs and PC components has already been under pressure this year. But now, thanks to the skyrocketing cost of RAM and SSD storage chips, it's looking like retail prices for tech could moon in 2026.

Look, I know you're hearing a whole lot about Black Friday deals right now, so I'll try to not make this sound too dramatic. But this year's sales season could be the last chance you get computing tech at these prices before huge increase next year.

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