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DDR3 RAM should be dirt cheap in 2026, but the market has other ideas — here’s what’s going on

Memory Trendforce
Blue Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 RAM sitting on a motherboard with CPU cooler in the background.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but the ongoing global RAM crisis caused by AI has gotten so bad that DDR3 RAM is continuing to make a comeback in June 2026.

According to a new report from market analysts at TrendForce, DDR5 supply constraints that initially began spilling over into DDR4 are continuing to trickle down to DDR3.

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